The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-06-30 00:00:00, page 2

tion, directly or indire&ly. A French snow,,
La Camille, which had defended the river
Delaware as low as Newcastle,on her voyage,
was flopped by an officer of the United States;
and the President adhering to perfect impar
tiality, could not think himfclf juftified, to
gratify the Minifterof the French Republick
witha passport. Paflports beiog kept under
the special view of the President, were issued
only after his examination of each case, and
the total number of them does not exceed 26.'
Among them w;s one to yourfelf ; one to an.
agent, who was lent to the Weftindies, upon
a business conneded with the late captures
and condemnations in various British courts
of admiralty ; oneto a citizen, whose vessel
was under trial in Bermuda, and who was
anxious to forward the British inftrudions of
the Bth of January, 1794, with a hope of
rescuing her from confifcarion ; one to the
friends of Joshua Barney, then in Jamaica ;
twenty for the accommodation of several un
fortunate inhabitants of St. Domingo, to
some of whom our government was advanc
ing money for their support, and who could
no longer endure their Separation from home;
one to some other persons in peculiar circum
hances, desirous of returning to the Weftin
dies ; and in the last instance, one to the
Minister of the French Republick. If, there
fore, by any other passport or permission, the
embargo has been relaxed, it was unauthor
ifed by the President, and unlawful. The
diftince of Hampton Road from this city, be
ing. more than 300 miles, the officers of gov
ernment, resident here, could not learn, at
the moment, what was pairing there. No in-,
telligence of an official nature, or of any real
importance—no complaint from any other
foreign Minister, or any other person, has
since reached us. If, Sir, you should hap
pen to possess the information, I ask it as a
favour of you, to designate, who granted the
permission, and under what circumstances the
French vessels left that road ? An investiga
tion, however, has been and shall be purfoed,
on our part, without delay. If the law has
been violated, it shall be vindicated ; but a
violation of law, is very remote from a per
mifbon of the government.
7th. The uniformly unfriendly treatment
which the British officers are said to have ex
perienced in the United States, cannot be an
swered, until it shall be more explicitly defin
ed. Did this treatment break forth in words
orations, not cognizable bylaw? Iffo, no
complaint can be offered to government. Or
in words or adion,which were so cognizable ?
Our courts are free to foreigners against
citizens, and independent of influence. To
yourfelf let me appeal, that on the represen
tations which you thought proper thlay be
fore the President, in relation to the British
consul at Baltimore, the British consul at
Norfolk, and the commander of the Daedalus
frigate, the necessary measures were prompt
ly adopted : The result has been transmitted
to you, and no objection h, bee o returned^
Nor was the government backward in its in
terference in the late affair of Philadelphia.'
And these being the only occurences of the
kind within my knowledge, I tru(|, that 00
example can be produced of government re
fufing to extend its proteaion on every sea
sonable occasion.
Bth. The events at 'Newport ig Rhode
ifland, are accurately detailed in the proceed
ings, which I have the honour of enclosing to
you. Within the limits of the present letter,'
I cannot do more; as it might he an useless
talk to detain you with my remarks, when
none of them might be adapted to the ani.
madverfions which you meditate. Jt is e
nough, therefore, for me to engage, that
these animadversions, whenever they shall ap
pear, shall deceive particular attention. Al
though, Sir, your charges against the United
States are Sketched only ; the impression,
which may have been intended, cannot be
counteracted too foot?, by fiich general flucfc
dations, as at a future day may be more min
utely unfolded. But let these fads be asthey
will ; are they indicative of a hostile difpofi.
tion in the United States, and ought ulti-;
mately to produce a state of war ? This is not
the place for us to report our complaints.
But compare them with the whole of your
catalogue ; and fay, ,hat may our feelings
be ? Yet we prefer peace. . r
9th. As Lord Dorchester's endeavour to
stir up the Indians against us is withoutjufti
fication ; so is the expedition of Governour
Simcoe without pretext. . ;- ' ^!
That you have received no intelligence of
such an event having actually occurred,leaves
room to conjecture, that you may not be
without intelligence of it having been de
signed ; and that it has therefore probably
taken place. But you insist, that much will
depend on the place @pded for the forte
Let the point allotted for it on the Miami,
be unknown; the place is for our immedi
ate purpose, adequately marked out byteJ
ing on the river. A tingle glance ts threye
over the map, proves that its source is within
the limits of the United States. In its whole
length, it is flanked on each fide by our ter
ritory. Its very mouth is to the southward
of our line, as recognized by off treaty with
his Britannic Mfjefty. Qn no part there
fore of the rapids can a fort be built, but
% within our country. 4
two countries shall be concluded, will Brief
ly apply.
