The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-01-15 00:00:00, page 3

SALEM, JAN. ID.
€apt. Flagg, of the Jhip Mentor, from Liverpool,
has politely favoured us with the Star, a London
paper, ofOfi. 25,from which we have taken the
fallowing: ,
LONDON, oct. 25,
>Government have received fume frefh dispatches
(from the army in Holland. They were brought
>ver in the Hawk cutter, arrived at Deal.
We are concerned td liate, that our accounts by
this conveyance do not confirm those which have
seen circulated lpf the fafe return of Gen. Don to
he British head-quarters. On the contrary they
late, that at the time the veflcl failed, he had not
t,den released, by the French, who intended to fend
lim to. Paris.—We mult for the present avoid
mentioning the circumstances connected with the
sported detention of Gen. Don, which have reach
ed us ; and the more so, as we hope it will turn
>ut that he lias returned to the army, as formerly
sported, and that our present accounts refpefting
chat offices are founded on some miflake.
The embarkation of our troop, h^d commenced,
,hen the Hawk failed. The artillery was em
barked that day ; it was intended to begin the em
barkation of the cavalry on the following (Monday
lad ;) and matters in general were in such order,
hat the whole army was expe&ed to be lately
hipped in a few days : we may therefore indulge
m (lie pleasing hope, that in a short period thefur
✓ivor, from this ill-fated, expedition will soon
rave the power offatisfying their relatives of their,
individual fafety.,
Our private accounts mention the fufoenfion of
fills that had been agreed on in Hofond, but
fate the terms differently from what has been a
/owed on this fide the water. This does not fur
„ife us. Few in tire army would be allowed to
mow any thing of the matter. The report foong
he troops were merely that a regular exchange of
irifoners was to be fettled bet, een the armies.
The real terms, ho vever, come to be better
mown every dlty, and in a short time the public
Mill probably become fully acquainted with a fuf
blent number of the particulars to enable them to
Gude siu,. 03. tg.
“ On the morning of the 7th we concentrated
our force in the neighborhood of Zumont-op Zee,
he enemy holering on the bills all around us. At
even in the evening-, we 'received a sudden order
co form on the Strand, after which the whole ar
n, faced about, and performed a rapid march to
dated, and thence in all directions to the positions
vhich we occupied previous to the action of the
2d, abandoning one night 30 miles of country, the
braining pofleflion of which coif more British
>loo(l than @ll Holland is worth. Nothing could
rnrpafs the hardships we endured in this hafraffing
narch. I Shall not dwell on it, for I cannot think
>f it without the most painful sensations. His
Royal Highness the captain General, in his public
)rders, after thanking the army for their conduct,
xplains the cause of this sudden retreat to be the
xceffiye inclemency of the weather, and the want
>f quarters, &c. for the troops.
“ On the Bth, at 10 o'clock A. M. we evacuat
ed Alkmaar, leaving behind its some baggage and
rounded men. The enemy entered it at our
reels, as they did every other post we abandoned.
66 On the loth the enemy attacked and carried'
>ur advanced poll at Dirkem ; the 17th regiment,)
vhich Was posted there, (attained a considerable^
ofs. On the iith they carried the post of Winkle
0:1 our left, which was commanded by Prince
William of Gloucester, with a trifling lofa oh the:
35th regiment. Since that time all has been qui-,
±1 in our lines. We continue busily employed in
>rtifying our advanced post of Schagen, the fta-:
on of Gen. Coote's brigade. The main body has
retired within the Zyp ; and our positions are;
itch that we may defy any attempt the enemy 1
nay have the presumption to make on us, until
ve receive out final orders to re-embark, a mea
sure which I think is rendered inevitable, from the
nod painful experience of the extreme inutility,
lot to fay imminent danger, of remaining much
longer in this Shocking country. We are also for
rifying tte point of Helder and the Texel Island,
vhere, 1 understood, a part of our army is to pass
he winter ; a circumstance which has given rife
o a supposition that we are to renew our' offen
:ve operations early in the Spring. All our tea
y baggage has moved towards our fllipping, and
here is every appearance of the immediate ter
nination of this unfortunate expedition. Gen.
