The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-08-05 00:00:00, page 2

GENTLEMEN,
You have requeued me to forward to you ''The
Aurora, which I should be perfectly willing to
do, it I ;could be fatisfied that yol would either
extract from it, or publish such Itriftures on it as
you might conceive likely to correct its errors or
to promote the public liberty, prosperity, and
happiness. You will exxufe me for thus frankly
expressing a doubt on this head, because I have
in your paper of the 7th of July, a proof that you
are either willing to falfify, or that not having ex
amiuedinto the truth you have fuffefed some other
yerfon tojmppfe a fallhood on you and onthe pub-
In the second column of your third page
of the paper of the 7th July you preface a letter
of M.Wolcot with the following words “In
the Philadelphia Aurora, the lateJecretary offtate,
Col. Pickering, is charged with havingin his hand's
unaccounted for Eight millions of Dollars of the
public money."
Now, firs, you either must not have seen my
papers in which the statements of Mr. Pickering's
accounts have appeared, or if you have seen them,
have done me injustice and imposed on the public,
whom it is your duty to inform honestly and cor
really, It you have not seen my papers, you owe
it to the public, and to your own reputation, you
owe it to the morals and the credit of your coun
try to undeceive the public on this bead. I am
disposed to believe, that however party passions
my heat numbers, that yet few will be found so
bafeas to persist in imposition when the truth is
pilpable that they have been acting under decep.
tion. I rather believe you have not seen my pa
pers, and I think it therefore proper to apprize
von of the true state of the fads which I have pub
iiihed.
President of the U. Stater, did by an aft or
commiffi >n under his hand, dated the 17th
day of May, in the year 1800, authorife and
empower the Secretary of the Treasury to
borrow on behalf of the U. States, any sum
not exceeding in the whole Three millions
five hundred thousand dollars, and to make
such contrast or contrasts as Should be ne
cessary, and for the interest of the United
States, in pursuance of the a& of Congress
above recited.
Now therefore, the undersigned secretary
of the treasury, in pursuance of the aft ot
Congress and the authority from the Presi
dent of the U. States abovementioned —doth
hereby, on behalf of the U- States of Ame
rica, contract and engage in the manner
following, to wit :
.Ift.. There Ihsll be created a funded cap
ital dock, to an amount hereafter to be de
signated by the said secretary, but not ex
ceeding Three millions five hundred dollars,
which capital dock ihall be divisible into
(hares of one hundred dollars each, bearing
interest, at 8 per cent per Annum, payable
quarter yearly at the treasury of the U. S.
or at the Loan Offices, where the said itock
may stand credited, until the last day of Dec.
in the year 1808.
2d. After the last day of Dec. in the said
year 1808, and after teafonable notice to the
creditors, which (hall be given by an adver
tifemen^ in some public newspaper, printed
at the feat of government of the U. States,
the said capital stock (hall be redeemable at
the pleasure of the United States, the reim
bursement of the whole sum or sums bor
rowed, and which may constitute the faid'
capital Rock, either at the treasury of the
U. S. or at the Loan offices, where the fame
may stand credited.
3d. The credits for the said capital stock
shall, and may be Separately certified in the
Turns either for one hundred, four hundred,
one thousand, four thousand, or ten thousand
dollars, and the credits so certified (hall be
transferable by the creditors, or their attor
nies, at the treasury and loan offices refpe&-
ively, in pursuance of the rules which have
been or may be ettablifhed relative to the
transfer of the funded stock of the United
States.
Proposals will be received until the last
day of July next inclusive, at the Bank of
the U. States, and the offices of discount and
deposit at Bolton, N.York, Baltimore, Nor
folk and Charleston, for the purchase of one
million and fivjhundred thousand dollars of
ftogk, dire&ed by the secretary of the trea
futy, to be issued in purfnance of the above
mentioned contrast The proposals most
advantageous to the U. States will be accept
ed, but no stock will be issued at less than 5
per centum advance, or 105 dollars in money
for 100 dollars in stock. In case the sums
fpecified in funilar proposals (hall exceed
the amount of stock offered for sale at places
abovementioned, they will be accepted, fub
je& to a proportional deduction.
