The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-03-17 00:00:00, page 2

Late foreign fflntelUgence.
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VIENNA, DEC. 17.
The Archduke Charles, being recovered
from his sickness, left Prague to take the
chief command of the army in Germany.
The Archduke John has sent difdatch
es dated from Frofburgh, ,Thoifendorf, and
Salzburgh, the 9th, loth, 11th and 12th De
cember. He details the attack of the
French on the corps of Prince Conde the^
9th near Newbayern ; of the defeat of the
corps, and of the French advancing to the
tight bank of the Inn. He states the loss
of his army finc^the renewal of hostilities
at 918 killed 3514 wounded, and 5396 pri
soners and milling. The Archduke Charles
has now the command of this army.»
Affairs in Italy.
From Italy, Gen. Bellegard reports, as
late as the 9th inst. that on the 4th the
French advanced against Bondeno, occupied
by General Shuftck, whom they attacked
with much vigor ; but the enemy were re
puffed with loss. On the gth Gen. Shuf
tek extended his out posts along the Panara
as far as St. Bienea, and along the Recco
and Po di Primaro, as Arganto and Baftia.
LONDON, DEC. 30.
Gen. Brune, of the army of Italy, has re
lated the exertions and hardships of the
French, in making their way through the
mountains of snow that impeded them in
the paflage of Suplugen. Nothing, how
ever could resist their energy, and the inde
fatigable industry of Gen. Macdonald.
This army has opened a communication
between the Engadine and Vaseline by
mount Bernina, and the valley of Pufchiva.
This operation, however, has been attended
with considerable loss.•,
VIENNA, DEC. 17.
Two days ago Lord Minfo, received dis
patches from London, by a courier, upon
which he had a long conversation with, our
Minister of State. Since that time it is re
ported that the court of London had releas
ed our court from all obligations, in case of
an opportunity offering itfelf for concluding
a separate peace with advantage. Should
this be a fa&, we may hope, if not for a
general peace,yet fora peace between France
and Austria.
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Bulletin of the Official Jodrnal L'Monifeur,
Paris fan. 2.
Government this evening received very important
dispatches front the army of the Rhine. The
time at which they arrived, and their length,
render it impossible for us to fend off the num
ber qf this day to the departments ; but these
dispatches are of so interesting a nature that we
think it our duty to give a short notice of them
to fudh of our fubferibers as do not reside at
tParis, that tbey may participate in the happy
intelligence as early as possible, It is as fol-'
lows:
, k" The General of Division Defolles,;
thief of the Staff of the Rhine, in a letter
addressed to the minister at war, dated Dec.
g, head-auarters at Steyer, announces that
General Lecourbe has made four or five
hundred prisoners, and that Gen. Riche
panfe had entered Steyer, where the enemy
abandoned I7 pieces of cannon, and nearly
four thousand prisoners, &c. . > •
i"We have every where round immense
magazines ; the loss of the enemy in am
munition and baggage is prodigious. : At
Lintz we found 10,000 bbls of wheat, and
25,000 sacks of oats. We are marching
against Erlach, and every thing announces
that the Austrians are going to rally them
fclves on the Trgfen, and perhaps under the
walks of Vienna-.,. #
"In a second letter of the 26 ult. dated
21fo from Steyer, Gen. DefblTes informs the
Minister at War that, the Archduke Charles
had propofol to Gen. Ooreau an armistice,
announcing to him that the Emperor was to 1
lend Jenveyat) a courier to Count Cobertt-I
o#l with orders to Cigna peace. ^ t:e„,
" The armeftice was signed at Steyer,
, —it contains 17 articles, theprovi-1
flops' of which are of fuce a nature, that
th% will enable us, even if it should be bro
ken, to recommence the war-with great ad
vantages, and particularly with great fecu
, The enemy, as a guarantee of the ar
ffiiftice give up to the French army the
forts of Kufsftein,Scharnitz, and other per
manent points of fortification in the Tyrol
the defites of Fientlermunz and Naudert, &
other fortified points in the country of the
Tyrol; and in the last place the fortress of
Wurtzburgh in Franconia, and Braneau in
the circle of Bavaria."
