The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-05-20 00:00:00, page 2

Newyork.
ALBANY, April 12.— The Dif
affeaion to tyranny of the Britishj
Troops, Rationed at the several
Polls in Canada (fays a Gentleman
who arrived from that Quarter
during the. last Week) is similar
to that manifefted not long since,
by a patriotic Band in Europe,
who, upon discovering that they
were designed to march for the
Territories of France, to oppose
.her righteous Struggles for Liber
ty, to a Man laid down their arms,
and positively refufed to use them
against a Nation contending for
Freedom.•
Our Informant adds, that De
sertions were daily taking Place,
in Consequence of which it was
found necessary to fire minute
Guns, in order to deted them ;
but that this kind of Emigration
had become fy fafhionable, previ
ous to his Departure, that all en
deavours to preventit proved of
noavail : ThU a Dislike to hi,
Highness, Pfae Upward, was
fe generally prevalent among the
Soldiery, Thatm ^Regiment
^^tf^fe&ffi^L&j^kk^glfym&^b^^teidLiiLa.
CR OCRET had discharged <he scouts
under him, the New Garden fetcle
ment was about to break up, some
had removed—to prevent it I ap
pointed two scouts to be continued
until mor&recame into service ;
that with refinance that you would
allow them men, they agreed to
live at home. No companies be
ing allowed to the Valley, I -was
compelled to fend an Ensign's com
mand there, a Serjeant and twelve
to Dump's creek, a Serjeant and
seven at Rye Cove, some at St.
Mary's with the French, which
leaves not more than twenty men
at Fort Lee, which 1 think too few
—ls Indians come in I cannot take
" For God's fake put us in a
situation not only to defend our
felvei, but to ad in any other ca
pacity that your Excellency may
require. ° If the four companies
may be thought too great aburden,
at Waft let us have two full compa
panies, and a Lieutenant's com
mand, otherwise this country will
be left uninhabited, only by your
few soldiers that are compelled, by
honour and duty to you, to (land
their g round •"_______
the disposition of the enemy, will
be fewenough to guard the whole
frontier ; for, there is no telling
what party they may fall on ;
wherever troops are, that place
they will avoid.<
at Dump's creek, which are four
more than I was authorifed to ap
point ; as the fafety of the coun
try required it, I hope to meet your
approbation for so doing. Should
more men be ordered, four more
scouts will be fufficient.
" For many years there has not
nor give full proteaion to the fron
tiers. If I must give my opinion,
the four companies allowed, from
out more than fifteen men and
leave any to keep the garrison—l
was under the necessity to appoint
two scouts to the Valley, two to
the Cove, two at Fortlee, and two
been a spring that danger appeared
so great—the distressed situation of
the people I cannot paint to you.
With the troops under my com
mand, I can neither take revenge
March „. —THE President of
the Directory of the Polls announc
ed to the Convention, that the
Courier from Nantz was not yet
arrived ; and that Information had
been brought, last Night, by an
Express from Brest, that the Com
munication between Nantz and &
gres was interrupted by Bodies of
armed Men, and counter-Revolu
tionists, who appeared to be in
great Force.
A Member announced, that the
Department of Pas-de-Calais wasa
Prey to the fame Commotions ;—
that counter-Revolutionists were
redoubling their Efforts ; and that
two of,he Commissioners had been
insulted in the most audacious
Manner.;t
The above Information we pre
sent our Readers as we received.
The fame Person informs, that a
Number of those dastardly Spirits,
who have fotfaken the American
Standard in the weftern Territory,
were lurking about the Provinces
of Canada, but did not incline to
join the British Army.
France.
COUNTERREVOLUTION
Begun in Prance.
being called out, and those who
had any complaints against him,
desired to hold up their Hands as
a Signal, the Hands of all, except
a Serjeant and a Private, were im
mediately raised; and in short,
that a Spirit of Revolt was so
prevalent among many, that Gov
ernment were under the necessity
of tiling the most rigorous Meas
ures to " shut the Eyes of the Peo
ple," who it seems, " begin to
look about them." Yankee
Doodle!