Don is now at Amsterdam, with a flag of truce,
there there are, it is said, at this time some Pruf
ian officers. The objeft of his mission is report
, W be, to treat for the peaceable evacuation of
^jiscountry by our army. It is also remarked
bat the King of Pruflia has taken a particular in
bereft in this bulinefs."
LONDON, OCT. 2t.
All late hour last night, we received by ex
press Juries of Paris Journals to the 17th inst. by
vhjfrwe are enabled to present our readers not
only with the afflicting details of the late difallers
11Switzerland, hat also with a Telegraphic com^
nunication of the defeat of the Archduke Charles,
.who is Stated to have been driven across the Rhine
(probably in the neighborhood of Schaffhaufen, to
which quarter his highnafs had repaired with his
irmy) with the loss of 2000 men killed or Wound
^d, 1000 prisoners, fix standards, and Several
pieces of cannon. Among the Slain is a General
>f the Corps of Conde, which of course formed a
part of the difeomtited forces The details of this
unfortunate affair cannot be expected till the next
arrival from France. The main fad, however,
ve fear is indisputable ; and x happy (halt we be
if the grievous com bination of difaiters which has
lately befallen the Imperial aims on the fide of
Switzerland, does not prove decisive of the Bate
of the campaign in that quarter.
Late foreign Intelligence,
GERMANY.•
STRASBURGH, OCT. 12.
The flandards of victory are constantly flying
on our Pyramid—they announce the glory of our
orave defenders in the armies of the Republic.—
Lecombe and Buraguay are (till here ; the Gens,
are making preparation for a decisive movement ;
a number of troops marched by the way of Lan
dau, and Getmerihien; our two auxiliary battal-<
ions set off yesterday and to-day for their destina
tion ; they are armed. That of Voages remains to
>e completely armed and,clothed.
Letters addreiled to Merchants here, inform,
het Suwarrow, lately named Heivetilki, by the
Emperor Paul, is vigorously pursued in the Grifon
-ountry , after fuftainihg great loss.
Private Correspondence.
ENGLAND.
JANUARY,!.
Extract cf a letter from New -York, dated Dec. 31.
" We have received "accounts here, which if to
be relied on, are of coniiderable moment in the
present career of republican success. They Rate
that a body of Good Ruffians revolted with their
officers it their head, marched out of the British
lines, and joined the republican armies.—Upon
this point, al) the letters agree, ^one letter adds,
that the Ruffians prior to marching over to the re
publican armies, determined to leize upon fthe
Duke of York, .with whom they were inarching
in triumph, when they were attacked by Gen.
Abercrombie, at the head of the guards, who suc
ceeded in refeuing the Duke, after coiffityble
Daughter ; but. that the Ruffians' effected kheir
junction with the French line in good order.
“ Ihe fame,letter adds, that tire French taking
advantage of the revolt forced the British lines,
and that the whole British and remaining Ruffians
were compelled to Surrender ! n
Providence, January 8.
Extra# of a letter from Capt. Perry, dated off
Cape Francois, Dec. 14, 17,9.
“ Com.. Talbot, left ..this place about 16 days
face, to go to the Mole to water, and expetted to
have been back in Bor 10 days—we are rather a
-larmed tor his fafety, as we well know there is no
dependence on Touffaint or his administration.—
By a letter from Dr. Stevens 1 have been inform
ed that there has an infurreftion broke off at
, Port-dePaik, Jean Rabel, and the vicinity of the
Mole, headed by Gollard. I have ordered the
Herald down to the Mole, with orders to fend her
boat in, should the Constitution be there, with the
above information to Com. Talbot. What will
be the event of the infurregion is beyond human
calculation," ~
Another letter fays, the Government of St. Do
mingo, have imprisoned an Officer of the Bolton
frigate.„
The schooner Fair American, Captain Davis,
belonging to Wilmington ; has been taken by a
French privateer and cariied into St. Thomas ;
where the Governor of that island has taken poffefl
ion of her, and put a number of foldierson board,
fnppofing the French had murdered the crew, as
they would give no account of them.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 30.
