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Abstract of Randolph's Vindication.
[CONTINUED.]
ON the 21st of September, Mr. Randolph wrote to the President, at Mount Vernon, requesting to be informed, at what time Mr. Hammond put the intercepted letter into the hands of Mr. Wolcott, and when an intimation of it was first given to him (the President.) He wished also to know the time when Lord Grenville obtained the letter, and when Mr. Hammond received it. Mr. Randolph added, that it was his desire to obtain copies of the dispatches No. 3, and No. 6, and any other document bearing the least affinity to the main subject, which the President could furnish him.
To this application the President returned the following answer:
To Edmund Randolph, Esq. SIR,
I have received three letters from you:—two bearing date the 15th inst.—the other the 21st.—One of the former came to hand the 19th—the other the 21st—and the latter yesterday.
Your signature as Secretary of State to the ratification of the treaty having been given on the 14th of Aug.—and your resignation not taking place until the 19th, it became necessary in order to be consistent (the original being dispatched) that the same counter-sign should appear to the copies;—otherwise this act would not have been required of you.
It is not in my power to inform you at what time Mr. Hammond put the intercepted letter of Mr. Fauchet into the hands of Mr. Wolcott.—I had no intimation of the existence of such a letter until after my arrival in Philadelphia the 12th of August.—When Lord Grenville first obtained that letter, and when the British minister here received it from him, are facts with which I am entirely unacquainted.
I have never seen in whole or in part, Mr. Fauchet's dispatches, No. 3 and 6;—nor do I possess any document or knowledge of papers which have affinity to the subject in question.
No man would rejoice more than I should to find that the suspicions which have resulted from the intercepted letter, were unequivocally and honourably removed.
GO. WASHINGTON. Mount Vernon, 27th of September, 1795.
On the 2d of Oct. Mr. Randolph wrote a letter to Mr. Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury, requesting to know of him, the time when Mr. Hammond put Mr. Fauchet's letter into his hands, and whether Lord Grenville, Mr. Hammond or himself, had seen or been possessed of No. 3 and 6, or either of them, and whether any other paper, in or out of cypher, connected with that affair, might be produced in his absence.
To which Mr. Wolcott made the following answer:
Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 1795. SIR,
I have received your letter of this date, and I readily reply to your inquiries.
Mr. Fauchet's letter, to which you allude, was delivered to me by Mr. Hammond on the 28th of July; and on the evening of the 11th of August I presented it to the President.
I have never seen or been possessed of Mr. Fauchet's letters numbered 3 or 6, or either of them, in or out of cypher, and I have no knowledge whether they or either of them have been seen by Lord Grenville or Mr. Hammond.
It is impossible for me to say whether any other document may be hereafter brought into view, as connected with the subject in question. Perhaps something will depend upon the manner in which the discussion of this affair may be managed on your part,—as this may render an inquiry after other papers necessary. You may be assured however, that nothing
has been at any time concealed by me to your prejudice.
The letter which I received from Mr. Hammond, was, as I have been informed, taken from the Jean Bart, a French vessel.—I do not know the time, when it was received by Lord Grenville or by Mr. Hammond. It rests in my memory, however, that Mr. Hammond informed me that the letter had been received by him, but a short time before it was presented to me, but of this fact I am not certain.
I am Sir, your humble servant, OLIV. WOLCOTT. Edmund Randolph, Esq.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1795. SIR,
You mistook me, if you supposed that I meant to propound to you any question, the answer to which should prevent the appearance of any paper whatsoever; I knew that this must depend upon the head of the executive; and I put at defiance all papers which now are, or hereafter may be seen. I only wished to learn, before my departure for Virginia, whether any thing more than the letter No. 10 had been used in Mr. Hammond's machinations; so as to be able to prepare now to repel it.
It is material however to understand what observations or message, from Mr. Hammond or his government, accompanied the communication of the letter to you; in order that they might be transmitted to the President. For if I am to judge from some hints, which have been given in the public prints, and from other data I have reason to conclude that Mr. Hammond was particularly instructed upon the occasion. In short, candour entitles me to expect, that you will not hesitate to give me this information.
I am, Sir, Your humble servant, EDMUND RANDOLPH. O. Wolcott, Esq.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1795. SIR,
Notwithstanding I am convinced that a knowledge of the minute circumstances mentioned in your letter of this date cannot be material to your defence, and though you have already been particularly informed of the manner in which Mr. Fauchet's letter was conveyed to the President; yet I mean not to incur the imputation of wanting candour, by forbearing a reply to your inquiry.
When the existence of the intercepted letter was first mentioned to me by Mr. Hammond, he did not intimate or request, that its contents might be communicated to the President:—it was my own suggestion, that the letter ought to be delivered to me for that purpose;—to this Mr. Hammond finally assented, upon the condition that a copy, certified by me should remain in his hands.
My motive for wishing to obtain the original letter will be readily discerned;—without possessing it, I could not safely venture to make any representation of its contents, and I felt no disposition to be the secret depository of facts affecting not only your character, but also the public interests.
The nature of your inquiries on this subject, leads me to assure you that I am not conversant in the secrets of foreign ministers, and that I cannot say whether Mr. Hammond was, or was not, particularly instructed to communicate Mr. Fauchet's letter to the President;—no such instruction was mentioned to me.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, OLIV. WOLCOTT. Edmund Randolph, Esq.
On the 8th of October, Mr. Randolph wrote to the President, requesting the inspection of his letter of July 22, 1795. He informed the President, that on application to Col. Pickering for a sight of the letter, he declined the favor, until he had consulted Mr. Wolcott; and that on a second application, he received from Col. Pickering a rancorous and irrelevant answer, (see the letter of Geo.
Taylor below) amounting to a refusal. Mr. Randolph remarked to the President, that Mr. Fauchet's letter and the circumstances which preceded and attended the delivering of it to him, embraced a variety of political matter, connected with many documents, a list of which he mentions. He says he is inevitably driven into the discussion of many confidential and delicate points; but would not mingle any thing which he did not sincerely conceive to belong to the subject.
Here follows the President's answer to that letter preceded by a note from Col. Pickering.
SIR, Agreeably to the suggestions in your note, to me, received yesterday, I laid the same before Col. Pickering, whose answer I am authorized to send you, in the following words, viz.
"The letter from the President, dated the 22d of July, 1795, of which Mr. Randolph has requested the inspection, does not appear to have any connection with the intercepted letter of Mr. Fauchet; and, cannot possibly refer to it; because the President was at that time ignorant even of its existence, and Mr. Randolph perfectly well knows that his resignation was occasioned solely by the evidence of his criminal conduct exhibited in Mr. Fauchet's letter. The inspection of the President's letter then cannot be necessary for Mr. Randolph's exculpation."
Department of State, Oct. 6, 1795. GEO. TAYLOR, jun. Ch. Clk. Edmund Randolph, Esq.
To Edmund Randolph, Esq. SIR,
In several of the public Gazettes I have read your note to the Editor of the Philadelphia Gazette, with an extract of a letter addressed to me of the 8th instant; but it was not until yesterday that the letter itself was received.
It is not difficult, from the tenor of that letter, to perceive what your objects are; but that you may have no cause to complain of the withholding any paper (however private and confidential) which you shall think necessary in a case of so serious a nature, I have directed that you should have the inspection of my letter of the 22d of July, agreeable to your request:—and you are at full liberty to publish without reserve any and every private and confidential letter I ever wrote you; nay more—every word I ever uttered to, or in your presence, from whence you can derive any advantage in your vindication.
I grant this permission inasmuch as the extract alluded to, manifestly tends to impress on the public mind an opinion, that something has passed between us which you should disclose with reluctance; from motives of delicacy which respect me.
You know, Sir, even before the treaty was laid before the Senate that I had difficulties with respect to the commercial part of it; with which I professed to be the least acquainted; and that I had no means of acquiring information thereon without disclosing its contents,—not to do which until it was submitted to the Senate, had been resolved on—You know too, that it was my determination previous to this submission, to ratify the treaty if it should be so advised, and consented to by that body;—and that the doubts which afterwards arose, and were communicated to Mr. Hammond, proceeded from more authentic information of the existence of what is commonly called the provision order of the British government.—And finally, you know the grounds on which my ultimate decision was taken; as the same were expressed to you, the other secretaries of departments, and the late attorney general after a thorough investigation and consideration of the subject, in all the aspects in which it could be placed.
