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1e legislature of Connecticut have of
id a bounty of ten dollars on every ton
hemp which (hall be railed in that Rate
Cr the term of three years from the firft day
May, 1804 ; and tor the fame period have
exempted from taxati >n all lands on which
hemp shall be cultivated.
There is scarcely an article from any of
the French ports, no board of which there
have not been more or less, French palien
fos. Capt. Nichols, arrival at New-York
from Cape Francois brought 38 of them,
among whom are several Generals, Collec
tors, &c.
The Newburyport Turnpike Road, was
commenced on Tuefday last. It is to run
from the head of State-Street in, Newbury
port, in as flrait a line as pulfole to this
town.
Agreeable to the ad of CbngreG,
of the 8 h May, 1792, the ticafu.tr of the
United States has given public notice that
hereafter no copper coins or pieces whatso
ever, except cents and half-cents, 'pafs cur
rent as money, or be paid, or received as pay
ment for any debt, &c. under penalty
of forfeiting the fame, and a fine of ten dol
lars.
London, July 12.
The Brussels papers to the 9th, which we re
ceived this mornin,, have brought the important
ne vs, that, as the King of England has refufed
to ratify the Convention of Subfingen, the French
Government have sent orders to dirarm the Han
overidu troops. For this purpofe,the French army
has been put in motion, and is to cross the Elbe
iminedi,tely to execute the orders of the FirftCon
ful. The Hanoverian troops are determined not
to be disarmed without risking a battle, which
is expected to take place as soon as the French
have crossed the Elbe, They were expefted to
cross it on the ill. Ihe Hanoverians have ere&-
ed batteries on the North bank of the river, and
have taken very flrong portions.
The Brussels papers contain also another piece
of important news. Ft is that Alexandria has beeii
taken by a corps of Albanians. These troops
formed the flower and strength of the Turkish
army : The witholding their pay produced a re
volt, and they drove the Turkish Commandant
out of the city. This event has produced a great
fenfdtion at Constantinople.
1 he hopes of a speedy termination of the war
appear to be much more Linguine at Paris than in
London. We received this morning intelligence
from Paris, to the joth, which dates, that a be
lief prevails there of the Prussian Minifler at Lon
don having oft : red the mediation of Prussia, which
the British Government had contented to accept,
conjointly with, the mediation of Russia. It is ad
ded, that the Court of Berlin has actually drawn
up a plan for arranging the disputes between the
two countries,the principal points of which are
1. That Malta shall be occupied by Ruffian troops
for ten years, and that they ALII be paid by Eng.
land and France jointly.
2. '?"' Malta mail be ceded to the Order at the
expiration of ten years, and shall be garrisoned
by Neapolitan troops.
3. That the Island of Lampedofa fliall be ceded
to Great Britain.
We ate wholly unable to Rate what degree of
credit, or whether any is doe to these rumours.—
We have indeed been officially informed, that His
Majelly's Ministers expect little from the medi
ation of Rullia; and it is certain that there is noth
ing in the prefect petition of either of the Beilige.
rent Powers which catijuHify any pacific expect
atinn.
The Ditch Deputation which has been fent' to
Brussels, has other objects in view than the mere
complimenting the First Consul. Those objects
are said to be of high importance ;—probably
some change in the Dutch CouPJtution. We have
long been prepared for it.
Our readers will find in a preceding column, the
French account of the capture of the Minerva.
She grounded in endeavouring to take some small
veisels, laden with stores. A cannonade of seven
botirsaod a half was kept op againit her from the
forts and gun-boats before die fliuck. She had 12
men killed, and fifteen severely wounded. We
are sorry to add, that after the crew had been
landed, the frigate was got offthe rock, and car
ried by the French into Cherbourg.
BALTIMORE, AUG. $.
AS the United States schooner Vixen
was saluting the town yesterday, the gunner's
mate put the mate to blow the gun, without
observing that a man was Handing on the
mouldings, charging. By the difeharge the
man's arm we understand was carried off,
above the elbow, being struck by the ranri
mer, which he had not withdrawn. The
man was blown into the water. Mr. Smith
the lieutenant and commander, made every
personal exertion to save the man, but was
unfuccefs'ful ; a negro man jumped over
and supported the sailor until the boat pick
ed him up. He only said it was darn'd hard
that he had been cornpeled to fight both for
the English and the French, and now, when
he hoped to be of use to his own country,
to be laid up in dock without feeing a sin
gle bread- lide.
A gentleman just arrived from Cork,
now in New-York, in forms, that previous
to his departure from thence, the military
was called out and ordered to surround the
city, for the purpose of hemming in the in
habitants, whilst the press gangs rushed into
the Greets, and kidnapped such of the people
as they thought suitable for the Service ;
whom they carried on board of the Ships of
war in the harbor , leaving their forlorn
families in agonies of grief and Starvation.
