The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-08-28 00:00:00, page 2

LONDON, JUNE zu The Committee of
American Merchants had an interview with
Mr. Pitt, on Saturday last, to know Whether'
they might with confidence prepare their
' goods for the American, markets, as usual;
or whether; under the lifting circumstanc
es, the alarm of a rupture was fufficieritly
grounded to make them hesitate in execut
ing the orders they had received? Mr. Pitt
, declined giving them any advice as to exe
^ curing their orders ; he&idhe was happy in
being able to assure them, that the govern
ments of the two countries were disposed to
preserve a good understanding; but it could[
Mot be concealedphat Jacobin do&rines had^
made their way ipto America to such an ex
tent as to make it. doubtful what would be
<the issue of'the differences mow to be fettled. I
He trusted however, Quit ttiey would be ;
guided b, moderation and wisdom in the pro-;
pofitibhs they had to make to this country,|
and the Gentleman whom they bad deputed,
on the occasion, would find his Majefty'sl
Ministers earnestly disposed to preserve the
peace which so happily subsists between the
two countries.
Jvne22. Those Powers in the North of
Europe who have long, under the mafz of an
affe&ed Neutrality, been Tupporting the
^^ @ of order and gov.
ernment, as well as the United States of A
merica, the people of which have long shown
a dlfpofition to give the mdfta&ve aid fa
France, fllmow scarcely provoke the enmity .
of Britain, whose naval fupefiority is eftab.
lifhedbeyondrhe luftreofanyforme'r peri od,
however bright, of her hiftpry. This vido
ry then, so fluttering to the national ^ride,
and so truly honourable to the nationalfoha
tafter, will probably have fayed us from a
war with two other European Powers, and
the trans-Atlantic States ft
FRENCH HEROISM. ^^
Extrad of a letter fr^m a Lieut, of one of Lord
Howe's Fleet.
" The Mutius Sc^evola wai one of
the heft fought ships belonging to the
French, in the late action. She was
engaged with theOrionJor five hours,
during one of which the men could
be picked off the guns with piftokv
" The Captain ofthe Mutiut Scz
vola was a man of the most undaunt
ed courage.^ During the action he
run 20 ofhis men through their bo
@fot attempting to ; defect their
^Wf&. He was easily diftinguilh
ed by a large bonnet rouge, ornament
ed round the bottom with gold fringe
He had only one arm {^ whether
, the other was /hot off ty(he a^ion,
Thave not been able to ascertain.
" After the engagement wa« over,
I went on board the Ftench §p La
Jutte; the officers of which told me
that she had not (offered so much; a#
the other Ihips, having only loft 306
men.
q™, The finifygofcheV e ngeur was
one of & most? awful fights I ever
beheld. ^ Sh^ went dtfynmiain^
quarter of a mile of,our ship. ^We
had not a tackle to hook to a boat,
and ourraain yard was gone, f^ ^
J, The Racier gutter went tyi^'
;^ th fave,ffie crew of the
Vengeur, but whether main deck
{ ,guns came on a level with the watef;
^^F^d bfck ' ,tefe4@^
ingfo g reat # t( > render it impossible
foe &em 40 proceed nearer the ship.
, H*ppper works remained upon the
F^W ,ft ^4^
S. meot, for the space Qf 20 raw &
the expiration of that time fl&^nk,
the crew Universally trim out %e
Lto Rtfeublique ! Vive La Liberte!
, " The >ed hot (hot fired by the
;French did considerable deal of dam
#ge.,@Brutus, # large frigate Cut
^fo'^^
h@#ritl@^
''' mdaho'boardedQje&^
^ BlufyUNX &>A Messenger
arrived 'here m&ffl&W^
ffi&
mao ,vjajciiy uuwlkcu inc co,l
iffiir^ ^ ^'
Iretreat, however, was conduced in a|
I masterly manner, and his Proffian Mfr
jefty did hot think proper to follow
him. The number of the killed and
wounded on the part of the Patriots
was 1000.—They loft also 15 pieces
of cannon.—Our loft n said to be
near iodo;-- Prince Louis, who with
the dragoons pf^iberftein 6rft broke.
the ranks iftthe enemy, was made a
.Major General on the field of battle.
