The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-02-25 00:00:00, page 3

wh)le, some provifion# are more
especially applicable to the fixed
, po(i ionof the United State#; &
Others have altcfion ooly to the
even cal portion of France. The
latter has made great Sacrifices for
the independence of the former.—
France hat Stipulated few advanta
ges, advantage which do not io
acy refpea injure the U, States,
and lawtglnefi of which no foreign
notion can contest. The French
Republic, will never renounce
them.
It it now in the power of the
U. S. to realize the difpofitiom
which you maoifeft in their name.
The prudence of your connexions
io France has preserved you from
the prejudices which it is difficult
not to contrast, when one is less
on his guard against foreign and
even domestic intrigues. I per
suade myfelf that you will trans
mit to your Government only ac
curate documents. It will belong
to it to pursue the best metiura to
effeauate a prompt reconciliation ;
and I ardently desire that they
may correspond with the with of
the Eexecucive Directory.
I continue however to think
that instead of returning to the U.
States, it would be preferable that
you Should ask for the inftrumeots
necessary to the negotiation. No
thing could more accelerate the
drawing together of tbofe ties,
which the French Republic and
the true Americans have regret
ted to fee relaxed. Your pref
eace at Paris, if the powers, which
must be supposed to be on the
road, Should soon arrive, may mo
mently accompli the object
which we both ambitiously pursue.
Your departure, on the contra
ry, will give a new adiviiy to the
plots laid for precipitating the two
countries into measures which are
- as repugnant to their inclination as
to their interests. The French
\ Government, being, betides, pen
etrated with the fame Sentiments,
which you teftify, will hereafter
wait, for what may be addressed
to it, and with pleasure will behold
you as the organ. §
Accept, fir, the assurances of
my perfect consideration.
(Signed,
CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND.
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XEWLONDON, F 18,13.
Caps. Hazard, from Guadeloupe, has
furnifhed the following letter.
LIBERTY. EQUALITY.
AGENCY OF GUADALOUPI.
'' The particular Agents will cxircije the Jame
feato a; the Executive Diream,, and
will be under their direaion"
Corf. Art. I^6,
Bflarn. Guad. Frimaire 25, [Dec. 15]
Tbe particular AGENT of tne Executive
Diredory, far Guadeloupe, &c. to
JOHN ADAMS. President of the U.
States of America.
ARRIVED atthe post intruded to me
by the Executive Direaory,l think prop,
er to inform you of the dispositions of the
French Diredory, towards the Neutrals
and Allies, of which America is a part.
^Yba will find them mentioned in the
Decree of the 13th Thermidor last (rath
August) the copy of which I add to this.
Q The privateers fitted out in the ports
of Guadeloupe, (hall crulfe agataft all
the enemies of the Republic, but Ihell
pay every regard 10 AM# and Neutrals
wbo foall notbe found it mttonfa with
tbe foi r^aing them °^
°The citizens of the United States may
come, and exchange their produce for
tbe produdions of the ill and of Guade
loupe. They will dispose of their prop.
erty freely. The laws will protea them,
and will punifb with rigor whoever (foil
dare to infringe them, or to fufyend then
tfr.&.
I hope that the many proofs of loyalty
which will never cease to be the charader
of my aaioos, will be fuffi lent to restore
the confidence and connexions mutually
ufeful.
I left France the 7th of Vendemrire
last, (28th Sept.) with a division. The
16th of, the fame month, being in lat.
36 1.16 m. long. 21, 35. the commodore
of the division focke the American vclf-1
Ariadne Capt. D. Prior, belonging to J.
and J. Dorr, citizens of the U. S. and
merchants in B riton.
The papers, & f,ieWl, tbe Roll of Equip
age, being in proper order, tbe whole proving
to be American poverty, tbe vffl was re
leased. It was alje offered the C&,. that if
be would follow, until da, tbe drvfan, they
would give bite a spar to repair bis foretop
mad, carried away in a storm. The vJls
eftbe division fhortentd jail to let tbe Ameri
can cow up, but whether tbe veffil could not
keep way, or tbe Caps, thought proper to
change bis cearfe, we left fight of bine.
The 20th Brumaire last (20th Q 3-)
being to windward and in fight ofthe
Island D fiada, we perceived four vessels
of war failing for us, being so close that
we could plainly diftinguilh them hoist
English colours. At.that inst. the order
was given to chace them, but immediate
ly they tacked about, and flood from us.
The frigate I'lnfergmte having over
taken the schooner Retaliation comman
ded by Lieut Bainbridge, we were con
vinced the vessels chafed were Americans.
