The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-07-29 00:00:00, page 4

I St.Venant. A place not so well
fortified ; but it can be Mid under
waters
(by some members of the French
National Convention said to be
80,000 ftrong)has marched to the
frontier ; and a detachment has
&n possession of a poftin France,
at the expence of 500 lira In
tfemonth of March last, the Mad
rid" Gazette contained accounts of
Betbane. A place fortified by
Vauban, with a citadel, and ad
vantageously situated upon a rock.
Aire. A strong town in Artois ;
it cost the Allies in 1710, a siege
of two months.
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art art, the marshes and inunda
tions rendering it difficult of access.
Douay. A large town of no in
confi Je<able strength in French
Renders.
The Translation of a Fragment of So
lon,preferred inPLUTARCH.
SHINING Heaps of maffi Plate,
All the Gewgaws Men prefer ;
Gilded Roofs, and Beds of State,
Cannot real Wealth confer.
The Man tbat'^boneft, wije and brave.
In Bod, jound, and Spirits free,
If be poffifs what Nature crave,
Is in Truth as rich as be.
Join a Wife and Boys to this,
Whoje infant Leupings Jbake the Floor ;
Lord of so muchfolid Elifs,
Kings themselves to him were poor.
While Wealth abroad sue seek to find,
Eager in Wife, in vain intent,
The Treasure lies within our Mind,
And he's mtf rich aubo's mod content.
Original Anecdote.
A YOUNG Man was arraigned at the
Bar of a neighbouring Justice, for
the growing Evil of commiting large Dep
redations on a Lady's Chaftit, —Her hon
est Father rated the Damages in the-Prem
ises at gol. the young Man thought, as
it was so common a thing, that he ought
to abate of theflandard Price, and be con
tent with §0 dollars — But the Lady, feel
ing her Madefy insulted by this low Valu
ation, ardfe and (big with the Spirit of
•her-Cadfe) addfeffed the Judge in an el
evated Tone of Voice, informing him,
that she should infill on one hundred and
twenty Dollars, as this was the very lowest
Price her Mother and all her Sifters had al
ways SET it at.
plicit allegiance, and allowing each
one, however rich, only 75 dollars
to defray his expences to any part
of the world — coofifeating the rest.
Her priests have been busy in prop
agating the idea, that the French
are hereticks, &c & with so much
success, that the lower class of peo
ple are the most inveterate against
the Republicans of France. Though
the Spaniards are in tonftant fear
of French invasion ; they entertain
the hope, by the assistance of the
other powers^ to terminate them:
To this end they are making most
strenuous exertions : A large army
Arras. The capital of Artois,
and fortified in part by Vauban.
This is the last garrison town on
the northern Frontier.
Spain
Is the kingdom which next pre
fers itfelf to attention. For ages
the hotbed of bigotry and king
craft, it was expe&ed, that (he
would be inimical to the French
Republick. She has declared war
against it ; and has banished from
her territories every Frenchman,
who would not take an oath of im-
THE PIERRIDES.
Tome thousand " patriotic" dona
tions and offers co the King. To
detail them would be impoffiblt —
some idea of their extent may be
had from a few particulars. Near
one hundred whole cities, corpt ra
tions, orders and boujes have pr ofc
sered their lives and property —
The city of Leville raises and fbp
ports two regiments of malrv —
several private gentlemen raife/and
support companies of troopsf-an
inhabitants of Egea gives 400 /head
of cattle— The commerce as Ca
diz, one million of dollars— 4Bilboa
100,000 dollars: and froui such
gifts as these down to tffi of a
Shoemaker of Chinchillas who
gives a pair of shoes tq every
recruit in his town —the Nuns of
Santa Louisa, who offer thei| prayers
for the success of the Spanish arms;
and all their rents —a body of tav
ern keepers in Cadiz, who agree to
support 25 soldiers—a barber of
Barcelona who gives I'6 dollars ;
& a company of Stocking weavers
at Sarogoza agree to watch in the
night while the regulars are gone
into the field. A writer on this,
fubjeft fays, "in Spain, people of
all ranks and conditions are so exas
perated against the French, since
the late fatal event of their putting
the King to death, that his Catho
lic Majesty (having abolished a law
called Quintas, by which every
fifth man in the kingdom was com
pelled to become a foldied) repre
sented to his fubjeds the necessity
of going to war with France, and
defined §hac all those who would be
willing to take -up arms against
that nation, would enlist : upon
which it was matter of furprize to
fee the numbers all over the king
dom, who offered themselves as
volunteers.
Po>tugak
This kingdom is also in the league
against France : But (he heretofore
contended herfelf with denuncia-
tions of [he French : Except, in
deed, that (he has lately equipped
a confiderabJe fleet, which is to ad
in conjunaion with that of the al
lied powers : The most rigourous
measures are purposed, to prevent
the propagation of French princi
ples ; and the kingdom appears
much united.
Have heretofore declared them
selves never in the grand contest
which interests the World ; but
some late unjuftifiable encroach
ments and behaviour of the French,
have alienated the affections of
the hardy Swiss, and the interest
of the French does not now ap
pear to be their wi(h. Whether
they will join in the war is not cer
tain —they are, however, making
warlike preparations.
The Spiritual Diredor of this
portion of Europe is extremely in
veterate against the French : But
his holiness, too timid t 6 show his
inimical disposition openly, and too
weak to defend himfelf, if ever so
much disposed, strives to take the
middle way: The arms of the
French Republick have been pul
led down at Rome ; and he has
The Swiss Cantons
Italy.
