The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-03-03 00:00:00, page 3

66 I: is not his military renown that
has rendered him most dear. The
only doubt we can form, is co know
if he was made great by hit wisdom
or by his humanity: Amoogft the
many proofs of the fetond, deliver
ance of the Eighth Captain Butler
Should not be forgotten."
BASSETERRE, JAN. 2.
We are informed, from good authority,
that an American privateer manned and
commanded bv Americans, was to have fail
ed the firft inst. from Gaudaloupe to cruize
against the English. The crew of the above
privateer got naturalized & admitted French
citizens.
The example of the above vessel will, we
apprehend, he followed by many American
vessels, in which case Greatbritain has no
alternative, and must of course declare WAR
against the American States, or hang her
fubjeds found in arms.
CONCORD, MARCH 3 , 1794.
ONthe firft of February wasfound dead in Brint
wood, Clement Dolloff, of Raymond ; be Jat cff
from agrogg foop, on the evening of the 29th alt.
with an intent to go home to bis family, but as be
was much intoxicated with liquor, be fell from bis,
borfe before be bad got a mile, and it being Jlormy,
be wasfo bewildered by tbs fall and liquor that
be could not find bis way to an boufe, though but
a little diftancefrom one ; be was beard to call a
number of times in the night, but those who beard
the noife,juffoftd it was teamfttrs who made it,
therefore did not go to his assistance. He was in
the „tb year of bis age. A man much addiaea
to ftfong drink. An awful memento to surviving
drunkards. >
On the 2^tb ult. the dwelling boufe, printing
apparatus, &c. of Mr. Ranlet, of Exeter, was
wholly consumed by fire.
In a late paper we mentioned the loss of Mr.
, Porter's boufe, ofGilmautown —We are happy to
add, that the philanthropic inhabitants of that
town generouji, fa about the immediate ereaion of
another boufe for him—and they badfofar complet
ed one, consider ably larger than the one burnt, that
it was eupeaed Mr. Porter would move into it the
week before lafl.
Abflra& of Foreign Intelligence.
newyork, feb. 19. By the BritiJh Dsc.
Mail, which was received here on Monday last,
we have the following imereding intelligence :
Gen. Degoumier, commander of the French troops
invtfing Toulon, writes to the National Conven
tion, that on the 30th Nov. the Enghjb made a,al
ly from that city, and jeizedjome advanced pofls;
but were reputed and driven back with the lojs
of 12.00 men, and Gen. O'Hara, commander of
the garrison, taken prisoner. Another account fates
that O'Hara was not taken, but wounded.
Official letters from the Duke of BrUnfwick and
Get. Wartenfleben, on the Rhine, fate, that on
"the 28th, 29th, and 30th, the French under Gen.
Hoche, 60,000 strong, attacked the Prussian arm,
The federal aliens vuere obfliaate and bloody ;
Eugene, in 1745, w '" readily conceive that
it will be some time before it can be recaptured
by force. It is mentioned in the English pa
pers, that Lord Hood, confident he could
not carry off the French fleet had placed a
firefhip between every three ships, in order
if the town is carried, to destroy them. The
combined forces in Toulon, amounted to a
bout 16000 at the date of the last accounts.
The French to near an hundred thousand.
Three of the Coipmiffioners have been, re
called by the French Convention, to answer
for the inactivity of the besieging army—
They said, that the great forts could riot be
taken by storm; but must fall by regular
approaches.—Gen. Cartaux is fuperced
ed, and now commands the army of the
Alps.
According to the iateft European
pipers, was still in the prisons of
Magdeburg ; where he it confined
in a dungeon of only 10 feet square ;
and is not allowed pen, ink, or pa
per ; or to converse with any one.
" When we read in hiftory, fays
the Editor of a Philadelphia paper,
" what is said of hitri in France, and
compare it with the relation of rciti
zen of Virginia, in his 6 Thoughts
on the United States,' we shall be in
duced to doubt whether there are
not two la Fayettes." The cha
ra&er of the Marquis de la Fayet
te," fays this hittorian, " Hands in
America, on a bale that the most
refined malice cannot overthrow.
There is not a single trait in his life
but we must recoiled with pteafure,
and which must make us refpeft him.
