The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1799-08-13 00:00:00

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Vol. XLIII—Numb. 2228.]
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1799.
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At the request of a number of our readers in the country, we present intire in this day's Gazette, the Oration delivered by Mr. Livermore in this town, on the 17th ult. in commemoration of the dissolution of the political union between the United States of America and France, and hope it will prove agreeable to our readers in general.
FRIENDS & FELLOW-CITIZENS, WE have assembled together, to commemorate in a solemn manner, a new epoch in the annals of our Country: and without pretending to a superior knowledge of future events, I will venture to predict, that the 17th of July, will hereafter be celebrated, with as sincere and joyful hilarity, as any political festival or jubilee whatever. The event we commemorate, is the Act of Congress declaring all treaties with the French nation, to be no longer obligatory upon the United States.
The causes of this extraordinary event, and our present novel situation, shall be the theme of the present discourse. Accustomed as I always have been, to speak my mind freely—and perhaps often too unguardedly, consistent with the policy of the world—it will not be a matter of surprize, if I utter truths (for the truth it is wifely said, is not to be spoken at all times) which may possibly offend the delicate organs of some: but confident in the eternal rectitude of truth, and viewing it as criminal to keep it back, when the exigency of the occasion may in the least require it; I shall in a plain, simple manner, detail a few of the facts, which have conducted to this extraordinary occurrence. I shall recite "nothing which has been done in a corner"—in every historic page of the times, will be recorded the facts I shall mention—and latest posterity, will eulogize our government, and condemn our enemies.
Even before the United States of America had become of full age, did the jealousy of France manifest itself, and the government endeavoured to restrain us of our liberty and independency.—Strange as it may appear the nation which has called upon us, for the payment of a pretended debt of gratitude; was the nation, which endeavoured to prevent our forming a treaty of peace with Great-Britain, acknowledging our independency, and securing to us the rights of an independent nation.
This fact is so well attested, and has been so fully demonstrated, that it is unnecessary for me to produce the evidence at this time.—My fellow citizens must undoubtedly be fully informed upon this subject.* But thanks to the incorruptible integrity, of the firm and all intelligent JAY, and illustrious President of the United States; French diplomatic skill, was defeated upon their own ground, by the sound good sense of Americans:—for the apprehension, lest America would make a separate peace with Great-Britain, drove France (though reluctantly) to consent to our treaty.
The language of triumph from America, would never have been heard, had the contest have ended here: but this great and magnanimous nation, has never lost sight of their being foiled upon this occasion; and as events have shown (as if seeking revenge) has ever been determined, upon making us dependent upon them.—The pretended debt of gratitude, the existence of which has been so often and so well refuted, was the bait to draw us into the snare to overwhelm us.—But what was this debt of gratitude? When fairly annalized, it will appear no more than this—that America on the plains of Saratoga, fought the battles of France.—Though at first view, this may not so forcibly strike the understanding of every one, yet let him consider the deplorable situation of France, at the peace of 1763—her implacable hatred to the British nation, of which we were then a part—her frequent attempts to destroy the American settlements—and cruelties perpetrated by Frenchmen, and by the savages through their incitement, with which the history of our country abounds (and can they be so soon forgotten) and he will not hesitate to declare, that it was hatred to Great-Britain, and not love for any part of her empire, that led France to join with America in the quarrel. From almost time immemorial, has this nation shown the
most implacable hatred for the English name. Their shores (in the language of the poet) look white in anger towards each other. But what they have lost, or what they have gained by the contest, is not an improper subject of enquiry. They have lost nothing, for it is a fact they had little to lose. Canada wrested from them, and their possessions in both the Indies, with few exceptions—the emptied coffers of Louis the fifteenth—and the abject poverty of the nation, in the reign of this voluptuous Monarch—with the ruined state of their navy, compelled to do obeisance to the British flag, in the British channel; abundantly evince, that the successor of this Louis had very little to lose. But what have they gained? It is immense—four millions of people, with a very extensive country, severed from Great-Britain and become an independent nation—many valuable islands in the West-Indies—and almost inestimable possessions in the East—the strength of Great-Britain nearly exhausted by the contest—France was enabled almost to rival her—at least to vie with her—upon the ocean; and compelled her to submit, to the abrogating of the humiliating badge. And although the citizens of America, must have been fully informed of all these facts, and alive to the injury attempted to be done them by France, in settling the treaty of peace—and although national friendship, has seldom been realized among mankind—yet America, in the true style of honest, sincere and friendly republicanism, was willing to overlook all the injustice of France, and ascribe to her the most friendly motives, viz. the desire of assisting the distressed, and of rescuing them from the gripe of tyranny.
Had France been contented with this, she might have enjoyed the friendship of America; and possibly our friendship would have carried us too far, for our own peace and interest. The occurrences, in the extraordinary revolution in that devoted country; cannot, at this particular time, engross much of our attention.—Whether it was really a struggle for liberty, by disinterested patriots—or merely a contention for power, between two rival parties—or a premeditated scheme of infidels and jacobins—or whether the nation had become so abominably wicked, as to call down the vengeance of the ALMIGHTY upon them—is neither my intention to discuss, nor have I the means of determining, where the truth lies.† It is sufficient for us to know, that France, in all situations, has presented to us, pretty much the same aspect—a desire to draw us into her quarrels, and to make us merely subservient to her interests. And the apparent relaxation under the tyrant Robespierre , when he found it necessary, to justify the destruction of his tyrant opponents; and to condemn among others, the Citizen Genet —whom he represented as having "done every thing in his power, by the orders of his masters, the Girond party, to promote a war between America and Britain, equally injurious to America and France"—can hardly be called a change of measures.
But as it has been said of the French cabinet under the monarchy—"the ministry often change, but the measures pursued by the cabinet are the same," so it has been under the republic, and the spirit of universal domination, that so fully manifested itself, in the time of Louis the fourteenth; has never ceased, though at times it has been a little smothered in consequence of imbecility.—The proofs they have so repeatedly given, of their wishes in this particular; leave not a doubt behind, of what they would accomplish, had they the power.
The Austrian Netherlands, which they pretended to visit, as friends to the people, but enemies to their rulers—Holland, the friend of America, and heretofore the source of great commerce to the United States—Geneva revolutionized—Switzerland seduced, and the government overturned by their diplomatic skill, and the country at length completely enslaved—Italy overrun by them, and one of the States (the most ancient republic at that time existing) bartered away, or sold to the Emperor of Germany—shews their unjust spirit of conquest. Here it might have been imagined their rapacity would have been bounded:—but travellers
having represented Egypt, as being extremely fertile, and producing an immense revenue to the Bays and Mamloucs, who oppress and tyrannize over the native inhabitants—and the defenceless state of the country to be such, as to afford an easy conquest to any European invader; the prize was too tempting for the greedy Buonaparte, and his voracious mirmidons: who had cast their libidinous and avaricious eyes upon the harams and sequins of the Bays. An immense fleet and army, are destined for the pious purposes of changing the masters of the Bedouins and Copts, and of convincing them, that the Bays and Mamloucs of Paris, are less rapacious than those from the foot of mount Caucasus—and that an army of forty thousand fans culottes, continually to be recruited from this modern hive , are more tolerable than a fifth part of that number of the description of their present rulers. The fleet—we already know its destiny—"the flying-fish cannot always escape the Dolphin;"—but Buonaparte, and his Falstaff followers are preaching liberty and the Coran to the poor inhabitants of this oppressed country.‡ Was ever invasion less unprovoked since the days of Kouli-Khan ? Or can any event more fully illustrate the French character? Having discarded the LORD JESUS CHRIST , and his religion—Buonaparte declares the French to be all good Mussulmen, and consequently the worshippers of Mahomet.
It would be endless to recount their atrocities, in all the countries they have subjugated—every one must have paid some attention to the subject—but let him read the Cannibal's Progress , where events are recorded, almost too shocking for relation—and which the French have not contradicted; and the history of the destruction of Helvetic liberty, written by Matlet du Pan ; whose character in Europe is too well known and established to leave a doubt of his veracity:—and if the reader's heart is not petrified by jacobinism,** he will melt in sympathetic sorrow for the insulted, murdered and suffering people; and be filled with detestation for the French and their most infamous character. Should it not be in some measure with nations, as it is with individuals? What man having discovered another to be a robber, a liar, a deceitful, perfidious and treacherous man, and one in whom no confidence can be placed—would wish to associate, or have any dealings, much more, intimate connection with him? And have we not discovered and proved the French nation to answer intirely, this description? And even if they had not shown this disposition towards us—Yet how can we expect better treatment from them, than like Poli-pheme's friendship for Ulysses ?
* When all thy wretched crew, have felt my power;
** Noman, shall be the last, I will devour.
But we are not left, merely to conjecture—they have not even promised us, this partiality or special mark of their grace and favor, and of this we have most indubitable evidence.†† By a solemn treaty of commerce, were the United States bound to France—in which we had granted greater privileges to that nation, than we could to any other—or was consistent with sound policy to grant: but it was in the days of our national childhood, when the grant was extorted by the generous nation. France had stipulated on her part; and this treaty solemnly ratified under the monarchy, and recognized under the republic; could not be infringed by either party without incurring dishonor. For if it is infamous in an individual to break a solemn agreement deliberately entered into—how much more so, a nation composed of many individuals—the consequence of which is so infinitely greater?—National dishonor never can, nor never will be overlooked.—The punica fides , with which France has formerly been reproached, is now fixed upon them, in indelible characters. This should not excite wonder, though it does our detestation.—How often, have I heard our Citizens who have dealt with Frenchmen declare, they never knew one, whom they could trust—This I have heard from some of our most obstinate democrats. I would ask these gentlemen, how they can expect
honesty in a nation composed of individuals wholly destitute of every principle?††† And it will ever be recollected that the United States was the first nation to acknowledge the republic of France: though the event at that time was extremely uncertain. But what has her conduct been towards the United States? To break the treaty as soon as occasion offered, by declaring that enemies' goods might be seized on board our vessels—this being contrary to an express article of the treaty.
