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. From tie New- Haven Visitor.
-PATRIO riSM.
1 IF any son or daughter of Adam
has a doubt yet Remaining what kind
of fluff the patriotism of our dema
gogues is made of,ft were a pity they
could not become fpe&atofs of the
comedy now a&ing in this city,
When rhe Cblle&orfhip of this port
was nominally given to Samuel Bishop,
Esq. recently deceased, every body
knew it was intended to reward the
profligate labours of his son Abraham;
and, accordingly, Abraham has gather,
ed a rich harvest from its avails. In
deed, it was publicly stated at the time
and has never yet been contradicted,
that the commission was firft sent to
Abraham, but that his character was
so notoriously abandoned that Mr. Jef
ferfon was requeued to make out anoth
er in^e name of his father, then bow
ed down with the ordinary infirmities
Os seventy-eight years. The old gen
tleman is now dead, and a new Collec
tor mud be appointed. Did matters
rest on the fame basis they were in 1801
there might be no question about his
-successor-Abraham would haveit. But
alas! things have strangely altered.
Since ißot, the two Great Patriots,
jeffeffon and Burr, it is supposed have
'arrived precisely at that point in hu
man affairs, denoted by the phrase
& fyreme contempt and hatred for
-each' other :" and their refpe&ive par
tizans are more truly diabolical in their
malevolence than ever they have been
towards even their old adversaries, the
Federalists. Unfortunately for Abra
ham, he is fnfpe&ed of inclining to the
Vice- Prefident.—T^creb, bangs the tale !
This horrid suspicion is fearing with
hope an army of hungry expectants.
The following names comprised a part
and among them, without doubt will
be found the finally fuccefsful candi
date ; Joseph Wilcox, Esq. of Killing
worth, Ephraim Kirby, Esq. of Litch
field, Samuel Broome, Esq. of Fairfield,
Major William Munson, Henry W.
Edwards, Esq. William Powell, Solo
mon Pinto, and Abraham Bishop, Esq.
all of New-Haven. Whicli of these
gentlemen will obtain it, we need not
fay, is beyond our power to do more
. than conjecture. Wc,' however,proceed
to state such fads and reports as are
fife in this vicinity—the reader from
these can make up his own judgment.
Since i:was fufpetted Bifliop might fail,
there never has been a doubt but that Mr.
'Kirby, for aiking, would have the office.
But it is believed this gentleman will ttill
be kept in reserve, as afort of forlorn hope
Tothe denrocracy of Connecticut. Tht
next candidate, Gen. Wilcox, is already
Marinal of the diffrift : but he very late
ly and unreservedly declared his intention,
to try For the colle&orfhip ; and gave as
one reason, that" he knew not why A
.braliam Bishop was better entitled to it
than himfelf," adding," what has he done
to deserve fitch an office ?" As for Mr.Ed
wards, we are at a loss to determine why
public opinion has, in any measure, fixe:
onLim. If certain supposed predilect
ions of the father have, hitherto, been a
bar to his advancement, will this bar be
thrown aside in favor of the son ? Will the
family connection and, by consequence
attachment to family aggrandizement, be
.forgotten by the Executive ? Or, will
'Mr. Jefferfon vifitfhesehns of the father,
in munificence towards the son? —We
think not. It then follows, that the four
thousand dollars per annum from the col
letlorfliip of New-Haven, does not flow
into this channel. To enumerate the re
spective merits, pretensions, &c. of the
other federal candidates is scarcely worth
our while—particularly, as we know not
in wharthey consist. Major Munfon,how
ever, should not be thus (lightly, passed
over. He served faithfully, as an officer,
through the whole of the revolutionary
war. He was unfortunate, that he might
provide for the wants of a large family,
in disposing, at too early a day, of the
only security given for his Cervices. This,
as it was his principal or exclusive re
source, pfefsed hard on the exigencies of
his family ; and, ascribing the effeft to a
wrong cause, induced unfriendly senti
ments towards the late Adminiflrations.