The necessity of arriving at our des
tination, and to avoid the pursuit of the
Er.glifh forces superior to ours, of which
we had knowledge, every thing prevent
ed me from taking a true view of our fit
nation with the United States. In con
sequence, I gave orders for the sch. to
follow the division.
After having spent the firft moments
to make my powers known, I occupied
myfelf with the affairs of the Retaliation ;
and if circumftauces and political reasons
had not obliged me to lay an embargo, I
should immediately have let her gone to
the United States.
Tbefe obftaclu do not new eaiff. I lea^t
Lieut. Bainbridge at liberty tojail for tbe U.
States, giving him tbe charge of tbe packets
for,Ou, andrecommending to him to make bts
way with tbe vtffils in which I fend back all
tbe American citizens made prisoners before
m, arrival in this Ijiand.
I conclude, fir, in repeating to you that tbe
citizens of tbe United States will be eonfacred
and treated like allies ; that in ever, cir
cumflauce the, will obtain jnflice, and will
be well received. Receive the ajirances of
cenfideration.
DESFOURNEAUX.
ten 1 in ^ —
BOSTON, FEB. 16.
From tbo WESTINDIES.
We learn, via Newlondoo, that
the American prifoner# at Guada
loupe, Agreeably to Deforneaux'i
epistle, were preparing ro fail for
their native country :—That the
Retaliation'# crew had been man
acled 36 hoihri :— That the Ame
ricans have been confined io loatfr
some prifoni, amongst negroes
condemned for every fpeciei of
crimes ; kept on half it pound of
bread and a quarter of a pound of
fi(h per day ; and treated in every
refpea infinitely worse than the
English. Yet Deforntaux fays,
the English are hit cruel enemies —
the Americana " friends & alliu."
Above 50 American prisoner#
have been pressed on board La
Peiife French frigate ; which hat
failed from Guadeloupe for France,
with Viftor Hugues on board.
Liter accounts, via the Vine
yard, mention, that the Retalia
tion, Lt. Bainbridge, arid two car
tel#, having on board all the A
merican prisoners, had failed &,{
the United States.
A gentleman from Martinico,
inform# us, that the American
fleet of 8 fail, bad looked into
Guadaloupe, but had taken noth
ing ; tbe French ptivateera being
remarkably shy. Ofthe fleet was
the Commodores qty of 44, the
ConfteUirior, 36, the/G. V^(h
ingtoo, 24 &c. They had not
heard of the Cooftitaiw.
We have letters before us, from 1
Martinique, co the 8 h Jan. They
mention, that a hefh lupply of
troops was expected momently by
the fleet, when it was laid an ex
pedition against Surrinam would
take place ; as vast quantities of
produce were depofi cd there ;—
Tba< Commodore Barry wit then
at Martinique, leciptocating civil
ities with the British admiral Har
vey ; and that perled harmony
subsisted between the officeri of
the two fleet,.
' From MALAGA, Nov. 12.
“ A fleet with ,000 Enghfh
troops has passed up tbe Meditee
rareso, supposed co assist the Nea
politans :—Malta hat forrendered
o the Englith ; —the William
Tell, one of the runaway# from
the Nile, was captured there ; and
the Britrih fleet has taken the Gea
ereau, and retaken the Leander,
which had been carried into Corfu.'
<fr We hope all this will be con
firmed.
FEB 10.
The Retaliation, Lt. Bainbridge,
has arrived at Philadelphia from
Guadeloupe, with above 80 Ame
rican seamen. An Agent from
Defouroeaux, charged with fettling
an exchange of prifonen, came
passenger in the Retaliation.
The French frigate insurgent,
44 guns, was out from Guadeloupe
on a crude ; and had sent in a N.
Bedford vessel for condemnation.
The Vo unteer frigate, of 40 guns,
was preparing to fail on a crude.
It is highly probable the American
fquadroo, will fall in with these
(hipt, at it ii cruising co windward
of Guadeloupe.
Lt. Bainbridge confirms the ac
count of condemnation ofAmeri
r can veffeto fierce Dcaforneaux't
Crocodilian Marifefto.
1 he CoettelUtion, Capt. Trux
ton, hat chafed into St, Bartholo
mews, a French letter of masque
(hip of 20 gum, from Bourdeaux,
She was proceeding from St. Bar
tholomew# for Guadeloupe.— The
American naval force it busily em
ployed in convoying veffeli.
the, MIRROR.
Contort!,
MONDAY, February2§, 1799.
A RIOT,
Represented, of very consider
able consequence, occurred at Phi
ladelphia, on Sunday, theio:h inst.