Similar outrages had been carried on in the
different villages adjacent! N.Y. pap.
About thirty of our countrymen at St. Malo
have been arretted and imprisoned, on a suspicion
that some ot them had not conducted UxLJeives
with fufficient prudence!!
The French persist in asserting, that Malta is
ravaged by the plague ; the falsehood of theft
assertions is now well known. The French ten
penny Fund is 54 4 roths.
One outlet of very great importance vie un
doubtedly poflefs in a much more perfect cegree
than ever we did before, the Crores of Afia^Alri
ca, and Europe, fromthe Streights of Gibraltar
to the bottom of the Black Sea. These countries
tho' the greater part of them are dreadfuly op
pressed by bad Governments, yet being naturally
the fineft in the world, in retped both of fol and
climate, canuot but afford very plentiful mate
rials of commerce, when explored and flimilated
by a nation so active, enterprizing and rich as
Great Britain. This trade has been hither.o the
most valuable part by far of the external cem
merce of France. From this, by the pohefson of
Malta, we have it now in our power completely
to exclude her. The city ot Venice alone, which
once supplied the w hole of Europe with rare and
diffant commodities, muff soon become an exten
five market for British goods, now that it belongs
to the House of Austria, and serves as an inle; to
its rich and extenbye dominions. The whole
trade of Italy must thus be in our hands ; the
Whole trade of Spain, notwithstanding any pro
hibitory say which in compliance with the dift
atesfof France, the may eftablifb, will follow the
fame fate ; the whole northern coall of Africa,
Afia-nunor, Greece and the richefl part of Russia,
on the shores of the Black Sea, will be enjoyed
by us without a rival, and muff in a little time
te able to absorb a much greatet trade than we
can afford for that quarter.
From the National Intelligencer.
No. VI. Continued.
A Refutation of the Charges againfl the present
Adminifration, that their views and
measures are hostile to the
Eaflern States.
FISHERIES.
After noticing the regulations of other
nations, he remarks :
"It will rest, therefore, with the wisdom
of the lagiflatwe, to decide whether prohib
-lion Should not be opposed to prohibition,
and high duty to high duty, on the fiSh of
other nations : whether any, and which of
the navy and other duties, may be remitted,
or an equivalent given to the fithermen in
the form of a drawback or bounty ; and
whether the loss of markets may not, in
some degree, be compensated by creating
markets at home ; to which might contri
bute the constituting fith a part of the mili
tary nation, in Rations, not too diflant from
diflant from navigation, a part of the neces
sary feaßores of vessels, and the encouraging
private individuals to let the fi fhermen Share
with the cultivator, in furnishing the fop
plies of the table. A habit introduced from
motives of patriotism, would soon be follow
ed, from motives of tafle. And who will
undertake to fix limits to this demand, if it
can be once excited, with a nation which
doubles, and will long continue to double
at very short periods ?
Having presented the fubje& in various
points of view, Mr. JefFerfon concludes h^
report with the following suggestions to
Congress.
" This brings us to the question, what
relief does the condition of this fifhery re
quire ?
" rft. A remission of the duties on the
articles u fed for their calling.
" 2d. A retaliating duty on foreign oils,
coming to seek a competition with them in
or from our ports.
" 3d. Free markets abroad.
" Ift. The remillion of duties will stand
on nearly the fame ground with that to the
cod filhermern
“ 2d. The only nation whose oil is brought
hither lor competition with cur own, makes
our's pay a duty of about eighty-two-dollars
the ton, in their ports. Theirs is brought
here too, to be reshipped fraudulently under
our flag into ports where it could not be re
ceived under theirs, and ought not to be
covered by ours, if we mean to preserve cur
own admission into them.
" The 3d, and principal object, is to find
markets for the vent of oil.
" Portugal, England, Holland, Sweden,
Denmark, Prussia, Russia, the Hanfe towns,
supply themselves and something more.
Spain and Italy receive supplies from Eng
land, and need the less as their skies are
clearer. France is the only country which
can take our surplus, & they take principal
ly of the common oil ; as the habit is but
commencing with them of ascribing a just
value to that of the fpermaceti whale. Some
of this, however, finds its vent there. There
was, indeed, a particular interest perpetually
soliciting the exclusion of our oils from thtir
markets. The late government there fiw
well, that what We should lose thereby,
would be gained by others, not by dtemfelvps.
