The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1796-01-04 00:00:00, page 2

such blunders, or fate weak grounds
whereon to rest their forces. The presi
dent lives in the affections of all good
patriots ; and it is a fad as clear as the
light of the fun, that the charges against
him hitherto exhibited, have only rivet
ed that attachment. The moment of
trial; will convince the daring foes of
ambition, who wish to remove the presi
dent and his friends only to m^ke va
cancies for tbemfclves, that four fifths
of the Orength of America will rally un
der the flandard ofhitcquncry, and put
(be anarchists to flight.
CONGR E 8 S.
'\ House if Reprefcnlativrs.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9.
IN committee of the w hole on the Pre
fidem's speech,
Mr. Mrirrai moved, "That a ,efpe&
ful addtefs ought to be presented by the
Hohfeof Reprefen^tives to the Pre
fidet*ofthe United States in anfoer to
his speech, c/n'aiuing ifforances that
the H< use would take it tj consideration
the vmfeus and important matters re
commended to their attention."
Mr. Sedgwick feemded the motion.
Mr. Pa-kef offered as an amendment
that a committee mould be appeintid
to wait peifonalb on the P^ftdent, and
to affine him of the attention of the
House to the fubjeft in the speech.
Mr. P. had the highrft refpc& for.the
Prefab nr, but he had ^luajsdifapprov
ed ofthis practice of making out ad
doff^-in anfwerib thole fetches, and
of the H'ufe leaving their Fufinefs to
go in a bod, to prefect it. Lalt session
the framing of this address had coil very
long debates and produced very great
irrigation. Some of the m6fl difagtee
ableihings that happened during the
feffa,occurred in thrfe debates. He
willed unanimity, and the difeatch of
buftnefs, and so could not content that
any address (h^uN be drawn up, as be
preferred ending the affair at once, by
fending a committee with a Veibal an-
M- Murray nn^dthat the practice
oi dialing up fit an addrtfs was c< e
va! viih the cenftitu i< n. It was con
fl, . dU-^A. „P
"ft? r h •.been employ
ed the gentleman il^ spoke last a
g:\ifu. Tr ; i& uu< i.it the House
nd) ^ (end a verbal arjwer, audit was
likevife true that the President might
have sent them hr speech, by the Sec
retary, without coming near them at
all. He had come to Congress, and
Mr. Murray coud perccive no impro
prierf in Congress ifurnii g the com
pliment W waiting on him.
The Committee divided on the a
mendmerit proppfed'by .Mr. Parker.—
Eighteen members rose in fuppqri of it,
so it was loft.' The committee then a
groed :o the rrfolurion, as offered by
Mr. Murray. They rpfe, and the chair
in, ri' reported progress. The refoliation
was a^eed to bf the Hcufe, and Mi.
Madrfori, M'. Sedgwick, and Mr. Sit
grieaves were Appointed to draft an ad
dreft,&c.''v
The Pruderies Speech was referred
to a committee cf the whole tomor
r°w-..'
A committed was raised to report the
unfinifhed Business of the last Congress.
THURSDAY, DEC. 10.
Several Committees were chosen on
local fobjefr. They were for receiving
proposals for short hand writers.
STATE OF THE UNION.
The Houfeiv Committee on the Pre
sident's Speech:—Mr. Smith, (S. C.)
offered refutations in substance nearly as
follows —
Rejo^d, &c. That more effeauM
pro, ifirn ought to be made for organi
zing, difeiptiriing, 3tiqafmfag the @ili
tia of the Unicd States. .„
Refold, &c, That further proyifion
ought to be roade for the gcurity of the
frontiers, and for prof &ing the Indians
agairft certain l^lefs inhabitants of the
frontier. J.'™ '■ j
Ref/ved, &c. That provision Should
be made f rfuppl. ing the necessities of
the Indians in times r^
Refolded &c, 'I hat enquiry ought to
be made whether further means should
be,provided, to reinforce the ^rovifions
here" fore made for the extinction of the
public deM. ', . ).
Refolded, &c. That an enquiry ought
to be made into the state of the mint,'
and whether any Turther ^rovifions are
necessary in the department,
After feme conversation as to the pro
priety of taking the resolutions general
ly or partially into immediate confeder
ation, it. ws agreed that they,fhould lie
over. Before the committee role, how-•
ever, Mr. Swanwick presented one to
the following effect, which ano lies over
for furute confederation.
Refolded, As the opinion of this com
mittee, that enquiry ought to be made
into the progress of the naval equip
ments, ordered, and whether any "fur
ther provisions are necessary on this fob
jeft. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, DEC. 14.
The answer to the President's Speech
was taken up by paragraphs.
Mr. Mfn mowed to strike ouuhe
following clauses :
The interesting profpe& of oursatyrs
with regard to the foreign powers,#^
tween whom and the United st^p,
eontruverfies have fubfilled, is not more
farisfodory than the review of cur in
ternal fitua ion; if from the former we
derive an expettarion ofthe extinguish
ment of all the causes of external dis
cord, that have heretofore endangered
our tranquility, and on terms continent
without national honor and fafet), in
the latter we difeover those numerous
andwide spread tokens of profpefo,
which in so peculiar a manner, diftin
guilh our happy country.
