The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-12-26 00:00:00, page 2

allowed to march out with the honours of
war, the troops laying down their arms on
The Glacis, and engaging not to serve against
France, for the space of ayear and fa wiki.
The terms of this surrender cannot fail to
have it great influence on the siege of Bois
le-Duc, against which place.the most violent
'fire is kept up..
Since the 28th, at night, the bombard
ment and cannonade have been extremely
severe. On the 29th, a fire broke out, which
appears to have been extinguilhed.
HARLEM, oct. 3.^
The last accounts we had of the bombard
ment of Bois-le-Duc, were of the 30th bit.
It is strongly reported this day, that the
place has capitulated ; but there are no au
thentic accounts of this event, which, if
true, cannot be Jong kept a secret. The
enemy have made no further progress for
some days past, but we still remain in a state
of the most painful anxiety. Some of the
towns of the Province of Holland, have al
ready acceded tojhe proposition of the states,
for the GRAND INUNDATION ; some
have refufed, and others are deliberating on
this measure/ which, as it would ruin the
country fora great number of years, should
never be adopted but in the very last ex
tremity. Before the next post, fomethihg
important will probably have occurred.,
<-- LEYDEN, OCT. 6.
The attack on Bois-le Due, is continued.
For fome^ days the fire 'has been very warm
in that quarter, particularly, as we are told,
from the place itfelf, which was endeavour
ing to prevent the besiegers from eroding
batteries on the fide of fort d'Orthen, of
which they have made themselves masters.
In order to augment the force intended for
the defence of Gueldres, we learn, that the
garrisons are to be withdrawn from Hulft,
and all the other places of Dutch Flan
ders. e
The surrender of fort Crevecceur, having
given room for complaints against Colonel
Tilboel, the .commandant, his conduct will
be inquired jnto by a council of war, on the
express requisition of the States General.
The total want of discipline, among the
British troops, having excited circumstances
as doleful as universal, the commander in
chief has issued, from his head quarters at
Gloefbeck, a general order d^ted Sept. 23,
to recal the officers and soldiers to their duty.
It is hoped that this publication, and some
examples of just severity which it announces
will at length repress such disorder.
Prussia.
BERLIN, SEPT. 20.
v The King's army at the Rhine, will, it is
said, be withdrawn from thence, -all but a
bopt 17,000 men, the command of which
will be conferred on Prince Hohenlohe. The
regiment of Hussars ± of Eben, will return to
their old garrison in four weeks ; and many
companies of artillery of the army of the
Rhine, are already returned ; part of them
to their former garrison, and part of them to
their own homes.
According to the most regent advices, the
infurredion in South Prussia prevails more
and more. The Insurgents, for the most
part, not only cut fro pieces the small detach
ments sent against them, but hang the offi
cers.—This fate has recently befallen ^ coun
cillor of war, and a young excise man.
The general opinion is, that propofitlons
of peace will soon be made, and that a Gen
eral of diftindion is about to set off for War
saw, with inftrudions to this effed.
On Friday the 26th,his Mnjefyis expect
ed at Potsdam, from his trip to Poland. The
Prince Royal is expelled back to morrow, &
Prince Lewis will arrive here the day after.
sept. 23. Nothing yet appears to
be decided relpeaiog the withdrawing
of out troops from the Rhine ; but
it is thought, that when the insurrec
tion in Prussia (hall be quelled, his
Majesty will content to employ his
armies in the defence of that part of
the German empire, provided that
the combined powers, and the states
of the empire consent to pay the just
and necessary subsidies.
His Majesty is expeded hereon the
26th inftan, Our army, which was
broken up before Warsaw, will remain
under the command of Gem Schwerin,
together with the two detached corps,
commanded by the Generals Goz and
Elfner, to cover South Prussia. .
General Van Schonfeld, who has
also received a considerable reinforce
ment, is potted near the Bug and rhe
Narew, to oppose the fcfemy in those
The Ruffian corp, under General
Ferlen, which) is detached ' from our;
army, has crossed the Viftu?a, and
retired to join the Austrians in Sen
domir.
