The Farmer's Weekly Museum: Newhampshire and Vermont Journal from Walpole, New Hampshire • 2

rofanlffhee Witn wmcn woiiio niui- Liu I 1 I 1 A WI1 tO Urltll'l DOHUID' lailMl Bnuvr pi-- Wnarirm in illi of winch war poihaps might 1 i 1 kf -rlflil faction 01 a tuiivoy England it wili probably aggrandize its ma-une by facLSc-ng the remnant if th tot the Jnited States and by dcltioymg that nittm policy by wh ch the have her tofore leugrt tve their own veiTelt that portion of their carrying (tade which would c'herwile be I 1 A Afj'lllhlq lament to fay a great proportion were women and many of them with the appearance of ladies The houlei oppofhe to the gaol had not only their windows all taken out to jive g'eater accommodation for the curious but foine of them were untiled and canopied with hNCHi The humane and attentive keeper Mr Kirby petnvtted their agon x-td families and cletgymen to remain with them till a late hour on Tuefday night and ev-ery pollible indulgence confident with lafe-ly was (haur them Mr Reeves and Mr Wilkinlon manifelted the moft lleady compo-fure and relignation Mr Adamfon who had cherifhed hopes ot pardon from the applications which had been made for mercy Itink into delponccncy and having contrived to procure Opium into his cell bad (o far eluded the vigilance of the turnkeys as to take a latge dole duiing the night At five o'clock in the rjDdrning it was ducovared by the leieious effects and Mr Rarulden thelurgeon was lent for The opiate which molt uroba- vr inferted in theofTic'ial Hullctiu of St Do mingo Done at the Cape 30th Mcffi rixth vev i the French Republic cue and indivlfl d- (Signed) tK'DOUVTLLE JZ Augtlfl 8 fxtrait of a Uttrrjicm I'cwne dated julyt Hv the fngaie Dccacc we have received perkirs ban: 'he 1 Franc? The fr'ga'tc is ei lit thpfe Brft ban-ifh'ed to this place have made their cfctip? from Sinimaii Hai thclerrv Fctetlur his faithful dnmeftic Anhtv Pithtgrtl I lot P'Oflbuviilc Ramel and I I Rue It is not known what lOUt they ba tskf '1 iis is Tronci ti rJe Coudry and jponr-don de FOife have lately died Out of fj-icen there remains only five who are La lond Ladebat H-ibe Maibo Rovere MrO-' thier and La Vlleuinois lnthe numberot 193 are 151 prieltl of eveiy depirtUtWit njoveu oy You havt made fome general animadveiftons the government of the United State- which he underfigned fee! themieives bound britfly Jo notice af You have charged that government with giving tnitnaions not in the fincere intention of arriving at pa if-: fefu It! andyetthe underfilled tave ofi'ered to eh anae thoic cliufel not be the molt confiderable had all attempts to remove unfavourable itnprtflions failed and all effort! to mke explanations been rejjfted can it be believed that other Mmiflen (the fiift having been greeted out of the nation) would have waited fix monthi unaccredited foliciting permiflioo to dilplay the uptight principles on which their government had ail-ed srd the amicable femiments by which tt was animated The undei finned are induced Citizen Mm-ifler to ptay your attention to plain truth from a conviction that thty manikft unequivocally the friendly temper of the Federal government and the extreme relucttnce with which the hepe of an accomomdation wtth France world he relmquifhed The underlined obfcive with infinite regret that i he difpoiition manifefteci treat with the Mtnifter who might be fekited by this government is not accompanied with a-ny affurances of receding from thofe demands of money heretofore mdc the conhder jtions on which alone a collation of hoftility on A-merican commerce could be obtained tO which the undci figned have not the power to accede with which the United States would find it extremely difficult to comply and a compliance with which would violate the treaty of 1778 which havo become in lies which may have been committed 0U have cnargro 111 ai jTmum mittinsr nethini to p'o'ong and augment he milunrierttancunt neiwccn mo i-uu- bly he intended for no moro than to comroio but dees not the tact tnat tno unueiugts" now in Paris lurmlh petlualne evidence I in ipuUf threw nun into a convul'cd and 1 fovciifli Itaie of dilau-ltty and it was with to tha contrary You havecharged it with fearching to jutttfv hv deceitful sppeuancer the eiudicei with -vh ch it (urroitnds at pleafure the name the Kepiiblic and the fyftem of exa'pfntioi and k-Daiation ourfued in thii relnert with the 1 hey wire frcm trance that tnc rumDer or thofe deliired for ban iflvncnt to Guiana a-mount' from feven to Boo Yv'hat a favour for this country August 10 Mr Jaqu or Jimes eflerdiy recrn-ed his fcriiencc of perpetual contincmcnt Iray fuch be the Lie of all who HV Ly Swird ling In a rcpubl icui government evev miii oiipht to have fmnnc Koncft and ufeful occupation (dlcnstfs aroducc vee aid vice crimes and ciitnes dillurb focial older and ippimlt A I 1 1 We have a letter from Philadelphia dated on Friday lad it faj