The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-03-25 00:00:00, page 3

BOSTON, March 16.
•Inttrefling Intelligence, ;.
jiCapr. Pl V mmf R, who arrived
hereH^urfday^ Eveningfrom 0-
pursued my Route to the Army, which
was then 120 Miles Distant. On
my arrival at General Dumourier's
head Quarters. I' was appointed full
Colonel in the Corps of Artillery. My
not underflanding the French Lan
guage has hitherto been a great Difad,
vantage to me—however, I have made
great Progress in acquiring it, and hope
to be able to (peak it fluently by the
Spring. — France is a glorious Country,
worthy of the Freedom it enjoys.—
Since I have been in, the Army, have
been almost in constant Motion. 1
have been in two Actions—one at
Mons, on the 6ch of November, and
the other about a League from this
Place, on the 28th. That at Mons
was very severe, having been engaged
in a cannonade about 5 Houn—l had
four 24 Pounders under my Direaion',
in the open Field and engaged three
Redouble : (This Action I think was
not q<feW severe as that at Monmouth)
—The Army of France being ordered
to the Charge, they rushed on the En
emy, arid carried every Thing before
them—Wehave been pursuing them
ever since tiU within these three or four
Days past, that the Army has been
halted here, for Refrefhment and pay:
We expea to proceed to Cologne,
which is about 20 or 30 Leagues far
ther, in a Pay or two— when there, it
is generally believed the Campaign will
close.—Whether I (hall past another in
France, is uncertain— It will depend al
together on my having a proper
Command.
"The combined Enemies of France
have been beaten in every Quarter
- The Prussians, Austrians and Sardini
ans, have fled before the French Ar
my, even in their own Territory.—
The Artillery of France is certainly su
perior to any in the World— It is a
noble Corps—and ! confider it a great
Honour to have been placed in it in the
MASSACHUSETTS. ^
. WORCESTER, March 14.
We hearthat Thursday the 7th
,Day of April next is appointed as a
Day of Faftihgand Prayer throughout
this Commonwealth,
some Times of it here, the ensuing
Spring ; they cry out Liberty incessant
ly ; there are 15,000 Men well armed
and accoutred in the North of Ireland,
and 13,000 ditto in Dublin ; these Vo
lunteers were the Cap of Liberty, and
Motto—
“ Abad Winter —a worse Spring;-
" A bloody Summer — and no King."
66 The Battery of Cork, which lay
so long neglected, is now well mounted
with Cannon, and in the best State of
Defence?____ _
PHILADELPHIA, March 6. MJ
Extra6l of a Letter from Colonel E. Os
wald, Proprietor of the Independent
Gazetteer, dated Liege, (Germany)
December 5. -
" After a few Days stay at Paris, 1
PENNSYLVANIA.
A Baptist Preacher, was contending with
an aged Woman, that Immersion was the only
proper and adequate Mode of Baptifm—for, asks
he, ifyour Cloaths were very dirty, could you
suppose that sprinkling an Handful of Water on
them would cleanse them ?—No, replied the
good old Lady—but if my Cloaths were wash
ed and dry, I suppose sprinkling Water on them
would make them much more fit for ironing
than dipping them in a Pond! !
" Fort de la Republique, Feb 18, 1793.—
We have much talk here of War with England.
Preparations therefor are making. This Day
a Proclamation has been read throughout the
Town, forbidding any foreign Vessels, whate
ver, to enter any Port of the Island, except St.
Pierre, after this Day : And all that are in the
Ports at present, are permitted to purchase no
more goods than the Amount of what they en
tered at the Customhouse will pay for."
By Letters from Capefrancois; received by
Gentlemen in this Town, dated Feb. 14, we
are informed, that the Day before, an express
Packet arrived there from Brest, informing,
that War had been declared between France
and England,—that, in Consequence, an Em
bargo had been laid on all the Vessels in Cape
francois; and that the Produce of France had
risen 100 per cent, in Consequence.
.— - "?t, ?"
DIED-]—At Clover Hill, Inland, a
Woman of the extraordinary Age of
146.—
Mr. Thomas, of Worcester, has in
the Press, an Edition of the Holy Bi
ble, in Odavo. He has sometimes
since printed two Editions of that
Work, viz. one in Folio, with 50 Cop
perplates ; and the other in large roy
al Quarto, with marginal Notes and
References. He is also preparing for,
and will speedily put to Press, three o
ther Editions of the Bible; one of
them a Demy Quarto fthother in
Twelves, or the common school Bible ;
and the third a quarto Bible, which
Arguments prefixed to the different
Books, and moral and theological Ob.
fervations at the end of every Chapter,
by the Reverend and much celebrated
Mr. Oster wald, Profeffor of Divin
ity Neufebmet, in Switzerland, The
porto in Portugal, after a Passage
of go Days, informs that the Day
before he failed, it was reported
to him, that an Express had ar
rived there, with information
that Louis xvi.had been behead
ed at Paris about the Uft of Janu
ary ; and that, a War between
England and France was thought
to be inevitable by the Merchants
of Oporto, and the English Cap
tafe in that Porn
From MartinicO.