America having no concern with the quarrels of France, and the powers of Europe—and with many of them, she had treaties of amity and commerce—was resolved upon neutrality: and if we were an independent nation, we had an undeniable right to make the election. If any power could complain of want of neutrality, it certainly was not France. For the rejoicings, from one extreme to the other of the United States, sufficiently shewed the desires of the people. But words were not all—they in some instances proceeded to actions§§—and privateers were actually fitted out in the southern States; and as was supposed, owned by some of the citizens, which under commissions issued by Genet, were to rob and plunder the English and other nations, with whom we were at peace:—to say nothing of the abuse heaped upon the British government by many of the papers of the United States. These are well attested facts—and undoubtedly produced the orders in council, which occasioned the depredation upon the property of our citizens at sea, by this nation. And although their doings cannot be justified, as they should have known our government was determined upon preserving the strictest neutrality—yet they have consented, and the whole dispute has been settled by treaty: the only possible way of settling such differences, except by the exterminating sword. And at the time of making this celebrated treaty, the French government acknowledged it to be as good, as under existing circumstances we could expect; and at that time made no objection to it. But their greedy avarice, could not long remain dormant—and in a little time, this treaty was made the pretext, for the most unprovoked ravages upon our commerce, ever known among civilized nations. They attacked and plundered our defenceless citizens, and for the pretence of their having made (without consulting them) a treaty as an independent nation, to settle disputes, which must otherwise have involved us in the horrors of war.‡‡‡ Does not the indignation of Americans, rise like a torrent, upon reflecting upon the indignity? Who so base and degenerate, as to think upon it with complacency? Alas! there are some, whom neither the insults to us as a nation, the loss of property, nor the cries of the widow and the fatherless, can rouse from their republican dreams!!!
The Role de Equipage , a municipal regulation of their own, which had remained obsolete for many years—was also made the pretence, for the condemnation of the property of our citizens. They were the wolf in the fable, and we the lamb—let us drink at what part of the stream we could, we were sure to disturb the waters for these thirsty fans culottes: until at length the robbers casting off the appearance of law or justice, declared that all goods, the produce or manufacture of any country with whom they were at war, should be seized, and both vessel and cargo condemned in consequence of having such goods on board. The United States, ever wishing for pacific measures, attempted negotiation.—How our Ambassadors of peace were insulted, and shamefully treated—and bribes direct—and bribes by way of loan, endeavoured to be extorted from them, are too recent in our minds, to require particular mention. What could America do? The robbers continued to plunder our citizens, and refused to treat with us as a nation, without her minions being previously bribed!
I shall always respect the doings of our rulers—they are chosen by ourselves:—and in a republican government, we must and ought cheerfully to submit to their doings; and their decisions must always be by a majority.¶¶ According to the custom of nations, an open declaration of war
would have succeeded these outrages, and upon every principle of justice, it would have been right. But Congress chose less violent measures—they armed to protect our commerce, and declared the treaties with this nation to be no longer obligatory upon the United States, having been so repeatedly broken by the French. This took effect about the 17th of July—Shall we not commemorate this day, as an important epoch, in which we solemnly declared we would no longer submit to the outrages of these monsters!
In consequence of this event, our respectability as a nation (which was not a little tarnished by our tame submission to the French) has risen to a degree before unparalleled. Our prowls upon the ocean, the French have been compelled to acknowledge—and the capture of the Insurgente frigate, will bear memorable testimony of the fact.
This event which ought to have made the heart of every American leap for joy—was received with great coldness by some—and expressions of sorrow have been heard, regretting that "it would widen the breach!" Does this not excite a smile?—Can any thing be more ridiculous, than talking of widening the breach, with those who have been several years waging the most unjust and unprovoked war against our commerce, ever practised, except by pirates by profession?—Does the gentleman expect, the murderers of their King and his family, and so many innocent people, can be mollified by tears, or moved by intreaties? Or, that their ears and hearts are open to the claims of justice, or prayers for compassion?—Vain imagination!—This composes no part of the book of a fans-culotte. Justice, compassion, or pity, are words not found in the vocabulary of modern infidels. Nothing can afford security, but resisting force by force:—and if we perish in the contest; we may say with Hector—"Tis true we perish, yet we perish great." But what have we to fear from these demoralizing sophisters—except the spreading of their infidelity and disorganizing principles?—In robbing and plundering, they have done their utmost—and courting their friendship and favor, is by no means the readiest way of destroying the infection of their depraved customs and manners:—Rather would I wish, as I often have done, that there was an impassable gulph between us.—But let those gentlemen, who so thirst and pant after the water streams of French infidelity and insurgency, remove to them, and join in their goodly communion;—and partake of their fraternal embraces—but let Americans, say—"as for us, and our house, we will serve the Lord:"—which, if I may be allowed, I will paraphrase thus—We will defend our wives, our children, our lives and property—in a word, our independency—against the encroachment of any insolent invader whatever; trusting that we are serving the God of justice in so doing. We have nothing to fear, if we are united among ourselves.—If America "to itself do prove but true"—come the three corners of the world in arms, and we would shock them."
How different the conduct of the French, from what was apprehended by those timid gentry, who feared to widen the breach! "The Tiger crouches before he leaps," but the tiger is said to be cowardly, and if he misses his aim, will shrink back and hide his chagrin in the thicket.
These events which must be regarded as open war, though of the lesser kind—did not prevent our worthy President from being attentive to peace. We have made, and continue to make, preparations for war; but still we "wave the olive branch"—and altho' this must have been for some time known in France; yet they have not regarded it, nor answered the signal: and strange as it may seem, the capture of the Insurgente , has scarcely been mentioned in that country.—But, as if they thought they could further dupe us into security, and throw us off our guard; they have declared, that the arrete concerning the Role de Equipage , never ought to extend to American shipping, and have caused it to be rumoured, by their partisans in America; that their old friend the Marquis Fayette was to be sent to them as the minister of peace. But we hope and trust, that their wiles can no longer

succeeded, to deceive and mislead our countrymen; and that this day, will ever be celebrated as the epoch of political disunion, between France and America, never to be again joined, by a compact similar to the former. Peace, we will with all nations; but not a dishonorable peace: but a treaty of any other kind, with a nation, which has often manifested, they were incapable of keeping their promise; cannot be a desirable object with a true American. Since the dissolution of the political bands with this nation, our commerce has flourished in a degree before unknown. We are now the second commercial nation in the world; and very probably, some who at this time hear me, may live to see the day, when America will be second to none. Our wilderness, may be said to blossom as the rose; and peace would be in all our borders, but for those enemies to peace, the French: who on the ocean, continue to injure us; and within our country, by their diplomatic skill continue to trouble us: and are even endeavouring to provoke the savages to make war upon our frontiers. But our rising navy, and gallant officers and seamen, will correct the first, and the wisdom and firmness of our government, prevent the ill effects of the latter. Shall then these blessings we enjoy—the gifts of the Most High—be prostrated before French ambition and cupidity? Degrading thought! Can an American, for a moment endure it? Distant and powerful nations, have offered, and are now making commercial treaties, with our Ambassadors. The Monarch of the Russias, and Sultan of Turkey, do not disdain to treat with a nation, who know how, and are determined to resent an injury, tho' done by the terrible republic. And these mighty powers, seem roused from their lethargy as it were by the example of America. And the furious SULARROW, will ere long give a good account of our foes in Italy: and the hardy tars of Britain, will shortly extinguish the last hope of their marine; except by flight, their only resource, they should find that safety in harbours, sheltered by strong batteries; which Neptune, in his dominions will not afford them. And we hope to see them shortly brought to a state of mind, to suffer the nations to be at peace.
