The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1797-12-25 00:00:00, page 3

on the{President, &e.] Tbit, Mr. C.
Aid, must be usderftood in a qualified.
A M the House of Representatives
- no exiftance out of these walls. —
When the Speaker presented the address,
the here was not prefect ; they could
hot d bate, hot do any aft as a house ;
the addfeftraa,therefore,difeay speak
ing, presented by the Speaker, follow
ed by numbers of the House of Repre
fentatito; as he did not conceive the
house bad any power without the walls
of rhe house. They could, indeed, ap
point committees to do business out of
door^ font could not call out the mem
beta aft body. Upon this ground, he
way ferfore, in favor of the previous
queft^oTC'
M^ Lyon said, understanding the
maerrin the light ty which it had
been placed by the gentleman from
Penofolvania, he would withdraw his
motiofc/"- /
, ^ Speaker said & main gueftion
tea, Dff fiowtadey debate, and could
not it withdrawn until the previous
ace L,h was disposed of. He enquired
if it mover wfese willing to withdraw
)” Harper hoped not.. He fhonld
f lif favour of it, not for the reasons
c reJ„by the gentleman from Penn
§ vwbijbat that the house might ex
pefifo sense of such a motion.
V.Venable enquired if there were
no wanio get rid of the previous quef
tior.?J\•
Th {Speaker said, he conceived not.
Mr/Mteon aiked, whether it would
Mot befo order to commit, or pofipone
it to a@ay certain , '.
Mr^Thatcher thought he had known
irftan, where the previous question
I d bden called for, and not taken. };
Thd Speaker replied^ then it must
ve be,n withdrawn.
'Tb| riievious question wa# then put
in thesel words," Shall the main ques
tion riow b 6 put ?" and ft was carried
No;"
M#. Livingston from the committee
of commerce arid manufiaures, present.
ed a fcfqlution to the following effeft:
"fefolved, that all memorials and
petitions, which during the second fef
non df the sh Congress were referred
to rh+ ^Committed of Commerce and
Mantahaures, and not reported upon,
be an I the fame are hereby- feferrar to
the luti Committee, for the confedera
tion a id report.— —Agreed. - f .'
Mr. Harper then proposed fix resolu
tionsl or adoptions to the following ef
fed; #hich he proposed to be referred
to fele ft committees.>
i. 6 Resolved/ That so much of the
Speech tof the Prefi dent of me United
Starrsfefr relates to power being given
to the ftefident to postpone the meeting
of Cotigrefs, in certain cases, be refer
,„ toa felea committee, to report tty*
J1: or Otherwise."
2. "That so much as relates to the
prof aion of commerce, be referred,
&c. 37; ,rt^ U.^ § #
3. " That so much as relates to the
a^ Pt, of foreign agents to alienate
ffe&ons of Indian nations, and to
excite them to adual hoftifitfes agaiuft
the United States, be referred, &c. te
4. " That so much as relates to ;a
protifion for the fulfilment of the 6,h
article of the treaty between (heUnit^d
States and Great Britain, be deferred,
5. « That so much at relates, to the
reimbursement of certain advances
made made by the consuls of the Unit
ed States, be referred, &c." w j
6, " fhatfa much as delates to the
reviflah, and amendment, in certain
particulars, of the aft relative to con- ,
<ch, be refared, &r. -
The two firft resolutions were agreed
to without objections. On reading
the 3d,
Mr. Nicholas said, be did not think
they were ripe for going into this bufi
ne*. It was usual when the President
alluded to hdsin hit Speech, which he
proposed in the course of the session, to<
give further information upon, to wait
for that information before they pro
ceedMto art upon ihem. He thought
this would be best in the present case.
Tie cafarofMe Hotfe of Retrofatatives to the
Pr&nft Addrejs,was agreed to as reported
enipublifad, with onefaaU alleratim, "
To which' the President returned the
% following anfweG '„,/^
Geltorn of tfa Houfetf ~p:.,
febreJentativee.,
I received thisad'd refs from theHoufe
of Reptefentatiyes of the United States !
with pfyliar pleasure.
