The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-16 00:00:00, page 2

FCuftom tafe of the port from
Iwhence they fail, the tubmiffioni
£ required of the owners of the French
[ vcffeh, by the 2d Article of the
■ law of the loth of July, 1791, to
secure the unloading those mer-
I chaodizei in the pora of the Re-
Lpublick. ^<
£ Art. 7. The (hips of the nations
[ with which the Republick is not at
war, may import into the French
[ American Colonie#, all the articles
tmentioned io the prefect decree.
They nxy ilfe carry back, into the
porta of the Republick only, all the
F commodities of said Colonies, on
the conditions fee forth in said de
! cree,at also in that of the 9th of
February,,
From the Independent Chronicle.
TrHE writers against frozen Genet,
'fince his declaration that he shall
lay before Congress his' official proceed
iags, seem aware that an investigation be
-tore this body, will make such difeoveries
as will completely reveal the tecret views
and designs of those who have originated
the difficulties between the President and
.the Minister. „
g Citizen Wilcocks, who, Americanus
fays, has " inftruMed M. Genet in the
principles of Republican duties," is so
certain that Congress will have nothing
' to do with it, that he thinks "foe should
live forever," if,is exit was not until this
period. Though this gentleman is so fa)
fry in the secrets of the sv hifpering cabinet,
yet we cannot suppose that his influence
is ib extensive among the members of the
new Congress, that his prediction will
have any weight with them. America
must be in a very hazardous filiation, if a
Minister must hand exposed during the
recess of Congress, to the most malignant
attacks, secret whispers, and open charg-
I' es ; and to give them efficacy, a Chief
% Judge, a Senator, a Mr. Wilcocks, &c.
shall authenticate the account by their
Ipublications. .
■That every advantage (hall be taken in
this manner to difaffed " the people" of
I America against the Minister of their only
ally ; and so expose him to publick re
sentment, as that bonds of paltry scrib
blers, shall have the audacity to use tow
ards him the most vile and Icandaious epi
thets that the American language is capa
ble of inventing. That the peace and
happiness of this country Should be thus
exfoofed by the condu& of a few individu
als, and notwithstanding all this has tak
en place, yet the very writers now have
the assurance to declare, that Mr. Genet ;
ought not, and will not have the indul
gence of laying his conduct before the
Legislative Body of the Union. That he
shall not have an opportunity to vindicate
himfelf against the charges,- whichthefe
persons have wantonly brought before the
publick, with an intention to injure his,
reputation and destroy the efficacy of his]
Commission.
These writers must think, that “ the'
. people" of the United States are loft to'
every principle of Justice and even hu-'
inanity—First, that a man should be so,
grofily abused, and then deprive him of•
every chance of supporting his character.
However these persons may think that
they are secure under the patronage of 1
certain individuals—yetthe people of the'
United Stages do exped, that Congress
will give Citizen Genet's representation
a serious, and impartial examination ; and.
provided it appears that unfair measures 4
have been taken, by individuals, to bring
forward the diffention between the Prefi
dent and the Minister of France, that the
authors, let them be who they may,<
I might be publickly exposed.,
&. Every measure no doubt, will be used 1
§ by Pacificus, Camillus, and fundi y others 1
[of a similar complexion, to prevent a I
■ Legislative investigation, but the mem 1
[ bers of our new Legislature, it is prefum <
ed. will not be fubjed to their influence 1
and control. / JUNIUS. 1
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Italv.'
CIVITA VECCHIA, August I z ,t
R Y a gentft, just arrived from Bar- 1
IJL, bary, we learn, that a strong arma-1
, mart is ready for sea in the port of AlgiCTsle
t —which confiftt of nine fail of from 18
! to 4.0 guns,manned with numerous crews
of desperate ruffians.
1 It was hot publickly known who was to
have the command ; many think it will
i be given to old Abdalla, a fellow of in
vincible courage, very bold and daring.
In the wars with Spain, he was a terror to
that coast, for many years, and. did fur
prizing ads of bravery both at sea and on
, (hore ^ this man has often attacked ships
of double his own force ; and, after the
obstinate and bloody conflids, brought
them into Algiers ; it is thought these sea
wolves will be let loole against the French
patriots.
France.
rouen, Sept. zi.—General Roffignol
Rates that on the 7th of September, he
came up with a detachment of the rebel
army, whom he drove two leagues from
their port, and burnt all their magazines,
houses, &c.'.^
General Beyfler, in his letterof the 3d
of September, announces; that having re
ceived intelligence of a body of rebels, to
the number of 10,000, who had posted
themselves in the wood of the Chateau
de a Fradicre, that he immediately form
ed the design of attacking them, which,
he happily effeded, having put them to a
complete rout, accompanied by an im
mense Daughter.
The toefin has been founded in the
diftrifes of Angers, Saumur, Bange, Se
gre, &c. All the citizens of these diftrids
are united to man, and with four days
provisions, and completely armed, they
have gone in quest of the rebels.
