The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-04-22 00:00:00, page 2

from Lisbon ; after beipg once captured
by the French. He reports that the
King of Naples was to return to his army
again, after feeing his family io Safety—
It was even said he had returned, and
caused many officers to be Shot for trea
chery or cowardice.
Since the commencement of the pres
ent war in Europe, the navy of Great
britain have taken and destroyed 34a
Ships of war, and 535 privateers, belong
ing to the French, Spanish and Dutch.
Total estimate of veffeis, eight hundred
and eighty one. ' The amount of guns
on board the captured men of war, is not
stated in the lift from which we take this
article, but on board the privateers there
were 4492 carriage guns, and 472 swiv
els.
The Guardians of the Tubs have been
fuffered to depart from Charleston. It
thus seems, that the affair has not turned
out so important as the curious secretion
of the papers, authorised every one to
believe it.
APRIL 10.
The greatest harmony and friendfhip
subsists between the naval officers of the
United States, and of his Britannic Maj
esty, io the Weftindies.
We learn from the Weftindies, that
Guadeloupe is amply supplied with pro
visions from the United States.
On the zd of Jan. three Americans
were arrested at Paris, and sent to the
Temple—the goal for State Prisoners.—
As soon as the Diredory hear of the cap
tores in the Weftindies, we may expea a
Declaration of War.
DEDHAM, APRIL 4.
A query of American Burr, for mill
stone, has lately been discovered in
Pittsfield, Mass. Alfoa source, yielding
pore Magnetia, if we recoiled right, in
one of the Newengland States.
M's. Greenleaf, publisher of the
Newyork Argus, recommends to the
troops, who are about to march against
the Insurgents, firft to try what effed the
tune — Hail Columbia, bap,, load, —will
have upon the minds of the ferocious
rebeh—,/ra—
" Music bus cbarm; to footbe afavage breaf,,
" To (o/tex recks, and bead the knotted ^."
It is well enough, that modify obliges /#-
nealee to & gentle eneane
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.
By accounts from the country, it ap
• pears that His Excellency Governeur
Gilman will have nearly all the votes
this year for Governor.
MAD DOGS.
About a fortnight since, a mad dog
r was seen passing through the town es
Salem, (N. H) On his way he bit a
boy living with Mr. Wm. Stevens, a calf
and a dog belonging to Mr. Abel Rollins,
and a goose belonging to Mr. Phineas
Gordon. He was immediately pursued
an I shot. ^^{
LAWS
Os & U^rEDSTATES.
An A& further to suspend the
: Commercial Intercourse be,l
tween the United States and
France, and the dependen
cies thereof.,
c RE it cnoacdbjthc Senate trad
bec. i. H,^ ,f Re„e,ntativu of
the United States of America, in Cwgrejtaf
fabled. That from and after the third
day of March next, no Blip or vessel cwn
ed, hired or employed, wholly, or in part,
by any person resident within the United>
States, and which (hall depart therefrom,
• Shall be allowed to proceed diredly, or
from any intermediate port or place, to
any port or place within the territory of
the French Republic, or the dependen
cies thereof, or to any place in the Weft
"Indies, or ,lfewbere, under the acknowl
edged government of France, or mill be
employed in any traffic or commerce
with or for any person resident within
tte tiftata@ ute
of the French Republic. , And if any.'
!Ship dr vessel, id any voyage thereafter
r commencir 0 and before her return with
-Inn the United States, Shall be voluntarily
carried or buffered to proceed to any
French port or place, as aforefaid, or
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vessel, together with her cargo, /hall be
forfeited; and Shall accrue, the onehalf
% tothe use ot the United States, and the
other half to the ofe of any person or
perfouh feme ofthe United States,
who will inform and prosecute for the
fame; and Shall be liable to be seized,
and may be prosecuted and condemned,
in any circuit or diftria court of the U
nited States, which Shall be holden with
in or for the diftria where the seizure
Shall be made. ' t,
Sec. 2. And be it farther enabled, Thal
from and after the passing of this aa, no
clearance for a foreign voyage Shall be
granted to any Ship or vessel, owned,
hired or employed, wholly or in part, by
any person resident within the United
States, until a bond Shall be given, t®
the use of the United States, wherein the
owner or employer, if usually resident or
prefect where the clearance Shall be re
quired, and otherwise his agent or sac
tor, and the master or captain of such
fliip or vessel, for the intended voyage.
