The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-04-01 00:00:00, page 3

found, that my suspicions were well
founded, for fr ho'fted the French-na
tional colours, and fired a gun to wind
ward (which is a signal of an enemy )
I continued bearing dawn on her, and at
a quarter pass 3 P. M. She hailed me fev
erai times ; and as fell as 1 got in a po
firion for every (hot to do execution I
answered by commencing a close and luc
cefsful engagement, which lifted until
about hair past 4 P. M. when the frock
her colours to the United States (hip
Conftdiation, and I immediately took
poffvffion of her. She proved to be the
celebrated French national frigate I<-
furgente, of 40 gons and 407 men, late
out from France, commanded by Mon
fcur Bureant, and is esteemed one of the
fafteft failing &„ in the French navy.
I have been much shattered in my rig
ging and Oils, and my fore top mart ten
tiered, from wounds, ufelefi ; you may
depend the enemy is not less so. (
I intend to get into B-ffaterre road,
St. Chriftophers, if poffibte, with m,
prize ; but the wind being adverse and
blowing hard, I much doubt, in the crip
pled ftdte of both fllips. whether I (hall
effe& it, and if not, I must make # port
to leeward. The high state of our difci
pline, with the gallant condud of my of
ficers and men, would have enabled me
to have compelled a more formidable en
emy to have yielded, had the fortune of
w?r thrown one in my way ; as it is, 1
hope the President and my country, will,
for the present, be content with a very
fine frigate being added to our infant na
vy, and that too with the loss of only one
man killed, and -wo wounded, while the
enemy had (the French furgeen reports)
§2 or 53 killed and wounded.— Several
were found dead in the tops, &c. and
thrown overboard 18 hours after we h?d
pff rfi-rtj. I must not omit, in this h?fty
detail, to do justice to Mons. Bureaux f r
be defended ni~ (hip manfully, and from
my ^king him federal times fore and aft,
and being athwart bis ftero ready with
every gui, to fire when be ft tick his col
ours, we may impure the cohflia not be
ing more broody on our fide, for had not
these advantages been taken, the engage
ment would not have ended so soon, for
the tofugente was completely officered
ad manned.
ItfurgentWs weight of Metal.
Four Cannon, 36 pounders ; a do 24
do. ; 2 do. 18 do. ; 24 do. 12 do. ; 8
do 6 uo. , ,
Btraa ft Capt. Thq's Trux
ton to & Secretary of the Na
v, dated i&tb February.
" Oa the 13 h, after the great
est exertion# having been made,
we gained chefe road# with both
minty and anchored them fate a.
boat noon. It it impossible for
me to ftaie to you Che j >y dem
oftrated by the inhabitant on this
occasion ; tre Chip #aa filed with
gentlemen of the frft dignities in
the i^nd, and# fee tequefted
io order that it m : ght be returned,
which was complied with & my
pare, particularly at it came from
a mmber of the ki g's council,
Mr. Tyson, an old friend of mine
of many years (landing.
I have just received a polite let
ter of congratulation from the com
mander in chief, who offers me
every fetvice in hit power, and I
have ditched all the wounded
from the IJargente to be imme
diately landed, and Lot to the
frjfpi'al.
The foltowing it an accurate
return made me this morning by
Lieut. Rogere, commanding the
prize, taken from the examining
officers, of the killed and wounded
on board the lofurgente, viz. kill
ed, 29— badly wounded, 22='
flounced more slightly, 19— To
tai killed and wounded, 70.
y We hid, as 1 wrote you before,
only one man killed, and two
badly wounded, one of which is
a midshipman, Mr, M'Donough,
who loft hit foot ; an ordinary sea
man was afterwards di(covered to
be slightly wounded. This la the
whole number loft and injured on
board the Conftellatiop. ;
I fliall proceed to repair the
damages fuftaioed to both fh:ps
as speedily at pcffible, and until
the pteafure of the United Siatei it
k^own, I intend to give Lieue.
Jahn Rogers an order to command
the Inlurgeote. He was one of
the fi ft Lieutenant# appointed, has
a claim to being among the firft
promotions, but a very thong one,
for behaving well, and being the
lift lieutenant of the Conftella
tioo, at the c^pore of the frft
governmental (hip of any confe
qaence, ever made b che arm# of
the U fired State# at sea fi ce our
being known as a nation : The
other officer# I shall appoint in the
fame way.
My guo deck it divided into
three divifion#, firft of five gun#,
and opposite foperiotended by the
firft Lieutenant, Mr. Roger#. The
second of five guni, and oppofie
by the second Lieutenant, Mr.
Cowper. The third of four gum,
and opposite, by the third Lieut.
Mr. Steren.—The zeal of these
three officer, in performing their
duty, and complying thinly with
me .order#, cannot be surpassed,
but I must not, in paife of them,
be fient a# to the good condua of
Mr. Shirty, the matter, and Mr.
