The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-04-21 00:00:00, page 2

that, through curled avarice and fade
^ambition, America matt be dragged
into *.war. II this should be the case,
it is to be hoped, that unanimity and
energy, in government and people,
will convince the world, and our old
enemies in particular (who have !${
ally waged a depredating war against
us) that America still knows how to
revenge wrongs ; and, thould the!
draw her (word io justice, may the
K/heath it in glory, the universe freed
I frofflddpQm
'Thiladilphia, march 31. It is
in contemplation to add turnaces with
apparatus on an intire new plan, to al!
the fortifications at the entry of the
Harbours of the United States, by which
foot may be heated reel hot, in half
the time ufualb taken for this process.
Had this secret been difeovered prior
to the late war. Sir Peter Parker's
Squadron would have been consumed
in half an hour by the fire of red hot
foot from Fort Moultrie, and Mud
Fort would not have fallen into the
hands of the enemy. For the prefect
improvement we are indebted ;to an
officer, who served with Elliots Gib
raltar, but the invention of the im
proved furnace is of later date, and
will if possible be reserved for our ex
clusive use.
A correspondent thinks that Congrafs had
bettertieclare the Prefidenta dictator at once,
and not take the circuitous way, which they
seem to be,about, to confer this power.—A
species of Prefidenrial iegiflation has already
received their fandion, the proclamation ;
and now further powers are to be conferr'd in
addition <o those given every session —ls the
President is alone adequate to the exigences
of government ; if he is the only conftitu
rional authority ; if he is the only person to
be trusted in the United States ; and if he,
and he only, has all the wisdom & prudence,
and republicanism, then we had better break
down the constitutional barriers to inordi
nate power at once, and transfer iegiflation
and execution in an open and avowed, rath
er than in a covert and insidious manner.—
Is there a loan to, be negociated, why the
President must ty^'^" there to be an em
bargo, why it efflot be done without the
President. ArW& secrets of State to be
known, why th„uft be a(ked of the Presi
dent.—— re we aware to what all this may'
lead? What have beep the benefits of the
proclamation which has received the c^ngref
fional fandion) How much has the public
debt been diminished by Presidential loans ?
What attention has Presidential representa
tion and negotiation me ? with abroad ? How
far has Prudential authority been exercised
to give refpedability to our country, to in
demnity us tor the injuries which we have
sustained, and the insults and indignities we
have received? And notwi hftanding the fe
rainine eonduft of admmiftration, more is to
be delegated to it.! As if inconfiltency and
Jefign had been refined into a system, the
Harare h^ proprifedro ^onrn, the begin
ning of April !—What has Congress done
this session ? Have the obje&s of their mission
been answered, that they ought to adjourn ?
What is our present political situation ? De
plorable indeed, and yet a prapofition is
made to adjourn the legislature 1 Perhaps
this abfadi, may be reconciled, by a trartf
fer of the powers of he union to the execu
tive—such may be the with, and luchmay be
the intention ; but whatever may be the
views of some among us, the people will, ere
long, d > themfelvesjnftice.
A correspondent wouldalk if Britiffi fam,/
have not found entrance among us ? Per
haps if the pockets of certain pre ended pat-,
riots were turned inside out, the stamp of his
Majesty George the third would be found—
It is aftamp so fafeinating hat it could hard
ly be refilled, and like the figure of a belov
ed mistress, must communicate glad tidings
to the heart—What would not heroes and
statesmen attempt, to have such images to
admire 1 % To have the figure of the Royal
George at command, who would not pros
trate the dignity of his country, the honour
of a freeman, and the happiness of mankind!
This bubble patriotism, What-is it but an
empty found, that will neither furnilh sump
tuous en ertainjnents, glittering equipages,
gorgeous palaces, nor purple and fine linen=
What is the figure of liberty upon a cent,
when compared to the royal flam, up n a
guinea? Speak, for ye best can tell, who have
seen and have felt the wondrous power of
gold's almighty charms !
NEWYORK, MARCH 2p. The cloud
ed horizon (peaks, peace broken to the
sons of men; and, it would seem,
A Member of Congress from N.
Carolina, in a letter to a friend, after
enumerating the extension of the post
roads io that State, concludes thus—
" Should you a¥k the cause of this,,
prodigious and unexpected extension,
j answer, that the net produce of the
poftoffice, which is not contemplated
as a source of revenue, is upwards of
?The profpe&sof a protracted peace,
are lessening to the view, and the signs
of War are thickening in our Hemis
phere.
Important News—if true !
From Charleston, S. C.
Y fterday arrived a Brig from
Charleston, Sodthcarolina. By a gen
tleman who came passenger we learn,
That it was reported there, that M.
Pinkney, the American Ambaffadour
at the Court of London, had sent his
family to France, and expeded to fol
low himfelf; as the Britilh Court
would not give farisUaory answers to
hi£demands: That this account was
current for federal days, but the source
from whence it Sprung was not atcer
tained, no vessel from London having
arrived there. By this arrival, letters
and papers have been received ; from
one of which the following is extract
ed:
The President of the United States
having been informed, that certain
persons, under colour of foreign au
thority, had enlifted.and assembled at
Kentucky an armed force of Ameri
cans and others, for the purpose of in
vading a territory at peace with the
United Scares, in violation of the laws,
has issued his proclamation, requiring
magiftraces, &c. to lupprefa such un
lawful affcmblages, and to bring those
who are guilty co condign punishment.
march 31. —The political tablet
opens still more interesting ; it (hews
events impending of the most serious
concern.