_ , , n LONDON,JAN. 16.
Bv the latest accounts from the Camp of
the Grand Vizier, byway of Constantino
ple, which are dated the ift November,
there is little probability of his moving for
ward to attack the French. His army does
not encreafe, because what it receives by re
inforcement it daily loses by desertion. *'
On Saturday the Raft India House was
quite in abuftle. Mr. Pitt had intimated
the wi&of the government to be permitted
to employ the larger rate of East India (hips
as vessels of war. This njeafure, if per Lif
ted in, must greatly embarrafs' commerce.
Under the Plymouth head, Jan. 18, we
find a lift of Danilh and Swedish vessels de
tained at that port, amounting to 60 fail.
Orders have also been received at Portsmouth
to detain all Danilh and Swedish vessels
there.
MUNICH, DEC.„.
Private letters fom Upper Austria men
tion, that the Archduke Charles, from the
time of his arrival at the army, declared he
had no hopes of saving the Austrian rfionar
cy if the speediest measures were not taken
for concluding a peace. He said, he did
not expea to fee the Imperial army in fach
a ftatc of diforganizat ion and difeourage
ment as that in which he found it. It was
hoped that his presence would reanimate
the courage of the soldiers ; but that hope
was not Satisfied. A sullen indifference
continued to manifeft itfelf through all
ranks. Cold, fatigue, humiliation produc
ed by reverses, had extinguilhed in the hearts
of all of them wery sentiment of national
pride. Meanwhile the Archduke was wil
ling to make a second attempt-; and, after
and abundant distribution of brandy, he or
dered the army to turn about, and support
the rear-guard, which was severely pressed,
But the feene of aaion was illchofen : the
cavalry could not a& on the field of battle
which was confined between the mountains
of Kanruch and the left bank of the Traun.
After some hous of obstinate fighting, dur
ing which the Auftrains loft 7 or 8000 men,
either in killed, wounded, or prisoners, they
were put to the rout ; and it was not until
the 20th that the Archduke was able jo ral
ly them on the other fide of the Ens. It is
said, that on that day he received a courier
from the Emperor, in answer to a dispatch
which he had sent off on the 18th ; and that
it was in consequence of a resolution taken
by the Emperor to conclude a peace at any
price, that the Archduke dispatched M.
Meerfeldt to Gen. Moreau, to demand an
armistice of some days.
ConJpiracy against Buonaparte.
LONDON, DEC.3O,
Another attempt upon the life of Buona
part, was made upon Christmas-Eve. As
he was proceeding in his coach to the Ora
torio, about eight o'clock, a small carriage
interrupted his way in the streets; it con
tained a barrel, of gunpowper, intended to
have been blowrcup as the Consul passed ;
and if the expMior. had taken place at the
precise moment, the defrgn would have no
doubt fecceeded ; but his coachman detxter
oufty drove past the combustible carriage, &
the explosion did not take place till the Con
sul was out of danger. Several perfonsl
were wounded, some killed ; the neighbours
ing houses were Mattered ; and the report
was heard over all Paris.— Buonaparte,
however, went to the Oratorio.
From the SUN.
THE speculators who inhabit the neigh
borhood of the Treasury, are all in an up
roar—A deadly alarm has seized on the
purchasers of the poor soldiers notes— Their
craft is in danger- The Treasury is like to
be removed from the little corner of the
State.; that so long has enjoyed its prcious
bleflings, to a more central point—Those
blessings instead of being monopolized by a
chosen few, will then be widely diffufed
through every part of the country. But
those who have uninterruptedly enjoyed
those blessings so long, are not disposed to
surrender them without a struggle—Already
their runners cover almost the whole fur
face of the State, crying out, great is Diana
of the Ephesians—Great is the idol of our
worship—By their looks ye may know them
—Let all. those therefore who are opposed
to taxing the people to purchase bank fhareg
and those who are opposed taxing the many^
merely to aggrandize the fcw*=Be up and
doing, left by your negligence in feleaing
suitable independent men in all the branch
es of the Legiflaiure, the ensuing year—You
be again taxed to. purchase (hares in the N:
Hampshire Bank, and to increase salaries
already too great for the officers of a repub
lican government.
