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The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-06-11

A committee was appointed TO con-
fder the law rclpe8ing the reverilon OF
eifates to the Commonwealth in default
of heirs, &c.
A petition for turnpike road thro'
Saco woods was committed.
Menrs. Goodwin, Jackion & Wood
bury Storer, were appointed a commit
tee to report itatement ofthe ordnance
arms and military flores belonging TO
the Commonwealth, and where the fame
are depofted.
Hon. Mears. Bridge, Jones, and D
Davis, of the fenate, and Mehrs. May,
Barnes, Goodwin, and w. Storer OF
the houfe were appointed a committee
to confder that part Of the Governor
fpecch which relates to the Defence OF
the Commonwealth.
Tne 7. A mefage was received
from the Governor, mentioning that he
had received letter from the Secretary
at War, Eating, that owing to the fail
ure Of a contract, the cannon neceiiary
for the upper battery of the frigate Can
fitnfi0n, were not ready; and requet-
ing the loan of number of cannon
now uGelefs on Cattle IHand, which
were defgned for fhip'S ufe. The Sc
cretary engages to return them as loon
as others can be procured, and IN the
mean time to order a number OF 81
Founders round from Providence to
Bottom for the defence ofthe harbor.
A committee was directed to confider
the expediency of ceding Cattle Ihand
to the government Of the United States.
Addrejj to The Prefdent.
Yeferday the committee appointed
by the Legislature reported an addreiS
to the PRECEDENT. In the Senate it was
unanim0gly adopted. In the H2ule the
yeas and nays were called-the J eas one
hundred ard toRrteen--nayS 80. It IS
mott excellent performance.
The ANSwERS,
To the Governors lpeech, have Peen
reported and accepted, and the COM
mittees directed to prefent them. THEY
JbaA be bubEjbed in The next Gazette.
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PORTLAND.
Progrefs of War /!

