The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1797-08-21 00:00:00, page 3

to his,lend in this town, dated, May 30M. *
1797. ' 1
"The manly and fpiritcclLetter of Mr.
Pickering to Mr. Pfokney, it considered by
the fir& advocates in Paris, a< a master piece,
and unanswerable ; it has bcen tranllated and
delivered to both Houses, who are extremely
well pleased and Satisfied with it ; and are 1-
bout demanding ip confequehce of it, all the
papers-relative to the American affairs, from
the direHory ; and should a minister be new
sent out, every thing would fgon return to its
former pleasant fituatian:”
Capt. Elkins from Rotterdam brought dis
patches, from Mr. Pinckney.
Letters from Mr. Bulkjey, at Lisbon, 16th
June, contains the following important Post-
Script:—" I have just received a Note frotn
Mr. Yznardi, the American Consul at Cadiz,
ofthe 2d inst. informing me, that he his re
ceived an order from the Spanish King, di
refling all bonajide American vessels detain
ed in Bpantfh ports, to be immediately giveri
up; and all those carried in, on suspicion of
having enemy's property on board to have
fpecdy trial.""-
PITTSBURGH, JULY 46.
The surveyors are now employed in
running and making the boundary line
between the United States and the In
dians, agreeably to the treaty nrade at
Greenville.
We understand, that the Indians were
never more friendly than they nt pre-,
fen; appear to be#
'Worcester, AUG.g.
We are informed that a very severe
thunder storm was experienced, the last .
Sabbath in the northern part of this
county. At Northborough, a Mr.
Hopkinton, from Rochester, riding in
a fulkey, was killed, instantaneously by
lightning. His horse was also killed,
his carriaged Chattered to pieces, and of
an umbrella, which he held over him,
the wood and silk were entirely con
sumed, and the metal melted. Two or
three other persons and horses were
struck down ; but recovered. One man
remained senseless several minutes.
STOCKBRIDGE, AUG.7.
On Tuefday morning last, a Mr.
Wadsworth of Bucket, about 70 years
of age had driven his cows to pasture,
among which was a two years old bull.
The cows went into the patture as soon
as the fence was opened, but the bull
turned round and placed himfelf in a
threatening posture, Mr. Wadsworth
approached and struck him with his
ftaff. The bull flew a( him with violent
. rage, and (truck him with one of bis
' horns, which entered his leg at the
knee, and laid the bone of the thigh
bare, quite to his body— From bis thigh
the born entered his body and tore if
in such a manner that his bowels fell to ,
the ground—A woman was in fight,and
^w the ffiocking tranfaAion-(he called
.vo men who were mowing in a field,at
a small distance; they came immediate
ly to the place, and found the bull
.(landing over his mangle prey, ftom
which they could not drive him, until
one of the men threw an axe at him and
wounded him—he then turned, and
went into the pafture=-They took Mr.
Wadsworth and carried him toa hoofe,
where he lived fill about one o'clock
rhe next morning and expired. The
bull was (hot the fame day.
EXTRAORDINARY!
NEWYORK, AUGUST 2.
We have good authority for Rating, that
during the late session of Congress, Vice
President Jefferfon wrote a letter to Mr. F—,
a friend of his in Maryland, in which belays,
that the President convened Congress in
May, with the view of declaring war against
France, provided he should find a refyea
able majority of Congress in favor ofthe
measure, or to that effect. He enjoined
him ftrialy not to Show the letter—but the
gentleman had thought fit to 'disregard the
injunction. In the fame letter he recommends,
to his friend, Bache's paper. The public may
jrely onihe fi&. ' ft
HARTFORD, AUGUST 14.
An ingenious mechanic in Button has in
vented a machine for making of cards, which 1
cuts and bends the wire, makes the holes in
the leather, and Ricks the wire therein—all
at One operation. The cards are greatly
superior to any heretofore made. * ^^
KOSCIUSKO.
At a numerous meeting ofthe Whig Club
of England, held at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, in the Strand, on Tuefday the 6th
day us June, 1797.'