Archer, the 4 h lieut. who afted
ther part near my person on the
quarter-deck, and who are a^fo df
terving of notice, bu^ for the hon
our of our onion. I must declare
that it isimpffi >.e tor < ffiert, and
men in an, service, to have behav
ed better than my peep e did gen
erally on thi# occasion ; it must
therefore not be onderftood, be.
cause I have memi ned the name#
of a few of the principal gentle
men, that ihofe of an interior
grade in their fiction# *ie lef# de
fervingT on 'he COTtfar,. ao the
latter I alway# feel mytelf most in
debted for their exertion# in the
hour of battle, as they have gene
rally much left at flake, than those
so higher flaiion#, and corf quenfe
ly left inducement to difpla, their
valour."
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PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 21.
^'„=■¥„, 'C."
Infurreaion in Pennf) Ivania.
War DeprtmM, March 20, 1799.
SIR,
nr <O fupprefa the infurrectfon now
J ez^fti.g in the counties of Nort>
ampton, gum and Montgomery in, the
ftateof Qmfyivania, io opofition to the
laws of the United Spates, the Prefideot
has thought it nectffary to employ a
military force, to be computed in part of
fucb of the militia of Pennsylvania,
whose fixation and state of preparation
will enable them to march with ptompti
tude. The corps of militia fi ft desired
on this occafi >n are the troops of cavalry
belonging to this city; and one troop
from each of the counties of Philadelphia;
Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Lan
caster : These troops I have the honor to
rrqusft your Excellency will order to
hold themselves in readiness to march
on or before the 28th inst under thfe
command of Brigadier General Macpher
fon.'/ ' &
1 have the honor to be, with the great
est reflect.
Your Excellency's most obedient
and humble servant,
^:;JAMES M'HENRY.
His Excellency Gov. Thos. M.ffiin.
??^ ^%^b -
,The Secretar, of War has this moment
communicated to me, the Prefifat's
intention to employ a milltary force, in
fopprefling the in/urrection now existing
in the counties of Northampton, Bucks,
and Montgomery, with a rtqoeft that
the troops of cavalry belonging to this
city, and a troop from each of the coun
ties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester.
Montgomery and Lancaster, may be or
-Idered to ho^lhemfelves in readiaefe to
march on or before, the 28th inst. under
the command of Brigadier General Mac
pherfon.
# You will, therefore, immediately issue
General Orders for complying with the
PrefiJeot's request ; -nd commentate,
by express with the commanding officers
of the several corps. As soon as the
troops are ready to m#rch, you will make
your report to me ; fending the returns
of the officers, from time to time, as you
receive them.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
THO. MIFFLIN.
Philadelphia, loth March, 1799,
3 o'ebekp M.
ToPeTER Bayton, Esq. A j Gen.
of the Militia of pQjfoama.
1, Adj Gen. Baynton, has ordered 9
Companies of Cavalry to be in readineis
to march on or before the 28th inst. by
Order of the Commander in Chief.
Buonaparte's Death confirmed.
NIWYORK, MARCH 22.
Cap. Clark, of the fcti'r. Gey.
hound, 54 day# from Sc. Luc&r,
&# <bmanufetipt which ftate#,
chat the O.<emsn court at Con
stantinople on the 17th Nov. no
tified all the foreign minifler# that
it bad received advice# by (even
expteffe# from Egypt, of the affaf
.fixation of Buonaparte and a num
ber of French offices, among
whom was Gen. Berthier.
irarfo Bate#,, hat the Ruffian and
Otoman fleet# h»ve made them
teives maftersof Zante, Cephalo
og, Coru and all the former
Venetian illandt which the French
bed appropriated to themfelve#.
Malta it retaken, and it in pof
kffion of the inhabitant# for the
patent, under the government of
the bishop.— The French are feot
to Toulon on parole, not to cake
up arm# during the war. The
Eng'& Neapolitan# and Bortu
guefe are in possession of the har
bour. The French (hip William
Tell, of 80 gun#, the Diana and
toahu frigate, were taken at
M^a.
Nrifon landed 7000 Neapoli
tan troops at Leghorn ; the king
of Naples entered the Roman state
with 80 000 men ; Gn. Mack
notified the French General# Cham
pionet and M'Dooald, to withdraw
from Rpme and the Roman state ;
the ki g of Napie# and Geo. Mack
entered Rome, and remained for
tome day# io peff-ffioo of it, ex
ercifing all jurisdiction therein ;
but Ch^mpionet sdvifed the Di
rectory that he defeated the Nea
politao# the 15'h Dec. entered
Rome the i6(h, made it 000
pritoners, (lays nothing of killed
or wounded) tock 99 pieces 0
cannon. 3000 horfe# and mules,
and 15 ftandatd# tod color# : tha^
the Ki g and Mack were the firft
who fled for Naples, which he in
tended to enter along with them
and it is reported he did the 2d
J<o. but that the King and royal
hmHy had got off io an Eighth
manor war. to Poleimo, in Sicily,
but this want# confirmation.