His courage, which never failed him,
is dill left conspicuous than his pru- %
dence in comraad.
The Marquis la Fayette,
though on the whole the French <were worfled. —
The accounts of the killed & wounded vary. Some
make the loft of the French 6coo, & others 3 or
4000. The Duke ts Brunswick fays his own lofi
is only ^OO ; which we reprehend, to be too fa
vourable, Gen. Kalkroutb is amongst the wound
ed. B, the advantages gained on ibele days, the
Duke is enabled to invest Strafburgb.
On the 18th Nov. a severe adion was fought
between the French and the Aufrians under Gen.
Wurmfer, in the vicinity of Strafburgb, and the
parties are silent as to their lesses. uLis was fol
lowed by another adion on the 21st, when Gene
Wurmjer was attacked in all positions. TheJlaugb
ter was prodigious. The Aufrians are fais to
have left 6000 men ; yet they compelled the French
to retire to the heights of Saverne.
General Wurmser 160 n after retired to
Hagenau; the French took poffeflion of
Bliefcaftle, Deux Ponts and Luxembourgh.
But onahe 30th they received a check as be
fore stated.
There has been some fighting also on the
northern borders of France near Menin, but
nothing, decisive has taken place, and the
troops of General Cobourg appear to have
taken up winter quarters.
The combined powers are making all ex
ertions for the next campaign. The clergy
of Brabant, it is said, are coining their plate
for the use of the Emperor ; and the states of
Hungry have offered large Supplies of men
and money. The fame may be observed
of several principalities in Germany.
A body of troops under the command of
Earl Moira have landed at Gurnfey, for the
purpose of making a descent on the coast of
Britany to favour the infurredions in that
quarter of France.
The American Eaftindiaman, En
terprise, S. Barbe, of Wifcaffet from
China bound to Oftend, hearing of
the war, put into Havre-de-Grace,
where her cargo, consisting of nan
keens, and sugar, was seized as Dutch
property and feats put on her papers.
From the Weftern army we learn
that General Wayne has take pos
session of the ground where General
St. Clair was defeated, recovered
the cannon left there, buried the bones
of the (lain, under a dikharge of nine
cannon, and ereded a redoubt on the
foot, which he calls Fort Recovery.
We also hear the Indians have pro
posed a truce and made overtures for
peace ; but their sincerity is fufped
ed.
We hear a fleet of 5 fail of French
(hips of the line, and two small armed
veffel# has entered the Che(apeak
Bay.
Congress moves (lowly, and no im
portant bufineh is yet completed.
TOULON recaptured.
Extract of a letter from Baltimore, Feb. 3.
“ An American vessel, just arrived
here from Gibraltar, in 28 dayl, in
forms us of the RECAPTURE of
TOULON by the Sana Culottes."
The recapture of Toulon, is one of the accounts
by the British Packet—fays the Centinel.
newyork, feb. 5. We learn from
Albany, that a bill is in debate, in the
legislature, which provides £.50,000,
for the purposes of Fortifications in
this Bate.
feb. 6. Letters in the (hip Liber
ty, arrived here last Tuefday from
Madeira, inform us of the arrival, at
that island, of a very large British
fleet, commanded by Sir John Jarvis,
K. B. consisting of eight line of battle
(hips, a number of frigates, transports
and store Ihipi, on board of which
were embarked 13,000 land forces,
to be employed under General Sir
Charles Grey, K. B. against the French
islands in the Weftindier, The whole
fleet failed from Madeira on the 22d
of December : their destination ftp
" Martinique is entirely blocked
up with 5 or 6 frigates, which are
determined that there (hall not be the
least intercourse with the Americans.
The British fleet has also arrived in
Barbados —four Ihips of the line, five
of 44 guns, and 8000 troops. —Busi-
ness is much at a stand through the
l(lands."
Extras of a letter from St. Thomas,
dated Jan 28, 1794, to a gentleman
in this city.
Notwithstanding the falfe assertion to the
contrary, which lately appeared in a certain
libellous paper, we are authorifed to assure the
public of Newhampfhire that the four pound
ad IS 'paffed.
Calumny—answered.
In a news-^-paper, called the Courier of
Newhampfbire, the editor, on the 20th ult. in
sinuated, that the adjournment of the Hon.