The Prince of N< ffw, hae a',(o left
the Prussian head quarters, to prepare,
ft is said; a Ruffian flotifa, dedi,ed <o
cruise io the Baltic, along the coasts
of Prussia and Courland, and cut off
all fupplia for the Poles, which they
might procure by Libau and Po
langen.'
England.
LONDON, OCT. JO.
Yesterday 's Dutch mail bro't avast influx
of important intelligence. The perusal of
this paper will therefore serve as an apology
for the omission of many favours from our
Correspondents and Advertisers. On ^reat
occasions we are refolred to facrifice our
temporary interest for the maintenance of
that priority and platitude of information
which have hitherto been our laudable cha
raderiftic.
In the following columns may be seen, the
true state of the affairs of Europe. Whil©
we tremble for the fa.e of Holland, over
which the sword of ihe enemy is suspended
by a thread, we rejoice at the emancipation
of the Poles from a crtiel and unprovoked
bondage.
The latter have completely expelled the
enemy from their territories, and, in the
frenzy of their indignation and fefentment :
menace the invasion of the Prussian domin
ions.,
The States General, in the extremity of
danger, proposes, as the last fatal remedy,
the grand inundation of the whole country ;
but the majority of the people, inimical to
the Stadtholder, refufe their assent, prefer
ring the clemency of the enemy, with the
new French dodrines, to what they term the
deftrudion of their territories.
While from this statement may be serious
ly weighed tranfadions of magnitude abroad,
we behold a spirit of resolution and vigor at
home seldom surpassed in any age of our hif
tory. A great and an opulent company an
nounces its determinaion to fapport the
prosecution of the war ; and that its patriot
ic efforts my be crowned with the desired ef
fe&, is our most sincere wish.
As to the Dutch having, by opening the
flukes, drowned a great part of the French
army the reverse isthefa& ; for the French,
being in possession of Crevecceur have it in
their power to drain off the water, which had
before been let in, a circumstance which they
have taken advantage of, as our readers will .
fee by letters from the Britilh Army.
oct. 11. Yesterday a messenger was sent
off to Edinburgh, from, the Duke of Port
land's office 1 , with his Maiefty's most gra
cious pardon of part of the sentence pro
nounce on Watt and Downie. Instead of
being hanged by the neck, but riot until
they are dead, &c. they are to be hanged till
they are dead, their heads served from their
bodies, and exposed to public view !
It has been said, that in consequence of
the Prince of Wales' intended marriage with
the princess of Brunswick, the Duke of Bruf
wick, her father, is once more to take the
command of the Allied Armies, and that
the duke of York has fignified his readiness
to serve under him. The Duke of Bruns
wick had the command in chief the firft cam
paign, and the plan may perhaps now be to
fight all the commanders over again, and
then Du Capo. ' We do not hear that the
French have yet proposed recalling Dumou
rier, their commander in chief for the' firft
campaign.
It is very confidently said, that the last re
source for defence,viz. the grand inundation,
has been debated, and that many of the
towns have positively objeded to jt c as more
ruinous than an inundation of the Sans Cu
lottes. This is at least probable ; but the
reports of infurredions being founded on
supposed letters, not of so late a date,as those
that make no mention of infurredions, are
evidently unfounded.
Advices from Constantinople inform us,
that a part of the Ottoman empire has lately
been visited by an earthquake.<
Qn the third of July,, three towns were
swallowed up between Angora and Elburm,
in Natolia, formerly known by the name of
Asia Minor, situated something more than
two hundred miles S E. of Constantinople,
viz. Tchograin, which con filled of about
5000 houses ; Amafia, the capital of the
government of that name, which was still
more extensive and populous, and which is
famed as the birth place of Strafo; and En
glem, which coritained between three and
four thousand houses. # ^^'
,The population of these three is estimated
at 100,000 fouls ; and befidcs these a num
ber of villages in the fame territory, were also
destroyed, scarcely a tenth part of the inhab
itants haling escaped the catastrophe. ./
The principle of taxing places,^and pen
lions for the support of the war, has already
spread from Spain to Germany. Oaf^^
ifters, and their adherents, are all in a state
of the utme.ft alarm.
