Newspapers / The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, … / April 12, 1798, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
UAL Vs IV I L No. 67. THUR SD AY, IL 12, 1798, (Vol. II. J M I N G T 0 N G A Z E T T E. ' ' ' A WHALE!!! " Old England'' quoth S.;m, fwill fure be i. ) nil, Thounb a ihtnu that bv us is much to be dreaded ; The news o? tlf r -if is v nrihy of note 1 hey w ill fet ii- like huc continents wtiei once iifloar," : ' AH this he dchvciM moft plaintive am low And finimt-d lh (perch with an . ah !" j , imd a: fdi i" Whetf Ri!tfi c j l:edwilv n-fage de t: This nevs, my gcod friends, is ivofi dreadful beb-re, But as for the r..f , why that is untrue (Though yet the main plan they, lid 1 have in view) For I have authentic ad vice, 'pon my foul. The French h;,vc el gaged of Whales a . larj-e fhoal, On whole hacks they wilj pals to proud Albion's fide, . '.''':' j. We fhall know w hen they move hy tlie rile of the tide,' P A R T S, December 14.' The Ex.! c''ive-Dircctnrv , in purf.i ance of ti;eir Be w p an. i f Gtmr d Ex ptrtrhittn iniO. ' England, ha? dfiud an Order that r.ll .hf ildi rent en p niu$ whtil h dobra ivd 01 thim vHleis r be a in d, in c cwtti ih m!d" be boundto return tbeiii after a mott d.'lay, and-to j ut ihem SI th r d'lpohil in the different per which" t v fhoijld point v. r. '1 he perl'uus wj hv. atmeJ tj". m, a; to oe icunbuifeu llieir expcnc.s. DESCENT (N ENGLAND. Jll thr ' btaimaa tri mU'i,)isf livres for the c'.i'ilrutli'.n of a thjijanu or more inn u thoafittid gun-half. Put pr. j ofes to r a . f ; the fum tof feven niill'ons Haling (268 millions Tournoii for t e year i;;8, by tripling the afltiled tax Til n j 'o bis calculation, there art ind nland 1.400,000 hutifcs. The Dumber pi p lorn 1 pou whom tixeihdl, including, m' u, Women, and children, he eftiniat $ . b ut ,co,ooo. He f.iys, that ot 1 4aooooh ulV-, about ieven 01 einiuliLi. u ed h mhn dpav afleffed taxes,; the others I cnij tnileiable cottages, pa nothing jt 11 ; t ie feven m limns '.heit fore, wt k n h - prop iks to r life by trip ling the afl' flid ' es, will (ail at the rate of ten pounih llerlmg (250 livres Tour noh) upon t ch houfc : He foolilhly be lieves mar this rifvurce is iuffictent to prevent France from makli g a defcent. H avir r thus ll ted th.e qui IFon on one fide, it rmiiiis pi treat in the othrr point If vie1, in which it ought to be conliJen d by this country. Our ol jrcl at 1 re! 11 is 1 defcent : tliere is no other m He ty which :o (uhdue the Enghfb goVtrumei t, and to put an end to its tyranny. We are .n poflcilton of til the rrquitill means, exi. t ,t ol pairing e ii t c arm ot :he Tea tint ie parattb Uan t r in England. But as our object is hot to coml'Ot the Englihi tkci, bu to ei.apcitt our n.oJe ot i.a.i tion ouht 10 be Inch as t at the En lilh Meet cannot oblti our vm 2,C. Every one knowk it at tin re . r -t-.v modesof navigaiing laihn and rtWirmg. We alfo know that veiTe s w.th f.iiKmull regulate their coui fe by the m l ; hu , that boats with o-r. in y he noted in c very direction, and i h he Mteitcti fa cility, when there is no wind at ail. Thus the molt certain arid the Ic.ill ex. penfive means of pilling into England, in fpite of the Engl th fleet, are to emplo, row-boata, having a foriH (ail, like the Dutch hllnng boats, to icrve upon occa fiopi If the French coafts wer five or fix hundred leagues diftant from thofe o' England, it would be very ridiculous 1 talk of row. boats; hut m m my phrcs there are no more than 8, id or M Ifa gues between them ; and 10 the mo t J -taut parts where we would think ol ntak ing a decent, there ate n umrcih'n ac or 30 leagues, whic i Alt) be palled in 48 hours, even wnlu ut the a d ol fan, 01 the luppofitinn that the boats can row at the rate of a league an hour. The Kui.'ian tran'turti. lake tranm m row -boa's scrofs tlie Black Sea. The Swedes trarifport theijs m the fame cian n-r, to the molt diltant parts cf the 6we d fli en-piie. The Uuflian boats can jranffort two cr three Inrndjcd U.U txs each, and lix m:n are put to every oar But upon ma.kitig a dtlcent uptn Eng land, boa'.. of a Imalltr Cze ought to bt teTefectl he Tea on many par s of ;ht Ei crl th cooU docs not o ten jun very hgt ImJl boats mngbs go ciote in flu re, $ i-he troops lai:d a eiliy 8 perU'Bs lie out of a wherry. The 'expence cf tjbe Enghflt navy for the year 1798,-according tu Pitt's budg er is i2,5co",ool.