As you are no longer an officer of the government, and propose to submit your vindication to the public, it is not my desire, nor is it my in-
tention to receive it, otherwise than through the medium of the press.—Facts you cannot mistake—and if they are fairly and candidly stated, they will invite no comments.
The extract of your letter to me, dated the 8th instant, being published in all the Gazettes, I request that this letter may be inserted in the compilation you are now making;—as well to shew my disposition to furnish you with every means I possess towards your vindication, as that I have no wish to conceal any part of my conduct from the public.—That public will judge when it comes to see your vindication, how far, and how proper it has been for you to publish private and confidential communications—which oftentimes have been written in a hurry, and sometimes without even copies being taken.—And it will, I hope, appreciate my motives, even if it should condemn my prudence in allowing you the unlimited licence herein contained.
GO. WASHINGTON. Philadelphia, 21st Oct. 1795.
In answer to this letter of the President, Mr. Randolph says, that he has but one object, and that is to defend himself. He assures the President that his unlimited permission to publish every thing that had passed between them, was given without hazard, and that he did not intend to publish all and every thing which he knew. He considered himself as an injured man, and as compelled to make disclosures under a necessity, created by the President himself. He declares himself the meditated victim of party spirit.
He declares he always meant to appeal to the people, and disclaimed an appeal to inferior authority—that he never betrayed the President's confidence and that his "unlimited licence" is no more than a qualified effort to do justice. "It would have been less equivocal if it had not been accompanied with a kind of threat, and the candour which the letter seems to wear, would have been more seasonable had it commenced with this injudicious business." Some private letters of his in the President's hands, of which he had no copy, Mr. Randolph said he would leave with him as evidences of his fidelity.
After stating the correspondence between the President, Mr. Wolcott and himself, Mr. Randolph quits the subject, and goes into a detail of facts relative to the ratification of the treaty. Although there appears to be no connection between the business of the treaty and the defence of Mr. Randolph from suspicions cast on him by Mr. Fauchet's letter, yet he will state the substance of his detail, as it furnishes an interesting history of state proceedings and sets the conduct of the chief Magistrate in a very amiable view.
Mr. Randolph states that after the arrival of the treaty, it was ordered by the President that he should not disclose its contents, and he assures the public that he rigidly obeyed the injunction. The President, he remarks, almost daily made objections to it, especially the commercial part—he objected also to the Canada article as wanting reciprocity and to the omission of a compensation for the Negroes. He however made up his mind to ratify it, provided the senate should advise to it.
On the 24th of June, the Senate advised to a conditional ratification. The President still wished to know the opinion of the public and authorized Mr. Randolph to furnish Mr. Brown with a copy for publication; in order to draw forth the opinions of the people. But as the only copy was delivered by the President's order to Mr. Adet the French Minister, it could not be sent immediately to the printer and in the mean time, it appeared in another paper.*
*Under the authority of Mr. Mason.
(To be continued.)
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Legislative Summaries.
Congress of the United States.
THE HOUSE—Jan. 1.
The investigation of the subject for prosecuting Randall and Whitney, again engaged the attention of the House. The business being entirely new, a great anxiety is apparent in every Member, that the precedent to be established should be founded on right principles. The discussion has been carried on with great ability. It was moved by Mr. Harper, (S. C.) as an amendment, to a previous motion, that all the witnesses, (including the Members of the House) should be sworn. Mr. Smith (S. C.) after observing if the doctrine advanced that day, was right, it was a judicial proceeding altogether, and would convert the House into a Court of Law, in which case, he said, a grand jury, &c. was necessary, concluded by saying, if the motion passed, he gave notice, of his "design to move that Randall and Whitney be dismissed from the bar of the House, and that the President of the United States should be requested to prosecute them for their offence in one of the federal courts." The amendment, however, passed; and the House agreed to the report of the Committee of privileges.
MONDAY, JAN. 2.
The Speaker informed the House, that a message was ready to be delivered to the House, of a nature calculated to give the most pleasing satisfaction to every American breast. He suggested to the House and the citizens in the galleries, the propriety of not suffering the fervour of enthusiasm to infringe on the dignity of the Representative Councils of the United States, he recommended that a respectful silence should be observed, as most compatible with the true dignity of the House and the honor of the magnanimous Republic, that was the subject of the message.
The papers were the address of the Committee of Public Safety, accompanying the flag, the address of the Minister of the French Republic on presenting to the President, as the Executive organ of this country, and the President's reply, and contained expressions of mutual friendship. One thousand copies of these were ordered to be printed.
The President's Secretary was then introduced, with an American officer bearing the standard of the French Republic, sent by the Committee of Public Safety, organ of the National Convention, as a token of friendship to the United States. The Secretary presented a message in writing, from the President, with sundry papers accompanying it, to the Speaker by whom they were read.
The following letter from the President was read:— Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives.
A letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, received on the 22d of last month, covered an address dated the 21st of Oct. 1794, from the Committee of Public Safety, to the Representatives of the United States in Congress; and also informed me that he was instructed by the Committee to present to the United States the colours of France. I therefore proposed to receive them last Friday, the first day of the new year, a day of general joy and congratulation. On that day, the Minister of the French Republic delivered the colours with an Address, to which I returned an answer. By the latter the House will see that I have informed the Minister, that the colours will be deposited with the archives of the United States. But it seemed to me proper, previously to exhibit to the two houses of Congress these evidences of the continued friendship of the French Republic, together with the sentiments expressed by me on the occasion, in behalf of the United States.
GO. WASHINGTON. United States, 4th January, 1795.
TRANSLATION.
The Representatives of the French People, composing the Committee of Public Safety of the National Convention, charged by the law of the 7th Fructidor, with the direction of Foreign Relations:
To the Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Citizens Representatives,
The connections which nature, reciprocal events, and a happy concurrence of circumstances, have formed between two free nations, cannot but be indissoluble. You have strengthened those sacred ties, by the declarations which the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States has made, in your name, to the National Convention, and to the French People. They have been received with rapture by a nation, who know how to appreciate every testimony which the United States have given to them of their affection. The colours of both nations, united in the National Convention, will be an everlasting evidence of the part which the United States have taken in the success of the French Republic.
You were the first defenders of the Rights of Man, in another hemisphere. Strengthened by your example, and endowed with an invincible energy; the French people have vanquished that tyranny, which, during so many centuries of ignorance, superstition and baseness, had enchain'd a generous nation.
Soon did the people of the United States, perceive that every victory of ours strengthened their independence and happiness.
They were deeply affected at our momentary misfortunes, occasioned by treaties purchased by English gold. They have celebrated with rapture the success of our brave armies.
None of these sympathetic emotions have escaped the sensibility of the French
nation. They have all served to cement the most intimate and solid union that has ever existed between two nations.
The Citizen ADET, who will reside near your government, in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, is specially instructed to brighten these bands of fraternity and mutual benevolence. We hope that he may fulfil this principal object of his mission, by a conduct worthy of the confidence of both nations, and of the reputation which his patriotism and virtues have acquired him.
An analogy of political principles, the natural relations of commerce and industry; the efforts and immense sacrifices of both nations, in the defence of liberty and equality:—The blood which they had spilled together; their avowed hatred for despotism; the moderation of their political views; the disinterestedness of their councils; and especially the success of the vows which they made in presence of the Supreme Being, to be free, or die—all combine to render indestructible the connections which they have formed.
Doubt it not, citizens—we shall finally destroy the combination of tyrants; you, by the picture of prosperity, which in your vast country, has succeeded to a bloody struggle of eight years; we, by the enthusiasm which glows in the breast of every Frenchman. Alas! nations, too long the dupes of perfidious Kings, Nobles and Priests, will eventually recover their rights, and the human race will owe to the American and French nations, their regeneration and a lasting peace.
Paris, 30th Vendemaire, 3d year of the French Republic, one and indivisible. The Members of the Committee of Public Safety.
J. S. B. DELMAS, MERLIN (of Douai) &c. 21st October, 1794. Faithfully translated from the original, by GEO: TAYLOR, jun.
(TRANSLATION.)