When the French had resolved upon revolutionizing all governments, and their consequent subjugation; they determined upon the means the most dishonorable, at the same time the most fatal. But what care the French Philosophers for dishonor—provided they can triumph. "The age of chivalry is gone, and that of sophisters and calculators succeeded"—never was observation truer—and it might have been added the age of assassins and murderers has succeeded also. The murder of the King and his family—the nobility—and ecclesiastics of every denomination—together with thousands of others, innocent people, men, women and children—for even children have been guillotined, fully attests the fact. In every country, be the government what it will, mild or severe, there will be malcontents. Those who wish to be themselves the administrators, though not worthy of confidence, will wage an eternal war with the rulers; and many who act in inferior grades, will constantly envy their superiors. To this we may add—the avarice of the needy, who not inclining to labour for a maintenance, are willing to procure it by methods no matter how dishonorable. To these malcontents the French were determined to address themselves; well knowing that there must every where exist such a class of men; and these would be inducements to excite the giddy multitude to rebellion, always fond of change and novelty, and easily led to be jealous of their rulers; let their conduct be ever so unimpeachable. To divide and conquer, is an old maxim; but never perhaps, has it been practised with equal success, as by the French: and corruption, by means of bribery, has been carried to such a length, with them, that it may be said to be systematized. By means of money and promises they corrupt the people of countries they mean to conquer, being certain it is but seed sown in good ground, which will yield more than an hundred fold: and the money will return in due season, with great increase (if not to the nation at large) yet in doublers to the Talleyrands, and other minions of government. MERLIN (says this TALLEYRAND) has had his share, in the prize money" (the plunder of our commerce) "and the other Directors must have money"—"you must pay a great deal of money"—what more satisfactory evidence can we have of bribery of the latter kind, than this declaration of honest TALLEYRAND. But of the former kind—many well meaning men are unwilling to believe the existence of it, in our own country: either supposing our people too honest; or that the French have not the means. Both of which suppositions, upon examination
will prove fallacious.—In the first place, we have the highest evidence that officers in the principal departments of government, have imagined the thing possible. The intercepted letter of Mr. FAUCHET, shews that Mr. RANDOLPH (then Secretary of State) conceived it possible: and although we have not evidence of his receiving a bribe; yet it is very evident he wished, and that the minister would have given it; but according to his own words "You know, Citizen Minister, I have not the means, therefore I threw myself upon the pure and unalterable principles of the republic"—But if the means had not been wanting, we should have heard nothing of the pure and unalterable principles of the republic. And what leaves it beyond a doubt, that bribery was intended, he apostrophizes, "What will be the old age of this government, if it is thus early decrepid!" FAUCHET was authorized that the apparent honest RANDOLPH, in so young a government, should so openly apply for a bribe. But if FAUCHET was deficient in the means his predecessor was not. GENET had two millions of livres granted him by BRISLOT, for secret service money in America. What could this secret service money be for in America? BRISLOT had travelled there, and possibly had acquired somewhat more extensive acquaintance with the people than FAUCHET. GENET had also received large sums for prize money; and settled his account with FAUCHET; if therefore FAUCHET had not the means, GENET must have been very industrious in the expenditure of the money. There are other ways of bribing than the bribe direct. And how has it happened, that many gentlemen in the United States have their vessels untouched by French Privateers? Some have made fortunes; and most have greatly enriched themselves; and those gentlemen invariably violent partisans of the French. It is easily solved—it is a well known fact, that a gentleman arrived from France last Summer with French passports, which he openly offered for sale; and it is a fact, that the French consul at Boston, has frequently told gentlemen, he could furnish them with passports, which would protect them from privateers; and that he had furnished gentlemen with such passports, some of whom he would name. Then can we doubt of the existence of this species of bribery. The French have invariably, in all the countries they have attacked, held out this language—"We make war against the aristocracy of your country, but the people we respect, and will protect them and their property." Unfortunate dupes! they find, when too late, their mistake—and that indiscriminate plunder is the sole object of their fraternizers: and not a country or place, which they have visited, but attests this fact.—View the war-like, unsuspecting Swiss, admitting them into their country, then robbed, and plundered, and enslaved: and we now read of a levy of forty thousand men, made upon them by their French masters; which they are compelled at the point of the bayonet to raise; and these, to fight against the friends of the Swiss.—The same language has been held up to the United States, and they have constantly discriminated between the government, and the people, and we frequently hear the opposers of government, calling the supporters of it aristocrats (many being so ignorant as not to know the meaning of the term) and themselves republicans: so that with them the difference between aristocrat and republican, is that the former are the friends and supporters of the constitution, and government of their country; and they, the republicans, are for overturning both.—Deluded men!—What security have you, that by requisition, you would not be the first to be driven to Canada, or transported to India, to fight against the enemies of the French; should they establish themselves in your country. Or do you suppose, they will respect your property, more than the betrayed Maltese, whom they seduced, and afterwards plundered? Vain imagination! You would more probably be the first—well knowing your talents for destroying a government, they might not incline to trust you at large. It may not be an improper object of enquiry, how it should happen, that there are so many men in the United States, who are of a contrary sentiment to the majority, and are acting in direct opposition to the government, and by their doings are promoting the schemes of the French—our most dangerous and direful enemies. Though there are many of this description, and although their doings are peculiarly injurious to their country, I do not condemn all. I believe that many act from mistaken motives, are men of honesty and zeal for what they call republicanism, and ought to be dealt with tenderly: and that we should endeavor to convince
them of their error, and of the mischief they are unintentionally working for their country. To men of this description, I would submit the following positions—That it is essential to the existence of a republican government, that the minority, should submit to the will of the majority—that no man, can pretend to perfection—would it be more than candour in them, to yield their opinions to the majority of the nation? That the French, never have attacked any country; until by their intrigues (diplomatic skill) they have divided the people into parties, and played off one party against the other; and that very probably, we should never have had any difference with France; if there had been no division in our own country—and that we never shall have peace with them, until the French are convinced there is a tolerable degree of union among ourselves. Let them fully weigh and consider these positions; and I believe, the insults our country has endured, the loss of property and depredations upon our commerce, and above all, the blood of our citizens, and the cries of the widow and the fatherless—and perhaps their particular friends, and connexions; will rush upon their minds, and fill them with remorse, for the side they have unfortunately taken; and with detestation for our Atheistical foes. I have no doubt there are many of this description; and as many have, so others will, change their opinions and become firm supporters of the government of their country. But what shall we say to another class of gentlemen?—Gentlemen, can I call them? who have betrayed the innocent blood of their fellow citizens?—Judas Iscariots of the present age, the humble, submissive and hireling followers of atheistical sophisters and sophisters—the scavengers of the schools of VOLTAIRE and D'ALEMBERT.—It is true you have the merit of supporting a party in the United States, which has proved very troublesome to the government; and that you have excited your infidel masters to rob our citizens of their property and to destroy the lives of many: but, can this be a gratification for the humble part you are acting, and the contempt which all good men heap upon you? had you any feeling or sensibility, you would like your patron of old, set your houses in order and go and hang yourselves. But you are reserved for greater punishment, both in this world, and that to come. Your infidelity cannot destroy or prevent your future punishment, neither can your wishes revolutionize our government.—You may sigh for honors and high places; but believe me, you neither have the capacities, the honesty, or any requisite qualification, to induce your fellow citizens to exalt you, except in the way before mentioned—neither can the livres of GENET, nor the plunder of our commerce, in which you have participated, nor French passports; much longer console you: but you will shortly sink beneath the load of odium, heaped upon you by all good men, for the nefarious and contemptible part you have so servilely acted—deserted even by your jacobinic friends at Paris, no longer able to support you—and cry out with the dying infidel your patron—that you "are deserted both by God and man."
To my young Fellow-Citizens, I would now more particularly address myself—for such have the honor of first suggesting the propriety of celebrating this day. You have ever been found (with very few exceptions) to be truly federal—you are untainted by prejudices for any foreign nation; and as the present generation must soon pass away—it is a consolation to reflect, that the next, will do honor to the patriots, who for some years past, have been so unjustly calumniated. You are the future hopes of America, and upon your exertions will the safety of our country depend. There is an ample field for your activity—the army and navy invites, and the prospect of glory is before you. In the words of our august President, "to arms my young friends!"
Our fleets you must shortly officer and man, and our armies you must recruit—The language of our militia (so astonishing in some parts of the country) you must invigorate. Without some degree of enthusiasm, nothing great can ever be accomplished; and enthusiasm is principally expected from young minds. Though the situation of our country, is greatly flourishing; yet still there is danger.
We must be firm and united, vigilant and active, or all will be lost.
"Then shout, (releas'd from Gallia's Chain,) This day COLUMBIA's born again!" (Mr. Sewall's Song, composed for the occasion.)
NOTES.
*THOSE who may not be well informed upon this subject will find the most satisfactory information, from documents which accompanied the President's message to Congress, Jan. 16, 1797, published by order of
Congress.—It is too long to be detailed in a note of this kind: in substance it is this: Mr. Jay was not satisfied with Mr. Oswald's commission for treating of peace, as the independence of the United States, was not intimated, and expressed his sentiments to the Count de Vergennes—but he thought it sufficient, and urged Mr. Jay to treat—Mr. Jay refused; and Mr. Oswald sent information to his court. Mr. Jay discovered the source of the backwardness to treat with us as independent States, and mentioned it to Mr. Oswald, who far from contradicting, told him a fact which confirmed his opinion that it was the court of France. Pending this negotiation, Mr. Jay discovered that the Court of France had sent a special agent to London, but whose journey was kept secret—determined to counteract the project, he sent a special agent himself, to London, and succeeded, and in about two weeks Mr. Oswald had a new commission, "and to keep us thus far dependent, was manifestly the object of certain measures of the French court, calculated to deprive the United States of an immense western territory—of the navigation of the Mississippi—and of the fisheries, except on our own coast."
At the commencement of the negotiation, Mr. Adams (our President) was not at the court of France, and Dr. Franklin, the other commissioner not agreeing (from some unknown cause) with Mr. Jay, nothing could be completed, until the arrival of Mr. Adams, who fully approved of Mr. Jay's conduct in the business. One would suppose that every American must approve the conduct of these gentlemen, and thank them for their discernment and invaluable services upon this occasion—but it has been said, that James Madison, Esq. of Virginia, one of the exclusive patriots—opposed granting the tribute due to them for their services, viz. the thanks of Congress: alleging they had not followed their instructions—to be guided by the French Court.
† The French Court declined forming any treaty with our commissioners, until the news of the capture of Gen. Burgoyne's army arrived in Paris.
