The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-02 00:00:00, page 4

* being presented towards^ the Capt.
,& went off, and the charge went
through hia body—He iofabtly
p/oqhin^d hiinWa dying man,
and prayed fervently fcr the mer
cy of God. Two physicians were
readily obtained; but they apply
ed their (kill for his recovery in
-vain— He expired about 9 o'clock
I the fame evening !— Thus died a
man whose upright conduct had
i secured to him the esteem of an
“ J extensive acquaintance—Honesty,
J condour, benevolence and friend
, flip were distinguishing traits in
, his charades He hagleft a wid
s ow and Seven young children to la
ment the untimely and melancholy
departure of an indulgent and af
t feftionate tiuffnrid, and' an instruc
tive and kind parent !
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BOSTON^^'o.- The Third Con.
grefs of the United States, will convene at
the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the
id ityof December.
evening, the Captain and fevbral
\Qf his men were at & door of the
/house, one of whom with & fire-
Clock, and being ignorant of her be
ing loaded, had feyeraltim^ snapp
ed her ;ac length, unfortunately,
ibYdl^df MfrfelfesfyToulon, hauingl
on & zi# and 2fl tfliifl minify fa Com|
Nferit?, ^L wd Hftfo@b office tpftrrf*-,
dgryhUfyf tpfeim.&i, d 'Arf logger
•with all the fbfirOTq lit the two feldce), and
the yfyl ' inthe bu&ur of Touton. Mis
tordfeip difelcbed wfrigatetfd Admiral Din
geara; requeuing that be ^auld proceed ^itb
ty^ee^ and land forces, to dffift bis opera
tions j afd that Languaid,' basing accorl
i%gl, ,io^e&fy Toulon,Wz titebflieS iim
tCrM^fe)b^9dio#dbe ?W agd sfy land
freepffbigb kicbardo, was &&« ^'be
ing arrived fare, the Marines fewer^ difem
barheffrom tbeftrifo under the command of
Granina, aid ^tbe, took pofffan of all the
forte and jbi,s ; the,latter aref aid ta be above
10 fail of tbe line, btfdes frigate, . Louiy
Xf,L loas Proclaimed by ibe inhabitants ;
fe Lord Hood, bad ag+bed to refere every
rbing, <wta'pmt 'fall take /date.; Tbit
news<wns dispatched as fen as the marines
^reftfel, 'landed, eptfin,oftfon of tbtfr
irffis. There are otb^ particulars, which 1
have not time to relate. roars,^c.
(Signed) ^ MEW.?,
To fames Duff,Efq. Cadiz. ,
Capt. Service also informs, that a large
quantity c, four were foiling at Cadiz
for both Toulon, and Marseilles.
: B, a gentleman who come , avenger in the
Eli*a, Capt. Colly, me are ferry to' learn,
that Mr. Gregone,Jen. (of the boufeof Gre
gorie and Barkfdale, Peter/burgb) and Mr.
Archibald Hunter, of, Rappahannock, were
guliotined at Dunkirk, about the last oj Au
guf, having exprtfedJentiments inimicalto the
c^zt/e ^France.
Last Tuefday night arrived in Hamp
ton-roads, a French Corvette, of ,4 £•"'>
from Capefrancois, with the lafl remains gs
the Whites, from that place ; the Cage if now
entirely defrayed, not a boufe left funding.
She brings a' confirmation oftbe tf&e yjere
_mie, Nichola Mole, and the Platform, being
in peffeffion of the Englifo. .
'"Newjerfey.
ITRENTON, Nov. 6.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
jSatmday last, being the day ap
pointed for the training of the mi
-Jttia in ft to woChip of Kingwood,
Hunterdon county, the company
ui&rjte command of Reuben
M'Pherfon met accordingly at
Quaker-town, and after perform
ing the several duties required of
them, with great dexterity, andin
good order, were dismissed. A
number of them, however, among
whom was Capt, M'Pherfonjetired
to a publick boufe to (pend the re
mainder of the afternoon. • In the
] Site our hit federal W the Reprefen
tativ&tf4he (People of this Common
[wealth ;ioCongfefs, bare puffed through
this w wn b'ohrtneif way to Philadelphia,
jltytotf afeerj'-om a gentleman in °f~\
;tend, to hit friend in tbistown, dated Sep
,[ tember ti, >79, ""
''On the 3ift ultimo, Ileft Dunkirk,
and'the^next.&yit was invested by an ar
.my of 40,000 men under the command of
Ikite Duke of. Ydrk=bdt his Royal High
rnefs has been Obliged to faife she 'ftege,
'land retire with floofs of hto heavy cah
■non, aramunitibri, and 8 or 10,000 men
ikilled and wounded. This has given the
,English a great check, inti if the news of
;ihe capture of Teuton had not arrived
about the fame timer their funds Would
have been considerably depressed.