But, though a democrat, Major Munson
is no demagogue—--he is a worthy charac
ter ; and it is believed the united voice
ofhis fellow citizens, of both political
parties, (a few noisy office-feekers ex
cepted) would tettify their pleasure at his
appointment. He,however, will not heap
pointed. It little suits the projeds of
those who now rule, to mete out their fav
ours to unobtrusive worth. —To return:
the only remaining candidate(Bifhopex
cepted) who bolus in public estimation
a chance of success, is Samuel Broome,
Esq. What is the amount of services
which are to enforce the claim of this
gentleman, we do not precisely under
fland -; whatever they may be, they cer
tainly are backed by the weight of pow
erful influence. Messrs. Dewitt Clin
ton, Samuel Osgood, and John Broome,
Esquires, ail of New York, and all hon
orable men, are jointly pledged to give
him their support. The firft named of
these three has " sworn," (as we are
informed) that no friend of Mr. Burr,
Abraham, or other, fliall holdthe coilea
orfhip of this port. If so, we humbly
conceive the tenure of his office will be
shaken. —The frowns of such men as
Drwilt Clinton & Co. in such times
as the present, are neither to he despised,
or treated with indifference, by those
who love the milk and honey of execu.
tive dispensation. The modu< operandi,
tikewife, adopted by this triumvirate, in
so far as refpe&s the steps preparatory to
Mr. Broome's appointment, is admira
bly calculated, not only to secure the
desired success, bur, also, to evade that
refpon^bility which so pointed recom
mendations in favour of a charaAer, is
sometimes supposed to involve. By
the r alvice, the business is so managed
that this appointment is to seem a com
pliance with the pwtiadar felicitations of
dur merchants! Os a judder, Mr. Broome
appears in this city arid with a fubferip
ticn paper in hand,pcrfonally visits every
trader of every delcription, inviting each
one to fanaion a writing which declares
him (Mr. B.) better qualified for the
office "than any other republican," How
ever proper it may be for the candidate
to folicir, surely, it is a dangerous depar
ture from propriety as well as policy,
for our merchants to fubfribe such a
paper. Os this they were generally ap-1
prized, and of about one hundred in-,
dividuals concerned in foreign com-|
merce, not more than five or fix were
induced th lendtheir names cn this occa
fio.n — Prehapsthe whole number off,r
ers might amount to twenty. Thus far
the well devised scheme of Dewitt and
his coadjutors, of fliaking off from them-;
selves the responsibility, While at the fame
moment it fliould have the reftmblance of
a popular measure, has, We rejoice to fay,
been entirely defeated. If a system of
favoritifin muff prevail, let those and
those only,who uphold it, be accountable
for the result. Federalists have nothing
to hope from the favor—let them never
expose themfelvcs to the hazard offharing
in the disgraces, of an overbearing fad
ion.
Wether Mr. Broome or Abraham
Bishop obtains the office, is of little
moment to the public generally ;-To
this community, however, it is of con
sequence that a person properly quali
fied should be the occupant. And
here it is proper to observe, that, since
its being under the management of
Bishop (as from the moment of his fa
ther's nominal appointment it was) the
business of the office has been conduc
ted with as much promptitude, and a
disposition as accommodating towards
the merchants and others exhibited, as
while in the hands of any former Col
lector. This acknowledgement we be
lieve to be justly his due ; and believ
ing so, no abhorrence of his moral and
political character (hall induce us to
withold it. But although the people
have very little interest in the event
of these turmcils, they yet ought to
mark well the difference between the
prof,font and the conduH of those who
produce them. How many two years
is it since every expreflion of unbounded
zeal, pure disinterested, uncontaminated
zeal for the people's welfare, was the
everlasting jingle of their tongues ? As
for any views of felf, they were utterly
declaimed by our amiable patriots :
I'heir laborious days ; their watchful
nights; their matchiefs intrigues, and
their countless misrepresentations of our
late rulers were all, [all, a free will
offering to their beloved the people \Be
hold, however, facts —Look at tran
fa&ions now before us—Seethe greedi
ness with which a single place of prof
it is grasped at by dozens— Observe the
low intrigues, the paltry Drifts, thej
jealousies and revilings of each other :—
Mark well these things, and learn what
is Patriotism.
From the Massachusetts Federalist.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
Very forcibly arrest the attention of
every conductor of an American press.
The war just commenced appears preg
nant with events more highly interest
ing, than any which has puffed before
the eyes of the present generation. To
colled and publish fads as they tran
spire, is ohr duty.
O The Oneida Chief, Capt. Kemp,
has arrived at New York, and has fur
nifhed London dates to the 16th July.