(ttrhiif , or co,coo,occ of 1 vtcs 1 Ouinois. To cOvat ib s esit.r 1 o'is expence, he propolts to uipie t .t fl ff.-d taxes, wI jcL will take at an aei .ie 240 li vi ek fn m each tamil) . Fi at antscMilv 1000 luii hoais. whiciiii ccift, t n'y ten mdll ns 1 ourn ;Ts, 6 rAiJ tl is In.m, no new impolt is nef flary : U Md.be t-ct.tr to obtain vYv l airiotic aV.fcentai En ts a ve y 4 f y he in M n of .ing. f- .4 xruice. a f S C t.zen Villers f.ayilrrady Hated, in he Cotmcilof Fivc hx dr. d, that tmny persons hod eXhpened iheir.defire ot CuB t .i ut ng vohirtT'ily to she ex. ence of a ltlte u upon7 England I love the patri otx ipiriof theie worthy citizen. ; , ancv. a 1 dLlirt- to conrtthite ray mi e DwardA tfiiTii po tanc mehire, I h;ivp cotitrived ypian which w ill enable tvtrv citizfti to participate'"'-!!! the l.omr of deftroyitig a govenmient, whicli, for more than a century, has been the Icourge of the hu man I ace. The lum I would propofe to raife by patriotic g fts is, ten n.l ions ol hvrts, to be.employed undr the direction Bt the government, in building a thi.uhnd or more gnn-boats. As it is better rather to under rate than to exaggera;e ourmenn in a calculation ol this kind, 1 (lull eib njote tlv poiola'tfin f Fra-ire t on'y 25,000, ceo, though her incre.;fe of tcr niory mult make tlie number conliderab y grea er. I believe it ill b found that he men of twen'.y and upwards form a bont one fifth of this population f ha: is to fay, 5,000,000. One half thefe five milliont) 2,500,000, I fhall fuppo'e art the indultnous poor, from whom the w..l mull be taken for the deed ; I divide, then, the remaining 2,500,000 into t o clafles of 250 000 each, and four clTe ol 500,000 eacn. The grea elt pa 1 riot u gift, according to mv ca.ci.Ltion, Ih u d be u livres, and the Imallen 2 loU. Each pcrfon fhould have the liberty of caufitig his name to be irdcriied in any dais he may think proper. If a c.ti. 11 of linall tortuie wifhes to inferihe hn name in the firlt clafs, and a rich man in that of 20 lol, they ought both he per mitted :o do f ; i: is rytmlUy of eights, not of jjrtune, which is tt.c real pnnup.t of equMiti. Table cf the claff i and tbeir refpefifa: product. Chiles. Number per. lud. gifts. Totnl liv 1LTS, iiasnow a gret eitent oi co.ilt ards the 1 orth, where the"' fhort mi . u :.. f r t? 1 3 mis m riaiKp aim angino, are. ytl y U ' . The fea is lo ery IhaUowM hu.r ih n of the line cannot approach w itrmi ".tic;, iik ik 111c u c ir.Kiiit. f w m- M - . , : de, with gnira ts, drawing io more? thin two or re ft water, "aj whr in a nic 4 the wholeforce tould btf landed ihecoafiof JRhud. Jufe boais fliouUi have a fmall fail k- the fjimng boats, and a j;rcat rum Wyy-ojrs. I ley might tilrci 'lie ftrii). 48 lioHU, hi Ipitc of '.he nu- yi iqu. d ens, as. by the means ol oq.rs, rniy could aflill the wind fo much, that though theie.weie an F h 1 Ih fleet in 'oe;oa: ml, it c. u I not inte rruj t their M "ae in the ftw hours r,ecc4Iary to cuds ad (and. ( 11 finer, befides, thsrt icco jiuu. boats with 24 ai d 36 pi und.ers, is 4 very re : pf cl able force. It ,n. y be (aid that the Fnglili may ' lewi;'e have gun boas: but thele ytl e!s not c..icula:i-g 10 keep the fea lor g nlv be ufeful in a caur de mri'm. 7 he riglilh then would be obliged to keep in t i;e:r naroours. . ine r n;l:in coaft which is oppol.it e tn Ja, pre felling a landing p!ace in every ntr it is iinpoflib'e to kr.p.v at what j t.it the- delcent will be made, fo that 1 -cfTels wol'U be bo h uhle s and cx i nlre. Franco can always know w 1 fit Engl fli vtf'els are Itatior.td, wiiiie f-'iglancl can never know where the de. haul w;ll le attcmjited. THOMAS PA1VF. Th D.mes r.nd t'te J: i s, :,v!opi:ry Isiluitd lngland t,kv.y t !: . 