A learned Profeffor in France, who harfor
a long Time employed himfelf in making re
searches into the comparative Anatomy of the
Brain, fays a late Londe Paper, has publiffied
one great Discovery, relative to the Influence
of the Struaure of the Brainon the intellects!
al Faculties. He has foundthe Brain, from the
most accurate Inveftigatidn^toconfiff of avast
Number of Lamina, or thin Shells, similar to
the Coats of an Onion; Th# in fom§ Per
sons, he has found to amount to the Number
of 780. In others, they may possibly amuont
to more. In the Brain of an Idiot, which he
differed, were found no more than 324, and
in a dumb Person only 362. He therefore,
with great Reason, supposes that the intellect
tual Powers of Man are proportionate to the
Number of these Lamina, or thin Coats of
the Brain. It would have been curious to
have differed such a Brain as that of Newton :
The Lamina would probably have exceeded
1000. —{And how many, think ye, would
Franklin's have been ] -
A REPLY.
Captain Worth, arrived at New
york from Porrauprince, brings Intalli
gence, tb^t a few Days previous to the
Time of bis Departure, a fre/b BruJb
happened between the Whites and the Ne
groes ; that the Negroes were beaten,
and retreated to the Fields of Cane for
Shelter, these were furreunded and fired,
and man, fell Victims to the Flames.
Between 900 and 1000 of these wretch
ed being loft their Lives, and about 33 of
the white People.
Captain Worth was detained [even
Days longer on this Account ; and when
he failed the, were preparing for a like
Expedition.
Produce of ever, Kind was ver, high,
and the Diftrefes of the People as great
as at an, Time hitherto.
printing Apparatus for manufacturing
the various sizes and qualities of the
Bible now in common Use, will be ve
ry Large and exceedingly Expensive.
In this undertaking he hopes for the
Encouragement and support of the
Publick.
Wetar thg Benjamin Lincoln,
Esquire, of\,M@cha/et(s, Timothy
Pickering, Esquire,. of Pennsylvania,
and BEVERLY Robinson, Esquire, of
Virginia, are appointed Commissioners
on the Part of the U,ited States, to re.
pair tothe Indian Country, in order to
effed a Treaty of Peace with the hos
tile Tribes. We understand that the
Indians themselves have desired a Trea
ty for that Purpose, so that we may
hope for its Success.
VIENNA, 1 YT7E h ave Accounts that
Dec. 15. J VV t he Porte is arming
against Russia, who will not be able to draw
her Troops out of Poland; which, with the
Idea of Ruffa's ading against the French,
seems to offer a favourable Opportunity for
the Turks to break with the Czarina, in hopes
of obtaining some of the Advantages they
gave up at the last Peace.
Warlike Preparations are carried on here
with the utmost Vigour.' The Press for re
cruits is without example: Fathers of Fami
lies, and even Veterans who have been honor
ably discharged from the Service, and not
spared.
All the Troops intended for the Field are
on full-march. It is hoped that they will reach
the Place of their Destination at the fame time
with the new Prussian Corps, which consist, as
we are assured, of 28 Battalions of Infantay,
and 30 Squadrons of Cavalry.
It is said also, that our Army, when assem
bled, will Amount to 174,000 Men. forming
119 Battalions of Infantry, and 146 Squadrons
of Cavalry, commanded by 60 Generals. The
Corps already assembled near Braimau and Te
ininit%, and consisting of 29 Battalions and 20
Divisions of Cavalry, have received orders to
hasten their march so as to be at Nuremberg a
bout the End of this Month.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 22.—General Dumou-
RIER arrived here on the 23d inst. The next
Morning the French Garrison appeared under
Arms, on Grande Place, when a Commissary
read to the Troops assembled a Decree of the
National Convention,which makes it death for
any Frenchman to/^of, or attempt to reef,
tablifh Rpfahy in France,
Louis XVl.is said to be one of
the best Lock Smiths in France ;
and in his happier Days, this was
his favourite employment at leis
ure Hopfs. The Duked'Artois,
his Brother, makes the best Parrot
Cages of any Man in Europe.
INDIAN TREATY.
GERMANY.