To change by hostile movements the con
dition of a thing concerning which a treaty
is opened, not being consonant with a spir
it of adjustment, the principle of Ratu quo
has been generally adopted. The nearest
point of the rapids to Detroit cannot be less
than fifty miles. They have never been
considered—they never could be considered,
as appendages to Detroit. But you proceed
and fay that the proposed assumption of ter
ritory may depend on diftrich, which depend
on Detroit, it is too obvious to dwell upon
this remark, that Detroit which lies within
the United States, becomes the firft Ration
from which a diftriCt still farther in, may a
rise, and that from this diftriCt another may
be generated ; one encroachment may be
get another ad infinitum. It will, however,
be very acceptable to understand with accu
racy, how much of our territory towards the
Miami was actually possessed by the military
establishment of Detroit,at the time of peace.
I mention the military establishment; be
cause if any fubjeds of his Britannic Majesty
reside beyond the line of actual poffeflion,
they are as being within our limits, under
our jurifdiftion.
To prevent the fortreffes of Detroit from
being straitened by the approach of the A
merican army, is either a new modification
of the preceding idea, or founded upon an
untenable suspicion. For the question must
recur, are the rapids an appendage to De
troit? Were they connected with it at the
peace? If convenience only were to be con
sulted, and a wide range of unsettled territo
ry by being suitable to the momentary cir
cumstances of one nation, is to be transferr
ed for that reason alone from another, which
is the true proprietor, we might even then
controvert the conveniency of the rapids to
Detroit. If right be confuted, our right
is complete. Is then our territory to be
thus seized ? Nay, more fir, lam authoriz
ed to fay to you explicitly, that the Ameri
can army has no inftrudions to straiten or
annoy that post; and that if the defeent on
the rapids was didated by this confiderrtioh,
it ought to be difeontinued, as being with
out cause. I have the honour to be, your's,
&c.
„The Carmagnoles ,re encamped
between Landrecy and Guefe, bet ween
80 and 100, poo men strong. As
our grand army is superior to theist,
not only to every military accomplifr
ment, but also (which has never jet
been the case) jo numbers, weenter
tain the most confident hopwihirf
Unless the republicans fhou^^
P<PP« 1° ^4 b^e, hne;
completest vi^ories must crown the
attack which in all probability before<
the end of this week will be made a
lite them.”
, VALENCIENNES, May 2.-,The Garri
ton of Landrecfa^to the amount of 7,600
'men, passed this morning by the glacis ot
fe ^'V ^ is ^ 'M 1 before the siege,
the Garnion amounted to 9,000^,, &
town was so injured by the fire of the befieg.
ffl, that thereat Scarce twelve houses which
have AO t recfod&Fl^^
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itcßOftN, march 26. Yesterday the
,*",; ^^^ ^%% arrival
here with a Venetian brigantine, bound to
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rare ißara convey mercnanimen oouna to
French Netherlands.
Valenciennes,) ~r HIS day arriv-
APRIL ,4. ) 1 ed here hi# Im
perial Majesty the Emperor, and was
received with the most unequivocal
demonftrationi of loyalty and love.
The whole town is to be illuminated
to night, and refunds every where
with the loudest acclamations of
" long live Frances 11. our dearly
beloved Sovereign." To morrow,
if the weather permits, the Emperor
is to review that part of the army
which is already encamped ; and next
Thursday or Friday, our operations,
will begin.,
This being fixed, your argument is, that
if the fort be for the purpole of protecting
fubjeCts of his majesty, resident in diftrids,
dependent on the fort of Detroit, or of pre
venting that fortrefs from being straitened
by the approach of the American army ; the
principle of Ratu quo,until the final arrange-.
mentot the point in diwuffion between the
EDM: RANDOLPH.
Mr. Hammond, Minister Plenipotentiary,
of His Britannic "Majeft.
Foreign Articles.
England.
LONDON, APRILI9. Agreeable to the
negociations, concluded between Greatbrit
ain and Pru ffia, Prussia is to fend into the
: field against France 90,000 men. Os this
number 32,000 will join the army of his Roy
al Highneto the Duke of Yorl;, in the Neth
•erlands, and 20,000 are to be in the pay of
the Emperor, to begin the firft day of April.