They write from Brest that the patri
otic army has taken Partnic, Bourgneif,
Macheruel, Martaigue, and several im
portant posts That no less than I§bo of
the rebels have fallen in the different ren
counters, and that their spirit of enter
prize is completely damped: ",
On the 13th of September, a detach
ment of our army took possession of Pays-
Cerda: in this place they found 29 ma-
§ azines; 405 tents 500 mufquets; 150
leep and 300 oxen.
B,tb, brig ytiGm &<<%, arrived.#
Pbih&i^the to^ Morning Cb±
nick, ofthe zQb ^September so been re
ceived,/rm iobi(b the foUraing extra aj
arete:
Holland.
H AGU E, Sept. 18.
Letter fare tbi Hereditary Princerf Orange,
te tbeir High M:gbttnos, §S'c.
""GbeM,Se/t. ig.
"I have the honour to inform your
High Mightineffes,that to day I marched
with the troops udder my command from
Deynfe to, Ghent— where I took post be
hind I'Efcaut, extending my left wing
towards the city, where it is my inten
tion to assemble the troops. Or the real
state of the a&ion which took place on
the 13th of the month, it is still impossi
ble for me to transmit to your High Migh
tinesses a c#cumftantidlaccount,as the re
ports are not yet returned"; and betides, I
am informed, that fonae of the troops are
at Ypres and o her places, whom I have
ordered to return here with the utmost ex
pedition. £
" I have also the honour to inform
your High Mightinesses, that I have this
moment received intelligence from a let
ter signed by Major General de Graven
more, that after having had his horse Ihor.
under him, and received three wounds,
none of which were dangerous, he found
himfelf unable to retreat on foot, in con
sequence of which they are carying him -
as prisoner of war to Lisle,"
Austrian Netherlands.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 16.—1 n consequence
of the different bloody engagements
which have taken place from the 6th to 1
the 9th of the month,between the Frenchl
army commanded by General Houchafdi
and the covering army of the siege of I
Dunkirk, under the command of Marsha):
de Freytag, in which the latter, notwith-1
standing the great efforts of bravery, was 1
under the necessity of retreating before
the enc^y; the Duke of Yotk, apprehen ,
five of being cut off, was forced to raife^
the siege of Dunkirk, and abandon before 1
that city, bis numerous train of artillery,<
^IIA. t h b rt at fmb h
which however ne tooK care nave 11
I mated by this success, putfued their ad
, vantage »ith considerable vigour ; pit
faisfied with having oblige# the p&s
> to retreat before them —and to evacuate
I the^ French territory on that fide, they
- advanced upon our fide and took Fumes
, and Menin. The Hanoverian army,
}conduced by Gen. Walmoden, was that
. moment potted at a league's distance from
1 the former of these places, while the
s Duke of York, with the English army,
, and the Austrian corpsof Gen d'Alviuzy,
t established his head quarters at Dixmude.
1 As to the Dutch troops who formed the
i cordon of Weft-Flanders, >forced also to
abandon their posts, by the foperiority
- which the French had then acquired, and
of which tlvey took advan&age'fo fall up
l on' them on all sides ab One time, the
:greater part retreated towards Degrife,
I and onward to Ghent Io order to flop
/the progrefsof the enemy, encouraged
, by fbcceG, Gem* Beaulieu advanced Tow
ards Coutrai, for the purpose of covering
I that city, & field marfha prince de Saxe
Cobourg, at the head of 25,000 set out
>on his marg^to force the French^o with
-1; draw from our territory, where they were
L commit tfog excess of every fort. Apart
of the unfortunate city of Manin was pit
klagcd and sacked by the pretended :de
^ fenders ofthe people.'
It must be confeffed that the check ex
perienced by the Combined army before
Dunkirk, and the difagreeabteconfe.
quences refusing form it, have not only
; arranged the plan of the present cam
;paigri, but will likewise for a time reduce
;pig armies toa state of; inaaivity ^
tremely prejudicial to a common cause.
Besides this event, by encouragipg^he
, French, and those who every where else
are inclined to' applaud the success of hti
manity. -'^^.,
As soon asthe lower , class of; people in
Ghent, always friendly to tbeyiptepce of
anarchy, were informed of the new inva
sion of our territory, supposing that those
pretended republicans were already atthe
gates of thei; city, they flocked together
'^^x' # A^re^
greatest excesses. An, eagre, represent
ing the arms of the house of Auftrfa, was
»en,pulled .down, and they publickly
I^^H^
French officers, prisoners of war, have]
abused the permission whfchlhey had of
going opt and walking^botit thefity, to
tiffert loudly every where, tKitt within
eight days a repu&bcaih iarmy would apl
pear to deliver them. A considerable
number of waggons laden with wounded
arrived yefapday. *
Austrian Flanders.
