The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-07-29 00:00:00, page 3

Maffacbufetts.
WORCESTER, July iB.
} MURDER!
rOn Tuefday last Capt. Elisha Allen,
of Princeton, was most inhumanly mur
dered, by Samuel Frost, the person who
\ was tried in this town, fame years ago,
for the murder of his father. The par
ticulars we have.rteceived, are as follows:
Capt. Allen had left his house in order to
set out some cabbage plants at a little dis
' tance, and ordered Frost, who had lived
with him federal years, to go with him.
Having proceeded % little way, he recol
leded that he wanted a hoe, sent Frost
back to get one, and himfelf went on, and
began his work. Frost returned with the
hoe, and, as ts supposed, got over the
fence behind the Captain, who was prob
ably (looping down, struck him on the
head with ' the edge of the hoe, which
knocked him down ; after which he con
„ tinued his blows Until he had bruised his
bead to pieces in the most (hocking man
net. The murderer immediately made
his escape into the woods, and had not
been taken yesterday morning, notwith
standing every exertion had been made.
Jt is presumed ev#y person will feel him
s felfynder obligations to use his utmost
b endeavours to bring him to justice ; and
it is thought proper to add the following
L /eftription of him, that he may be known.
1 He is a short man, of dark complexion,
ihort blak hair, twenty eight years of age.
He had on a.ftriped woollen shirt, dark
I coloured trowfers, and a light coloured
, ' jacket ; tho' he was once seen after he
I escaped, and it was though he had then
¥ no jacket on. He will easily be known
by^is constantly Drugging up his fhoul-*
garrison ;—which pretended informality
has obliged them to encamp, till the re
turn of their express from the war office
$ Philadelphia. Their suit consists of
more than 30 ; part of whom are a re
fpedable deputation from the benevolent
society of friends, largely supplied with
money, &c. to ransom the prisoners and
cultivate peace.)
he arrived at Sufquehannah, the Indians
telling him, that they had seen his wife
and child, in the second excursion to the
house, but did not hurt them. Smith fays
he was furnifhed with money and rations
at the British garrisons, and producd ;
pals from Col. Simcoe ; that the British
are vigilant and scrupulous, though they
do not appear unfriendly ; and that every
possible exertion is exercised by various
methods, to induce the Americans to fet
tle on the Crown lands. Our informant
was prisoner with the principal tribe en
gaged with St. Clair : He saw them
march out to attack our army, and fays
they amounted to nearly thre thousand
able warriors, headed by the notorious
Girtys ; and that their loss in the a&ion
was computed not to exceed 30 killed.
He assures us that the Indians are valtly
numerous, are amply furnifhed for war,
and from their late successes hold their
white enemies in great derision. Their
fopplies, he believes, are not given them
by the British government, though adu
ally drawn from the King's stores among
them, but he thinks for the valuable con
fideration of their fur : They however
draw a yearly suit of blankets, &c. from
'the Crown, to encourage their hunting,
and keep them in humour. Smith is
fully of opinion, that our Commissioners
cannot fettle a treaty on any other terms,
than establishing the river Ohio as the
^boundary line between the United States
and the Indian nations at war W
obtained from our informant the names
of such persons, in custody of the Indians,
as came within his recolleaidn, viz. —Ed
ward Hinman, a privateof Schalor's com
pany, ^ Hall, (of Wallingford) a fer
geant in do, Ames, (recruiting ser
geant) of Fielding's company,— —Mon-
atta of do. from Massachusetts ; Peter
Larkins,.of Durham ! and Atkins, (sup
posed of Middle town) —all of whom were
with St. Clair's army : Likewise David
Hull, an aged man, (aweaver) from Wa
tertown, in this county. Smith fays he
was with our Commissioners (in whose
pass, rations and a guinea, from Col
Pickering, to enable him to prosecute his
journey. He lays the treaty will be de
layed twenty days, in consequence of the
detention of the commissioners ; the Brit
ilh requiring more formal credentials of
their million, before they can pass thefr
care he left his children) and obtained a
afterwards murdered b, the fame party,
but of which he had no information, til.
CAPEFRANCOIS.
The Accounts relating the De
ftrudion of this valuable Town,
are variously related —and the cause
of the Catastrophe as variously
charged. In the Confufions which
must have ensued, to obtain accu
rate Information was impossible :
Os this however We may be cer
tain, that the Town is destroyed ;
and many of its Inhabitants, fallen
Victims to the contending Parties.
Os the Cause of this Carnage, we
cannot be so well afeertaiAed—The
Parcifans on each Side bringing rail
ing Accusations against their Op
ponents ; who very punctually re
turn the Charges. All we have
been able to coiled from private
Letters, is, that a Degree of Ani
mofify subsisted for some Time,
between the Commissioners ap
pointed by the National Assembly
and the Governour chosen by the
Executive Council of France. The
former.fuppofing the Goverdourt
Prerogative to clash with theirs.
In Consequence, they suspended
him ; and ordered him for Frances
He refuted to comply with'what
he deemed a tyrannical Stretch of
Power ; and was joined by great
Numbers of the white Inhabitants,
and all the Navy there. The Com
missioners favoured the Mulattoes.