The latter are to a& with the rest of the Prus
sians on the Upper Rhine. Those regiments
which quit^he environs of Mentz, will im
mediately be replaced by others.
<There is a gentleman in town, who was
formerly Secretary to Gen. Washlngton,
and left Paris no longer ago than the nth
inst; He was witpefs to the execution of
Danton, and the other conspirators, and
fays, there was no kind of tumult during the
ceremony. Paris is now tolerably well Ap
plied with provifiens—and it appears, that
the fleet of vessels which lately caused an a
hrm for the fafew of Jersey, wfy only a very
large fleet of cosfting vessels ;ea rrying provi -
fions fee the fbpply of Paris.—About 10,000
cavalry set out on their march from Paris, on
the 9th inst. to reinforce the Northern army.
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DUBLIN^ APRIL 28. Zzis nowr,ported,
a^d that with confidence, in the frf cir@ here,
that the frag qptfew for the Em,o,ef Germanjh
visit to Flanders & Fahxcifflwfisfpr the,ur/>oje
of negotiating a,race with th, Republic ts France
—no, further., itetbe Emperor ,as tyhfal, efi
fared fee acknowledge the Independence of the Re
public, provided tbe, guarantee the prfiffien of the
Netherlands to the, beufe of Auflria.
Farther, that ibis ,r^fa was made with the
knowledge tftb, cabinet of Britain, who bold oat
on the folecondition of monarch, fog regifared in
Fratafa,d without that, and fa edition ts
the Jacobin Club, Britain would fy IWft.
here,fetbtyefa, reftt all n^^
It is, however, thought that the Em^ror will
conclude a,ace. and ^^ rattatettao/ tbe
BRUSSELS, APRIL 2fr— They write from
Valenciennerof yesterday's date, that since
the 18 h only, the Austrians have loft 5000
men killed, and as many wounded.— The
wounded are disposed of in the private hous
es in Valenciennes, and Le Quefnoy ; for
they arrive hourly in such numbers, as to
make it impossible to ditpofe of them in hos
pitals and churches.-
The capture of Oneglia (a port town in
Italy, fituaded on the mediterranean) is of
the utmost importance to the French, for
situated on the sea Ihoreit will facilitate the
introduction of provisions and necessaries into
France, and will also expose Piedmont to
the irruptions of the enemy.•
The enemy, besides gaining very consider
able plunder, have, by their incursions, com
pletely deranged our plan of operations.
Pichegru, by his present position, obliges
the Poft,&c. from this to Oftend to go round
by Ghent ; and so great has been the appre
hension of the French advancing to Ghent,
that the grealeft part of our Military Stores
have been removed from thence to Antwerp.
Nice has been taken by two Spanish frigates,
off the Islands of Hieres, ind sent into Gib
rater.
may 6.—We have hurried hither with
extraordinary expedition and excessive fa
tigue and inconvenience ; but since our ar
rival at our present encampment, we have
been perfectly inactive. .
Pichegru is still Rationed a short distance
from Courtray, which is covered by his
camp: his army is very numerous,and slush
ed with their late success, are likely to dis
pute with us the possession of the fertile
country of which we are now mafters.<
The loss of the Austrians, in the late af
fair, amounts to 3500 killed and taken pris
oners with the loss of zz pieces of connon,
&c.
" The Bth regiment df the Irish Light
Dragoons, Who set out yesterday to join the
Duke of York's army, returned this morn
ir>g'
" All the transports are preparing to go
out by this tide if fpollible, as it is strongly
fufpe&ed that the Trench intend to pay us a
visit.
ostend, may I.—" Meriin was taken
by storm yesterday.
" It is said that all the Emigrants with
La Chatre their Colonel, were put to death.
The garrison consisted of about three thou
sand men.
o Manheim, APRIL 30. —A grand coun
cil of war was held yesterday at Heidelberg,
the result of which is said to have been, that
the Austrians are immediately to repafs the
Rhine and commence offenfive operations.
Wejuft learn that the French, after driv
ing back the Prussian advanced posts, have
taken poffeflion of Lunfheim and Francken
thal.
CAMP NEAR TOURNAY,
Netherlands.
Germany
BREST, APRIL 14. Afebt of our harbour
might induce tome to think the) outre on the banks of
ibeTbames, fa great is the quantity of Engli/bJhi,s
taken by thefaps of the Republic. Within afra
days, a lar^ number has arrived <with very va
luable cargro. An Englijbprivateer of 20 guns,
has this dd, been brought into port, together ivitb
a large merchantman, richly laden.