The EARLof THANET in the Chair.
On the motion of Gen. Tarleton, secon
ded by Mr. Fox; it was resolved unaromotrfly, ^:
" That the Polish General Thaddeus
Kosciusko, to ba requested by this duty so),
accept of a sword, as a public testimony of
their sense of his exalted virtues, and of his
gallant generous, and exemplary efforts to
defend and save his country.,.
Mr. Fox moved, arid it was r,folved un
animously, “ That a committee be appointed
to provide a sword accordingly, and that
General Tarleton do prefect it to General
Kosciusko, in the name of the Whig Club
of England."
Mr. Munroe b:s demanded ofthe Secre
tary of State, the reafous for his recall from
France. The Secretary declined any ex
planation, observing, that if the "Govern
ment established such a precedent; it would
be fobjeaed to continual contest, with in
dividuals that might be removed from office,
,nd offered many other reasons against con
forming to Mr. Munroe's wishes. The whole
correspondence is lenghty.
INTERESTING DOCUMENTS.
Correspondence between Jamts Monroe and
Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
From Mr. Monroe to the Secretory of State.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4,
Sir, ' . ,
It was my wiffi, after the receipt of
your letter of the z2d of August last,
announcing my recal, to repair home,
without delay. But as I did not re
ceive that letter till some time in No
vember, nor obtain my audience for
taking leave of the French government,
till the firft of January following,it was
impossible for me to fail before the
Spring, without hazarding a winter's
passage, and to which, I did not wish
to expose my family. This explains the
cause why 1 did not render myfelf, at
a much earlier period. }
I postpone my reply to that letter
till my arrival, because I deemed it
more Suitable, for mapy reasons, to
answer it in my own country, than
from a foreign one. I think proper,
however, to call your attention to the
fubjeft of that letter; with a view,o
juftify myfelf against any imputations
that have been, or were intended to be
railed against me, by the moafores it
announced.
I observe by that letter, that although
you found this measure, principally,
on the ground taken in that of the i,h
of June, preceding, yet yon intimate
there were " other concurring circum
fiances-" which had weigh: in deciding
the Executive in its favur. The object
of this therefore, is, to request of you
a statement of what these circurnftances
were; that correctly knowing I may
diftin&ly answer them. To the sug
gestions contained in you#® of the 15th
of June, I (hall likewise make such
further reply, as appears now to be
necessary.
, % 1 request this ftatemnnt as a, matter of
right, and upon the principle, that al
though the Executive possess the power
to censure and remove a public minifier,
yet it is a power which ought to be
exercised according to the rules of
justice; which rules are too well de
fined, by the principles of our govern
ment, to require illustration here, I
make this request, therefore, in a con
fidence, that you will comply with it,
as soon as ) ou can with convenience.
With doe refpeft, &c.
From Mr. Monroe to the Secretary of State.
-Philadelphia, July ®b, 17^.
. Bia, . • ,
Upon leaving Paris. I committed my
letter book to the care of Mr. Provoft,-
and after his departure, of Mr, Ship
with, sealed up for Gen. Pinkney, in
case he arrived whilst either of those
gentlemen was there ; to furnifh him
with such light upon our affairs, as he
did not derive from your department,
".'e" ", ' e " !** I had previously
given Gen. Pinkney, copies of some
papers which he feund necessary, upon
his fitft arrival ; so that, in a possible
case, I trust, your wish was fulfilled in
possessing him with such [documents, as
have been or may be necessary, for
some time to come. I think proper
however to suggest the propriety of such
a complete copy being furnifhed from
your office, as you seem to deem ne
cessary for our representative at Palis;
since, when I arrived there, ro paper
whatever was furnifhed me by my pre
decessor either of his pwn cortefpondence
of Mr. Jefferfon's, or of Doctor
Franklin's. 1 have thought it my duty
to state to you, how I found and left
this business; to, enable you to make
such difpoffliou thereon, according th@
:etita of your department, as is thought
^, ^^ be absent from this city till
Thursday next ; at which time! shall
he happy to receive an answer to the
Better I had the pleasure to write you
yefferday
,fr From the fame to the fame'.