OSTEND, Sept. t 9.— We find
that the loss of the Dutch at Me-;
nirt, on the loth, was greater than
at fitft reported,— The' Prince of
Waldeck, the second Prince of that
name, whom they have loft in the
present war, is miffing.
The French, after pillaging Me
nio, left only a small picket guard
in it, which fled at the approach of
Beaulieu. It was before Coutray
that their main body was repulsed
by the Auftrian# on Sunday.
These ate to this hour firaggters
coming in from the late engage
ment, so complete and extraordina
ry was the route.
— — -—-——
England.
LONDON, Sept. 24. —The Dutch mail
that arrrived yesterday, brought melan
choly, though imperfed details of the lofsl
sustained on the 12th and 13th, by the 1
troops under the command of the Heredi- 1
tary Prince of Orange. When we read 1
in the Leyden Gazette, of fix battalions I
being killed or taken prisoners at Halluin 1
and Menin only, we cannot confidcr the
rumour of halt the Dutch army being de-:
ftroyed as much beyond the truth.
% It is now said to be the intention of the /
combined armies in Flanders, to attempt |
a winter campaign, of which the siege of 1
Lisle is la be the principal cbjea. If ]
dear-bought experience had not taught
^^fr^^ :
they, are now gj much reducedby them
late hard fervite, to be able to fepaj
rately., °
;- < -. l ' QttrotCtCwte
DUKE of YORK'S ARMY.
Eodrafi of a letter from an Englijb Officer.
Camp at Menin, Sept. 19.
r.For the tfolaft days and nights.,e
have been exposed to + an foceflant fain,
which we fear may have bad effeds, as,
ihany of the regiments ate uncovered,
and those that have a fufficient number
of tents,, are ' entirely unprovided with
straw HI lie upon. Till now we have beeii
tolerably healthy ; but if this weather
continues, our General must either pur
the Army into winter quarters, or half of
it will be unfit for service. What added
to the iriisfortune,te, thhfo numbers of
the men left their blanket behind &m+
in our sudden retreat ip &: night, bora
Dunkirk. 7 *
The horses have fuffered niuch^ For
two or three days after the retreat;,they
were almost ^nfyqly withoutforage ; and
meft of their backs are galled by the con
stant pressure of the saddle, a$ fometirties
the troops have been obliged to remain
uprated, 'tot only in the day time, but
during the whotenight.
Our fickand wounded are sent to Bru
ges, a very pleasant and healthy town,
where we hope most of them will recover.
Many of the poor fellows who were not
dangerously hqtt, periled on she load
for want of attendance.' I do not men,
foff iffihffit) any' intent'roh of blaming
the fiirgeons—l am convinced they did
their duty to the heft of their power !
but how could they attend to every in
dividual, when the waggons containing
the 'wounded, formed a lineof ar lea ft two
mites! — There was one lofs,Which we
must regret, because it might have been
avoided. This was a waggon of tick
men, left by fame' accident @ the finds
near Nieuport, between highimd low wa
ter mark. On the flood making up, all
those who could not move, were drown
ed.
' Os the wounded there are nos quite 200
English. The rest are chiefly Hanove
rians, who, forming the army otobferva—
lion, bore the- brunt of all the battles.
There are now in Nieuport, four Hano
frrian regiments, which con lifted of 1000-
men each, and now the four do not make
700. There is one of them, an officer,
who has to lament the Iqfsqf three broth
ers, kißed in the|aft engagement!,
We have been told by the French pris
oners, that when they , attacked the Han
overidns, 1 hey-had three reliefs; and these
bodies were brought successively to the
charge. This accounts for their fope-,
riority, and for the great carnage. The
dead lay in such heaps, that they were o
blired to flop and move the bodies aside
to let me columns pass. The French, at
firft', took Gen. Freyt^g's army for Eng
lish, because they were red. The chief
dißinaion consists in the yellow sashes of
the officers, ours, as you know, being
crimson.
'We are in coriftarit expectation of an
other fight, and we hope that the French,
will come out and engage us fairly inthe
field. At Dunkirk they never fought us
but in woods, or from behind land banks
—Our line extends from hence to within
a short distance of Faroes, which is occu
pied by the French. The advanced post
is held by the legion of French emigrants,
which behaved very well, and had about
80 men killed in the late engagement.'
It is still thought thatbur Generals
will not give up the design upon Dunkirk. 1
We have had certain information, that
the fiift notion in the town was of sur
rendering, when the army came before
it. They were in some degree taken by
furprize ; for they did not attend to the
rumours that were circulated, and expect
ed that Lisle or Caffel would have been
firft attacked.' The 24 hours that were
allowed them to take into consideration
the Duke's summons, afforded them time
totally and recover their spirits. The
defence was not entrusted to Gen O'Me
ara, though he made to bold an answer—
Being a foreigner, they did not think the
garrison fafe under his command, but re
placed him by a Frenchman. This O'-
Meara had ^n an officer in the Iriffi
Brigade..
Some blaipe the navy, and others the
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