‡ Each of these have their advocates, as causes for the revolution. Some have said, that the nation thirsted for blood (alluding to the affair of St. Bartholomew, where thirty thousand innocent people were massacred in one night, on account of their difference of religion) and God has given them blood to drink. Others have attributed the revolution to patriots, who really wished well to mankind. This may be a fact, and still the means employed by the Almighty to dispense his punishment upon a guilty nation: And the conspiracy of the Atheists, may at the same time be the principal means. First, by destroying all religion and morals; and lastly, exciting hatred to all government and order, a spirit of cruelty and of equalizing of property, or seizing upon the property of the rich. Voltaire, d'Alembert, Frederick II. King of Prussia, with others, had conspired to destroy all religious opinions. The doctrines they propagated were, that the universal cause—that God of the philosophers, of the Jews, and of the Christians, is but a chimera and a phantom. Imagination daily creates fresh chimeras, which raise in them that impulse of fear, and such is the phantom of Deity. That the phenomena of nature only prove the existence of God to a few prepossessed men—that the wonders of nature so far from bespeaking God, are but the necessary efforts of matter prodigiously diversified, that they cannot know whether a God really exists, or whether there really exists the smallest difference between good and evil, or vice and virtue; that every thing that is called spirit or soul, has no more reality than the phantoms, the chimeras or phantoms that all the ideas of justice and injustice, of virtue and vice, glory and infamy, are merely arbitrary and dependent on custom. That sublime virtue, enlightened wisdom, are only the fruits of those passions, called folly.—And that the fear of God so far from being the beginning of wisdom would be the beginning of folly.—In short that matter is God, and the only God existing—and that death is an eternal sleep! But their malice was particularly levelled against the Christian religion, being the religion of their country—no matter what sect or denomination. Cruelty the wretch —was the maxim of Voltaire, and with which he concluded all his letters to his disciples, meaning Cruelty Christ's—cruelty the Christian religion —and in the course of their labours they frequently would exult that they had attained their end. Infidelity, spread throughout Europe, and in the year 1774, when Louis 16th ascended the throne, he unknowingly chose for his ministers some of those infidel conspirators, except one, whom Voltaire calls a bigot, he being the only man of any religion among them. Previous to this time, the King of Prussia had seceded from the conspiracy, finding their aims were something further than the destruction of religion, viz. the destruction of thrones, and warns the King of France of his danger: but to no purpose; the unperceiving Louis, is eventually to be ruined. Another conspiracy had been formed in Germany, by Spartacus Weisshaupt, called the order of Illuminati—who built his orders of Illuminati, upon the orders of Free-masonry, with which they previously could have no connexion. The following, is the essence of his mysteries—"Liberty and equality are the essential rights that man in his original and primitive perfection received from nature. Property fructify the first blow at Equality; political society, or governments, were the first oppressors of liberty; the supporters of governments and property are the religious and civil laws; therefore, to reinstate man in his primitive rights of equality and liberty, we must begin by destroying all religion, all civil society, and finish by the destruction of all property." About the year 1789, or perhaps previous, these hellish conspiracies were united; and formed at Paris, the society of Propagandists, and the society of jacobins. The jacobins took their name from the place of their meeting, being a monastery dedicated to St. James—in latin Jacobus. At the head of the Propagandists was Condorcet, and the Abbe Syeyes, and of the jacobins, Brissot, Robespierre and others—their objects were pretty much the same, viz. to destroy all religion, morality and governments, and equalize property. How they have succeeded in France, we very well know, and of their attempts in other coun-
tries (especially our own) we are pretty well informed. The providence of God has been wonderfully displayed in the deaths of the wretched conspirators. Except Frederick, not one that we have any evidence of, died calmly in his infidelity—and Frederick, a short time before the death of Voltaire, wrote to him to know for a certainty whether he had a soul; and upon assurances that he had not, seemed to console himself, and afterwards died with composure. This was his only hope, his wickedness was too great for reflection. But Voltaire, the great Antichrist, (for neither Julian, or Nero, or Diocletian, or Mahomet, or any other being who has appeared to mankind, so well answers the description,) died in horrors in the 84th year of his age. Finding his end approaching, he called upon a priest of that Jesus, he had sworn to crush—he is in an agony for his past offences and wishes for absolution; Condorcet is confounded, d'Alembert, Diderot, and others approach him only to be accused, the arch devil believes and trembles, he signs a written recantation of his infidelity, and died a death worse than a malefactor, the worm that never dies, gnawing upon him—and hideous spectres terrifying his imagination and aggravating his horrid fate—"in plaintive accents he would cry out—Oh Christ! oh Jesus Christ!—and then complain that he was abandoned by God, and man. An unknown hand seemed to trace before his eyes— Cruelty, do crush the wretch. Richelieu flies from the bed side, declaring the sight too horrible—Mr. Tronchin, his physician," that the furies of Orestes could give but a faint idea of those of Voltaire."
D'Alembert, died five years afterwards, even by the confession of Condorcet (who carefully watched him) a prey to remorse.
Diderot, finding his end approaching, asked to see a clergyman—a Mr. Trefac, Rector of St. Sulpice, waits upon him, and Diderot was preparing a public recantation of his errors, but being watched by the conspirators, is seized and carried into the country and dies.
Condorcet being obliged to fly from Paris, is arrested as a vagabond in the country, imprisoned, and though forgetfulness of the gaoler, is suffered to starve to death—No one was present to witness his last agonies—Brissot and his infidel companions, to the amount of about twenty, while on their way to the guillotine, had a short conference (for their time was short) upon the immortality of the soul, and it was concluded the soul was immortal.
The horrid Roland and his wife, writers in the encyclopedia, perished on the scaffold, their deaths embittered by recollection of their past lives. Robespierre having his jaws sadly broken by a pistol when he was arrested, they were bound up with a cambric handkerchief, and being pinioned, he lay about 24 hours drinking his own blood, to prevent suffocation, and at the scaffold, having his handkerchief torn off, by the avaricious and merciless executioner, he screeched with pain, and shuddered with terrors at his fate. This I had from a gentleman who was an eye witness of his execution. It would be almost endless to recount the terrible deaths of these wretches. A few are still living—the Abbe Syeyes, a grand leader, the apostate bishop of Autun, Volney and others, who are mere scavengers—and Talleyrand whose only merit was the destruction of Robespierre—will probably be either the food of a crocodile upon the Nile, impaled alive by the Turks, or dried to an Egyptian mummy in the desert. For according to Volney, such is the excessive heat and aridity, that flesh does not putrefy, but dries up; and that he has seen camels in perfect shape, which have been found thus dried in the desert. I do not vouch for the truth of Volney; his countrymen in Egypt say both he and Savary are liars, and it will not be difficult to make the world believe the whole nation, with few exceptions, are the same.
§ Genet was recalled, and his conduct censured by the French government; upon which he published his instructions, whereby it appeared he was directed to promote a war between G. Britain and the U. States.
|| Since writing this oration an intercepted letter of one of Buonaparte's mirmidons in Egypt has been published, from which I have taken the following extract, as worthy of preservation—"I rode through the midst of three thousand slaughtered Mamloucs; Milord ( his horse ) trembled under me, while I fixed my eyes on those poor victims of ambition and vanity, and said to myself— We cross the sea, we brave the English fleet, we disembark in a country which never thought of us, we pillage their villages, ruin their inhabitants, and violate their wives; We wantonly run the hazard of dying with hunger and thirst, we are every one of us up n the point of being assassinated, and all this for what? In truth we have not yet discovered. "
Monsters! Monsters! Why does hell gape for you? It will, it must—destruction awaits you—the vengeance of God, though apparently slow, is sure; perhaps while I am writing, you are gasping on the burning sands of the desert, calling upon the flying mabs for a drop of water to cool your blasphemous tongues.
¶ This was Buonaparte's silly declaration in his manifesto to the inhabitants of Egypt, a more conceited, vain and empty composition never came from the pen of a modern infidel.
** We frequently hear people saying they do not know what is meant by jacobinism; this leads me generally, to let the observer down as a jacobin. In this country the term is rightly applied, and it means, a disorganizer and opposer of the government, and lover and favourer of the French, and tainted with their infidelity: and although many jacobins are so ignorant, as not to know the derivation of the term, nor the secret influence with which they are operated upon; yet still they are jacobins, and pursuing, and all in their power promoting the views of the founders of the sect—indeed, of the original conspirators, Voltaire, &c. Reader, when you hear a man calling himself a republican, and others aristocrats, depend upon it, he is a jacobin—when you hear him vindicating the French, he is undoubtedly a jacobin—when he says he does not know what a jacobin is, you may pretty safely conclude he is one.
†† By a proper construction of the 11th article of the treaty of commerce with France, Frenchmen, tho' aliens might hold real estate in the United States. The impolicy of which may be easily conceived. And by

the 17th article, "the ships of war and privateers of France may freely carry the ships and goods, taken from their enemies into the ports of the United States, without being obliged to pay any fees to the officers of the admiralty or any other judges."—And that on the contrary, "no shelter or refuge shall be given in the ports of the United States to such, as shall have made prize of the subjects, people or property of France; but if such shall come in, being forced by stress of weather, or the danger of the sea, all proper means shall be vigorously used that they go out and retire as soon as possible." By the 22d article, "foreign privateers shall not fit their ships in the ports of the United States, nor even purchase provisions, except such as shall be necessary for their going to the nearest port of the prince or state where they belong."
Here it is evident we could not grant similar privileges to any other nation, as in case of war between them and France, the treaties must militate.
¶ I would not be understood, that I conceive there are not as many honest Frenchmen, as would have saved Sodom from the fire of heaven. I have known many, whom I have esteemed gentlemen; but they are those who have fled from the tigers in their own country, for an asylum in America. Those who have been transported, to unhealthy climates, and many who have been murdered in this horrid revolution; and those who have been so fortunate as to escape and are now wandering throughout Europe, were doubtless of this class, and probably there may be many among them who may be so considered, but the major part, or at least all the ruling party, how can we conceive otherwise?
