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vtV;-:. ..y i;,.v', . . - . liJ . .- v.. v.. - , . K ' - V ', . --.''v:-'.'S '' - - ' I C y. yr- -v: ' v X 11 :: ' , !-;:.;. W.-tv " v;,j. $ . -. f I'" , . ...1..:,..... ' I m. BE ftancMb'ff at thiV hour their diftrraced heads with all their ojd impudence aadforoe new hopes JLtte ttepa,. have emboldened them to creep out or trie mire 01 con tempt, to lie id watt for weak fcderalida. il Thefe hintl wilNot feenji dark, tfemaj reajlera..-. rTo thofewhoiinrftand urge that the daty of all ood'Tederatlfti ts to the good ftdtrdTcauft. " Men and "mag itf rates' art entiled, to ref pecV attachment and fupportj n .they 'promote that caule." The weafrh, learning and virtue ofUheVation,'. "aire &oflf happily ajte4 in it fuoport : and while the" ineafures of the goferament'ohtam ihtir approbation, wilt n7$yaili ebmnrertp but pf the : -"riaW" awlf iiaaViaiflry. Ao'wli -be" Ai-ta,- jriia to rttbtCt thit'&ifi :nun will give their cwfidenet .agaiatt their jgagtetti, or that goo J mem will think them- J Jetves bound, to .popetaie actively iajTPrji,jwwr that tegd. 'ify$sflp rew1fcmee, and to bring the 4aSvejobidiecei', and iVV in filence awf ilmoff'ih ,' the (or mjaWc ttd perhaps fatal effeUt which loo; mucn prtajfamh mj rjwyupqe. NoMorm iional tone. when bur country ii affronted and wronged, - aaihe acoiin$Ther iaate fecn an wfource buV lattery ; rd prafen -again ft the hoftilltiei r6f France, Of defence they could .oVhaie toV littfei nor of aego- tteme, andmuft je rtfeota. Britain act erthelefa con; jrojo our fliipt, : France capture them; 'France mull - : be bo - foveaoottf!bhed.ritaui 1iai no excufej'and.tjur re lenuatfliihould hae no delar , ab bounds, no vnld-' la ' : 1MB GOMfaiT.:'-.. Civ- ? : ' v' '. i ;: . V ' ,V ' " ,Th jaepbioa atfeAlo claim'Bntilh friedlhip:and eood will ai i rkht, while they hunt atvd peifccute any mart who, dota hot cormder Hatred ot tnamaiioa as a i ,Y4 "RfMnM their ihoald exoeft lore atd kihilm fa f bju j 9 . ja w- , a q The cffe& of ourflowncf, timidity 6f M Foreign Intelligence via New-York. , the-Wingaw from Bombay, 'we-' hkve ' received he 'J Bombay Coutier to i eth June, which contain he , IMPORTANT-INTELLIGENCE OFTHE. TAKING or SERING&PATAM ar STORM, hy the Englifb. in "which Ti'ddoo Saih was killed, hiaTwhoIe family made priioners, andThta immenfc1 ' treafurea uteir .:"; f;.' v ' J:''. 'I ' j "t From tbt ' Madras Gazette. r General Orders by Government. . ' Vrt Str George t I 'lth May, 1 799 .--The right honorable rhe" governor general in Coun fJ, hiriag ihU df reccired fr&n tbt commander in Tthfef of ihe allied art thf fieldnhe official detail f the glori(kj and decilSvrwftory. obtained atCeiing- pafim on unccre congraiowuon xo jnc comraanoer ro cirici nu w( all the officers and men - compofirtg the gallant army whicfo achieved the fturf of the CAaliAjhi&on that faemora'ble day. - j - ; ;;' ' "tflfrlofdmrp 'vie Wf with-anritioV-retianTumite judgment with which xhc affault wasplanned.jTiVqiial ea raptaity, animation, ana ikui wiui which it wt pocriff initfi'ffing'Fi InejeTaaoffail tft difctedit-Ame ''.fnM A Our nation will be thouem to want ftnfe, or fpintor lincenty.' - A n open w r wit h VrAnre wniild orcrent a civil war. Faction , waits the favorable moment to begin it, and tdVget Ficuch.af- jfiftan.to; tatry u on. v('Wirtmcfrigaten$, we learn, expected Jhort cavfc, the eftablilhed characet'of the army had inTpir ed an early con fidence, that the war in whic.li we were engaged, woutf he -brought ?b a fpeedy, profperous, and honorable iffue, : ; , ' ' ' '" But theeventa of the 4th )fMa, While they have (urpaded even the fanguine expedationi of the' govern or general in cburjcil, nave; raiftd