Here, reader, are the efficient mcaJurst
Of The american GoVernment-bers
are the PrQgrsDfng feps Of another War,
far The PreieYvati0n Of 0ur ndepen-
dcnee. The moment is n0q0 arrived,
and to arms to arms Is the cry Of
sgery friend TO bis country. TIE i'm
megis r5I9nrce5 gftbi5 great nation 7OiH
no7O be called into Action. and America
qOiH take Der fand TO rebeI that in
/6lent IPirit Of rabine and domination
a0bieb otpreDe5 mankind.- Il duta
declaration Of 7Oar is nat likely TO take
place on either Ede. The French, in
deed, bave carried on a z0ayfare far
mare defyuHiVe than Jbe coaId haze
done urdsr an open avO7OaI 0fb0RiE!ies.
COnciAat0ry and pacific meglure5 baVe
dny giccn them time to extend their
depredati0n5, and mack our confidence.
Wbat tbcn remains FIR this country /?
None but a fare or c07Oard can beftatc
TO decide. Var is undoubtedly cnlam-
ity Of great magnitude bit 90bere is
the degraded American qUb0 z00uld nat
(u6mit TO the 9Ooya gifts horrors, rather
than Hve the Rave Of Frame
CongreG has BEEN far Jane time engaged in
the nlof important concerns. The t700
toLlO7Oing bills, after ingenious debates,
and profound dcH6eratiOn, bavc ba0fd.
Tbeyare nleajnref 0ftbe frJf Importance,
and are marked q0itb that lpiri and
deafon, 9Obieb zOiH pr0ve our atety.l
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PSIt4 Oh CItIZSIS tl4CtCOA3 OAA "-
the COATS, in violation Of the law Of
nations, and treaties between the Uni
ted States and the French nation
Therefore,
Sedion /. BE it enacted by the SEN
ate and HouGe Of Representatives OF
the United States Of America, in Con
grefS afembled, That it lhall be lawful
for the PRECEDENT Of the United States,
and he is hereby authorized to initruct
and direct the commanders Of the arm
ed vedels belonging to the United
States.to feize, take and bring into any
port of the United States, to be pro-
cecded againG according to the laws Of
nations, any fuch armed vefels, which
fhall have committed, or which ihall be
found lowering on the COATS OF the
United States, for the PurPoie OF com
hitting depredations on the veiiels be-
longing to the citizens thereof, and alio
10 retake any Ghip or vedel Of any clti-
zen or citizens Of the United States,
which may have been captured by any
UGH armed vellel.
CF0r ba6ng this 0d, 50 members np-
3eued in the affirmative, end 40 IN the
negatiVe. oar armed Vs1sL5 7OiH, Fbere-
fare, bring in far legal adjudication,
tbgjF Erencb pirates e0bo igflf our c0GEJ
Sufpenfion of Intercourie
A bill to fpend the Commercial IN
tercourfe between the United States
and France, & the dePencieS thereof.
Sec. I. BE it enacted by the Senate
and Houfe Of Representatives of the
United States Of America, in CongrelS
Attended, That no lhip or vehel, own
ed, hired, or employed, wholly or in
part, by any perfon rcfdent within the
United States, and which fhall depart
therefrom after the day Of
I, fhall be allowed to proceed d.
r. v,or from any intermediate port o.
pI 5, to any port or place within the
territory Of the French Republic, or the
dependencies thereof, or to any place
in the Weltindies, or elfewhere, under
the acknowledged government of
France, or fhall be employed in any
traffic or commerce with or for any
perfon reGdcnt within the jurildi6tion,
or under the authority Of the French
Republic. And if any ihip or vedel,
in any voyage thereafter commencing,
and before her return within the United
States, A1alI be voluntarily carried, or
fufercd to proceed to any French port
or place as aforefaid, or ihall be en-
ployed as aforefaid. contrary to the in
tent hereof, every fuch flip OF vedel
lhall be forfeited, and fhalI accrue, the
one half to the ufe ofthe United States,
and the other half to the ule Of any per-
fon or perlons, citizens Of the United
States, who will inform and Profecute
for the fame, and fhall be liable to be
Geized, profecuted and condemned in
any circuit or diltri6t court Of the Uni
ted States which fhall be holden within
or for the difri6 where the 1eizure
fhall be made.
Sec. Z. And be it further enaaed,
That after the day Of
next, no clearance for foreign voyage
lhall be granted to any flip or velel,
owned, hired, or employed, wholly or
IN part by any perlon relident within
the United States, until a bond fhall Be
given to the ufe Of the United States,
wherein the owner or employer, if u(u-
ally rehdent or prefcnt, where the
clearance G1aL ha ren1ired- and ntha-
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WHEREAS armed veG1els, falling
under authority or pretence Of authori-
ty, from the republic of France, have
committed depredations on the COM
merce of the United States, and have
recently captured the veGels and pro-
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Captures and Reprifals |!

in ACT, more efff7uaLly TO protect the
C0mmerce u C0aRs0ftbe United States.
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On motion of Mr.. Sewail the confd
Grafton Of the bill for laying Dire6
Taxes was recommitted to the commit
rec Of ways and means,
The gazette., 1798-05-21
CHA RLES z. PI
J, MARSHALL.
L. GERRY.
To TIE MINISTER efFOREIGN AFFAIRS
ef tbe FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Col. PtoKgRINc, 2
Secretary Of the United States.