You| approbation of the meeting of
CoagfcG (a this §l% and of those other
measures of the executive authority of
government communicated in my ad
dress to. both lipufa at the opening of
the session, afford me great Satisfaction
to the people and their reprefentativet,
by a faithful discharge of my duty?.
The confidence you express in the
sincerity of my endeavors, and in the
unanimity of the people, does me much
horror, and gives me great joy
I rejoice in that harmony which ap
pears io Sentiment, on the importance of
our commerce, and out obligations to
defend it, as well as in all the other fub
jedi recommended to your confidera
lions and sincerely congratulate ypu,
and out fellow-cizens ,t large,.on this
appearance, so auspicious so the honor,
interett and happinef# of the nation.
JOHN Adams.
United States, New. 29, >797.
: I^&ure^tf\X^
„frfuuse or Representatives.
i I' u ,fda,, Ncro. 1%.
# Upon reading and confid^ring a peti
tion from Ariher Livermore, Esq. and
others praying for leave to build a
bridge over Pemiggawaffet river, the
prayer was granted, and leave given to
bring in a bi 11.
e Upon reading and considering a peti
tion from Samuel Hill and others, inha
bitants of Portsmouth,praying that they
might be,incorporated for the purpose of
forming an Aqueduft for bringing wa
ter into Portsmouth, &c. voted the peti
tioners a hearing.
:IFed#^^
Upon hearing and considering a beti
tioh from Abel Learneard and others,
inhabitants of Cockburne, praying for
an incorporation, th^prayer Was grant
ed and leave given to bring a bill.,
A petition from Enos Towne and
others, refpeding retailing fpiritous
liquors, was read and referred to a
committee.
,„ , J . %,, N<ro. 30.
Voted to have printed two hundred copies
of the proposed bill for direaing the proceed
ings againU the traftee# of absconding debtors
for the use of the members. „
The committee ona petition from Jone
thaa Hoyt, reported, that on the petitioner 9 ,
procuring fufficient fond# for the payment of
the taxes mentioned in the petition, and legal
dircaed to give order tba, no further pro
ceedings be had on an extent issued against
said Hoyt.
: Fr %Dec, i,
integrant the prayer of a petition for
incorporating a library in the town of Cornish.
Voted a committee to fill up the blanks in
Thill for incorporating me proprietors of
Hcldesncfs bridge. £/T
?/ The report and vote relative to the
petition.of Jonathan Hoyt, being re
turned by the honourable Senate, the
following vote was paded:
Voted that that the Senate release to
the said Hoytthe film due from him,
he paying the whole of the charges al
readya^fen on account of the extern
iffiied by the Treasurer, and that the
Treafurpe take notice and govern him
felf accordingly. C
;e: ° r) Saturday, Dtamte>„
:^ The committee to confider of ther
propriety of passing an aft directing
the appointment of a Clerk to the Sc- I
perios Court in each county, re^rrid
that directing the appointment of clerks'
to the Superior Court in the fevers!
counties, will at present be inexpedi
ent, which report wasaccepted.
Voteda committee to take into co|ty
figuration the expediency of encourag
ing ariizans in eanh cahnty in this State
tojnanufadure firea am%tm% or report any
other meafurc to procure them, that
th^ militia of thil fine may be armed/
&a committee to eonfo of a petition
rlpe&ug a mad from Shelburne to Stafford
in the county of Grafton.
PHILADELPHIA/NOV. 16.