The blockade of Cadiz, is carri
ed on very ftriA'y, under com
mand of Lord Kei h Elphinfton.
Ten fail of the line were expedec
daily to reinforce it, under Admi
ral Onflow. Several American#
are detained in the fleet, and many
feat to other port#, at well a# (hips
of other nations. A schooner
from Salem flipt uofeen into Ca
diz, with cocoa, coffee, foggy and
biccllaw in hhd#. 'Ti# (aid that
jem# (who ii at Gibraltar) is to
go to replace Nelson, who comes
to the blockade, which give# the
inhabitant# of Cadiz no Imall 00-
cafioeffc
Oor Nation's Hope.
Cap. Chfor, ft Martirqw. Werfy,
that Corn. Bare, arriot there & ±B6 wt.
vifha Britft law e, Barque, ^ zopes,
& 45 t, vbtib he ricfyured fam a Fr.
/rteatter. Ibe BaghJb baafa, jalien iste
the bauds es the French, cube, Cgb Barr,
came a,. The adieu oat Iroere, & the kifo
cd & wcvm/<✓ remained ea the deck wLafa
Q&1 retaha. — A tetter ft an Martinique, date
id Feb. tStb, adds, in adehma te an account
a, the arrival of the letter ot marque, that
the Cemmadere aljefa i, the prroater, to be
i the Democrat, of \ 3 twelve plunders. Caps.
Cb,>r, however, ju,t, the privateer e,a,eel.
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THE MIRROR.
Concert),
MONDAY, April I, 1799.
Pennsylvania Infurreaion.
Our readers will fee by the official doc
uments in thfo day's Mirror, that the
lufurrection in Pennf, Ivania has arrested
the attention of the Government of the
U. S. and of that S ate. The left pa
pers from Philadelphia, fay, 66 the ac
counts are more and more alarming ;—
persons who have attempted to reason
with the chiefs have been treated with
insult; and one of the affefors has been
drummed out ot the country." The
French cockade is assumed by those who
act as miautemeu. Three of the persons
forcibly rescued from the Mailhall, ma„e
their escape from the Infurgents,aod have
arrived in Philadelphia. They swear all
their adherents.
Brig. Gen. Macpherfon, of the U, S.
army, commands the de<ac °meo s march
ed against the rebels.
Two companies! Frd ral troops hsve
marched from Newyerk, to join the in
surgent-quelling troop s. Several hun
dred mo<e are 10 rendezvous at Bristol, to
co-operate with the mili ia of Pena,; Ivania
Letter# received at Boston, men
tion, That the Kiog of Prussia hat
broken with the French Repuoic §
and that be is actually matching a
powerful army toward# Holland.
We baroe received an ffiial account of the
capture of Murca, by the Englijb ; wb^b
was enaae b, a uro, inferior free, & web
out left. The ordnance, ammunttioh & mili
tary fares wbi<b fell im the banat of the
Baglife were cofoerable.
The account mentieoed in ear lafl of Cent
modere Barry's faking a French privateer,
it confirmed. Her name was " I'Amour de
Patrie."
An itinerant Jacobin, called b, the name of
Br^wn, who lately visited this & some of the
apatent towns, has been taken up tu Andover,
and committed to Schm jail, for hditieus
praaices. He carried about with bin a num
ber of manuferipts, which were calculated to
excite the people to In/urereaten. Ma, ever,
other suffer, es Sedition be rewarded accord
i*g to bis deeds.
O The Hen. A. Fofler, E q Fed. Rep.
latch, fef^ thro' this town on bis return
home from Cengrtf. AM the Hen fewban
Freeman, Eg bat arrived at bis foot to Han.
over. Tbs, men, "firm at tbeir,of," and
persevering in their country's cause, have re
ceived great a,plan,from tbetr coftueatt,
for their wifoom in imitating the example of
Fe^alym, and for maniftjhng their opinions
, figos c^d deeds.
■■ ■■■■■'■—Win. ll 11 I
Canterbury March meeting.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Samuel Gerrifh, Joteph Ayer, William
Foster, Selea Men. Abiel Foster, jun.
Town Clerk. M-jor David M'Crillis,
Representative and Constable.
Died, at Canterbury, on the 21st ult.
Mr. Ichabod Whiddrn, aged 84.
TAKE NOTICE.
> • ^ ==— — vm#ctH^^
THE Co Parferlhi, of
Isaac & JACOB DOSP,
Is by agreement this day dissolved.-
The bufineft of the late Company will
be closed by Isaac Dow. All persons
having accounts open with them, are
desired to call and fettle, as their part
nership accounts must be closed fcon.=
Those indebted will oblige by making
^^ ISAAC DCW>
. JACOB DOW.
Coprord, March % 179, S