Ulster County gazette — Kingston [N.Y.], 1800-01-04 00:00:00, page 1

0 AMETCAN CONGRESS. g
e e FSDAY, Dacruse R 10. :';f.’f,f»" i
~ E"‘H K hoar Raving arrived w hxch,ﬁ‘i‘b
"4 Piefident appointed, Mr SpEaxsr
atte Ided by the members present, proceeded
2¢ the President’s house to present him their
addréss in'answer to his slvc‘g‘*ch;at the ape
giingiot the present seflion ; and having re
turned the Prefident;s reply - thereto. wis:
we bbt owd st il S G DRSNS
L Gentlemen of the House of Repr. Jentatives |
©TEIS very respeéifol address from th;c'f
representatives of the people of the United
S*?“tt‘s,at their ficit assembly, aficr a trefh
eledtion, under the £rong impreflion of the
i;ﬁu’%ﬂieacﬁpin'aon and ' national sense, at this
interesting and fiogolar crisis of our publie
affairs, hasexcited my sensibility and re.
¢eivesmy sincere and grateful acknow.
Jedgements, . A
"~ Aslong as wecan maintamn, with har.
mgny and affeétion, the hunor of our coun-
R tr}, consistently with Its prace; cxrcg'naﬁy
~and internally, while that 15 attainable, or
inwar, when that becomes neceflarv—as.,
s2lt its real independenge 2nd savereigniy,
-and support ,t‘hgtonﬁitfriimal energies and
digoity of its government-=we may be per
fettly sare under the smiles of Divine Pro
vidence, that we shall eflectually promote,
and.extend our national interests and hap
fpiﬂyf‘SS- R j s g\’ ) ; i
" "t'e applause of the Seaate and House of
P.epresentavives, so jalily. bestowed upon -
the volunteers and nziEiiia, for their zeal.’
ans and aftive co-operation with the jadici.
al power, which hag reflored order and sub
m.ffion to the laws, as f?z\ comes with pecn.
lar weight from the Legiilature, cannot
£..1 0 have an exten{ive.dnd permanent es.
'Lfe(‘.%'«z;‘_ife)r‘ the suppore of ovérnment, vpon,
g ‘ f rom }har"ﬂ?f’“’”iia_ and ani‘matiag{
17 sedagenyons minds, who receive de. |
i O s R@E LY ¢ST ee S
R N JORN Ay,
Te S W
3\3' 10, 1799' e‘,eß ke ‘;
x 4 thenthe House fadjourned il to
inofj oW marding, 11 o*chock., : -
¥x. Josiah Parker, and Mr. Robert Page,
fiom Virginia, appeared on Monday, were
analified, and. took their seats.
o pv/‘zfr,l Speaker an Monday,f-'l_axd before the
tlou =, a letger from the Secretary of the
M'ressury, inclofing a {tatement of his. ac
toun(" for the year ,gg9. Ordered to liz on
GO T T 3
. ’Mllrs. Harper, Griswould, Otis, Galla
o, | owell, John Brown, Siove, Nott and
Plate) were appointed a standing commit
tee of Ways and Meéanss. o TR
““Piefirs, Harper, €. Goedrich, Bayard,
Mar{liali and Sewall, were appointed a com
mitree, in persuance of a ,_rc..qolx.nion pafled
an Monday, relative to'the revision and a
seoditseat of the ’judiciafi"‘s?‘_ﬁ:ﬁ me - ;
SENATE.
This day at 12 o’clock the Senztein a body:
. wajted on the President of the United
Srates with the following address, in an
swor to his specch to both Houses :
§ ; eTR i :
PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATESs
“AQCEPT, Sir, the sespeéiful acknow
ledgeménts of the Sepat® of the United
Stated; for your Speech delivired to both
Housts of Congress at the opening of the
preseit Seflion, , o g
; W}%ile we devoutly join you in offering
‘our tiapks to Almighty God for the refurn
‘of-hc:tlth to our cities, and for the general
prospirity of our country ; we Cannot re-
AHrain from lamenting that the arts and ca
fumnics of factious and designing men, have
¢xcited open rebellion a second timein Pen
‘gylvapia. and thereby compelled the em
\,'}*,;Uy'd!fnt of a milita:y force to aid the ci
¥l an hority in the execution of the laws.
We rjjoik_‘c. that your vigilance, energy and
‘Wwell timed exertions. have crushed so da
ngahoppofition, and prevented the spread.
ing oﬁsuch treasonabie coinbinations. The
Promptitede and zealdisplayed by the troops.