Several United Irishmen drafted a
petition to Congreli against the
Alien AB—entered the Roman
Catholic Church armed, and at
tempted, doing the religious let
vice, to obtain fignen by compul
sion. The peri,ion contained thb
very complime,Wj sentence, " that
more Inihmen fagbl tbe battles &
governed tbe Councils of tbe U. S.
;darter tbe Revolution, than Ameri
canif'— The not was (uppreffed ;
and many of the rioter# committed
to prifon—rmong them, i# the
famous Dr. Reynold, and Me.(
Dutne, tbe reputed Editor of the
Auroi,.
t'On the 7 ch inst. Congreti re
ceived a report from the Sec. of
the Treafery, Bating the import#
of last year to amount to 33 mil-1
lions of dollars, and the export# to 1
61.327 421 dollar#. An excels of
ic 032711 over the imports in 1
1797 !—Same day, M.Grikrin
mjved to strike out the claufc re
(petlicg 6 74 gun (hips in the
Navy Augmentation Bill. It was
not decided on.
The President has figged the
Bill further to suspend the Inter
course between chit country and
France.—The Senate of the Unit
ed States have passed tbe bill tot
organizing the troops of the U. Sb
Mint of tbe United States.
The Diredor of the Mint of the
U. S. has dated that were coined
therein in 1798^ %974 Eagles,
24,867 Half-Eagles, and 614 Q-.
Eagles, of Gold— 327536 Dolls.
27 550 Drimes, io Stiver—and
979 700 Cent#, in copper.— Equal
in the whole to 545 698 Dollars
Nearly double to any preceding
year. The Ascriptions to the
new Loan, we underhand, are cal
culated co exceed Fifteen Millions
of dollars I
The British government re
quired a new Loan of 18 million# ;
and 80 millions have been fubferib
ed. Boflon above 150 000 dolir.
Bank of Pennsylvania 500,000.
The Gazette ot the U. States of
the gib inst. contains a letter frem
a gentleman of refpedability at
Lisbon, dated Nov. 26, which
mentions the conflagration of Bu
onaparte's tran (ports at Alexandria.
This is not, however, coofiimed
by a letter of the 4:6 Dec. from
the fame place,
A letter from the U, S. Consul
at Gibtalter, dated Nov. 19, fay#,
that 4 French privateer# have been
lately captured by the Algerinea.
Algiers bring a tributary to the
Grand Seigoor, has been directed
to aft in conformity to the warlike
declaration ofthe Sublime Porte.
F/Rf.j-The house ot M o Hatha
way, of Barnftable, w^ Gme nights fiace
consumed by fire, in which his eldest son
perished ; a zd so much burnt, as to ex
pire soon after his father (hatched him
from the flames, and tbe father deprived
of his fight, in consequence of hisfexer
tions te save his children. This is io<
deed a tale of woe.
MARRIED] - At Bow, on Thursday
last, Mr. Nathaniel Carlton, of
Fryeburgb, to Miss Abiab Heath, of
the former place.
;—"r ute iil 0 =—
DIED] —Oh Thursday the 7th inst.
at Chatham, (Diftcid of Maine) Mrs.
Nancy Walker, aged 27, wife of
Mr. Richard Walker. For several
years the has been iffiided with a fcrofu
jons (welling on her neck, which has, at
sundry periods, placed her in a date of
defpondeace, and baffled the hopes of all
phj ftcians. Until this time, the has
borne with a great degree of fortitude,
the pains and tortures of an unhealing
wound, and now (he is no more.
" Hewfap the Wife, qlfinks to rtf,
B, bufband, friends, and children bhft !
Connubial Love, a matter mild,
And Innocence, a failing child,
And Honor, Truth, and Grief facorc,
Tbeje all attend her ballrotd bur.
And Mcmoryin time to come,
Shall oft rroifa Nancy's tomb,
With Fancy's aid, again retrace
Her fond, maternal, anxious face ;
Then ever, jwette,^flowtr entwine.
To deck beloved Nancy's ferine"
At Bow, Mr. «— 1 Corliss, in a good
old age. He was aclever industrious man.
In this town, bn Saturday last, sud
denly, Mrs. =-= — Rogers, wife of Mr,
Daniel Rogers.
-==-
Free Mafm Lodge.
"CJOTICE is hereby given, that a
Lodge of Free and Accepted Mi
tons, will be formed on Wednesday the
27th inst, it , o'clock, afternoon, in
Concord, at Brother Raw) a. Gale's—
and the Brethren are defied to attend
accordingly.'
By order of the Right Worfapfal Mafera
ISAAC D. fa MATHER,
Feb, 22J, 1799. Secrete,. M