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Domeflic Articles. ,
;T WINCH ESTER,,aUG, 4%
4 HE following melancholy accident hap-
; pened the firft & Uishelb,Ville/ Kentucky.
I A difference happentf between Maj. Shan
non and Mr. Feltc, , affray took place, in
which Major S. Tabbed Mr. F. in the breast
with a dirk, of which wound he died within
half an hour after he received it. After re
ceiving the wound, Mr F. threw a }ftope at
Major's, which struck him on the head and
fra&ured his feuff. Aninflamation succeed
ed, and his life was deffcaired of when our in
formant left that, pta&teing then fyeech
lefs. We fincedearn-that he is dead.
.° n Wednesday l^ftOpiamingo, and the
rest of the Chickasaw fnd&ns, passed through
this town, on their i+ay home froth Philadel
phia. We hear ihe President ofthe United
Spates, has honoured jorne^f the Chiefs, with
officers commissions in the army, and that
they are to lead on a chosen band & Warriors
agaihft the hostile bribes eppofed^to Gen'eral
Wayne. :rf ~;,
'v' ^ A' W ’"""—="°' rf ' I ^^
: BALTIMORE, AUG. Capt. Lombard
in 21 days from St. Thomas's, informs, ,that
previous to his departure from that place, in
formation had been received of Admiral ler.
vis's having withdrawn all hfs forces from
Guadaloupe, except two frigates, which he
left to cruise off thit Island. .: r <
^A^^, ^^ the
arrival of ©&, „«^^ .Mif
flin, from Ddmltifqte^&'trofy' dif
tteffing iifetf@n^ of ffi^
deaths of Ms. Higginfon, at Domi
nique, and ttf Mt, Rita; Ms brother
in-Wt MrtHi&ginfcpfa, we learn,
onboard Capt, T'> vtffel.
By the fam^ conveyance, informa
tion is receive#,' that Admiral' Jervis
^AUG. It. Gen. N^W^ndMu.
Lenox arrived in town Uft fe@„r&|
the weftern countty=(hey fat down
the Ohio a, far as MArietti, ^id froffi
thence crossed Wiinftfo to .Vir
'gibia.
We are assured that & above gen
tlemen found the people in the weft
ero counties of Virginia, well dispos
ed to support the laws of the Union,
and ve, generally reprobating the*
Briana if the rioter# in this slate.—
The public pfyerflrom chaf quarter
hold thrf tahgu>ge=ind&d if it the
language fammy part of W Un
ion whence intelligence has been re
ceived,,
'toff ^ town
^t' b #°° h^u*
t^ ^re^ bl ? * fob:
ftanmil, as follows: That the meet
±4ffi^.fflMt in. Braddock's
field Uft Friday week, took ptefo
that between four and 5000 perlon,,
tn arms, were fopffl^d th be prefect
totetya#a, marched from*
thence to Pittfbtrtgh—that they lent
a deputation to Major Butler, com
manding offing & continental
troop, in the garrrfon there, inform
ing him, that lift [movement of the
p^'^w^^ w " ^r%
^^^^,''TCT', ''ey 4*^
no hostile ituentioni refusing &
"'%:Mfa^^td them
,apprenennon#, but
thev meant mkrr.nnnt nf riinoAir' „u
not within f J
cannon-that fohote bod, tooki
circuitous distant route b h 1
entered land marched thro' the town'
land dispersed.
I fate within the fort—We alfa learn; |
I that Messrs. Findley, Smilie and Gal.l
latin are indefatigable in their exer
tion# among the people to restore
peace and good order.
The military stores sent on from
this city some time ago, have arrived
fafe at Pittsburgh.
There are no certain accounts in
town of the infutgeoti having inter
cepted the provi(ionq &c. intended
for Gen. Wayne's army.
^^:t-==TFW"^™'^T '7T7F,, h\\
NEWPORT, MRL 13." Last Friday ar
rived in this .tatoifr^;
St. George, prize ;to the French frigate La 1
Concorde. She wa§ from Jamaica, bound
to Novafcotia, her cargo consists of forty five
puncheons of ruty; 15 of which were put on
board the Cori^ordte. ^^. ;[
avgusr;if., Left Wednefda, arrived at
this port/thi! British brig =utf about
120 tons, prize to the French privateer:
fchOoner Sans Pareille. She was from Turks
Island, kMdethWtW Solt; Rum, tend Molafles,,
bound to New-Brunfwink, (Novafcotia.)'
