The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-08-12 00:00:00, page 3

By gentlemen from Newport, we learn
that the Embufcade mounts 36 guns, long
twelves, and has 380 men. The Boflon,
in the British Court Calender, is rated at
3% short twelves ; what number o< men
ihe has, we know not. The Nroyork rev
enue cutter, spoke the Boston, near Sanfy
boob—and with difficulty found out what
ihe was, the having on her stern, in
French, "Liberte et Egalite," with other
Republican mottos, and the crpw wearing
the national cockade, for deception : Af
ter the cutter discovered what the was, we
understand, the Captain sent his compli
ments to Captain Bompard, and informed
him, that he should lie there -three days,
in waiting for him, and that he wished
much to fee him. Several of the French
officers, belonging to the Embufcade were
just fitting down to dinner, at a hottel ip
Newark, when they heard of the invita
tion ; they immediately quitted the ta
ble, and hastened on toard. There did
not exist a doubt, it is said, at Nmjork,
that the frigates would soon meet and en
gage. , ,
the other French islands, was with the
United States, carried on in 1392 vessels
of the burthen of loggg; tohs ; and
producing by estimation, an annual bal
ance of one million, one hundred and faty
two thousand, four hundred Dollars, in fa
vour of the United States. Nor indeed
SALEM, July go.—The King of
Spain hit evinced how deeply in
terested he is in the bappinefa of the
French Emigrants, by banishing
them from his kingdom. A gen
tleman who was lately in Spain,
assures us, that the King's edid
for the expulsion of the French, in
cluded riot only old settlers, who
had resided there many years, but
even those refugees who, from en.
mity to the revolution, had aban
doned their country, and crowded
into Spain ip great numbers : the
whole number thus banished was
about one hundred thousand ; and
only a short time was allowed them
to quit the kingdom. The Gov
ernor of St. Andero humanely en
deavoured to protest some of them
in a little longer stay, in order that
tfty might take proper care of
their interest ; for which he was
arretted, and lent to Madrid, where
it was expected he would be se
verely dealt with. The King's
motives probably were, that he
might possess the property which
many in their precipitate flight
must leave behind them—and to
tid himfelf of the claims which the
French Royalists were making on
his bounty and proteaion. The
French who had left their country
previous to the revolution, when
they returned were received by their
countrymen with open arms ; but
can we have conceptions of the magni
tude and riches ofthe island of St. Dornin
go, which is said to be nearly as large as
the four Northern States: But whether
the race of blacks will finally, as the Abbe
Raynal predids, become sole masters
ofits fertile foil ; or whether it is doom
ed to total deftruaion ; for one or the
other seems inevitable—a Ihort period
mult determine.
Embufcade & Boston Frigates.
A vessel has arrived at Newport, from
Jamaica ; the captain of which on his
passage spoke his Britanic Majesty's frigate
Befton, 0f32 guns, commanded bv Capt
Courtnay ; who informed him, that
he had positive orders to cruize near the
Sound until he met the Embujcade : And
by the last mail we received information
from good authority at Ne-wyork, that the
Bnfton had arrived at the Hook, and had
sent up a challenge to £apt. Bompard,
ofthe Embufcade ; who was said to be pre
paring to go down to meet him. From
the nearly equal force of these frigates
and the acknowledged bravery of the
commanders, there cannot be a doubt,
that a meeting between them will soon
take place, and much carnage be the re
fult.
A young Gentleman in C—, to bis Friend
in this Town, fends Greeting thus : " On the
ever memorable FOURTH OF JULY, we
made but little Bustle in this Town ; we bad
no firing of Cannon, no beating of Drums, no
Processions, tSc. ^3c.—in fart, we did but
little—we only killed a small Ose of a thou
sand wt. and roafled bim whole, together
with a few dozen of fat Lambs, weighing
from 35 to 40 ffi a Quarter ; on which we
dined very.peaceably, with two or three bun,
dred Gentlemen and Ladies from Boston, Sa
lem, Newburyport, Portsmouth, ESc.for
our Guests ! But didn't think it am
our While to qutkea Noise about it !"
The fame Day, about 2 o'Clock, P. M. de
parted this Life, Captain John Under
hill, TEt. 75. About 12 o'Clock he ate a
heart, Dinner, and went into his Field—He
returned a little before 2, and had hie Hor/e
at the Doorfor the Purpose of riding on Bus
nfo when just as he was about to mount, he
fat disordered, and returned into the Houje,
exclaiming, " The Lord have Merc, on me!"
andtold his Wife he was dying. Heftepped
into another Room, fat down in a Chair, and
expired in a few Minutes. Thus defarted a
humane Man, a good and valuable Member of
Society, a kind Husband, an indulgent Parent.
At Newhaven, (Conn.) the hon. Roger
Sherman, Ejq. Senator of Congress.