Hunt' eft obilmacy but has not this Republic in feimt the molt cordial been again nu a-titio inttcated 10 enter into a candid inveftiga on tne mutual compiauii iiwiwutr that faith pledged tor the OBiervance neutrality and would involve them in a dilaf-trous war with which they have no concern Nor does your anlwer to the applications which have been made for couipenla-tion to the citizens of the United States for property which fhall be proved to have been thken contrary to the law of nations and tx-ifting treaties otherwife than that you are willing to dilcufs cafes where there has been a departure from certain principles which Item have nut tliefe entreatir i bef unnotic ed whiht the miniftert deputed to make them have reinjined unaccredited Yiiu have charged it with wifhing to feize the fir ft tavourable occafion for an intimate union with a power towards which a devotion and a partiality ate piefefled which hve tore onlUucd the principlei of the con iicellarit difficulty that tie was muled and kep: up by the attention of the people however he va able under fupport to join with the oihem 111 taking the I loly jjacramcrr which the R-v Dr tdtnimftered with moft bcnificeut icgaid to tlieir unhappy lituation They all delircd to havo the lall lolenn ptavci given to thctn in private tiiat thev might remain expofed to the multitude as lii 01 1 a time a pufii'jle and wiih this Dr F'ord alio molt humanely atqu clced 1'he awful cm u'niny took place at a quarter palt eigM yeltaiday morning Mr mounted the platform firlt and Wikinlon followed both with undaurued though out ioitiluao and while they were prepared for their faie Mr Adimlon was hmpOHCd by two men by whom he was at letigth led to the fame phce Ha Viowed it with a delirious Rue and it (eemed as it he could not have lurvived the doTe he had taken even if the royal mercy had at that iuftant intei vencd 'I'hcy we 0 then launcheu into and luch is thl merciful fatalitv of tho new contrivance of the drop l-at they all died without a ftug May the drca'lful example be a falu'ary vvatu-ing to otheit l-e euv is once trinie the Victim of lit k- I fa defeitions with nefs and appiehetfMon immense Sadnefa tins wet have Been 111 principles in fact involve almoft every ca(e You have iignifiec! Citizen Minifter that the Executive Directory is dilpofed to treat vitble' hangs on every couutciiaree 110 progrefsot the fever however is not very alarming nor fpeakiqg coinparatit'cL1 is th mortality lo great as in the former in fiances Our Phyficians to ftimulatc the citizens to flight aie lfe quitting the city as the onlv expedient whereby to gi an effectual check to the ravages ol uontagton with one of the Envoy and you hope that this overture will not be attended on the part of the underfigned with any ferious dif A Phiiadclphia paper of Friday morning Rates the butials in feveral Crave tu he C'ty nd Liberties for 24 hour- ending the precedtrig evening tj De tnus urairn FRANC PARIS May 10 It is now tertnin that the pope wit go from Tufcany into Spam and not into the lUtes ot the emperoi ha i been repntted Columbian Intelligence duct of the Federal government vi'tlit no or partiality ha been exprefled for any nition excopi France have not the United States made and aie ey not making the moft extraordinary cfforti to rtllote the broken relations between the two Ripublicl In a Letter diicuffing the important intcefts of two Great Nations the undeiflgnea1 are tn-willng to intuduce what rtlatci peifoially to themfe'vej 'fh's unwilled for tafk has been rendered a duty by a'ciibing to them opinionl and relations which in imagination only and by adducing thole fiippofed opinions anl relation ni proofs of an irdifpofition 00 the pait of the government which has deputed them toward that accommodation which has been (oupht fo untemiit'ngly thiough all thofe aifiicu tics and imperiim-nts with wh'ch the purfutt has been einhai tailed You are pleafed to add tht tliefe intentions are fo lit'lo dilguifed that nothing feems to hate been neglcftrd at Philadelphia to manilcit them to eury It is piohable With this view hat it has been judged proper ufendto4Ve French Republic pi Tons whofe opinions and relations are too well known 10 iopa lium them difpofnions iincerely conciliator)" The opinionl and re'ationi of the undcr-figned are purely American unmixed with any particle of foreign tint If they poffefi a quality on which they pride themfelves it i attachment to the happtnefs and the Ifare of tnci: Country if they could at will the njjMn'i of manifefting that attachment it tvObld be by effecting a fincere and real accom rnodation beteerf ranee and theUnited State? on principle! promoting the inerefts of both snti conhllent with the Independence of the letter requires no fcifurance to convince that peifons 10 Childien The whole deaths in Philadelphia from the firft to the 8 iaft were 23 grown pei-l fons and 3Q children Total 