The convention which is said to have taken
place between the Duke of York and General
Brune, was signed on the 16th of O&pber by
some papers, and by others on the 18th. The
terms are differently dated. The morning Chron
icle of the 23 of O&ober Rates that the French
demanded the reiteration of the Dutch ships ; but
even this account is not given as genuine.
Nothing authentic on this head had transpired
at the date of the lift English accounts and from
the circumßance of the Ikirmilhing having taken
place, on the 17th and ißfh betweenrihe outposts,
as dated in the London papers of the 24th more
than a suspicion is entertained that the foppofed
convention was eitlier broken between the two
armies, or never had exigence.
Capt# Stephenson, arrived on Saturday, informs,
that 24 hours previous to his failing (20th ult.) an
infurreXiort at Jean, Rabel took place. The iu
furgents were headed by one of Rigaud's generals,
who, having been defeated, and driven into the
mountains, had unexpected colleAed a large force,
with Which he made a sortie and gained fofleffion
of the fort of Jean Rabel. On the arrival of this
news at the Cape, a general requisition took place,
and about 800 men were immediately sent off for
the relief of the fort. Capt. S. also confirms the
^melancholy accounts which I have heretofore pub
lished of the unfortunate situation of that inland.
We know the enemy's force in Brest ; they are
more in want of seamen than of ships, and this will
be a molt seasonable supply. WeShall not at pre
sent make any further observations on this unfor
tunate tranfadtion. Every man, of all parties,
feels the full force of our difafler. It would be
unnecessary here to point out the extent of the ca
lamity, or to comment on the terms of the ransom.
All that we could fay would not equal the public
grief and indignation. It is some consolation that
our surviving troops, who have a&ed as bravely
as any soldiers in the world, will escape ; but it is
lamentable to know that those who have drawn
them into their present Situation will escape also.
The son of Gen. Abercrombie, who has just re
turned from Holland, palled through New-Caflle
to the North on Thursday fe'nnight ; and from his
report, though the army muttered full 40,000 be
fore the second engagement, they never after were
able to muller above 30:000!
divine the reit without a potfibility of being miffo
taken—The prupofal of a general exchange of pri
fillers made in Holland by either party naturally
involved the crews of the Dutch (hips of war,
which the French infilled on having retiored, lince
they could only be considered .by them on the fame
footing as the prisoners taken in the actions on
land : they were not surrendered to the Stadthold
er by Adm. Story, though Adm. Mitchell took
polleffion of them in the name of that Prince : they
were surrendered prisoners of war, and as such
the French have claimed them. But it would have
been an aft of perfidy, and of much more dis
grace than the capitulation at the Helder, to have
rendered these men up to their enraged country
men, who might have put many of them to death:
it was therefore agreed, hot that they Should be
delivered up, but that an equal number of French
prisoners now in England Should be refiored.
This number We underhand, has been ascertained
to be about 8000 men, among whom are of course
included Adm. Story (not de Winter) and all the
officers. The French attempted to have the Ships,
as well as the fort of Helder,'&c. restored in the
date in v if%h they were found but this we under
stand, was positively refufed. The foul of the en
emy's navy, however, is to be allowed to join
them. Almost all the French prisoners in this;
country are seamen, who will figir twith energy
against Us ; on the contrary, the Dutch. Tailors
have shown that they had rather remain in port
than molelt us in our favorite element. It has
been manifested during this war, that the Dutch
seamen have rather been influenced by a neutral
than by a hostile Spirit ; and to give up eight
thousand active implacable enemies, for the pur
pose of retaining thefame number of Dutchmen,
will be an exchange of more detriment to this
country, and more advantage to the enemy, than
the hulls of the Dritch ships can counterbalance,
Eight thousand French seamen may man Sixteen :
fail of the line. ,-
Domestic Intelligence.