" Circumstances thus every way auf
picLus dem aid our gratitude and foi
cere acknowledgments to Almighty
God, and require th ,< we fhou!,d trite
oureforb in imitation of your enligh
tened; fi;m and persevering example, to
cftabiilh and preserve the pe^ce, free
dom and profperiv of cur countrjX
Mr. Mason's objection to thefc claus
es was, that they were calculated to
Wring into view the decision on the
treat), &c. . /'
Mr. King thought them as delicately
written, in resp Ct to the feelings ot the
minority on the treaty question, as
could reasonably be defined.
Mr. Sutler in a warm speech, (as de
tailed bi Bach) supported Mr. M.'s
morion, and on the question for ftrik
iug out, the numbers were, _A
^-^.^--ty *7^^ fee -fa: ^3
Muffrs. Bloodworth, Brown, Butler,
Langdon, Marrin, Mason, Robiufon,
Tazewell—B.
N A Y S,
Mtffrs. Bingham, Cabot, Elfwortb,
Fetter, Frelinghaufen, King, Latimer,
Livermore, Martha!, Paine, Reed Russ,
Strong, Trumbull — 14.
The minority, as was co be expected,
made further a tempts to alter the ad
dress ; but it passed by the above major
ity. . 1
The Vice President is arrived, and
has taken his feat as Fiefident of the
Senate. The doors of their chamber
are open.
NEW-YORK, DEC. 7.
It has been affjrted, that an immense ma
jority of the people of the United States, are
opposed to the Treaty with Great-Britain.
This ^ffrtiou has been so often&rrpeated, that
it becomes necefftry no- merely to contradia
it by iff r.i, 'ns,but to produce evidence of
its fa&feood. The truth is afeertaired be
yond all controversy, that a great maj rity of
the people are well fatisfied with the treaty
^atnf with the measures of admriUratiun.
Oithe north, the Stale of Nw-H np
fhire, prefects a great majority [hr writer
could hve said al:ricft an unanimit)] in fa
vour of government, We bife he bft
authority for affecting that oppofitirn is lim
ited to the towhof Pnfmouth ; and a di -
sent from the rcfi>lut;ons of thit town fijtyned
by forty mod rafpebted" inhabitants has been
forwarded to the &fytf.
The State oi Ma(fochufett#, a large mem
hereof the Union, rtf nds ajQi:l more decided
majority in fivof of government. The op
position is confined to Bafton and itsenvirons,
un'efs the little noise cf Plymouthand Dracut,
be excepted. We have the authority of
Judge Sullivan, for this opinion We are
afored by undoubted'eridence, that firice his
Ilate tour with the Supreme Court on their
: Circuit, he believes nine tenths ofthe people
of tha State, are not h^ stiles to the treaty.
His Opinion is noSaloUc —it is confirmed by
ofher persons of information and credit from
every part of the State.
Cunne&icut may be considered as unani
mous in favor of government ; for although a
few'men oppose the matures of government
id convet fation, yerfo general is the approba
tion of those measures, that opposition has
never dared to make the least movement.
We have undeniable authority for averting
that Corme&icut was never more tranquil and
never had more confidence in the general
goyernmfat, than at this moment.. The
little club al Stanford a club that had its fop
SENATE.
The State of Newyork, is divided.
The old antifederals appear in opposi
tion co the treaty, with a small accession
of number# from merchants who Con
ceive their interest affixed by it.
These gentleman, can never enlist under
the banners of sedition—they will nev
er abandon the government of their
country nor encourage the faction
which aims to embarrass the execution
of law. The northern and weftern
Counties, are generally 'well disposed
towards the treaty, as it is eviden:ly for
their interest. It is fife,%ca!culate on
half the fuffrages of this State, in favor
of government.
Vermont has given incontestable
proof, hat two thirds of h<r citizens
wUL fopport !^eLgoyCTnmenr. Ihe
^■raidin', of ib^hefrfl i f u:e at tfjir
n.umbter of act,
evidence this itfond controversy.
The county of Bennington, is hostile;
Rutland is otherwise, and molt of that
part o' the State, erit of the green
mountain, is firm in favor of govein
ment.
New-Jersey, with the exception of a
part oftwoor three Counties, is nearly
unanimous in favour of government.
PcnnfJvania hits not yet given
proofs fufficient to enable a Granger to
form a corred opinion of the members
favorably disposed. The kgiflatuie is
now in session ; it is presumed decency
will prevent them, as it did the 1 gifla
tutes of their eallern neighbors, from
meriting with the treaty, wih which
they have no authority to interfere.
At present we will suppose the people
of that date, and of Delegate equally
divided on the quediorf of the treats.
Maryland, as it appears by the refo
lunon of both houses of the legislature,
may be considered as unanimous in fa
vor of the government a part of Balti
more excepted.