The prize matter's name is John Baptise
Bernard, who cante on fhbre; and the fat
day was taken upifeid was confined in our
gaol, in donfetytence of a Proclamation issu
ed by the Goverinour of SOuffiCafeOlina, offer-;
&g.%rew^d of'; #.y< -for-ap^
pretending said Baptiste, for tnurdering in a
most barbarous manner a citifeh of Charltf
ton. - ^l^s%^
'^' H r .teramr 1 ^ '-
fttyf'^^oSfON,
An account of the mairacre which took
place at Fort Dauphin," the 7th of July, at
II o'clock in the n)orning,brQugh< by Mr.
Simon, of Philadelphia, who w^, there in an
American vdlel at that time.l
" Monty the 7th of July, at 11 o'clock
in the morning, arrived at Fort Dauphin a
Spanish friar, escorted by fix guides, coming
from Laxabon (a small borough,, 4 leagues
distant from Fort Dauphin) several perfops
enquired what pews be brought. ,He an
swered, Nope, and said all was very fafe.—
About an four after, Jean ^ranccis(General
of the banditti who'@sgalways been oton
good terms with the Sp^piard^ tyQißqfo,
min, his firft Captain, entered the city, wjtii
5 or 600 pegroff, and ^8 mounted oti horse
back. Jn that number there^as about 400
armed with guns, theothers had only fwoids
and cudgel. When they arrived at the tf&f
ket, Jean Francois ordered them so kill with
out diftinaion all the FrrnC white people.
1, Nti &o#> was the order given, when
the banditti separated in all the Greets of the
^,^(! h ^ a ^ P^rt assembled upon the
^ a fide, ^bere aft mi,Wft|)ite peo-:
plq had met together, without arms. t°get
on board±hevemffiai wtte'rh ! 'the bay;
but ,in vain : they were all massacred with-•
9,HWGy,,wh^ the fame feenewas ffled in
the different quarters of the city. „ThWli&
rfote slaughter lasted till fix dr 7 o'clock >t
night. Troughs a great numb&^&rkilled
in thrirbbyfea .during the nights A few
days aferfthe account of the dead given to
one Dupipois, who a&s as gfity Qfell
Francois, amounting to 742, atnorigft whoni
were three women, not including a great
numbeßtliht have been drowned. There was
at that timeat FortDayphin 7 or Boo<egular'
troops. Some of them were even under arms
upon the market' 'fate; beholding with iti
difference that horrible fl a tighter, and used
to fay loudly that it was what the French
deserve. A few of the unhappy victims fled•
to them, being putfued by the negroes, but
ttauhfeeliftg'SpaArards pointed their bayo
nets at thetrt. ±fche cry of those villains dur
ing the ma;ffacre was Long live the King !
The unhappy Le Ray Dumaine was killed
•by the Spaniards, and Mr. Carabas, who
foam to fa^himfeif, and rested on the"cable
of a SparrtOfftoop, was pursued by the crew
^ith ityitmfa/) 4 /
« l Seven or eight Frenchman who were
fettled at teegbun for some years past, had
their houfe£plundered of every thing by the
inhabitants of the fame place on the Bth of
%ytegfo. Q^ith him
alift of 120 names df the unfortunate vic
tims.
ft ^^^
:AVGUST „;'%
to«ag&torfrfofyau&taftw Liv
'^^ dated tbe zgtbfoue. ^^^
th" "tte" ' unccrtain ' y ° f
;is'^^^^
t . mnm r.^ B rn °
tte^fore^foZt^'T?!
1 prove their losses ; this we trust will recon
I cile matters."
English Revolutionary Symptoms.
Eertraa of a letter from a gentleman in Loudon, to
r ,h bit friend in Boston, dated funi.
" I have not heard a single person speak in
favour of the war with France, except he en
joyed a place or periflon under government.