53 MASSACHUSE Aoguft ft A man was found dead vellerday near the dock The depart ion befote the Coroner fay he rruft have been dead from fix to ten days The overfecrs otdercd him to be buried on Bird While a Mr James Dill and four others were igging the grave and Mr Dill wa bringing a large fione to place on the coffin a fudden cxplofion of thunder was heard and (harp lightning feci but without any rain when Dill was killed intlantly and Mr 1 uddtn the fcxton knocked down and did not recover until three quarters of an hour after Aucl'st 15 nrrrr nur Dm i mT ficulty Every propofition of the Executive Directory is confidered with the moft minute and refpeftul attention The refult of a dclibciation on this point is that no one of the underfigned is authorized to take upon himfelf a negotiation evidently entrnfted by the tenor of their powers and inPirurtions to the whole nor are there any two of them who can propofe to withdraw themfclvcs from the tafk committed to them by their government whilft there remains a poflibiliiy of performing it It is hoped that the prejudices aid to hive been conceived againft the minifters of the United States will be diflipated by the truths they have dated If in this hope they fhall be difappointed and it fhould be the will of the Directory to order pafTports for the whole or any number of them you will pleafe to accompany fuch palfports with letters of fafe conduct which will entirely protect from the cruifcrs of Fiance the veffcls in which they may re-fpeftivclv fail and give to their pei fons fuite and property (hat perfect fecurity to which the laws and ulages of nations entitle them Thev pray you Citizen Minifter to receive the renewal of their affurances of profound refpect and (Signed) HARLES 1TNCKNEY JOHN MARSHALL ELiiRiDGE GERRY A true copy Henry Rutludge PENNSYLVA MIA PHILADELPHIA Auguft 8 THE FEVER Health Offut Augufl 7 1798 WHEREAS the Board of Managers of the Marine and City Holpiials of the port and city of Philadelphia having received information from the College ot Phyli-cians that a contagious Fever has made its appearance in Water ftreet between Walnut and Spruce ftreets and in the vicin ill 11 I ft ririLIK We are forry to learn by the la ft official accounts and private letters received by vr fterrlav's mail from Philadelphia of th'J Foreign Intelligence 1 "a ever tea American mull with fincerely to tXtricQ bis country from the ills it fufrers JJ a I IM May 31 aie extremely happy to announce ity thereof" and thcrepoits of Dr Samuel Dufficld and Parke appointed particularly to examine that part of the city fuecify-ing the particular cafes found Therefore Refolved that in cider to prevent as much as pofTible all communication with that part of the city that the Health officer caufe the veflels now lying at the wharves between '1 un ally and Jcfle and Robert Wain's wharf including the faid wharf to be removed and that no velfel of any de-fcription whatever be fuffered to come to the faid wharves until the further oider of the Board The Board alfo earneftly recommend to the inhabitants of that part of the city included between Walnut and Spruce ftreets and the ealt hde of Front ftreet and the river and alfo thofe immediately in the vicinity thereof to remove without the bounds of the city and liberties as fpeedily as polfible By order of the Board of Managers WILLIAM JONES Prifident Atteft TIMOTHY PAXSON Clerk (TEST I A7 DIES Arrete containing the deliberations of the agency of the Executive Directory at St Domingo anu iroi tne greater ills with whun it 11 threatenedSut jj who love Liberty muft admit that it doei'n fx a xati0h which cannot exercife the ri nj maintaininr its neutrali that in feveral pans of the country ty It opinion arid relation-" futh as thofe leappcarance therein of thit baleful which has two or three previous time! afflicted it The malady is faid to have commenced its career wiik greater rapidity than in any previous year and the alarm it has excited is of couife much greater Re- movals have taken place "All are flying who can" fays a letter from thence of the late ft date Fourteen new cafes were reported the 8th infl Iff BOSTON Since our lafi we have had but two perfons who have died of fevers and we have heard but of two who have been taken do'wn with them We have known feafons when between one and two hundred have been fick at one time Ncwyotk is vcrv healthy OUltlSFANT NAVY The United States Commodore Larry of 44 gnns the Conftiiution Capt Nicholfon of 44 the Confteilation Capt Truxton of 36 the Delaware Ganges Greene and Covcrnour J-y Hoops of war are cruiz are incompatible difpofitions fincerely conciliatory Xn2ted has the Federal Goemment chofen inftrUments for cxpttfiijE of its paci6ef0r1Itin contraft the conV Qk(civd hv the numbers of the infatuated peafantry are coming in furrendering their arms and taking the oath of allegiance In the neighbourhood of Coolock