French National Convention.
Letter from the AdminiSrators of
„he Deparmeat Des Deux Sevres,
" Niort, March 15.—Our De
partment, and that of Vendee, are a
Prey to the Ravages of a great
Number of Banditti and counter-
Revolutionists. Cbolet, destroyed
by Fire, prefects Nothing at pres
ent but a Heap of Allies. Our Sit
uation is most dismal. The Suc°
cefs of the Insurgents has been rap
id, and we are in Want of Arms
and Ammunition.
" The Danger is urgent— we
request Assistance. Fhe Bearer of
this Letter will give you further
Accounts, which Want of Time
wilknot permit us to detail?'
To this Letter was subjoined an
other, from the Municipal Officers,
of Cbatilkm, corroborating the fame
Facts ; and stating besides, that
the Insurgents, after cutting to
Pieces a small Body of Nations
Guards together with their Com
mandant, tiad got Possession of 7
Pieces of Cannon, and a Quantity
of Arms.
Letter from Leonard Bourbon,
m of the National Commfonro
at Loiret.»
" I also have shed my Blood for
my Country.^— New Paris's, to the
Number of more than thirty, ruth
ed upon me, threw me down, sur
rounded me with their Bayonets
and wounded me in the Head, one
Arm, and the lower Part of my
La Vendee.
" Fontenay, March 13. —Being in
formed that a great Number of
couoter-Revolutionifts were assem
bled together, we called forth the
National Guards of the Neighbour- 1
hood, and ordered them to march
against them. Citizen Galet, one
of us, placed himfelf at their {lead,
attacked a Body of the Rebels, and
completely dispersed them.
“ Other Bodies of Rebels are
colleded in the Darias of Mon
taigne and la Roche fur-Ten. They/
are in great Force, and our Troops
have been obliged to retire. These
aimed counter-Revolutionists are
commanded by Emigrants. The,
wore white Caps ; shout out vive
le Roi! and fay that they aft in
the Name of the Regent of France.
" We are under the greatest A
larm here, and shall continue to be
so, if we do not receive Assistance
and Troops from General Mace.
It is said thaca great Number of
Rebels are assembled between Ma
cbequil and Nantz ; and a Report
is even circulated that, the latter
City is in their Possession."
Belly. I had the good Fortune to
avoid other Blows, and am indebt
ed for my Life to the Command
ant of the Guard, who made his
Body a Rampart to protest me.
" When I entered into the Hall
of the Hotel de Ville, I was again
threatened, & luckily refeued from
the Daggers of the Assassins. lam
afraid the Resentment of the Sans.
Culottes will occasion some Distur
bance to Morrow. The adminis
trative Bodies are going to fee on
Foot a rigorous Proftcution again ft
the authors of this attrocious deed."
A Letter from the administrative
Bodies of the City of 0,/eaas was
read, giving a Abort Account of
the fame Fads.
Leiter from the Administrators o.
The Administrators of the Departmentl
of Maine & Loir announced that frequentl
Rencounters took Place between the In-I
furgents and Patriots in that Part of thel
Republick. They said that much Bloodl
had been shed, and that all the Patriots!
whom the In furgents found alone werel
massacred.
A Letter from Nieu, to one of the Com-I
missioners of the Convention Rated, thatl
all the Bridges on the Highway from
Nantz were broken down. On the 14th
of this month an Engagement took place
between the National Guards and the
Rebels. The, latter had the Advantage,
and took and plundered the City of Chan
tone. The Insurgents were divided into
several Bodies, and that which fought on
the 14th consisted of almost 3000 Men.)
He added, that a Spirit of Rebellion had
broken out through the whole Republick.