MR. PRESIDENT, I come to acquit myself of a duty very dear to my heart; I come to deposit in your hands and in the midst of a people justly renowned for their courage, and their love of liberty, the symbol of the triumph, and of the enfranchisement of my nation.
When she broke her chains; when she proclaimed the inprecriptible rights of man; when in a terrible war, she sealed with her blood the covenant made with Liberty, her own happiness was not alone the object of her glorious efforts; her views extended also, to all free people—She saw their interests blended with their own, and doubly rejoiced in her victories, which in assuring to her the enjoyments of her rights, became to them new guarantees of their independence.
These sentiments, which animated the French nation, from the dawn of their revolution, have acquired new strength since the foundation of the Republic. France, at that time, by the form of its government assimilated to, or rather identified with free people, saw in them only friends and brothers. Long accustomed to regard the American people as their most faithful allies, she has sought to draw closer the ties already formed in the fields of America, under the auspices of victory, over the ruins of tyranny.
The National Convention, the organs of the will of the French nation, have more than once expressed their sentiments to the American people—but above all, these burst forth on that august day, when the Minister of the United States presented to the National Representation, the colours of his country, desiring never to lose recollections as dear to Frenchmen as they must be to Americans. The Convention ordered that these colours should be placed in the hall of their sittings. They had experienced sensations too agreeable not to cause them to be partaken of by their allies, and decreed that to them the National colours should be presented.
Mr. President, I do not doubt their expectations will be fulfilled; and I am convinced, that every citizen will receive, with a pleasing emotion, this flag, elsewhere the terror of the enemies of liberty, here the certain pledge of faithful friendship; especially when they recollect that it guides to combat, men who have shared their toils, and who were prepared for liberty, by aiding them to acquire their own.
(Signed) P. A. ADET. Faithfully translated from the original by GEO: TAYLOR, jun.
THE ANSWER
Of the President of the United States, to the address of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, on his presenting the colours of France, to the United States.
Born, Sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its virtue; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having in a word devoted the best years of my life to secure it a permanent establishment in my own country; my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited, whenever in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom. But above all, the events of the French Revolution have produced the deepest solicitude, as well as the highest admiration. To call your nation brave, were to pronounce but common praise. Wonderful people! Ages to come will read with astonishment the history of your brilliant exploits! I rejoice that the period of your toils and of your immense sacrifices is approaching. I rejoice that the interesting revolutionary movements of so many years have issued in the formation of a constitution designed to give permanency to the great object for which you have contended. I rejoice that liberty, which you have so long embraced with enthusiasm—liberty, of which you have been the invincible defenders, now finds an asylum in the bo-
som of a regularly organized government;—a government, which, being formed to secure the happiness of the French people, corresponds with the ardent wishes of my heart, while it gratifies the pride of every citizen of the United States, by its resemblance of their own:—On these glorious events, accept, Sir, my sincere congratulations.
In delivering to you these sentiments, I express not my own feelings only, but those of my fellow citizens, in relation to the commencement, the progress, and the issue of the French Revolution; and they will cordially join with me in purest wishes to the Supreme Being, that the citizens of our sister Republic, our magnanimous allies, may soon enjoy in peace, that liberty, which they have purchased at so great a price, and all the happiness which liberty can bestow.
I receive, Sir, with lively sensibility, the symbol of the triumphs and of the enfranchisements of your nation, the colours of France, which you have now presented to the United States. The translation will be announced to Congress; and the colours will be deposited with those archives of the United States, which are at once the evidences and the memorials of their freedom and independence. May these be perpetual! and may the friendship of the two Republics be commensurate with their existence.
GEO: WASHINGTON. United States, Jan. 1, 1795. True Copy. GEO: TAYLOR, jun. Chief Clerk in the Dep. of State.
THE FLAG
Is of a tri-color, made of the richest silk, and highly ornamented with allegorical paintings. It is to be deposited in the archives of the United States.
A motion was made in the house by Mr. Giles, requesting the President to make known to the French Representatives the manner in which the flag was received; congratulating them on their achievements, and hoping they will attain the permanent establishment of their liberties. In the Senate, a motion was made to reply to the President's communication, but no desire to transmit it to France. Both motions passed nem. con.
TUESDAY, JAN. 5.
The speaker laid before the House a letter addressed to him, signed James Wilson, enclosing a plan for a national Ton-
the letter was read, and with the plan laid on the table.
Mr. Giles of the Committee appointed to wait on the President with the resolution of the House, passed yesterday on the presentation of the French Colour, reported, that they had performed that service, and that the President informed the Committee that he would take care that the said resolution should be transmitted, agreeable to the intention of the House.
The Speaker informed the House that he had received two petitions from sundry inhabitants of the State of Vermont, against the treaty, the tenor of these is the same with those already presented, and were referred to the Committee of the whole.
The Counsel for the prisoner was then informed that they might enter on the prisoner's defence.
Mr. William Tilghman opened the defence.—He recited the charge which he divided into two parts. First, that Randall had said that there was between 30 and 40 members of the House who had engaged to support his memorial—and secondly that he had attempted by overtures in land or money to corrupt the members of the House. The first part of the charge Mr. Tilghman observed, if true, was not criminal—the last, if proved, is a crime which deserves an infamous punishment.
Mr. Tilghman then examined the several declarations to show that this part of the charge had not been so substantiated as would amount to a conviction in a Court of Law.
Mr. Tilghman's defence was learned, eloquent, and impressive.
Mr. Lewis followed in his usual masterly style of reasoning.
The prisoner was remanded and the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6.
The question before the House was, will the House proceed to decide on the case of R. Randall?
Mr. Sigvears moved that a decision should be postponed.
The motion for a postponement after some debate was negatived.
Mr. Harper then proposed the following resolutions in substance:
Resolved, That any attempt to influence the conduct of this House or any of its Members in the legislative functions by any motives other than that of the public advantage is an high contempt of this House, and a breach of its privileges.
The second resolution contained a charge that Randall had been guilty of an attempt to corrupt the integrity of the Members, by making offers in lands and money to induce them to favor an undue sale of the public property.
The third resolution related to the punishment merited for his offence.
Mr. Havens read several resolutions which he proposed as a substitute for those of Mr. Harper. These were declared not to be in order.
After much debate, Mr. Livingston proposed two resolutions as a substitute, and called for the previous question on Mr. Harper's motion.
A motion for the previous question was agreed to. The question was, shall the main question now be put? This passed in the negative. In consequence of which, further debate on Mr. Harper's motion was foreclosed.
Mr. Livingston's first resolution is in these words, Resolved, That it appears to this House, that Robert Randall has been
guilty of contempt to, and a breach of the privileges of this House, by attempting to corrupt the integrity of the Members in the manner laid to his charge. The ayes and noes were then called for by Mr. Nicholas, on this resolution. Ayes 77—Noes 17. The second resolution is in these words, Resolved, That the said Robert Randall be brought to the bar of this House, reprimanded by the Speaker, and committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms until the further order of this House.
The resolution was agreed to by a large majority.
Robert Randall was brought to the bar in Custody of the Serjeant at Arms.—The Speaker then read the resolution just passed. After which he reprimanded Randall as having been guilty, not merely of an high offence, but of a crime committed against the Representatives of the United States. He was then remanded into custody.
A petition was presented from J. Mackay, who has been confined in jail 6 months, for a debt due to the United States for duties arising on distilled spirits. Referred to the Attorney-General of the United States.
THURSDAY, Jan. 7.
Another petition from sundry citizens of the State of Virginia against the treaty, was presented and referred to the Committee of the whole.—Another from the State of Georgia, on the same subject and in the same words, was presented and referred as the other had been.
Mr. Giles laid the following motion in substance on the table:
Resolved, That the proper officers of the Treasury be directed to lay before this House, a list of all the officers and soldiers of the late army and navy who appear to be entitled to arrearages of pay for their services; together with the amount of pay and other emoluments that appear to be due to them respectively.
On motion of Mr. Sedgwick, the order of the day on the case of Charles Whitney was taken into consideration, and after some debate the following resolve, moved by Mr. Giles, seconded by Mr. Sedgwick, viz.