Gen. Court to Amherst, might be attribut
ed to a publication receding the four pound
act, in the Mirrour of Feb.ioth — and that
[, Refpeaing the above, appears the following
note in the Centinel of the 26th Feb. viz. We do
not wijb to doubt the veracity of Capt. W. but we
Jhall not negba to inform the public, that no fueb
proclamation as be Jays be has jeen, has ever been
pubhjbed in the London Gazette, from the if of
Nov. to the 7th es Dec. and that ail the proclama
tions of the Britife court are invariably publifad
in that gazette. We cannot at the lame time for
bear mentioning, that man, merchants in Salem
give no credit whatever to the intelligence ; but
on the contrary,* inform that letters were received
b, Capt. W. containing intelligence of a direa
contrary nature.
Four Pound A&
feb. 8. By a letter from Lord Mulgrave,
dated Oft. 18, published in the London Ga
zette of Nov. 15, we find that there; has been
two warm fkirmilhes between the garrison at
Toulon, and the Republican besiegers, in
which the latter were viaorious—ln these
two adions, the British loft several valuable
officers, and a great number of men.
FEB. If. The foi, Favourite, Capt, Story,
arrived here this merging, in 50 daysfrom Am
ferdam —He informs us, that apaflenger on board
another veffl bound to this place, bad, before they
failed, received a printed paper, the date of which
be does not remember, containing an account that
the French army bad retaken Toulon, between the
middle and end of November. The Favourite left
the Texrithe 22d Dec. having lain there several
days waiting for wind. We have received Am
fierdam papers of the tyb, loth, 1 itb and I 2th of
the fame month, which mention nothing of the tak
ing °f Toulon—the following particulars are
translated from them;
Several accounts in the Harlem papers, of the
loth and litb December, mention, shat a severe
aaion took place between the French and Prussian
armies, on the 29th and 30th of Nov. near Lan
tern and Erlenbach—that there were three Saxon
battalions cut to pieces on the firfl day ; General
Kalkreutb was mortal), wounded, and afterwards
carried to Frankfort ; and Major Hirchfcld, aid
to the Duke of Brunswick, was killed. It is /aid
that Gen. Kitfl was killed. That the Pruff an
military chef, after the battle was removed, to
Lauder.berg, to remain there till further orders ;
the reason war, they expefted a third attack from
the French. They fufpofe the 10/s of the French
to be 11,000 men ; that the combined armies bad
also loft conjiderable numbers, under Hobenloe 7000
and the Duke of Brunswick 4.000, ^c.
No official confirmation is yet received, of Lord
Howe's having captured any of the French fleet,
but that the French had es caped.
Sir,
Capt. Thomas Webb, has this moment
arrived from St. Euftatia, after a patfage of
25 days, and informs that the British in the
windward jflands have just received a proc
lamation deeding the commanders of the
privateers to take and carry all vessels bound
to the French inlands with provisions, and
from said islands with produce for trial. In
consequence of which, they condemn all they
capture, both vessels and cargoes. Inclofed
you have a copy of a letter which I received
by Capt, Webb, from Capt. Putnam, com
mander of one of my vessels. I have taken
the liberty to give you this early intelligence,
if it is any use to you, or any of the gentle
men in Newburyport, I shall be gratified.
Contradiffed. ,
posed to be Barbadoes, which is the
appointed rendezvous. This fquad
roo and convoy had avoided falling
in with one from Brest, confiding ot
eight French line of battle ships, and
6 frigates, sent from that port for the
purpose of intercepting the British, &
Subverting the important object of an
armament much fuperiour to any that
has ^ed in the Weftindia leas during
the present war. The abovemention
ed French Beet had fallen in with the
British of 22 fail of the line, under
Lord Howe, 90 leagues from the
land : a rapid chace immediately
commenced—One 40 gun frigate &
3 French vessels of interior size had
been already captured by the British.
Lord Rawden, with 13,000 Briufh
troops had failed for France to join
the Royalists in the department of La
Vendee.
The Important Hand Bill.
NEWBURYPORT, FEB. 22.
Letter from a gentleman in Salem to his friend in
this towm
Salem, Feb. 21, ten o'clock at night.