Tbey, therefore, are naturally ad
verse to the eutenfa, and success of
the principles of E^UAL LIBER
TY —which undoubtedly were the ob
ject of the Patriots of France, who
first planned the Revolution in that
Repblick.
assigned, as an apoiogetical reason,
that loch indulgencies being recip-
To jum up the account, almdft the
whole of Europe is united against
France ; and man, of them are this
year bonding their forces against her.
What their success will be, God on
ly knows —Man can but wijh and
conjeaure. If their objea is to re
inflate Defpotifm —if the, are Striv
ing to bend the necks of Frenchmen
to the yoke of unlimited power ; and
to raise new Bafliles on the ruins of
the Altar of Libert, ; ever, free
heart throughout the globe muff pray
for their confuJion and overthrow :
On the other band, ever, rational
Freeman, who wifoes the reign of
law and good government, founded
on the principles of Equal Libert, &
Social Happine/s, muff lament and
condemn the excefe and brutalities
which have been committed of late
in France. They blot the biflorick
page ; and their friends can only
hope, that ere long their councils will
be as famous for wisdom and mode
ration, founded on invincible patri
oti/m, as their armies are for brav
er, and zeal : Then will success
crown their exertions ; then will
Peace extend the Olive over the nep
rocal, if the Pope's arms are not
permitted at Paris, the Republick's
could not be at Rome. For the
assassination of the French Charge
des Affaires, he has sent the most
humble apology that meekness can
stoop to. How the account now
Hands between these nominal and
real Republicks we cannot fay with
certainty.
fan—and bappintfs be its lot.
There are several petit powers in
Europe, of whom it is not neceffar,
to fa, an, thing. Satellites of the
great nations we have given views
of, the, revolve in proportionate or
bits to the planets which influence
them; But some of the crowned rul
ers of these " Kingdom lots" are
as much in dread of an eclipse of
their darling prerogative, as ever
the Emperour of all Germany could
be; aid the, nightly fee in vifton
Monsters trf Jacobinifh form
Appear, their palace gates to storm ;
And Indigence, akin to death,
Contempt, which freezes with.the breath,
Equality, all haggard ey'd,
And Guilliotines, and Regicide ;
Are each an ever constant guest,
And rob their nights of sleep and rest.
Italy.
LEGHORN, rfpril 30— B, a
feip arrived here from Baflia, in the
island of CorJia, we leans that Gen
eral Paoli has refufed to obey the de
cree brought to bim b, the Qmmif
fioners, with orders to condufl him to
the bar of the National Affembl, ;
and different Municipalites have of
fered to assist him, in case it be requir-
ed, with a# arm, of 15,000 me*.
Yet several 1/lands have receded
from their zeal in protesting their
General, having delivered up differ
ent forts into the bands of the
French.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, July 6.
The Augusta Paper of June 15.
fays, that Major General Twiggs,
crossed the Oconee with about
900 men on Saturday last, on their
way to the Oakmulgee, where rhe
infantry were to halt and build a
fort. The cavalry, amounting to
about 452, commanded by Briga
dier Generals Irwin, Clark and
Blackburn, were immediately to
proceed to the lower Creek towns,
and procure fatisfadion for the nu
merous unprovoked murders and
devaluations lately committed by
that faithlefs tribe of savages.
Maffachufttts.
BOSTON, July 17.—Since our
last Captain Field has arrived here
from Amsterdam ; and Capt. Sav
age, from Liverpool: By neither
of whom has any later Intelligence
been received, than we were al
ready in Possession of. The Let
ters from,Amfterdam are as late as
May 26th—but do not contain a
Word on Politics. Notwithftand- 4
ing the War, Business was extremal
ly dull at Amsterdam ; nor were
there any vigorous warlike Meas
ures pursuing.
The Account brought by Capt.
Field, from Amflerdam, of the
Battle wherein the Austrians, &c.
are said to be victorious, is nol
doubt, that of the Sth of May ;
which would uoqueftionably be
thus reported in Holland : But on
the Authority of the best Accounts,
on both Sides, we can assert, that
the French have as good a Claim
to the Vidory on that Day, as M
combined Armies have. The fads
are, that the French made the At.
tack ; remained Matters of the
Field two Days; and on the third
retired unmolested : Perhaps, like'
the Battle at Monmouth, both Sides
may have a Claim to the Vidory
but of this we may be aflurec,
that the Adion was long, and well
fought, and that besides the loss of'
the British, General Murray fays,
that the Prussians lofl 300, and the
Austrians 500, Truth warrants us
in the above.
By a Gentleman who arrived itiftl
Town Yesterday, weare informed,
that about three Week since, Gen
eral Lincoln, and the other Com-'
missioners, in company with Gen
eral Chapin, and the Chiefs of the
[Five Nations,] fat out from Bus-,
faloe Creek, for Sandufty, via, Nia-"
gara; and that the Profpe& of a
Peace with the weftern Tribes, was
not unpropiticus.
We learn, that General Simcob, -
Governour of Upper Canada, has
refufed the United States leave to
pass Provisions through his Gov
ernment to support the Treaty ;
but has promised to furnifh all that'
(hall be wanted, without any Ex
pense to the United States.
[* Molnrok, Onondago, Ottawa, Tufea*
rara, and Oneida Tribes of Indians.]
M. D umovrier has transmitted to j
the States General of Holland the Obli- ,
gations of fix Dutch Merchants to pay'
him 4,000,000 Florins, or 350,000!. as
soon as he mould have taken Breda, and
Maeftricht, for the Purpose of producing a
Revolution in the United Prro aces. Their.
Offence in making such an Agreement,
and his in furrendering^ it, after be had
attempted to benefit by it, are at least, ri-)
val Treacheries ! ' tyf J