Philadelphia, 'July I^, 1-97.
, - Sir, # ,
I thiak proper to apprize „u of my
return to this city, and to request the
favor of an answer to my letter of the
6th instant.
, f lam with, refyeft, &c.
From the Secretary of State to Mr. Monroe,
‘Philadelphia, Joly i], !,„,
Sir,.
I duly received your letters of the
6th and Bth inftaru, the latter gating
the disposition you have made of letters
and papers relating to your mission to
the . French Republic/lor the use of your
successor. Your intended ahfence as
mentioned in your letter of the 8:h, ao4
the pressure of public business on the
eve of the departure of our minister for
Europe induced ihe delay of an answer
to this time.
The request contained in your letter
pf the 6th, was ungxpefled. It is easy
to conceive that the President of the
United Stakes may be possessed of fafts
and information which would not onlv
juftify, but require the recal of a for
eign minister, or the difmiffion of an
officer at home, although they should
not furnifh ground for a legal investi
gation. When the tenure of public
offices (that of the judges excepted) was
deliberately and confidentially placed in
the pleasure of the Prefidtfof the U-|
nited S a es, it certainly was not con
templated to test the propriety or ex
,pediency of particular afts of that
pleasure, or diferecion, by a formal
trial, or a public discussion. These re
marks, - I trust, exhibit fatis'factory
reasons why I cannot undertake to
comply with your request.
i am, Sir, &c.
(To he Continued.)
SPRINGFIELD, AUGUST If.
DIEDJ—At Brimfield, on the Ift inst.
Mr. Henry Abbot,I—His 1 —His death was occa
sioned by the bite of a mad dog.—About fix
weeks previous tp his death, in the dead of
the night, he heard a hog, in his yard, at
tacked by the dog, te got up unconcerned,
and without any defenfive weapon, at
tempted to relieve the hog, and was seized by
the hand in so forjble a manner that he
" could only extricate himfelf by killingthe
dog, —Three weeks after he was taken under
treatment, and continued in the care of some
. very refptflable phyricians till the morning
of his diffoJutioh, without exhibiting any
symptom of hydrophobia, when he was
seized with the tifual agitations of body and
mind which accompany that dreadful disease
and expired undef those agitation.—At
Fredrick-town, |(Virg.) a mulatto man,
aged ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY !—
^^AGLE^g, .
HANOVER,„AUGUST 21.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
Accounts from Europe begin to wear
a more pleasing afpeft. The Executive
Direflorp of the French Republic has
granted a pa&fort for an ambassador
,from Great Britain to repair to Paris,
to join in the negociation for a peace.
It is fdjd, however, that certain prelim
inaries are to be ratified, previous to the
reception of the ambassador. The issue,
therefore, is rather doubtful ; we wish
ir may not terminate like Lord Malmef
bury'smiffion. It is with pleasure we
announce the profpeas of an amicable
accommodation between the United
States and rhe French Republic. The
change , which has lately taken
place in this government will probably
be favortile to America. The French
Minister of foreign relations, it is said
has opened a communication with our
envoy General Prirfeto At Bordeaux it
was reported that he had been invited
to Parislrom Rotterdam. ' Orders are
likewise iffded by the diredory, to pre
vent privateering against American ves
sels, dteeing rhe release of those now
:foj^tya^ providi^ for the rest it& 1
HOT of those which have beh condemn
ed And fold. The British fleet mutiny;
notwifhftanding some accounts to the ?
contrary, is probably far from being
quelled. Admiral Jervis' fleet is said
to beinfeßed with the fame contagion;
and thedaft Portland paper states, that
there b^d b&n a mutiny among the
British ships hi Halifax. The spirit of
rebellion and oppdfidoh runs high, not
only among the fe& men, and inhejand,
but also at home— Alas ! for Great Bri
taim! ,\
DOMESTIC SUMMARY.