n
Of tbe FRENCH REPUBLIC.
CITIZEN MINISTER,
THE underGgned envoys Extraor-
dinary, and Mipifers PIenipotentiarv.
from the United States of America 10
the French Republic, have been hither-
to reltraihed by the expectations of en-
tering on the object Of their milton, fl
the forms ufual among nations, from
addre0ing to the Executive Directory;
thro' you, thofe explanations and re-
clamatons with which they arecharged
by the government they reprefent. II
this expectation is TO be relinquilhed,
yet the unfei6hed with Of the United
States, to reifore that harmony between
the two republics, which they have 70
unFemittingly fought TO pteferve, rem
derS il the duty of the undersigned, to
lay before the government Of France,
however informal the communication
may be deemed, fome confdcrations.
in addition TO thofe already fubmitted,
relative to the fulfilling differences be-
tween the two nations. fst-t
Openly and repeatedly have France
and America interchanged unequivocal
telfimonials Of reciprocal regard
Theie teifimoniais were given by the
United States with all the ardor and
fincerity Of youth. It's ftiH believed
that on the part of France they were
likeviie the offspring Of real eteem.-
They confidered on the other fde
OF the Atlantic as evidencing a nature
friendiFiP, tobe as durable as the Re-
Publics themfelves. unhappily, The
icene is changed; and America looks
around in vain for the ally OF the friend.
The contraf' both Of Language and cf
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danger, and glory of our defence, is to
me, and TO your country, fure and
pleafng pledge, that your birth-rights
will never be ignobly bartered or fur
rendered : bat that you will in your
turn, tranlrnit to future generations the
fair Inheritance, obtained by the un-
conquerable fpirit of your Fathers.
JOHN ADAMS.
Philadelphia, May7.
The gazette., 1798-05-21
Paris, February y. 1898.

DEAR Sir,
WE tranfnit to you in this in
cloiure, our lait letter to the Miniler of
Foreign Relations although dated the
18TH ult. it was not on account Of the
time taken to trau1ate 70 long a letter,
delivered until the gift. In our com
munications here, although we have,
agreeably to your infru6tions, written
in our own language, we at the fame
time have taken the precaution, LEFT our
meaning fhould be mifrebrefented or
milunderitood, to accompany them
with an accurate tran1ation. We have
not yet received any anfwer TO this
communication, and lhould no notice
be taken of it in few days, we fhaII
apply in more explicit manner for
our pahports.
The councils have paded the decree
mentioned in No. s, as having been re-
commended by the Directory, to cap
ture and condemn all neutral vefels
laden in part or in whole with the ma
nufa6tures or productions. Of England,
or IFS pofiefiions. We inclofe you the
official copy of the report on that fub-
jet. and hall rePreGent to this govern
Rment the injuifice and injury which il
mutt inevitably occaGon US.
We have the honor to be, with great
refpea, Your mott obedient humble
ieryants,
CHARLES &. PTNCNNEY.
J. MARSHALL,
f. GERRY
Col. PtoKERINc,
The gazette., 1798-05-21
At PHILADELPHIA,

On Monday the 18th infant, p-oce6fon Of up
wards Of Twelve Hundred YouNc MEN, be-
tween the years of IS and g, attended by an
immenfe cOncOurle of fPecators, martial mu-
fc, the American ftandard, and charaaenfic
cockades, waited on the PREsIDENr Of the
United States, and Prefcnted the following
Addrefs.-
The gazette., 1798-05-21
Moaday, Nay Fl, 1898.
A CAM. to PubIifhers of Papers

