The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-10-21 00:00:00, page 3

General Rigaud, io concert with
the commissaries, had passed an
► edift, that any slave, on entering in
the army, (hall receive their free
dom, provided they will go in the
body of troops they were forming
to attack Jeremie, and which were
to amount to 4000.
That fioce the affair of the 18th
of July (concerted by the mulat
toes for the extirpation of the re-
A mainder of .the unfortunate whites
vr of Paroiffes, Auxcayes and Tor
beck) the mulattoes have imprison
ed such of the whites as escaped the
massacre of the above date ; and
' tired with daughter, they agreed
to liberate them on condition they
immediately departed for the con^
pinene of America. On the 7th of
August, the mulatto Generals, Ri
~ gaud, and Turreau, the command
ant at Auxcayes, arrested all the
military officers, and conducted
them prifonert to Fort St. Louis ;
they armed the negro Oaves against
their matters, and committed the
most unheard of cruelties on the
^whites. This was done with the
approbation of the commissaries.
to bis friend in Portfmontb.,
" Agreeably to your repueft, I
herewith transmit you the particu
lars concerning the Smail Pox,
which is aimoft daily breaking out
in this town; on Thursday last
Mr. Benjamin Stickney, Mr. John
Jaquilh's boy, a Mr. Jackman, &
CONCORD, OCTOBER 21.
THANKSGIVING.
I HUR^DAY, the zift day of,Novem
ber next, is appointed by his Excellency
the Governor with advice of Council,
to be observed throughout this State, as
a day of publick Thanksgiving.
Captain White saw the Penelope
frigate, of 36 guns Capt. Rawley,
and a Philadelphia (hip, on their
way up to Jeremie, with a large
body of French emigrants from Ja
maica, commanded by a Mons.
Lepino, to assist those unfortunate
people who were holding out a
gainst the commissaries at that
place.
Extras of a letter from a perfox in
Newburyport, dated October Btb,
Married, on Sunday evening last, Mr.
Anthony Potter, of this town, to
Miss Dolly Goodwin, of Warner.
On the 17th of August, (two
days before Captain White left
Auxeayes) the Mulatto General,
Rigaud, was proclaimed command
er in chief of the fouth part of
Hispaniola, by the authority of the
commissaries, Santhonax and Pol
verel.
tte Straits, after being with them
little more than one day.
The London paragraphifts had
predidied the most complete suc
cess to the above fleets, on their
failing—<)bfaving, that there was
DO hostile force io the Mediterra
nean in a capacity to oppose them
—but forgetting that they might
be opposed by a more powerful
Arm than that of flefh.
^ the febooxer Regulator, Captain
White, arrived at Norfolk.
" Long may their Glass of Matrimony run,
•' To count the bapfeieftyears beneath thefun!
From HISPANIOLA,
SMALL
HE MIRROUR.
POX.
lief may be predicated—it is there
fore pronounced untrue.
But the fever is laid by the phy
sicians to be similar to the Yellow
putrid Fever, which is common in
some parts of the Wefiindies, and
which was brought from thence,
and communicated to the Phila
delphians by a veffeL— It is laid,
that in the Weftindies this Fever
proves very fatal to the white peo
ple, while the Negroes escape un
touched—this is also said to be the
case in Philadelphia.—No reason
that we know of has been assigned
for this remarkable circumstance.
It is remarkable, that in no in,
fiance the contagion which rages]
Philadelphia FEKER.
It has been reported, that the Ne
groes poisoned the water, which
communicated this disorder to the
white people—but the Editor has
searched ftridly all the accounts
from that quarter, and can find no
information on which such a be-
Rumours of War !
Reports have been circulated that
England has declared War against
America——but these Reports are
groundless—we cannot find even
the Jbadow thereof.
The following is copied from the
Augusta Chronicle of Sept. 14th.
" A gentleman, who arrived at,
Norfolk on the 10th ult. in the
sloop Hope, of Antigua, (prize to
the privateer Citizen Genet) in
forms, that a 16 gun vessel had ar
rived at St. Kites, in 26 days from
Liverpool, with intelligence that
PEACE was established between
England and France." —We
to fad no other trace of the above.
Governour HANCOCK died on
Tuefday, the Bth inst. 66 after 57
years of a life actively devoted to
the cause of Liberty and Humani
ty, and the happiness and improve
ment of his fellow men." His
name is firft on that Magna Char
ta which afeertained, vindicated,
and declared the Independence of
America. After many eulogiums,
follows, " But if we explore the
hearts of the indigent, and distress
ed—the widow—and the orphan—
we shall there fee those lively emo
tions, which emphatically fay— our
friend and our supporter is gone."
On Wednesday next the Rev. Mr.
Amos Broadstrbet is to be or
dained to the pastoral care of the
Church and Congregation in Ches
ter.
DERRY FARE,
Is to be held on Wednesday next.
a woman, all broke out with this
dreadful disorder ; on Friday fol
lowing, a Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Ed
wards, and a Mrs. Rogers, were
found to have broken out ; on Sa
turday, a Mrs. Moore and Captain
Pike broke out at Salisbury ; on
Sunday an apprentice of Mr. E
noch Tappan, and a Mrs, Herbert
broke our, and on Monday Mrs.
Willfon; all those persons live in
different directions in the town, &
no one can tell how this disorder
came here.
Important Intelligence.
