The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-05-19 00:00:00, page 3

Tate notice of the following ffifr
tion from Pope, and yoywill form a ;
pretty true idea of the present timet
here :'
" In vain kind feafhns fwtU tbe taming grain,
„ Sift Jhaibers difliU, aidfay grow warm in
vain.
'' The Jwdin &th tears bit fruftratt labor yields,
" Andfamifo'd dies amidjftoripin'dJfel&."
:." From this ffiort ftatemenc you
may judge the rest. If America,
juftlyiocenfed, (hpu!d rife to ven
geance, and hostilities commence, 1
Should be the unhappieft of men, to
remain among (laves, if I had the
riches of Ufa for frying. Many
more are of my opinion, and the re
falt wili be emigrations innumerable
to America 9 # happy land, where true
greacnefi (bines refptendeot in native
dignity, in Washington, the most il
' luftrious of heroes, the father of his
country, the protedor of liberty, and
^friend $ may he long live
to make his fellowcitizens happy :
and it war Should fatally arise, may
Southamerica be freed by a glorious
conquest, made over cruel despotism
and fuperftitioo, by those who pride
themselves in displaying the heavenly,
ftarfr& ftripciof the American states.
What you fay receding the Indian,,
I believe to be true, from circumOan
ce# related here : them I could pity[
their wild habits and education render
•them incapable of forming proper
ideas, but their inftigatora certainly
deserve punishment of the severest
fort ; as well as those who have birr
ed up those monsters, the Algerines,
against the fates,by contributing to ai
peace with the Portuguese, to leave
them more at liberty to be guilty of
their hellish depredations on Ameri
can citizens and property."
' LEXINGTON, MARCH 22 —By a gentle -
Imap who arrived in town on Wedneflay
, from Cincinnati, we are informed, that the
spies 4rom Grenville have lately taken a
white man prisoner, who has been with the
Indians since the year 1792 V who informs,
<that theunited tribes of indians^re for war
That they have lately held a general council,
at which they determined to make peace ;
with the United States ; in consequence of
which they sent to their different nations for/
^all the prisoners they had, in order to deliver
them up to General Wayne' on the 9th of
IFebruary.'That Girty and Elliot arriving
{; at the council from Detroit before the prifon
ers'J informed the Indians that it was the
wilh of the British that they Should not rilake
peace with the United States,and that if they
would but prosecute the war, they Should
be furnifhed from Detroit with arms, ammu
nition, provision and eloathing, at the Big
Falls of Clai%e~ Upon this information a
number of the chiecs went to Detroit to con
fer with M'Kee the Britilh Agent with the
f Indians, on the fubjed, and who confirmed
to them what Girty and Elliott had promis
ed. At the return of the chiefs to the coun
cil, they broke op, determined to prosecute
' the war with the utmoftvigor. ft
PHILADELPHIA MAY 3.
Brtra&tf•taer from Ktogfa, %
maica, dated March 24.
" By direction Os the Governour
and council, our ports are opened
from this day to the 20th of Odober
next, for the importation qf every
species of provisions and lumber, both
in. British and other bottoms in amity
with his Majesty, accompanied with a
proviso that fix month's notice will be
given previous to their being closed."
- ta_fflgqfyßamt
newyork, may 3.—A letter from Fair
inoutti, (England) dated, March ig, to a
gentlemen in this city, states—that the Sa
turday prints fay, our cruizers are ordered to
bring in all Danish vessels. The Turkilh
1 ambassador has left St. Peterfbourg, and
Robertf,ierre, has absconded from Paris.
Many of the French emigrants in Eng
land, have received grants of Land in Cana-/
da, where they are tb form a settlement.
The Count de Vaux, is at their head.
, BOSTON, MAY 10.
£UrBENTIC COMMUNICATIONS.
.0, foM PHiLADBLPfiW MAY Z?
<Thank heaven, peace is likely to be unin.,
^u2tld : The prof,eat ofthcUfodStates -
fate resuming their former brightness. Our
merchants have the belt expectations of am
ple renumeration ; the Embargo it i $ ex
pelled will net long continue ; in tad some
are loading their vessels in the expe^ation of
its speedy termination.
FROM ALICANT, Jan. 14, 1794-.
“ In order to form a treaty of Peace with
the Algerines, Cot Humphrey, Minister at
Lilbon, has been here for some time for that
purpose ; in which I am furry to observe he
has not succeeded, and is now at Madrid ;
but previous to his departure, he authoriz
ed Mr. Robert Montgomery to fend with all
expedition, the necessary relief to the Cap
tives, carried into the above port, which he
has already effeded, in making them remit
tances of specie and eloathing adequate to
their wants, and will continue to give them
every assistance in his power, to render their
situation more tolerable."
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salem, may 6. Lift Friday Capt.