The only articles therein, which have
not before reached us, are the follwing :
The King of Prussia is averted to have
dismissed & discharged his Prime Min
ister (Haugwitz) for having concealed
from his Majesty, dispatches from the
cabinet of Great-Britain, in which he
was invited to occupy the Electorate of
Hanover before the arrival of the
French,and to indemnify himfelf by ap
propriating therevenuesof that country
to his own use. The King was not in
formed of the request until too late to
avail himfelf of it. The other article
states, that the Emperor of Russia is high
ly offended at the seizure of Hanover by
the French ; —that the Ruffian Baltic
fleet was ordered to be reinforced ; and
that if the French do not soon quit the
mouth of the Elbe and Wefer, it is tho't
more than probable, that a confidcrable
Ruffian fleet, with troops on board,
would soon make its appearance near
Lubec. We most add, that these ac
counts are not backed by any official au
thority; and may be the mere /pecula
tions of English Quidnuncs.
g. Whether Great-Britain does, or does
not, receive the countenance or affittance ofl
the nothern powers, the war must be prosecu
ted—The cession of a dozen such iflanda as 1
Malta and, Lampedofa cannot prevail with her 1
Councils to conclude Peace.—The contest now
is for exigence ; —which Peace,on the conditions
on which she lately held it, will assuredly de
stroy ;—and which by war ffie has a chance
to fecutc.—Her national exigence is set upon
the cast, and ihe must stand the hazard of the
dye.—As yet ihe has every thing to hope.
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LATEST
Foreign News^
Received at PtHadcl,da by the foip Pigan, Capt. l
* Cotfet. ,
HAMBURG, JULY 8.
The French have occupied Bremer
lehe, and violated the freedom of the
Elbe, by seizing two forriers belong
ing to this city, in order to ship over
their troops into the Duchy of Lanefr
burgh, which'place they entered yester
day, to the number of 1500 m^n. If
the reports just received here may be
credited, they have also violated the
Danish territory in the village of Ship
beck. '.
BRUSSELS, JULY 7.
The department of the Dyle will
Ibuild nine ships to be employed in the
tinvafion of England. The greatest
I a&ivity prevails along the whole coast
of Belgium, in making preparations for
this expedition.
The number of troops which are
defined for the landing in Englandis
now estimated at '200,000. Immedi
lately after harvest, camps will be form
ed at Cherbourg of 60,000 men; at St.
. Omers, of 50,000 ; at Campiegne, of
150,000; and in the Batavian Republic,
of 40,000. The great flotillas will be
assembled at Dunkirk, Boulogne, and
Calais. We are affined the First Con
sul will command the expedition in per
son ; and the minister at war, general
Ber/hier, will undertake the direction
of the Staff. The attack, for which a
great quantity of artillery is already
prepared, will be made from every fide
at once.
LONDON, JULY 16.
It is Hill asserted, on authority not to
be queffioned, that the King will take
the field in person, if the French really
should invade the Kingdom.—When
the Spanish Armada threatened En
gland, Queen Elizabeth repaired to
her camp at Tilbury, on horseback,
where she addressed her army in the fol
lowing words :—
"I am come amongst you, not for
recreation or pastime, but resolved, in
the midst of battle, to live or die with
you. I know I have but the body of
a weak and feeble woman, out I have
the heart of a Sovereign ; and a Sov
ereign of England too ; I think it foul
scorn that Parma or Spain, or any
Prince in Europe, should dare to in
vade the borders of my realms, to
which, rather than any dishonour
should grow by me, I myfelf will take
up arms ; I myfelf will be your Gene
ral, Judge and Rewarder of every one
of your virtues in the field."
July 17.
If the private accounts from France
are to be credited, every nerve ought
to be drained to complete our mea
sures of defence with all possible dis
patch. The plan of invasion, which
our inveterate enemy has so much at
heart, is to be carried, it is said, into
immediate execution. Bonaparte well
knows, that every day it is deferred the
chance of success will be so much more
against him. He fees that the spirit of
enthusiasm will begin to be kindled up
tin the hearts of Britons, and that all
ranks are vying with each other in pre
paring to give him a proper reception,
should he attempt to invade our coasts.
Bonaparte (fays the writer) is very un
popular as the firft consul, but, as the
invader of England he could get
300,000 men fit for immediate service.
It is the general opinion, that the First
Consul will endeavour to put his plan
into effeft before the autumnal equin
oxes. His inducement to the army is
the spoils of Britain.
The best informed military men are
dill of opinion, that Ireland is the most
vulnerable part of the United King
dom, and that on which the enemy in
tends to make his most fer ous impres
sion. It is true Ireland lies fartheft
from France, but the late attempts of
the directory have taught us, that it is
possible sometimes to evade the vigi
lance of our fleets.
JULY 20.
The preparations for invasion are
carrying on with uncommon a&ivity in
France : it appears by our Dover let
ter, that no less than 8000. boats are
building in different ports of the repub
lic ; but before these boats are con
ftru&ed, we ffiall, we trust, have at lead
half a million of men in arms, exclu
sive of the regular army, the militia,'
and the army of reserve.