'jr.lbjht cefo tbtfe not them co ls- f r t; :ir expeii t. iS. J was from a t'r 1 f t r jrr Jr'rn caatt' y, that ih.- t l'lb h .' . ip ; .",'.. ei on the I arl'utr ot D., k u ti bein f, - up. on I (o vvtently oppotd the jut tenser oj I 2)0,000 12 ?,ooo,oo.. a 2 f 0.000 6 1,500,000 3 5),000 2,Co6,ofto 4 5oo,ro 3 1, $00,000 5 500,0-0 2 1,000,000 6 5 0,000 1 500,000 Total, 3,500,000 per. livrei 10,000,00 The average rate of thole patriotic gifts ii 4 hvres a head, llut cf Mr. I nfri trip'e tax i 240 livres. The weakefi part of the Enghfh d m -nions it England llfelf I; i!-rhl'id.f. Scttll to lind 100,000 men in Eng'and ban to feud ten thoufai.d to the Ealt Indies TrtxjpsTent to InHia mutl beemharked on b ur J tranfp.irts of two or three bun dred tors burden each, and fh p ot th 'ic mufl be emloved or tluir convoy. n Englifh fq iadron may block up th. parti iii which I jrh an expedition ii pre paring ; am! if, by any change of wind ine tranfport Ihoyld he maided to fad, the Eogl ti Iq ladrcn ceo'd alfo avjil u fell of .he advantage of this wind and fallow t'lr conv ff : As the voyage laion? 11 is pdhjic tue wight overuka our fleet. LONDON, December 18. The whole of the Venenan fleet, in tlKe "ervice of the French, conlills t mohiOic 1 ban nine flnps or the line ot 64 pins, 12 M il lies of 32 guns, 1 2 "corvette and 1 3 'allies. January 2. Difpatchei of lo recent date as the 25th ult. wereyeiierday received from General O'Hara, -Governor of Gibraltar. The t:e information that the Spaniards bad Iththawn from the camp ot St. Roche, appears premature. The troops are how. fver in an inactive Mate, and feemingly have no plan of hollile co-operation. 'The Spanifh gun-boats very much annoyed the r nnlilh vcflclson entering the bay, and '.Ithoub there was much vigilance and 1 I ' ion on the part of the enemy, ye: the Britifh intereft bad nctfufTered matcriallv. It is underllood that government has Irtpt mined to abandon the whole of our precious conquelts in the 1(1. in. I cf Saiot Llomingo. I he 17 b, 40th, 56th, 66th", ml oyih regiment, winch lormed the niiiripal part of our imliiary ellablifh meiu in that ill tnd, are now ou their re rurn to bngbind; ; DUBLIN, December 15. Letters received in town yclterday from Coik county, Hate, thvc between one nut two hundred Hand of arms (of French n.in nt.u tin e) with a large quantity of ball rami Ige, hail been discovered and taken 'ty the military in the uc ighbourtiood ol Intokillv 1 the at ms aie fuppofed to have c cn brourht to the Southern Coait by a netttral eil;l, arhkh l uely arrived there, nd was at tlie time fofpetilad ol claudef ine iiitercourie with fume ot the inhabit- Olt. We are told that the milinry forces. if all ilnn innatio ill, in Ireland, are to eucreaied to 160,000. men, a much eater, number than ever were known in his kingdom, cither dmiug the civil wars, or in the war of William III. This lOgOttntatiOfl Hal ijiven ground to variou pecu'.iiiotn. If it is intended to Ruai l igainft anv invafion of our enemies, large no" red mull ih.it force,, be that can need b nomberi to fepaJ it, and more indeed ihan it can be iinaguied the French ca en! over to attempt a liinding, or can be opnolert to elcane the (ibt ot our nume pofitipn, the Bantry Bay bafn efs lafl Chril a as has (tewi4 ihat a number of ci - 11 itaiices totally unforelcen may occur o-f inner that potilbJe. Tiie firlt 1.1 aces of n Handing army, re ulaily paid and pi ovhfed, are to be lotind iii Ireland vheieT4iuin the frequent in enal coimnotions of i-he natives, it