The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-07-01 00:00:00, page 3

Original Correspondence.
Ostend, APRIL 27.
" Since my last Nothing very
decisive has happened in Flanders ;
nor has the general Plan of the
Campaign yet developed itfelf.=
In the mean time Reinforcements
are every Day thronging to the
combined Armies ; the Day be
fore Yesterday about 2500 Dutch
Troops arrived at Barges, and this
Morning they marched for Coart
raj. To Morrow some Hanove
rians are expected at the fame Place
in their Way to the fame Destina
tion, to be (ucceeded in a few Days
by more Hanoverians ; so that the
Towns which are in the Road to
the Scene of Action, resemble the
Wall which is illuminated by the
Lantern, on which shade follows
shade, in regular and orderly Sue
cession, to the fame Destination,
and without any return.
" There appears to have been
for some time past in the Neigh
bourhood of Conde a Series of pet
ty Adions, in which much Blood
has been spilled, Ind no general
Effect produced.
I expert however, from these,
one A&ion, not between two Ar
mies, but between two very con
siderable Bodies of Troops, not left
then 10,000 at # least of a fide,
which I mentioned before that the
Detail whereof are still industrious
ly concealed by the Austrian Gov
ernment ; and probably the Fad
itfelf will be denied, though ever
so much acknowledged to be true
in private ConVerfation.
I fufpea: that Conde has been re
lieved, and that it will be necessary
to proceed to a regular Siege of
that s very 'important Fortress ;
'there are known to be about 4000
Men in the Garrison at that Place,
though a small one, and it is sus
ceptible of a most vigorous De
fence, if Provisions have actually
been thrown in: We have every
Day reports of its being taken,
which I do not Mention, because
whenever it is taken, the Capture
will be officially confirmed with
the Celerity of the Report itfelf.
In the mean Time the combin
ed Armies certainly laboured un
der a very great Disadvantage, in
this Mode of prosecuting the War;
the desultory Attacks of the French
pay be repulsed ; but Armies be
come disciplined by constant Mo.
and the Contempt of Death
, acquired by frequently haying
ihazarded our Lives ; besides which,
pen a Victory over the French
would be limited in its Conse
quences while there remains a fafe
Retreat under the Walls of their
fortified Towns to the beaten Ar
; nor can the pursuit be long,
though the Battle foould be deci
sive: On the other Hand, I reason
poly hypothetically, without faying
that the Case is probable. A Bat
<le gained over the Austrians
would indeed be the Death b
ffioufands ; but it would also be &
board, who were destined to assist
the counter-Revolutionists in Brit
ain,, and other Parts of France
We learn, by a Gentleman from
Philadelphia, that the President of
the United States has forbidden the
French Ambaffadour issuing any
more Commissions to privateers
Conquest of Provinces from their
Want of Power : It seems there
fore necessary, in order that the
Risk of War should be diminished
as much as possible, that the com
bined Powers should make them
felves,-Mafters of some Part of the
French Frontiers, as a Security for
their Magazines, and a Relief from
Accidents.'
Autbentick Information.
June 24. —Arrived here, on Sat
urday last, the Brig Elmira, Cape.
Paine, from Point Petre, but last
from St. Euftatia, which he left the
3d of June. Three Days after
Capt. Paine left Point Petre, he
was taken by a British Privateer,
Betsey and Polly, and carried into
St, Kittd, and was there detained
for Infpe&ion, by Couft of Admi
ralty, 20 Days I When, after de
priving him of his Passengers, (15)
their passage Money, and all the
Property they had on board, with
great Difficulty obtained a Pass,
and was allowed to leave the Place.
From the Treatment his Passen
gers received while he was there,
he has reason to think, they after
wards experienced the greatest Se
verity.
