The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-08-26 00:00:00, page 4

AN ignorant fellow maintained in company
that the fan did not turn round the world ;
bow thenfaid one present, does it happen, that
be sets at weft, and rises again at oaf, unless
he passes under the globe ? —Why replied he,
the fun returns the Jame way that he earned
but the reafan why we dont obfervl it, is,
that he goes back in the dark.
A SWISS captain burying pell-mell, in the
field of battle, the deadband the founded, it
was represented to him tbatjome of tbofe whom
be thus buried were hot quite dead, and with
care might perhaps recover. " Pob ! poh.
said he, " if you take their word for it,* there,
is not a man of them, will own bimfelf dead?
Original Anecdote.
JACK and Harry, two jailors, happened
one da, to meet a gentleman in Black,
After they'had pajt b, him, fays Jack " What
fellows is that Harr, ?''=“ Faith I don't
know," (quoth Harryj '• but I believehe is, %
one of the Newengland damnationifts."
" Aye that's true," Jays Jack, " / believefo
too, for as Ipaft by him I conceited -that he
flunk of brimstone mtf d I,."!
France.
COLOGNE, 1 /GENERAL Cufine's
May 26. J(j attempt to deliver
Mentz, though it had not the desired fuccejs,
yet in partsucceeded. The following are th b
particulars of it : On the \6tbinft he detach
ed 16,000 men from the army of the Moselle
toward Mentz ; and to occupy the attention of
the Prussian corp^ commanded by the Prince de
Hobenloe, an invasion was made into Deux
Ponts ; and about midnight, between the 16th
and 17th, a corps of 5000 men also sallied frcm
Landau, and whiljl the detached corps filed oft
by Spires, this corps attacked the Auflrians and
the corps of French emigrants under the Prince
de Conde on one fide; wbilft General Cufine,
at the bead of the principal divifon of bis
troops, attacked them on the other. The a&ion,
which took place on the morning of the 17th
near Belbeim, was very warm ; the emi
grants defended themjUves with great courage
against superior numbers, and the Austrians
aAed with equal bravery. At the commence
ment of the aaion it was supposed the French
would have bad tbe advantage ; but tbe Im
perialifs and emigrants remained masters of
tbe field, and the French were obliged to return
to their former posts without having executed
tbe objea of their attack, which was to pene
trate as far as Mentz. In tbe French ac
count of the a&ion, they attributed tbe failure
efit to two battallions of volunteers who by
miflake fired on their own Cbaffeurs, and a
third threw away their arms before they saw
the enemy. 'The Austrians in this adion,
which lafed three hours, bad 130 men killed
and wounded, and tbe emigrants bad 60 or
70. The latter loft four cannon at tbe begin
ning of tbe afli^, but they were afterward
retaken.— Some prisoners were taken on both
fidts. One emigrant foot bimjelf, rather than
fufferbimfelf, to be taken. Though Gen.
Cuftine failed in his chief end, be reaped this
advantage: General Wurlnfer the next day
thought proper to remove beyond Zurich, and
fix bis camp there; and the French advanced
pofis are now in tbe place where tboje of tbe
Aufirians were.,
pute,
And if phy fie can cure her, Tmfure you wifi
WHEN Colin's good dame, who long
held him a tug,
And defeated his hopes by the help of the jug.
Had taken too freely the conquering cup,
And repeated the dose till it laid her quite up ;
Colin sent for the Doßor: With Jorrowfw
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
do't,
But if, after all, jhe jhou'd happen to die,
And the, fa, that ,ou kill'd her, I'll fweai
'tis a lie :—
'Tis a hujband's chief business, whate'er dot/
ensue, .
And whoever finds fault, I'll be (hot if Ido
fact
He gave him his fee, and told him her case,
^uoth Galen, I'll do what lean for your wife,
But indeed fee's so bad, that Ifearfor her life.
In counjel there'sfafety—e'en jend jor another ;
For if foe Jhould die, folks, you fee'll make a
pother,
And fa, that I loft her for want of goodwill,
Or of better advice, or, in ihort what the,
will.
Says Colin,your judgment there's none can dis-
FOR THE MIRROUR.
TRUE RESIGNATION.
