Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-09-24 00:00:00, page 2

cy—Mr. Hamilton, when Secretary of
State, continued at Newyork during
the recess ofCongrefs, and Gen. Knox
usually took his tour at the eastward
during the fame period ; but, what
is singular, President Adams was at
Quincy, during the most important pe
riods of the infurre&ion in the weftern
counties of Pennfylvahia, and Gen.
Knox, the then Secretary at War, was
at the eastward or in this town, almost
the whole time the expedition againfl
them was prosecuting. If these several
departments were thus dispersed un
der Washington and Adams, why is
all this severe censure on the present
administration ? As to Judge Lin#
coin's interferance in a late election,
let these people recoiled the writings
of Hamilton, during every eledion
in Newyork ; his speeches in caucus
es, and the personal influence he made
among every class of citizens.—But
no such charges can be brought a
gainst Judge Lincoln ; as a citizen he
was interested in the choice of a Rep
resentative for his own county, and he
did that, and nothing more, than he
had a right to do.
CRUEL MURDER.
The Prefect of the department of the
Mayne, in a letter to the minifterofthe
general police, published in the Mon
iteur, gives an account of a shocking
assassination committed by order of an
uncle on his own nephew. The former,
a refractory priest in the commune of
Moranne, having heard that his neph
ew had returned from serving in the ar
my ofthe Rhine, commanded four per
sons to put him to death for his republi
can principles. They entered the pub
lic house where he was drinking, tied
his arms, led him to the foot pointed
out by the priest as the place of his
execution, & blew out his brains with
a mufleet applied to his forehead. The
uncle has been apprehended and con#
fronted, with his fanatic agents, who
related all the circumstances of the
murder.
0e latest intelligence.
Paris, July 22. Oaths iStb, a small squadron
"•fifing of 6 gam beau, failed j.nm Calais, with
a number of trap on board, from Bologne. Tbs,
were however, jeon furreunded b, ten Eugliffrig
ates, after tbs, bad proceeded half the length of the
coaff, and exposed to the mes imminent danger, when
a dead calmfortnuatel, took place, and they extricat
ed tbrafelves from their* embarroffment by rowing.
The, returned to Calais, amid the acclamations,/
the people, who bad witnessed with anxiety the perils
which thg bad to encounter.
Capture of English Vessels.
fafides tbs Hannibal, captured in the naion off
Algfras, two other Britijb Jbips of war are dija
bled; the, gained Gibraltar with the greatef diffi
culty, and in the mod leak, condition ; they were de
clared unfit for Jervice. The Pompee is one of tbefe
fbips ; it was foe that frack, during the engagement.
The tbr,e other veffelsjuffired colder ably, and were
towed into Gibraltar. The EngliJb bad aver,
fan, loft. The Republican Cofain Moacouju was
killed. Oachs %tb of ,ul, the French Jbi,s were
ahead, ft for duty, and the admiral's crew was
completed. On the tyb, Admiral Moreau, with §
S,aui4> vfils, and Pict Admiral Dumator with
feme French &,, appeared eff Algfras, to join
Admiral Linois, and to take the Hannibal in tow
into Cadiz to rest. Admiral Linois captured Several
English mercbantmen during her cruize. ~.
Ontbe 24th of fans, toe Britijbf, Swifture,
" after a tolerable aaien es an for, was complied
tofrike" to Gautbeaume. On the „b of July, a
hotter which had failed from Brifri, with previ
[Under the Dover bead of Auguf 6, is an account
of tbejuccefs of Lord Nelsen, puffed off with all the
vanity off Britijb pride, with a vaunting caption by
a American editor, in the true British tafe, viz.
" Invasion of England, or Lord Nelson's attack
OB Bologna." „have net room to detail tbis
account to day ; we fall therefore briefl, fate the
fubfance—lt appears his Lordship had in his
squadron 37 fail, which he drew up before the
town of Bologna—The French had 6 brigs, 2
schooners, and 20 or 30 gun boats, along the
beach, and a strong battery on the beach—His
Lordship commenced throwing his bombs at
the French— In the mean time the French fired
some balls at the British, who, it seems, had fts
tioned themselves beyond the cannons reach—
His Lordship with his bombs succeeded in fink
tag five French veffels—bt does not ja, who tber
boats or Jbips— His Lordship intended in tbs dark
to have lent his bomb ships clefs upon his ene
my—but the wind turned against his Lordship,
and his "whole fleet was obliged to haul off
without making the attempt." His Lordship
displayed bis usual cool and intrepid condua—
His Lordship intends to make another attack,
with bombs and flat-bottomed boats—Little or
no damage was done to the town of Bologne ;
which his Lordfliip refufed to bombard, as
" he would not make war upon women and
children !" How bumane the Britijb bays grown!
Aimsft as tender as some of their loving partisans in
America, wbef tender- heartednefi mortifies them
fa death becauje the, cannot bold all tbs offices under
our Republican adminifration, which the, deride,—
But to return to the Bologne affair. His Lord-
Blip told some gentlemen who dined with him
on board; during the adion, who were com
plimenting his intrepidity, " Obi this is but a
Shabby affair ! but it is necessary to convince the
enemy they shall not threaten invasion with
impunity, and to do something to quiet the mind,
of the women and children in London."]
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PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 7.
Extraa of a letter from an officer on. hoard the frigate
Philadelphia, dated of the rack of Gifratefr
Jul, 17b, to bis friend in this city.
« We arrived at Gibraltar on the Ift
fats forth Britifb arm, it Eg,,', aljo fdl into bis
bands, &th atontb of ,#•# ta mb Kuo 74%
from th hglijb. '. Moniteur.
