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SATURDAY.
_ 1800.
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AMERICAN CONGRESS, | .*-
TUESDAY, Decemper 10, \
TLE hour having -arrived- which’.
+ Prefident appointed,’ Mr. “Speaxen,
attended by the members present, procec-
-ded/to the Prefident’s house e Present t him
speech ‘on
the opening of the present schon. and hav
sing returned the Prefident’s’ reply thereto
_ was read as follows: ,
. Geatlemte of the House of Representatives
representatives of the people of the Uni-
ted! States,* at their ‘first affembly of the
fresh cle€tion, under the ftrong impreffion
of:the public’ opinion “and national sense,
at this interefing and. fingular crifis of our
public. affairs, has excited: my senfibility
and: receives: my fincere and grateful ac-
Knowledgements.
of As long: as we can 1 maintain «with har-
moiy and affection the honor of ‘our coun-
try, confitently :with its peace, externally
and internally, while that is attainable, or
in war, when that becomes neceflary,—as-"
serts. its real. independence and sovereign-
ty, and support the constitutional “energies
and dignity: of its government—we may be
perfeétly sure ‘under:the smiles of Divine
Providence, that we fhall effectually pro-|
more and extend our national interefts and
happiness. ;
The applause of the Senate and House
of Representatives, so juftly beftowed up-
on: the volunteers and militia, for their zeal-
‘ous and active co-operation with the judi-
cial“ power, which has reftored order and
submiflion toi the laws, as’ it comes ‘With
peculiar weight from the Legislature, can-
‘not fail ave an extensive and-perma-
nent effect, for the support of government
upon’all, those! ingenuous minds, who re-
ceive ‘delight .from the approWng wand a
“imating voice of their. country,
of .JOHN ADAMS. f
United States, 2
Dec.'10, 1799. uf
d then the House - sions
GrFow iorning,y. 11 0% meee
» Mr.'Jofiah Parker and Mr Robert Page,
“fom Virginia, appeared on Monday, were
qualified and took their seats,
».Mrv Speaker, on’. Monday» Jaid - before
the House; a letter from’ the Secretary: of
the Treasury, ‘inclofing a Alatement ‘Of his
accounts for ‘the year: 99. tdered to he
on thetabless2 &) «2
" Mellis. Harper, Griswold, Ouis; ‘Gale
Jahan. :Powell, ‘John Brown, Stoné,’ Nott
and. Platt, were appointed a Manding com-
| mittee of Ways and Means: ’
! Mefirs,» Harper, ' C. “Goodrich, Bayard,
Marfhall.: and Sewall, were appointed a
committee, in pursuance of a‘ resolution
pafled on Monday, ‘relative to> the revifion
and amendment of the he judiciary system.
ees
“This day at 12 o'clock, the. Senate. in a
_ body. waited on the .Prefident. of the
“United States with the’ following. ad-
ress, in answer to his: speech to, both
Touses
‘TO THE
PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
UACCEPT, Sir,’ the respeétful dcknowl-
edgements. of the Senate of the” United
States, for: your speech. delivered’ to both
Houses of Congress at the opening of the
Present seffion. rae
le we ‘tevoutly j join you’ in offering
our thanks to Almighty God for the re-
turn of health “to. our. cities, and for the
general prosperity of our country ; we can-
not ‘refrain from lamenting’ that the ‘arts
and calumnies of ’fadtious. and ‘defignin:
men, have excited open rebellion'a second
time in’ Pennsylvania, and ‘thereby com-
pelled the employment of @ military ‘force
to aid the civil authority in the execution,
of the laws.’ We rejoice’ that your vigi-
lence, energy ‘and’ well’ timed- exertions,
have -cruthed so daring ‘an’ oppofition, and
\ prevented the spreading of such’ treasona-
\, ble combinations... The promptitude and
zeal displayed by the troops called to sep:
| ‘press this-insurre@tion’ deserves our hig
} est commendation and ‘praise, and affords &
| pleafing ‘proof: of the « spirit and* ‘alacrity
with which our fellow citizens are ready to
maintain the authority of our excellent Boy:
ernment, | -
J satis isfactory: explanations, and th at
“ates Will? Aen BO" To!