And we are to hope that the prefect govem
ment, as wife and friendly, will also view
us, not as rivals but as co-operators against
a common rival. Friendly arrangements
with them, and accommodation to mutual
interest, rendered easier by friendly disposi
tions exiting on both sides, may long secure
tons this importaht resource for our sea
men. Nor is it the. interest of the fifher
man alone, which calls for the Cultivation
“ Hence too Would follow that their
Newfoundland ships, not receiving proVifi
ons from us in their bottoms, nor permitted
(by law of their own) to received in curs,
muff draw their subsistence from Europe,
which would increase that part of their ex
pences in the proportion of four to seven, &
so far operate asa duty to wards restoring
the level between them and us. The tables
No. 2, and 12, will ihew the quantity of
toup^ : and consequently the mass of sea
men whose interests arc in diHrcfs ; and No.
17, the materials for indemnification.
“ If regulations, exadly the countepart
of those eftabliihed against us, would be in
effcaual from a difference of circumstances,
other regulations equivalent can give no rea
sonable ground of complaint to any nation.
Admitting their right of keeping our carry
ing trade to ourselves. And if there be any
thing unfriendly in this, it was in the firft
example.
“ The loss of seamen unnoticed, would
be followed by other lofles in a long train.
If we have no seamen, our ships will be
useless, consequently our flliptimber, iron &
hemp ; our ship-building will be at an end,
fhip^carpenters go over to other nations, our
young men have no call to the sea, our pro
duce carried in foreign bottoms, be faddied
with war-freight and insurance in times of
war ; and the hiftory of the last one hundred
years, (hews that the nation which is our
carrier has three yeas of war for every four
years of peace. We lose, during the farce
periods, carriage for belligerent powers,
which the neutrality of our flag would ren
jder afl incalculable source of profit ; we lose
at this moment the carriage of our own pro
of friendly acra ngements with that nation.
Betides live-tights of our whale oil, and
two thirds of our Salted hfh, they take from
us cue-fourth of our tobacco, three-fourths
of our live flock, a considerable and grow
ing portion of our rice, great supplies oc
casionally of other grain ; in 1780, which,
indeed, was extraordinary, four millions of
bushels of w heat, and upwards of a million
of bushels of rye and barley, and nearly
the whole carried in our own vessels. I hey
are a free market now, and will in time be
a valuable one for our fhjps and ifiip-tim
ber, potash and peltry.
" England is the market for the greater
part of owr fpermaceti oil. 'I he, impose
on all oils, a duty of eighteen pounds five
shillings Sterling the ton, which, as to the
common kind, is a prohibitation, as has
been before observed, and as to that of the
fpermaceti, gives a preference of theirs
over outs to that amount, so as to leave
in the end, but a scanty benefit to the
fiShermtn ; and not long Since, by a change
of construction without any change ot the
law, ih was made to exclude our oils
from their ports, when carried in our own
vessels. On some change of circumßan
ces, it was conftruej back again to the
reception of our oils, on paying always,
however the sane duty of eighteen pounds
five Killings. This serves to Shew that the
tenure by which we hold the admission of
this Commodity in their market, is as pre
caricftis as it is hard. Nor can it be an
nounced that there is any difpefition on their
part, to arrarge this or any other commer
cial matter, to mutual convenience. The
exparte regulations which they have begun
for mounting ^heir navigation on the ruins
of curs, car. only be opposed by counter reg
ulations cd cur part. And the loss of fea
meb, the natural consequence of loft and
obfiruaed markets for our fifh and oil, calls
in/lhe firft place, for serious and timely at
tention. It will be too late when the fea
mhn shall have changed his vocation, or
gone over to another interest. If we can
r&cover and secure for him these important
branches of employment, it behoves us to
replace them by other equivalents. We
have three nurseries for forming seamen ;
“ 1. Our coasting trade, already on a
fife footing.
" 2. Our fisheries, which in spite of nat
ural advantages, give just cause of anxie-
ty-
3. Our carrying trade, the only re
source of indemnification for what we lose
in the other. The produce of the United
States, which is carried to foreign markets,
is extremely bulky. That part of it row
in the bands of foreigners and which we
may resume into our own, without touching
the rights of nations who have met us in fair
arrangements by treaty, or the interests of
those, who, by their voluntary regulations,
have paid so just and liberal a refpe& to our
interests, as being measured back to them
again, places both parties on as good ground
perhaps, as treaties could place them: the
proportion, I fay, of our carrying trade,
which may be resumed without affe&ing
either of these descriptions of nations, will
find conflant employment for ten thousand
seamen, be worth two millions of dollars
annually, will go on augmenting with the
population of the United States, secure to us
a full indemnification for the seamen we
lose, and be taken wholly from these who
force us to this a& of felfprotedion, in nav
igation.
On the 16th of February 1-92, Cengrefs
palled an a& providing,
" 1 hat there shall be equally paid to eve
ry veflel caryirg on tie Bark or codffhery,
actually employed at sea, for four months at
leafi, of the hfhing season, for each and ev
ery ten ot such vellcl's burthen, if of 20 and
not exceeding 30 tons, the fern of <ne aid
a half dollars ; and if above thirty tens, the
sum of two dollars: Provided that the al
lowance aforefaid on any one veflel, for one
feafen, shall not exceed one htuxhed and 70
dollars. And it is further enabled that an
actual allowance of one dollar upon every
ton shall be paid to every fifhing boat or ves
sel of more than five or icfs than 20 tons."