b'e- viine l eeeilary for the Ki.ghlh to eltab-. iifh a nii irary force. This varied accoul ng to the exigencies of the tinus, and. eldoin exceeded 8c horie and ;co archerk, In the year 4535, in the reign of Henry VIII. tlie Handing forces in theime of peace, coniiHed of 3P0 horfe, inchi'-. mounted archers, and 166 foot. In Qbeeis Marty's time ihcy. Were iiicreafee! lo I200 lire petee e&jblimment of lit?.:. din the reign of Ojieei'i Elizabeth was fioin 1 sco to" seed men, and contfnueWTlWjame till the reign of Chailes 1. w hen lot d Strafe ford railed near 6oco. inen. In 184, the Iiifli cllabliflnnent was augmented to 7000 and in 1746 to 12000 at. : Vvhich ii llood till the army was augmented tinder lord Townfentl to 15,000 What is the num ler now and w hat will it fhortly be ? SALEM, March t6. Latcftfroin Fiance. Captain James Hay, of the Ichooner Violent, arrived at Gloueefler, f)i 1 nef- day night, tVorti Rochelle, whici, he left heath ot r ebruary. So Shoita paf "age, from a country which alpires to vu vi m even the Fates themlelves, we hon ed would have afforded fbmething to ?iav tuy tire loiicituue ot an expecttttg pt biir, tit on appUcatitm to trptain Hay, vte were difuppointed to find that he did mc nog a lingie paper the Utile Verbal i.loiina'ion vbith he jjathered in the in-" ercoiiifeoi bnfinefs, he politely commu-diai-ejt-, and it is nc.iily as fftMatltt That h K 1 e : . c 1 1 gatm mailt expulled the u:t 11 ( It rt lrt'tn ent acamlt the Antriran i.rt. vein 11 et.t, acciifing ilumof heint; a party With KnghUul a caii H Fiance '1 bapt w,,s xpecieel out neglecieel Envoys would ie in . honrw "... tl ii j :. 3 loi'cr yon'tin.n;-.nce there w a l.ni lt!s 1 hat the u pa ration -for the invasion 61 Lngbud rs v :oi oi.liy continv.eel j evtiy r:tnch vt ll'-l v as m a ; e ot 1 4 qti.lt; ion, ai d lois were cm f'ai th nufUd for thr ftr- vice That Knilatul, Scotlaml, anil lie- and vete declared in a Hate ol fieje, And ill neutrals bound t or tiom ibele cpon tries vei e; ful jec'ts of captuie and tbnrltm nation; &c that ii was a common feist 111 tnt among the cuthtifiallic popul ce-, that fiance was to uive law to the l'ii:verfi-. But notwithllajidinij appearar rs, there wetethofc who believed the proied of an invafion was a mere pretext tor raifi contributions. The tuxes had become r- norn ous, the n erebnnts aim othe rs v r very uneaf'v, and wifhed a new ordei of things, ami even the privateei f men would frcejiientfy cutfethe republic Buonapmie was (aid to be Hill at Paris, and ioo.cra troops devoted 10 hint, in its environs. A report was in circulation (whether ir He lmed any ct edit capt.H. could notairer tain) that a milm.do Handing badafilers between the cm aueror ot baly and the tx. ecutive Direc'tory , ir ronienoence ot the former bating ptopofeu a new moelifica- tiou of the govermnnit, one fcaiute in which was, that inHead otfive Dnec'tors, the Executive power mould be veiled in ONE MAN. ' i :.. ,'V Capt. Hav funher informs, thar tl e 'h:p John and Hichaid of Philadelphia, from the Ifte of Fiance for Hanibnru, had been captured ami carried into Ro ctiell, wheie the caro was taken out, ihe ihip Hiipped, and be fuppoled Hie would be roinUinnetl. t& NOTICE. THOSE who have any demands i gainll Mr. John Barclay, are re quested, in hisableuce, to apply f rpay ment to POTTS 6 GIBBb. Wilmtngton, April a. 66 THE fubferibers take this method of informing their friends, that they have commenced bufinefs under the firm of W 1 LLK1NGS 6 SCO I T ; and have on hand a general Aflortment of Goods, fttitable for the enfuing feafnn, which they will fell low for Cafh only, as they are determined not to open any accounts. M. H. WIl.LKINGb. JOHN scon. April 4 I'm, lis fi m 1 i i 7 1 1 1 1, tout fqciadront. Yet, as to the l dt fup I 1 A
The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 12, 1798, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75