G. SIMPSON, Cafb'r.
June 28.'
4th. A fufficient sum of the surplus of the
duties on imports and tonnage beyond the
permanent appropriations heretofore pledged
for the fulfilment of this contrast, in pursu
ance thereof, and according to the terms and
conditions of the a& of Congress herein be
fore recited.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Given under my hand, and the seal of
the treasury of the United States, at
(L.s.) Philadelphia, this 2d day of June, 1800,
and of the Independence the twenty
fourth.
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
Secretary of the Treasury.
Tothe Printers of the Weftern Star.
Philadelphia, July 17, 1800.
JUNE 21, 1800.
On Saturday last, a signal was made fora
fleet to the westward, which in the instance
gave rife to a number of corjedures, attend
ed in some measure, with a degree of pro
portionate anxiety, it was however shortly
difeovered to be part of Adm. Blunkett's
squadron from the Red Sea, and, in the
harbor ; His Majefly's ship Leopard, Ad.
Blanket, Daedalus, Centurion, and the Com
pany s Frigate Bombay.—The Bombay fail
ed from Aden, on the 6th of O&. and the
Admiral passed the Straits of Babelmkndel
on the 13th' or 14th, they have had a very
tedious passage in consequence of the adverse
currents, and the crew of the Bombay has
been remarkably sickly.
Adm, Blankest had proceeded in the Leop
ard as high as Judda, and the Frigates, as
mentioned in a former Gazette, to Coffier,
which place they completely destroyed, lev
elling the works with the ground.
h JANI IO
On Wednesday the Bth inst. anchored in
the harbor his Majefly's ship Suffolk, Vice-
Ad. Rainer. Previous to anchoring, R. Ad.
Blankett complimented the flag of the com
mander in Chief with 17 guns from the
Centurion, the number allowed frit foeh an
occalion, which was returned in the usual
manner.
Extras of a letter, dated TrincomaUie, nth Jan.
„1800.
" His Majefly's ship Braaye, Capt. Alex
ander, arrived here on the sth inst. from the
Red Sea, having on board Gen. Debucq,
Ambaffadorfrom the late Tippoo Sultuan
to the Directory of France, and his suite;
and this day the Braave proceeded to Co
lumbo with Mr. Debucq, and the French
men who were taken with him."
Some months ago, I had a conversation with
some members of congress, in u hich enormous a-'
buses were pointed out to me. My activity was*
known, and I applied myfelf to obtain, the mod
authentic particulars which circumstances would
admit, I succeeded beyond my expectations, for
I procured a full and complete examination of the
Books cf the Treasury Department. I caused three
citizens ot Philadelphia to be prefent^and under
their observation, copied from the actual books,
various accounts, several Os which I have already
laid before the public. In preparing the public
mind for the reception of a difeovery so uncom
mon and important, 1 stated that upon adding to
gether the balances of only fourteen of these ac
counts there appeared to be due to the U. States
Eight millions of dollars.
tn a subsequent paper I publiflied many of these
accounts, and among others the accounts of Tim
othy Pickering, as agent for paying Continental
.xpenditures— as agent for carrying into effect the
Britfh Treaty —the Spanish treaty—and the trea
ties with the Barbary powers. J never aflerted
that he retained Eight millions on these accounts.
I aflerted indeed, that it appeared at the treasury
that he held above 501,000 dollars unaccounted
for. Mr. Wolcott has not denied that he did hold
this sum unaccounted for ; he admits that the ac
counts to which the Aurora refers are accurate ;
but he evades and betrays the actual truth of my
statements ; for he lays "it is expected Mr. Pick
ering's accounts will be finally fettled soon after
the offices are opened at Washington." Tho' in
the next sentence he asserts that only 500 dollars
remained in his hands from three ^ accounts
—I gave four accounts one of which onjLiheued
a balance of 347,000 dollars ag^inft Ms. Picker
ing, and I did not give several other accounts,
Inch as that of the quarter-mafler generals depart
ment, the money of which has lain in Mr. Picker
ing's hands since our revolutionary war.