the reputation of the Brici.fl arms uii'Jn3ia7toa glo 4-y, unrivalled in tneMitary nittory or tnia quarter 01 jtheilbbeand frldoo approached world.,: :. -''-Vt C' ;-' ; :Thl l(ire cf this vidbryxan "ba equalled "otily'by the fnbftantial advantages whichlt prpmift's to eflablifh, by ttfioiinjj the peace and faftty of the Britllh pdflcf Ijidna" fir India, otf a durable foundation f genume'fe curity. ;.' : V-'.' ,i :rr:y Xl'e goternor general in ctilehdflitlrpfler fatiVaftioa and .grattttde' that in tliii arduous crhla,, 'thtp'irjt'lhdexei'tion of our Indian army, have kept I pace with thofe of our conntrytnen'at home, sad that in l-oata, as in -curope, vjrreai tnuam nas iouna, in the malevolent defigns -dj her nenric, an'incrcafiog fource of her profpcrity, fame aud poweV. By cde'ff-tn XONPN O ET.IX J2XTR AO RD IN A R Y . ; ". ;,; Downing jlrert, September 16. ; . .A dispatch, of wliich the; follawwg is a cpf this . . morning teceived from KcuUaaat general Sir Ralph AIttmKeTX. BTai the office of the right hon.T Henry Dundas, oae of hia MajcOy's jSnncipal Secret J Havintr fuilr coafidctid ahepofuto which the Bn- tifti troops haAoccupiedpD iheVlft inftant, and hafing ' in view the certainty of fpeedy apd pawertl reinforce- tnents, detfrmiaca.to remain uiuu inc ou me ac-. From tb infarhiation'j which we had receiv d, we. . -wercappmcd of the eoenay' intention to attack us, ' Iund we were.daily improving ihc advantages of our 15. "" tuation: v ; , - ' 'T,V'- ..-''- ' ; " j - Ycfterday iryornirig, at day bri ak, the enemy com snencedan attack oa our centre and right, trom St. Jartin'a to Pttep, ia three columns, and apparently .' with their whole force. . ybe column of the right.xosapfed of Dutch troops, under the command of gen. pandacls dircAed ;its at ; Ht?ck on tlie .viUage of St. Mattiu's. Tb&ciatt7otomn of the ene.my', junder the' orders 8 $ ganetal de Moncean, lfwif.pofifd ' of Dutch j trdops, inarched to Cf abbendara and Zyper Sfaya , ; TlK left column thenemyr cotnpofed of French, , Sf't6tti itCelf on the pofition 6pQplemajor;' gen'' iel Biirrsrd, commanding the fecond brigide of guards. The enemy advaHced, particularly on tneii ictt anc 'III! the k AL E I G OVEMBER 'l9. Ou Friday lalt Col. Benjamin WiLttAM?, of this crtyf - was eleaed'.(vovcrnoroflUiia--Aate-fbOhenru iOyeaf'hy the General AflVmbly.;. and on Friday lalt, in the prefence .of both Houfes of the Legtfla ture, lie t)c'the4iecffajf t lodge 5: Boylau were chofen Public PHnters to the late by joint ballot, on Saturday laft. The following is a (late of the votes: Ifoge $c Bpan N37, JoiepJi Gales 36, and Allmand Hall I7v- .. Yeltcrday the bill for the divifion of Wilkes, 'Wis pa.tTed in the Houfe of yCbmnlorjs, on the frcond tead i'gi by 'a majority "'of one "vote.. Yellerdar-Col. Sam'utl Beatofi; ot;ttilifeorbQffh. was chofcn brigadier Genera!' 6f the tnfi i brigade, vice Urn.( Moore, reiigneu. james miner was cnoien cn padier General of the ibth brigade,.. oice .''Gen . Dick Ton, rcfigricd. No choice :for 'A Brigadier of the, 5th brigade, vice Gen. Brickcll, placed on ike federal efta blHhmeHt, was made : ori counting the votes, there appeared for Col. Hawkins fri, for Col. Wra. Willie ams, of fartin, 51, and for CoK Ingles 40. Y(lerday a bill for eflabKhiiig a court of errors and appeals, was introduced in the Senate by Mr. S. John - . . . .... .. ' . , . o . lton. ot Martin, it conftmplates dividing tne lut courts into tour nam , centre, with great intrepidity, and penetrated wr -the icada of tlieit columns to within 100 yards of tl T po(l occupied by the Britifti tfoops. They wererOHt;, . ever, every wnere Tepuiiea, owmj; 10 iuc intui.oi . "Vour pofition, and th determined cOuragef the troops. Abt tn ' VWck. Ur(i toward Alk- " rnaar, leaving behind them many dead and-fome wound. t$ men, , witl one precCi "of cannon, a numberof wag. , gohs,. pontoons,' and portable bridges. Col. MDo . t nald with the referve.. purfucdrt'ht ni for fome time, and ,' quickened their retreat, 1 .. . , i is impoffible foi; me to do full juftice'to the good i condnaof thetroops.