Partiadah tftfr Mutiny onboard the BffliJh
Frigate Hermoine. %^
''WHEN about g dys out from Cape'
Nichola Mole, on a cruile, part of the efeirl
were engaged handing the mizemopfan; the
Captain (peaking (harp to the*, two of the
men fell from the yards ; when the others
came down they were reprimanded in barlh
terns by the Captain,^ feveraLof tbero
threatened with punihimeßt— this occahoned
much discontent, which continued until the
next evening, whenthe mutiny broke out, by
! hro % d ° uble ^ @ ^fr, about the
,),,, °^ dif«de,y behaviour, fie
, firft Lieutenant went down to enquire what
they wanted, and was soon Wounded in the
arm with a tomahawk*; he retired for sane |
time, and when he returned was knocked I
down with a tomahawk, his throat cat, and I
rthrown overboard.—After which, the failure
: preceded to the cabin in search of the Cap
? tare, who had locked himfelfin;but was soon
p drawled out (after having wounded two or
fort i^ defending khnfetf with bis (word)
|¥ 'N'^'i^ed the fate of his unfortunate
'.:j/ttenanu they afterwards fenced upoo and
murdered every officer so tfe ship, except ,
! maker's mate 2nd two midshipmen.
'They then 'directed their course for La Gu
iira where they arrived under Spanish colours,
end delivered the (hip up to the Spanish gov
,eminent, giving oat that they had turned
? their officers adrift in their jolly boat. The
ISpaniards have Slice manned the ship and feat
herto sea. Our informer further adds, that
the crew of the (hip Hermoiae were a mii
tttre of fevcral nations.<
COLUMBIA, NOV. 3.
A letter from a Gentleman at Nagao, N.
Providence, dated September, 26, '97, fays,
"JVe have lately very providentially escaped
'uraffl hellish plot.—A pirce lof French Ne
&rp° '" be " capered and fold here,
"aH ^0 had ff away fro .ttheir owners enl
wed into a eorfpiracy (ab^ut thirty in out.
bar) to burn the town and make a genera
mrfacre of the whites' .They had the prom
ise of a great many flaws to jointhem imme
diately on their beginning the horridbufinffi
Their scheme could not have been planned
by any faofmen, a n d would undoubtedly
have occasioned an immense bloodihed, had
they carried it into effea; but one of them
who bad been compelled to take the oath,
divulged the secret to bis mailer a few hours
before the massacre was to have began. A
party of men were immediately colle&d and
ro':' ^ '"'''" I only a few had yet as
sembled ; five of them were taken ; the prin
cipal ringleaders made two of that number ;
were all condemned, and three execu
ted; the other two will share the fame fate,
ft&day or two. The principal ringleader
°°re s fellow in the dreadful bufi
oels of St Domingo, who met his fate with
the greatest composure and resignation, laying
as he approached the place of execution, that
he was content to die, as he had murdered
many a white man in his time.”
NMW-YORK, Nov. 30
The revolutions in the Ligurian, (Ge
noete) f republic, have taken a wiser method
m *'* republicans, than the afo of guillo
tines. They have appointed forty miffijn-.
tries to over their territory, to preach,
and explain the principles of democracy.
AQ~*° paper dates that 2446 looms are
^X^ c ^°' fi;k > ftu ^ broadcloth
¥^^^
rites without bread.'
f *",! ° f ' he tel, transported Deputies
rora Fans have escaped, and arrived in Swit
#rfend. Carnot, the late Preldent of the
ts!' e Dire&ory, is among the number.
He had arrived at Thua, and was said to have
brought with him a considerable sum of
money.
' '''7 '' PEc 6
,"" F'eef (tin continues to block-'
ideCadiz— and ^ Ttexel.
Madame Buonaparte has arrived at Ve
nice : She occupies thd palace of Morefli
was received with,uncommon splendor.
' he King of Spain h„given the daughter
Don Louis, his Uncle, in mar
to % ^ eeo lfefc ETb" mo•
%pft"' e ^ c Garde da
W+EAGLEfIo,
HANOVER, DECEMBER #§.
* O?'J^ to ,P er cefouree,, the past
week, furbifh us wiih nothing authentic ,
from Europe.— Some accounts, fate
<^r Bubna P ast , the # commander of ihd
French army, in Italy, has surrounded
ind taken 35000 Auffrians—This flate
ment, however, was made to an Ameri
can Captain by a Captain of a French'
Picaroon,, which, ink great measure,
„rende r qt invalid. If it be true, his
next%e we may judge will bd under
.a&duofl tyro the weftard, make
mention that 6600 French troops, had
arrived ft New-Orleans.