Knowing’. as ‘we do,” that : the - United
liberal execution of the treaty of amity,
the progress of adjuftment has been inter-
rupted by. a difference: of opine among
the. commiflioners.. » however,
that the juftice, the moderation, and the
obvious intereft of both Parties will lead to
Srward to
close’ of all the.
between the two countries. . We are fully
“persuaded that ‘the Legiflatute of the Uni-
ted States * will cheerful ully enable you to
realize “your insurances’ of performing ‘on
our part, all engagements with » Punduality
and the moft scrupulous B00
‘When we reflec upon’ the “Tate ‘uncer-
‘tainty of ‘the result of the late miffion to
France ; and upon the uncommon nature,
extent, and aspeét of the war now raging
in Europe } which affeéts materially our re-
lations with the powers at war, and which
has’ changed the condition of thesé colo-
nies our neighborhood, we are of opinion
with you, that it would be neither wise. or
safe to relax: our’ measures of defence or
to leffen’ any ‘of our preparativus to repel
asgrelfion..
tiries and attention ‘should be
carefully ‘diredted to the’ various other im-
portant subjeés which’ you have recom-
mended to ‘our, confideration; ‘and from
our experience of your paft adminiftration
we anticipate with the higheft confidence
your ftrenuous co-operation in all measures
which have a tendency to promote and ex-
tend our national interef and happiness.
‘To which the Pref made the Following
Gentlemen | ” vibe Senate ~
I thank you for this address. © “YT with
you all pofible success and satisfagtion i in
our’ deliberations on™ the meansyef yhi
have # tendency. to rs ‘ormote . aa
our national. intereft an:
assure you that in a
ed to those great objeé:
you ,may, at all
times rely with the figheh confidence on
my cordial co-operation.
The praise of the Senate so judictously
conferred on -the’ promptitude and zeal of
the troops, cailed to suppress the ‘insurrec-
tion, as it falls from so high’ au thority,
muft make'a deep impreflion, both a
terror ‘to’ the ‘disobedient and an’ encour.
agement to auch a8 do well.
‘JOHN ADAMS. if
United States,
Dec. 10,°1799.
NEW YORK, December. 23.
ar By the arrival of the ‘Factor ‘from Fab
mouth ice are put in possession of London pa
». pers: to the 20th of October, inclusive; from
‘which we make the s fellesoing selections:
» LONDON, 08:48.-288 °°
“WE learn’ front private letters, that the
accounts brought by the Inspector floop of
wat, and which we stated ‘some’ days_ago
ment had ‘taken’ place.
on the’ roth; “attacked ii
wing of the Britith foré
vanced pot near Winkle, under the’ ¢oni-
mand of. Prince William of Gloucefter, with’
Daendals,
. ry) exertil
force his poh.’ ‘To ref this formidable
attack, his highness had onl, 1109 men,
chiety confilting of the 35th regiment ‘and
2 pieces of cannon’ with which. he forced
the Dutch general to retreat, | with the loss
of one French general ai and200 men killed.
At the moment 9 this. victory, we, have.
to lament ‘that’ his Highness secing ‘a body
‘of 4000 ‘Dutch’ trdops’ rapidly ; advancing
upon his left to support Daendals, he was
under the. necessity of falling back to Col-
horn, where the “troops ‘remained all night
on their arms, and the whole of the day
following in fight of the enemy, without
his attempting any, farther. attack...) His
highness uw spo | this occasion lott only ‘one
man kille ‘nine wounded,” During
this aion he had his horse. fhot under him
>)
ble!
differences and! demands | cep
were'so’ "far founded, that’a- partia erigage= |
but himself, received Ro injuty, although
exposed tothe greatett . parsonal, danger
attack, it is’ impossible to beRow too, muc
praise.
lat arr’ morhing, , It brings ac-
: . vents. which) tek place in
ine Satter end of Sept. ex-
Fomly those. which relate fo Naethal
Suvfarrow of which’ we have no positive
The Arch Duke, it appears,
apidly advancing to repair the evils
had been occasioned by his ab-
His force we know, by private let-
he whs_at Schaffhausen. on the, 2d.
was the same day at Stoach.
be allgwed, more than sufficient ~ secure
that part of Germany from all danger.
the Tne, at Maffena, thus confirme:
Paper (went to press
English account of the b battle of ZURICH.