I did not fee the paragraph "in crotchets after
Mr. Wolcott's letter, until 1 urtte thus far. In
that you have gone even farther than in your pre
face. I have shewn you above the mistake as to
the publication concerning Mr, Pickering's ac
counts. You are bound to reftify an error per
sonal to myfelf. If I were indeed a foreigner, I
should not confider myfelf in any refpeft the worse
on that account, neither do I confider myfelf the
better for being bybirth an American. Mr. Weft
and Mr. Trumbull are not etteemed the worse
men in England for being natives of Pennsylvania
and Conhedicut ; nor does Count Rumford fuffer
in Europe for being a native of Maffachiifetts.—
In our revolutionary war we did not reject the
talents or the valor ofa Steuben, a Gates, a Mont
gomery, Kefeiujko, La Fayette, Conway, Lee, Bar
ry, fones, and thousands of others, because they
were foreigners. The hatred of foreigners may
become savages, but it is little becoming ^s Ame
ricans, who are but comparatively foreigners to
the American shores, and who have been so much
indebted to men born in other countries for all
the glory, liberty, and independence which we
now poflefs ; refpe&ing me therefore you are ve
ry materially miltaken, as well as prejudiced if
you hold the sentiments w hich you have published.
i have never been obliged to fly any country, I have
indeed been robbed by the British government in
the Edl-Indies (where I resided eight years) of a
fortune of ten thousand pounds sterling, acquired
by my own personal induhry—one of their modes
of jollifying this robbery was that I was a foreign
er, a republican, an American.
If you are dilpofed to do justice you may prove
it by publishing this letter, and I Shall then conti
nue to fend you my paper in exchange for yours.
Gentlemen, with due regard,
Your fellow laborer,
WM. DUANE.
Meflrs. Horatio Jones & Co.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
—'•<+4“^4g^^>^>fo,.)
BOMBAY, DEC. Ip, 17„.
On Thursday last the following Ihips fail
ed from the harbor—Suffolk, Adm. Rainer,
and La Forte, accompanied by the Prince
and Eliza, country (hips, bound to the Red
Sea, with (lores and provisions for the de
tachment and his Majefly's (hips on that
flation.
Asiatic Intelligence.
Antibes, (France,) may 15.
The Austrians have evacuated Nice, and
preceded by Gen. Melas, have moved to
wards Coni and. Turin ; undoubtedly to
meet the army of Reserve. The French
Gen. Rochambeau gained some advantages
over the Austrians on the French territory ;
but did not compel them to withdraw. [the
French citizens of the departments of the Kar
and the Touchet du Rhone fought against the
Austrians, and made many prifoners.]
PARIS, MAY 28.
The French Gen. Thirreau is advancing
from Sufa to Rivoli, which is within 7 miles
ofiTurin ; three divisions are going.to Italy
MILAN, MAY 17.
Genoa flill holds cut. An official letter
from Count Hohenzollern, of May 14,
mentions that he was attacked the day be
fore by the whole garrison of Genoa ; and
defeated it ; after a severe engagement.—
Gen. Soult, (firft after Maffena) his Adju
tant, a Colonel, and many other officers
were made prisoners ; and about 1000 pri
vates were killed, wounded or taken prison
ers. e Amongst the wounded is the Gen. of
Division Hufpiralet. The Auflrian loss is
dated at 240 men.
The young Emperor of China, Ca Hing,
has put to death his Prime Minister, the
great enemy of the Englilh nation, who it is
said, had amassed a fortune of 70 millions of
Tales, exclusive of Jewels to an immense
amount, all of which the Emperor has seiz
ed upon.
By the Exeter we learn that a traiterous
correspondence had been discovered at Ma
lacca, to have been carried on between some
of the Dutch Residents there and the govern
ment of Batavia, and that Mr. Terins, for
merly the firlt in Council, and Mr. Ruddey,
the Fiscal, had been sent to Madras in the
(hips Ganjava and Eliza, as being princi
pally concerned in it.