ER&U CAPE FRANCOIS.
BALTIMORE, DEC. 30.
A French Gentleman who came paflenger in the|
Roop Louisa, lrto St. Sebaßians, and who leftl
IParis ato^2sth of October, informs, that Bu
onapartf had arrived there previous to thisgentte
' man's departure, and that his arrival had occasion
ed great psbl&foicipgs ; that he brought WithJ
him a treaty flcace concluded by him, for 20 I
years, with the Grand Seignior, who had ceded tpl
France 200 leagues of the territory which had been I
conquered by Buonaparte ; and that a secret ex
pedition was preparing, of which he was to havel
the command.'[NY. Met. ^dvertyer. I
A Philadelphia paper fays, it is reported, thatl
the People ot York County, (Pen.) have rden in 1
Arms against the Government of M'Kean,in cos-I
frequence of his dismissing from office certain Pat-I
riots, Federalists, and Honefl; Med !
Congress have paffe( lthe aft for relieving im- I
priloued debtors, and the Salvage Law. Mr. Ni-I
cholas had laid ou the table of the Federal House 1
of Representatives. a resolution for revoking theJ
authority given to the President to raise 12 addi-I
tional regiments of infantry, 6 troops of lightl
dragoons, to appoint two Maj. Gens, an Infpeft-I
or Gen. 3 Brig. Gens, and an Adj. Gen. a Com- I
mander of the Army and a Quarter Mailer.l
By an arrival at New-York, from Liverpool,
London papers have been received to Nov. 7 —
The extracts (which we have teen) from these pa
pers contain no intelligence of any new or impor
tant event. The allied armies are. Rated to have
retreated beyond the Rhine, to form a new plan
•of operation against that country. —The force pt
the imperialills in that quarter is Rated to be be
tween 70 and 80,000 men. The Englift' accounts
Rate that the English armies were to evacuate Hol-.
I land through the interference of the king of Pruf
lia—But this is a mere falvp tor their l^te th^race.
According to Vienna accounts (published in the
Court Gazette) the Archduke is busily employed
:in endeavoring to defend himfelt againtt the french
• —His troops were' making effusions into the
mountains iu the neighborhood of Coni, % to ob
,Jerve the motions of the enemy I The French are in
full pohetiion of Switzerland, as tar as the Rhine.
—The Duke of York, is said to have arrived, fafe
and Jound in England. Who would not go up to'
Ramoth Gilead to battle?
\ And thou Buonaparte, where haft thori been ?
maflacred and destroyed, again and again. Art
thou dill alive, and once more in thy native Coun
try ? With pteartire we contemplate thy character
—thy virtues—thy humane disposition. We place
thee against the monfier above described—but the
comparison will not bear—we fee thee fhiuing in
the cause of liberty, and the rights of man—brave
but humane— firm but not rafl% courteous but sin
cere, while the other character appears only a fit
companion for those infernal Demon's, who rejoice
at the deftrudion of man. May,hat divine Being
who has hitherto directed thy rteps, still afford
thee his guardianship and protection : and may*ft
thou, once more, aided by him, teach the foes of
Liberty, that their exertions are vain—and that
the cause of Republicanism must arid Shall prevail.
, Was ever min like Buonaparte,
To day he's dead—tomorrow hearty—
This day immers'd in burning land.
To-morrow,, leads his vet'ran band,
' And now the wonder to enhance
He lives again in native France.
The Mamelukes did lure befct him,
And now and then did Something fret him.
But loon he taught them, without letter,
To mend their ways and do much better.
To lay aside their evil spirit
And of necessity make merit,
Receive of peace the sacred bieffing.
And leave off thieving and oppressing.
And now again thou vilits France,
To carry down thy country 'dance,
Sett to Suwarrow-yanr fouci.
Then croG and join with Maffena ;
With Austria's Prince then alamaud,
And Duke of York, if he's at hand, <
Thus teach them all to dance by rote,l
Sant, a la mode de fans culdle.