r "Never, firice' Europe has been in any
iftate of civilizationfharl war been car
.fried on with Such savage barbarity—The
P French arid Auftriauf give no quarters to
tach other in the field, and I dare fay,
within the last three weeks, riot less than
2§,000 men have fallen, of the French
, and Allies together^
; " A few days ago therewas ageneral
opinion, that a war would take place be
, tween England and America ; but at
, present, people's ideas have changed on
, that score. I believe Greatbritain be
. gins to think (he will have enough to do
, with France ; and I am sure that the
. ^Americans know their ibterefttoo well,
, to involve themselves in a war thai would
, be so deftruaive to b their commerce and
. revenue. Our present political Situation
, is the admiration and env,df the world,
f and I hope the wisdom of our government
, will long preserve it fa " ;0/ 4
Cap^ain Smith; arrived at Newfont!on,
,fr^om Literal, I ot b September; related,
that the war—as all wars^ought to be—
is Primely unpopular in England : Pe
titions were' presented daily from the cit
ies and capital towns ; and that discon
tent is raifiog his grim front thrpughtout
the kingdom. ^j : ^ --^
- , Reports were in circulation on Satur
^ day last, that an Infurredion had broke
outin Ireland ;rthat tye^Defenders htid
;obtained a complete vi&ory over the reg
ular troops, and had cut them off to^
1 Man :—That a similar infurregion fed
, also broken but in England, and that
: the Prime Minister, Mr. Pitt, bad nar
,ro^yGfei^d{frith;lifq. ^'r^whe^e
these reports originated, we have not
I been able to learn ; as wd Could ^ot by
, inquiring trace thrift th any authority
, whatever, Americans wifir well to Irish
, men. ± r r
1, hi CONCORD, pf&Mhßlt 2.'
>FROM Windsor, we have the following
;article ?-fa ft is tyffted frpm,^k^orth
' Newhampmire. ttiat Qn,one evening last
• week, an inhabitant 6fth^t town fat out
. onhorfeback, to ^ifit a neighbour about
simile distant ; and having to pass thro'
' some woods, was affaplted by a number
' of men on foot, (as he supposed with in
t tent to frighten him) but he cleared him
i felf from them, and went on to his neighs
bp,'s boufe, where he tarried some hpurs,
' and in conversation with his neighbour,
informed him of what had happened to
1 him on the road : Being about to return
. home, his neighbour insisted on his tak
ing a gun with .him, to defend himfelf, if
he ffiould be again assaulted ; after much
!perfuafion $ he was prevailed on to take
I the gun—=On his arrival at the wood
I beforementioned; he was again assaulted,
knocked off his horse, received Several
wounds fromafword, and a gun or pis
i tol was snapped at him leveral times ; he,
- however, disengaged himfelf, and after
Iffifcharding his piece among them, made
his way home withaJlfpeed, and rallying
his neighbours, they went to the place,
• where they difeovered a quantity of blood,
rand likewise trails of it in the Woods to
, some distance— —We hope to be able to
give furfher particulars ip opr next "
Thursday, the ^th day of December
next, is appointed w* day of publick
Thanksgiving in Vermont. -'
■ v ",oston CENtiNEL, N0V.23.
t OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, BY LATEST
:ARRIVALS;
^ Since our last, two Vessels have arriv
ed here from Europe ; the firft from Am
sterdam ; by which a confirmation of the
piaory of the French, oyer the division of
the&mbined army near Dunkirk, is re
ceived ; with an account, that the Britiffi
channel fleet under Lord Howe, has met
the French Brest fleet ; but the latter be
ing fuperiour by one fliip of the line, and
fix frigates, the Englilh bore away, and
put into Torbay ; previous to which how
ever, a partial engagement took place
between several frigates of both fleets,
which' terminated auvantageoufly for the
French.
The other arrival is from Cadiz, which
she left the 6th of October. Capt. Rich
informs, that the account of the surren
der of Toulon, only, had been received at
Cadiz, he dot having heard of its recap
ture by Gen.'Carteaux. He, however,
mentions, thatit was difficult to obtain a
hypolitical information in Spain, there
beihg but one paper published in the
kingdom ; and that at Madrid. Capt.
Rich confirms the defeat of the Spaniards
near Mount Liber ; and adds, that the
inveteracy of the Spaniards, against the
French, is increasing to the highest pitch
Two American vessels have been carried
into Cadiz, being bound from France to
the United States. The Captains and
crews were in confinement on board of a
Spanilh frigate.
.Tbe H^ER.
From Philadelphia, Nez. 11.
" The effects of our late visitation are
puffing off rapidly. Business revives ; and
it is the opinion of the pbyficians, that
there is not the least danger to be appre
hended- from visiting the city. Ido not
believe that there has been an individual
attacked, who h#s returned within ten
days past; although reports to the con
trary have been circulated. Not itiore
than three or four have died within eight
orteri days past, at the hospital; altho'
almost all the sick are now colleaed there
, —lndeed, I know of none sick in the city
Above an hundred fail of vessels have ar
rived in the course of a few days—one 1
from Capefrancois is flopped at the fort
below; hating sick on board.