A POOR drunken sailor being ask
ed, if he was sure of being gratified in
three withes, what they would be, re
plied, My firft would be all the Bran,
dy in the world— Your next, Jack,
All the tobacco in the world—Now
for the next—Faith, More Brandy.
TO BE SOLD,
By the Subscriber, in Concord,
about one hundr ed
Salted dry Hides,
if application be made immediately to
NATHANIEL LADD.
Concord, Feb. 27th, 1794. 71
Nehemiah Brown's Estate.
ALL perjons who have an, demands on the
estate of Nehemiah Brown, late of Candia,
deceased, referfoted infol^G are hereby rotifad
to bring in their accounts to the febfcriber for fit
element ; and all, who are indebted, are requeued
to make immediate payment.
NATHAN BROWN, foiniftrator.
Candia, Fib. 13.47% 6g
On the whole, we effort, from the authority
and on the veracity ofjome refcaable members of
the Hon. Court, that the publication of the Speeches
alluded to, did not canje the adjournment of the
court to Amberfl, as th^re was, previous to<beir
publication, a large majority of members decidedly
in favour of Ambersl —ana Concord was not even
mentioned —lt therefore appears evident, that the
fatf is made u\e of, through malice and envy, to
prevent the sleaion of a refeaableyoung gentleman
to the office of Reprejentative=-and withal to ca
lumniate the Editor of ibe Mirrour.
the publisher, and especially the Compiler,
of the fpecches therein referred to, ought
to be treated with contempt and derision by
the inhabitants of Concord —As to his insin
uation refpeding the publisher, the Editor
of the Mirrour feels as great a degree of un-,
concern, as he does contempt for the little,
low-minded, dafardly insinuator—who would
make a more refpeßable figure among the
natives of the Green Mountain, than he ever
can in Concord And as to his Wbijper of
Malice against the compiler, we would ob
serve to the Citizens of Concord, that the
young gentleman, of whom he wishes to
create, in the minds of the People, an inju
rious opinion, was ever treated with re
fpea by the Members of the Hon. Court—
and he ought to be placed, in your efteern
and confidence, as far beyond the touch of
the finger of Envy, pointed by the author of
that abusive Scurrility, as he is by nature and
education above the innate meanness of the lit
tle man —And argue, that ic would be at least
as fafe, for the landed citizens, to put con
fidence in a young gentleman, of landed in
terest, and universally good character, who
was born at home, as in Foreigners —and we
are certain, that the inhabitants of this town
are possessed of too much good sense, and
know their interests too well, to let one of
their most promising citizens lose their con
fidence, through the impious and malicious
insinuations of a Formant , slice, who held,
[all he merited] an appointment, but NOT a
'commiffion !
mr russelL, SAILED from this port, on
the 26th infl. at 10 o'clock, A. M. the brigantine
Old Freight, on a cruize to the eafward ; fee
was fan at fun Jet the fame day, in a heavy gale,
under bare poles—as Jbe waspsorl, manned, and
only one hand that could fleer a good trick, it is
feared /he broached to. She is Bermudian built,
Jquare fern, and double horje bead—and is the
Jame vessel that a few days fines returned intopo't,
from an eight weeks cruise, in a mos foaitered
condition, having bad a long engagemt, r wrh #be
Hampshire, a flats /hip, commanded d : n e Hot,
Capt. Bartlett, carrying 140 bands—mho ut/g.
ed the Old Freight to jeud and run ; f. < bov^^cr
AN frith peasant was carried before a
magistrate, on a charge of having
stolen Iheep, the property of Garret
Fitz Maurice. The Justice asked him
if he could read ? To which he an
swered, a little. You could not be
ignorant then, said Mr. Quorum, that
the Iheep found in your possession be
longed to Sir Garret, as his brand (G.
F. M.) was on it. True, replied the
prisoner, but I really thought the three
letters flood for Good Fat Mutton.
arrived in port, a week before her cruiz wan ;,
and as JbeJailed again, without being overhauled,
it is feared Jhe Joundered —her cargo was rum,
brandy, lemons, and Jugar —andintended'to return
with a cargo of Winter Fjb — Whoever can give
an, further information of the vessel or crew, will
oblige all concerned therein, and in a particular
manner their humbleJervant,
Concord, Feb. 28. An Underwriter.
Concord Ship News !
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