THE PIERRIDES.
are busy, with true patriotic zeal,
in completing the recruiting : the
poor offer themselves, and the rich
open their purses ; offices have
been ereded in leveral of the pub
lick squares for the enrollment of
recruits ; leveral proclamations have
been made by the beat of the drum
and other warlike instruments of
music. The carriages and provi
sions are ready, several bodies of
regulars heve gone off. The de
cree which places all horses em
ployed in objeds of luxury at the
disposal of the Minister of war is
ftriaiy executed. Every pleasure
carriage which passes is flopped,
and the horses taken to the nation
al (tables. Without these measures
it would be impossible to furnifh
horses for our cavalry, ft a time
when our intercourse with foreign
ports is interrupted.
May 14. —Agreeably to the
orders of the Minister at war, 600
muskets were sent off yesterday to
Tours ; for Mentz, about 36,000
weight of bullets ; for Versailles,
5 carriages of artillery, gone there
to be laden with 150,000 cartridg
es for the army of Vendee.
It is thought that the rebels are
commanded by Bouille and Lam
befe. - It is certain that the regi
ment, cidevant Royal Alemand, of
which the last mentioned had the
^command, is among them ; many
jfoldiers in red are seen with them ;
fthey are English troops.
May II. —A report was made
co the Convention of the treachery
of Geo. Petion, who had gone over
'0 the Royalists with 2500 men,
which he had commanded at Thou
ars.—A member said in the debate,
'hat Petion was the firft to cry out
Huzza for Louis Will Huzza
for the ^een ! and to join to per
fidy, fanaticifm, Huzza for ,ufus
Cbrifl !
The National Convention has
granted the Honors of the Panthe
on to Gen. Dampierre.
Gen. Biron is appointed to com
mand the armies intended to ad
against the Rebels.
A decree passed the Convention,
regulating and providing for the
School of the Deaf and Dumb in
Bourdeaux.
Such of the students in the Mil
itary School, as are guilty of In
civifm, the Minister of war obtain
ed liberty to fend back to their re
lations.
PARIS, may 13. The Seaions
PHILADELPHIA, August 3.
Abfiraa of Foreign Intelligence re
ceived by tie Brig Polly, Capt.
Foster, in 63 days from Rochelle
in France.
THE Convention on the roth
of May held their session in their
new place of meeting, the Castle
of the Thuilleries. The room is
an oblong square, ornamented with
the portraits of Brutus, Solon, Ly
curgus, Plato, and others.
Disagreeable accounts of the
progress of the Royalists in the de
partment of Portiers, were com
municated to the Assembly this
day by a member just returned
from that quarter. —Cambon com
municated an account of some suc
cesses against the Spaniards on the
Frontiers.
Pennsylvania.
The difmiffion of the Minister
at War is spoken of ; Beauharnois
and Lamoriier are spoken of to suc
ceed him.
We hear from Brest that a
French privateer has brought into)
Morlaix the Pallas frigate, from
India. She is the firft which the|
Englith rook from us in 1778 —;
The prize is valued at 2,600,000
Livres.
Copy of a letter written by the Ad
ihintftraters conflicting the Coun
cil of tbe department de la Vendee,
Diftria of Fontenay le-Peuple,
Larocbe fur Ton, in an extraordi
nar, session assembled.
Fontenay le-Peuple,the i6ofMay, 1793.
Second year of the French Republick.
Citizens,
We hasten to inform you of a
fortunate events To day the reb
els made their appearance before
our Town in considerable force,
Supported by a large train of artil
lery. After a cannonade, which
lasted several hours, our army (alli
ed out to meet them, and they
were repulsed. Their artillery,
consisting of 26 pieces without
swivels,. &c. was taken. Their
provisions and ammunition, bag
gage, a furnace to prepare red-hot
balls, cattle, and eighty waggons
loaded with grain and flour, are
fallen into our hands.'Our van
guard pursued them as far as two
leagues. This event affords com
pensation for the losses we sustained
at the assaults of Breffuire and of
Thouars, and enables us to recover
what less fortunate circumstances
obliged us to give up.
We do not mention the number
of dead and wounded of the ene
my. On our fide there are but
few of them, and prisoners are
brought in every hour.
(Signed)•
MASSE, for the Viceprefident.