Resolved, That it appears to this House that the information against Charles Whitney, the prisoner at the bar, does not amount to a breach of the privileges of this House and therefore that he be discharged from the custody of the Serjeant at Arms.—It was agreed to, Ayes 53, Noes 30.
SENATE.
Tuesday January, 5.
Mr. Tazewell offered the following resolution to the Senate after a few preliminary remarks.
Resolved by the Senate of the United States, in Congress assembled, that the President be informed, the Senate have received with the purest pleasure, the evidence of the continued friendship of the French Republic which accompanied his message of yesterday.
That he be requested to assure that magnanimous nation through the proper organ, that the Senate unite with him in all the feelings expressed to the Minister of France, on the presentation of the colours of his nation, and that it should wave this symbol of the triumphs and enfranchisement of that great people, given as a pledge of faithful friendship, and placed among the evidences and memorials of the freedom and independence of the United States, may contribute to cherish and perpetuate the sincere affection by which the two Republics are so happily united.
Mr. Elsworth moved, that these resolutions should lie on the table until to-morrow, that members should have an opportunity of perusing attentively the papers accompanying the message from the President.
Which after some observations from several members was agreed to.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, Nov. 6.
GUILDHALL.
At Guildhall yesterday, a court of common council was held, present the LORD MAYOR, LORD MAYOR elect, RECORDER, eighteen aldermen, the sheriffs, and a great number of commoners.
The Court agreed to Address His MAJESTY, on the fortunate escape he met with in going to the House of Peers, and also to thank him for his most gracious intention of giving the speediest effect to a Negotiation for Peace, on just and equitable terms, whenever the order of things should arise in France compatible with the tranquillity of other Countries, and affording a reasonable expectation of security and permanency, in a Treaty to be concluded; and to accelerate this desirable end, His MAJESTY may be assured of the loyalty of the Citizens of London; and it was referred to a Committee of six Aldermen and twelve Commoners to prepare the said Address, which being done, and read, the same was agreed to; and the sheriffs, attended by the Remembrancer, were ordered to wait on His MAJESTY immediately, to know when he will receive the same.
Earl Stanhope presented a very voluminous Petition from the Manufacturers of the town of Sheffield, praying to put an end to the present ruinous and destructive war.
The numerous public meetings, and the tumultuous violences lately committed, in a great degree arises from the poisoned principles which are so generally diffused at Debating Societies, and what are called Political Lectures.
The time for receiving Petitions by the House of Commons being limited to the 19th of January, a dissolution early in the Spring may be looked for with some confidence.
Wheat fell on Wednesday four shillings in the quarter. There is no doubt but bread will be cheaper next week.
A circular letter has been sent by the Duke of Portland to the Lords Lieutenants of the several Counties, to call meetings of the County Magistrates, for the purpose of obtaining an account of the produce of the late crop of grain, and comparative statements with that of 1794, and of former years.
THE STORM.
This morning about two o'clock, a most tremendous gale of wind arose, from the effects of which we fear very melancholy accounts will be received from the sea coast especially. In the metropolis and environs, houses have been blown down, trees torn up by the roots, chimneys innumerable thrown down, and tiles from the roofs of houses covering the pavement. Part of the brick wall of the fourth end of the opera-house has given way, and fell into the adjoining court.
During the heavy gale of Sunday night, a Frigate and Collier ran on the sand called the Swin, on the Essex Coast, and from the violence of the storm, and great swell of the sea, it is conjured both must have gone to pieces.
November 11.
This morning arrived Mr. Major from Basse, and Mr. Basset from the British army on the continent. Two mails also arrived, but the letters were not delivered out when this paper went to press. Two more mails are on the road. We can, however, state the following authentic particulars.
The origin of all the disasters experienced by the French, arose from General Clairfayt having broken the line of neutrality by marching over the mountains near Eppenheim, and by that means gaining the plains before Frankfort. By so doing, he flanked the French army before Mentz, and threw it into the utmost disorder.
From the 18th to the 24th of Oct. the date of the accounts from Frankfort, there were daily engagements, in every one of which the Austrians were victorious. We cannot enter into the details.
Evening Mail Office.
P. S. Half past 3 o'clock. We stop the press to say that about half an hour since a messenger arrived from Mentz, with dispatches from Gen. Clairfayt, dated the 31st. ult. containing the news of his having gained the most glorious victory obtained during the war, by driving the French armies which were before Mayence, on the left bank of the Rhine, with the loss of all their artillery and baggage. On the same day Gen. Wurmler attacked the French before Manheim with equal success.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 31.
The Austrian troops commanded by Gen. Clairfayt are only at the distance of 4 leagues from Dusseldorf, where 50,000 republicans are determined to dispute the ground with the enemy. A great quantity of artillery and ammunition of all kinds has been sent from the left bank of the Rhine, in order to replace the artillery lost in the precipitate retreat.
DEAL, Nov. 5.
An American brig, just arrived in the Downs, from Calais, brought over about forty-four prisoners, English soldiers of the 8th light dragoons.—They confirm the account of the defeat of the French army on the Rhine.
A few cases Surveyors Instruments FOR SALE BY Matthew S. Marsh.
To be sold by Daniel Huntress, TEN hogheads Ja- maica Rum.
5 hogheads Sugar. 100 hogheads Turks-Island Salt; Coffee; Beef; Pork; Hogs Lard; Salmon; 200 Quintals Pollock Fish; 400 Quintals Jamaica Fish; Cordage; Duck; few bbls. Liver Oil; —ALSO—
A sett of second handed Rigging, fit for a Brig of 130 or 140 tons. —LIKEWISE—
A HOUSE to let, inquire as above. Portsmouth, Jan. 15, 1796.
FOR SALE BY
John Man,
Opposite the State-House,
RUSSIA and Swedes Iron; German and blistered Steel; 4d, 6d, 10d, and 20d Nails; Iron Hollow Ware; Iron Shovels; Frying Pans; Flat Irons; Narrow Axe; 7 by 9 and 8 by 10 Glass pr. box; Welsh's Chocolate pr. box; Fresh Ralpins pr. cask; brown Sugar pr. barrel;
English, St. Ubes & Rock SALT
pr. hhd. or bushel; Pollock Fish; Holland Gin; French Brandy, and A general assortment of West-India Goods and Groceries.

African Intelligence.
Capture of the Cape of Good Hope.
By an arrival at Philadelphia, from the Cape of Good Hope, our news from thence is to the 20th of Sept. much later than we had before. It was then possessed by the English. Ad. ELPHINSTONE treated this American very politely, and gave him a pass on each of his vessel's papers—to protect him from interruption.
The above vessel brought a report that the British had also captured Trincomalee, in the Dutch Island, Ceylon. The certainty of the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, and the terms, may be known from the following:
Proposals for a capitulation drawn up by the commissary and council of regency for the Cape of Good Hope, and agreed to by the hon. Sir George Keith Elphinstone, vice admiral of the blue, and commander in chief of his majesty's forces in the Indian seas.
ART. I. The castle and town shall be surrendered to a detachment of his Britannic majesty's troops. [This capitulation being signed, this evening the castle and town must be surrendered to his majesty's forces.—[agreed]]
II. The military shall march out with all the military honors, and being marched out shall lay down their arms, and be prisoners of war. [agreed.]
III. To such military officers, who lay upon their word of honor, they will not serve against G. Britain, during this war, might desire to depart from hence, might be permitted, under a neutral flag; but, in that case, at their own expense, to realize their property and to carry it with them. [agreed.] In the mean time they shall remain prisoners of war on their parole at Cape-Town.
IV. The officers who might desire to remain here without any service, shall be permitted. [agreed.]
V. All things that belong to the company shall be faithfully delivered, without reservation, by a notary; but the property of the company, naval and military servants, and also the burghers and inhabitants, shall remain free and untouched, as well as what belongs to churches, orphans and public institutions. [agreed to in its fullest latitude.]
VI. All servants of the company, out of pay, or in the service of the burghers, shall be permitted to remain in this colony. [agreed.]
VII. The inhabitants of this country shall preserve all these privileges which they at present enjoy, as well as the present public worship, without any alteration. [agreed.]
VIII. His Britannic majesty shall continue the paper money in the present value, to prevent the total ruin of the inhabitants. [This article replaced by another.]