- ; ; ; - V. ;,. tTfcwo brigade! of guards repulfed with great vi. " our ibt colnma of the French which had advanced X$'-. ta attaik them, and where the (laughter of the enemy . ' - iraa griax'J : -; . . '.". ', ; " ' ' -.;it is difficult to ftate with any precifion, the lpfs 'of tbet e.temy but itxsnnot be computed at leff than Zoo or i000Tmen ; ana on our uac 11 auci uv cxcccu, ia i Kilted. WOUHUCa ltuciiUNV, uu mivi uaimiuuiui i. " i ..,. erior r 1 . iffs, and a nncie juocc to premie v . . i . 1 . - ----- - . . T T f-i -.. -.. m each three Judges to bold the cdnrt of errors and appeah, neither of whor'lhaR fit on the caufes deter-; mined h either of nhem refpedively taihe court be.:. row. .. , . , . . - ihafi he iranfmitted herewith" 1 have the honor to btt JSctj ' LEGISLATURE ", House of Commons, November" 20, 1799. :.;:rlo$n- Rl! Eaton. Efq Prirate ecretary to his Ex cellency ,Vvm. R. Daie, Efq. laid before the houfe a menage frumihis EiccJtency the Goyernor, accompa; nicii by the report of the Commjutoners appoiHted to enquire into 'the frauds jfuggelted to have been co. iniued imHhe Seem :eommumcationlu . .:;r"rr, -.,. It being faggefted to the houfe by Kfr. Bentqatht many perfpns, inhabitants Of this ftate, are implicated I and charged with' having been guilty in committing' whole of thVpapera ihold be committed to a jconfi dtntial committee f and thai fuch, committee fiiouh) jeport' the. propriety of propriety xf their being pub lidf ifatat Jeadl than in tie. firft4tiflance pub. Kclyi: 'mTght beVmc$aa f conveying information to fome pf' the gniky, Who : Whereupon tpe tollowtng . meflage was brdertd to be trs, appointed at the laft Gefteial AflVmbly, to iiiveEl gate furUicr Uva frauds. commMtted in the Secret ary't ., office and that of Johu Ai mflrong ; and ' this-' houfe being of opinion that thefe reports contain ' matter wlichequires the ricltftiA pofe. that the Gocrnoi Vrneffge, together with the reports, be referred to, a joint confidential cpnlmitteej (hould you cojicur, hiee g"entlemen,'to be balloted for . By this houfe,1 will a& vvitii thofc gentlemen you may appoint"-'. . t X " THtJRSDAy, November i."' The followiag meffages ' from his Excellency "the . 'Go vVrabr wet e 1 tii 1 "' ------r-f-r'v--- T iit ((wmra&&, tic; Gcral J$m&r vf tire fate of tfary to the French republic, in conjunction with Oli' ver Ellfworth, Cii?f-Juflice'Of the United States, and Mr. Vans Murray, Minifttr ; at the Hague, for'tKe. putpofe of diTcu.ng;a verf.es between the United States Sc France lthouj hi it myduty.to accept the appoin tmcnt, if a''negbc:i4-. -: tion, ftould tike place, on afiurances that Wonfd fcctire the honour, jut ere lis and dignity of the Unked btti ei. 1 Thprobabiiitytl) tAe French government and this country wWaJd dbonj . break out fn open var, j Sn feiifiMe'wali kmbiig' the principal c,3ufes which iudccd feltew'ettiiVrif to appoint me to the eaercife'of 'the executiye'poWetiiof the ftate, witli a view that aj y knowledge or4ejMm ncc i had acquired in military affairs, might be tttore idime'diately ,aad' r'atenfiydyfefnlTgKe oran'iayafi : on-fey the armiea of France. 'Under 'this iaipreflioo T mould not hatfc contldeted rrryiclf at liberty Lid havc accepted any appointment incoufiflciit with the ohjedi pf the Gentral AlTcmbly.in my eledtioW'to the oeffice of Goveinor of hcftatCt-b fed mc.to believe, that I cduld not promote theie viaws more effentially, or render mycountty a more frrior tant or accepfuble fcrvlce, than" by uniting my effbrts to a minon, Y;hich"haU -for ilsjiibjecl the'prtventio'n of war, and an amicable adjnllment of "all differeaT'be jemihcJJoilejJtaieo ' . The ftate of the bufinefs committed to my fupe r-fr- - i. k. ABERCROMBY, Honourable Hn7; Pundas . -" c'r ; Mr Speaker Eaton, Private Secretary to, his late Excellency GoeyBOr ' X)avie haying Iaid btfore, the houfe if omrnoni ferfi iwm the CommUfiob-" before you ii. feparate meflages, fo as to be morij ea fil y ca pable of did in ft 'reference s, flrould y ot-. leem fuch meaferc nece'fliry. ? ' r. . .. . No. i. ... .' v . "Gentlemen, . -Bafil Gaither-and Sain Efqeirea two of the CbffifTiiffimieT " of completing the in veftigatidn of the frauds-fugpeit-ed to have been committed, in the Secretary" ofii cr, and that of the lat John Armtlrong, met on the3., of March, and entered upon that part of the bttOtidi, whiclrrchted to th fficeiyandonW?!1 ofjn.iic delivered the rt pai tqT" me marked A, cdnUtnitig feparate viewa ofrth moft" pi omineirt frauds committed in that office. ' u: v Thefe gcivtUfnt-n-cdntrnued their inveftigation witk unwearied diligcnce-tmril the 28th of June, whe1 I received fjom then the general teport, marked the refult of a carefal and accurate examination of that exit nfive and complicated fcene of iniquity and ftaud perpetrated rn the department of the SecoeUry of the State. ' ' '.. " ' ' , The report accompanying-thefe, thaiked C,'con. tains a clafification of 'the frauds committed ill ob taining duplicate grants. . V 1 beg leave to refer the General Aflerablir to thefe fevcral reports,'. in whioh 'thefe trania&iont arc detail ed n a brief but perfpicuousaod roafterly manner, and while the citizen may lament , that crimes fd diftionour able to the reputation of his country are been com mitted within ivhe may cheriftt fome hope that the charadtr of the ftate will be vindicated by the Ener gy xf the laws, and the able and faithful inveftigation which has. now been complete, under the dirr&ioa of the leg ifhtu re. ' ; - ''.'-'' "' - '. .. -' The original reports are lodgediwith ! the as vers and v documents to which they refer in the ofEre of the .Se cretary. the State. Thofe which I have the lionpur to lubmit to vou arc -certified bvhim. as the officer - under whofe keeping they have heeu placed. . . .; . No. 3." .- y ' Gentlemen, . ' ." ;---- ----- "- '; -,- ..,''' IN purfuance of the refolutiori of the laie Gene ral Aflembly, 1 appointed. General John Willis. and I'rancis Locke, Ekrut es." Arents; .for the ouroofe of procuring from the Governor of -.'the ftate'bf -Tinpef. fee, the books of Martin Armftrong's office, latelr kept at Naflivilfe, ana whilh had unfortunately been pilt.itito his pofletfion in the month of januai y, f 79S. My Jettcr to the Executive of lenneQee, and in- ftruclioos to the agents, together with a copy of their" report, the original "being tiled with the Secretary pf State, ate herewith enclofed ; the. piWeedirigs which had taken place upon this tmfintfs, under the rTcfof u ... tiop of uhe General Affembly of 1797 ; the manncria , which the bboks of this office, happeitcd to be placed in ht power of the officers ot the government of Ten -neflec ; their refufl to deliver them on the applicaw. t oh of his Excellency Governor Aihe, and the reafont .. they were plealedho alledge in iutlificatiort oflfoch coai2i: iluiSilUppcajuuuhejQnrnaIsa giflature. ' It appears that Gjvernor Sevier adhere4 to the re- lolution of fetatomg the original booka, upon which 1
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