¶ This fact is acknowledged in Mr. Jefferson's letter to Mr. Hammond, dated Sept. 5, 1793, which is annexed to Mr. Jay's treaty.
¶ The ten first articles in this celebrated treaty, were for settling old disputes and making such regulations, as to prevent a war between the countries; the subsequent articles for regulating commerce between us, were temporary, and limited to twelve years. In consequence of this treaty, a war with Great-Britain has been prevented, and our disputes with the north-western Indians settled: our citizens also feel the benefit of the commerce under it—yet a certain great man had the effrontery to tell certain little men, that Mr. Jay, by this treaty, had sold them to Great-Britain, upon which a certain witty gentleman made the following verse:
Had Rye, to Great-Britain been really sold, As they by a great man were seriously told; Great-Britain, not Rye, was ill-treated, For if aught had been paid, By each maxim of trade,
Great-Britain was certainly cheated. The truth is, that the leaders of the opposition wished a war with Great-Britain which this treaty prevented; they were therefore clamorous against it; and their followers have so little information, they cannot see into their schemes: but really suppose there is something terrible in the treaty.
Break that "unnatural treaty,"—says the apostate Talleyrand, to our Envoy, Mr. Gerry, "which you have made with our implacable foes, and then we will treat with you. In other words commit national dishonor, and make war without provocation, as we have done, and then you will be good citizens, fit for sans culottes to fraternize with."—The sun may stand still in the firmament, may go back upon the dial, but the day that is past, who can recall—even so with the loss of honor."
¶ Brissot and his party declared war against Great-Britain, for refusing to receive Mr. Chauvelin as their ambassador, & ordering the Duke of Dorset away from Paris; where he could not remain without danger of assassination. This was at the time of dethroning the King, when the country was in such extreme confusion, it could not be known who was the ruling party; therefore it is said, Mr. Pitt made war upon France.
Latest Foreign Intelligence
By the ship Boyne, Capt. Reed, arrived at New-York, in 47 days from London.—Papers to June 10.
LONDON, June 8. IT was last night reported, and understood to be confirmed in the House of Commons, that, by intelligence from Lord St. Vincent, the Brest fleet was blocked up in Toulon.
Total Defeat of the French. JUNE 9. The Hamburgh Mail of the 31st arrived in town last night by express, and has brought the important intelligence of the total defeat of the French Armies in Italy, the junction of the imperial armies in Switzerland, &c.
After a battle which lasted 14 hours, Moreau, severely wounded, with three of his generals, and 6,000 men have been made prisoners by the Russians, who left 8,000 of the enemy dead on the field of battle. The following is the Official account of the action published at Milan, by Gen. Suwarow, on the 14th ult.
"On the 13th, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the French were attacked by the Austro-Russian Army, in their strong position between Turin and Coni. The battle was most bloody, and lasted till night. It will be one of the most memorable in history, and was ultimately terminated in our favor. The French have lost 8,000 men killed on the field; 6,000 men are already in our possession. We have 3,000 men killed and wounded. The French have lost almost all their artillery. 150 pieces of cannon, and 900 ammunition wagons are now in our possession. Four of the enemy's Generals are taken prisoners, including the General in Chief, Moreau."
A letter from Milan of the 15th, states this action to have decided the fate of Italy.
Valenza Taken by Storm. Castelnovo di Scrivia, May 12. On the 12th, a violent cannonade had taken place between the French and Austrians. Yesterday's battle was fought between Valenza, Buffagnano, and Alessandria, and was extremely bloody and murderous.
The French were forced to yield. The Russians carried Valenza by storm. The remainder of the French army, which is said to consist of 8,000 men, has retreated; all the rest have been killed, wounded or taken. The Allies lost a considerable number. The battle lasted 14 hours.
LONDON, June 10. An Extraordinary Gazette, containing accounts from the combined armies in Italy and Germany, is expected to be published this morning.
The capture of Genoa, by the combined English, Turks, and Russians, has been officially announced by Baron D'Apres to the Regency of Modena.
The French have wholly evacuated Rome, in the neighbourhood of which a formidable insurrection had broken out.
The restoration of the House of Orange will be attempted, and no doubt effected, under the British armament equipping for that purpose: transports for an army of not less than 20,000 men, with the necessary train of artillery, &c. are now preparing with all possible dispatch. The Prince Stadholder will accompany this formidable armament in person.
Reubell, the avowed projector of the rapacious plan for the seizure of Switzerland and Italy, will probably be the first man on whom vengeance will be wreaked in Paris: stripped of his directorial power, and personally obnoxious to the Assembly, in which he is now so totteringly seated, there is little doubt but that this deep-stained monster will be the first sacrifice offered up to appease the popular indignation.
An article from Bombay, March 21, inserted in the Paris papers, states the probability of an immediate rupture between the British and Tippoo; who, they say, has 100,000 well disciplined troops, and does not give himself the trouble to conceal his designs. He lately observed, in answer to some new remonstrances made to him by the company, that he knew what was due to his dignity and army. Every thing announces an approaching rupture. The Paris papers speak as if the Brest fleet were going to relieve Buonaparte, and enable him to proceed to India.
Sweden in the Coalition. The King of Sweden, in quality of Duke of Pomerania, has, by his Minister, Baron Bildt, delivered to the Congress of Rastadt a note, informing the co-allies that he had joined the coalition against France, and will furnish his contingent of men in natura. He exhorts the members of the empire to follow his example, in rendering every possible succour to the Emperor, as the only means of preserving the Germanic constitution. A great naval armament is preparing at Carlscrone.
Defeat of Macdonald's Army. A letter from Berlin of the 8th ult. states that a Messenger had that day arrived from Italy, with advice that the Corps of General Macdonald, which had advanced through Tuscany, for the purpose of joining the army of Moreau, had been attacked by the Austro-Russian army, near Lucca, and totally defeated, and their Commander made prisoner.
Passage of the Rhine by the Austrians. On the 22d the whole of the Imperial troops stationed in the Bregenz Country, crossed the Rhine between Bregenz and Feldkirch, in three columns, and, after some ineffectual opposition from the French between Wenterthur and Zurich, penetrated into the canton of Uri, where they were joined by several armed peasants; thus forming an uninterrupted communication between the Armies of the Archduke and Gen. Suwarow.
The corps of General Nauendorff crossed the Rhine at five o'clock in the morning of the 21st, and immediately advanced his headquarters to Singen. The enemy had previously abandoned Constance, and the entire of the southern Bank of the Rhine, and retired with precipitation towards Zurich.
On the morning of the 23d, the Archduke with the remainder of his army was to cross the Rhine at Stein and Schaffhausen, and immediately to pursue the enemy.
The whole of the Cantons of Schaffhausen, Appenzell, Uri, and Schwitz, are now in possession of the Austrians. The position of Massena at Zurich is therefore not tenable, and his retreat is opposed by the most formidable difficulties. The next mail will, we trust, bring advice of his having shared the fate of Serurier and Moreau.
The morning Herald of June 10 questions the accuracy of the apparently official account from Gen. Suwarow, under Milan head of the 14th of May, because the Gazette accounts published a day or two before, had placed the head quarters of Suwarow at Tortona on the 13th (the day of the reported battle) 70 miles from the place where the victory was said to have been obtained.
The Herald supposes the account to have arisen from the bloody battle fought on the 13th, between Valenza, Buffagnano and Alessandria, which terminated in the capture of Valenza by storm; and states that it was not the main body of the French engaged on this occasion, but that from the subsequent positions taken by the allies there was every probability that Moreau, who was in a strong position between Coni and Turin with an army of 17,000 men, would be speedily dislodged, and Italy delivered from her invaders.
Miscellaneous Articles. From Constantinople, May 4, We learn, that the Turkish government had effected a large loan to pay the expenses of the war. The Grand Vizier is on the point of departure for Syria, from whence serious accounts are received.
RUSSIAN ARMIES.—The Russians actively employed against the French by sea and land, and on their march, amount to 273,000 men! Of these 80,000 were on the march through Prussia and Warsaw. Moscati, one of the Cisalpine Directors, ci-devant Physician to Buonaparte, has been sent prisoner to Milan. The treasures plundered from Rome, Naples and Tuscany, by the French, are stated to have fallen into the hands of the Austrians.—¶ We believe these are facts.—We read in the denunciations to the French Councils, by the Patriots of Grenoble, the following question:—
"Whence comes it, that one of the Cisalpine Directors, and the Minister of Finance have joined the Imperial troops, with the greater part of the pecuniary resources of the Cisalpine Republic, immediately after the enemy had passed the Tiffeno?" It is not until lately that the French Directory would have permitted a query, so much like a bold accusation.
The capture of Genoa, by the British, Russian and Ottoman fleets is confirmed.
The British sloop Diana, Capt. Munkman, has arrived at N. York, from Antigua, in 19 days, and reports, that an English frigate had arrived at Antigua, a short time previous to his sailing, from a cruise, who had spoken another vessel from England, from which he was informed, that the Austro-Russian army, had obtained a signal victory over the French army, commanded by Moreau, and had taken the General in person, prisoner.
KINGSTON, July 6.
Late accounts from St. Domingo state, that Toussaint has actually commenced hostilities against Rigaud, and, has made himself master of Jacmel.
We understand that William Savage Esq. of this town, Merchant, is appointed Agent to the United States of America.