Wherever we cast QUr eyes, we fold the good old
cause gaining ground, Republicanism prevailing.
The mill which obfeured the eyes of our fellow
citizens is rapidly dispelling, and they now begin
to view things as they are. If we look abroad,
we find success crowning the exertions of the
friends of Liberty and the Rights of Man. May
we not fay- that the Almighty fights our
battles—surely we may—if lie did not, would e
vents turn out as they do. The Haves of Russia
and Britain, destined to defirby the Batavian Re
pubtre—wliere 'are they now ? destroyed and de
feated. They went on with a high hand, faying
we will conquer and deflroy, and then we will di
vide the spoil. But he that tittethin the Heavens
has laughed at their folly—he has held them in de
rifidn. The liars have fought againtt therti, and
the rive, have swept them away. Their advo
cates have cried out— have they not Jped ?—have
they not divided the spoil ? —No, they have not.—
So let all the enemies of liberty perish ; but let
them that love rhe cause of Freedom, be as the Sun
when hq goeth forth in his might. Then (hall the
people have re4i, and their enemies be dellroyed.
' The invincible Suwarrow, as he has been term
ed, where is he ? The man that was to conquer
France, replace the Pope Upon the throne —ef-
tablilh monarchy, and the ancient order of
things, where is he ? defeated, confounded, and
obliged to Skulk in the mountains—Perhaps the re
ward of his crimes awaits him—The ghotls of the
Slaughtered inhabitants of Ifmafl and Warsaw,
are calling for revenge where every age and feft
fell promifeuoufly under his murderous hands !
What mull be the reflexions of that inhuman mon
ger ! can he Sleep on liis pillow—mutt not bis foul
be harrowed up with the crimes he has committed
—does not the picture often present itfelf to his
affrighted imagination—where thousands and tens
of thousands are expiring by his order—where the
current of life flows in such rapid fuccelfion, that
bodies float upon its furface, and the neighbouring
riser's are changed to a crimson dye ! See the hell
hounds—their daggers reading with the blood of
aged veterans—hoary matrons —the fair virgin—
and O horrid—the tender, the lisping infant ! Who
can contemplate the feene—who can view the pic
ture, and not rejoice that thus. bloody monlter,
that fiend of hell, is arretted in his career—and
that jufirce appears to be whetting her glittering
sword—tremble, thou woffe than monger ! thy
crimes cannot go unpunished. And ye that have
been tuning your harps to chaunt the praises ,of
your Chieftain, can ye view the picture and not
blulh fcr the cause you have elpoufed.
<bc Republican Lebger.
PORTSMOUTH, ZyUARr 15, isoo.
I TO BE SOLD,
lAt Public Audion,
By JACOB WALDEN, Au^'r,
On Thursday the loth day cj February next,
At dfr ° Greenleaf's tavern, at 3 o'clock AM.
THE Dwelling House ofthe sub
4 scriber in CroH-Rreet, with the land belong
ling thereto, being two hundred and fifteen feet on
I laid street,'and tixty three feet on Vaughan-ttreet,
J the hottie is lorty-lix feet long anu thirty-fix feet
I in width, iu good repaid and well tinned from
I the lower floor to the upper chambers, with an ad-
Idition of a large kitchen and a chamber over it—
I A cellar under the whole—a well of good water
I in the garden which never fail; of water, with a
I pump It is a good House, roomy, and has
every convenience tor a large family—any person
I inclining to purchase may view the lame any day
previous to the sale,
—^LSO—
; One half of a Rope-Walk, at the
North part of the towy, now improved by Mr.
I Daniel Wentworth, and is covered 125 fathom,
with a building at the Well end of the walk, aqd
a loft that will contain 40 tons of Hemp,,id iu
good repair.
, Conditions of file will be made known at the
time of fate, or previously, by applying to
JOSHUA WENTWORTH.