Shall be parties, in a sum equal to the
value of the (hip or vessel, and to one
third of the value of her cargo, and (hall
find fufficient Surety or sureties to the a
mount of one half of the principal sum,
with condition that the feme Shall not;
during her intended voyage, or before
her return within the United States, pro
ceed or be carried, diredly or indiredly
to any port or place within the territory
of the French Republic, or the depen
dencies thereof, or any place in the Weft-
Indies, or elfewhefe, under the acknowl
edged government of France, unless by
adual force and violence, to be fully
proved and manifefted before the ac
quittance of such bond, and that such
vessel is not, and Shall not be employed,
during her intended voyage, or before
her return as aforefaid, in any traffic or
commerce, with or for any person resi
dent within the territory of that Repub
lie, or in any of the dependencies there
of :—Provided, that in no case, the sure
ty or sureties shall be answerable for
more than ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enabled, That
from and after the said third day of
March, no French (hip or vessel, armed
or unarmed, commissioned by or for, or
under the authority of the French Re
public, or owned, fitted, hired or em
ployed by any person resident within the
territory of that Republic, or any of the
dependencies thereof, or failing or com
ing therefrom, (excepting as is herein
after excepted) (hall be allowed an entry,
or to remain within the territory of the
United States, unless driven thither b,
distress of weather, or in want of provi
sions. And if, contrary to the intent
hereof, any such Ship or vessel fall be
found within" the jurifdiaional limits of
the United States, not being liable to
seizure for any other cause, the company
having charge thereof, Shall be required
to depart and carry away the fame, avoid
ing all unnecessary delay ; and if they
shall, notwithstanding, remain, it Shall be
the duty of the collector of the diftria
wherein, or nearest to which, such Ship
or vessel Shall be, to seize and detain the
fame, at the expence of the U. States :—
Provided, That in the case of veffeis here
by prohibited, which Shall be driven by
distress of weather, or want of provisions,
into any port or place of the United
States, they may be fuffered to remain
under the custody of the colleaor there,
or nearest thereto, until suitable repairs
or Applies can be obtained ; and as soon
as may be thereafter, shall be required
and fuffcred to depart ;. but no part of
the lading of such vessel Shall be taken
out, or disposed of, unless by the Special
permit of such colleaor,to defray the un
avoidable expence of such repairs or fup
plim -
Sec. 4. Provided and be it farther ene&d,
That at any time after the passing of
this ad, it shall be lawful for the Presi
dent of the United States, if he Shall deem
it expedient and consistent with the inter
est of the United Spates, by his order, to
remit and difeontinue, for the time be
ing, the restraints and prohibi ions afore
faid, either with refpea to the French
' Republic, or to any inland, port or place
belonging to the said republic, with
which a commercial intercourse may fafe
ly be renewed ; and also to revoke such
order whenever, in hie opinion, the inter
est of the United States Shall require ;
and helhall be, and hereby is authorized
to make proclamation thereof according
' Sec. c. And be it farther onaßed, That
it Shall be lawful for the President of the
United States, to give inftru&ions to the
commanders of the public armed Ships of
the United States, to stop and examine
fltip or vessel of the United States on
the high fee, which there may be reason
to fulpea to be engaged in any traffic or
commerce contrary to the true tenor
; I%^ ^ ^^r
bound or falling to any port or place
within the territory of tbeFreoch Repub.
lie, or her dependencies, contrary to the
intent of this aa, it Shall be the duty of
the commander of such public armed vef
fel, to seize every Ship or Vessel engaged
in such illicit ccmmerce, and fend the
fame to the nearest port in the United
States ; and every such Ship or vessel,
thus bound or failing to any such port or
place, Shall, upon due proof thereof, be
liable to the like penalties and forfeitures,
as are provided in and by the firft fedien
of this a&, <
Sec. 6. And be it farther enabled, That
whenever any Ship or vessel, owned whol
ly or in part, or employed by any citizen
or citizens of the United States, and com
ing from any port or place within the ter
ritory of the French Republic or the de
pendencies thereof, which has arrived
within any port or place of the United
States since the firft day of December left
past, or which flull hereafter arrive, hath
been or hereafter shall be seized and de
tained by virtue of this aa, or of an ad,
entitled " An a& to suspend the com
mercial intercourse between the United
States and France, and the dependencies
thereof," —it shall be lawful for any per
son claiming Such Ship or vessel, to prefer
his petition to the judge of the diftria in
which such seizure Shall be made, setting
forth the circuraftances of his case, and
to pray that the fame Ship or vessel, and
her cargo, may be restored ; and the said
judge shall there upon enquire, in a fum
mar, manner, into the circumstances of
the case, firft caufiog reasonable notice
to be given to the attorney of the United
States for such diftria, and to the collec
tor of the diftria by whom such seizure
or detention hath been or Shall be made,
that each may have an opportunity of
Shewing cause against the prayer of such
petition ; and Shall cause the fads which
Shall appear upon such enquiry, to be
stated and annexed to the petition, and
dired their tranSmiffion to the Secretary
or the Treasury ; and if it Shall appear
to his fatisfaaion, that such Ship or vessel
was Captured or driven into such port
or plate by distress of weather, or want
of provisions, or was unavoidably detain
ed and delayed by force embargo, arrest,
capture, contrary winds, or other una
voidable casualty, without any fault, wil
ful negligence, or intention to evade the
provisions of the a& before mentioned,
or of this ?a, io any such claimant, the
Secretary ot the Treasury Shall order the
restoration of said vessel and cargo, to
such claimant, upon such terms and con
ditions as he may deem reasonable and
just ; otherwise, and in all cases, where
in such petition Shall not be presented,
every Ship or vessel that has arrived Since
the laid firft day of December, from any
port or place in the French Republic, or
the dependencies thereof, or which Shall
hereafter arrive within any port or place
of the United States, unless driven by
stress of wealtherror want of provisions,
Shall be liable to be prosecuted and con
demned in the fame manner, and to the
fame ufa as are provided in aud by the
firft feaion of this a& ; and like proceed
ings thill also be had, and like forfeitures
incurred, as are herein provided with ref
ped to veffeis doming from France, and
the dependencies thereof, in all cases
when any Ship or vessel shall arrive in a
ny port or place of the United States,
from any port or place, with which all
commercial intercourse shall be prohibit
ed by proclamation, according to the in
tent of this aft.