HOSE gentlemen soJO ab5 -e7gsbcy5 in tie Uad Siatef,
are rsqAsL 1Sgrssa5Lc, 70 sasbaags oAzETTEs rvHh tie
Editor, and orzpara Laa By re a45 Sf E. A, JENks
P0yzah" TJss liberal Printer zOb0 7vjG for dszti
nation # Federal Principles, is extremity st5s Union,
vUiH den5tl5f esp-AI II Eers froptr 10 itoyn f5 vrb0
brvs rcsVs4 ey5 9ag sqrivzleat gne4 By fbe bsys
zoo was bags been concerned in M paper that t5ey are
7oi4 on Szy part and that The GAZETTE ezy is H.
4ealj. PriaferJ of daily gazettes, zvW f-l many as
they 51E and Teivz tbs csr1aL asks of t5eir Bpsze
isT1'zHf, z. A. JENKs.
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10 TOHN ADAMS,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Tbe ADDREss Of the 9IoUvc Men of t5e
city Of philadelphia, the di2ria Of
SoRtbwark, q the Nsrtberu Liberties.
SIR,
AT period 70 interefing to the
United States, permit us to believe that
an Addrefs from the Youth Of Philadel-
phia, anxious to prelerve the honour
and independence of their county, will
not be unwelcome TO their Chief MagiG-
trate.
A6tuated by the fame principles on
wnichour fore fathers achieved their
independence, the recent attempts of a
foreign power to derogate from the dig
nifty and rights cur country, awaken
our Iivelielt fepfbihty, and our Rrong-
eft indignation.
The Executive Of the United States,
filled with a fpirit Of friendfhip towards
the whole world, has relorted to every
iult and honourable means of concilia-
ting the affections Of the French repub-
lie, who have received their proportions
OfPeace with determined holtility and
contempt; have wounded our national
independence by infulting its Repre-
9entatives and calumniated the hon
our and virtue of our citizens, by in
iinuating thatwe were I divided, fub-
ordinate people.
The Youth Of the American nation
will claim fome fhare of difficulty, dan
ger, and glory of its defence; and al
though we do not hold ourfclve8 com
Pctent to form an opinion refpc6ing
the tendency of every meafure, vet we
have no hciitation in declaring, that we
place the mott entire confidence in your
wiidom, integrity and patriotifm !. that
We regard our liberty and independence
rs the richcf portion given US by our
anceforS that we perceive no differ
ence between the illegal and opprelilye
nealuzeS OF one government and the
ial0lent attempts now made to. ufurp
our rights by another I; that as. our an
ceifors have magnaninlouly reiited
the encroachments of the one, we will
10 lcfS VigoroHly oppofe the attacks of
the other that at the call Of our coun-
try, evil afemble with promptitude,
obey the orders Of the confitpted au-
shorities with alacrity, and on every
Qccafon act with all the exertion Of
which We are. capable and for this We
pledge ourlelyes to you, to our country,
and TO the world.
The FOREGOING Addrefs was received By the
PREsIDFNT in perlon who with a counts-
nance eTprefflrc cf the plcafure he felt, re.
turned The folou~lrx AnTwer; in wh ch i
aapPil9 blended The 4 gniy Of the Chief Nd
citrate and the affection Of the Fa.her.
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Wort6y 9fAmerican5 I

IT'S good, tits noble, 10 fee the manly youth
Of our free country, warm'd by the godlrke
Spirit of their fires, rife thodrm bulwark
OF their nations rights. The aged natesmen.
And the good old chiefs, with Joy glance backward
From the cold eve Of Ife, and with delight
Behold their long-fought freedom fafe.
The gazette., 1798-05-21
TO JOHN ADAMS,

Young Men, from the age OF 10 10 "A.
70 JOHN ADAMS,
PrGFdent Of the, United States.
AT period, when po50sytul and
pcrfdi9us nation, afpiring to the domi-
nation of the world, annuls in the ca
reer Of her pride, all bonds Of national
amity; when, the mott conciliating
meaiureS which the pacific difpoftion Of
our government has adopted, have been
.rePelled with indignity, SILENCE
would become COWARDICE, and
NEUTRALITY, TREASON.
At this eventful crif8, the 1cmg Men
of Bolton, folemnly imprefed with the
ideas OF independence, which they have
derived from their ance(tors, in that
unequivocal language which admits Of
no adulation, beg leave to exprefS to the
Firlt Magitrate, of the Union, their
iendments and refolutions.
Ulhered into life at time when our
fathers were fruggling for the rights to
which God and Nature entitled them,
we date our exiftence coeval with the
iAu-Pendence Of our country. With
our frlt breath we imbibed deteitation
of (srviLty to any nati0n, and we have
not yet learned to fubmit TO the humi-
liation Of foreign controul.
As Americans, we feel an enthufafm
in apPlauding your arduous adminiltra-
ton, together with that Of your illuftri-
Gus predecehor, ever deignated by the
frmei virtue, which danger has not
been able TO ab3aI and obioquy has in
vain a0ailed. While we have admired
the dignihed moderation, which has
marked the fuccefive attempts at a re-
Cancellation with our Gallo allies, we
have witnefed with regret our Profered
terms of adjultment, contemptuouly
reje9ed by the rabacity of aparire, and
the mt6ienoe Of P02cer, The infulting
demands by which Francehas 70 glar-
ingly developed her Punic taitb, and her
infidious deGgns, We conceive would
be more Characteristic of the defpotic
.requifitions Of conquerer, than Of pro-
poIalS to high fpirited, and we believe
an uncomfortable people.
Although we prefumc not 10 AFRO
gate. to ourfeKes the Office Of Judging
on Intricate queitionS Of politics, yet
where gratitude claims the tribute, we
mutt feelingly eulogize the unfullied
patriotifm and uniform Wildom Of our
Supreme Executive.
Jutlyappreciating the fweets ofpeace
and the reign Of equal laws, fpurning
acquiefcence to any Prefhmptuous pow
erto the degradation of national hon
our, and determined to guard the in
violability of our Contribution, as the
palladium Of our rights, we the Youth
of Bolton, united by indinoluble ties in
one common love to our country, mon
lolemnly offer, when its voice demands
the energy Of acfion to facrifce our
youthful ProfPe6s, and our lives, in
-unnerving the arm Of iedition, andre
.pelling the inroads Of oPPrefion fer
.vently according in thoie noble fenti-
ments that neutrality ongbt never 10
be Pavcbaicd By The vioLafi0n Of public
taifb, tie tarmibing of moral cbdraHer,
or fbe abandonment 9f ndepcndsnrs.'
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National Concerns.
Documents from our EnOoys.