“ORdber 20th. ~
From'the Loxpon Gazerre.
Powning- Rreet, O8. 195-4799. '5
fe
a cory
rom }Ljeutenant ; Colonel . Ramsay | and
Lieutgqnant Colonel H..; Clinton, by the
Right\Hon. Lord Greenville,: his Majes-
ty?s principal Secretary of. State for the
Forcich Department.
Extractof a Dispatch Roa ieee
Colonel ‘Ramsay to Lord Greenville; da-
ted Head-Quarters Shefhausen, Sp
» tember 30. a
My Lord,
Tris with extreme concern I inform your
Lordship, that an attack has been made on,
the ‘allied army, the resale of, which has
been favorable to the enemy,
bined ‘operations of the. A
your Lordship is already informed, were
intended io have’.taken place on the 26th,
and 27:hj “ad fix battalions-of the army
commanded by General Korzakolf, were
detached ‘to Uznach on, the. 37th, for the
purpose of j increasing the force degined to
act on that quarter... The enemy, who,was’
nd doubt, appris ed of this circumance, ats
tacked the Russian army ‘on the,25thy ata
very early hour in the thorning, a brisk
attack ‘of rufkerry , was heard .on; our Jeff,
in. the neighbor thood :of,, Wallishosep, -ac;
companied by a sannonade, on our; right,
whieh, appeared tg,proceed. from, the.neig!
borhgod of Badens, ‘The attack on. 01
was; mefely. intended for the, parpg
rawing the attention from the, trug
and, the ehemy pafled the, Limmar in
force, in, the. eighbatheod ii
bety ween Farich acd, Bader
the
«Mark hedand D Dasiwlt pe
| potted berween We elnergen and the.Rhing ;
and ater, caying, a: corps.for.the, purpose
of. obsarvitg, and. atjacking ‘them ‘the; ey; a=
ended, she Limmat, towards! Zurich. ;
mept of draggons, ,
quence ‘of the, detac nts
drawn.to the left,” ¢ the ‘only force tems
ing in that. p art. hgre| the’ paffage as, ef-,
fected, ‘the ene adygnced, and a
inthe neighbortiped af Zurich betorg the
experienced any reliance. ‘of. consequence s
the plaig in fron ich. between..the
Limmar and the eights: which, sanning
parallel to the bimesr, form.a contin
tion of the Altra. 9. the Nv Wek, being
occupied ut th time by acling) of
their infantry and "aval » who with a
very ‘ndmerous vain’ * of lavtellcty attacked
with groat i
tthe, troops, in, frout of,
nted their’ ante to
ington. which the great ef,
oy were directed, ‘
nd
4 Rheinech, where “it is seeped he has “al-
| ready paffe
ere.’ At presence ‘the Fiéld Marfial’s fituation will ©
be gendered very <critical, if timely notice *
the “re?
sorry ‘to! inform ‘+
Aj-your-'Lordthip,s that: ‘from the” ‘Feparts © rv:
eing < jn! conses have “received, there is réason”“to* appre-
hat. | hend that: the! Swiss'tegiments of Bachman *
* At‘a jate..héur in’ the forenoon some~
States are fincerely -anxious for a fair and | under “a héavy ‘fire, being frequently in | reinforcements arrived ‘on this fide of the
the front of the line, animating by bis ex-| Limmar, but - the - enemy | were
commerce and navigation entered into with | ample the exertions of’ his troops, upon | masters: of , some
Great Britains we learn with ‘egret, that } which’ on this and, every” other. occafion } which command ‘the ‘town 3 and motwich+"
where the’ British arms are brought into flanding -the - bravery “ displayed bygthe
already
of the principal : heights’
Rabans in their repeated: attacks; the: su-’
rity in point of force and pofition on’
per
The Himtigh mail due ‘on, Sunday the ‘nde of the’ French ‘rendered it” impof-”,
{ made ‘themselves masters
rich® Berg :and »nearly’ surrounded ethe
town, The attack--on-the
General Horze: had_ terminate:
favor’ of the Austrians; but
was unfortunately: killed at the :commence-
ment of the action «nd: gen. Petrasch' who
fo consift. of 26090 men, with which | succeeded to: the commandi of -‘the army“
The | having -resolved , in : consequence
army \of Conde consisting of 6000 men | loss he had -suftained, to
of the
avoid the attack
which, he expected ‘the text ‘morning, re-*
i¢ forces joined to the Bavarians and { treated. inthe night from Uznach, ¢ ‘The:
to thei corps of Gen. Korsakow, are it must | fituation of the
ifian’ army was: thus
rendered ftill more critical, became’
absolutely ‘ neceffary = ‘to abandon Zurich,
We rjoice at seeing the conjectures which | and - the - pofition. in that: neighborhood :
we have from the first instance averred, | without delay.