IX. No new tax shall be introduced, but the present ones modified as much as possible, in condition of the decay of the colony. [agreed.]
X. The commissary shall be at liberty after the delivery of all that belongs to the company, to depart from hence on his word of honor, and if he chooses, on board a neutral vessel. [agreed.]
XI. It shall be permitted him to carry with him all that belongs to him according to his declaration upon his word of honor, or to realize the same without any hindrance. [agreed.]
XII. It shall also be permitted him, after declaring all the papers, plans &c. that belong to this government, to retain all such papers as belong to him, which he may want for the vindication of his conduct during his ministry, in the same manner that he might have done, had he been discharged by his sovereign. [agreed.]
Finally. No one shall be pressed into his majesty's forces, or engaged, but of his own accord. [agreed.]
Sept. 16, 1795.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.
A gentleman who arrived yesterday from the isle of France, informs that a corvette had arrived from France, and failed immediately for the coast of Malabar. This vessel (as our informant was told by a person in the Administration) had on board Rabaux, a commissioner from the National Convention, to excite Tippoo to war with the Brit. He had already landed, and the vessel remained on the coast waiting his return.
JAN. 5.
At a general meeting of the German republican society, on Friday last the following toast was drank.
"The president—may those who can forget his services be forgotten by their country."
On which the whole company rose, as one man, and by nine hearty cheers did no less honor to themselves than to the object of their applause.
JANUARY 7.
In Senate of the United States, yesterday some debate took place upon the resolution offered by Mr. Tazewell on the subject of the communication relative to the flag received from the French government, a sketch of which we shall give in our next. The resolution was amended so as to re-echo upon the journals the sentiments expressed by the President on the occasion; but without a request to the executive to communicate those sentiments in behalf of the Senate to the government of France. The question for a communication was lost 16 to 8, the body of the resolution was agreed to unanimously.
The accounts from the borders of the Rhine, communicated under the London head, go as far as the 20th of October;
they are said to be taken from German papers, and received by way of Hamburg. Cologne the place from which the most important details are dated, is about 300 miles from Hamburg and the intelligence could not have reached the latter city before the 2d November in the evening, as the roads through Westphalia are very bad, particularly in the fall. We shall not enquire how the same news could appear on the 6th Nov. in a London evening paper; but it is utterly incredible, that intelligence of such importance as the pretended crossing of the Rhine by the Austrians on the 20th Oct. the defeat of Jourdan near Aix la Chapelle on the 26th of the same month, &c. the first of which might easily have reached Paris on the 22d following and the second on the 27th in the evening, should not have been noticed in any French paper from Oct. 26, to Nov. 8.
If we compare our direct accounts from Paris, which are four days later than those received at London, we have sufficient proofs to declare the first part of the London intelligence as a mere fabrication, and probably the whole is but a story, invented to check for a moment, the riotous disposition of his Britannic Majesty's loyal subjects.
JANUARY 9.
Letters and papers were yesterday received in town, brought by the November Packet, arrived at New-York. We have only time to extract the following article from the evening Mail, of Nov. 11, which are, however, sufficient to prove, that the account published a few days ago, of the Austrians having crossed the Rhine, in pursuit of the French, &c. must have been invented in London.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 4.
The Newfield Telegraph, Connecticut, tells us that a second crop of Apples has been gathered in that vicinity, and it is said the tree has blossomed a third time.
JAN. 5.
We have authority to say, that by official returns to the office of Secretary of State, the number of the inhabitants in the South Western Territory exceeds 70,000. The Cape of Good Hope surrendered to Admiral Elphinstone by Capitulation on the 16th of Sept. last, the military marched out with the honors of war—Such officers as chose, might depart freely, on giving their words not to bear arms during the war against Great-Britain—The property of the Dutch Company at the Cape to be delivered up—agents of the Company permitted to remain—The inhabitants to enjoy all their privileges.
The Inspector of Philadelphia has reported to the Governor, the exportation of 225,847 barrels of flour, in the year 1795.
JANUARY 11.
In the late gale, much mischief was done, the particulars of which are not received except, that a ship and brig in this port, parted their cables, and were driven out to sea, and that there are six or eight vessels on shore below, among which is the British Q. PACKET in 35 days from Falmouth, with accounts not so late as before received.
THE RATIFIED TREATY, certainly by came expires in the Portland.
Many contradictory paragraphs have appeared in our Newspapers, respecting the arrival in this city of M. de la Fayette and Dr. Bollman, who so ingeniously contrived and intripidly effected the scheme of delivering him from his inhuman and illegal imprisonment in Olmutz. We are now enabled to give our readers the fact. It is true that the Doctor is here, but we have to lament, that our much beloved friend, instead of being with him, is supposed still to be in Olmutz, whither, after his reception near Sternberg, he was remanded.
The circumstance that gave rise to the report of M. de la Fayette's being again among us, was, that Mr. Langworthy (the author of "The Commercial interests of G. Britain") accompanied Dr. Bollman from England, and from resembling M. de la Fayette in figure, had been mistaken for that champion of American liberty.
BOSTON, Jan. 15.
Extract of a letter, dated Port de Paix, 18th December, 1795, to a merchant in Philadelphia.
"In addition to what I have already written you by this conveyance. I have to inform you for public information, that Antoine Chaplain, Capt. of the French privateer Guillotine, that treated Captain Mackeever, of the ship James, so badly, and of which I have already informed you, has for that action, as well as for his treatment of the ship Mailville, of St. Thomas, been condemned to 15 months imprisonment in chains, confiscation of his privateer, a fine of 200 dollars, and all damages which accrued for the illegal capture of the above vessels. I this day saw him chained with a negro working in the street—in the same kind of dress in which he forced Capt. Mackeever to leave the privateer, and go on board an American vessel. So much for Laveaux's justice."
The Spaniards in Hispaniola do not relish the cession of their part of that Island to the French. A letter from the town of St. Domingo, dated Nov. 25, mentions, That the inhabitants are removing in great numbers from thence to Cuba, America, &c. &c. That the town is almost depopulated.
JANUARY 18.
Loss of the ship Industry.
COMMUNICATED FOR THE CHRONICLE.
Particulars of the unfortunate ship INDUSTRY; she failed from Portsmouth,
(Eng.) 4th of Nov. last, in ballast for Boston, and was wrecked on Cape Ann, 11th inst.—She was navigated by the following crew, viz.
MILES BARNES, Master.
First and Second Mates,
Edward Gilby and Thomas S. Perrot, Seamen—Levi Gardner, Nathaniel Tucker, Jeremiah Sawyer, James Harwell, Uriah Champlin, and Charles Wickett, James Pitman, Cabin-boy, and Battis Larson, Cook.
In the storm of Monday evening last the said ship, the property of Mr. Thomas Lewis, of Boston, was wrecked on Salt Island, on the N. E. part of Cape Ann, and every life lost.
The bodies of the Captain, mate and three of the hands have since been found, and were on Thursday last interred, with the sympathy and affection which is the true characteristic of the humane and benevolent. They were carried into the Meeting-House of the first parish in Gloucester, where a suitable anthem was performed, after which the Rev. Eli Forbes, delivered a pertinent and affecting Address, and closed with a solemn and pathetic prayer to that Almighty Disposer of Events, whose fiat is irrevocable and right. Their remains were then conveyed to their gloomy recesses, in the following order:
The Captain and mate, supported by twelve respectable masters of vessels, and the remaining corpse of the unfortunate crew, by their sympathizing brethren in the procession.
The vessels in the Harbour with their flags half mast high, together with a threatening appearance of a similar storm to that which doom'd to eternity the unfortunate victims heightened the distress of this afflictive scene.
DECREE of the 7th FRUCTIDOR.
Extract from the National Gazette of France of the 8th Frimaire (29th November 1794.)
Merlin of Douay, reminded the Convention that the French Nation had a sacred debt to discharge towards THE PEOPLE of America. Her flag was for a long time waved in the archives of the Senate of France, and the national flag ought also long ago to have been sent to America, in token of a reciprocal fraternity. He then proposed, and the Convention adopted, the following Decree amidst the loudest applauses:
The National Convention after hearing their Committee of Public Safety, Decrees
ART. 1.—There shall be sent, without delay, to the United States of America, a flag of the National colours of the French Republic.
