The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-23 00:00:00, page 3

[He now denies having made such a de-.|
fclaranon ;in what light this denial is to|
[be viewed, will appear from the following
'ftatement of the evidence a,d circumstan
ces relative to the tranfadion in question:
The President having given inftru&ions
to the governours of the several states, rel
ative to the fitting out of armed vessels in
ourports, by any of the belligerent pow
ers, on Saturday, the 6th of Joly last, the
warden of the port of Philadelphia report
,ed to governour Mifflin, that the brig Lit
tle Sarah, since called the PetitDemocrat,
(an Englilh merchant vessel, mounting
from two to 4 guns, taken off ouf coast,
and carried into that port by the French
frigate the Abufcade) had materially aug
mented her military equipments, having
then iqiron cannon, & 6 swivels, mount 1
ed ; and it being understood, that her
crew was to consist (including officers,
men, and boys) of izo.
Gov. Mifflin, iu conlequence ofthis in
formation, sent Mr. Secretary Dallas to
Mr. Genet to endeavour to prevail upon
him to enter into an agreement for de
taining the vessel in port, without the
necessity of employing military force for
that purpose.
Mr. Dallas reported to gov. Mifflin,
that Mr. Genet had absolutely refufed to
do what had been requested of him ; that
he had been angry and intemperate ; that
he had complained of ill treatment from
the government, and had declared, " that
hi would appeal from the President to the peo
ple ;" and that he had also said. that he
would not advise an attempt to take pos
session of the vessel, as it wouldbe refilled.
The refufal was so peremptory, that
governour Mifflin, in consequence of it,
ordered out 120 men for the purpose of
taking possession of the vessel.
Mr. Dallas likewise communicated to
Mr. Jefferfon, that Mr. Genet had said,
r That he would appeal from the Presi
dent to the people."
On Sunday, the 7th of July,Mr. Jeffer
fon went to Mr. Genet, tQ endeavour to
, prevail upon him to detain the Petit De
mocrat utyilthe President (who was then
absent) mould return, and decide upon
the case ; but he refufed to give a promise,
laying only, that ihe would not probably
be ready to depart before the feceeding
Wednesday, tteday of the Prefflint's ex
pe&ed return. This was considered by
Mr. Jefferfon as an intimation that Ih?
would remain. The Petit Democrat, in
stead of remaining, as Mr. Jefferfon bid
expe&ed, fell down to Chefter a previous tel
the Wedhefday referred to, and Ihortly
after failed out of the Delaware.
For the truth & accuracy of this state
ment, we refer to Mr Secretary Hamilton
and Mr Secretary Knox, from whom we
derived the information, on which we re
lied, refoeding the fa&s contained in it.
We forbear enlarging this publication
by any ftridures or remarks on this Min
ister's conduct; we will only add, that
we Gncerely with all the blessings of peace,
liberty, and good government to his coun
try ; and that we shall always deprecate
and oppefe the interference of foreign
powers, or foreign agents, in the politicks
and affairs of cur OK^. S
JOHN JAY,'
,RUFUS KING.
- Nenuyork, Nov. 26, 1793-
, Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1793.
WE, the febjeriben, certify, that we did fed
erally communicate to the above mentioned John
Jay and Rufus King, the particulars contained
in the foregoing statement. That such of them
as are therein mentioned to have been reported
to Gov. Mifflin by Mr Dallas, were communi
cated by the Gov. to each of us, as having been
received I, him from Mr Dallas. That Juch
of them as refpea Mr Jefferfon, including the
information to bimfrom Mr Dallas, of Mr Ge
net'fc having fed, " that be would appeal
from the President to the people," were commu
nicated to us by Mr Jefferfon.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
H. KNOX.
storawrawtttmmmraFCtrac
[By an arrival at the Southward.]
LONDON, Sept. 27.
Extrad of a letter from an Officer in the. Duke
of York's Army.'