respecting the probable consequences of ing the retreat took place, and the’ whole’
On the 26th in the morn:
The Hamburgh mail which became due | neighborhood of Eglisan and SchaiThausen
on Wednesdry, had, not, arrived when this | without experiencing ‘any Toss of» conse-
quence during their march, We have’ to
ret the loss.of between: two' and three
thousand killed, wounded + and ~ miffing ; -***
and ten pieces of cannon have, with a part’
¢ baggage, fallen into ‘the hands -of-
the enemy, A_nearly~. equal number of
French . cannon were “taken by the Ruf +
fians, but the’ want of horses,- ye pre:
Dispatches, of which the following are‘ vented them | from taking away: their own,
and .extraéts, have -been received | was thecause’ of their being also obliged
to ‘leave these. army -under ‘the
command of General: Korsakof %,at pre- °!
sent pofted with :its right sto Egifin, and
its left’ to the Lake of ~Con' ya
+ juft arrived — from Field “Marthe!
the Mount Saint Gothard, gnd_ is. at pres-
\
1,
nt, advancing. towards J Alledort, end
Schweita, Co
T have the honor to be, & Ce
Gian’) JOUN RAMSAY. .
Extract ‘of a “dispatch froth “Lieutenant.
Colonel Ramsay:to Lord Greenville,»
dated Head-Quarters, Schaffhausen.”
"September 3 Opa “
‘Your Lorditip. has atrealy, no aout
received cecounney through France, ofthe’ *
calamities which: have befallen’ us in this’
country, ‘in -which“out! loffes favé moft™
probably - been’ exaggerated to‘a’ great “de-
gree. "Aware ‘of this I would if pokole”
ve gent *yout, Yordship: an: eatlier™ act
count j but. it was impoflible” forme’ to,
give a corre@*flatetnent of the* real |. ftate
pearance’ When’ ane army" "Arse arrived here
than at presents:
Gen, Petrasch has: rented tr
different <pofition * b
the Rhine, and, this part of:
ga a “may: be considerell'as evgcu
ted For the-piesent 5 is’ the ‘more’ unfor-
Stunateias the’ eucceiles: oF: Field! Marfhal
Suwarrow:swould? have “rendered ‘the suc
cess oft thesprojetted “operation, sift we: had
}-fortgnately deen able to retkiA our pofition,
3c “not, beenvarcvelved ey
treag of the armies.
g.and Revore| have -sufitred ‘considerably. “I
have as-yet had.no- oxect Accounts, and I
will. defer: thereforé:: making’ ‘any «report
to your -lordihip’ till ‘another Opportunity’
occurs,’ as. Lam in hopes their Joss’ hea
of things, which ‘was muth "worse, to. ap-."
been ‘octafioned : by dispersion, in which ~*
case it will Probably ev every diminith,
Estrict of a eer from Licwtenait Coles
“nel Henty Clinton, to Lord Greville “
dated Bellinzona, Septe 1
“Having been directed by tole Rutgrave ree
td attend Field: Marfhhal Suwerrow on ‘his‘’
march sto
your lordfhilp accounts. of the Proceedings
| of this army, have, the honor to taforot”,
a
Swhaerland; ‘and “transmit to: