The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-08-26 00:00:00, page 2

Decree refpe&ing neutral Bot
toms. Pafled May 9.
ART. I. Ships of war and priva
teers are authorifed to seize and
carry into the ports of the Repub
lick, merchant vessels which are
wholly or in part loaded with pro
visions, being neutral property,
bound to any enemy's port, or
having on board merchandize be
longing to an enemy.
Art. 11. Merchandize belong
ing to the enemy, is declared a
lawful prize, Sizable for the profit
of the captor. Provisions being
neutral property; (hall be paid for
at the price they would have fold
for at the port where they were
bound.
Art. 111. On every occasion
neutral vessels fhail be immediately
released the moment the provisions
found on board are landed, or the
feifure of merchandize (hall be et
feaed. The frigate shall be fettled
at the rate paid by the charterers ;
al proper compensation shall be
granted for detention of the vessels
by the tribunals, who are to ad
judge the prizes.
" Head Quarters at Norbacb, Ma, ig.
" BEING arrived at the army of the
Moselle on the i6th, we found that a bat
tle was about to take place. We descend
ed from our carriage and got on horse
back to follow our brave troops.
" Having advanced some distance, our
light infantry met the Prussians at Neu
kirchen. Our troops fought them wih
in pistol foot. The enemy soon retired.
General Houchard ordered a regiment of
dragoons to advance, while our light
troops attacked the village. The Prus
sians however, thought fit not to wait, and
ramoff.
" Our troops pursued them to the val
ley of Hambourg and Carlfberg, when
they hoped the Prussians would make a
. stand and fight. We waited an hour,
however no enemy appeared. Our Gen
eral finding the Prussians would not fight,
and being unwilling to try our troops,
ordered a retreat.
“ Nothing can equal the regret of our
' troops at not fighting: they were morti
fied at being ordered to retreat ; and it
was only in assuring them that another
opportunity wAuld soon offer, that they
were persuaded to fall back. ^
" We have only to add, that whilst we
have such brave defenders of our country,
we need not fear our enemies.
(Signed) '' MARIBAUT,
"MONTAT,
" SOUBRANY,
“ MAINET."
The following letter was read from this
officer.
FFeiffenburg, Ma, 18.
"O" *''" ' lent orders to Gen-
U eral Houchard to attack Sem
bach with his troops ; whilst General
Polly attacked the Prussians at Preme
iheim. In order to attack the Prulfians
with greater success, I propagated a report
amongst them that I was reinforced with
cavalry from the army of the Moselle,
and also with artiHery from Stratfbourg.
" On the 16th, at eight o'clock at
night, I marched with 26 battalions,
three regiments of dragoons and five of
cavalry, to take post on the heights of
Denheim. The battle began at halfpaft
five the following morning. Our artille
ry had great effeft. The battle at firft
was much in our favour, but while our in
fantry were forming, a regiment of our
cavalry rode up towards them, which a
battallion of our troops taking for the en
emy, ran away and could not be rallied
I did every thing to flop their flight but
in vain ; they behaved like cowards.
(Signed) " CUSTINE."
May 24.
Copy of a letter from the Commissioners
of the National Assembly.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
May 22.
GENERAL CUSTINE.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
France.
Art. IV. These tribunals shall
cause to be made out within three
days after the judgment has been
given, a copy of the manifeft of
che provisions and goods found on
board, to the minister of the ma
rine, and another copy to the min
ister for foreign affairs;
PARIS, May 22. —Denmark and
Sweden are united to support an
armed neutrality.J
The oath the chiefs of the coun
terrevolution impose on the peas
antry, is, " To remain true to Lan
is XVLI. to the French monarchy ;
and never to carry arms against the
Christian Religion."
Gen. Miaczienfki, and Devaux,
Adjutant General of Dumourier's
army, convicted of betraying the
Republick, by executing his Gen
eral's orders, were beheaded this
Germany.
MANHEIM, May 19. —General
Custine finding it absolutely nec
essary to fuccour Mentz, made an
attempt to do it, which succeeded
beyond his expectations. He ad
vanced at the head of a very nume
rous army, and attacked General
Wurmser, whom, after a very
vigorous resistance, he obliged to
retire beyond @,eicb. He after
wards, with part of his forces, made
an attack on the Prussian corps
commanded by the. hereditary
Prince of Hobenloe, at CarleJberg,
in the duchy ot Deux Ponts, when
the latter, after a brave resistance,
was obliged to yield to fuperiour
numbers, and abandon that import
ant post.
Cuftine is. on his march to May
ence, and there does not exist a
doubt of his obliging the allies to
raise the siege.