PEACE.
ORDINATION.
" Seven or eight of the pradif
ing physicians have fallen vidims ;
some who were in high repute fled
early from the city ; bur Rush and
others have flood to their post with
wonderful firmnefs Rush has
been through the fever once ; and
1 am sorry to add, is now confined
again.
“ Not one of the clergy hav^
been taken sick, and the nudes
who attend at the hofpiral, (where
from io to 20 have died every day
for three weeks past) have none of
" Yesterday, we buried by ap
plication at this place, 12 bodies,
and sent 36 to the hospital— This
day we have sent but two, and bur
ried the fame number, and with
much pleasure fee our carts unem
ployed before the doors. I hear of
no remarkable death this morning,
and but few of any kind, neither
do I hear of any frefh attacks."
Another letter, of Oft. 5, fays,
" Since my letter of O&. 2, there
has not been any decrease of the
mortality so far as I can learn, till
yesterday and the day before, when
the burials were about 30 each day,
but on Wednesday upwards of 50.
The physicians, however, fay that
the malignancy of the disorder is
much diminished—Many are re
covering.
" Private letters by post this day,
represent the fever in Philadelphia
worse than ever—spreading over
the city considerably—many dying
and some few recovering—from 3
to 5 days determines either death
or recovery.—We are sorry to an
nounce such a gloomy account of
that distressed and devoted city —
but we have not exaggerated, but
have published agreeably to the
letters we have seen."
A letter from Philadelphia, of the
4th inst. fays, 66 I have the pleasure
of informing you, that appearances
are more favourable this day, than
at any time fioce the disease pre
vailed.
its of the city—some few have died
of it in other places, but they cau't
it in the city, and not one of their
nutfes or attendants have taken it
from them. Our accounts are so
complicated that we are not able
terrible and fatal disorder which
America ever felt—Some families
are almost wholly carried off ; and
hardly any in the city have entirely
escaped—some accounts fay one,
some three, and some that 4000
have died.—There appears to be
two disorders prevalent, one called
the Plague, which bids defiance to
every human effort, the other is 3
Malignant Fever, which yields to
medicine ; of the latter many re
cover, but of the former none.—
Old and infirm persons, with small
children, have almost uoiverfally
escaped—those who are carried off
are the young, the robust, and the
middle aged—business is at a total
stand—and it is difficult to obtain
nurses—there is no leaving the ci
ty —the distresses of thousands fur
pals description.
co afeertain, with that precision we
could with, fads relative to its de
ftrudive operation—however, on
(he whole, itappears to berhe most
with such violence in Philadelphia,
las been taken but within the lim-
From Newyork, October 3.
THE Administratrix of the
Estate of Joh n Stevens, Esquire,
deceased, wishes the creditors and debtors
to said Estate to call on her the firft week
(beginning the firft Monday) in Novem
ber next, that a settlement of claims ma,
take place. Concord, Off. 16; §z
A vessel arrived at Boston the
10th instant, in 56 days from Fal
mouth, bringing papers to August
15th —Dispatches were received at
London, Aug. 14, informing of an
intended attack on Maubeuge, &c.
but nothing material taken place
fioce the surrender of Valehciennes
—Neither the widow of the late
king, nor Cuftine, had been execut
ed, as was affirmed by former En
glish papers.
PICTURE of ibe War in Flanders,
by an officer residing there.
" Defolatec iland, ruined peasants,
burning dfees, and greedy Jag
ers, tearing the slaughtered foldieri
from the ground, in order to dis
pute their bloody clothes,"
We hear from Raby, in this state,
that, on the' 14'h ult. a rape was
committed on the body of a wom
an, by a person, whose name was
unknown—& owing to the fhfieks
of the unhappy woman, a man by
the name of Dicky ran to her as
sistance, who immediately threw
the perpetrator of this horrid deed
upon his back, & putting his foot
on his breast, pressed wich such vi
olence, as put an immediate end
to his exigence.
Philadelphia, 00. $.
W • are sorry to inform our country
readers, that the prevailing disorder
chat has raged in this city for some
time pad, ftiil continues to carry
off numbers of our fellow citizens.
Some days we are flittered with
the appearance of iis having great
ly abated —at others, of its ftiil en-'
creasing force, —Upwards of ONE
THOUSAN D or cur citizens have
fell victims co this dreadful disease.
We have not had -any rain here
for near two months.
Near 100 fail of vessels are now
riding anchor io the Delaware
bound to this port, bur, oa account
of the prevailing Epidemic are not
petrniged to come up to unload—
Most of the fall vessels from Eu
rope are among the number.
Out of four daily papers, here
tofore pubiifhed in this city, at pre
sent there is only one-two of the
weekly paws have also been dis.
continued on the fame account,
viz. the prevailing fickoefs.
Thursday last arrived here the
ship Golden Age, from Jamaica,
prize to the French ship Citizen of
France. We are informed there is
also in the river an English Raftin'
diamw, prize to the above vessel.
We are informed that the latter
end of last week, a waggon from
Philadelphia, with dry goods, &c.
was seized and burnt to a flies near
Milford, Delaware, under appre
hensions of its being infested with
the Fever. They tarred and fea
thered a woman belonging to the
waggon, &c. Many other ads of
cruelty have been committed.
them been taken down with the
disorder."
Rape and Murder.
0* Notice.