A private letter from Paris, dated
July 16, fays, "You have no doubt
heard, that a Ruffian courier, carrying
dispatches from St. Peterborough to
Vienna, was lately murdered on the
African frontiers ; it is now reported
here, that the assassin, a Polander, has
been arrested, and confeffed by whom
he was paid to commit this crime, and
that this political afaffination has been
;traced to a French Secretary of Legation
! at one of the Northern Courts ; how Ruf
ffia will receive this new insult, or re
, venge this freffi violation of the laws of
nations, is impossible to fay. But this
infamous tranfa&ion proves, that
France does not possess the secrets of
the Ruffian Cabinet, as it does those of
certain other indemnified courts.
"All the ship carpenters and boat
builders every where in France, from
the age of 15 to 60, are put in requisi
tion, to work only for Government ;
five hundred of these requ'ftionaries are
expe&ed here to affitt in building the
gun boats fubferibed for here.
The principal dealers in post horses
and post chaises in Edinburgh, have
pledged themselves to put all their hor
ses and chaise at the disposal of Gov
ernment, for the purpose of conveying
troops in case of zn invasion; and even
the post boys have volunteered their
fervices.l
The most patriotic deed recently
witnessed was that of the meeting at
Lloyds, Brook Watson, Esq. in the
chair, when £50,000 were fubferibed
in less than half an hour.—Several gen
tlemen fubferibed £IOOO each. It is
expe&ed that 300,000 men will be rais
ed out of the firft elafs in the Defence
Bill, viz. between 17 and 30 years of 1
age."
JULY 21.
Letters from Dover yesterday repre
sent the preparations making on the [
coast of France for the Invasion of this:
country, as extremely formidable ; andl
that the better to conceal them, all the 1
English at Calais, Boulogne, &c. are|
ordered to England in forty-eightl
hours, or to retire into the interior of
France, even though they should have
resided in these towns the most part of
their lives. It is said, 8000 gunboats'
are to be built for the attack of this
country. The number seems to be in
credible, but France undoubtedly has
vast means for building them, and ma
ny vessels within her power which may
be converted to that purpose. While
some of our countrymen are fhewirig
the improbability of invasion, as the!
French cannot well land horses and ar
tillery, it is possible they may throw
many thousand of their horses on our
(hores with muskets and bayonets in
their hands,ammunition and provisions
on their backs, who may do the most
serious mifehief. The promise of the .
plunder of this country will animate
French soldiers to any enterprize, how
ever desperate, and that promise is
made to them in every way that can
inflame their passions.
JULY 22.
EFFECTIVE MEASURES.
As the public must wish to be accu
rately informed of the new plan of arm
ing the country, we reflate the outline
of the bill brought in by the Secretary
at War on Monday :
That all the males, from 17 to 55, in
every parish throughout these king
doms, shall be regularly trained to the
use of arms.
That the armament shall be divided
into four classes, viz. the firft shall con
sist of persons from the age of 17 to 30,
who are unmarried, and have not more
than one child under ten years old.
The second of the fame description
from the age of 30 to 50. The third of
those who are married, from the age of
17 to 50, and have not more than two
children. And the fourth of all those
who do not come within the above men
tioned descriptions.
, That the clergy, the militia, the ar
my of reserve, the volunteer corps, &c.
shall be exempted from the operations
of the bill.
That the Lords Lieutenants ffiall be
empowered and commanded,in confor
mity to the General Plan of Defence, to
cause all the men in the different par
ishes of all the counties, to be inftru&ed
in the use of arms onac a week, from
Lady Day to Michaelmas.
That the arms shall be furnifhed by
his Majesty, and that they shall after
wards be kept in proper order by the
refpe&ive pariffies.
That such as do not attend at the
time and place appointed shall forfeit
ss. and the poorer classes is.
That orders shall be given for the
appointment of officers, &c. arid for the
uniting of foall neighbouring parishes,
to unite them into companies.
That his Majesty shall be enabled to
order the Deputy Lieutenants to assem
ble the whole, and to dire& that one or
two of the classes, or all if necessary,
shall in cases of invasion, march to the
coast or elsewhere against the enemy.
That when there on service, every
man shall be fubje&ed to regular disci
pline, and to the operations of martial
law, in the fame manner as the regular
army.
That when thus assembled every man
shall be allowed two guineas to provide 1
himfelf with necessaries ; and on his
return, over and above the usual pay
one guinea.
That the set vices of these corps shall
be limited to the continuance of inva
sion.
That when the enemy shall be pushed
into the sea, or otherwise exterminated,
these corps shall have leave to return
to their refpe&ive homes.
AMERICAN CLAIMS.
