The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-11-04 00:00:00, page 3

FROM PHILADELPHIA, Oa. 17.
" I have now the great pleasure to in
form you, that the situation of this place
in refpe& to the Epidemic, is wonderfully
changed for the Letter since Tuefday.
%h at day it rained the principal part of
I the time, and till late in the Evening ;
1 in the night it cleared off, and the wind
blew almost a hurricane. Yesterday it
' was very cold, with a brisk wind all the
time from N. W. Last Friday, the num
ber of dead, I have reason to suppose,
„ was upwards of 100—fifty of which were
buried in Potter's fields. Saturday and
; Monday 29 were buried there,but yester
day the number was greatly diminished
through the city—only four were buried
from tbeHofpital, and three carried thith
^ er, whereas the number of dead there has
been from 12 to 20 per day, for more than
5 weeks past; & the number carried thith
er the last week, amounted to 30 a day for
several days. We confider the state of
Imatters at the Hospital, as a criterion to
judge of the state of the disorder in the
city generally. You fee that the change
wonderful; God grant that it may be
permanent—the weather is now fine,
r" A return has been made to the com
mittee, of the number which had died
since the Ift August to 14th O&ober, it
"amounts to 2590. This return was re
ceived from the grave diggers and sex
1 tons ; but! am informed,that an account
taken by a person appointed for the pur
pose, of the number of citizens who have
I est the city, of those who remain, and of
I hofe who have died, makes the-latter to
' dia, ended hit earthly life by hahg
ing himfelf with a (mail cord on a
tree a little distance from his house
—search was made for him in the
evening, but he could not be dis
covered till the next morning.
Ordained, at Chester, on Wed-
' ican veffeto, who were ready for set.
The recent fuccefrs of the com
bined armies rgainft the' French
Republick, have been eagerly tier
ed as a pretence of triumph by all
her enemies, the taunting laugh
of exulting aristocracy, echoes thro'
all our streets ; and her tons no
longer conceal the cranfport with
which they anticipate that deduc
tion of the rights of man, which
they have long been wiring, and
which they now fondly hope is in
evitable, But let not the philan
thropic friends of France despair.
She has yet in her possession more
than an hundred fortified towns:
and the means of defending them,
until the patience and power of
her enemies shall be exhausted.—
Let us not forget that this war a
gainst France is a war of despotism
on right, of malicious oppression
on unoffending innocence. GOD
and his darling attribute Justice,
will not take different tides. -
France has been placed in the
school of fuffering, that the may
learn to be virtuous ; but Omnip
otence is her ally, and “ the gates
of hell (hall not prevail against her."
We hear frorti Philadelbbia,that several
of its wretched inhabitants have died a
lone without any ath stance. One gentle
man a stranger, who had taken man,
precautions to avoid the fever, was seized
with it on the road soon after he left the
city. His companions left him, the coun
try people were afraid to take him into (
their houses, and he died in a barn.
nefday last, the Rev- Nathan
J^Broadstreet, to the pastoral
care of the Church in that town.
There is a NEW report of the
death of Fayette—but it wants
confirmation.
CONCORD, NOVEMBER 4.
ON the night of the 25th ult. we
are informed, Lt. Towle, of Can-
The Mirrour.
► b PARIS, AUG. 27.
Letter from the Procureur-General, Syndic 0,
the Department of the Eastern Pyrenees,
dated Perpignan, August f.
" Citizen Representatives, the
r Spaniards cantoned at Milas, puffed
,the river Tet, co the amount of
from two to three thousand, one
third or more of whom were cav
airy, to forprife our advanced posts
of Corneille. Our force in that
part, at the utmost, does not ex
ceed 500 men. They had taken
two pieces of artillery and a howit
zer ; but a detachment from the
sixth battalion of l'Aude, com
manded by the brave Degean,
some chaffeurs of the Pyrennees
headed by De ville, and a detach
ment from the 27th regiment of
horse, attacked them with fibre
and bayonet, put them to flight,
and recovered our posts and our ar
tillery, which they turned upon the
rodomontade Caftilians, and caused
many of them to bite the dyft.—;
The river was their grave. Wei
have had only one volunteer killed, 1
and 12 wounded : about 30 men ;
of the free company of Paris are ;
miffing, and we kndw not whether 1
they have been surrounded by the 1
At the date of our last accounts, the
city of Ne wyork, was free from malignant
diseases—And we are happy to announce
that foch is the situation of this metropo-
lis?— Thanks to the care and exertions of
our municipal Fath&s, and the Infpedor
of the Police..