Said Betsey and Polly failed from
St. Kitts on another Cruize ; and
on the 12th brought in Captain
Robinson in a Brig belonging to
Philadelphia, with a Cargo consist
ing of Sugar, Cotton, Coffee, and
Molafa, which they intended to
make a Prize of. Sam'e Day gave
chace to another American, but
could not come up with her. May
13; brought in a Brig from St. Lu
cia, an American, bound to Phila
delphia.—May 23, captured a Brig
belonging to BoJion,— That Capt.
Holden of Boston was carried by
an Antigua Privateer on the 24th.
And that several Privateers are con
stantly cruizing off there in pursuit
of American Vessels from the
Weftindia Islands.
A Spinifh Register Ship, from
Lima, in Sotabam erica, with 16
Chests of Money, 7 of Gold and
the rest Plate, and many other val
uable Articles, have been taken by
a French Privateer, and retaken by
the English and carried into Portf
moutb. She is said to be the rich
est Prize ever carried into England,
and is valued at 1,300,0001. Ster
ling. —
A Letter from Amsterdam con
tains an Account of the Failure of
the principal Houses in that Place
and that all the Banks in Poland
had broke.'
The Article of HAY, was Yes
terday fold in the Market, at the
enormous Prices of twelve to 16
Pounds, l, m. per Ton !.
O JULY % N
N the 21st ult. His Excellency Gov
ernour BARTLETT, arrived at Esquire
Bartlett's, in Pembroke, at 11 o'Clock
a. M. in Company with a Number of the
Members of the Hon. Gen. Court, from
which Place Col. Head, with a Number
of refpedable Charaders, together with a
Party of Cavalry, commanded by Lieut.
Head, escorted His Excellency through
the Town.—They conduced theipfelves
with great Regularity and Decorum on
the Occasion—and gained the deferyed
Applause of all.
The Mirrour.
CONCORD,
Dr Brackett, of Port/moutb, is appointed
President of the Medical Society.
Dr. Tenney, of Exeter, is appointed
Judge of Probate for Rodingbam County
Jafhua Atherton, Eiq is appointed
Attorney General, vice John" Prentice,
Esq. resigned.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, June 15.
few days ago from Jamaica : The
captain told me, that when he left
there, there were upwards of 40
French vessels bound into port.
" It is currently reported, that
Admiral Gardner, with an Eoglifh
fleet, has taken all the French isl
ands to the windward, and that i<
is his intention to take this place
next. He will make an easy cap
ture, and find no resistance here.
Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman
in Capefrancois, to bis friend in
Baltimore, dated May 18, 1793
" A flag of truce arrived here a
" Flour is very high ; there is
not enough in the Cape to last
one week. Beef fells, in the mar
ket, at half a dollar per pound, and
taken two American brigs for hav
ng French property on borad : One
of them from Philadelphia, laden
with flour, and the other from
Charleston, laden with rice."
In consequence of instructions
from the Executive of the United
States, to the Attorney for the
diftrid:of Pennsylvania, prosecu
tions have been instituted against
John Singleterry, and Gideon Hen
field, charged with violating their
duty at citizensof the United Sates,
in entering on board the armed
schooner Genet, in the service of
France, and, with others on board
the said schooner, capturing several
vessels, the property of the fubjefts
of his Britannick Majesty, and oth
erwise annoying the trade and
commerce of the said fubjeds, con
trary to the laws of nations, and
the treaty of peace fubfiftiog be
tween the United Stated and his
said Britannick Majesty,
Cape.
66 The English privateers have
The following are the particulars rel
ative to General Dumourier's going over
to the Austrians ; he had taken every
means to put the whole of the French ar
tillery,into the hands of the Austrians ;
for which purpose he gave orders for the
whole train to march under the escort of
the Hussar regiment, called Colonel Ge
neral, and it was planted that a detach
ment of Austrian troops Ihould meet
them ; but some of the Artillery Officers
fufpeaing that something was going for
ward, ordered the guns to be'loaded with
grape shot ; and pointed them against the
regiment of Hussars, who thought it best
not to enforce their orders.
here are but 12 bullocks in the
Dumourier also had intended to fend
off half a.million of money ; but this
plan was also rendered abortive by Gen
eral Dampierre and other National Offic
ers, who disconcerted all his projects.