%allu‘d‘ Lo suppress thisinsurreétion deserves
~qur highest commendarion and praise; and
;» :‘?ﬁbfd,«;ﬁ sleafing proof of the spirit and a
‘_l?Crltg' with which our fellow citizers are
¥eddy'tosnaintainithe auathority of ourex
celleng government, |- ¥
. Kudvingas we do, that the United
staiesare sincerely anxious for a fair and
Aiherdl exscution of the treaty of amity,
VOL. ll.]
Published at KINGSTON, (Ulster County) BY SAMUEL FREER and SON.
“commeice and navigation entered into with
Greot Britain; we learn with regret, thur
“the progressof adjoftment has been inter.”
rapted by a differcnce of opinion among the
commiflioners, We hope, however, that
the justice, the moderation; and ‘the obvi
ous infereft of both parcies will lead tosa
lisfaltory ‘explanarions, and that the bufi
néss will then gb forward to an amicable,
clese of all the differences and ‘demands be
twech the two countries, We are folly
persuaded that the Legiflatare of the Uri
ted Stites will cheerfully enable you to re
”aiijze’yp(nr insurances of performing en odr
part, allengagements with punctuality, and
the most scrupalous,good faith. ;
" When we refledt upon the late uncertain.
ty of the result of the late mission to France 5
and’upon the incommon matnre, extent, and
aspect of the war now rafing in Europe ;
which effefts materially aur relations with
the powers at way, and wilich has changed
the condition of those colonies our neigh.
borhood 5 we are of opinion with you, that
it would be ncither wise or safe to relax
oyr measures of defence, orto-lcfien any of
our preparations to repel apgre{fion.
Our enquiries and ‘attention should be
carefully direed to the various otkerim
portant subjeéts which you have recommen
ded to our consideration ; ‘and from ourex
perience of your palt administration, We an
“ticipate With the highest confidence yonr
strenuous co.operation inall mcasures which
have a tendency to promote and extend our
national iuterelt and happiness,
To which the President made the fellowing
: oy Rea PLY ;
5 Gentlimen ifabe Senale, : ‘-
‘I thank you for this address. I wish yon
all poflible success 'and satisfaétion in your.
~deliberations on_ti¢ means, which have's
tendegcy to ptom_v(‘)’\(‘ and extend our natip
o inpgrel, ard By Yinsss—and I assure yin
thaz in %! your m¢ sures, dircéted 1o §hose:
giedtobjects, youl oy gt all times, rely.
with the highelt cinfidence on my copdial
co-operation, ¥ APV RS oo
- The praise of the Senate so judicion fly
conferred on the promptitude and zeal of
the troofs, called 10 suppress the Los rrec.
tion, as 1t fails from so° high authority,’
muoft make o deep tmpreflion, both as a ier.
ror to the disobedient and an encourage- .
ment to such as d 6 well, 0 ¢
R e JOHN ADAMS.
Un‘ted States, } ‘
Dec, 10, 1799. § 7 oy |
¢ TONDOR O gl v as
WE learn from private letters, that the
accounts brought by the Inspector {loop of
wary and which we stated some days ago,
were so far founded, that a partial engage- !
the roth, attacked in person the right ]
ment had taken place. Gen. Daendals on
wing of the British forces upon an advan. |
ced post near Winkle, ender the command
of Prince Willtam of Gloucester, with at ‘
lealt 6000 men and 6 pieces of cannon, and ‘
endeavored with every exertion to force
his post: 'T'o resist this formidable artack, |
his highness had ooly 1100 men, chiefly |
consisting of the 35th regiment, and 2 pie. j
ces of cannon with which ‘he forced the
Datch general to retreat, with the. loss of !
one Feench general'and 200 men killed.
At thg moment of this victory we have to |
lament,that his highness seeing a body of |
4coo Datch troops rapidly advencing upon i
his left to support Daendals, e was vnder
the neceflity of falling back -to Colhora, |
where the troops remained all night upon )
their arms, and thie whole of the day fol..
lowing'in fight of the enemy, withount his
attempting any farther attack. His high.
ness upon this occasion loft enly one man |
killed and nine wounded.’ Paring the ac.
tion he had his his horse thot ynder him, |
but himself received no injury, al_thmigh :
exposed to the greatest personal danger un
der a heavy ﬁr.:ej, bejng fiveq(mn:l}'r ihk;,:;_{h‘g
front of the li:)_e, animating by his exam
ple the exertions of his truops, upon which
<V NEW-.TORK; December 237 '\
§F Py the arrival of the Palor fiom Fel
minthy e aqre' pat’ in pojl Jion of Lowden
papers ito the ZOl‘}) qf \Oc"l"c[) o ancl »'y"ffv!,
Trom awbhichave aate the fullowing feledi
e 1
SATURDAY, January 4, 1800.
«on thin 24 upon every other oceafion where
the. Xfﬁi’fﬁx*ﬁrms‘aw broughit inte aftion,
(it ds impofivle to bestow roo much praise.
- #The Hamhurgh mail due on Sunday last
arrived this morning. 1t brings aécownts
- of the events which took place in Switzer-
Tand in the latter end of Sept. éxcept only
those which relate to Marshal Suwarrow,
ot which we have no positive information.
The Archduoke, it appears, was rapidly ad
vancing to repair theevils which had been
orcafionad by his absence. His force we
know by private letters to consist of 26000
wen, with which he was at Schaffhausen
cn theizd.” T'he army of Conde, confting
of 6ocoimen was' the same day at - Sto
. These forces joind to tha" Bavarians
and 1o the corps.of Gen. Korsakow, are it
must be allowed, more than sufficient to
secare that part ‘of Germany from all dan
ger. -We rejoic€ at seeing the conjec
ctuses which we'have from the firtt in-
A{tant formed }’espccﬁting the proﬁab}e con
sequences of the yictory of Maflena, ' thus
confirmed. s TR
_The Hamburgh mail which beécams due
on Wednesday, had not drrived when this
paper went to press. i S
(Buglib decount of the battle of ZURITIL)
= AR Oftober 20. |
Yrowm tbe Lonbon GazErTE, = -
Dowm'?fg-j?,eel, OR. 99, loy " 74
Dispatches, of which the following are
a copy and e xtracts, have been received from
Licutenant Cé‘ddh'el Ramsay and Licutenant
Colonel H. Clinton, by the Right Hon.
Lard Geeenville,' his Majesty’s Principal
Seqxf‘i&nx;ﬁ"of State for the Foreign Depart
anew gL Yo V »
ORI e gl T, e
! Cg,’,-gfﬁaxl}‘&apl teh from 5,:&&1&;‘1@9& C;L
¥ Loved 'Hendhartcis Shtaftliausen, " Sep
IR Ramliy to Tard Giveenville, dd
oxpmbet. 300 Y e i e
" DY JAOH, R S R,
. Ttis with éxtreme concern I inform your
Lwrdhip, that an attack has been made on
the Al'fedarmy, ‘the reshlt ‘of which has
been favor blé to the enemy. 'T'he combi
hed operaticns of the-Allies, of which your
dordip s already informed, were intended
to have takes place on the 26th and 27th !}
and fix bztta¥fons of the army, commanded
vy Generel Korzakod) ‘were detached to
Uznach on the 25th for the parpose of in.
creasing the force destined to a& ia that
quarter. The enemy,. who was, no doubr,
apprised of this circhmtt nce, atracked the
Ruftian ariny on the 25ih, at'a very early.
hotir in the morning ; a brif attack of
- mbfketty was heard on oui left in the
noighborhood of Yv'alishosen, accompanied
by a cannonade on our right; which appear.
ed to prdeecd from the neiohborhood of Ba
‘den.’ The attack on oor left was. merely.
‘intended for the purpose of drawing the at.
teotion from rhe true-point ; and Ihe enemy
palfed cthe Limmdt in great for.ein the
neighborhood of Weinangen, between Za. -
rich and Baden. By this manccavre they
broke the line in that quarter, cut off from
the army the eight battalions of Gens.
Markoff, and Durasoff, who weie polted
between Weinengen and the Rhine ; and,
after leaving a corps for the purpose of ob.
serving and atiacking them they ascended
the Limamat towards Zurich, A regiment
“of dragoons, b’ei’h‘g&‘m consequence- of the
‘detachments that had been seat away, ard
‘the troops that had been drawn to' the left,
‘the eonly foree remaining in that part where
‘the patiige was effetted, the énemy advan.
ced and arrived in the meighborhood of
~Zurich before they experienced any resist.
ance of consequence ; the plain in front of
Zurich beiween the Limmat and the
heights, which ranniog: parallel to the
- Limmat, form a continuation of the Aldra
to the N, Weft, being occupied at the
same tlmne by a lire of their infuntry and
“cavalry, who, with a very numerous train
“of artillery attacked with grear vigor the
troops id front of Zurieh, and prevenied
their detaching 10 the right the point cn
“whichiths great efforts of the efemy were
Clifelted, b s S A H
Ata late hodt in the forenoon some re
inforgements ‘ai&rive’d on this fide of the
Limiat, but th coemy swerc already mas
command ‘the town & and fffgiivi('{manding“
the bravery displayed by the Reffians in
theif repeated ‘atracks, thie superiority in
‘point of force and position on the fide of the
French rendered it impofiible for them to
regain that which had been loft.” At sunset
the French had made themselves masters of
part of Zurich Berg ani nearly surrounded
the town! The attack on the pofitionof
General Ifctze had terminated rather in
favor 'of the. Austrians ; but gen., Hutze
‘was uhfortunatgly killed at the commence
ment of the aflion; and gen. Petrasch who
succeeded ‘to’ the command: of - the drmy,
having resélved it consequence of ihe loss
he had sustained, toaveid the artack which
he expected the.next morning, retreated in
the night from Uznach. ‘Tﬁe»ﬁ‘tuétion of
the Ruffian army 'was thos rerdered fill
more critical; and it becameabsoivtely ne
ceflary 16 abandon Zugich, and the position
in that neighborhoed without delay: Oa
the 25thin: the morning the retréat, took
fiwce, and the while zirriv.;ﬁ-'f‘i”f}'ac‘ ROUTSE
-of thar night in the neighboéchood of Egli
san and Schiafthadsen withogr experienciog
any loss of consequence'duriby their march..
We have t 6. regret the loss of between two
and three thouvsand killedy wounded 20d
miffing ; and tén pieces'of cannon have,
with a part of the baggage, fallen into the
hands of the eaemiy. A nearlv equal ndm
berof Erench .cannion.were gaken Uy the
Roflians, but the want “of jorses, which
prevented ‘them “from taking away their
own, was the cause of their being also ob
liged todeavethese. The atmy under the'
command of General Korsakof dsat precent
posted with its right to Eglifan, und its lefc
to the Lalkeof Conftance.~—~Dy aletter iut
arrived from Field Marsh ] Suwarrow, it
appears that he has taken thé Moune Saiat
Gotliard, and. is at present advancing tos
wards Aiedorf and Schwetiy, et
et ) Nave the hovor 6 be, Sea it
S < JOHN RAMSAYS -
Extradtof.a Dispach from Ligutenant.Col
onel Ramsay to Lord Greenvisle, dated
- HeadiQnarters, Schafthansen, Septem-
B 3G 5L
Your Lordthip has already, no doubt,
recervedaccounts, ' through France, of the
calamiri¢s which:have befalien uvg in this'
comntry; in which our lofles have most pro
bably been exaggerated 1o agredt degree,
Aware of this I would it pofiibie have sent
your Lo:dhip an earlier accounr ; buc it
was impaoficke for me to give s correct fate
ment ot the seal {tate'of things, which was
much worse to appearance when the army
firft arrived here than at present. '
. Gen; Petrarsch “has¥etreated from the
differcnt position between Uznach and
Rheipech; where it i supposed he has al.
teady pafied the Rhiné, and this part of
Switzerlind may be considered asevacudtey
‘for the presert ; it’is the wmore unfortunate,
as the suceefes of Field Marshal Suwarrow
would hake rendered the sudcess of the pro.
Jected operation, if we had fortunately-been
able to r2rain our position. At present (he
Field Matfhal’s situation will be rendered
very. critiéal, i timely votice has not been
received by him of the retreat of the armies.
I am sorry to inform your Lordship, that
from the reports 1 have received, there is
reason to apprehend that the Swiss regi
ments of Bachman and Revore have suffera
cd considerably. T have as yet had noex.
alt accounts, and I will defer therefore
makiing any report to your lordship till an
other opportunity occars, ass amin hopes
their lc{ss hds beens occasioned by disperiion,
0 which case it will probably every gi
it e b b g Lo '
Extra& ofa letter from Lieutenant. Colonel.
- Henry Clinton, to Lord Greeavilje, dated
Bellinzona, Sept. 16, 179’9.*‘. | Y
‘ Having been dire@ted by lord I‘/Xh‘l‘grave
to attend Field Marthal Suwarrow on his
mirch to Swizerland, aod rransmit to yous
lordfaip accounts of th= proceedings of this:
army, I have the honour ro inform/ you,
that it reached ‘Tavence, aboat ten mileg
thort of this place, yeiterday evening : hav.:
ing performed in g days a diftanee of 116
Englifi'mi'es, 1t was the Fiald Marthai’s
intention to have recovercd, by the lengfh
of bis marches, the 3 days lof by the false
alarm for the safety of Tortona ; bue the
assemblage of mules which was ardéred to
L made arthis slace nog Deing coulercd,
[Num. 88.3