PARIS, April 11.
From TOULON, April z.
The Ddquefne and the Corvette la Fauvet
te arrived here yesterday evening, with a fleet
df 20 vessels from Marseilles, loaded on the
Republick's account, with ammunition, &c.
of all kinds for this arsenal. They fell in
with thfee enemy's vessels, one of which came
within gun shot of the Duquefne, but the re
publican vessel preparing to receive her, she
tacked about and made off. The naval prep
arations proceed with an a&ivity unknown
under the old government. 4 —Already they
have fitted out several vessels of force which
are employed to convoy merchantmen.—
The Bate of the vessels in the harbor follow:
First divfon armed and ready for sea.
The Sans Culottes of 80 guns—The Ton
nant 74 —The TimoleonQ —The Generus
74 —The Heureux 74.
<^r trill dolvefotei, or 3rtcin end Ireland f
Tbi)report in a great taajure mcountsfor tin fo'
inaaim of the great arm ts of Ibe North.
APRIL 13. Letters from Strasbourg,
read in the Jacobin Club, speak of an advan
tage gained over the enemy in the territory of
Denx Ponts, by which the Republick has ac
quired cattle, warlike stores, and 800 gold
medals with the effigy of Capet. The vigor
ous measures of General Dieche, made the
aristocrats and banditti on the other fide of
the Rhine tremble. There is every profped
of a very fruitful harvest.
The fetters from Lyons to the fame Club,
state the disturbance which prevails in that
city, where new riots and treafohs are on foot.
In a report on this fubjed, Dumas maintain
ed, that every idea of humanity ahd sensibili
ty Should be laid aside ; and the more especi
ally, as in several parts of the French territo
ry, the patriots were imprifoned,and the aris
tocrats at large.
Fouche confirmed this statement, and obi
served, that the blood of traitors ought to
fatten the foil of liberty, and to eftablnh its -
power on the most solid basis. A member
attempting to incutpate thisfpeaker, Rober
fpierre paid the higbeft compliments to his
patriotism. The accuser quitted the hall
observing that the truth of the fads on whic^
his charge rested, would food come out.
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Lettergram General Dagobert, Cemrarn^r
in Chief of the arfyof Mtat Lihre,tdibe Re,'-
refatattaroof the PQwifbfo&am) fobs
• Eafteru Pjraxner. • o ^ i^^rx >'
or^/^,fofo#i4^ 11, &f
''Citizen Reftjentatiwe, ^.: f
I felt pained that the death of one of ofir
brothers in arms, butchered by our ferocious
enemies, who fell on him as he was walking,
had notfteen avenged , [therefore set off
from Puircerda,and arrived at Belver towards
the close of tbe day. Inorder that my expe
dition should be condu&ed in feCTrt,a col
umn was ordered to match during the night
and goby making a considerable circuit, to
take pofteffion of Points Bar, by which
means notone of the enemy could have es
caped : unfortunately a considerable snow
fell and the weather was unfavourable, so that
the column did not arrive. ^ $
uThe enemy oropied a pofoion whkh b|fc
the ardour of^ur brave SaniCulottes a re
doubt of four nieces of cannon was carried.
The enemy in their flight fa fireto a pointer
magazine, which blew up, as four cannoneers
Second didtifan, arming.
The Languedo of'Bo—The Cenfeor 74 —
The Duquefne 74 —The Conquerant 74—
The Guerrier 74. 1
Third division, equipping.
The Ca Ira of 80 —The Mercure 74 —The
Alcide 74 —The Souverain 74— Barrat 74.
Makes five ships df the line ready for sea.
five nearly ready, and five preparing. Add to
these avast number of frigates, corvettes, and
other light vessels.
Reunion fur,oife, April I.
" I have just now been informed of an he
roic adion which deserves to be recorded.—
On the 29th ult. citizen Woltz, hussar of the
third regiment, had an arm carried away by
a cannon ball, and retired, faying to his com
rades, who feeling for his misfortune praised
his courage ; " Don't attend to me, but
avenge the Republick for having been de
prived of one of its zealous defenders."—
This courageous man as he passed by the in
fantry, encouraged them by his Words, which
brewed the most exalted patriotism, and
the tele division applauded by shouts of
Vive laßepublique.'
Letter from General Pichegru to the Minister
at War.
The number of prisoners as published by
the police, is 7241."
France.