Ulster County gazette — Kingston [N.Y.], 1800-01-04 00:00:00, page 5

THE hour having arrived which the
President appointed, MR. SrEakEr,
attended by the members present, procee
ded to the Prefidens’s house to present him
their address in answer to his speech on
the opening of the present seflion ; and hav
ing returned the President’s reply thereto
was:read as follows: @~
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
THIS very respectful address from the
representatives of the people of the Uni
ted States, -at their first assembly of ‘the
fresth eleftion, under the firong impreflion
of the public opinion and national sense,
at this interesting and singular crisis of our
public affairs, has excited my sensibility
and receives my sincere and grateful ac
knowledgements.
As long as we can maintain with har
mony and affection the honor of our coun
try, consistently. with its peace, externally
. and internally, while that is attainable, or
in war, when that becomes neceflary,—as
serts its real. independence and sovereign
ty, and support the constitutional energies
and dignity of its government—we may be
perfeétly sure under the smiles of Divine
Providence, that we shall efleftually pro
more and extend our national interests and
happiness. .
The applause of the Senate and House
of Representatives, so justly bestowed up
on the volunteers and militia, for their zeal
. ame and active co-operation with the judi
‘\aual power, which has restored order ‘and
submiflion. to the laws, as it''comes with
peculiarweight from the Legislatare, can
notfail' to have an extensive and perma
nent effed, for the support of government
upon all those ‘ingenuous’ minds, who re
ceive delight from the approving and an
imating voice of their country. f ;
S JOHN ADAMS.
" United States,
Dec. 10, 1799. } :
And then the House adjourned until to
morrow moriiing, 11 ¢'clock.
Mr. Josiah Parker and Mr. Robert Page,
from Virginia, appeared on Monday, were
qualified and' took their seats.
Mr, Speaker; on. Monday laid * before
the House, a letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury, inclofing a statement of his
accounts for the year ’99. Ordered to lie
on the table.
Meflrs. Harper, Griswold, Otis, Gal
lahan, Powell, John Brown, Stone, Nott
and Platt, were appointed a standing com
mittee of Ways and Means.
Meflrs. Harper, C. Goodrich, Bayard,
Marshall and' Sewall, were appointed a
committee, «in pursuance of a resolution
pafled on Monday, relative to the revision
and amendment of the judiciary system.
TO THE
PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
‘ACCEPT, Sir, the respeétful acknowl
edgements of the Senate of the United
States, for your speech’ 'delivered to both
Houses of. Congress at the opening of the
present seflion. :
While we devoutly join you in offering
our-thanks to Almighty God for the re
turn of health to cur citiees; and for the
general prosperity of our country ; we can
not refrain from' lamenting that the arts
and calumnies of falious and designing
men, have excited open rebellion a second
time in Pennsylvania, and thereby com
pelled the employment of a military force
to aid the civil authority ‘in the execution
of the laws. ‘We rejoice that your vigi
lence, energy and well ' timed exertions,
have crushed so daring an 6ppofition, and
prevented the spreading of such treasona
ble combinations. The promptitude and
zeal displayed by the troops called to sup
press this insurrettion deserves our high
est commendation and praise, and affords a
pleasing proof of the spirit and alacrity
with which our fellow citizens are ready to
maintain the authority of our excellent gov
ernment,
This day at 12 o’clock, the Senate in a
body waited on the President of the
United States with the following ad
dress, in answer to his speech to both
Houses :
{Vol. ll.]
AMERICAN CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, DecemßEß 10.
SENATE.
ULSTER COUNTY GAZETTE.
Published at KINGSTON, (Ulster County,) By SAMUEL FREER and SON.
WE learn'“from private letters, that the
accounts brought by the Inspector sloop of
war, and which we stated some idays ago
were so far founded, that a partial engage
ment had taken ‘place. ' Gen, Daenddls,
on the’loth; ‘attacked in person ‘the right
wing of the British forces under an‘ ad
vanced post near Winklé, under the _com
mand of Prince William of Gloticefter, with
at least 6000 men and 6 pieces of cannon
and endeavored with every exertion to
force his post. To resist this formidable
attack, his highness had only 1100 men;,
chiefly consisting of the 35th regiment and
z pieces of cannon with which he forced
the Dutch general to retreat, with the loss
of one French general and 200 men killed. |
At the moment of this victory we have
to lament that his highness seeing a body
of 4000 Dutch troops rapidly advancing
upon his left to support Daendals, he was
under the necessity of falling back to Col
horn, where the troops remained all night
on their arms, and the whole of the day
following in fight of the enemy, without
his attempting any farther attack. His
highness upon this occasion loft only one
man killed and nine wounded. During
this ation he had his horse shot under him
but himself received no injury, alt}_lough}‘
85 By the arrival of the Factor Srom Fgl;
mouth we are put in possession of London pa
pers to the 20th of October, inclusive; from
. which we make the following selections.