We have been favored with the following extra# of
a letter from a gentleman who was on board the
Louis when taken, dated
Madras, 12th fan. 1800. .
“ I have just got on Shore after a disa
greeable passage in a Pariah brig, from near
Ganjam : On the 4th inst. in the lattitude
of Ganjam, we were taken by the French
Privateer Clarisse, captain Sourcouf ; (he
boarded us, and after a severe feuffle, drove
our men below ; we injured the privateer
very much, in short (he was so much dis
abled that it took her two days so refit be
fore (he could proceed on her cruise. We
had three men killed and seven wounded :
I believe we killed twelve or fourteen of the
French—Capt. Deale and our third officer
have gone to Mauritius, all the rest of our
crew are here, and will come up in the firft
Ihip that fails for Calcutta. The Criterion
was in company when we were chafed by
the privateer, and escaped while (he was
engaged with us."
TREVISO, MAY 11.
200 cavalry and 600 grenadiers, with a
train of artillery, of the corps of Conde, are
ordered to Corneliano.
On the 29th ult. departed from Bombay,
Capt. John Malcolm, on his Embassy to the
Court of Persia. Capt. Malcolm with his
suite embarked in the honorable company's
frigate the Bombay, under the salute of the
garrifor.
JAN. 29.
Letters were received on Monday from
Madras, dated the rith inst. announcing the
arrival there of a small veftel which had
been captured by the Clarisse, French pri
vateer, and which Capt. Sourcouf had re
leased for the purpose of landing the officers
and crew of the American (hip Louis, Capt.
Deale, which failed from hence on the 3d
inst. and which he had also captured a few
days after (he left the pilot.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
By the British Packet, arrived at Halifax.
<4<+H^g4^^*+> fr > M >
Occurrences in Italy.
LEGHORN, MAY 16.
50 ships failed from Toulon, with pro
visions, ammunition, and money for Genoa.
8 of these with provisions have been taken
by the British frigate Phaeton, several have
been carried to Minorca, several have been
burnt ; and a few it is said succeeded in get
ting to Genoa.
On Sunday morning last two Lafcars were
bro't to town from the ship Admiral Rain
ier, charged with having attempted to set
that fhip'on fire, in Sauger Roads—we un
derhand that one of them was caught in the
very a& of putting a fire brand into a tub of
combustibles prepared for the puipofe, and
upon being immediately tied up and punish
ed, he acknowledged that he had been insti
gated to it by the head Tindal of the ship,
who had firft given him liquor to intoxicate
him, afterwards provided him with the fire,
&c.—We sincerely hope that there may be
fufficient evidence of the faffs; and that an
example may be made of these mifereants,
to deter others from a practice which has
of late caused such frequent and serious loss
es.
CALCUTTA^AN 8.
AUGSBURG, MAY 20.
Prince Reuse is at Renti, his patrols are pushed
as far as Imenftac. 300 Austrians are Rationed
to guard the Tyrol towards the Voralberg.
BERN, MAY it.
If Moreau had not obtained so many magazines
in Suabia, the French army in Italy could not
have fubfilled.
i BABBLE,MAY 21.
After the taking of Felkirch and Coire, with
considerable booty, the French proceeded and
possessed themselves of the pest of Langezargen.
The greater part of the Grtfon country is evacu
ated by tire Austrians.,
LONDON, JUNE 8.
The result of the different affairs of advance'
posts in Germany, since Gen. Kray has been in his
present portion has invariably been in favor of
the Austrians. The situation of the entrenched
camp at Ulm, is equally well calculated for offen
five or defenfive measures. It is imuoffible for
Gen. Moreau to prevent reinforcements front
reaching Gen. Kray. The Republicans have un
doubtedly gained many eflential advantages.—
They have taken possession of Felkirch and Coire.
important places, and admirably adapted tv ac
celerate their communication with Buonaparte.