Godshall arrived from Norfolk.—
While he was at that place, three pi
lot boats, which had been purchaled
by the Englilh Consul, were, by order
of authority, Gripped and hauled into
dock=circumftancei juftifying a pre
fumptlon, that they were intended,
notwithstanding the embargo, to be
dispatched to foreign part,—with in
formation, probably, that the French
fleet was about failing.—He informs.
Capture of Guernsey gainsaid.
MAY 13. refer day Cast. Cowell arrived at
Marblehead,from Nant%, in France, whence be
jailed tbr 23d of March ; a member of French
faffengen came with him. We made enquiry of
owners, master and passengers, but could gain no
particular intelligence : 'I bey fay, that there is a
w "7 fo^ fcarcit, of provisions, owing to the re
gulation of prices, and to the leftf up,lies jent to
the armies—that great difficulties exift —but that
the war was vigorouJly ,urjwed— They know no
tbing of the cafetur^of the inlands of Gnernjey and
frrje,..'
At Nrajofk, all bands turn out to labour at the
.fortifications on Governour's ijiand.
The French fleet, consisting of 3
fail of the line, 5 frigates and 150 fail
of transports full loaded with flour, &c.
failed from the Chesapeake the 24th
alt. The fleet failed in conftquence
of advice, received by a sloop of war,
that 15 fail of the line were waiting
on the edge of findings, to join the
convoy : these ate to be joined, in a
certain latitude, by the channel fleet
of 33 failof the linea
Captain Samuel Derby arrived on
Sunday from Gu^daloupe. When he
failed, the Britilh fleet appeared off
Guadeloupe ; and it was fappofed that
little rtfiftance would be made on the
part of the iflaoders— from many of
whom they will receive a welcome.
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Eitraa of a letter from Philadelphia, April 26.
66 Revenge is very naturally the
firft impulse arising from injury, but
not always the sorest way dt obtaining;
redress. We are now in that situa
tion, that the matters in difpure be
tween the United States and Britain
must be brought to iffoe; Negotia
tion, and War, are the only means of
deter mining national dis putes. 1f we
try the frft of these, it is to be desir
ed that nothing may be thrown in the
way of its success : if it fails, then the
nation.il left, either to pocket the to
folts; or make reprisals j which last I
have no doubt the United States will
„do, if fatiahdion ii not obtained.=
The feqaeftrarioa of British debts,
groifoition Os Britilh commerce, &c.
have been rejeaed,on account of theft
having too menacing an afped, to ac
company a pacific negotiation, If we
mean to negotiate, let us do it feifly
—it will promise unquestionably the
most success : if we don't do it in this Way,
'we had better Dotattempt it at all, but make
war at once.-——The President hast bought
proper to attempt negotiation in the firft m
ftance,j^ an explicit DEMAND of
satisfaction ; ahd doubtlafs this trust
be thy general sense of America ; and for
this purpose has appointed a charter every
way suitable to the undertakings and whole
mitfian, in the minds of the most enlightened
friends of this Government (if unembarraff
ed) affords avery considerable pmfye&W
faccefs. ~ i
" Our diforganizers, who by their condt&
clearly evidence that they with for noadjuft^
ment, were violently opposed to Mr Jay's
appointment ; and now he is appointed, with
to throw every obstacle in the way of his fot
ceeding ; and for this purpose a bill has pass
ed the House of Representatives for prohibit
ing all intercourse with Greatbritain after
the ift of November ; but it is confidently
expelled the Senate will reje& it. Should
this pass into a law, Mr Jay will not go ;
$ and war will, 1 have no doubt, be tardily,
though not immediately, the consequence.
Should war take place, all hope of indemni
fication to the Offerers would vanilh ; for
Government would have occasion for every
resource to enable them to carry it on.
N " Unfortunately for the internal quiet of
this country, the villainous condud of Brit
ain has given food to the disorganizing prin
ciple, which before was troublesome, but;
now increases in vigour, ard threatens a dis
Solution of the most prominent features of
the pleating fabric. The Southern folks are
for Sequestering Britilh debts ; but it isonly
to rid themselves of those enormous Sums
which they have a long time owned, and
which they suppose they Ihould be able to do,
if fucha measure (hould take effed ; for very
little indeed would ever come into the public
treasury ; and as to our fufferers being in
demnified by it, it is altogether a delusion-—
look inio the fame affair as pradifed by the
sequestrating, or, as others very justly termed
them, the Jquandrating, Committee in Mas
sachusetts, in the late war ——l understand
that a resolution will be brought forward,
which will put our Sufferers on more Sure
ground, viz. That the United Stages will in
demnify them : and then it will be seen who
are their true friends—though I have no
great expedation that it will Succeed, not
withstanding it would be perfectly just, as
well as politic. ~ Indeed you may depend up
on it, from what I know of Congress, the
surest profpea the fufferers have of indemni
fication, is in the success of Mr. Jay's nego
tiation.
" I have now stated to you what I conceive
to be the principles on which your Members
ad ; and I have no doubt but they will meet
the fenfiments of the people in your quarter,
who have ever been judicious, sensible, and
good members of Society.