Liverpool, Aug. 1. It is in con#
templation to issue a proclamation,
calling on all persons of a certain age,
and under certain circumstances, to
take up arms in case of an invasion.
Several incendiary papers, relative
to the price of bread, have been stuck
upon various parts of the metropolis,
inviting the labouring class of people
to go in a body to the Manson house,
and solicit a reduction to the price of
that, and other articles of subsistence.
These papers are in manuscript, and
are posted up at night.
London, July 28. Lord Nofa left tranje&er
da, turning for thjfoe. Hit lordfbi, it afrintod
to th command it chief of all rar naval forces ore the
fxtenfat line of coaf vobicb runs from Ormforfa,
to Btrcb, Head.
Accounts from Egypt.
London, August 7. Yesterday we received
French papers to the 3d inst. They contain,
as might be expe&ed from the long interrup
tion of continental communication, a variety
of intelligence. An account from Egypt, giv
en by Citizen Daure, who left Alexandria on
the zoth of June, states, that this place as well
as Cairo, was then in possession of the French.
The Grand Vizier is laid to have made an at
tack upon Cairo, and had been completely de
feated by General Belliard who drove him to
Salabich. The French General was wounded
in the engagement : The capture of the con
voy of 600 camels is admitted in this letter, as
also the circumstance of the surrender of the
garrisons of Burlos & D^mietta— Preparations
were making to attack General Hutchinson,
who, together with the Vizier, was ported in
the vicinity of Terranee. A sloop sent from
Gantheaume's fleet, which was at anchor 25
leagues from Alexandria, got into that port on
the 9th of June; but it does not appear that
the French Admiral had succeeded io landing
his troops— So much for the account of Citi
zen Daure.
Philadelphia, Sept. 9. The Sun, (a British
Ministerial paper) of a late date, fays, " There
seems to be a general expansion that the enemy
will attempt the invarion of Great Britain or
Ireland." This expeaation is amply denoted
by unprecedented measures of defence and se
curity : ift. to confine the French to their ports,
2d. should they get to sea, to attempt their ear
ly defeat, 3d. to prevent tbiir landing, fbould
they be able to cross the channel, and 4th. to
completely repelthem, if they should be so far
and unexpededly fuccefsful as to effed a land
ing. Every officer and soldier has been order
ed to join the corps to which he belongs. The
troops are almost incessantly exercised. They
are taught a, variety of new manoeuvres, pecu
liarly adapted to repulse an invading enemy.
Gun boats and floating batteries are arranged
along the British coast. Every vessel is equip
ped for service ; and there is a general impair
ment of seamen throughout the whole nation ;
even in London, where a similar occurrence has
not taken place for a number of years, an im
pressment is allowed by the Lord Mayor, on a
particular application from the government:
The French force destined to assay the invasion
is foppofed to be colleaiog at Dunkirk.
A private letter received by the Hamburgh
Mail, dated Paris, July 8, mentions the follow
ing circumstances : The Consular Printing Of
fice is at this moment beset with life guards
within, and troops without, to prevent any per
son from going in or out ; and the presses are
all at work. The prefects and fuperiotendants
of the military divisions have sealed inftruaions
-—and Couriers are in waiting at the Thuille
ries to carry off the dispatches.
The Brest fleets continue apparent readioefe
for sea. They are not half manned. It isex
pe&ed they will endeavour to flip out in fquad
rom.
FACTS.▼
Two French Blips of 84 guns, and one of 74, - .
with a frigate of 38, on the 6th July, having 9
fail of transports with troops on board under
convoy, contrived to defeat a British fleet of 2
ships of 80 guns, and 4of 74, with 1 frigate of
44, and a flcop of war, to take the Hannibal,
one of the British Blips of 74 guns, to cause the
flag Blip of 80 guns to run-away ; to difible
two others of the British fleet, and to preserve
the French convoy of transports fafe.
The French fleet under Gantheaume, on the
24th of June, having arrived off Candia, cap.
tured the British Blip Swifture, upon which
rear admiral Bickerton formerly had his flag,
under Lord Keith.<
Tb# Swifture was out tftbebeft Jbi,s es Britifo
built is tbe Britijb wav,—added to the French.
On the French coast, at four several points,
there were on the 2f h of July ready for em
barkation, an army of 346 thousand men, viz. ,
Tbe rigbt wing —On the fleet in the Texel,
8000 ; on the coast from Schevelling to Schel.
dam, at the mouth of the Meuse 15,000 ; on
the coast from Dunkirk to Cadfarith, !0,000 ;
total 33,000, armed boats, 400, and a reserve
of 9000 French in North Holland.
instant, in good health. ~ We found
there the Grand Bafhaw's (Lord High
Admiral's) ship of war and a brig. We
continued at Gibraltar only two days.
Our commodore (Dale) io the Presi
dent, and the Experiment, went up the
Streights on a cruize ; the Essex, capt.
Bainbridge, took a fleet under convoy,
and we are to cruize at the mouth of
the Gut for the Tripolitan Admiral;
and should he dare to venture out, we
shall surely take him.
" On the 12th instant, at night, to
windward,we difcovereda great fmoak
and heard a violent explosion. It pro
ceeded from a second engagement be#-
tween the English, and French and
Spaniards. We learnt that during the
a&ion two Spanish Chips* of il2 guns
each, blew up. After which the Ena
glilh engaged and pursued the remain
ing part of the fleet, which put into
Cadiz. On the 25th, going up the
Gut, we observed in every direction
the floating remains of the wrecks."
• These are doubtleft the admiral Real Car
los, and the St. Heimenigido.
TbT^USION.