' Col. Clinton to Lord Grenville.
. "Him, May 22.
, Since the army crossed the Danube to this
place on the 12th, the enemy has undertaken no
tlung of consequence. In the night of the 18th
he palled the Danube in considerable force at Er
and, , e following day reconnoitered the
portion, pf the Austrians on the heights above the
which he found so formidable that he re
crossed the Danube in Ccurfe of the night, and re
lumed his portion between that river and the Il
ler, without attempting any thing."
June 10.
Moieau is certainly drawing off a part ot his
army from the Danube to allill the projedlsof Bu
onaparte in Italy.
Private advices from Hamburg to the Bth infl.
fay Moreau is, retreating, though (lowly, and ev
ery day fightings His retreat is attributed to his
The Auflrian commandants of :Hohen weil„
which have been surrendered to the French, were
arrested as loon as they returned among their
countrymen.
by St. Gthard—[/, tsexpired the Austrian
Gen. hukcffovick will meet *heje dreytons, as
he was marching to the fame place. Indeed
one article Jays he has entered Switzerland by
this route ; that his H ^. are at Ariola, on
the frontiers of the Canton of Uri. His ad
vance p fts penetrated to Urferen.
ULM, MAY 21.
The Imperial Army in Suubia, amounts to
ioo,coo men.
LONDON, JUNES.
The movements of Gen. Melas against
the left wing of the army of Italy have been
completely fuccefsful.
JUNE 19.
Government have dispatches from Lord
Keith of a recent date. . They state the sur
render of the citadel of Savona on the 13th
of May in consequence of famine ; and that
on the 19th of May, the inhabitants of Ge
noa a(ked and obtained leave to fend a flag
to Gen. Melas—which it was thought car
ried propositions for the surrender of the
city.
Government have also received dispatches
from Jackson at Turin, which eftabliih the
ta& that Gen. Melas was marching towards
Piedmont to give battle to the army of re
serve. It is said Buonaparte had not more -
than 19,000 men with him on the 19th of'
May.
MAY 23.
On the 21st the French had entirely withdrawn
from the Brauthal ; and left the environs of Ulm.
Prince Hohenloe, approaches from Kanlladt, and
menaces their flank. The French army forms it
felf on the right bank of the Danube.
STRASBURG, MAY 2,
The Austrians defcrt in such numbers as threat
ens the dissolution of the army.
For three days we have no news from
Buonaparte—he said he should be some days
without writing ; and has undoubtedly been
executing some great military operation.—-
A Courier from Genoa brings intelligence'
that Maffena in a fuccefsfulfortie has takeri
4700 prisoners, and has procured provisions
for 30 days. ±
Military Occurrences in Germany.
Paris, may 31.
The number of prisoners made by the army of
the Rhine this campaign is estimated at 17,000.
JUNE I.
The Aurfourg Gazette fays Prince Reuse is
gone to lufpruck to demand fuccours from the
Government of the Tyrol.
MAY 26.
An Auflrian detachment has marched against
Heckingen.
JUNE 1.
The advance pnfts of Gen. Mallena, it is
said reach to Govi and Voltri, and it is
therefore thought that the blockade of Ge
noa is raised. The number of prisoners
made by Maffena the present campaign not
withstanding his misfortunes, are reckoned
at 11,000.
MAT 30.
The First Consul writes from Aofta, May
24, that the movements of the army are
fuccefUul.
FRANKFORT, MAY 2.
Some feeds of rebellion appear in the Aullri
an army. Two Hungarian regiments have re
tufed to obey the orders of Gen. Kray. He was
about to enforce them, but as they appeared de- :
termined, he did not, upon reflexion, deem it ex
pedient. They were, however incorporated with
other corps. A fimiiar feene took place at Ulm-
The Auflrian soldiers dislike the continuance of
the war.
STUTGARD, MAY 2T.
The French troops in general in Germany are
taking the rout to Scaffhaufea and Zujich, in or
der to repair to Italy.
JUNE 2.