The Canada plot is said to.be faft
developing. M Lane is executed ; his -
brother, Hugh Hogan, and Levi Alien,
of Ve rmant, are committed to' utifon,
for treafm. The con fpirator Blount
w-s taken near Lexingtho, (Ken.) by
the gentlemen who pursued him from
Staunton, but doubting whether they
coutq with propriety detain him as a
priforict, as he l;ad hern admitted to
bail, fhtv permitted him to proceed 8-
gain. The public .attention will pro
bably he excited by the c;jrrefpondence
between Mr. Munroe, our former Min-°
itter to the French Republic, and Mr.
Pickering, Secretary of Stare. We
ihall lay ir befor our readers as faft a#
convenience will admit. The Editor
of the Federal Spy makes rhe following
pertinenr remarks upon it.
''Mr. Munroe,with all the fire incident to
his party, ;ff^ults the Executive^—worics and
Frets; white Mr. Pickering, with infinite
coalucfs and moderation, pencils for him the
features of the Constitution and of thrExecu
tive ;—all which, nothing but his bliud zeal,
could have obfeurated From his vision. It is
fufficiently evident, from his being fuffered
to have a free access to the official papers in
the office ofthe Secretary of State (for the
purpofeof reviling his own papers) that the
Executive “is ftrortg in its' integrity, and
fears no public exposure of its meafurei. We
anticipate that Mr. Munroe will eventually
find his complaints of a piece with the “ pre
cious confe flions" of Mr. Randolph.
THE time for the choice of a Representa
tive to Congress to supply the place of J.
Smith who has resigned, is on Monday the'
28th inst. From what we are able to colled
it appears that the Hon. Timothy Far
rar, Edward St. Loe Livermore
and Peleg Sprague, Efq'rs are proposed
as Candidates in different parts of the date.
They are all without doubt friends to the
peace and fafety of our government, worthy
and well qualified to fill the office. But since
we can give our vote for only one, it will
perhaps be prudent to vote for the one who
will most probably have the greatest number
of votes.
From the best information we can obtain,
it it very^ likely that Mr. Sprague will be
the one,efpecially considering the circuut
flance of his having been a candidate at the
last eledipn.
NEWLONDON, AUG. 9,
Information has been received at
Paris ofthe dehthof the Pipe. His
reign has been remarkable for its
length: few like him have occupied
the pontifical chair for 22 years. The
Cardinals generally chuting a Pope from
among the eldest of their body, in
hopes of a speedy vacancy, by which
the^ may profit. John Angelo Brafrhi
was born in 1727, and elected Tope id
1,151 when he affirmed the name of
Pius VI.
— ^!— !^-—-!^
PHIBETA KAPPA
ANNIVERSARY.
THE Brethren are desired to give
their attendance ,at Graves's
Hall, to-morrow, at nine o'clock in the
morning. An oration will be delivered
at twelve o'clock precisely.
_ Wm. WOODWARD President. .
Aug. 21,
Now for a Bargain.
THE Subscriber has for Sale a few
thoafand of Merchantable white
pine BOARDS, upwards of two hun
dred best Calves RUNNET-BAGS,
Cod and Scale FISH, IRON, STEEL,
Steel MILL-SAWS, NAILS, GLASS.
BOOKS, Weft India and English
GOODS, as ufu'al, all which he will
dispose of on very reasonable terms, for
Beef Cattle, Safes 'of Lye, Buttes or
old Spanish Milled: Dollars. -Every r
possible attention paid' to good punc
tual Customers.
' JOHN MANNjun.
Orford, 17th, Aug. 1797. 5-4
---—--————-=_-=-—— —
CA SH
AND a Liberal Price Given for
L A MBS' wOO L AND
uArrINGPuk 8,
b, the Subscriber, next door fouth of
Mr. Farrar's;.
f paoLi wells.
Hanover, Aug. &, <797 4-3 <,
N. B. HATS made and rfyairef
in the Neatest Manner by the SubfePT
her.