"Camp near Wirmer Sept..zz.J
We are ftilfdofe to the French,
ty have been for some days, in
continual expectation of an attack
Me hope, whenever that happens,
to be able to defend these posts
better than the Dutch ; chough
I must acknowledge we have no
longer that contempt which we en
tertained for the enemy before the
late engagements.
" The Duke's head quarters are
near Menin. That town has not
(offered much by the invasion. Os
the pillage the inhabitants have
(offered ; as much has been com
mitted by the Austrians, as by the
French.'
" We now with, that in the be
ginning of the campaign, we had
laid siege tp Lisle, infttad of Va
lenciennes—They talk of a winter
campaign; but we have no place
like Lute, in which an army can
remain under cover.
'" We occasionally receive the
French papers by means of the
peafanrs, who come into the camp;
they frequently ask a crown for
one, and fpmetimes more. Some
of the lift, printed in Paris, repre
sent them as having been fuccefs
fol in most of their late attacks,
particularly against the Prussians,
at Weiffemb^rg. This may ac
count, if true; for the corps of
Pruflians under Gen. Knoblef
dorff, being ordered to continue
their march from Luxembourg to
Treves, although their ftty in these
province! was so very desirable at
this critical period.
" Our foldi&s, notwithstanding
I the disagreeable fithation they are
in, and the extreme badness of the
weather, are not difffiited; whatl
we want most is a farther supply on
camp equipage. Liquors and pro-1
vifons we now have intolerable."
The following is said to be the
return of artillery loft in the retreat
Oi h *^M
64
Left ih the field, - 43
Sunk in the moor, neat
ft - jc
Tptal, 114
i fNSe^anber 28.
A Minfaerial paper informs us,
'that the trenches are open before
!Maubeuge, and that 10,000 of
!the Dutch troops who abandoned
I Menin, are ordered by the Prince
'of Cobourg to be employed in the
necessary works. As we had been
previously informed that the Prince
of Saxe Cobourg Was coming to a
junction with the )Duke of York,
- it appears doubtful by what army
'the siege of Maubeuge has been
formed, and the trenched camp
; near it forced, which was always
-understood to be a necessary pre
; vious operation, apd attended with
some difficulty. Where the 10,000
. Dutch troops have been found is
/still more doubtful. Before they
- were driven from their posts by
ihe French, they did not exceed
8000 ; we must therefore suppose
; that although many of them were
killed upon the occasion, every man
of the survivors was beaten into
e
two.
The present war is carried on
, precisely on the fame principles
1 which dilated the late war against
.America.—America was attacked
, ro compel her to fobmit to a for-,
eign government, who assumed a f
power to legislate for and tax her ; 1
and France is attacked to compel 1
her to submit to such a conftitu-1
tion and government as the con-1
federated Kings think proper to<
impose. It requires but little fagac-<
ity to lorefee, that attempts so re- 1
pughant to justice and the freedom
of nations must ultimately fail in<
France, as they did id America;
Extras if a teller from Sheffield, |
Sept. 10. 1
" The Glasgow petition has 1
given great pleasure in this part of 1
the country ; it is hoped their ex-<
ample will be followed by every 1
city, town and village in these |
kingdoms, to put an end to the
war.
" Two petitions are preparing
here, one to be presented to the
King, and the Other to the parlia-1
ment ; and lam informed, after
they are signed by such persons as
assemble for that purpose, they/
will then be carried from house to 1
tioufe, and the answer of every•
man who refufes to sign, will be
taken down, that the leofe of the
people may be known." ^
Winchester, N0v.,25. We learn
b, a gentleman who arrived here
from Knoxville in Monday evening
lafl, that Gen. Sevier \ returned 40
that place en the 25th of Oflober,
after feoi&g the Indian country for
upwards of 140 miles, and appoacb
ing within 20 miles es a Creek vil
lage. In the cowfe of fa expedition
Ftf")" 1 ^ of ,be principal
raffia towns, about 300 bead of
cattle, near 500 bogs, and corn and
vegetables in abundance —two Indian
men, one woman an^bild, were
known to have been killed in a fkir
miJh witb the Indians, and it is gen
erally supposed several more of the
tawny race feU, as numerous trails
of blood qAb di[covered on the
ground over wbicb the dikid bodies
bad been dragged. Gen Sevier bad
3 men kilted, and four wounded.