TREACHERY OF UNITED IRISHMEN.
Before Capt. Naylor left Gibraltar, a most wicked and treacherous plot was fortunately discovered a few days before it was to be put in execution. It appears that a part of the United Irishmen, that surrendered at Vinegar-hill, with the French General Humbert was sent to Gibraltar, to credit the 18th regiment; those men having secured a part of the troops favoured there, to join in their infamous designs, had agreed to rise upon the rest of the troops, to murder them and their officers, and to deliver that important garrison to the enemy. The ring-leaders were brought to a court martial, ten of whom were sentenced to be shot, eight of these, however, were reprieved on the ground, and two suffered death.
BALTIMORE, July 29. Had our Minister at Paris, Gen. Pinkney, when he was threatened with imprisonment, if he did not take himself out of France, left the city the same night, with 3,000 joes in his pockets, there would have been vagabonds enough, outside the gates to rob him, and murder him afterwards. He knew where he was, and was more wise. He waited, though many weeks, till he obtained a passport. French presumption and petulance would not suffer the deputies of the grande nation to wait at Rastadt a few hours for a passport—they let out in the night without it, and shortly after fell by the hands of Russians, perhaps of their own nation and kidney.
NEWS FROM THE W. INDIES.
Extract of a letter from Curracoa, dated 10th July, 1799, to a commercial House of the first respectability in Baltimore.
"We have recent advices here from St. Domingo, which state, that hostilities between Generals Toussaint and Rigaud have actually commenced, and that a severe action had taken place in the western department of that island, in which the latter gained a complete victory over the former, having taken from him Miraguane, Petit Guave and Grand Guave. It is said, that out of one hundred white persons in those places, ninety eight were put to the sword by the victorious party. This account, however, is as yet without confirmation; but I think there is no doubt but something of the kind has taken place there, and I now merely mention the circumstance to caution you, in case the intercourse with that island should be renewed, against risking a large amount of the property there until you receive accounts of their being more tranquilized."
FROM SURINAM.
We learn by the arrivals on Tuesday, that a French corvette of 22 guns lay in that port provisioning for a cruise; that Capt. M c Neil, in the U. S. ship Portsmouth, is laying off and on the harbour, waiting her coming out; and the Frenchman was completely equipped and had more than her complement of men; that the officers spoke largely of what they would do, in case Capt. M c Neil gave them battle; and that it was a received opinion, that in case the ships did engage, the action would be decisive.
PHILADELPHIA, July 31.
The United States sloop of war, Montezuma, Capt. Malony, arrived yesterday at the Fort, in 45 days from Jamaica. Being in complete order, and her crew healthy, she is immediately to proceed on another cruise.
The Montezuma, we understand has on board 350,000 dollars in specie.
The captain of the British frigate Quebec, spoken with in the bite of Leogane July 3, informed, that a French frigate and brig had arrived at the Cape from France.
We are informed that the people concerned in publishing the Aurora, were yesterday morning arrested for a gross and virulent libel upon the government of the United States, wherein they had asserted that Great Britain distributed, in one year, 800,000 dollars secret service money among the Officers of the Federal Government.
NEW-YORK, August 2.
Last evening arrived in town Capt. Gandy, 14 days from St. Barts, by him we are informed, that 10 days ago, to windward of St. Bartholomew's, the United States sloop of war Merrimack, fell in with and captured the Retaliation French privateer, just off of Guadalupe, with 150 men on board.
The U. S. ship Ganges, has also taken and sent into St. Barts, the brig Little George, of Bolton, 31 days out from Bourdeaux, bound to St. Thomas, her cargo was selling at St. Barts.
The U. S. ship George Washington, was spoke off Charleston, the 18th July, all well.
In our paper of Monday last, we published a few particulars of the unhappy fate of a part of the crew of the fchr. Nautilus, from the port of Curacoa. We have since seen Capt. Fuller, the bearer of the information, who says that he saw the men spared by the murderous privateersmen, and was informed by them, that after an engagement of an hour and an half, Captain Dixon was boarded, and, for his manly resistance, they first ran Capt. Dixon through the body, and tho' not dead, plunged him into the deep! After which they stabbed the first and second mates, and two seamen, threw them down into the forecastle, and shot it up, where they were left to perish by lots of blood, heat and suffocation. He adds that Capt. Dixon, finding their bloody intentions, pathetically entreated them to spare his life, as he had a family in New-York, whose subsistence depended on his industry. It was, however, useless to urge arguments to the sanguinary monsters, they replied, he should die for the resistance he had made, and immediately commenced the horrid massacre.
Commercially Important.
A gentleman who came passenger in the Boyne from London, has favoured us with the following:
"All vessels leaving any port in Holland, as well as those bound there, are taken and carried into England: among those captured, is the ship Ocean, Capt. Parker, from Rotterdam, belonging to Messrs. Higginson and Parsons, of Bolton; also a brig of 16 guns from the same port, which had been taken by a French privateer and afterwards released. These vessels were claimed by the American Minister, as not being involved in the consequences of a blockade, having been in Rotterdam before it took place—but this application was not likely to prove successful."
"Capt. Barrett, in a ship belonging to Bolton, and many others from different ports in the United States, taken for violating the blockade of the Texel, were also carried into England, and, upon some principles lately est. blished, it is supposed will be condemned."
By the same Gentleman, we are informed, that a secret expedition was planning in England, in which 20,000 men were to be employed.
BOSTON, Aug. 6.
Capt. Drummond, arrived on Tuesday, spoke July 28 off Halifax, the Boston and Cleopatra British frigates, who the night previous had left Halifax:—The officers who came on board the Polly, informed Capt. D. that the whole squadron on the American station, had been ordered out to intercept a French Frigate from France, which it was said had Commissioners on board bound to the United States—and that they were to cruise off the capital ports of the United States in quest of her.
14th REGIMENT.
Appointments by The President.—Samuel Mackay, of Stockbridge, and John Hastings, to be Captains. Henry Sargent, of Bolton; Francis Barker, Greenfield; William Gardner, Bolton, and Rufus Child, of Stockbridge, to be first Lieutenants; Payson Gay, of Deakem, and Thomas Hale, of Brookfield, to be Second Lieutenants.
An encampment of the permanent Troops of the United States, it is said, will be made in New-Jersey.
The name given to the fortress on Castle Island, is FORT INDEPENDENCE not "Port Independent" as has been erroneously published in all the Boston papers. The Editors of these, and such other Gazettes as have copied the article are requested to note this erratum.
Interments at Philadelphia, Aug. 1, fifteen.
Interments at Philadelphia Aug. 2, twelve.
Four or five persons have died at N. York this season of the yellow fever. The cause is not satisfactorily ascertained. It has since disappeared.
A London paper of June 10, says: "Our last letters from the Hague state, that there are not at this time 2000 French troops throughout the whole United Provinces."
NAVAL AFFAIRS.
The United States of 44 guns Commodore Barry, has put into Norfolk, to ship a new bowprit. The U. States landed 50 artillerymen at Charleston, to garrison Fort Moultrie.
PORTSMOUTH, August 13.
We this day, through the medium of the Gazette, present each of our numerous patrons with a copy of the Hon. EDWARD S. LIVERMORE's excellent Oration, delivered at the request of a great number of his fellow-citizens, at St. John's Church, on the 17th ult. and shall be extremely happy, if it meet the approbation of all, yet should it not more than fifteen hundred of our readers, we shall rest fully satisfied that a respectable number will find themselves amply compensated for the omission of a variety of matter, which the length of the Oration has excluded a place in this day's Gazette. In our next we intend to present our readers with a copy of Mr. Paine's celebrated Oration delivered the same day at Bolton.
Sunday evening the lightning struck and set fire to a barn in Stratham, the property of a Mr. Mason, and destroyed the same with its contents—struck a tree in front of Col. Ladd's farm house, stripped the bark
14 or 15 feet from the ground, struck a post in the fence and shivered it to atoms, ripped several boards from the fence, and palled off without doing any more damage.
A correspondent proposes, that as the French are in a fair way of being in a little time driven within their own shell, to have a Civic Feast. This ought to be general throughout the United States, and upon some particular day to be agreed upon, after the French armies are destroyed in Italy and the country wholly freed from them. Geneva regenerated—Switzerland regained its liberty—Holland restored to its ancient government, and the Austrian Netherlands to their former masters. All this will probably be effected, so that we may have the news about the beginning of October. It is rather probable that the victorious Suwarow, upon his entering France will wheel to the left, and visit Toulon, and it may fairly be presumed that the French had this in view when they sent the Brest fleet to reinforce this place; but as the English will hem them in by sea, there can be no escape—Toulon fleet and all must fall into the hands of the allies. We do not wish to see France subjugated, and parcelled out among the conquerors, but only with them "brought to that state of mind to suffer the nations to be at peace." Whether they are governed by a five headed monster—a one headed monster—or the many headed monster, is wholly immaterial to the United States. The island of St. Domingo will be independent, a very considerable object; and Frenchmen confined to their own limits, a very important one; Holland restored to its national rights, will again become commercial, and our United States thereby benefitted. That these events will certainly take place, there can be little doubt from the present posture of affairs; the whole may not be consummated till the beginning of winter, if so, our national Thanksgiving will be the proper period of rejoicing.
The Continental ship Congress of 36 guns, now building at the navy yard, under the inspection of Jacob Sheafe, Esq. we understand is to be launched on Thursday next.
The Schooner Recovery Capt. Hatch 51 days from Liverpool, arrived at Castine (Maine) brings Foreign intelligence, which exactly corresponds with that received by way of New-York.
