The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-09 00:00:00, page 3

¥ At Salisbury, on the sth instant,
I, Mrs. —— — Calfe, the amiable 1
,&univerfally beloved and lament
, cdmfoftotMr. Jofcph GH
,rShe teat charitable, kind, and hu
n mane —(he was a good Chiriftian.
Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord.
1' FROM BOSTON, N0V.30.
, ^ INTELLIGENCE
if Os the firft moment, may, be daily look
'l " ed fofr=from Europe —from the affem
l bled Councils of our country —and from ।
(, the army, marching to chastise a foe,
ft whom no treaties can bind, or favours re-
Q ftriin. To all thcfe directions attention
th lball.be paid, and the earliest accounts
announced. centinel.
LIND/^Nm
h The current report on Saturday
that Gen. Wayne's army had
Ren attacked by the Indians, and
Ararat, after a blood, engagement,
Ithaindiaas were defeated with the
/ loft Os 600 killed and wounded—
n Gen. Wayne lofiog 500. This
intelligence ii supposed to be a fab
ticaiioQ altogether.,
ft* We may, however, speedily ex
■ ped interesting events from that
n quarter ; as, at the date of the last
accounts, the army was on full
L march for the Miami towns, and
the Indians were in large bumped
at the Ox Glaze, on the Miami of
h the lake, determined to meet bur
I army on its route. A letter from
I Capt. Wm. Eaton, of the army,
(dated Sept. 22, fays, " The Indi
ans are elated with their former
b fucctffes; they ate refentful, deter
[ mioate, and laugh at the idea of
I our approaching their towns ; these
[ circumftances concur to make them
kldi contemptible as an enemy.—
PThat they will fight with defpera
tiod weexped; and God grant
they may fye enough of it. We
h are well disciplined, and well rec
-1 onciled to the expedition,^ what
, ever may be our success, I venture
1 to assure you, that we fhallriotfly."
^A letter edeived by, gentleman
k at Stockbridge, dated Oneida, Oft.
2t, fays, " Accounts arrived in
thia village last evening' from the
) Miami, which are muctimore fa
vourable than when the Commif-
B fioners left that quarter. . Ohly 3
r of the Indian nations remain hostile
brail the ochers have declared for
■peace or riffraliffand fequeft afe
)other treaty next spring. The
tommiffioners on receiving their
1 final answer ar the late treaty, which
put an" end to the negotiation, im
[medfelfleftf^
► depsHure exhibited such fpifit and
, determined resolution, as m&ierf
/ very favourable impreffien on the
minds of the Indians."
" COMMUNICATION.^
J — The m(e of the detention and
usage of the American captains &
people at Cadiz, andat other plac
ies in Europe,: may be traced to the
■ impolitic conduct of the French
1 Ambassador in granting Commif
lions to privateers in the United
States. The \ permission of the
V tranfadion was considered in Eu
/ rope, as tantamount to a Declara
► cion of hostility '; for when the
) measures taken by the President to
Icountered it were known, confix
fence was mflantly restored.
LIBERAL DONATION. - p
Ms. ?@o,on, lately deceased, at^
Philadelphia, has left by will, 5533
dollars, -fix per cent, flock ot the
United States ; the interest of,
which is to be appropriated, for-,
ever, towards the education of pi-,
ousyouths.
Seat of Euro,earn IVar.
[We think the following information
will be acceptable to that part of the A
merican publick, which interests itfelf in
the events daily transpiring in Europe.]
Short account of the Places tbrsalex
ed by tbe Combined Armlis.
/ DUNKIRK lignifies in Flemish
the Church of Down; being fituat*
ed in the midst of those Downs
that border the whole maritime
coast of Flanders. From a small
fifhing hamlet it has become a port
of much importance. It was firft
surrounded with rampart by Count
Baldwin, of Flanders, in 960.