The long pending difeuffions be
tween this government, and the United
States refpe&ing the claims of the Ame
rican citizens, for captures by British
cruizers during the lad war, are now
happily brought very near a conclu
sion. Last Friday the firft inflalment
upon the awards of the cemmiffioners,
amounting to about 400,000!. be'^ 1 ™
due, and was pundually paid by this
government. —The whole will amount
to about 1,2c0,0001. The three com
missioners, Messrs. Gore, Pinckney and
Turnbull, who have resided in England
for seven years, merit the thanks of
both countries for their patience and
perseverance in the examinations and
adjustment of claims that might have
so greatly affe&ed the good understand
ing between them.
BY MAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 29.
The sloop Highland, from Philadel
phia, has been boarded from the Brit
ish ship of war Leander, Capt. Kain, of
50 guns, and David Kitchel, an Ame
rican seamen, taken out. He unfortu
nately had no protection. The officer
on leaving the Hiland, said he had a
right to take any persons he found
without protections.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. I.
We learn from our last London pa
per (July i6:h) that the Ruffian Con
lul General at Venice lias received a
dispatch from his court dating it to be
his Sovereign pleasure, that the lonian
flag, and the fubje&s of the Seven
Islands, shall be placed under the pro
te&ion of the Ruffian Agents andCon
ful, and that they shall enjoy the fame
privileges with his Ruffian fubje&s.
Here then is a new, and indeed the on
ly system of neutrality attempted to be
established in the Mediterranean and
Levant, which is evidently designed to
favour the commerce of France, whi^
it gives to Russia the right of exerci
sing her interference, and extending her
influence, in that quarter.
HUDSON, AUGUST 30.
The Bee has renewed one of Callen
der's old dories about Judge Chafe.
We thought that Callender would again
be quoted by the democrats as good
authority, as soon as it was out ofhis
power to injure them.
Boston, Sept. 7.
UNITED STATES FRIGATE
NEW-YORK.
A letter from an officer on board the
United States frigate New-York, lying
at Malta, to Dr. William Rogers, of
Washington city, informs, "That oil
the 25th April, 1803, off Sardinia,
early in the morning, the gunners mate
had been returning the signal Lan
thorns into the gunners dore room, as
also the match which is kept burning
during the night. He Burned and
the gunner went immediately down in
to the cockpit- Gnd it seems took a light
into the Hore room to fee if er. ry thing
was properly secured, when from the
fnuff of the candle or otherwise, fire
was communicated to a confiderabie
quantity of powder, upwards of an hun
dred weight. The explosion took place
precisely at 8 o'clock, those in the cock
pit fuffered beyond conception. Tho'
most of them have survived it. The
gunner "Morrill," died the following
night, and also a boy named Hamil
ton.— Mr. Shults died in about thirty,
fir hours. Burrier, captain's clerk,
died since our arrival here, (Malta).
Dr. Weem is yet ill, though recovering
faft, as likewise are Mr Lewis, mid
shipman, Kennedy, purser's Reward,
M'Gee, marine. Mr. Lewis, midihip
man, and Mr. Israels, are well. The
explosion drew the gun deck and quar
ter deck hatches up—darted the maga
zine, wardroom and cabin bed-heads.
Exertion alone saved us. The fire was
extinguished in one hour."
Further accounts from Jamaica cor
roborate the intelligence of the capture
and arrival therein of two French 74
gun.ihips, taken by the Elephant and
Vanguard. It is added, they made
little or no refinance, hauling down
their colours after the firft broadside.
It is probable they were but weekly
manned.
0
Fifteen Millions of Dollars
(the price of Louisiana) calculating
more than a ton to every waggon,
would require 375 waggonsto carry it ;
and allowing 4 horses to each team) it
would require fifteen hundred hoiks,
they would make a firing of five miles
in length. The money would support
25 thousand soldiers for seven years and
and a half, pay at 40 shillings a month,
•'^''""Y^^^'JZLLZZ!!—l'22: —^^^ilffraffrm all
I r |'HE Sublcnbeis, a Commit
tee appointed by tire Hon. Na.
thaniel Rogers, Judge of Probate
for the County of Rockingham, to re
ceive, examine and adjust all the claims
of the Creditors to the Estate of Joseph
Stoodley, late of Pordmouth, in said
County, Mariner, deceased, and fix
Months from the date hereof being al
lowed for that purpose, give notice, that
we will attend said service at the Dwel
ling House •£ Edward Sargent in
said Portsmouth, on the third Thursday
of December, January, and February,
next, from 2 to 5 o'clock, in the after
noon of said days.
Edward Sargent,
Nathaniel Marlhall,
John Raynes.
- P^tfrnGuth) Sep. 7, isoj.