P^iaory of the French over the
Spaniards.
French, on the 14th of August,
who, after a severe aftion, obliged
them to retreat to their former post
near Valenciennes—that, in conse
quence, the flocks rose from 5 to
11 per cent, at Bourdeaux—&c.
,exceed 3000 ; perhaps the firft account
refers to the number which are foppofed
to have died of the epidemic ; and the
latter,to those who have died of every fpc
cles of disease."
Dr. Rush, in a letter to Dr,
Rodgers, of Newyor^, dated 0~1
g,afferts that he has fatisfaftory dg
icumenes in his possession to prove,
ithat the disorder which has prevail
ed with so much mortality there
for fix weeks past, was generated
in Philadelphia.
Oa. 19.' From FRANCE—
O> the toth instant, arrivals
Norfolk, in 33 days from tibur
deaux, Capt. Vikery, who informs,
that the proceedings against Gen
Cuftine had again been resumed af
ter several days interruption—that
the French fleet, fays a Paris paper
of August 20, were at anchor in
Quiberoon-Bay, after having been
two days in fight of the English
fleet, whom they could not bring
to adion—that the English fleet,
after having returned to port, had
again put to sea—that the Prussian
army had been so much weakened
by thetroops left togarrifon Mentz,
that it had fallen back to Flanders,
and was obliged to aft on the de
festive—that the insurgents were
in great force, but had been defeat
ed on the 10th of August, at La
IVendee, in an action, in which
they loft 7000 men, and a number
of cannon —that the combined ar
mies, having advanced as far as
Maubeuge, were attacked by the
From BOSTON—Oflober 26.
it to a contribution of ten millions
of livres, and the heads of one hun
dred of the inhabitants —The an
swer was " that all the prisoners of
the Regicide army fbould be account
able for the leaf violence committed
against the Lyonefe, Great prep
arations were made to defend the
city ; four millions, in specie, was
fubferibed to pay the soldiers. 200
pieces of cannon were mounted on
the ramparts, and on the neigh,
bouring heights ; and M. de Pief
fy, appointed Commander. Sever
al attacks have been made on the
city by the army of the Republick
—the last of which is narrated in
the following letter from the Com
missioner, dated the 25th.
" Our fire commenced yester
day, at four in the afternoon. The
gate of St. Clair was soon burnt.
The bombardment was redoubled
about 10 o'clock. At midnight,
an immense conflagration was ev
ident. The magazines, the quar.'
ter of la Saone, and three coofider-|
able fleets, are now heaps of ru-;
ins. The lob of the Lyonefe ill
computed at 200 millions of livres.
Next day in the afternoon, we feotj
a trumpet with a letter addressed 1
to the people of Lyons. We gave'
hem three hours to confider of
' The South still continues in
state of the most dangerous infur
redion. The city of Lyons was
made the centre of the Insurgency
—and the Commissioner Crance
ordered the National Guards, and
part of the army of the Alps, un
der General Kellerman, to march
against that city ; and summoned
PARIS, August 28. —Measures
are taking for pacing into prompt
effea, the decree of the Conven
tion, declaring ALL FRANCE to
be in a date of siege. All the
workmen in iron, steel, brass, lead,
and wood, are declared under the
orders of the Minister at War—
and all the faltpetre and gun-pow
der to be at^is disposition.
Aug. 29.— The Royalists in la
Vendee, are in a great meafoe fub
dued—6ooo of them have been
destroyed in one adion.
In the Pas-de-CaUis, a counter
revolution lately broke out : but
the National Guards have march
ed against the rebels, and dispersed
them.