08. 13. Yesterday a messenger
brought difpaichet to government,
from his Royal Highnefi the Duke
of York, dated head quarter# at Grof
beck, ych inst. The Dutch mail due
on Friday last also arrived. The one
due this morning has not yet come
in.
The principal intelligence brought
by the messenger and the mail is, chat
the unfortunate Gen. Clairfayt, who
after his defeat in the neighbourhood
of Liege, about four weeks ago, had
taken,up so good a portion on the
banks of the Roer, as to make him e
ven wish the enemy might assail him,
has been again attacked by the ene
my and fuflaiced a frtfh defeat. The
accounts so far as the particulars are
yet known, state that 04 the ift iaft.
the French crossed the Meuse and the
Roer, and attacked all the posts of
the Austrian army, from Ruremond
down to Juliers and Dueren. These
posts were defended with great brave
ry and skill ; but were at length car
ried by the masses sent forth by the
Convention, who were every where
victorious. The Austrians, in conse
quence, were forced to cross theßhine
near Cologne, with the Jois of more
than 5000 men—some accounts fay
almost twice that number, with great
part of their artillery and baggage;
so that the French are masters of al
most the whole territories, on the weft
fide of the Rhine, which may now be
considered as their eastern boundary.
Their next attempt will be against
the for,refs of Luxembourg—Maef
tricht is already completely invested,
& all communication with that place
may now be considered as entirely 'cut
off; for they have been transferring
to that quarter the greater part of the
force which they had in the neigh
bourhood of Venlo and Ruremonde,
There is some hope, however, that
Luxembourg and Maeftricht will be
able to stand out against all their at
tempts. The former can hardly be
besieged regularly, and can only be
reduced by famine ; the latter is de
fended by a garrison of 13,000 men,
under the orders of gen. Kay, a very
experienced and brave officer.
When the messenger left the army,
the Duke of York had not changed
his position ; but rhe defeat of Gen.
Clairfayt, rendered his situation far
from being a fafe one ; and we expert
our next advices will inform us of his
having crossed the Waal, which runs
into the Rhine, or perhaps the latter
river. The heavy baggage had al
ready been removed as a matter of
precaution, across the Rhine, near
Emmerick, and the cordon of Hano
verians and Hessians, which had been
ftaciooed upon the Meuse, had joined
the main body.
The Etedor, brother to the Em
peror, has quitted Bonn, on the Rhine,
and with his Court has fled to Mer
gentheim, near Wurtzburg, in Ger
many. The inhabitants of his coun
try are also flying to their bpmei, aod
abandoning their property, rather than
expose themselves to the depredations
of their ferocious enemies.
The accounts from Spain are also
of a distressing kind. ' The French
are there making rapid progrefa in
the eastern, as they have lately done
in the weftern provinces. On the
25th ulr. the flreng fortrefs of Belle
garde, which was hoped would have
baffled all their attempts to reduce,
containing a garrison of 6000 men,
Surrendered by capitifertoo 0
Sequence of which, the whoteprov
ince of Rouffillon is exposed to the
ravages of the enemv, who have now
an easy passage for their armies into
the very h3art of Spsin. 'C^
Legislature of Newbamp/bire.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
, CONCORD, DEC. 18.
Fond, That Mess. Taylor, Prichard and J.
Young be a committee to confider of the pe
tition of Edward Kimball, praying for relief
on account of a hurt he received while obey
ing his commanding officer on a review day.
Votea, Tha^ Mess. Peabody, Livermore, J.
Hale, Newcomb, Goddard, M'Clary and
Warner, be a committee to draught public
bills necessary to be passed this session.
Dec. 19. -Granted the prayer of Reu
ben Libbey's petition, for holding the town
meeting in Wolfborough on the firft Tuefday
of March, instead of the firft Tuefday.