CThe following are The Documents mentioned
in the lat Gazete-which the PTeGdent tranf
mitted to both houfes Of Congrels On the
4th infant.
The gazette., 1798-05-21
lit Boeoa,

The Young Men have no lefs difpIayed love
for their country The following Addrefs
has been forwarded 10 the Prcfdent, Ggned
by upwards of ELEVEN HUNDRED
Young Men, from the age of I6 TO "A.
The gazette., 1798-05-21

The FOREGOING Addrefs was received By the
PREsTDENT in Perlon; who with counts
nance eHprsifirc cf the plcafure he felt, re-
turned The folou~lrS AnT~er in wh ch i
happily blended the 4 gni;y Of the Chief Nd
Citrate and The affection Of the Father.
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iome Aat obligation 10 ia giae thar the INN
dat;on from France would bear down the dikes
Of religion and morally. and drown The coun.
trywith all kinds oferror and vice ?-They have
iIoliz.d The pattern, and fPread the imirltion
Of i As wide. as they can, till the force Of r..
lieions ana moral obligation Is univerfal!g
weakened or dearoyed. L5rty gives the righ.
of f,yiey and dorg as you Pleafe, in ii. fine
manner that Equality unnerves the hand Of jui-
tice By enf-ebling the energies Of government.
Is not the opinion Of religion which this vie
frenzy has fuF-red to furvive, fhaken, doubt,
full, and confortlefs opinion And as to morals,
fnce the French revolution began they have
grofly declined, becauf. politics were the fra
confederation and chief topic, and much was
forgiven to all who believed and hoped III.
French would conquer the world.
How came thefe wretches to be 70 much
wiler than al the world before them Do they
know that all their rniferabe reformations IN
religion and politics have been advanced and
refutad not only BY argument but by the expe-
rience Of mankind thoufand times, and even
dcluged fome parts Of the world in blood before
now ?-This lat at Leaf ought TO be fAtisfac-
ton to them when they renounce their errors,
becanfe it eyinces that the genuine tendency Of
their principles has never been wholly defeated.
Governments anu good fenfe have laboured ia
the modern ages againf the dilorganizipg prn-
ciple, and till the French revolution they have
not laboured in vain. Nor will they now "a
bour IN vain for probably the time is not far
diitant when this monarous revolution, after
having talked over half the world, and inAiaed
the greateR CURES on the human race, will
ceale to reform and to exterminate, and the
philosopher viii look back upon it as the fur
wing and benevolent folder reviews the field
Of battle Pity and remorfe will take poatfTion
of his mind, and he will treaflre up l-Gon
which will die with him, or be as uielefs to
poaerity as hiGory has been to the Prelent
age. (ro BE coNnEUzD.
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FOR THIS GAZETTE.