A Traveller.
C Fromghe SUN.
To ensure relief your application must be radical.
Republican governments are founded on
the principle of rotation in office, one man
continued too long ire power, is apt to for
get the interests of the people, and pursue
his own, many States have therefore limit
ed the time for which a chief magift rate
thall be capable of serving. But in this state
it is left to the diferetion of the people, Should
tbey therefore, after having so long indulg
ed oir firft magistrate with the emoluments
o' office, tho' continually complaining of tke;r
infufficiency, think proper to create a change,
c uld any feribus evil probably result from
it r Could a family so long loaded with
public favors and blessings, have cause to
complain, if the people, instead of flying to
a remote corner of the State, as they ever
have done for a governor, should elea one
whose central abode by better accommodat
ing she-public, would in the course of a
year, save them avast expence of meatal
.travel ? —ls one could be found, thudHEl
ly situated, whose education, abilities, genu
ine republicanism, affability, easiness of ac
cess, and plainness of manners, confpicu
oully qualify him for this office, would not
our own convenience and the intefeft of the
government be more advanced by eleaing
him, than by travelling to a barren corner
of the State for a chief magiffrate, whom
no one will presume to fay is better qualifi
ed. Fortunately in the Hon. TIMOTHY
WALKER, these requisites may be found.
Living as he does in the centre of the state,
he knows our interests, our habits, our abil
ity, our bufmefs—Unconnected with any
bank, he can impartially judge of the expe
diency of the late banking system, and un
conne&ed with our Treasury, he will not
impede an examination into the Treasury ac
tcounts. And lhould,with the Governor, the
principal offices be removed to a more cen
tral situation—a thousand inconveniences
would be avoided, which the people of this
State have long been fubjeaed to, by their
being confined exclusively to the town of
Exeter, and for which no better reason has
been given, than the personal accommoda
tion of those who by some means or other,
have grown rich, very rich in the pofleffion
of them. A Republican.
Domestic information.
+e<ete&»fc Q ->-—
BALTIMORE, MARCH, 2.
Mr. Burr arrived here oniSaturday, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Alston. Some
of the citizens presented him an address ;to
which he gave the following verbal an
swer ; —
" THAT he felt sensible of the honor
done him by the citizens of Baltimore, al
though he had not time to gratify, his feel
ings upon this occasion, by giving a writen
answer to the address presented to Jim; if
he had, he might perhaps, have departed
from his wishes he hoped, nevertheless, that
he might be permitted to express his disap
probation of addresses of this kind—tbey had
generally been esteemed mere matter of from
and in our time we had seen them made use
of as engines, and prostituted to particular
purposes.—That he felt great fatisfadion
at the event of the .late election, not that one
or two particular men were elected, but
because it was the triumph of principle. As
to his stepping between the will and wiffies
of the People, in opposition to that great &
good man, Mr, Jefferson, to whom a
large portion of the People of this country,
had fondly looked, as a fafe deposit of their
■Berties, he Should, in doing so, confider
himfelf unworthy of confidence, ungrateful
to his own feelings, and to those principles
by which he had always been aauated.
'" He again repeated his thanks to the ci
tizens for their address, assuring them that
Baltimore and its inhabitants would always
claim his best wishes, and requeuing them
to believe exertion in his power should be
drawn forth for the intere^, happiness and
prosperity of the United States."