Portsmouth, fan. 13, 1800.
lut^V^lla..<ai—V A
ALL persons indebted to, or
that save any demands against the estate of
JOHN HOOPER, f
slate of Portlmouth, deceased, are requeued
to present their accounts for settlement, to
SAMUEL HOOPER, Adminfirator.
Portsmouth, fan. 8, 1800.
George Long, Clerk.
Portsmouth, fan. 10, 1800.
GROCERIES,
BY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Conjifting of the following articles, viz.
Old Coniac Brandy, at%( Capers,
i6f. per gallon. ^ Anchovies,
Common ditto, * Mustard in bottles and
Old Weft-lndia Rum, * in kegs,
Common ditto, * Cayenne,
Cherry, ditto. * Bert No. z. and No. 2
Gin, * Chocolate,
Molasses. 8 Coffee,
.Madeira, ) 8 Spanish Segars,
Red-Port, J 0 Starch,
Sherry, 'WINES. Punch Strainers,
Lisbon & I Candles,
Malaga ) ^ Pint & ” pt. Tumblers
London Porter, )tf Wrapping Paper
Havanna Sugar, ^ Writing ditto,
Brown ditto, $ Paper Tobacco,
Loaf ditto, * Raisins in boxes & per
Bohea Tea, m wholes calle ; Figs,
cherts, half cherts and* Stone Jugs,
quarter cherts. ^ Gin Cases,
Souchong ditto, * Junk Bottles,
Hyfon ditto, Indigo,
Oatmeal, Russia Iron,
Ginger, 8 Russia Duck,
Pepper, Ravens ditto,'
Pimento, Russia Sheeting,
Cinnamon, ^ Cordage,
Cassia, ygA few kegs of Butter,
Nutmegs, Salt,
Mace, ^ Powder per calk,
Cloves, &c.&c. &c.
All perfdns that have accounts open with
EDWARD J. LONG, are requested to
call at the above (tore and fettle the fame.
Portsmouth, Dec. ^ 179,.
Porfeo&tb AquedaS.
^[OTICE is hereby giyen the
X, Proprietors of the Portsmouth Aquedud,
that their annual meeting will be held at the Town
Hall, (brick school house) on Thursday the 23d day
of January inst. at 3 o'clock P. M. for the choice
Directors, Treasurer and Clerk, and to tranfaft
such other bufinels appertaining to the incorpora
tion as ihall then come before them.
From a CHARLESTON (S. C) par£k
Meffit. Freneau & Ptine.
Pieale to inform the citizens of Massachusetts
New-Hamp(hire, Connecticut, Rhode-Illand, N
York, Peunfylvania, arid the Northern and Eatlerir
States generally, that from the great crops made in
South Carolina this year, and its bulky nature,
considerable quantities of Shipping Will he wanting
in the months of February, March, April and May,
and sooner, if they can be sent, and that they mat
expect good freights and ready employment in
Churfeltom
An express sent by a bye boat, which arrived
before the mail, brings an account of the failure of
of the house of Wolfe, Leaven, and Popert,one of
the greate'^banking hordes in Europe. Seven hous
es have llopt at Bremen, eleven at Frankfort, and
fourteen at Amtterdam. Loud. pap.
" It appears, that France is at an open war
with the people of Hamburgh, and that their en
voy at Paris, has received orders to 'quit the terri.
tory of the Republic/'
Long & Hamilton,
INFORM their friends and the public that they
now occupy the New Store, direftly opposite
Neil M'lntire, in Fore-Preet, where may be had
A general assortment of
WEST-INDIA GOODS
AND
Extras of a letter St. Sebastians ,dated October
26, 1799,
By order of President and Di/eflors,
NEW STORE.
ENTERED.
Jan. 8, brig Resolution, Keene, St. Christophers.
11, Ihip Mentor, Flagg, Liverpool.
CLEARED.
Osbornes Marine Lift.
Jan. 9, sloop Enterprize, Shaw, Jamaica.
Ich'r Polly, Paul, Barbadoes*
AN INHABITANT OF CHARLESTON.