The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-03-06 00:00:00, page 3

The appropriation Bill pifled,|
The amended bill from the Sen
ate for the relief of Canadian and
Nova-Scotia refugee!, wu com
^mined. ; %
A bill allowing the privilege of
franking to the Attorney General
and the Commander in chief of
the U. S. troop; pafftd to be en
grossed. <§
.A report of provision for the
widows and orphan, of officers of
the army of the U. S. (lainin ser
vice 0 ce 1789, was debated, but
do decision had„%
.FEB. 16.
Lyon and Grifwold^
A# loon aa the House affem
b!ed, Mr. Davit, of Kot. moved
tor <he expofion of Mtfrs. G&^
wold ard Lyon, for violent
ad ch(orderly behaviour. Con
fiderabe cooverfation took place
on qudliopa of order; which we
think unneceflaty to repeat. At
length it wai agreed to refer the
whole to the Committee of Privi
leges : That they fie during the
ftffion of the house. and report
tee evidence in writing. Aiter
wardtM% Oris moved, That they
both fhoold peJge their words to
the house, not to commit any aft
of infuic or violence upon each
other, during the feffioo ; that if
either refufe to make such engage
rotn; he be committed to the
cufiody of the fefeant at arms.—
This motion passed by a great ma
joti y. Mr. Lyon, being lent for,
came in, and he and Mr. Grif
w9:d, agreed thereto.
The Hoofe 'then resumed its
b'dinary bufinefa, several local &
private application! were made &
c< mmitted, and several public ads
puffed various stages. The new
Miitia bill was moved for, but
Only 14 members voted for ia
being taken up.
''%^^%\ •. FE8.19.
Mr S. Smith proposed the following
refoiution, which was read and laid on
the ^ble:?A
Rec/^4" That the Secretary of the
Tretfury be difeaed to obtain from the
Coika yrs of the Customs in the diftrids
of the United States, a statement of the
veffer,. captured or detained, by or under
'theauthority ht an, foreign nation, fioce
the ift July 1695. exprefling in separate
columns the names of the vcffels, the cap
tain's names, the number of tons each
vessel carried, of what their cargoes con
lifted, and an estimate of the value there
of, by what nation captured, whither
bound, and whither from, and that he
lay the fame before the House of Repre
sentatives."
J FEB. 20.
The Committee of Privileges reported ;
against the expulsion of Mtffrs. Griswold
and Lyon. To be taken up to-morrow.
Griswol#w. Lyon.
From th Gazette of th Unitea Statu.
'^ mr.fbnno.
JEST the affair which took place this
^ morning between Mr. Griswold and
r. Lyon should be raifunderftood, I
fend you the following account of it,
which having been Ihewn to several gen
tiemen who were eye witnesses, may be
relied on as authentic, and accurate.
Before the House was called to order,
M=. Griswold came into the hall and
took hi< feathilia cane in bis hand. He
was reacting a letter, when Mr. Lyon,
who had not before appeared since he
! finished f% defence, came into the hail
with 4 ^ae in his hand also, and took
his feat ; the House not yet being called
to order. He placed his 4 flick bfljdetys
, chair or behind it, and beg?n to write br
look at papers. Mr. Griswold perceiv.
ink him. took up his stick, advanced to
wards him in front, from the oppofire
fide of the House, and ftruek him with
„ the flick, Mr., Ly, eith^
: ly on receding the blow, or immediately
% ^Ul^Ae ft^G^
toman# endeavored to dole in with
;him. This Mr#rif wo ld avoided, arid
repeated the blow nine or ten times, ftrik-
lingling fomen'me, on the head, and feme-j
times on the Moulders. At length they
closed, and Mr. Lyon was thrown by Mr.
Griswold, in which fixation Mr. Gris
wold who bad fallen with him, gave him
one blow in the face with his fift ; and
then they were Operated.
ABYSTANDER.
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Latej, Foreign News.
PArtIS.N< V.2l—□ E6.6.
" rfßMfy ENGLAND."
—rHE descent on England is certain-:
ly determined on. 150,000 is
the number of troops to be employed.—
Buonaparte commands in chief: Gen.
Defaix organizes the divisions. 50000
of the army of Italy are marching tor
Brest, &c. The deftrudion of the Brit
ish Government—the independence of
the people— liberty of the seas, and urii
v*rfal Peace, are the obfras of the expe
dition. Spain and the Batavian Repub
lie are ro join in it. Dunkirk is to be
the centre of cordons, which are to be
three in number.
PEACE.