“Riot.
" The late arrivals from the Cape, bro't
: pirt of the residue of the white inhabit
ants ; the rest are arrived at Norfolk arid
/ Baltimore. A number of the emigrants
now in this city, of the aristocratic party,
hearing that one of Sonthonax's parti
zans, with two millions of property, was
ori board one of the vessels, entered it,
with a determination to dispatch him.—
This outrage gave rife to the following
Proclamation:
By the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia,
A PROCLAMATION.
, City of Philadelphia, ff.
THE daring outrages which were com
mitted yesterday and this day, on board
the Ship Rebecca, Benjamin Wyatt, mas
ter, just arrived from Capefrancois, by a
number of Frenchmen, who from their
drefi might have been taken for gentle
men, are scarcely to be parallaled. With
premeditation, they assembled to facrifice
a passenger on board the said Ship to their
vengeance,for crimes which they alledged
he had committed in the island of St. Do
mingo ; and with' the basest treachery,
afterdecoyiog him upon the deck of the
vessel out of bis cabin, by Specious prom
iles, attacked him with swords, sticks and
lifts, and knocked him overboard ; and
while in the water attempted to accom
plilh the assassination, by throwing stones
at him, by which he had received many
dangerous wounds in his head and body,
and would there inevitably have perilhed,
had not a number of the citizens, at the
peril of their lives, come to his rescue. y ^
This insult offered to our laws, by a set
of men to whom an affylum from fire and
sword hath been so recently offered, indi
cates the basest ingratitude ; and not con
tent with what had just been perpetrated,
many of them had the superlative auda
city to aflfemble at thecity ball where the
wounded person had been brought for
lately a and there insolently uttered threats
of their fuwremurderoufrintentions.rv
In order therefore that the perpetrators
of those nefarious a&s may be brought to
condign punishment, the good citizens
who were witnesses to what passed, are
requested, for the publick honour, and
*, DINNER will be on the table pre-?
cifely at 1! of the clock, p. m.
B, Order of the Right Worfoipful
,JOSEPH CILLEY, Master,'
Nathaniel Weare, Secretary,
Deerfield, Nov. i
Books & Stationary.
williamaTkent
Has just received
A PLEASING VARIETY OF
BOOKS
Sentimental, Moral, and Religious.
Which are offered for Sale, at
tie Boflon prices.
also— School Books, Writing
Paper, Ink Powder, &c. &c.
A very general Assortment of
English, Hard Wire, & Weftindia
GOO D S.
Concord, December 2. 58
Wanted immediately—a LAD,
from 14 to 16 years of age, as an appren
tice to the Shoemaker's Bufincfs. — En
quire at the Mirrour Office.
December 2, 1793.. 78
STRAY STEER.
~---,-===■■= —^^
BROKE into the inclofure ofr
the subscriber, some time in October last,
a red yearling
STEE R,
no artificial mark.—The owner is desired
to prove property, pay charges, and take
him away.
BENJAMIN HANNAFORD.
Concord, Dec. 2. 58
CASH given for RAGS. |
A French gentleman has received let
ters from the Weftindies which intimate
that a plan had been formed there of
freeing the negroes in the southern states
of America : of having them armed, and
headed by some of the free mulattoes
from St. Domingo, to march against
Louifania, and other Spanish fettlements^
and that one of the commiffionci, wasai
the bottom of the plan.—How true this
may be, time will determine.
Gov. Mgpltrie, of Soutbearolina, has
issued a Proclamation dated Oa. 5, or
dering all the free negroes, & pttier peo
ple of colour, who have arrived therein
from St. Domingo, to depart in ten days .
He having been informed,that there were
among them characters who wished to
excite an infurredion of the negroes in
that state. ~*
Columbian Lodge.
I^ 'THE Brethren of the
= ancient Society of FREE and
ACCEPTED MASONS, are hereby in
formed, that the Festival of St. Jobn
the Evangelist, will be celebrated by the
Columbian lodge, at BROTHER
BENJAMIN BUTLER'S, in Deerfield,
on Friday the 27th day of December next
—,The Brethren are requeued to ate
tend at.XI of the clock, a. m. _
the fafety of themselves and fellow citi
zens, to point out every person who was
concerted in the breach of the peace,
wounding and threatening aforefaid; and
in the mean time vigilantly to attend to
the condud of persons So capable of insult,
ing the laws of hbfpitality. .' $
M. CLARKSON, Mayor.
Nov. 8, 1793.
The President of the United States,
having fummon^d the heads of Depart
ments, Chief Justice, and other officers
of the Government, go meet at German
town, to advise on the most suitable place
for the meeting of Congress; we un
derstand, their decision was in favour of
Philadelphia—where the President arrive
ed, tte 11th inst, to the great joy of the'
citizens.- 4