ART. 2.—This flag shall be presented to CONGRESS in token of perpetual Union and Fraternity between America and France.
The present Decree and the Report shall be inserted in the Bulletin.
Extract of a letter from a young gentleman in Cadiz, dated Oct. 13th, to his friend in this town.
"Your heart would daily gladden at the sight of 3, 4 and 5 sail of English vessels with their colours reversed, prizes to the French, coming in here, and last night we beheld a glorious fight indeed, a French 74 towing in an English 74, and followed by about twenty sail English merchantmen. The French have taken nearly the whole Mediterranean fleet, and their convoy, consisting of about 60 merchantmen, one 74 and 2 frigates, all which are now coming in here. Ca ira."
JANUARY 20.
The ship Favorite, arrived at Philadelphia, left Falmouth the 20th of Nov. but London papers received by her, are only to the 11th. The army of Jourdan had retreated with considerable loss—a part had recrossed the Rhine near Bonn—the remainder determined to make a stand at Dusseldorf. Wurmsler had gained advantages over the French troops on the Neckar, which is a hundred miles from Dusseldorf, and in consequence Mannheim was invested. Thus stood affairs at the date of our last authentic intelligence.
Capt. Smith arrived at Baltimore from Brest informs, that 10 ships of the line were there equipped for sea, 10 others in dock, and a number of frigates and privateers.
Capt. Westcott, arrived at Providence, from Portsmouth, Eng. which place he left the 10th Nov. informs, that the British Fleet destined for the West-Indies sailed the 4th of November—that on the 5th in a violent gale of wind they were dispersed—two transports with troops on board were known to be sunk, with all on board. Some of the Fleet had returned in a very shattered condition—many had not been heard from when he failed.
Accounts from the westward mention the very friendly manner in which the Indians conduct themselves since the treaty. General Wayne is erecting new forts to strengthen our frontiers.
The treaty made by Gen. Wayne with the Western Indians is published, with the Ratification of the President & Senate. The treaty appeared in our paper some months ago.
January 21.
The Philadelphia papers by yesterday's mails, contain further extracts from London papers of Nov. 10, 11, principally upon the credit of Paris accounts. Some of the extracts follow.
LONDON, Nov. 11.
The reports of the Austrians having passed the Rhine, after having taken Cologne, and defeated the French on the banks of the Lohr, are all evidently unfounded.
It was reported at Paris, on the 3d, that Gen. Hoche had fallen on the army of
Charette, at the moment when he was endeavouring to form a junction with four troops disembarked from the English fleet—that Charette had been defeated, and himself killed.
One of the Paris papers states, that the port of Lisbon is blocked up by some French ships of war. They add, that a peace is near being concluded between France and Portugal.
"An article from Mentz, dated October 20th, says, that an effelette from Gen. Clairfayt has informed our Governor, that the French were beaten on the 18th near Lins; that Ehrenbreitstein has been delivered from siege; that the French are crossing the Rhine and that our troops are masters of the heights of Neuwied."
"Armies on the Rhine."
"The latest Paris paper, dated the 7th of November, says, the greatest uncertainty reigns respecting the position of the army of the Rhine. The most contradictory reports are circulated. The government preserves a silence, which the malicious convert into a proof of the truth of their absurd rumours. Such being the state of information in Paris, we cannot pretend to accuracy in our details, but they are the belt which the French Journals enable us to lay before the public, and they are sufficient for forming a general judgment of the condition of the Republicans on the Rhine though the materials are so contradictory that a partial person may find enough on which to found a representation favourable to either party."
SHIP NEWS.
The Schooner America, Capt. Thatcher, arrived here yesterday, 21 days from Port au Prince, left there, among other Americans, Capt. Worley, of Newburyport, and Capt. Westmore of Charleston, S. C.
Capt. T. informs, that when he left Port au Prince, Capt. Tuck, and his mate, of Salem, were very sick; his crew were all dead, and that Capt. Tuck had sold his vessel.
The ship Cato, Capt. Swain, arrived at Nantucket, from Delago bay, spoke, in lat. 0, 36, S. long. 25, W Nov. 12, the snow Sea Otter; Capt. Hills, from Boston, bound to N. W. Coast, all well.
The brig Rambler, Capt. Westcott, arrived at Providence, from Portsmouth, Eng. failed in company with brig John, Ward, for Salem; Fair American, Butman, Charleston; ship Diana, Coffin, of New-York, for St. Ubes; brig Union, Wallas, for Beverly; Schooner—Philips, of Boston, for the West-Indies; brig Paragon, Hallet, failed for St. Ubes, Nov. 4.
A Philadelphia paper of the 12th informs, that on Wednesday night, the brig Minerva, Capt. Mackay, from Lisbon, was lost, vessel and cargo, on Joe Flogger, the Capt. crew, &c. consisting of 13, were lost, except 4 men.
Capt. Weem arrived at Philadelphia, from Bourdeaux, Dec. 7, lat. 34, 30, spoke brig Leopard, Putnam, 6 days from Salem, for the West-Indies.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.
Capt. Smith, of the barque Sea-Horse, belonging to Gloucester, and who has been obliged to put in here to repair some damages he suffered in heavy gales of wind, has obligingly favoured us with the following information:
He left Antigua on the 4th of Dec. and failed from Grand Terre Mole, in Guadalupe, the 12th of Nov. On the 13th he was taken by the British frigate Resolute, Frederick Watkins, commander, who took five of his men from him, two of whom had the fever. He put a prize-master and 4 men on board, who confined Capt. Smith below, three days, under the guard of two men, with drawn cutlasses and loaded pistols. While Capt. Smith was on board the frigate, he was ill treated by a midshipman, and on telling him he would not be insulted by a boy, Capt. Watkins said, "that if he had heard the expression, he would have Capt. Smith tied up and flogged for daring to insult his Majesty's officer." Capt. Watkins offered Capt. S. 200l. and a share of the prize money, if he would say it was French property.—While at Antigua his first mate died, son of Mr. David Plummer, merchant in Gloucester. The President would not allow the body to be buried on shore, but forced them to throw it in the sea. He also lent a pilot and negroes on board, with orders to carry the vessel to sea; but Capt. S. threatened to knock down the first son of Cain, that offered to lift a handspike for that purpose. A complaint was made to the President, who sent for Capt. S. and said, "He would command them to fire the vessel, if he did not put to sea, with or without men." On Capt. S. refusing, he said he would have him confined. Three American vessels had been brought into Antigua as prizes to Capt. W. one of which was a Portland sch'r. He cut them out of a small port in Guadalupe, and boasted that he had three prizes without registers (they being in the office on shore.) They were discharged on their arrival.
Capt. Smith left at Antigua the sloop Supply, of Philadelphia, George Steven, master, Capt. Barns arrived in a Baltimore Schooner, but he had failed for St. Bartholomews.
A brig from Whitehaven had arrived with a very trifling cargo, among which were 17 asses. To windward of Antigua he was boarded by a French privateer sch'r; after examining his papers, they hoisted his colours union down, gave him three cheers, and told him to proceed on his voyage.
In lat. 35, long. 73, Capt. S. was chased by a frigate, which he had learnt was the Cleopatra; but night coming on he got off. Two leagues E. S. E. from Cape Henry, he was boarded by the Resolution, admiral Murray; who took from him Wilkinson Gilt, a man that he shipped in Antigua as mate. One of the off-
cers said, that they had, the day before took a New-York ship from Aux-Cayes, and sent her to Bermuda. Capt. Smith returns his sincere thanks to citizen Hughes for supplying him with a part of a crew from on board the guard-ship, having lost his men by sickness and death.
NEWBURY-PORT, Jan. 15.
Capt. Woodman, informs, that in lat. 24, long. 70, 30, he fell in with the sloop Tempe, of Falmouth, having no person or cargo on board, with 25 feet water in her hold, her sails and rigging much out of repair. From papers found on board her it appeared the failed from Falmouth December 14, bound to Charleston (S. C.) Capt. Woodman took from on board all her small stores, cables, anchors and sails. One letter was found on board directed to Captain Jabez Davis, Charleston. [The owner of the vessel may hear further by enquiring of Mr. Moses Brown, merchant of this town.]