In Consequence mutual Quarrels
arose, between the Men of Colour
arid the Whites ; and the Event
has proved the Deftrudion of the
Town. A Variety of Enormities
are charged to each; and the
Friends toihe Commissioners in
sinuate that General GALBEAU,the
Governour, was irrigated in his
Opposition by aristocratic Motives.
This hacknied Epithet is made a
use of to transfer the Odium to
him : But when it is considered,
that Galbeau was the Officer,
who conftruded the Celebrated Bat
teries which flopped the Progress
of the Prussian Army, on the Plains
of Cbampaigne ; and headed the
Artillery in Perlon at the celebrat
ed Battle of Jamappe ; his Patiot
ifm must stand as high in the Mind
of the Publick, as that of Commis
sioners of whose perfohal Services
in the Cause of their Country, we
never have heard any Thing.
* Capefrancoh was reckoned one of the
most flourishing colonial Places belong
ing to the Republick of France,,; it con
tained upwards of three thousand dwell
ing Houses, and (before the Disturbanc
es took Place) near forty thousand In-,
habitants.;
The Mikrovß.
CO NCOR D, July 29.
THE last Mail affords us but very little
foreign Intelligence—The Balance, on
Boston, July no.
The French Fleet, consisting of an
hundred arid twenty seven Sail of Vessels,
convoyed by two fevent, four gun Ships,
and five Frigates, have arrived in the Che
fapeak, from Capefrancois. On boaid this
^leet a great Number of the distressed
Islanders have takeri Passage ; and are
seeking Asylum in the United Stales. On
board one 20 gun Ship, there were eleven
hundered Pailengers. To relieve their
Distress, Subferiptions have Been opened
in Philadelphia, Baltimore; and the Towns
adjacent ; and the Donations already re
cieved are considerable in amount. The
Refugees will be landed there ; but it is
(aid, the Men of War, arid Frigates, have
failed for this Port or Newport— where
their Arrival may be | , r ly expected.
ders, stretching out his arms and fluk
ing his head. * .
Philadelphia, July, 10.
Captain Brown, of the Brig Boon, ar
rived Yefter day in 15 Days from Capefran
cois, informs, that on the iff of June, be was
captured by the Cutter Jofepb and Mary, com
manded b, Captain Harris, who plunder
ed bis Cabbin of Several Articles, took all
Hands except bis Mate and cabin Boy, belli
him a Prisoner slur Days ; be was retaken by
the Jupiter, a French 74, and bis Feffels re
flored ; that be accompanied the Fleet from
Capefrancois /or f r Days, parted Company
with them in lat. 30, confiding of 136 Sail ;
that be was the next Da, boarded fy a Jmall
Privateer from Newprovidence bound to
Virginia, the Captain of which used him as
well, as he had been ill treated by his Castor of
the firft of June.
Captain Brown was obliged to come from
the Cape, without an. Papers, bis Regifler
being burnt, except a Passport, from the Ad
miral of the French Fleet, and a Certificate
from Capt. Haa GOOD, Captain ofthe Brit
fe Ship of War, Hyena ; the latter was of
peculiar Servite to him at this junaure——
Capt. Brown thinks the Number Jlain at the
Capa will never be known, that 30,000 re
volted Negroes entered the Town at the Time
of tbe Massacre.
The following Lift of American Feffels
which have been feirad by BritiJh Cruisers
andpent into Baflcttrre,Sf. Kitts, was given
SALEM, Joly i 6. A Gentleman
who was at Lfbon in May last,
fays, a Report prevailed there, that
the French had made Application
to the British for a separate Peac,
If a gene.il one is not speedily ef
fected, ^Compliance will not be ah
unlikely Event.
The English in attempting to land were
reputed, with the loss of a Number of
fine Officers. On the 26th of June Gen
eral Rocaambeau's Party and the Aris
tocrats had an Engagement, which was
fought vfith great Fury for some Time,
but the Royalists were obliged to give
way, after having a Number of their Par
ty ilath. The Democrats are now in full
Possession of the Island, and the Aristo
crats have fled to the English in the
greatest Confufion, arid destitute of every
Kind of Sustenance.
The question of a Reform has
been negatived in the Btitifh House
of Commons, by a majority of 241.
tHe Whole, with Refpe& to War, seems
ft be in Favour of the Friends to Liber
ty in the old World, the French.
I It is bid, [from Fort Sc. Clair'
tyc the Indians can raise 9000
VVarriouri at two days notice—
a”d that they are determined for
Vvar, or to have Peace on their
own terms—Preparation, were go
ing on at the above Fort for a cam
\ Boston, July ig.
Tl{e hft Accounts from France are very
favourable to the Cause of the Republick.
In Addition to the Vidory over the Duke
of Yonk id which his loss was 1200 Men,
killed find disabled, there had also been
an Engagement between the French and
Spanish Forces, near Ba,ami?, in which
the Spaniards met with a severe Repulse
and were driven hack to St. John de Luz,
whichis oh the Frontier. In th&fr Re
treat being flopped by a River, great
Numbers perished in attempting_to swim
it. The French returned to Bayonne,
in and near which they have a powerful
Army.
A Vessel on her Passage from this Port,
to Norfolk^ (Virginia,) spoke a Brig from
Bristol, only 28 Days out ; the Captain
of which informed him, that the French
had gained a Signal Vißory over the com
bined Armies of Austria, and Prussia,
near Dunkirk—tha,t .they beat and drove
them in all Positions, making great
Slaughter, and taking a Number of Pris
oners.' #
NEWBURYPORT, July it.
Captain Goodhub has this Moment arrived
here in 23 Days from Grenada, and brings
the following interesting Intelligence.
That the English Fleet, after besieging
the Illand of Martinicq, which they fup
rorted from the 9th May to 21st of June,
lave left the Place and failed for London.
Marine News.
' WILLIAM COOK
TAKES this Method to inform his Cus
tomers and the Publick, that he detCT
mines to leave Hopkinton next Feb. and ;
whoever wishes to be supplied with linen :
and woolen Wheels,, may apply to him'
immediately, if they please. A:
Hopkinton," July 15th, 1793. 40
To be fold by E. Russell, RAWSON'S
Compendium of Military Duty.
INFORMS his Friends and the Publick
that he has erected a Mill, and propos
es to carry on the Clothier's Business, a
little below Mr. Lovejoy's Grist Mill, in
Concord. Those who favour him with
their Work, may depend on its being exe.
cuted with dispatch, in the neatest Man
ner. Country Produce will be received
in Payment. 40
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-'
: resident Owners of Lands in the
town ofORANGE, that there was a half
penny Tax on their Lands for 3 Years,'
annually ; which Tax was to be worked
out, at 3s. per day, any time between th:
last of May and the last day of October
following : Unless said work be done, or
the Money paid, within 9 months from
the last day of May instant; their Lands
will be fold as the law direds.
Was made to the Governour by Capt. Odlin,
but no Satifdaion could be bad ; the Gover
ncar, tq fay no worje of his condua^aid little
Regard to the complaint.
Captain Odlin (Schooner Swallow) was
boarded in Statia Road by a Britife Priva
teer, the Particulars op which are as follow :
On Saturday the eighteenth Day of fume,
the Swallow Vias chafed by a St. Kitts Pri
vateer of 6 Guns, and upwards of 20 Men,
but Capt. Odlin knowing the Swallow th be
afaft Sailer; paid no Attention to the Cruifaet,
until he cast Anchor in St. Euftatia Road, aid
under the Protection of the Fort, where he
thought tbeCrwzer could not legally touch him ;
in this however be was mfaken,for tbey camc
up to the Swallow as foe la, at Anchor, and,
boarded him in the Night, the Captain flour
ifeing a Cutla/s at Capt. Odlin; ^wearing he
would blow bis Brains out if be did not take
u, bis Anchor and get under Sail to go out with
the Cruizer.=Tbis Demand was refused by
Capt Odlin, who told the Privateer's Captain
to execute his Threat if be was authorized to
do jo, at the fame Time informing him, that the
Swallow belonging to Philadelphia, and offer
ed to fbew the Regifler, &c. but the Priva^
teer's Man ftilljwore that be would cast the
Deck's Load overboard to get at the Hatches-
This Threat be afterwards thought prudent
not to execute ; and the next Day a complaint
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of
Joseph Leavitt, late of Deerfield
deceased, arte desired to make immediate
Payment. Those who have Demands a
>ainft fald Estate are requested to exhibit
heir Accounts for Settlement to
DUDLEY LEAVITT, Executor.
Deerfield, July 18, 1793, 4°
THE Sale of Mr. Babson's House,
&c. which was to have been on the
zzd Infant, is adjourned to the 12th of
August next ; which will be fold on that
day, agreeably to the proposals in his firft
advertisement. July 24, 1793.
to Caplin Od/in of the Schooner Swallow, at
St. Eufatia, 6, Mr. Acquilla Starr.—Cap.:
Odlin banded itto us, viz. The Barque Com
merce; Capt. N. Battles, belonging to George
town, Virginia, bound from Bordeaux to
Gaudaloupe, with Wine, &c. '
The Brig Peter Augustus, Cap.Rc&fat,
belonging th Philadelphia, from bandaloupe.
The Brig Difpatcb, Cap. Maxfoal of Bos
ton, homeward bound from Gaudafoup.
The Schooner Harriot,' Captain 'Leonard
Brook; belonging to Alexandria, bound to Gau
daloupe with Flour.
The Sloe, Polly, Cap. John Currins, be
longing to Briflol, Rhodeifland.
The Sloop Abigail, Capt. Goucb of New
buryport..
A Brig belonging to New,ork, and aljoa
Newyork Sloop from Guinea^ together with
federal other Vessels, the Names of which Mr.
Starr could hoi recoiled.
BENJAMIN F, BROWN,
. CLOTHIE R,
ACCOUNT BOOKS
For Sale at thia Office.
Mil BABSONS VENDUE.
JABEZ B. BARNEY, Collector.
Orange, May 30, 1793. 40