R
+. LONDON, O&. 18. ’
I thank you for this address. I wish
you all poflible success and satisfaction in
your deliberations on the means, which
have a tendency to promote and extend
our national interest and happiness—and I
assure you that in all our measures dire&-
ed to those ‘great objeéts you may at all
times rely with the highest confidence on
my cordial co-operation.
- The praise of the Senate so judiciously
conferred on the promptitude and zeal of
the troops, cailed to suppress the insurrec
tion, as it falls from so high authority,
must make a deep impreflion, both_as a
terror to the disobedient and an encour
agement to such as do well. 2
e ; JOHN ADAMS!
United States, 3 i
Dec 10, F7OB, : )
Knowing as we do, that the United
States are sincerely anxious for a fair and
liberal execution of the treaty of amity,
_commerce and navigation entered into with
‘Great Britain; we learn with regret, that
the progress of adjustment has been inter
rupted by a difference of opinion among
the commiflioners. We hope, however,
that the justice, the moderation, and the
obvious interest of both parties will lead to
satisfactory explanations, and that the busi
ness will then go forward to an amicable
close of all the differences and demands
between the two countries. We are fully
persuaded that the Legislature of the Uni
ted States will cheerfully enable you to
realize your insurances of performing on
our part, all engagements with pun&uality
-and the most scrupulous good faith.
When we refle& upon the late uncer
tainty of the result of the late mission to
France; and upon the uncommon nature,
extent, and aspe@ of the war now raging
in Europe ; which affeéts materially our re
lations with the powers at war, and which
has changed the condition of these colo
nies our neighborhood, we are of opinion
with you, that it would be neither wise or
safe to relax our measures of defence or
to leflen any of our preparativas to repel
aggreflion.
Our enquiries and attention should be
carefully directed to.the various other im
portant subjeéts which you have recom
mended to our consideration; and from
our experience of your past administration
we anticipate with the highest confidence
your strenuous co-operation in all measures
which have a tendency to promote and ex
tend our national interest and happiness.
To which the President made the following
Gentlemen of the Senate
NEW YORK, December 23.
R R Ry g
SATHRDAY. January 4, 1800.
Ex¥.Q of a Dispatch from Lientenant
Colonel Ramsay to Lord Greenville, da
ted . Head-Quarters Shaffhausen, Sep
fember 300~
My Lord, ; 5
Itis with extreme concern I inform your
Lordship, that an attack has been made on
the allied army, the result of which has
been favorable’ to the enemy. The. com
bined operations of the Allies, of which
your~Lordship is already informed, were
intended io have taken place on the 26th
and z7th; and fix battalions.of the army
commanded by General Korzakoff, were
detaclied to Uznach on_ the 27th, for the
purpose of increasing the force destined to
act on that quarter. The enemy, who was
no doubt, apprised of this_circamftance, at
tacked|the Russian army ‘on the zsth, at a
very eurly hour in the morning, a brisk
attaclgT:_)f_ musketry was heard on oun left
in theineighborhood of Wallishosep, ac
compa&ied by a cannonade on our right,
which zppeared to proceed from the neigh
borhood of Baden. The attack on our ﬁ:ft
‘was mEre‘ly. intended "fgr_“ﬂ)'e,p,urgpse of
“drawing the attention f.ﬁom;"[;t'}i,c., true point;
and the enemy pafled the Limmar in: great:
sarge 3% the ReiehßorhAßA oF Weiniaacn:
between Zurich and Baden, ;,‘iy;t}i;gj ma-,
meeuvre they broke the line in that qyarter:,
cuti off from the army the eight ba.g.&‘oﬁs |
of Giens. Markoff and Dyrasoff; who. were
posted bilween Weingngen and the Rhine ;.
;?"’iﬁa‘%igay}ng,"a corps for the. purpose
‘of observing and awacking them they ase
cended ;‘;{e)‘Lquri;a)'t _towards " iﬂrich, i
regiment, of | dragoons, . being in St
,ﬁ?‘?é of the detachments that had been
wn to the left, the only force remain
ing in that part where -‘t}Lez,deﬂ}fg_e was ef
fecid.y}t_h;h‘ enemy adyanced and. arrived
in the neighborhood of Zurich before they
experienced any resistance of één.s;czqug(yiée';
the plain in front of Zurich between .the
Limmar and the heights, which running
p#_ijallclfto the Limmar, form a continua
tion of the Aldra to the N. Weft, being
occupied at the same. time by a dine of
their infantry and cavalry, who with a
very numerous! train (of iartillery” attacked
with great vigor the troops in front of
Zurich, and prevented their detaching to
the right the point on which the great ef
forts of che enemy were directed. ;
Dispatches, of which the following are
a copy and extrats, have been received
from Lieutenant. Colonel Ramsay and
Lieutenant Colonel H. Clinton, by the
Right Hon. Lord Greenville, his Majes
ty’s principal Secretary of State for the
Foreign Department,
exposed to the greatest parsonal danger
under a heavy fire, being frequently in
the front of the line, animating by his ex
ample the exertions of his troops, upon
which on this'and every other occasion
where the British arms are brought into
attack, it is impossible to bestow too much
praise. —
The Hamburgh mail due on Sunday
last arrived this morning. It brings ac
-counts of the events which took place in
Switzerland in the latter end of Sept. ex
cept only those which relate to Marshal
Suwarrow of which we have no positive
information. = The Arch Duke, 'it'appears,
was rapidly advancing to repair the evils
which had been occasioned by his ab
sence. His force we know, by private let
ters, to consist of 26000 men, with which
he was at Schaffhausen on the 2d. The
army of Conde consisting of 6000 men
was the same day at Stoach.