Yesterday went on shore on the beach at the mouth of this harbour, brig Eliza, Capt. Eliza Hale, 65 days from Bristol. It is feared she will not get off before spring. Left at Bristol, ships Knight Garret, Charleston; Rising Sun, New-York; Wilmington, Manner, Wilmington; Hillam, Craig, Baltimore; Cesar, Sportwood, Philadelphia; Atlantic, of Boston had just arrived. Sailed in company with brig Ann, Middleton, Philadelphia. Dec. 15, lat. 42, long. 55, spoke sloop—Anthony Knapp, master, 93 days out, bound to Newburyport, with only 12 days provision on board, and short of wood, with his sails much torn.—Agreed to supply him but a gale coming on prevented us.
Monday last arrived at Salem, Schooner Bersey of this port, Moses Brown jun. master, 59 days from Falmouth (Eng.) Left there John Shinn and Martha, Richard Adams, master, belonging to Newburyport. On his passage off Cape-Cod, picked a large number of mats and Lemon Boxes, supposed to have belonged to some vessel that had foundered.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 22.
MARRIED —In this town, by the Rev. Mr. BUCKMINSTER, Mr. PETER COFFIN, Merchant, to the amiable Miss ANN MARTIN, daughter of THOMAS MARTIN, Esq.—Mr. SAMUEL TUCKER, to Miss OLIVE NUTTER.
At Hampton, Mr. EBENEZER GARDLING, aged 27, to Miss POLLY SANBORN aged 40.
At New-York, Mr. WILLIAM LANG, of this town, Merchant, to Miss MARIA BAILEY.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE, District of PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
CLEARED FOR Schooner Katy, Bell, New-York. Brig Dispatch, Lunt, West-Indies.
For Philadelphia, Sloop Abigail.
Charles Blunt, master, will sail in 15 days, if wind and weather permits, for freight apply at William Seavey's store, Spring-Hill.
Portsmouth. Jan. 22, 1796.
For sale, on a generous credit, (If applied for soon)
THE Sloop Nancy, 2 & an half years old and lately sheathed—She is a strong burthen-some vessel, and may be put to sea for a small expence, being completely found.—The inventory may be seen, and terms of payment known, by applying to
WILLIAM BOYD. Portsmouth, Jan. 20, 1796.
FOR SALE BY William Boyd,
At his Store on Church-Hill, for cash or approved credit,
TWENTY-SIX Hhds. Sugar entitled to drawback on exportation.
20 Hhds. Molasses.
11 do. 2d and 4th proof Rum.
6 Barrels Coffee.
50 Casks Holland Gin.
80 Bbls. Tar, Pitch and Turpentine.
80 Bbls. Beef, Windship's Brand.
20 do. Mess Pork.
50 Furkins Hogs Lard.
50 do. Ship Bread.
20 do. Mackarel.
80 Half barrels Salmon.
20 M. red oak hhd. Staves.
400 Red oak hhd. Shooks and Heading.
10 M. White oak hhd. Staves and Heading.
60 M. Boards, Plank & Joist.
—ALSO—
1 New Cable 7 inches, 90 fathom.
2 Cables, 6 inches 3/4 worn.
A few hogheads fine SALT.
Dried Spanish HIDES.
4 Tons LIGNUM-VITAE.

Land in Tuftonborough for sale; apply to John Goddard, Portsmouth.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in Dorchester, who have not paid their State tax for the year 1795, that unless they pay said tax to me the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of February next, so much of their lands as will pay the same, together with the incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Joseph Burley, Esq. in said town, at ten of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. of 100 ac's. cents. dimes.    John Wright, 2 1 5  Thomas M'Donough, 3 1 5  Wyseman Clagget, 3 1 5  John Sparhawk, 2 3 5  3 1 5  Woodbury Langdon, 1 1 5  2 1 5  Joshua Brackett, 2 3 5  3 1 5  Ebenezer Lewis, 1 3 0  2 5 0  Joseph Ward, 3 1 5  1 3 0  2 3 0  Paul Langdon, 3 1 5  1 3 0  Joshua Wentworth, 2 1 5  1 3 5  John Marshall, 3 1 5  1 1 5  George Marshall, 2 1 5  Henry Sherburne, 3 3 5  Thomas Floyd, 1 1 5  2 3 5  3 3 5  Jacob Maston, 2 1 5  Giles Tiffiny, 2 3 0  3 1 5  William Yeaton, 3 3 5  James Melcher, 2 3 0  3 3 5  John Wendell, 1 3 0  John Hurd, 1 3 5  Richard C. Shannon, 3 1 5  John P. Williams, 1 1 5  2 3 5  3 1 5  Robert L. Fowl, 2 4 5  William Gardner, 2 3 5  John Houle, 1 3 0  3 4 3  John Right, 2 3 0  Nathan Wift, 2 1 5  Thomas Bingham, 1 1 5  Achal Clark, 2 3 0  3 1 5  Otis Little, 3 3 0  Ambras Chilsman, 2 3 0  3 1 5  Afa Parker, 3 1 5  John Nelson, 1 3 0  3 1 5  Gideon Rudd, 1 3 0  3 1 5  Jonathan Freeman, 1 3 0  Isaac Burnap, 3 1 5  John Smith, 2 4 5  GORDANS BURLEY, Collector. Dorchester, Dec. 25, 1795.  
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in Dorchester, who have not paid their State tax for the year 1789, that unless they pay the said tax to me the subscriber, on or before the 24th day of February next, so much of their lands as will pay the same, together with the incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said town, at 10 of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   1st diviſion. 2d diviſ. 3d diviſ.   Spe. In. Spe. In. Spe. In. Spe. In. Spe. In. Spe. In.   d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q.    Benjamin Salter, 2 4 1/2  Joseph Ward, 1 3/4 3  Paul Langdon, 1 3/4 3  John Marshall, 1 1/2 3 1 1/2 3  Nat. R. Thomas, 2 3/4 6 4 1/2 10 1/2  Iona. Freeman, 1 1/2 3 1 1/2 3  Timothy Bush, 1 1/2 3  Jonathan Houle, 1 1/2 3  Benning Wentworth, 1 1/2 3  Thomas Floyd, 1 1/2 3  John Wright, 1 1/2 3  Tho's Bingham, 1 1/2 3 1 1/2 3  Otis Little, 1 1/2 3  Eleazer Houle, 1 1/2 3  Thomas Porter, 1 1/2 3  Afa Parker, 2 4 1/2  Gideon Rugg, 4 1/2 10 1/2  J. Wendell, Esq. 1 1/2 3 2 4 1/2  Daniel Peirce, Esq. 1 1/2 3  John Sullivan, 2 4 1/2  John Hurd, 4 1/2 10 1/2  Samuel Parker, 1 1/2 3  J. Nelson, Esq. 4 9 1 1/2 3  J. P. Williams, 4 1/2 10 1 1/2 3  Seth Right, 1 1/2 4  T. M'Donough, 4 1/2 10 1 1/2 3  John Sparhawk, 4 9  Joshua Brackett, 1 1/2 3  Ebenezer Lewis, 1 1/2 3  JOSEPH BURLEY, Collector. Dorchester, Dec. 16, 1795.  
TO BE SOLD At Public Auction, By virtue of a Licence from the Hon. Samuel Tenney, Esquire, Judge of Probate, for the county of Rockingham. On WEDNESDAY the 10th day of February next, At 11 o'Clock, A. M. On the Premises, viz.