Dumourier. even found that a plot was
formed against his life, and that one of
his Adjutants was at the head ofit. How
ever, he fecuied and sent him to Mons ;
and finding all his plans fruftrated, went
over to the Austrians himfelf ; and with
him a unmber of Officers, the whole reg
iment of Colonel General, most of the
Dragoons of Bourbon, the remains of the
regiment of Berchim, (the rest went oyer
laftyear) and a number of different parties
of Soldiers. Numbers of the French sol
diers have left the army, and are returned
into France.
COMBINED ARMIES.,
At the date of our European accounts,
the combined armies were hourly aug
menting. But they were not in a state
of very a&ive operation, contesting them
selves with a few lieges and blockades.
D UMO UR IER.
The most official accounts fay, " That
the Prince of Cobourg was waiting for
thejunaion of the whole of the forces,
which are to attack France at the fame
time in order to make a grand attack.
The different corps are. to be difpoled as
follows, The principal armv commanded
by Prince Cobourg, to conuft entirely of
Austrians ; Count Clairfayt to head the
Prussians, joined to a corps of Imperial
ists; ,nd the Duke of York to have un
der his orders, the English, Dutch and
Hanoverians. The corps of Prussians
that was under Prince Frederick, ot
Brunfwickj were advanced from Dutch
Branbant into the Netherlands, and
formed part of the cordon on the French
frontier. They had taken possession of
the small to%os of Lant>oy, Turcoin and
Roubaln ; where they were preparing
forthe attack of Lille, where is 4 garrison
of 20,000 men, who have made several
fuccefsful sallies. Accounts from Lisle,
April 17, state it to be surrounded on aIL
sides. Conde was still invaded; but no
place had yet surrendered to the allied ar
my.
Germany.
AIXLACHAPELLE, April 20.
It is disagreeable co have receiv
ed Intelligence which requires a
formal Contradiction ; the tftir
of the Sally from Caffel, is almost
without Foundation.
The Fad is that a Hessian De
serter or Serjeant informed the
French in Caffel, that the Hessians,
who make part of the Line round
Caffel, might be easily surprised ;
to facilitate the Attempt, the Hes-
fian gave the French the Parole of
the Day on the German Lines ; a
Party immediately Tallied out, and
were challenged by the Sentinel
of the Hessians ; the Deserter him
felf answered ; the French advanc
ed, and were as soon difcoveied.—
A Drummer who gave the Alarm,
was put to Death by the French.
Five Hessians were also killed, and
the Garrison at CasseI was so difap-
pointed, that on the Return of the
Party, they seized the Hessian
Deserter, and put an End to his
Life. The Affair has been mis
represented in all the Gazettes on
the Continent,
Extras of a Leiter from Dantzick,
• (in Poland,) April 20.
" We are now completely a
Prussian Town ; a Garrison of
2700 Men are quartered upon the
Inhabitants ; a Commissary L ar
rived to regulate our Import^ Du
ties Excise, &c. The old munici
pal Government still remains ; but
that also must Icon give PI& to
another Arrangement. Some In
dividuals among our chief Citizens
have left Town, and gone to fettle
at Hamburgh and other Places, not
chufing to live under a military
Government. ,The comfortable
fide of our Profpea is an Increase
of Trade, and of the means of sub
sistence to the poorer Classes of the
People, who have for many Years
past fuffered grievously from the
Consequences of the oppressive
Condud of our Neigbours, and the
gradual Decay of our Trade.
Danlzick has loft one fith of its
Inhabitants from these Causes in
the last 10 Years. The present
Acquisitions made in Pruffi 4. tho'
vastly Inferiour to what Raffia
gains,,re indeed very important :
They contain above 1061 square
German Miles, above 5000 En
glish Miles square ; 262 Towns
pr Cities, 8274 Villages and
1,136,889 Souls.': . v
England.
LONDON, May 7.