NEWYOIIK— Dte. 4.—Yefter
day Capt. Howard in the ship
James, entered , this port)after a
passage of 49 days from London.
Capt. Howard, however, does not
bring any extraordinary news, tho'
the last dates of the London par
pers brought by him are of Oao
ber 10. These state —That the
Austrians were in possession of
Lannoy and Waterfloo ; that they
had advanced within two leagues
of Lisle, had taken from the Re
publicans seven pieces of cannon,
and 30 prisoners, and they were
iotreanching at Lannoy—That the
combined forces are again in Men
in—That the Austrians under com
mand of Count Colloredo, who
has the command at the siege of
Maubeug, has his headquarts at
Betigoy—The Prince of Saxe Co
bourg and his Royal Highness the
!Arch Duke Charles, at Bavay—
bThe out posts driven in, and the
Ifiege so close and formidable, that
scarce a doubt was entertained, on
1 the loth of October— That a re
iport that day in circulation, of the
:adual furrepder of Maubeuge was
I either true, or it very soon would
be so— That the French hav&fuf'
sered a very disastrous repulse sty
the quarter of Vendee— That the
masses of French Republicans, be
gins to melt away—and that the
greatest Severities are made use of
co prevent the alarming progress
of desertion—That the Eoglifh
remain in pofftffion of Toulon—
That Houchard their late victori
ous general was conveyed to the
Abbeye" prison, for not having
published his successes to their (sup
posed) possible extent—and (bar
the mother of Pelion, the late
most extolled Patriot, was con
demned and executed for having
spoken difrefpeafully of the Re«
publick.
——
The following is an extract Sf a letter frem
London, per the Mohawk, to a gentleman in
Philadelphia, dated 30th September.
" This moment news has
come to town that the Duke of
Brunswick has taken, killed and
wounded, ten thousand of the Re<
publicans^ This wants confirma
tion."
CONCORD, DECEMBER 23,
[THE important communications from Con
gress this day, excludefeveral articles of Intel-,
licence, of much left import.]
A Springfield paper, of the 3d in
stant, fays, A gentleman from Al
bany on the last week, informs—
that there had been just landed at
that place, 10,000 fland of French
arms, accompanied by 4 French
men only, whose business it was to
store them, and fee that they were
taken proper care of. The report
was there at that time, that the
French government were making
preparations for an attack on the
provioce of Canada.
A Northampton paper, of the
4 f h inflate, fays, A few days since
was brought to market, and fold in
this town, by Abiel Harding, of
Deerfield, about ten pounds of
beeswax. Soon after the sale of
the firft parcel, finding himfelf un
difeovered, he offered at the fame
store anotherlmall cake, weighing
four pounds, which was likewise
purchased. Soon after Harding
left the store, some suspicions arose
about the small cake, on account of
its weight; being broke open, a
stone was found in the centre, that
weighed three pounds ; the firft
parcel was then broke, being in 3
cakes, and found to be wood, just
covered with wax. The whole a
mount of wax, in the' 4 cakes, was
about 2 pounds. The ingenious
Mr. Harding was soon apprehend
ed, and obliged to recognize for
his appearance at the Supreme Ju
dicial Court in April next, when if
is presumed he will obtain Letters
Patent, in full compensation for his
ingenious invention, with the ex
clusive privilege of carrying on the
business on Cattle IJland, for the
term of seven years.„
Total amount of Experts from the
diftria of Bermuda Hundred and
City Point, Virginia, from Jul, 1,
to September 30, 1793—194,091
dollars, and 44 cents.
Nett value of ever, species of
Merchandize imported into said difr
tria, within the fame period—vin.
£.14,662 13s Borling ; equal to
65,102 dollars and 15 cento.