By subsequent a&s it is provided that a
bounty of thirty-three and a third cts. ffiall
be allowed on all exported pickled fifh, and
an addition of twenty per cent, to the allow
ances previously granted to vessels employed
in the bank or cod fisheries.
Such are the opinions and measures of
those who form the administration on the fub
jedl of the flfheries. So far from jollifying
the charge of boftility to Eastern interests,
they manifeft an entire freedom frem, and.
Superiority to all local confideraticns. Let
it be recolleaed that the fisheries entirely
belong to the citizens of New England, that
they are conducted exclusively by citizens
of those Slates, and that all immediate and
personal benefit accrues exclusively to them.
Let it further be recolle&ed that in case of
serious collision or rupture between the eaSL
ern and southern Rates, how great the ad
vantage would be to the former of having
ready for immediate Service, a large number
of Skilful seamen. Let these circumstances
be duly weighed, and it mill follow that just
in proportion to their force, have the f mh
ern slates, in fullering the fisheries, display
ed a Superiority to local interests. They
have, with equal magnanimity and wifdem
resolved that their own little local politics
whenever they interfered Should be Sacrificed
to the great national interests of the union
PUBLIUS.'
KINGSTON, (JAM.) JULY go.
Yeflerday arrived at Port- Royal, I.is Ma
jesty's ship Vanguard, Capt. Walker, of 74
guns, "with her prize La Duquffoe, 74 guns.
This man of war formed part of a fquadrr n
of two fail of the line and one frigate, which
left Cape-Francois the 25th July. Before
the Vanguard left fight of the squadron, the
Etefaml, of 74 guns, Capt. Dundas, was
along fide, and engaging the French Admiral
in a 74 ; —the Lhejus, Capt. Bligh, of 74
guns, was nearly tip to the feene of adion,
and feveral\effels were in chafe of the French
frigate.
Baltimore, aug. 26.
Ycfleiday Citizen Jerome Bonatarte
(brother of the First Confid of France) with
the Spanish Consul, breakfafttd on board
the Spanish corvette at the Point. He was
welcomed and adieued by a royal faltite ;
and the corvette v as beautifully dressed with
colours.
HANOVER, AUG. 27.
Ccmmencdnent at Dartmouth.
On Wednesday was Commencement at
Dartmouth College. Os the Exercises of the
Candidates for Bachelor of Arts, were Ora
tions on Comets ; on the Social Affections ;
on Refinement ; on the Advantages of a
Republican Government ; and, on the works
of Creation. Dialogues on Suicide ; and
on the Polish Revolution ; and a dispute on
the qycUion, " Would an equal toleration of
duce to the anr ual atrernt two Tr^'icnS of'
dollars, which in ibe pi Able p(,u s ( f the
er.croacl.mera, may exult to file or „x nullncns,
the worth of the v Loic, wuh^ imitate >n ile
proportion ot lie iicreate ct<ur itoltis. fa j,
ealier as ued as teller,lo pep uisu&in : ,t'i ls cn „
trance, than ulen it ftali face ruireb or b^ifh
ed whole ekffej ot uiciui and iroilicus cu zu%
" It will doi.btleh te itciy Lt t?,t<iem Hat
the rehmption fugifiud fl<^d uke et<&| o
gradually as not to endanger the loss cf produce
for the Want of traafportation ; but that in order
to create traifportaiion, the utole plan fl onl<i be
developed, and made kdown at once, that ,)& in
dividuals who may Le ditpoUd to lay thcmtchcs
cut lor the carijii g tunnels may nnke their cal
culations on a lull view ot all eiicimllarces.
" On the whole, the historical view we
have taken of these f.fherics pints they arc
so poor in themfehes as to cine to nothing
with distant nations,w lo do rot fuppert them
from their ircafmy. We have seen that the
advantages of cl + pi fticn, place cur ffhe
ties on a grcur^ft mewhat higher, such as
to relieve our treasury frem the necessity cf
givirgthem fuppcii, but not to permit it to
Craw fuppert ficin them, ncr to dilpcnfe the
government fr< m the obligation of efftau
ating free markets for them, that for the
great proportion of cur failed ssh, for our
common oil, and a part cl cor Iftimaccti
(il, markets may perhaps, be preferred by
friendly arrangements toward those nations
whoft arrangements are friendly to us, and
the residue be compensated by giving to the
seamen thrown cut cf business the certainty
of employment in another branch of which
we have the sole disposal."
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