The Dukeof Btunfwick will most
probably advance to fuccour the
Prince Hohenloe and Gen. Wurm
fer, and having thus united his ar
my, will give the enemy battle.
There is every reason to hope, that
from the discipline of his Prussian
troops, notwithstanding the ardour
of the French army, the next ac
count from the feat of action will
mention their overthrow.
morning. The latter, on receiving
his sentence, undauntedly laid, " I
have known how to spill my blood
at the head of armies, in the de
fence of the people—l shall ascend
the fcaffold courageously ; and may
my death be ufeful to the people."
We have received accounts from Co
penhagen, " That Denmark and Sweden
have united to support the ARMED
NEUTRALITY, and protest the free
dom of their trade and navigation.
FAYETTEVILLE, July 23.-The
Season, in the northern States has it been
ext remely dry, to the considerable Detri
ment of the Farmers—but in this Part of
the Continent, its Wetness threatens to
destroy the Hopes of the Hufbhndman.
We hear from several Parts of the back
Country, that the Wheat, which promis
ed the most abundant Crops, in the ear
ly Part of the Seafon,'is now greatly in
jured by the Rust, created by the great
Quantities of Rain which have fallen dur
ing the last two Months.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, August 10.
The following Extract is taken from a
N^ork Paper of Thursday last,-
From the Lower Elbe, May 17.
American Intelligence.
Nortbcarolina.
" Genet and Wafoington—how the, found !
" A Feather and ten tboufand Pound. -"
It is said, that Mr. Genet, has at
tached himfelf in a particular Manner to
the known Enemies of the federal Gov
ernment ; to the Revilers of the President
and of almost every publick Functionary
of high Rank in it, and that his general
Condu& has been such as to render it sus
picious that he really wishes by Manage
ment with a certain set of Men to support
the Standard of Party in our already too
much divided Land. If these Imputa
tions are founded in Truth, and I have
Efficient Evidence to fatisfy my Mind
that they are all literally or substantially
so, then if Mr. Genet regards the true
Interests of his Country, it he has declar
ed the Fad when he said the Republick
did not desire us to engage in the War,
but only to manifeft our good Will, &c.
If he Wishes to avoid the Retaliation of
his Indignities offered to our Govern
ment —he will in the most publick Man
ner alter his past Line of Condu&, or re
turn to his Fellowcitizens, i^Fra^e, foi
a Substitute who may better understand
!the Objects of his Embassy, and have a
juster Sense of the real American ' Char
aders.
That " Peace may be within thy Walls,
O Jerusalem," is the sincere Prayer of,
your well meant Citizen. <
W M . WILLCOCKS.
New,orb, 4uguft 2d, 1793.
Extras of a Letter from Captain John
Brice, of the Ship Juno, of this Port,
dated Nantz, May 30.
" I left the Capes of Virginia the loth
of April, and made land near the Mouth
of the Loire on the 19th of May, then a
bout 15 Sail of Ships in Sight—l could
speak none. About nine o'Clock fame
Evening, a Ship was standing on the fame
Tack with us—bore up and fired a Gun.
" I immediately took in the top gal
lent Sails and stay Sails, and backed the
mizen top Sail—they were not fatisfied
with this but came up along Side, and
fired twenty more —they then hail'd and
afk'd where I was from, I answered from
Virginia bound to Nantz, they then sent
a Boat on board with twenty Men and an
Officer, who examined my Papers, and
laid they were not good ; and that I was
English, and a good Prize ; I was then
sent on board the Ship with my Papers ;
it proved to be the Capricious French
Frigate of 44 Guns Captain Savrice ;
the Captain examined the- Papers and
me ; and disapproved of both : I asked
him to fend an Officer and Men out of
his Ship to go into Nantz with me ; he
told me no—l should go to Rochfort. He
then ordered my Mate and all the People
on board the Frigate, and the Juno to
Rochfort. We kept at Sea until the 20th
—then went into Port, I was sent to
Rochfort with the Papers to be examined
by the Commodore, who was astonished
at the Treatment we received, and di
reded the People to be difchared immedi
ately, and the Ship and Cargo given up,
" I entered a Protest against those Pro
ceedings but lam fearful Nothing will be
recovered —I found the Juno Prize like a
perfe& Wreck, plundered of every Thing
even to our wearing Apparel and Shoe
buckles, together with Part of the Car
go : I proceeded for Nantz 27th, and ar
rived this Merning, the Damage we sus
tained in loss of Stores, which will be difr
ficult to replace, will be considerable."
By the Brig Betsey, Captain Monti-
ETH,in 4.4 Days from Cadiz, we are in
formed, that a British Fleet of fix Sail of
the Line, arrived there just before he fail
ed, to join a Spanish Fleet bound to the
Mediterranean. And that a large Fleet
of Spanish Men of War, Frigates, &c.
amounting to 50 Sail, had failed from
Cadiz on a secret Expedition.
A Gentleman of Character who has
just arrived from Germany, brings the fol
lowing important Intelligence to the
Friends of Liberty and Equality : That
in the Middle or the tenth of May last,
one of the most refpeaable Merchants of
Berlin, (the Kefidence of the King of Pruf
fa) put the following Inscription over
his Door, in golden Charaders ; Libert,,
Equality, and the Rights of Man. His Maj
esty was immediately informed thereof,
but through fear of his own Subjects, fuf-|
sered it to remain unnoticed. A remark-|
able Circumstance which renders it prob
able, that this debilitated Voluptuary will
soon experience a similar Fate with Louis
the 16th. This Gentleman farther re
lates that his Mistresses have already
made such drafts upon his Treasury that -
it is nearly exhausted, and they have de
bilitated his Body, whilst heriditary
Prince, to such a Degree, that epileptic
Fits, are his daily Portion, and his Ina
bility to govern at present the greatest
Misfortune to his Subjects. The fame
Gentleman adds, that the combined Ar
mies are in the greatest Want of Money,
Provisions, and Supplies of all Kinds,
whereas the French have every Ihing in
Abundance, and that the Spirit of Liber
ty and Equality has made and is Hill mak
ing incredible Progress in the German
Empire.
,er Packet.
" The Condua of the Powers at War,
and particularly France, to the Shipping
of Neutrals is such that there remains lit
tle Security to the Freedom of Naviga
tion under your Flag, as no refpeds seem
to be paid to it by the Privateers of that
Nation. This therefore operates materi
ally against employing your Vessels afc
vantageoully in Europe — heretofore some
good Freights have been made, but at
present, from the above Cause, and a
great Number of American Ships in Eu
ropean Ports wanting Employments —the
Profped is not favourable, neither do they
fetch high Prices if fold."
ExtraEl of a Letter dated London, June ~
from a ref, enable Merchant there, received
Maffacbujetts.
BOSTON, August 17.—For the honour
of Captain Bombard, of the Embul
cade, it oughr to be made known, that he
has no knowledge of the many gafcon
ading, inflated accounts of the late bat
tie, which have fuelled several southern
papers, and been ecchoed in the nothern.
Like a brave man, he gives due credit to
the valour and intrepidity to his antago
nist, with whom he was personally ac
quainted, and speaks only of the victory,
as one obtained over a refpe&able foe.
This we have from a gentleman who con
verted with Capt. Bombard on the fub
jeft.
A gentleman from Nenv,ork, informs,
that in the dividend of the prize money
among the officers and crew of the Embuf,
cade, the principle of equality is rigidly ad
hered to —each taking share and share
alike. Os one prize taken, Capt. Bom
bard's share, we learn, was only twelve
and an half dollars.
Embufeade & Boston Frigates.
An account of the action between tbofe ^efils,
by a foeaator on board the latter.
ON Thursday the ift of August at 2,
A. M. the Boston discovered a fail on the
weatherbow ; she immediately beat to
arms, and every thing was prepared for ac
tion. The Captain of the Boston know
ing himfelf near the fleet, concluded to
stand to the southward as long as it was
dark, that at daylight he might fee if any
more ships were in fight. At about five
o'clock, finding no other ship in fight, set
fail to head-reach the Embufeade, so as to
fetch her on the other tack. In about
20 minutes they tacked ship again, but
could not fetch the Embufeade. As
soon as the Boston came abreast, flie bore
down. Captain Courtne, expecting the
enemy were going to rake him, wore ship
and met him in the opposite tack. The
Boston then hauled down her French col
ours, which she had wore in her former
manoeuverings, and hoisted her English
colours, fired a broadside without hailing
the other ship. The Embufeadereturn
ed the fire, carried away the Boston's cross
jack yard, and passed by. The Boston
then tacked again, and came under the
Embufeade's lee quarter, when the en
gagement was very smart. In the early
part of the a&ion, the ift and 2d lieuten
ants were wounded. About the middle
part the Captain was killed, as was the
lieutenant cf marines ; rd about the
fame time the main top mast was (hot
away. The Embufeade was the whole
of this time dropping astern, to get on the
Boston's weather quarter ; and as soon as
she had got this situation, had greatly the
advantage, and shortly after cut the spars,
fails and rigging of the Boston in such a
manner, that they had very little com-
Imand of their ship.
The firft lieutenant (who had been
wounded before) came on deck and took
command: He immediately bore away,
making what fail he could, and having a
(fair wind, set all his fleering fails on hi<
Newyork,
NEWYORK, Auguff I.