THE real Estate of Capt. Daniel Evans, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased; consisting of part of a Lower-Room, Cellar under the same, Chamber and Garret, with part of the Garden: Also, The Westerly half of said House, with the privilege of the Yard, &c. being the Widow's Dower or Thirds of said deceased's Estate, to be sold with that incumbrance; any person inclining to view the premises previous to the sale, may, by applying to GEORGE WENTWORTH, who will show the same. CATHARINE EVANS, Administratrix on said Estate. Portsmouth, Jan. 15, 1796.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Rumney, in the State of New-Hampshire, that the said proprietors at a legal meeting held in said Rumney, on the fifteenth day of December 1795, did vote to raise two dollars on each right in said town, to defray proprietors charges, which sum is assessed and committed to me to collect, I therefore notify said proprietors and owners of land, that unless payment be made to me at my dwelling house in Rumney aforesaid, their lands will be advertised for sale as the law directs. JOSEPH JONES, Collector. Rumney, Dec. 26, 1795.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in Dorchester, who have not paid their county tax for the year 1791, that unless they pay said tax to me the subscriber, on or before the 22d day of February next, so much of their lands as will pay the same together with the incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Joseph Burley, Esq. in said town, at 10 of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   1st diviſ. 2d diviſ. 3d diviſ.   d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q. d.q.    Samuel Parker, 0 3 0  Richard C. Shannon, 0 6 0  Joseph Patterson, 0 3 0  John Nelson, Esq. 9 3 3  John P. Williams, 4 1/2 0 0  William Gardner, 4 1/2 9 3  T. M'Donough, Esq. 0 3 0  Nath'l Ray Thomas, 6 0 0  Wyseman Clagget, 10 1/2 0 0  John Sparhawk, 0 2 0  Joshua Brackett, 0 3 0  Ebenezer Lewis, 0 3 0  Joseph Ward, 0 3 0  Paul Langdon, 0 3 0  Joshua Wentworth, 3 0 3  Ephraim Ham, 0 0 3  Thomas Bingham, 3 0 3  Afa Parker, 0 4 1/2 0  Jonathan Freeman, 3 0 0  Isaac Burnap, 0 0 6  Jonathan Houle, 0 0 6  Benn'g Wentworth, 0 0 3  Thomas Daverson, 0 6 3  Daniel Peirce, 0 3 3  John Hurd, Esq. 10 1/2 0 0  W'm Simpson, Esq. 0 6 0  John Wendell, Esq. 3 0 0  WILLIAM INGRAHAM, Collector. Dorchester, Dec. 16, 1795.  
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Epsom, who are delinquent in paying their taxes for the years 1789 and 1790, that so much of their land as will pay the tax with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Jonathan Locke, in Epsom, on the 16th day of February next, at 10 of the clock before noon, unless prevented by previous payment. For 1789. State. Ind. Cty No. R. Q'ty. d. d. d. Joshua Brackett, p't, 8 1 100 2 1 For 1790. State. Cty No. R. Q'ty. d. d. d. Joshua Brackett, part, 8 1 100 2 1 Geo. Keniston, part, 53 2 93 2 1 JONATHAN LOCKE, Collector. Epsom, Jan. 11, 1796.
THE heirs of the Estate of JOHN HALL, late of Somersworth, deceased, are notified that the account of SARAH HALL, of her administering the same, will be presented at a Court of Probate, next to be held at Dover, in and for the county of Strafford, on the 3d Tuesday in February next for allowance. W'm K. ATKINSON, Register. Dover, Jan. 13, 1796.
COVENTRY. State of New-Hampshire, County of Grafton. To the Hon. Moses Dow, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace, and Quorum in and throughout said State. THE undersigned owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Coventry, in said county, request that you notify and warn the proprietors and grantees, owners of lands in said township, to meet at the dwelling house of Obadiah Eastman, Esq. in said Coventry, on Wednesday the 24th day of February next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to vote and act upon the following articles, matters and things, viz. 1st. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting. 2d. To choose a proprietors clerk. 3d. To choose a committee to examine into the appropriation and expenditure of monies heretofore raised and granted by the proprietary, and to examine and settle the demands of all persons to whom the proprietary are justly indebted for services and expenditures. 4th. To vote, grant and raise such sum or sums of money as may then be adjudged expedient for making and repairing public highways in said town, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the benefit of said proprietary. 5th. To choose and appoint assessors and a collector with necessary powers. 6th. To ratify and confirm any former votes and grants heretofore made by said proprietary. 7th. To pass all votes necessary to confirm or to regulate former pitches made upon certain lots of land by proprietors, and to direct how and in what manner pitches shall in future be made upon lots in said town. 8th. To vote to choose a committee in behalf of said proprietary to lay out roads, and to do and transact all such other matters and things as may be committed to their charge for the advantage of said proprietary. 9th. To vote and transact such other matters as may be thought proper for the good of the proprietors.
   No. Diviſ. Q'ty. Dimes. Cents.    Jonathan Hail, 15 2 100 1 5  Seth Chase, 32 1 100 1 8  Jonas Warrin, 54 2 100 1 4  26 60 0 5  Meddow, 29 0 3  Timber, 5 0 3  Ebenezer Rawson, 42 1 100 1 8  Samuel Sharman, 8 2 100 1 1  63 60 0 5  Meddow, 30 0 3  Timber, 5 0 3  Josiah Pease, 13 2 100 1 8  John Downing, 48 2 100 0 9  Benjamin Wood, 11 2 100 1 1  16 60 0 4  Benjamin Leland, 55 2 100 1 4  Timber, 2 0 3  Daniel March, 69 1 100 1 8  3 2 100 1 8  59 60 0 4  Timber, 2 0 3  Eph'm Sharman, 46 60 0 5  Meddow, 13 0 3  Timber, 17 0 3  John Holland, 17 2 100 0 9  76 60 0 5  Meddow, 11 0 3  Timber, 1 0 2  Antipas Holland, 66 2 100 0 9  Meddow, 11 0 3  Rev. Mr. Parsons, 67 1 100 1 5  James Whipple, 42 60 0 7  Phinehas Leland, 1 2 100 1 4  Solomon Leland, 70 60 0 7  Jonathan Aldrick, 39 1 100 1 8  36 2 100 0 9  Solomon Chase, 57 1 100 1 8  45 2 100 1 4  Timber, 2 0 3  E'm Sharman, Jr., 35 2 100 1 1  Garthom Wate, 59 2 100 1 8  William Wate, 33 1 100 1 8  61 60 0 5  March Chase, 47 1 100 1 8  44 60 0 4  Meddow, 22 0 3  SHARMAN COOPER, Collector. Croydon, Dec. 16, 1795.  
State of New-Hampshire, County of Grafton. IN compliance with the aforesaid request to me made, I do hereby notify and warn all the proprietors & grantees, owners of lands in said township of Coventry, to meet at the time, place and for the purposes mentioned and set forth in the said aforesaid request. Given under my hand and seal at Haverhill in said county, this first day of December, 1795. MOSES DOW, Justice Peace, and of the Quorum in and throughout said State.
CHICHESTER. State of New-Hampshire. Rockingham, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & other owners of land in the town of Chichester, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1795, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 18th day of February next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the house of Jonathan Kenney, innholder in said town, as will pay the taxes, together with the incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   Diviſ. No. R. Q'ty. Cents.    Hunking Penhallow, 4 17 1 50 10  Peter Weare, Jr., 1 32 1 26 4  Daniel Seavey, 1 8 1 50 16  Capt. R. Currier, 4 19 1 50 10  Joseph Wells, 1 19 8 50 17  Joseph Jennens, 4 13 1 50 11  John Cram, Esq. 1 29 2 50 11  ditto 4 77 12 50 8  Jonathan Lock, 4 23 1 32 5  William Pepperill, 1 34 1 26 4  Stephen Sanborn, 4 75 12 44 5  S. Sanborn, half paid, 4 68 11 50 13  Owner unknown, 4 69 11 46 8  Doctor Gale, 1 15 4 32 8  ditto 1 24 1 50 10  William Burns, 4 2 1 50 13  Jennens & Garland, 4 6 2 50 11  ditto 4 7 2 50 11  ditto 4 8 2 50 11  ditto 4 9 2 50 11  Thomas Rand, 4 20 1 50 10  ditto 1 16 3 50 16  ditto 1 25 2 50 8  ditto 4 80 12 5 8  Owned by town of Pittsfield, 4 3 2 50 11  ditto 4 4 2 50 11  Ebenezer Lane, 4 7 1 50 11  Owner unknown, 1 17 4 6 3  JOSEPH DOW, Collector. Chichester, Jan. 4, 1796.  
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to all the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Croydon, in said State, that are delinquent in paying the taxes assessed thereon for the year 1795, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 8th day of February next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges at the dwelling-house of Ebenezer Fletcher, innholder in said town, at 10 of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. Diviſ. Q'ty. Dimes. Cents.    Jonathan Hail, 15 2 100 1 5  Seth Chase, 32 1 100 1 8  Jonas Warrin, 54