" With refped to putting the country in
the best possible state of defence, and provid
ing ways and means to defray every expense
attendant thereon, the eastern Members are
foremoft—but are opposed in it by the south
ern Merhbers."
Portsmouth, may 10. Arrived
here Wednesday last, the brig Betsey,
John Salter, jun. master, in 48 days
from Dartmouth, (Eng.) He com
municates the following interesting
particulars—That two days previous
to his leaving Dartmouth, it was there
currently reported, that the French
had taken Guernsey and Jersey—that
the day he left that place other cor
liberating accounts of the fame fa&
had been received—much credit was
given to the intelligence by many in
Dartmouth—that there was a very
hot press in most of the British ports,
and that orders had been issued to
double the militia— That about 25
tai of the line had failed from Brest ;
a variety of conjectures were formed
of their destination, among which that
they had gone to the Weftindies, with
a view- to recapture some of their ifr
" d ' was 'be most prevailing.
CONCORD, MAY 19, 17%
A letter from a Member of Con
gress, to a gentleman in Hartford,
dated April 30 fays, the general to
pic of political inquiry is refpe&ing
the profped of a war. From the la
test intelligence it appears that the
European belligerent powers are mak
ing preparations for a vigorous cam
paign. Peace is out of question with
ibeqi, and there is the greatest prof
pe&that much human blood will be
fed during the eofuing summer, I
contemplate with pain, the calamities
which the people in Europe must fuf
ter^ tyttbrhjmy eyes with unfpek-,
able rapture, to tehcld the profpea
&§ America will e(cape the horrors
of war. Accounts from London, ev
iderice that the Britilh nation highly
disapprove of the order of the 6th of
November, and that a compenfaion
for our losses is university agreed to
be proper. Such being the temper
of the nation, 1 can have no doubfc
refpaing the success of Mr. Jay's Mis
sion. Ships with spring goods are
coming here- from England, and con
demnations cease in the Weftindiet.
As soon as the Embargo expires, (
believe Commerce will revive and
flourish, and tfat the induftiy and en
terprize of our merchants will soon
relieve their losses."
BOaTon. A gentleman from the Weftindies,
informs us, that a Caps. Talbot, an American, af
ter being taken and carried into New,rovidence,
Ifog bis property and brig, abujed and infedted by
the Britijb, rejolving on being indemnified and re
venged, immediately proceeded to Gaudaloupe, was
naturalized, got a commsffion as a French priva
:tetr ; and with some American tare, who follow
ed bis example, and some French jailors, bad made
several cruises, in which be captured 8 or lofail
of Britijb vessels, which bad been fat into StTho
mas's. - He adds, that the Britijb privateers of
the Leeward Iftands were much afraid of meeting
him. •"'■—"•"
from London, March IH.
Declaration of the King oj Prussia ogainft a gene
oral armament of the inhabitants if the empire.
When the proportion for a gene
ral armament of the fubfeas of the
empire was made at the affembFy of
the diet, the king of Prussia reptefen(-
ed such essential difficulties against
this measure, that he could not have
expedited that the ptppofition would
have been carried to a conclufion^ —•
For this reason his majesty finds him
fell under the necessity of laying them
again once more before the fix nearest
circles, with this observation, viz.-
"That if the said circles cannot de
termine with themselves to withdraw
the laid conclufum, and render it of
none effed, he will be forced howev^
er contrary to his inclination, to with-,
draw his troops, as he cannot expose
them to the danger which must nec
essarily relult from this meafure."—
The reasons that his Prussian majesty
opposes to a general aimament of the
inhabitants of the empire, ar^the fol
lowing, viz.
By employing the peafanti against
theenemy,agriculture will want handt.
That there are not arms fufficient to
give to foch amass of people. That
it is impossible, in so thotrelime, co
teach the manual exeitife to the in
habitants. ft has been found, by the
,experience of the two sass Campaigns,
that the soldiers opposed to the French
must be perfectly ekercifed to make
head agai ft them o Laftly, independ
ent of the above reasons, it is infinite
ly dangerous, at a time like the pre
sent, when the French are watching
every' advantage to infimaate their
principles, toaffemble foch amass of
men, whose ideas upon forms of gov
ernment must be various, and among
whom conftquencly diffentions might
arise, disastrous in their confluence#
both to the armies and to the conffi
tution of the empire.
Aletter from Lyons, has the follow
ing curious paragraph : ''fa&p
tifta Vidorie Guillotine, M. D. for
merly of Lyons, was lately among
the multitude who have been execute
edheret he was charged with having
corresponded with perlons at Turin;
—lt is an extraordinary thing that he
fhoulcf fuffer death by an inftrumenc
of bis own invention. He died with
great reludance ; and declared, that
when he produced his inftroment to
the world, it was from motives of hu,
manity alone !" °
Let ers from Stockholm speak of a
more elofe alliance, between Sweden
and Denmark, and of an engagement I
to fit out a joint fleet to pioted their
common rights of commerce, as neu
tral nations..
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