The forces joined to the Bavatians and
to the corps of Gen. Korsakow, are it must
be allowed, more than sufficient to secure
that part of Germany from all danger.
We rejoice at sceing the conjectures which
we have from the first instance averred,{
respecting the probable consequences of
the victory at Maffena, thus confirmed.
The Hamburgh mail which became due
on Wednesday, had not arrived when this
paper went to press. 3
English account of the battle of ZURICH.
O&ober zoth, =)
From the Lonponx GaZETTE.
Downing-street, O&. 19, 1799.
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Colo
nel Henry Clinton, to Lord Greenville,
dated Be]{inzona, Sept. 10, 1799,
Having been directed by Lord Mulgrave
ta attend Field Marfhhal Suwarrow on his
march to Switzerland, and transmit to
your lordship accounts of the proceedings
of this army; I have the honor to inform
Extract of a dispatch 'from -Lieutenant-
Colonel' Ramsay' ‘to ‘Lord Greenville,
dated © Head-Quarters, = ' SehafThausen,
September 30. ’ : '
Your Lordship has already, no doubt;*
received accounts, through France, of the
calamities which' have befallen us in this
country, in . which-‘our losses have most
probably been exaggerated to -a great de
gree.. Aware of this T would if pof.ole
have sent your lordship an earlier ac
count ; but it was impoflible’ for me to
give a corret flatement of the real slate
of things, which was much worse to ap
pearance when the army first arrived here
than at present. v _
Gen. Petrasch has retreated from the
‘di?:nt* position " between Uznach and
Rh®mech; wherei it is supposed he has al
ready paflfed the Rhine, and' this part of
Switzerland may: bé consideréd as evacua
ted forthé present ; it is-the' 'more -unfor
tunaté ‘as the succefles of Field Marshal
Suwarrow! -wounld have rendered ‘the suc
cess of “the rprojected. operation, if ‘we had
forfunately been able to-retain our position.
At present the Eield-Marfhal’s situation will
be rerdered’ very critical, if timely notice
has not been, received by him of thie re
treat of the armies. . /!I-am sorry to inform
your Lordship, : that from the reports I
have received, there ‘is reason to appre
hend that the Swiss regiments of Bachman
and Revore have suffered considerably. I
have as yet hadrno exact accounts, and I
will' defer . therefore’ 'making any report
to your lordship till- another opportunity
occurs, as I am in hopes their loss has
been occasioned by dispersion, in which
case it will probably every diminish,
At a late hour in the forenoon some
reinforcements arrived on this fide of the
Limmar, but the enemy were already
masters of some of the principal heights
which command the ‘townj; and notwith~
flanding the bravery -displayed by gthe
Ruflians in their repeated attacks, the su
periority in point of force and position on
the side of the French rendered it impos
sible for them to regain that which had
been loft. .At sunset the French had
made themselves masters of part of Zu
rich Berg and nearly surrounded the
town. ‘The attack on the position -¢~
General Horze had terminated rather in
favor :of the Austrians; but gen. Horze
was unfortuﬁately killed at the commence
ment of the action nd gen. Petrasch who
succeeded to the command of the army
having resolved in consequence of the
loss he had sustained, to..avoid the attack
which he expected the next morning, re
treated in. the night from Uznach. ¢ The
situation of the Ruffian army .was thus
rendered fill more critical, and it became
absolutely neceflary to .abandon Zurich,
and he position . in that neighborhood
without delay. On the 26th in the morn
ing the retreat took place, and the whole
arrived in the course of that night in the
neighborhood of Eglisan and SchafThausen
without experiencing any loss .of conse
quence during their march, Wae have to
regret the loss of between two and: three
thousand killed, wounded .and mifling;
and ten picces of cannon have, with a part
of the baggage, fallen into the hands of
the enemy. A nearly equal number of .
French cannon were taken by the Ruf
fians, but the want of horses, which: pre
vented them’from taking away their own,
was the cause of their being also obliged
to leave these.. 'The. army under the
command, of General Korsakof I. at pre
sent posted with its right to Egifan, and
its left to the Lake of Constance—By a
letter juft® arrived from - Field ~Marfhal
Suwarrow, it appears that he-has taken
the Mount Saint Gothard, and is at pres
ent, advancing towards Alltdorf, and
Schweitz. v A 3
(Signed)
I have the honor to be, &c.
JOHN RAMSAY,
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