You may judge of the apprehension of minjf
ters, when I inform you that I cannot walk
the Greets in the city without meeting.marly
one third as many foldieri as inhabitants ;
; tbramonths 4gofc was a rare thing to fee a
soldier in the city, except at night at the
bank. The livery stables and taverns with
in five miles of London have from 8 to ten
light horse quartered on them, which they
are obliged to maintain or give up'their li
cence, which many have done, not being &
bletp maintain them, forjhey are allowed ho
pay. There is thrtt regiments of foldiersto
.be tfpcfehoped in fyde-Tar^ next week, where
they are to remain fd¥tlte summer."
du@o„ro&ref,eaflble prathm^n jiffynfa,
to bis bisfriend in Boson, of the date of "June 7,
rfev among a variety.tf taerefing information
TOfolloWi^t.
,™ At a meeting about a month ago,of the
London Conftitution^l Society,at the Crown
and Anchor, a dinner was given, jt bring ttie
Anniversary of said Society. Our behaviour
(for t was present) alarmed government very
much ; and since then, a great many men
who were present, have been taken qp—fome
committed to the Tower, & others discharg
ed, just, as the immaculate Privy Council
who examined them thought proper.
" During dinner, ca ira, the Mfrfeilles
Hymn, and Carmagnole, were played by a
fine band, prepared forthe purpose ; and af
terwards' several Liberty Songs were fupg,
and many patriotic Toasts given ; some of
them follow:
1 The Rights of Men—2. A free Coh
fUttitioo; 3. The swine of England—the
Rabble pf Scotland, & tfe Wretches pf lre
land: 4. May defpotlftn be troderi under
ffiehoof of the Swinilh multitude. §. The
Armies contending for fibtyty. # 6...May she
abetters of the present War, be its Vidims.
7. Equal Laws and Liberty. 8. The feign
of Peace And Liberty'. 9; Citizen Stanhope,
(meaning Lord SfAhhope.) 10% Wjfdom %
Unanimity to all the Patriotic ^6cieties in
Gteatbiitain. 11. Maj/ all Laws be those
of Government, and Government that of th^
People., iz: Tbeperfecuted PatriotsofEhg
lih&°'j'h ^einbrt approved Friend to cl
flifodreligious Libffl,, Ho, & e Too &.
'' Thtf^ wtyeatauhop perlbus present;
among whom were tyo members or rrirlfc
merit.. The Ch^lfniah of the meetings#
man o¥hrbe 'fortyte^b^ Representague of
tW people in rhe' House of Commons ; firice
this dinner, he ha^beeh examined bffore the
hirf €btfn@,rtd, tl&ftityed very rtiueb
to kribte what wrf ^effl'b^f^
Mr. Whaftop replied that when it was handl
ed in to him, the terfon'lhafe this observa
tion, tb^as the dh^^^
fitypofed to he touteb^ng' for the cause of
liberty, H&j&^'t^ he a'fylhft drinking
that toaff. This reply fatisned them.
" Witbrefoea to. ffie celebrated Hotne
Tooke, I will relate a fliort anecdote : When
this gentleman was examined before the Fri
vy Council,after being alked many questions.
and bring deteritifhetf Tiot tb arifwer any of
them, he said, “ Citizens)Mum is " the to
defchhe day,*'—and Would fay not a word
more iri their prefenceLThty committed him
to the Tower, where he still remains, & may
for aught I know, as tlfe prisoners in the Baf
tile used to, remain for faGand fornttimes
for life, without knowing for what they were
accused, or who were their atofers."
French Accounts,
Our Uft accounts (r 9 m g&ffl of
war in Roufilloo, left the Spaniards <
yet in poffeffi on of PoftVendre. Cok
^ tafod,; in ^teh
^os^ Tfe WifetfaQued
from , hand-bill publilhedqt Bour.
Beaux on the 3 rftolMay, by order of
the ft—# people there.
11 the latest uitelligeacc from that
quarter. ^ The haod^fea received
,^%;rfr, arrived ^ Monday
^tfF^^^
^ as foe pottis about flatting,
fare @ fatfodre^ The ene- ty
liiiuuuiam t w[iere euaoHinecia j