25 ships from Smyrna and
Leghorn, valued in the
average at 20,c001. £. 500,000
5 Rich fhipi of the above, ex
ceeding the average, 100,000
Together, at least, 600,000
8 (hips at S/0001, 64,000
7 Tranfp'rts, with fandry ati
cles returned at goool. 21,000
Cenfeur man of wai, 20,000
.'f7°s>°,°
N. B. The Lily, one of the ships
taken from Leghorn, had on
board" nearly three hundred
— bales of Wk, was the richest
Ihip in the fleet, and worth. £. 120,000
port from Newyork, is dissolved ; and one
solitary attempt to raise a town meeting fail
ed, beeaufe the leader# were convinced they
mould be out voted.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 12.
The speech of the Prelidcnt
of the United Spates tQ Congress,
delivered on Tuef&y last, holds
our a just and pleating picture
of the rapid progress of Ameri
can prosperity. Indeed facts
are 'Wronger than any general'
remarks on the fubjed. Some
years ago, the annual exports of
this country, amounted only ^
leventeen millions ot dollars.
In the three succeeding years
they were nearly as follows,
viz.—twenty-one, twenty-fix,
and thirty-four millions. For
theyear ending in September
Ircpiop r:i n which parties bear to
each other in the other States, is not so
wc!! knovr% A considerable number
*favor <0 g~3~v . ^firrttirerc cff@fly
is. But it thofc Hatts were unanimous
in oopofition, thev will not ballance the
m^rifity of people in the northern and
caftern flares, who, acquiefee in the
measures of government.
This estimate is not made at random.
It is the result of careful enquiring, and
the evidence of the fatis here stated, is
such as may be fafely retied on as the
ground of just opinion.
The-following is an climate made at
Lloyd's of the loss (attained by the capture of
the ships under convoy of the Fortitude, front
Gibraltar, according to the lift received by the
latte Lfb^a Mad.
Making the proceedings of the legis
lature the nafis of calcula ton, one third
of Virginia 7vy be relied on co fopport
ihemuifiues of ^overnmont.
LONDON, OCT. 20 —31.
MEDITERRANEAN CONVOY.
1% have feex a gentleman just
arrived in this city frein Kentucky.
H war, in the course of nis jour
inry,twelve days on ibe riv. r Ohio.
Duringibal space ftime be ml
zuilb nd if than four hundred
boats loaded wiib paffngers wag
gons, and immense ^umbi rs V iw-
Jes, Ur Ur. g?in„b:vn the rrv
erfr that flak, the people on
board were computed arfa th u
fand : Tee families bad feme f
them one, olbt's r^o er :vrr w ,
gons jilted wo)jmni c re, flowed
into tbe ve
_ _BCTtmrefr~— /^tzar^.. r -— _r —
Anotfrf § n.^emen w»v err a
few weeks err. fropi the Jame
/Idle, by ibe way of the wi'a. -
nefs, as it is cared, met on bis
journey, with a bony of two tbou
fand people on their route to Ken
tucky. kVe tnjtrt Ibefe purlieu-,
lars on tbe alteration of gentlemen
in tbe firft rank of vefy ciability,
wbo wi re eye wibneffes to the cn
cumflantes.
NEWYCRK, DEC, 19.
The editor's private corres
pondence from Germany fur
nhe3 a true key to the prec.it,
movements of the French in
Norih Germany. The object
is noc solely to compel the itaies
to make peace —It is a fettled
plan of Prussia to divide Ger
many, by detailing the north
ern princes and states from the
present head of the empire, aid
taking them under the protec
tion of Prussia, as head of the
northern confederacy. The
northern states favor this system
as do many of the people of
Hanover, who wish to throw off
their connection with Great
Britain. It is to enforce this
plan, by compelling the states)
to make a separate peace and
place themselves under Prussia
that the French armies have
'penetrated into Upper Germa
ny. The proposed division of
the empire will weaken the
power of Austria, and create, .
injunction with Sweden and
Denmark, a powerful banner
against the ambition of Russia.
Tne articles in yesterday's pa
per, which Rated, that Mr.
War. ea had brought the rau-
last, we are welf assured that A
me ricah exports will amount to
about fifty melons ; so that in
the ver%£h>rt space of five years,
their value has trebled ? and c
ven their actual quantity; has
been very greatly augmented.
jT his fligFtrrec a piiulation*fa !-
ly explains^ and juQifies the cx
ordiumofthe Prefident'j speech,
where he invites us to join with
him " in profound gratitude to
the author of all good, for the
numerous and extraordinary
blessings we enjoy."
On Wednesday last, a detach
ment of 160 of the troops in the
service of the United States, un
der the command of Cape. Ea
ton, embarked on board the
brigs Washington and Sally,and
failed for St Mary's, Georgia.
The fame day they passed Fort
Mrffl n, and received a fjlute of
*5 g u ° s > an d three cheers, from
the garrison commanded by
Lieutenant Tolman.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 7.