FROM FRANCE—DIRECT.
Capt. Haskell, from Morlaix, via Jersey, informs, that the citizens of Morlaix, were extremely discontented with the Directory for continuing the war; and that the merchants regretted the interdiction of the commerce with the United States; that business there was utterly at a stand—the ships hauled up; and the soldiery quartered there, were so destitute of clothing, as to have barely sufficient to cover their nakedness.
THE PORTLAND BANK
Is organized, and doing business. Directors, Hugh M c Lellan, Samuel F. Hussey, Daniel Tucker, Matthew Cobb, Author M c Mellan, John Mulley, and Woodbury Storer, Esq's.
MORTALITY.
A record of burials is still kept at Philadelphia, as evidence of its state of health—July 27th, eight died—29th, eleven—30th, five—ending 31st, at noon, ten.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE.
CLEARED. Ship Betsy, Salter, Trinidad. Schr. Three Friends, Darling, N. Brunswick. Schr. Franklin, Smith, Texeffe. Brig Union, Lunt, Cape Francois. Ship Lark, Moore, Jamaica.
DIED—In England, Mr. JOHN FURNESS, aged 26, eldest son of Capt. Robert Furness of this town. This gentleman was impressed (owing to his not having a protection, to prove himself an American) about ten months since, from an American built vessel, which had been purchased in England, and was at the time of his impressment English property, under English colors in the African trade. His venerable father on hearing the news, made every exertion in his power, as early as possible, and obtained and forwarded proper documents for obtaining his discharge, but which unhappily did not arrive soon enough to restore him to his anxious friends and native country; having early in the month of January, 1799 failed in the Wolverine British ship of war, under the command of Capt. Morlock, on a cruise off the coast of France—off Bologne a desperate engagement took place between the Wolverine and two French luggers, the British commander made his vessel fall to the enemy, who found means after exchanging a few shots to extricate themselves and made off, both the British and French commanders were killed during the action, and a great number of the people on both sides—in this engagement Mr. Furness was badly wounded, and, survived but a few days, he was brave to the last, conscious of having done his duty in chasing the common enemy to mankind. In this town, Mr. John Underwood Et. 51.
William Stanwood, Jr.
Market-Street, next door to the printing office,
HAS JUST RECEIVED
By the Latest Arrivals
A GREAT variety of SUM-mer and other GOODS,—which he now offers for sale at a very low advance for cash or short credit. The smallest favors will be gratefully received, and every attention paid.
BOOKS, BLANKS and STATION-ARY for sale at J. Melcher's Printing-Office and Book-store, corner of Market-street Portsmouth.

Samuel Hill
HAS JUST RECEIVED A few Whole and Half Chests Fresh Bohea Tea,
It being a consignment will be sold very cheap. Also may be bought of him, A few hds. good retailing MOLASSES; a number bbls. excel- lent SUGAR; ten hds. W. I. RUM; N. E. ditto; old Madeira WINE, in whole, half and quarter Pipes, and other GOODS as usual.
Portsmouth, August 6, 1799.
150 Dollars Reward.
A 2-mast Sail-Boat Stolen from Salem.
STOLEN from Union Wharf, in Salem, on the night of Thursday 1st August inst. a two mast sail-boat, length about 30 feet, 9 1-2 feet beam, painted black sides, white lead bottom down to tight wa- ter-mark, has a small grey-hound fi- gure on the stern, the pump is placed near the forepart of the stern seats, with a leaden pipe leading thro' the thwart and out of the side; the row locks coppered, is painted inside with stone color above, and red under the thwarts, yellow mouldings inside; has a top gable fore-castle, painted red; platform lays high and runs fore and aft the boat; the sails are old, and are remarkable in both being headed with newer canvas; the fore- mast is new, standing upright and is not painted; the mainmast raking aft considerable, and is painted yellow; she has small quarter pieces represent- ing galleries, has an India bafs or coir cable, and a small new anchor.
The above Pleasure Boat was sto- len by the mate and two sailors be- longing to the sloop Dove, of New- York, Capt. Richard Waitcoat.
Description of the mate, named WILLIAM ASH, aged about 36 years, 5 feet 9 inches high, dark com- plexion, short curled hair, appears In- dian blooded, was born at French- man's-Bay, supposed to have on when he deserted the sloop, a long grey pea- jacket, duck trowsers, and a speckled woolen shirt.
Sailors, viz. Gideon Pitcher, aged about 20 years, 5 feet 6 inches, light complexion, full face, a thick set fel- low, long dark brown hair, had on a brown short jacket, has a red waist- coat, an old white hat, duck trowsers, is not a seaman, and has the accent of a person from the country; he be- longs to the state of New-York, some where up north river.
James Rogers, aged about 18 years, 5 feet 4 inches, light complexion, thin favoured, smooth pale face, long dark hair, and is a thin spare young man, has a blue short jacket, leather cap, duck trowsers tar'd, striped cotton shirt. His mother's name is said to be Margaret Rogers, washerwoman, resides in New-York, George-Street, No. 59.
They took with them sundry arti- cles belonging to said sloop, viz.—an old wooden compass, a bag bread, 2 tin pots, tea-kettle, a draw bucket, and 2 chests with a few clothes, and are supposed to have gone towards Frenchman's-Bay, where Ash's mother resides; the wind being at S. W. was fair to proceed Eastward, but it is possible they may have proceeded round Cape-Cod, up the Vineyard, and Long-Island Sounds.
A Reward of 50 Dollars will be paid for the Boat, 50 for the Mate, and 25 dollars for each of the Sailors, if they are arrested and secured in any gaol, in this, or the neighbouring States, so that the thieves may be convicted.
All persons are cautioned not to purchase said boat. GEORGE CROWNINSHIELD. Salem, August 6.
Neil M'Intire
HAS FOR SALE, A quantity of excellent sweet scented VIRGINIA Tobacco by the Hoghead; Cordage of different sizes very good; Cotton pr. bag or pocket.
Old Rum of a fine flavor, by hoghead or barrel; barrels Beef in very good order; 20,000 Segars.
Tobacco of all sorts by retail as usual. Portsmouth, August 5, 1799.
One Cent Reward.
UNAWAY from the subscriber on the 4th June, an apprentice boy named JONATHAN WILLEY, about eighteen years old.—All persons are cautioned against harbouring, trusting or employing said runaway, as they would avoid cost and trouble; any person returning said boy shall receive the above reward and no charges paid.
By SAMI PLUMER, jr. Epping, June 6, 1799.
NOTICE.
Office of Inspection,
Portsmouth, August 1st, 1799.
The owners of Carriages
for conveyance of Persons, and re- tailers of Wines, and Foreign distilled Spirituos Liquors, in the First divi- sion of the District of New-Hampshire, are notified, that the Collector will at- tend at the following times and places, to receive entries and duties on Carria- ges, and to receive applications and grant licenses to Retailers, to wit: At Exeter at Mr. Hutchinson's tavern on Saturday the 7th, and in the forenoon of Monday the 9th day of September next; at Chester at Deacon Dearborn's tavern on Tuesday the 10th of the same instant; at Londonderry at Doctor Thom's tavern on Wednesday the 11th of the same instant; at Concord at Mr. Stickney's tavern on Friday the 13th of the same instant; at Epsom at Mr. M'Clary's tavern on Saturday the 14th of the same instant at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and at Nottingham at Mr. Butler's tavern at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.
Attendance for the
like purposes will be given at the sub- scriber's office, as usual, till the 31st day of December next. But the owners of carriages are reminded, that the time limited by law for the annual entries of carriages expires annually in the month of September.
Samuel Elliot,
Collector of Revenue.
TAKE NOTICE!
WE the subscribers hereby give notice, that on the 8th day of January last past, did then sign a note of hand, payable to one John M'Mil- len, of Fryeburg, in the county of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the sum of one hundred dollars, for which note we never received one farthing consideration. Therefore we caution and forbid all persons from purchasing the same, as we are deter- mined never to pay one cent for said note.
STEPHEN BURBANK, EBEN BURBANK.
Conway, July 29, 1799.
FOR SALE,
A very handsome, well finished Fall-Back CHAISE on very moderate terms.—Apply to G. DOIG.
An Apprentice want- ed at the Painting and Guilding bu- siness.—Apply as above.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in New-London, who have not paid their State, Highway and County taxes for the year 1798, that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of Capt. John Woodman, in said town, on the first day of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. unless pre- vented by previous payment.
   Lots of land taken No. State. County.     off Keafarge Gore, 20 19 10 38 3   and annexed to New- 22 20 10 38 3   London, the pro- 25 21 10 38 3   prietary to us un- 21   known.  
LEVI EVERETT, Collector. New-London, July 16, 1799.
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE
By J. Melcher, At his Printing-office & Book-Store, corner of Market and Congress-streets;
SHEATHING Paper.
Writing Paper, of all prices, from 12 1/2 to 60 3/4 pr. ream. Printing Paper of every size and price. Cannon and Mufket Cartridge Paper. Log Book Paper. Stout Wrapping Paper. Ink Powder, warranted of the first quality. Wafers pr. lb. or box. Trunks of all sizes and prices. Spelling Books of all kinds. Account Books, made of good paper. Playing Cards. Morse's Geography. Webster's 2d and 3d parts. Plasters. Bibles of various prices. Testaments. Spelling Books of all kinds. Children's picture books of all sizes, pr. groce, dozen, or single. With a general assortment of School- Books and Stationary, and a large col- lection of other books, too tedious to enumerate in an advertisement, may be had at the above place on the lowest terms. Printing executed expeditiously on very moderate terms, and Blanks of every kind kept for sale as usual.