Voted, That Mess. Connor, Carr, Warner,'
Allen and Merrill be a committee to enquire
into the causes of the non-attendance of the
Judgesdf the Supreme Judicial Court, in the
Several counties in this state, and report the
necessary measures for removing the incon
veniences complained of. ,
Voted, That Messrs. Goddard, Newcomb
and Stevens be a committee to confider of
the expediency of an additional ad refpe&ing
town inhabitancy.
Vote#, That Mess. J. Hale, Wingate, Tay
ler, Alien and Brewster be a committee to
report what allowance shall be made to the
Several officers of the civil lift the current
year.
Voted, That Messrs. Burt, R. Parker, and
Harper, be a committee to confider of the
propriety of revising the ads refpeding fifli
ery in this state.
Pore/, That Mess. A. Livermore, Peabody
and Johnson be a committee to report what
alterations are necessary to be made in the
laws refpeding proprietary matters.
The committee reported an anfwar to his
Excellency's address—which answer was re
committed, and Mess. Newcomb & B. Pierce
added to the committee.'
Voted, That Mess, M'Clary, Connor, Bad
ger, Carr, Dole, R. Parker, Burt, Stevens^
Ames and Hough be a committee to report
what measures are best to be taken refpeding
that part of his Excellency's address which
relates to the Supreme Judicial Court.
Dec. 20. Voted, That Mess. B Pierce, Al
len and Cilley be a committee to confider of
the petition of Reuben Ward, for himfelf &
others, refpeding a company of cavalry in the
12th regiment.
The committee on W. Langdon, Efqr's.
petition, reported that the town of Tufton^
borough be abated one eighth part of their
soldier tax for 1782 —report accepted.
Voted, That Mess. A. Livermore, Crawford
and Smith be a committee to confider of the
petition of sundry inhabitants of Salisbury,
refpeaing an academy.
Whereas it is represented that the Superior Court ,
of Judicature has not been bolden regularly in the
counties of HillJborough, Cheshire and Grafton, as
by law it ought to have been—and aljo that the '
said Court has often unnecefferily adjourned in the
other counties, without finding the bufinejs there
in pending—Rejolved, That this House ought
to enquire into the causes of such failures in
the administration of Justice, and endeavor,
in a constitutional manner, to remove them,
—and that a message be sent immediately to
the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judica
ture, requesting each of them to inform this
House, why the said Court has not been duly
holden, and the business thereof completed.
Voted, That any further proceeding on the
part of his Excellency's address refpeaing the
Supreme Judicial Court be postponed until
the firft day of January next.
Vt,d, That Mess. Goddard, Badger, Gale,
Wright and Eames be a committee to employ
a messenger, or mefl'engers, to wait on the
several Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court
and present each of them with a copy of the
resolve of this day, refpeaing said Justices.
Dec. 23, H Voted, That Mess. Warner,Lea
vitt and Johnson be a committee on the pe
tition of Jeremiah Lock.
Motion was made that the vote puffed last
evening, to fend messengers to the Judges of
the Superior Court, be re considered—yeas
40, nays 7j—motion left.}
The committee on the petition of James
Eaton and others, reported that the petition
ers have leave to withdraw their petition —
report accepted— motion was then made that
the prayer thereof be granted, which prevail
ed so far that they had leave to bring in a bill
for making file of the interest of the chil
dren in the estate of the deceased.
Voted, That Mess. Burt, M'Clary, and D.
Livermore, be a committee on Wm. Hua
toon's petition, refpeding his wages while s
soldier in the late army of the United States.
The committee on Asa Dearborn's peti
tion, reported that each company of light
horse in. this state be allowed ^ dollars in
addition to the 10 already paid them, for the
parpofe of furnishing them with trumpets
and colours — the report was accepted.
In Senate, Dec. 23. Voted, That Mess. Gor
don and Blanchard be a committee, to join
one from the House, to present to his Excel
lency for his approbation all such bills and
resolves as may pals the two branches of the
Legiilature the prefect session—This vote