we hear no led than 500 have come in in the courfe of Tuefday and the day bcfoTe acknowledging their crimes and delivering up their arms and this we underffand has been in a great meaiure owing to the humane exertions of tbe honourable Captain Annefley Ju" 3- Ennifcorthy (about 48 miles fouth of Dob lin on a fine nvar called the Slaney) is in tho hands of the rebels who have put every pro-telUnt to death Mr Moor of Rathangan having drawn out Uaited Statei under analogy circumhances towards the Cabinet cf St Jaftcs Wlth that which isobfetved toatds this Reblic You fay that on that cccafmn there was folicitude to lend to Ltnaon iviuiiuorn wen kl0ivn to poflsls f-ntimmts confoimable to the cbiefls El then irofiion that the Republic La Jhe Agency of the Executive Directory decrees right to count upon a fimiLar deference: nd that if alike attention bai not been obftived his corps againft the rebels his lieutenant who was a Catholic cried out that he would not fie on his fellow citizens "nor I nor 1 ran through the corps On which Mt Moor called out what havo I no loy witn icipctt 10 it it it too proDanie that it mult be attributed to thviews already indicated If unfortunately the cafti fhall exhibit a ing Jhe Un'teu Mites and Uelawi re Hoop are fuppofed to have gone to the Weft India latitudes The Confteilation has a cruizing ground off the fouthern ftatcs and the Con-ftitution oft the middle and northern fta'es The latter is to put at times into icwport to receive orders We are happy to learn that three fhins of war are building at Newyork a 44 a 6 and a 32 are in various Rages of fi-rwardnefs The firft is to be commanded by Capt Talbot the 'A2 by Capt Morris I al men among you to Hand by me Six or feven men inllantly flood forward who with Mr Moor jnftantly oft their livegj the tiauors fljft) lo j0in the rebels 1 he ptogrefs their rebellion has been by no means to altrmag wUhin the iaft thrce dVJ as its outfet threatened 1 Neutral vefTels and consequently A-mericans laden with provifions of dry goods fhall continue to be admitted into the French ports of St Domingo 2 There fhall be taken on account of the adminiftration a part only of the provifions which fhall be afterwards paid forin courfe in colonial commodities after deducting the duties of export and import The owners fhall have the free difpofal of the dry goods 3 Thefe veffcls fhall not be feized by the Ihips of war or the ptivateets of the Republic when their dcftination fhall be evidently for any of the French ports of St Domingo remaining faithful to'the Republic even in cale of hoftilities between the Republic and one of the powers at prcfent neutral The prefent decree fhall be printed read publifhed potted up addrelled to the iudees 1 1 1 tf A of The Herald of 20 gtrjrjs and I 3ickerine 14 now lie in our hat hour ready for tea pre- In all the navy yards great activity vails contrau it is not to be found in the charterers the United Statea have thought proper to employ in the condudtof their government otherwife than by th? fuperiour attention mani-felled towards this Republic and never Ibewn to any other nation in deputing to it with Ampla powe three Envoya extraordtnary and Miniftars Pienipotentiary fromfe three are divifions of the United jftjEs The Minifters fent to the cabinet ol ''St Jones's greatly doierved the co nfidencef their country but iney did not poffefs nti men ts more rcuilormable to the cbjotis of neir miiTton than thofe depuied to this repuh" They did not wifh more ardently to tcci conciliation nor is it believed thatjy peifons who could have been deputed cafaitiet outd have fubmitted to greateylacriticei it order to ob tain it Had thejyapplicatioo hr compenfa-tion for paftinjurif aid fecurity again: their I'M LONDON June The execution of Mr Reecrcs Vr Wilkinlon and Mt Adamfon whicta tooi th yeltetday morning in the front oJ Nev was tho moft awful example of fevato juiio wo ever witnefTed Three perfons ah of WISCASSK I A up ft 3 General Wafhingtort'S letter hc-n n-troduced imo the fchnol in i fpwh by Mr Abhot the Preceptor it is hop this method of infttlling into thn (jjinds of the American youth the piintipUs of virtuous patriot-ifm will be generally adopted In this town a fhip to carry 10 guns i building for Mr Aoxl food fh a is a well modelled vefTel and it is faid Ihe is to piotccl the Weft India trdc ft oai this -lort ranic and with the education of (Jcnlcmen fuffuring at one moment and all for the tame modorn but now unhappily common crime of forgery ought to make a deep impreffion on every heart Above 100000 fpettators weie altembled on the dreadful occasion of whom 01 me ptatc dim coinminarics of the ixecu-'ive Directory at the municipal adminifl of the maritime cantons to all the con-ulsvidagents of the Republic amongftneu-trl 01 allied powers who are invited to give the gteateff publicity it fhall be moreo- "uro commute cetn only rut: by recmifi.