State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham.
WHEREAS, a township was granted by the name of Thorn- ton, to Matthew Thornton, Esq. and others, on the sixth day of July, 1763, by Benning Wentworth, Esq. when he was Governor of New-Hampshire, and at a legal meeting of the proprietors thereof held on the 19th day of March, 1798; a tax of four dollars on each original share was granted to be laid out in clearing roads in said town, and the assessors hath made out a list and committed it to me the subscriber, liv- ing in Hampstead, in said county to collect.—I do therefore hereby give notice to the owners of said rights in said township, under the said grant, that the said taxes be paid to me by the 23rd day of September next, other- wise to much of each original right as shall then be delinquent in paying such tax, will be advertised for sale as will pay such tax with incidental charges, as the law directs.
The names of the proprietors are as follows:
Matthew Thornton, Thomas Gregg, William Wallace, Thomas Campbell, John Doak, John Campbell, Robert M'Neil, John M'Carney, John Moore, John Alexander, John Gilmore, John Wilson, James Gilmore, James Doak, Thomas Christy, Jesse Christy, Andrew Jack, Robert Gilmore, John M'Lean, Janath'n Morrison, Samuel Morrison, John Taggart, Joseph Morrison, James Taggart, James Cockran, James Alexander, David Anderson, John Swan, Alexander Walker, William M'Nea, Matthew Clark, Joseph Caldwell, Thomas Morrison, Patrick White, Jonathan Gilmore, Fitch Pool, Samuel Steel, William Taylor, Robert Clinidin, Thomas Walley, Andrew Clinidin, Isaac Thomas, David Clinidin, Hugh Gillice, Archibald Clinidin, Richard Wier, Andr. Clinidin, jr. Benjamin Davis, Samuel Alison, William Alld, David Steel, William Howard, David Craige, Hon. John Temple, Hugh Ramsey, Theodore Atkinson, Hugh Montgomery, M. H. Wentworth, David Montgomery, Theo. Atkinson, jr., John M'Clanch, Col. Joseph Smith, Samuel Gregg, Joseph Blanchard Esq., Nathaniel Holmes, and Col. John Goffe. His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq. two shares—the society for pro- pagating the Gospel in foreign parts, one share—one share for a glebe for the Church of England, as by law established—one share for the first set- tled Minister of the Gospel—and one share for the benefit of a school in said town forever.
JOHN HOGG, Proprietors Collector. Hampstead, July 27, 1799.
State of New-Hampshire.
Grafton, ff.
WHEREAS Peter Davis by his attorney Thomas Peverly, jr. Hezekiah Smith, and David Burnside, have preferred a petition to me the subscriber, a justice of the peace and of the quorum, in and throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
Setting Forth, THAT they are owners of more than one sixteenth part of the town- ship of Percy, in said county, and re- questing that a meeting of the pro- prietors and grantees owners of lands in said township of Percy, might be notified and warned to be holden at the dwelling house of Mrs. Betsey Car- gill, innholder in Northumberland, county aforesaid, on the fifteenth day of August next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to vote and act on the fol- lowing articles, viz.
 1st. To choose a moderator for said meeting.  2d. To choose proprietors assessors, collector, and treasurer.  3d. To see if the said proprietors will vote such a sum on each right or share in said Percy, as shall be thought sufficient to defray the cost of laying out the settlers lots.  4th. To see if the proprietors will agree to allot and make division of their lands in said Percy.  5th. To see if the proprietors will agree to raise money by a tax on each right, to cut and make the road through said Percy, leading to Shelburne.  6th. To act on any other matter or matters that may appear necessary. 
Dated at Northumberland, July 1, 1799, and signed, PETER DAVIS, by his attorney THOMAS PEVERLY, jr. HEZEKIAH SMITH, DAVID BURNSIDE.
Therefore, pursuant to said request, and the laws of the State of New-Hampshire in such case made and provided, the pro- prietors and grantees, owners of lands in said township of Percy, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purpose set forth and mentioned in the before recited appli- cation.
(L. S.) Given under my hand and seal, at Northumberland, the second day of July, 1799.
JEREMIAH EAMES, Justice Peace and Quorum.
FOR SALE, THE SCHOONER
HOPE,
Of 90 tons burthen.
APPLY TO
CLARK and CONNOR,
Fore-Street,
Where may be had, Cheap for CASH,
Tobago Rum, Cotton,
Corn, Sugar, Tea, &c. &c.
Portsmouth, July 26, 1799.
SEGARS forbidden to be smoked.
THE citizens of this town, as well as strangers resident here, are notified not to smoke Segars in the streets or on the wharves, at any time, there having been several large fires, occasioned by this means, at the south- ward. The Police of this town, are determined to prosecute, to the utmost rigor of the law, every such offence after this notice.
Portsmouth, July 27, '99.
MEDICAL.
AT the Theatre in Dartmouth College, the MEDICAL LEC- TURES commence the 1st of October; ON ANATOMY and SURGE- RY.
CHEMISTRY and MATERIA MEDICA.
AND THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC.
[6 w.]
TAKE NOTICE!
Whereas the late Partnership of Leigh & Bowles
HAS been dissolved for upwards of twelve months, and a number of accounts still remains unadjusted, notwithstanding every pains has been taken to settle the same. Notice is hereby given, that all accounts that remain unsettled after the 1st of Sep- tember next ensuing, will be put into an Attorney's hands.—Constant at- tendance given for settlement at the store of the subscriber in High-Street.
WILLIAM LEIGH.
Portsmouth, July 29, '99.
Edward J. Long
Has for sale at his Store in Market-street,
A general assortment of West-India Goods and GROCERIES,
Which will be sold very cheap for Cash;
—V 1 2—
OLD Coniac Brandy
at 16 3/4 per gallon; Bourdeaux
Brandy, very good flavoured.
W. I. Rum; Holland Gin;
Aux-Cays Molasses; Sherry, Lisbon,
Redport and Malaga WINES.
Hyon, Souchong and Bohea
TEAS.
Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR,
East and West-India SUGARS.
Superfine FLOUR pr. barrel
or retail; Oatmeal; Poland Starch;
Rice.
Coffee; Sweetser's N o 1 & 2
Chocolate; 12. casks fresh Raisins,
excellent box ditto; Figs; Currants;
Mustard per pound and bottles; Al-
monds; Cloves; Mace; Cinnamon;
Cassia; Nutmegs; Ginger; Pepper;
Alspice; Cayenne in bottles; double
refined Salt-Petre; Soap; mould and
dip Candles; Table Salt in baskets.
Sweet Oil; Spanish Indigo;
Gun-Powder; Tobacco; Snuff; Rock
Salt; Chalk; Tumblers; Wine Glasses;
Writing Paper per Ream, Wrapping
do; Window Glass per box; Bar Iron;
Gin Casks; Logwood; Copperas; and
many other articles in the grocery
line, which will be sold as cheap as
can be purchased in this town.
Portsmouth, July 12, 1799.
TERRITORY NORTHWEST
OF THE OHIO RIVER,
INFORMATION is hereby given
to all proprietors of wild land ly-
ing in the county of Washington and
territory aforesaid, that agreeably to
a law adapted by the Legislature of
said territory, in the year 1798,—
"subjecting all unimproved tracts of
land to a tax," there has been a tax
laid—all proprietors as aforesaid are
requested and required to come for-
ward by themselves or agents, enter
their land in the proper office, and pay
the tax by the first of December next,
or the penalty of the law will fall up-
on them.
WILLIAM RUFUS PUTNAM, for and in behalf of the Collectors of taxes for the county of Washington. Marietta, June 3, 1799. N. B. The Ohio Company's purchase lies in the county of Washington.
For Charleston, (S. C.)
THE Sloop Harmony,
to sail in 8 or 10 days for freight or passage apply to the Captain on board, now lying at Long-Wharf. Daniel Prowz. Portsmouth, July 29, 1799.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE LOT OF LAND
IN EPSOM, of about 150 acres, which has good white pine TIMBER to make upwards of five hundred thousand of boards. In- quire of the printer.
Portsmouth, July 27, 1799.
Good Chance for a Printer.
TO BE SOLD on reasonable terms, If applied for immediately,
A PRINTING OFFICE,
CONSISTING of a sufficiency of Types for printing Books or Newspaper, with a handsome building, and every apparatus necessary for a newspaper, situated near the centre of this State, where upwards of 600 papers are printed weekly.—For fur- ther information apply to the printer hereof.
July 30.
Treasury Department,
March 11th, 1799.
Public notice is hereby given, Pursuant to the Act of Congress, pas- sed on the first day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety- six, entitled, "An Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the so- ciety of United Brethren for pro- pagating the gospel among the Heathen;" and the Act supple- mentary to the said recited Act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine—to wit:
THAT the tract of Land herein after described, namely, "be- ginning at the North West corner of the seventh ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges;— thence due west to the Main Branch of the Scioto river; thence up the Main Branch of the said river to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same; thence along the said boundary line to the Tuscarora branch of the Mus- kingum river at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning, will intersect the said river; thence along the line to run to the place of beginning;" has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of townships; and that plats and surveys of the said town- ships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the in- spection of all persons concerned.
The holders of such warrants as have been or shall be granted for military services performed during the late war, are required to present the same to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February, in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered; No registry will however be made of any less quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres.
The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner aforesaid, prior to the twelfth day of February, in the year