N0v.21. If we tray credit reports,
the Dire&ory wish not yet wholly to give
up the hope of preventing the enormous
expenses and incalculable evils which
may result to the two countries from the
terrible conflict which is preparing, and
have even been contemplating for f me
days past, on means for transmitting fe
cretly to the English Minister their last
pacific proportions. ConfiJerable bets,
fays one of thejournals, have been open,
ed that we shall have a general within
two months, without the descent on
England taking place.
' dec. 14.
Extras of a letter from th General in Chief;
Hatry, to the Executive Dir&r,.
" Head Quarters, Mayence, Dec. 13,
"Citizen; Direaore, , ."
" The troops of the Republic are now
in possession of Mayence, and the forts
of Caffel ; they entered this morning.
The Emperor's troops evacuated them
yesterday, and I should have entered im
mediately, if the troops of the Empire,
which consisted of eight battalions, could
have, found means to transport their bag
gage, &c. I gave them 24 hours to
complete the evacuation ; and I was as
sured of two gates, one of the city of
Mayence, the other of Cdflel. The
• whole is now evacuated. The Austrian
troops marched off in two columnar; ®ne
three battalions ftrong# by Ulm, passing
by Heidleberg and Heilbronn ; the oth
er, containing fix battalions, passing by
Alcheffembourg, on thefr way to Bohe
mia.•
" The troops of the different circle,
have taken the roads to their own coun
tries." •
.VIENNA, NOV. 3.
By the treaty with France, Austria
cedes 784 square miles of territory,
3,849,188 inhabitants, 6.975,000 flor,
* ins revenue. 'And France cedes to Auft
tria 541 square miles, 1,759,333 inhab
itants, and 5,060,000 florins revenue.
.AMERICAN NEWS.
; GOOD NEWS!
New-Orleans,[s,4o^n,„/,rf„Jj an jfc
f —
Governor of thro pro-
X vince having received by
the last Courier & orders of hit
Miefty to evacuate the forti at
Walnut-Hill! abd; Natchez, im- 1
mediate!, took proper meafurei
for their execution; having fenc
off the necessary advicea tofthe
Natchez.t
This ho relieved cur Govern
meot from much embarrassment.
The demarcation lines will be run
ifr Marek^f%l@^„;ta^
hat terminated the d^reement
; between ^he %J&Ue&&ateb: and
the Spaoifh GOvefomLt fo<the
Florida! ;—the confeqpence of
which,we hope, will be {return of
mutual good office, and friend!,
intercourfe.]' ^ : ° s ^^
^S^fyTCHF.^^Q;
tyW^f^f /^^^ head, of
the io?h inst. m published,? A
toe and fopprifing account pf the
apparition or ghost of a womant
I that hit appeared several nights [
pift in the New G.ol (in the
fields) to the great terror and as.
fright of the prifooers-rmany of
whom are ready to confirm the
crurh of it on bath."
I wonder wbat it means, has
been vociforated by a thousand
tongues: The fa& it, a young
married woman, whole husband
was confined for debt, delpairing
of other means (the .creditor being,
uncharitable & Rubborp) corjured
up the ghost ; and crusting the se
cret with a confidential Printer,
the account was printed before it
wat lisped abroad, and immedi
ately put into the hawkert hand
for sale : The project succeeded ;
Abufinefa was iofpended: The mul
titude Rocked about the jail.——
And here again the hawkers were
at their poßt, vending their bills
of the appearance and pe^otm
aoces of the ghost. The debt
or's wife having in a fhorc time,
railed a (efficient sum to faririy his
creditors, and to gladen his heart
with a nourishing repast — Mil)
Puss was let out of the bg, aqd
ihe ab^fhed muTnude returned,
one to his ft all and the other to
hit merchandize.
Salem; FEB. 23.
FROM FRANCE.
On Tuefday last Capt. Towns
end arrived here from Bourdeaux.
He left that city on the 12h of
December, but waa detained io
the river until the io:h of Janua
ry, in confcquence of an embargo
which tock place the 18th of De
cember, on all vessels without
excepting even the small costing
craft. This embargo was on ac
count of a frigate's preparing to
fiil for Gaudaioupe; While lay
^io the river, he received let
ters continually from hit friends io
the city ; by which he was in
formed, That preparations, were
making wi?h the utmost diligence
for the iovafon of England ; for
which purpose every v ffel above
15 ton, was put in a state of fe
qudirion, and fitting for sea with
ail fperdv—That the expedition
was to co fid of three jivifions
(as the reports hid) one to the
fouth, one by the Thames, and
she other further north, from Hol
land—and, that Buonaparte was
to command this desperate under
taking.
The American Envoys still re
main at Paris, in the fame auk
ward situation as our former ac
counts left them ;—and the A
merican commerce appeared to be
fife undtr the all prodding guar
dianth pof a roll of equipage, but
inveitably futjeded to condemna
tion without it.