It was burnt by the Eoglifh in
1388 ,it afterwards belonged to
the Sparrirfd,, and was surprised by
the French'id 155& In 1583 it
was retaken by the Spaniards under
the Prince of Forma. The French
l again made themselves masters of
lit in 1646, with the assistance of a
I Dutch naval force under Admirai
Tromp. The gatrifon conlifted of
3000 men, and were forced to
capitulate after fourteen days open
trenches. The Archduke Leo
pold retook it in 1652, after a siege
of 18 days. —'
Six years afterwards it was be
, sieged by Marfbal Turenneby land,
iwhile an English fleet blockaded it
,up by sea. After the approaches
had been carried on about three
;weeks Don John, of Austria, ac
>compacted by the Prince of Coo -
de, came at the head of 20,000
. men to its relief. A ffiarp a&ion
>enfued, which ending in the total
r defeat of the Spaniards, the place
iwas obliged to surrender in a few
days. Its transfer into the hands
iof the Englilh, and the scandalous
i file of it by Charles J!, are circum
fiances well known in hiftpry.
Louis XVI, haviug made an ac.
quiftion of this fortrefafa engineers
: ^fork, who made, it one of the
jirongeff in Europe. But of tbeje
fortifications; a great part were de
ffroyed, in tofequeta of the Treat,
ifUtreebi. It bad 17 bastions, and
113 half moons, which were in a
great meanfure levelled b, mines.
.Dunkirk is separated into two
irons, the old and ibi new./ It teds
I three great canals inwards the fouth,;
:by which the, transport merchandize
into the interiour parts of tbe cott
tfy These canals enter the port,
and faie to clean/e tbe city, or to
!inundate the neighbouring cowntry.
;^ft^^^ui^
Bergues. This place, ttbicb is
b more ,roperl, \ cafad Berg Saint
i Vinon, is fitnoted on tborroer Colme,
two leagues from Dunkirk.
The air is extremely unbealtby to
those who bate not been acM
to itfrom tbeir infancy.
The French, ofter taking it from
the Spaniards in 1658, surrounded it
i with flrong fortifications, which to
gether with the inundations, tender
it a place of great importance. The
river Colme, which passes through
the town;faves for a canal towards<
Hondt/cbote, St, Omer, and Grave,|
lines; Another canal leads to Dun 1
kirk, on which there were two forts
conftrufied by the French, the one
called Le Fort Louis, the other Le
Fort Francois. The frfl of these
being delivered: up to the Engli/b in
1713,190$ by them deflroyed. The
other is laid to have been taken by
the Duke of York.
^^ej'no, —which is now besieged
by the Prince of Cobourg, is small,
but regularly fortified,,on the river
Rouelle, which empties itfelf into the
Scheldt. It is three leagues from
Valenciennes and Land? ecy, end five
from Cambray.
^pefooy, with a garrison of 3000
men, surrendered to Prince Eugene
in 1712, after a clo/e attack of more
than a week. It was invefled on
the loth of June, and capitulated on
the sth of July. The fame year it
was retaken by the French. They
broke ground ogainft it on the 13th
of September, and it surrendered on
the 14th of OQober, —The garrison
confined of 6 battalions.
Bouebain, which is also attacked,
is a small place, flrongly fortified. It
is situated between some marshes, on
the left fide of the Scheldt, about four
leagues diflant from Valenciennes,
and tie fame from Cambray, lying on
the declivity of a bill,, the Scheldt
fe parating the upper from the lower
town. It is defended by four basti
ons, with large half moons, and ver,
deep ditches.: There are befdes two
lofty cavaliers, which command the
country, awl ferae for a prison and
arsenal.
It was never taken before 16,6,
when the Duke of Orleans, befaged
it and Louis XIV covered the siege.