DIED, at Chester, on the 31st uh. the
Wic® Elizabeth Dearborn, about
75 Years of Age—She died in an apoplectic
Fit, being snivel only two Hours and three
Quarter 4.—She has left a great Number of
Relatives and Friends to mourn her Exit —
^he in her Life deployed the Features of a true
Chrijhan, — She lined to a good old Age
Blessed are the Dead who die in the Lord.
As a Proof of the increafag Liberality of
the prefont Age, <we mention, that some Time
lafl Month, at an Election for a Toi^nclerk,
for Eafton, in Pennsylvania, a free Negro
was eleaed b, a decided Majority ofVotee.
'hofe of the other elafi, who ventur
ed to return, where hanged as soon
t, they arrived upon the fines—the
French Republicans deeming it too
dangerous to their cause, to admit
so many of their profeffed enemies
into the heart of the country.
A NUMBER of Gentlemen in Haverhill,
(Maffa.) Chester, and ths Town,
have agreed to run a Stage Coachfrom Hav
erhill to this Town, twice a Week, to com
municate with the Boston Stage,—which
will render Communication to that Metropo
lis much more certain and expeditious than
heretofore. —We understand that this Stage is
to commence running early in September next.
LARGE CHILD..
Gloucester, July 18, 1793.
A remarkably large Child was brought by its
Parents, who came on a Tift to this Town,
Tefterday, which excited the Curiofty of all
Ranks in this place to pay it a Tifa. The
Child is but 27, Months old: It weighs be
tween 75 and 80 ffi ; it measures round the
Body under the Arms 31^ Inches ; its Height
3% Inches ; bigness ofthe Arm below the El
bow 9I Inches ; the Calf of the Legjuft one
Foot ; the Thigh, just above the Knee, I§|
Inches ; and what is remarkable, it weighed
but 816 when born. It is in the Bloom of
Health, and appears Jenfible andjharp. The
Parents are Mr. John Proctor and Con
sort, of Ipswich.
CONCORD, August 12.
From Philadelphia — July 24.
Accounts are received from Newprovidence,
by Way of Charleston, that a French Fleet
of considerable Force bad fallen in with the
British outward bound Fleets for the Eaf and
Weftindies, about the latter End of May, off
Cape Finifterre, in Spain, and captured 160
Sail, then under Convoy of two Men of War
and four Frigates, the principal Convoy hav
ing left them in a more northern Latitude- This
News is confirmed by the Arrival of a French
Frigate at the Cape, in 35 Days from Brest ;
also by Accounts from Jamaica, and from an
other Quarter. *
We have it in our Power, to give a dired
Contradiction of the English Accounts of the
Capture of Nantz by the Brittany Insurgents.
The Privateer Sons Culottes (of Old France)
leftjbat City on the 28th of April, wbenfueb
THE FREE NEGRO.
NEW LINE of STAGES.
4th of JULY —new Style.
The Mirrour.
, July 27. Accounts from Algiers fay tba
strenuous endeavours have lately been madeb
the Spanijh Mn : fer there, to procure a Pea<
for Portugal, with the Dey, but without ej
jea. Spain, however, has mediated more fuc
cefyully for Prussia ; the terms 70,000 ie
quins, (l4o,ooo dollars, a tribute every tw-
Tears, and conjolatory presents. The war of
this piratical fate with Portugal,, operates
much in favour of America : whenever <
peace fall take place, there will be nothing ti
prevent these rovers from infefling the Allan
tic, & intercepting our European trade. Thert
are man, American captives,et in a fate oj
/la-very, at and about Algiers, and were it nos
that they receive a small annual allowance
from Congrejs, their fit nation would be intol
erable. According to a late letter from Al
giers, ever, nation are ranjoming their prison
ers, except the Americans, mod of whose cap
tives there have been 8 or 10 years in a fate
of bondage.
An indictment has been found against
Mr. Joseph Ravara, Couful for the
Republick of Geneva, for a mifdemean
our# ; —and the Circuit Court, now fit
ting, having overruled the motion ofhis
counsel, to quash the indictment, on the
plea, that the Supreme Court alone had
jurisdiction of the cause ; the court deter
mining, that it had room#/jurifdiftion
with the Supreme Court, refpeCting Con-
Juls, although not refpeCting Ambaffadours.
Judges Wilson and Peters were of
this opinion— Judge Iredell of the o
pinion of Ravara's counsel. The mo
tion being thus overruled, the defendant
was directed to plead to the indictment.
* The mifdtmeanour here alluded to, was
fending threatening letters to the President of
tbe -United States, Secretary of the Treafary,
and others for the purpose of obtaining money ;
menacing the deftruaiop of their boujes, &c.
in case ts refufdl.'
We are informed, that the Grand Jury
of the Circuit Court on Wednesday last
made several presents to the Court of di
vers persons in this city, for having caus
ed sundry vessels in the port of Philadel
phia to be armed and equipped in a war
like manner, being an infraction of cer
tain treaties, and a direct violation of the
neutrality United States, declared by the
President's Proclamation.