Cherny, or have fled to the moun
tain : further accounts on th^t head
are aXpected. This aftron, though
no more than a skirmish, does the
greatest honour to our troops :
500 Republicans repulsed 3000
Spaniards ; we have preferred 001
portion, and expert them with a
firm countenance. The fyfpeofion
of General Flers pioduced do
emotion. Barbantine behaved well
on the feftival of unity and indivis
ibility : he addressed the troop; in
the language of a Republican.—
Should he fight as well as he [peaks,
which we hope, we (bail soon have
good news to fend you ; especially,
if we receive the promised re-in
forcemenr.
Particulars re/pec^ng the in
teriour ^ France.
(Signed) “ LUCIA."
LYONS.
3. "Is Adam Philip Custine,
1 late Gen. of the North and the Ardennes,
convided ofhaving co-operated in these
. manoeuvres and correspondence ?"
r To all these questions the Jury
found in the affirmative ; and the publick
accuser being heard on the application of
! the law, the Tribunal passed the follow
ing sentence :
" Adam Philip Custine, is con
demned to death, and confifeation of pro
perty for the benefit of the Republick.
The sentence of death be executed, in
the Place of the Revolution, between ten
& eleven o'clock in the morning (of the
28th) read, printed, & posted up, wherev.
er it fhal lfeem proper."
The President called upon the Prisoner
to fay, if he had any obje&ion to make
to the application of the law?
Custine answered—" I have no de--
fenders, they have disappeared ; and my
confeience makes me no reproach ; I die
innocent."
The people heard the sentence with
loud applause.
Custine was brought to the place of
execution on the morning of the 28th,
where he (hewed neither the calm resigna
tion of confeious innocence, nor the in
dignant firmnefs that men of proud spirits
who have no such consolation, substitute
for it. He kissed the crucifix, embraced
his confeffors, hesitated, used every arti
fice to gain a few minutes longer time, &
at last was brought to the Guillotine by
Force.
There is a report circulating, (via Now
pork) that there has been a general a&ion be
tween the Combined Armies tend the Armies ts
the Republick of France, and that the latter
gained a complete viaory ;—but as to the truth
ts it we cannot vouch.
Frankfort, Mentz, Conde and Valenci
ennes have fallen into the hands of the en
emy ?
2. " Is it proved that in consequence
of fiich correfpondence 2 the cities of
Paris, aug, 29.—The Evidence and
argument of the trial of Custlne, were
concluded on the 27th, late in the even
ing
The publick accuser and the Prifonefr's
council, having made their remarks, the
President of the Tribunal stated the fol
lowing questions for the consideration
of the Jury :
1. " Have there been, during the pres
ent war, criminal manoeuvres and corres
pondence with the enemies of the Repub
iick, tending to facilitate their entrance
into our territory, and to deliver up to
them our places of strength, cities, mag
azines, and arsenals ?
" One of the Commissioners with the
army of the Alps wrote, that on the news
of the invasion of Mont Blanc, the Com
munes of Carrauge, of Thouon, and An
necy, rose in a body. The Emigrants in
the neighbourhood of the lake of Geneva,
said more than a month ago that Lyons,.
Marseilles, and Bourdeaux would soon
declare in their favour."
their answer, threatening a new at
tack if they refufed to submit.—
No anfiver was returned ; the attack be
gan ; it was terrible. More than once
the bayonets of the assailants and defend
ants met point to point. The post of la
Croix Rouge was carried. General Du
moy, having pushed forward at the head
of the advanced guard, received a Ihot
through hit clothes. The ground was
heaped with dead bodies of the rebels.
They attempted a fally.by one of the
gates, but the National Gaurd of Greno
ble repulsed them, and drove them back
into the town. We have loft very few
men. Our killed are only z 6. Among
the dead of (he rebels are found a number
of ci decant Nobles and Priests.
" I requeftyou to read my left notifica
tion to the Lyonefe, you will fee that I
have left nothing undone to gain them by
fair means.
" Our success is every where the fame.
Cartauz has repulsed the Marfeillois, and
driven them within their walls. He is
now at Aix, where he keeps the rebels in
check without any difficulty.
" With refped to the Piedmontefe, we
wait for them in the defiles of he Tafen
taife. The black flag is now flying from
all the steeples of Lyons. The batteries
rre&ed by the inhabitants are for the
most part dismounted.
GEN. CUSriNE.