• Tefterday morning Mr. Burr pursued
his journey towards Walhington—his de
parture was made known by a difeharge of
cannon from the Observatory, f
/ ^ pettertiap'^ ®ait
Washington, march 2.
On Saturday Tass, Thomas Jefferson, at pre
lent Vice-President of the United States, and Pre
sident of the Senate, took leave of that body on
which occasion he delivered the following Ad
dress :
Gentlemen of the Senate,,
TOgjfe the ufuaf opportunity of appointing a
President pro tempore, I now propose to retire
'from the chair of the Senate '; and as the time is
near at hand, when the relations will ceafe,which
have far some time subsided between this honora
ble house and myfelf, I beg leave before I with
draw to return them my grateful thanks for all
the instances of attention and refpe4t With which
they have been pleated to honor me. In the dis
charge of my tuiiaions here it has been my con
feientious endeavour to observe impartial justice,
without regard to persons, or fobjefts: and isl
Irave failed of impressing this on the mind of the
Senate, it will be to me a circumflance of the
deeped regret. I may have erred at times. No
doubt 1 have erred. This is the law of hmnan
nattire. For honest errors, however, indulgence
may be hoped.
I.owe to truth and justice, at the fame time to
d dare, that the habits of order & decorum which
so Wrongly charafterife the proceedings of the Se
nate, have rendered the umpirage of their Prefi
. dent an office of little difficulty . •that in times and
on qneflions|which hhve severely tried the sensibili
ties of the house, calm and temperate difeuffion
«as rarely been diflurbed by departures from or-
Should fire support which I have received from
the Senate, in the performance of mv duties here,
attend me,fa the new flation to which the pub
lic will has transferred me, I shall confider it as
commencing under the happiest auspices.
-With these expressions of my dutifnl regard to
the Senate as a body, I ask leave to mingle my
particular wishes for the health and happiness of
the individuals who goitjpofe jt : and to render
them my cordial and refpeafol adieu.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Feb. 23, 1801.
1
tA copy pf Mr. Jefferson's Address having
bedu delivered to the Secretary of theSenate,it wart
referred to Mr. Morris, Mr. Jonathan Mason and
Mr. Dayton, appointed a committee to draft and }
report an answer, who this day made the follow
ing report, viz. * ■
THESENATE'S ANSWER.■
While we congratulate you, on those expres
sions of the public will, which called you to tie
Firit Office in the United States, we cannot but
lament the loss of that intelligence, attention and 4
impartiality with which you have presided over.
our deliberations.
The Senate feel themselves much gratified by
the sense you have been pleased to express of their■
support in the performance of your late duties ■
Be persuaded that it will never be withheld from 1
a Chief Magistrate, who in the exercise of his office d
shall be influenced by a due regard to the honor &■
interest of oar country. In the confidence tha£ ■
your official conduct will be devoted to these great J
objeds, a confidence derived from past events, we
repeat to you, Sir, the aflurance of our constitu
tional support, in your future Adminiflration.
WASHINGTON, MARCH [
President Jefferfun's Speech,l
This Day, at 12 o'clock, THOMAS JEFFER
SON, President of the United States, took the I
oath of office, in the Senate Chamber, in presence
of the Senate, the Members of tiie House of Re #
prefentatives, the Public Officers, &c. Previous,
to which he delivered the following
ADDRESS:
Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the
firft Executive office of our country, I avail my
felf of the presence of that portion of my fellow
citizens which is here afien/bled to express my
grateful thanks for the favor with which they havej
been pleased to look towards me, to declare a fin- ■
cere confeioufnefs that the talk is above my talents,
and, that 1 approach it with those anxious and aw
ful prefentirhents which the greatness of the charge
and the weakness of my powers so justly mfpire.