I st^a^tTr/rry/'p,*^ 1 - 1 i■?>'■_■ • "."»'■■'■*.^
CONCORD,
¥ TUESDAY, March 6, 1798.
CENTINEL-bostom, feb. 28.
,' .Latest from FRANCE.
By the arrivals since our last from Fra.
dispatches from Gov. Were received from
our Extra Envoys, rs,&& which have
been tranfmiie^ to Philadelphia. ; >^<
Private letters by the fame conveyance,,^
from the Hon. Mr Gerry, and other,
inform, that our Comroiffioners have not )
been accredited by the DireQury, nor was
it probable they would be. , The public
dispatches it is probable will cahtrin
rething more than this sea
A letter from the Miltfippi, dated the
Bth ult. fas, " The ytfordt harmony pre
vails between the Spanish and American
governments in this quarter.
<'£.''' a't' ''"^'^mqms^roatatro ; iik," T.
'"""%!' ^fffa^fhh^ dated !r
I have just tome from Cpngrefs HaW^
Griswold has given Lyon a severe drub-
I bing, which every ri^cuUftance autherff
ed. I left Lyon wafting the blood lira
a very severe contufijn on his head."
CHRONICLE—marchi.
Extraa of a letter from an American gentle
man in Havre, dated fan. 8.
, , The public papers that I have en
, closed will give you better information
of the affairs of Europe ttian I can do
even did prudence permit. As to our
Commissioners, it is now reduced to
a certainty that they jvill not be received, 1
and it is now with America that the ques
tion ot PEACE or WAR is to be de er
mined If there is not a change iri the,
affairs of our government, war will be
the consequence. Ido not mean by this
^ffertion to hint at its propriety or im
propriety, but depend it isthe case.
" I law a letter the other day from
'Mr. Paine, Who fays, that the minister
(hewed him a letter published by Mr.
Fennel (a paper that the minister insisted
was under the patronage of Mr. Adams
our President) which fays, " that from th
aivifane in France there Q&e rra,n re be„
that in a foert time th K^g would be 'reform
ed to bis right; in France."
"I have no doubt that to this and
similar publications, in a great measure
may be ascribed the ill success of our
Embassy."
Statement of Fadis,
Extraa of a letter from a Member of Cergreft
to bis friend in this cit,, containing an ac
count of Mr. Gri/wola 's wonderful exploit.
" The papers have informed
you of the last difgraceiul fracti in
Congrefi, Mr. Lyon when affaik
ed, was fitting in his place, having
a long circular desk, which it Screw
ed co the floor, before him, and a
similar one behind. He received
three ftrokei before he could fife
from his feat ; and then could nei
ther stoop to take up his cine
which war under his chair, nor ad
vance a fiogle inch, nor retreat,
on account of the two de<k( He
was literally pinned in a box, whilst
Mr. Griswold was in the open area
before him. He (M% Lyon) had,
therefore, to file off edgeways,
thro' the narrow passage between
the two delki, 'till he could get
out. He then attempted to elofe
with hit adverfiry, for he was un
armed. This Mr. Griswold avoid
ed by retreating, Rill frisking, 'rill
they come behind the Speaker'#
chair, when Mr. Lyon seized the
tonga, and aimed a blow at Mr.
Griswold. They then closed, and fell on
the floor. Mr Griswold lofthis cane in
the struggle—Mr. Lyon kept the tongs.
Then Mr, Macon approached and took
the tongs frem him, whilst Havens and
Elmendorf pulled off Mr. Griswold by
the legs.
" The fpe&ker was in the chair.
It was half past eleven. He nev
er called to order, notwithfland
ing repeated calli of several mem
ber! ; and although Mr. Gillespie
personally applied to him to do it.
The fame afternoon Mr. Lyon
lent a challenge 10 Mr. Griswold,
who was not to be found that day
at home. The next morning
(yesterday) the bearer of the chai
leoge found Mr. Griswold at
breikfaft. Mr. Griswold refufed
to have any private cooverfation
with him. The challenge was
then delivered to him, and read
aloud before several gentkzneu
ptefent ; Mr. G. refuted to give
a written answer ; but Bofwered
verbally " that be would not fight
Mr. Lyon." This passed before
ten o'clock. The house met yef
rerdky at eleven ; then Oria and
Sitgreavet, in order to protest ,
Griswold from any other m^ki ot
tefemment, brought in the retoo
tion which way adopted by the
houfefffiac rt^hr footer
& aid, during the ft &n, proceed
to any^a.of violence." ^feh^.
^|/f^ab^fa Cifofc^]jM@4j'f^
fe Sundry omissions for want of
room.]
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