The Prince of Orange afterwards
King William 111. advanced with
an army of 40,000 mtn, but could
not relieve,
In 171 i it was jnvefled b, the
allies under the Duke of Marlbo
rough. fbe trenches were opened
on the 2 iff of Auguff, in three dif
ferent atlarks. These were carried
on fa warmly, that the garrison, con
fdikg 0/200 men, surrendered, prij
oners of war, on the 151 b of Sep
tember.
Marshal Villars, the following
year, after bis viNory over the allies
at Denain, blocked up this place,
while be carried on tbe siege of Qtef
noy, end then ordered it to be befeg
id „ tbe Marquis d'Alegree, with
f 'gta^&i'^trenches were
'opened id tbe nigbt, between tbe gib
and loth of O&ober, and tbe Gov
ernour witb a garrison of 1200 men,
surrendered on the 19th of the fame
month.
3r'We have a report, that in Ca
nada they were in consternation for
tear of an attack on Quebec, from
Admiral Sercey's fleet, who it was
there fig had 13,000 troops with
him ; and that lomeof the forces
from Upper Canada, had been ac
tually ordered down to Quebec.—-
ft was also reported, that the Flo
ra, a French forty goo frigate^ had
entered the Golf of St. Lawrance,
and destroyed some Siberia.
Among the many affeftiog cir
cumstances which took place ac
Philadelphia during tbe ravages of
the late peflilential disorder, we
hand our readers the following.
A family living in the second
loft of a house in Water-Street,
caught the diforder —there were a
father, mother, and two small chil
dren. The family living under
them, in the fame house, knew
that their neighbour was in distress
but, for fear of the contagion's
communicating to their apartment,
did not visit them The fourth
day after they were supposed to
have received the disorder, the low
er family frequently heard the cry
of a child—on which the master
of it was induced to venture into
the apartment —where be beheld
the father, mother, and one child,
DEAD—On the bed beside the
mother, lay the wretched infant,
endeavouring to draw fubfittence
from the putrid breast of its dead
parent I it died also the next day.
Happy News for tbe French.
A Correspondent informs us, that a
Scotch gentleman was lately at General
Stark's, who was in London in Sept, last
—he appears to be a man oftruth and in
formation—and fays, that the War is ve
ry unpopular in England, Ireland, and
Scotland—that the populous are on the
1 point of Rebellion—that the manufa&ur
ers in London are necessitated to eat the
grains which are cast from the breweries
—that Lord Pitt has abfeonded —& that
1 England must certainly sue for PEACE
with France, &c.— Godjawe the French !
AN EJACULATION,
Proper for tbe Times.
WISE Menf&ffir—good Merc grieve.
Knaves indent, and Fools believe;
Help, O Lord,fend help unto us,
Or Fools and Knaves will quite undo us.
EPITAPH.
Death fnateb'd my wife, cd%ooks a lack, bit—
He tho't I'd die with grief —how he got bit.
1 Wm. Duncan,
'Has just received, diredly from Lon don, r
A large Allotment of
BAIZES ;
VERY ELEGANT,
Which he will fell at the Boston prices,
By Wholefale, j
)At his STORE in Concord.
Dec. 9, 1793. 59_
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One Hundred DOLLARS,
On GOOD Security.
For which 12 per cent- interest will bQ
given, and payment made pundually.
A line direded to W. and left at Rus- 1
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tended to. Dec. 9. 1
FREDERICK FOSTER, |
Hereby gives notice to thofel
who received the Mirrour.l
of Stephen King or Jame# Silver,]
that the pay for the firft fix months]
of laid paper is due to him—And]
he requests all, who are in arrears]
to leave the pay at tbe places itq
the feverallowns, where the print!
ter has advertize^Q receive hi]
pay ; and when tlrepiy is receive^]
receipts shall be given. The price
of the firft fix mouths was at till
rate of fix (hillings a year. Tim
pay will be received in produce, ^
the places, and prices, flared in til
printer's advertisement excem
Oats, for which two (hillings pl
bushel will be allowed. /
~ Pembroke, Dec. 6th, i„j. 1