Sec. 7. Provided, & be it further raaßed,
That nothing in this aa contained, Shall
extend to any Ship or vessel to which the
President of the U. S. Shall grant a per
mission to enter or to clear ; which per
mission he is hereby authorized to grant
to veflels which Shall be solely employed
in any purpose of politick or national in
tercourse, or to aid the departure of any
French persons, with theirgoods and ef
feds, who Shall have been resident within
the United States, when he may think
requisite.
Sec. 8. And be it farther enaßed, That
this aa ftiall continue and be in force
until the third day or March, in the year
one thousand eight hundred.
Approved, February gth, 1799.
jJOHN ADAMS,
$ President ot the United States.
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Front the [Bofton] CENTINEL.
ML RUSSILL,
, JI HE Seteamen of Cam
bridge bating observed in your
^CT^^^l^
0, containing federal grofa re
&ato, fl merely on tome in
dividual#, but also on the Selecl
men and town of Cambridge—
think it their duty to give a plain
ftacemeot of faat, that the public
may net be milled by the mifre
prefeotationi in the piece alluded
to: At the fame time, they, dis
claim all idea of a newspaper con
troversy with the author of that
performance, or with any o her
writers of anonymous publication#.
The towD-meetiog was onufu
ally full, and complaint being
made, that there was not room to
accommodate the voters, unlefa
the feata were cleared of those who
bad no right to vote ; the Select
men, who by the Confutation, are
appointed the moderator# of the
meeting, repeatedly requested all
who were not voter#, to retire from
the feata. This was but in part
complied with ;—the Cooftablea
were then directed to cause the
feats to be cleared ; which they
effected. The number of voter#
still increased, and complaint waa
again made, that they could not
get into the house, while so much
of it war taken up by perfon# not
having a right to vote; Upon
this, a motion way made, that the
Town-meeting Should be adjourn
ed to the Meeting house: Thia
waa opposed by Judge Dana, aa
unnecessary ; and the Selectmen
being of opinion, that the House
was fufficient to accommodate the
qualified voters, those who were
not so, were defied to leave it.
Thia reasonable request waa re
peatedly made, without any effe&i
the Seledt men were then constrain
ed to dired the Conftablea to force
a compliance, and they proceeded
to compel the persona unqualified
to vote, to go out. This was done
without any other violence than
what waa necessary, and which the
nature of the case required.
With refpea to the condud of
Mr. Brown, one of the Cooftablei,
after a ftrid inquiry by the Select
men, it appear#, that the assertion,
that & attacked the Scholars, aud
knocked drew fovcral, is utterly 1
without any foundation.
Aa to the conduct of Do&or
Hill, one of the Seleamen, it is
true, that he, upon the idea, that
Judge Dana assumed the power#
of the presiding officer# on this oc
casion, observed to him that he
had better addrefi himfelf to the
Seledmen, if he had any thing to
offer upon the fubje& ; and there
by set an example of good order
and regularity. In this we foppofe
he ftanda perfeaiy juftified, by the
station in which the Cooftimtion
had placed him.
Wi.h regard to an, affray that
took place in the street between
one Smith, and Some undergradu
ates of the College, it came neither
within the observation or cogniz
ance of the Seleamen.
[Signed by 'he Selectmen of
Cambridge.]\
Cambridge, dtyril 8, 1799.
LAWS of Newhampfhire.
An Aft for making and estab
lishing a new proportion of
public taxes among the se
veral towns, parishes and
^ places within thi< State ;
|^d to authorize the , e ^
^tat to issue his warrants
^'for levying the fame annu
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