On Monday, the Bth inst. was
held the anniversary meeting of the
Trustees of Philip's Academy, in
Andover. —After the choice of a
President, Viceprefidene, and other
officers for the year ensuing, the in
corporation proceeded to the exam
ination of the Student!, in the va
rious branches of literature, taught
io the Academy ; and the readinch
and corrednefs of their answers in
the Greek, Latin, and English lan
guages, and fpecim&s of their
mathematical exercises, and im
provement in penmanship, were
highly gratifying. In the after
noon, they attended an Oratorical
Exhibition, and were greatly enter
tained with the well chosen pieces,
their arrangement, and the manner
in which they were performed, in
presence of a refpedable and croud
ed audience. The performance!
of the Students in the afternoon,
were introduced and concluded
with agreeable muljc, and the
whole closed with a pertinent ad
dress and prayer, by the Rev. Mr-
French.
an Event was not even feared, or thought of.
The Englijb Date of its Capture was on th
24^.
The Abftrads from the treasury
Department, are not perhaps very
generally to be met with. It is to
be regretted, that they are not
known by every Manjn the Union.
By them he would be. furnifhed
with incooteftible Evidence of out
Prosperity, positively beyond the
Omens of Misery, which the in
genious Politicians of England held
out after th&Peace. An Acquaint
ance with a Work entitled, " A
From Boston, ,ul, go.
in war, the attainment of our inde
pendence, and our commercial
treaties with the powers of Europe
to be derived ? If the United
States are to surrender their com
mercial connexions with Great Bri
tain, Ireland, Russia, Prussia, Spain,
Portugal, Holland and Savoy, do
they expeft to find a market for
their produce in France ; fubjeded
as it must be to the reptifals of the
cruizeri armed against her ? If
answer can be given to these ques
tions, let the partizans for war (for
such are our declaimed, for the ob
servance of treaties, notwithfland-
ing their disguise) give them, and
fatisfy the manufaaurer, merchant,
and the farmer, who deprecate the
horrors of war.
SERIOUS QUESTIONS.
If the citizens of the United
States should permit the privateers
of the French Republick to lie in
^rabufo io their ports, and sally out
at their pleasure to waylay the ves
sels we have before invited to our
shorer, to purchase the product of
our foil. From whence are the
benefits which we were led to ex
ped from our fuccefsful struggle
brief Examination of Lord Shef
field's Observations on the Com
nerce of the United States, would
exceedingly assist in enabling him
o form a just Eflimate of the Val
ue of our national Advantages.
EXTRACT
From Treaties on innate Littknefs.
" 'TIS an unequal Combat, and no Hon
our can be gained by warring with and
vanquilhing an Enemy destitute of Spirit,
Manhood, Honour, and Honesty, whose
Clay is only moistened with the Quintes
sence of Meanness, and vulgar Reality :
whose Venom is Poijon for him,elf. We
should teach our Curs to bark at fetch
Creatures as they creep along —Nor will ei
ther of them be mistaken for the Moon,
except by the Owl, which can fee clearest
in the Night ; or if any Ihould blunder into
such a Mistake, they can confider them
as resembling that Planet only when it is
eclipsed in total Darkness.".
TRE Rev. Mr. N—, of Newbawen, was
appointed to, reach before the association. Some
circumstance prevented bis attendance. He
therefore thought fit to ewrite and apologize.
While he was thus engaged^ meffinger in
formed him that bis bull bad grown very Jur
-1,. Mr. N— immediately wrote a few line,
to the man who bad bis bull in pasturing, and
by accident direfled this letter to the afficiation.
It was opened by the moderator, and to bis ut
ter aftonifement, be read as follows : " Ton
may tie up the OLD BULL for the present,
and when I can attend to it I will come and
take care of bim." The reverend members
were totally nonplufed ; but at length an idea
was farted and adopted as explanatory : It
was this—that by the old bull they must un
derhand the Devil, whom the, were toJecure,'
till Mr. N— could come and take care of him.
anecdote.— -A FEW days since, several
gentlemen were aftmbled oppefite Mr. Gar
ret's tavern, Augusta, looking at a small
borfe. one of the company obfdrvtd that he bad
never seen so small a horse before. An Irijb
man,refat, declared that be did not think bine
afmall horse at all, at all : “ For, joys be,
by I have jeen a borfe as little as twoof
him."
Amodeft Request.
THE Person who borrow
ed, or has now in Possession, the
firfj Volume of a Work, entitled, " Mis
cellaneous Poems, and Transla
tions by several Hands," would extreme
ly oblige the Owner by leaving it at Mr.
Russell's Printing Office. Aufoio.
0 THE person who accifo^ took
without Liberty, a bound Volume of Phila
delphia Magazines from this Office, is
solicited to return it peaceably—Aad no
questions will be asked.
the OLD BULL.