Copy of a letter written by Citizen Sandos,
Adjutant General, Commander of the Army
of the Saint Maixent, to the Administrators
of the Department of Deux Sevres.
Head Quarters at Fontenay-le-Ptuple,
16th of May , second year of the
French Republick.
The firft news I have to announce to
you, and which you are perhaps informed
of already, will dissipate the anxiety which
the federates may have caused you for
some moments. Victory ! Victory ! was
the rallying word hope inspired us to ex
claim. To day we were blessed to fee our
ardent wishes fulfiled—We have taken an
oath to purge France of the brigands that
pollute her, and we shall not think that
obligation acquitted but on that day when
not one of them Ihall exist on the furface
of the country.
The cavalry headed by the brave Chal
bos, and the infantry, under my com
mand, did perform the duties of republi
cans and warriours, by bravery as well as
dignity of behaviour. During the a&ion
they Ihone forth as heroes, but when vic
torious, they displayed all the virtues of
generous men ; their countenance fright
ened the enemy so much, that they put
more confidence in their heels than in the
thunders of that God they had injured.
Ic was noon when the rebels
made their appearance. At five
o'clock they were defeated. We
took ten pieces of cannon, four and
eight pounders, besides 14 to J 5 of
inferior quality. They were so
perfectly routed, that they were
obliged to relinquish their ammu
nition and provifions.—ln a word,
the Most Holy Catholic Host is
reduced to recite the Seven Peni
tentiary Psalms, and nothing is left
to them, by our fabres and cannon,
Citizen Administrators,
NEWBURYPORT, August 14.
Late London Papers have Ac
counts from Offend, of 31st of
May, Bating, that the Evening be
fore, 37 Sail of Traofports, had ar
rived from England, having on
board the dragoon Guards, the
Queen's light Dragoons, the Le
gion of French Emigrants raised
in England, commanded by La
Charte ;—and a Number of
Draughts, from different Corps :
these, with immense supplies of
Stores and Provisions for the grand
Armies are fafely landed. Yefler
day 7 000 French Troops from
Dunkirk captured Furths, and took
Possession of all the Stores, Ammu
nition, &c. depofired there for the
use of the Campaign : 1200 Dutch
and Austrian Troops Rationed there
made a vigorous Resistance, but
were forced to yield to fuperiour
Numbers. At this Instant the fly
ing Dutch and Austrians are enter- ^
ing Oflend for shelter, and I cannot
give you an Idea of the Panic which
has seized all Descriptions of Peo
ple. We expea the French here
this Evening, and we have no de
pendence but in the Troops just
landed from England. Should they ^
prevail, and the Forage, and other
Stores from England now here, fall
into their Hands, the Cavalry,
British, Hanoverian, and Austrian
mud perish, for they have no
means of Succour, but from Eng
-Iland.
but Agnes Dei, and Crucifixes—
Never the laurels earned by the he
roes of ,La Gironde, of the brave
Warriours of Herault, of La Vien
ne, of Deux Sevres, of Deux Cha.
rentes, nor those of the excellent
Republicans of La Dordogna, will
decay in the Temple of Fame. In
Ihort, all individuals, even the new
levied recruits, have contributed to
that facrifice, worthy of liberty out
raged. This however is in our
opinion but the firft steps toward
the arduous height of triumph.—
Farewell
Eight o'clock, in the Evening
66 This Instant there is a Caval
cade of Waggons now entering the
Town from Fumes, filled with
wounded Troops, Dutch and Auf
triani. It is impossible for, me to
tell you the Number, In the begin
ning of the Attack fearing the Is
sue, the Commandant of the Gar
rison had taken measures for a Re
treat, and sent off what Stores it
was possible to save. In these Car
riages the wounded have also been
brought to us. It is evident that
the French, hearing that so large a
Force had landed from England,
wait for a Reinforcement before
the, push their advantage hither ,
there was no other probable cause for
their not cutting off the Retreat of
this Cavalcade and being here be
fore now as Fumes is only 15 Miles
distant. Couriers have been dis
patched to acquaint the Duke of
York of this important Movement,
and every means is taken to save
the grand Armies from the dread
ful Consequence of the loss of the
Stores." ^v
(Signed) SANDOS,
Adjutant General Commander of
Saint Maixent.
Maffaebufetts.
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