Arising nation, Spread over a wide and fruitfui
land, traversing all the seas with the rich produc-■
tions of their industry, engaged in commerce u ith A
nations who feel power and forget right, advanc
ing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mor
tal eye ; when I contemplate these tranfeendent
objects, and fee the honor, the happiness, and the
hopes of this beloved country committed to the
issue and the auspices of this day, 1 shrink from
the contemplation and humble myfelf before the
magnitude of the undertaking. Utterly indeed
should l despair, did not the presence of many,l
whom I here fee, remind me, tbat, in the otherl
high authorities provided by our constitution, 1
shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of
zeal, on which to rely under all difficulties. To
you, then, gentlemen, who are charged with the
sovereign ffmttions of legislation, and to those as
sociated with you, I look with encouragement
for that guidance and support which may enable
us to fleer with fafety the veflel in which we
are all embarked, amidfl the conflicting elements
of a troubled world.
During the contest of opinion thro' which we
have past, the animation of difeuffion and of exer
tions has sometimes worn an afpeCt which might
impose on Grangers unused to think freely, and
to (peak and to write what thez think ; but this
being now decided by the voice of the nation, an
nounced according to the rules of the conflitution,
& all will of course arrange themselves under the
will of the law, and unite in common efforts for
the common good. All too Will bear in mind this'
sacred principle, that though the will of the ma
jority is in all cases to prevail, thz twill, to be
rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority
possess their equal rights, which equal laws must '
protest, and to violate would be oppression. Let
us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and
one mind, let rs restore to facial intercourse that
harmony and affeCtion without u hich liberty,and
even life itfelf, are but dreary things. And let usl
reflect that having banished front onr land that re
: ligious intolerance under which mankind so Tone
; bled and Offered ; we have yet gained little, if■
I we countenance a political intolerance, as despot
ic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody
perfections. During the throes and conrulfions
! of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasm,
:oftyfuriated man, seeking thro' blood andYtaugh-1
ter hislong loft liberty, it was not wonderful that
' the agitation of tne billows should reach even this J
diflant and peaceful lore; that this ffiontd' be,
more felt and feared by some and left by others ;
and should divide opinions as to measures of fafe
ty ; but every difference of opinion is not a dis- J
terence of principle. We have called by different
names brethren of the fame principle. We are
all republicans ;,we are all fafemlifts. If thero
be any among vs who would with to dissolve this
Union, or to change its reptrblican form, let them V
Hand undisturbed as monuments of the fafety withA
: which error of opinion may be tolerated, where
: reason is left for to combat it. I know indeed,
that some honed men fear that a republican gov
ernment cannot be strong ; that this government |
is not strong enough., But would the honest pa
, trior, in the full tide of fnecefsful experiment, a
bandon a government which has so far kept usl
free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary sear 0
that this government, the world's best hope, may,l
by poffibiirty, want energy to preserve itfelf? I1
trull not. I believe this on the contrary, the |
Orongeff government on earth. I believe it the
; only.one, where every man, at the call of the law,l
. would fly to thejiandurd of the law, and would
meet invasions of the public order as his ownJ
personal concern. Sometimes it is said iliacl
man cannot be trusted with the government ofl
himfelf. Can he then be trusted with tlie gov-1
ernment of others ? Or have we found angels &d
the form of kings, to govern him ? Let hUlorjp
answer this queuion.
Let us then, with courage and confidence, pur
sue our own federatand republican principles ;
our attachment to union and representative gov,
ernment. Kindly separated by nature and a wide
ocean from the exterminating havoc pf one quar
ter of the globe ; too' high minded to endure the
degradations of the others, poffefflug a cholera
country, with room enough for onr defcendautl
to the hundredth and thousandth generation, eu-j
tertaining , a due sense of our equal right to the
use of our own faculties, to the acquisition of
oir own industry, to honor and confidence front
our fellow citizens, refusing not from birth
but from our actions and their sense of them, in-(
Ctilcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude
and the love of man, acknowledging and adoring;
an overruling providence, which bv all its dis
pensations proves that it delights in the bappineft /
of man here, and hit greater happiness hereafter ;
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