The fettiog in, of the ph Coßgrefs,
appoarsfauorable to the friends of peace,
as repeat the procedure on our| part—
a much greater unanimity and har
mony, appears among the member# of
jte Htyh r :
No Blounts I
"To rare at our Thatcher & Blodger,"
The Mm Leo, still continues his roar
—that /&#£&„ of oricocy, and growl'
of discord. ,
A Fire broke out in Boston on Mon
day the 27th of November, between 1
dad 2 o'clock in the morning. It begau
in a (hop in Ann^Street, belonging to
a Mn. Widen,w bu r , foZ large
dwelling-houses, and their adjacent out
Fsildiogs. s Mr. Hugger mathematical
linftramerfroake^1 inftramerfroake^ was a principal
, Hartford, December so
;<DIED.— L^I Friday morning at hit
fatal Litchfield, his Excellency OLI
VER WOLCOTT, Esq. Governor of
the srate of Cohnelticut, aged 71•
A' Litchfield, lift Monday morning,
the Hori. ANDREW ADAMS, Esq.
Chief Judge of the Superior Court,
afcd 6r , ear . „ .
A' Glartenbury, Col. Elizuß Tal
cott, aged 88 yekrs.,
At.Wert-Springfield, on the 27th of
November, a daughter of Mr. Joseph
AfhleVfyjun. by the bite of a mad dog,
zgeJ 7 year.
Now Gentlemen, <
IS a good time to Pay for New,
Payers and Advertisements, Produce,
of all kinds plenty,' good Weighing,
and the Printer is in want of Wood,
grai^. Money, &c. to Art kinds of
Produce will be readily accepted- —
Some Customers have not advanced any
thing for their Papers, this two years,
it is hoped they will take the Hint and
save Cost and trouble.
Printing-Office, Hanover, Dec. 23.
JOSEPH CURTIS, 2 d.'
HAS LATELY RECEIVED FROM
BOS T O N,
A handsome Assortment of
English and Wefl-India
GOO D S,
futiable for thcSrafon.
^ Among which are.
Hard ware, Tobacco,
French Brandy, Coffee,
Weft-India Rum, Chocolate,
Wine, Ginger,
Ginn, Pepper,
Raisins, Allspice,
Bobea Tea, Copperas,
Window Glass, &c. &c.
All which he will Sell at a low Prices
for ready Pay.•
Hamper, Dec. 22d, 2797. g-j
Take Notice. 4
*—,-- # .f, fyt,.#:;.:„„. ^?.~-__ fr Qi,#fy&rsQ < * fr
A LL Persons having feountt
11 open with the Subferiber, which
have been more then fix months stand
ing. are defined to call on him for Set.
tiement, and those Indebted to him by
Note, whose Note# are become due,
are reqhefted to make Immediate Pay
ment, do, revest COST at March Terra
t Payment will be received in .
Beef, Pork; Barter, Cheese, Tal
low, Ho^'-Lard, Flax, Flax-
Seed, Wheat, Rye, Indian-
Corn, Oats, Good &lts of Lye,
and even Cash will non be re
fufed ; but Payment in some of
the above articles will be ex
pelled without delay. /
WILLIAM MITCHELL.,
Haverhill, Dec. zzd, 1797.
M B, W# MITCHELL hi jaft
^ Received an , Assortment of
ENGLISH
GOO D S,
together with a large and very
Handsome Assortment of
Glass .Ware,
Which he will Sell very low for
Cafh,or to Pundual Customers.
GA^LIEL^^
R ESPECTFULLY informs
i^ Public, that he, has lately es.
Bell Foundry,
In Walpole, one mile and a half ,
North of the Meeting-House, where
BELLS may be had on as reasonable
Terms, mat any Foundry ip America,
^d on the shortest Notice. For fur-?
sher particulars apply to the Subferiber,
resident in Hanoyet, near tfe College.
WINSLOW WaRREII
/'Detaifa *@'79,.. ' " '#6w.