A Letter from the Minister at War in-
formed the Convention that Gen. Ver
tuil was marching against the Infer,
gents, as well as Gen. Mace, who had
under his Command 22c0 Men, with 4
field Pieces. He added, that General La-
BOURPONNAY, had received Orders to
collect 12 or 15 Battalions, with some
Artillery.
The Sitting terminated with the fol
lowing Decree; " Th^t every Citizen
who ihall meet a Citizen, whom he mayl
fufpe& to belong to the Clals of the Emi-|
grants, fhall' be bound to arrest him, and
to condud him to Prison, that he may be
tried and condemned to the Scaffold with
in twentv four Hours."
March 11. On Sunday, alarming Scenes
were renewed. All Belgium was confident
ly said to be loft, and Givet and Valenci.
ennes besieged. To hang up the Generals,
apprehend the executive Council, and a
Part of the Convention, bring them to a
summary Trial, and fend their Heads to
the Departments, were the Debate on
I the Terrace of the Feuillans. ~z
A splendid Sword h^s just been
made in the City, to be sent as
part of the annual Prefenc to the
Dey of Algiers. The Sheath,
which is of solid Gold, variously
coloured, and, as an old Catalogue
wou'd fay-— —" artfully carved,"
is worth an hundred Pounds. The
excellent Workmanship of the
whole and some p^ecous Stones,
which were about it, increase its
value to three or four Times that
Sum.
General Custinb, on the 20th
March, attacked near Stromberg,
a Party of 500 Ptuffians, and de
feated them. The Ruffians, how
ever, fought with great Obftioacy,,
and Effeft.
Yesterday Dirpatches from Ho/landwere
received at the Secretary of State's Office,
the Subftanceof which we tinderftand to
bet That the Garrisons of Briand
Gertruyden^erg surrendered by Capitula
tion on the 28th ult. that the Troops of
the Batavian Legion in both Places were
included in the Capitulation, on the fame
Terms with the French ; and that both
were allowed to march out with the Hon
ours of War, and take the Route for
It is said means to embark for
America. —There are few People
in this Country, but what will re
joice at this, and will not heartily
wiffi the Doctor may never return.
France
The fame Dispatches add, that Advices
had been received from Brtfh, 'dated the
zgth, at which Time it was , known there,
that Dumourier having left his Post at
Halle,was continuing his Retreat to Valen
ciennes ; and that the Austrians had taken
Possession of Antwerp, Namur and Mons.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
B, Field Marshal Prince of Saxe
Cobourg, of the farther Operations }
of the Auflrian Arm,
March 20. —Lieutenant Field
Marshal Benjofsky drove ,he
French from Tirelemont, and pur
sued them to the Diffance of a
I League and a half beyond that
Town. The Enemy covered their
Retreat with much Order and''"
Coolneft. Exactly at Noon our
Army advanced on the Right, and
passed Tirelement. Part of them
encamped behind that Town, hav
ing in theit Rear the large Rivulet
of Ghethe, ontheir Centre the
|Caufewiy which conducts to Leu-
Ivain ; the Body of reserve on the^
IRight, and the Village of Hongdrd
Ibehind them.
I Colonel Baron de Mylius, who
Iwas detached from Kewpen, with
Itwd Battalions of the Regiment of
\ Walis, had, received OrdCTtadif
|lodgethe Enemy, on the 20th
[from Deist; which he happily ex
ecuted, arid with much Ikill, as
[appears by. the following Account:
I "At seven o'Clock in the
IMorning, Colonel de Mylius at
tacked Drift, and was at fitft re-
Ipulftd ; buton th £te cond Attack
[he entered the Town on both
[Sides, took 50 Prisoners, and feiz
[ed one Cannon besides several Car
riages. Qur lots amounts to 50
[Men killed and wounded, one of
[whom is a Captain. The Enemy
[having been cut off from the Cause-
Iway cf Louvain fare obliged io
[retire towards H«reniball. On
[ TIRLEMONT, March 22.
I At break of. Day bur Army
'^mif
England.
LONDON, April 3.
DR. PRIESTLEY,