FOR the benefit Of all perfons unacquainted
with the trench language, have IN iertaken 20
etymclogize, define and compare TIL word Tac-
5Bin. This famous word is derived from the
Englfh; but. like many others in all living Lam
guages, has changed is orthogroPhy as well as
lis found, though it retains its original meaning.
Yet, coRhdering its long ulc, has prelerved all
three better than mott other words having
Good its ground, with the variation only OF its
iall fyllabe, for upwards Of four centuries as
is plain 70 Be ieen ii Mons. ParaU5t, and feveraI
other ancient writer's This iylable Bin was for
many years fPelt and pronounced liz but i'm
compladance TO M. Maraf who fer ione time,
IN point Of language, led the falhion IN France.
and who 1t is well known, could not pronounce
the letter l. by reaion Of bis having the tin of
hls tongue cut off when boy, for lyirp-I(aT
az vas then changed into BIN. Lin itfelf "a thing
common in that Ianguage) was an old corrup-
ton OF Ian, jlt as we fay drab for dreb The
iyllable I'm was the contraction Of word Of
two fyllables as we conraa fpeonlaion into
ipec) viz. lazfrra Thus Tac bin ought ia
ltrittneis, when brought back into our language,
to be lpelt 1ac olaHtsrx. No perfon who under
ltands French will contradict this etymologv.
and no perfon who understands Enelih will
deny its being perfectly analogous.
Jack, in our language, ever had great va
riety OF meanings among orhers Is was for
merly much Hf-d as a nickname for the devil
(now changed inio Nick and Rarry.) Hence
The word is eaily de6nea--Ggnfying nothing
more nor lefs than TIE devil 4vitb q LzateyE.
have taken no notice of the omilion Of the
letter 4 in the fra fylable, becaufe the French
make no more ufe Of that letter than Of liberty,
equality and Iunice.
will now pro2eed TO compare what We IN
derRand by Tac-o5n, with what we under.
itand by Tart o-iantsrH not doubling but
that [ ihall make them look 70 much alike as
hat It will be difficult 70 diainguith the one
from she other. TO fave repegilioas, / NUT
irlt beg the reader to take particular notice as
he goes along, and when he meets dalh
thus ---- in that very fpot to fay to him
felt So IL, or aaeJ, a Taeo5ia.
4. "A JACK lantern appears 10 be 4 pernna.
nent lighr, which would Rand the twenty four
hours round --- but il exits only ia
thick darknels; for when the leait light breaks
IN upon it, It Immediately difaPpears --.
2. 1t alto appears to hover over one particu-
lar ipol, as who III uld fay g Hete I am; here
you will always find mel; bnt, trace
i up TO that fPot, lis of TO another, It's gone;
to third, us gone again and 70 On ad alini-
3. To appearance It glaws from innate puri-
y -- but in reality il wrinkles tlike
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PARIS, JULY 2.
On the nth June, the IAand Of Nal
ia furrendered to Gen. Buonaparte.-
The French found there for plumber 2
ihips Of the line, 4 gallies, 400 pieces
of cannon, 10000 mulkets, and one
million five hundred thouland VT. of
gun powder. A hand(ome booty.
The council of 500 took into confid-
Grafton the mefege containing the fur
render Of Malta
Dpviquet.--" At length your civic alarms
are di6ipated. Every ore Of you, uneafy as
to the deRinasion ard fate Of the French feet
which failed from Toulon, was anxiouily ex-
psding intelligence from it. BuonaParte has
feft You fuch news as is worthy Of himfelf---
His fra difpatch is begun with Victory
with aconqoea This proud Iiland has then at
length iubmittcd TO tie yaEe-this Ifland, which
was the frozg hold of s,iaoeratic prejudice
and monaltc iupcsaiion, nothing could defend
Il aeainR the juh yengence Of the Gaeat Ma
ton neither its fuperb ramParts, the work Of