" We are raving mad here for war
—and A few days face, we experienc
ed a scene of the m&iTuhiicenfed mo6 f
ism. At day light several effigies
were placed on a car, bearing the let
ters W. S— h, F. A—e. Hit infer
nal Majesty, Mr. Pitt, and General
Arnold—which at night were taken
down and burnt. This insult on one
of your Member! of Congress, ought
co be resented by the State which sent
him. Whatever may have been the
political Sentiments of rhe gentleman
in question, a mob in this city has no
cognizance of his conduct. Howev
er, when he is informed, that it was a
gang of lawlefi men, led on by the
French privateerfmen, who have of
late frequently itrfuhed the citizens,
and who appear anxious to embrue
their hands in blood, he will treat their
cowardly insult with the contempt it
deserves. This, by the way, you may
be assured of, that those who now so
loudly call for war, are likely to be
the most back ward in exertions, when
it takes place— Many of them deeply
in debt, with a change of fixation, in
hopes to better their circumflanceu"
[O% made the above Nras ?J »
Boston, APRIL 12. It ifeonjec
tured, that the President of the Unit
ed States has made proposals for pur
chasing the frigates ordered by Con
gress, of the French. An expedient
which will unite immediate benefit
with economy.•
New accounts of depredations on
the floating* property of Americans,
come crowding from a|moft every di
reaion. Immediate feffere-s are ex
asperated. The advocates for Peace
grow languid, and the Vox Populi re;
founds incefontly, “ TO ARMS 1
TO ARMS!"
" CHARLESTON, MARCH 20, 1,94.
'POSrOFFICE REVENUE.
66 To describe to you our (offerings
is beyond my power. Upon such a
fubjed as .his, description /brinks with
in ittelf, and words do lose their force.
Who can describe with fufficient en
ergy the wretchedness of that man,
who, Once surrounded by his friends
and relatives, courted by his acquaint
ance, esteemed in the world, and en
joying the sweets of society, now dash
red into an ignominious and most ab
jeft state of Haver,, groaning under
By a letter received in town, we
learn that Prince Edward was darrger
oufly wounded in the head, in a sortie
which was made from Fort .Bourbon,
(Martinique.)
" On the iSfh of Odober, 1793,
in fight of Gibraltar, striving to make
that place, an Algerine galley of 20
guns, fell in with me.. As soon as
within gun ihot, a constant fire was
kept up by them, until they had man
ned our yards from theirs. They
then came down (word in hand, and
began their work of barbarity, by
Gripping us of all the clothes we had
on, giving us in return only a lew
rags, scarcely (Efficient to cover us.
Being now their prisoners we were in
discriminately treated, in a barbarous
manner, in every reipeft. On the
30th of October we were brought to
this plzce, carried before the Dey,
from thence sent to Banvow. where 1
found between 8 and^TCrctafyi^
of different nations, among'whom
were Captains O'Brien and Stephens,
with a part of their crews, the number
of whom are reduced to to.-
"On the afternoon after I came
here, the crews of 9 other American
vessels were landed—since that the
crew of another, making in all 13.
" We are regularly turned out of
the Banyou at day-light to work, at
which we are kept incessantly till neat
dark. , The intolerance of our slavery
is highly augmented by the weight of
chains with which we are loaded.-
Our provisions, allowed us by the day,
are of a verv bad kind, and in quantity
scarcely Efficient to support nature,
being nothing better than black bread
and water.
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
per annum.
Prince EDWARD.
From BALTIMORE, March 2fc
Yesterday arrived here in 35 days
from Gibraltar, the brig Swallow,
Captain M'Claikland— he brings no
later accounts than those already re
ceived from Europe. .When he failed
from Gibraltar, 6 (hips of the line and
14 frigates lay there, being part of the
Toulon fleet, which were brought a
way on the evacuation of that place,
on the 18th and 19th of December
lift ; the remainder of the Beet under
Lord Hood had gone into Leghorn.
Capt M'Clarkland adds, that 19 A=
merican vessels had been carried into
Algiers.
" Colonel Humphries, charge de
affaires at L(ban, feot a courier here,
informing the dey he had orders from
the United States to make a peace.
We are informed that the dey has re
fofed his proposals, and consequently
our ransoms. But, be has directed us
to petition Congress, which we have
done. What effect it will have is not
mine to determine, but hope, the on#
Iy thing left, that renders our lives
suppor table, bids me promise they will
feriouhy feel for our distresses, and if
possible, as I hope in God it is, effed
our deliverance.
Extras of a letter from a mafltrofa veffl, dated
Algiers, January 4, 1794.
" Before this comes to your hand,
news of my being a slave in this dread
ful place, will perhaps have reached
you.
APRIL 6.—This day the President
of the United Spates comn&icare^
JO Gpng^tWollowing I■^wi4|
"two othLmtrior date) from the
Minifl,^^^^ United States at Lon
don, to Vhe Secretary of,State, dated,
LONDON, JAN, 1794 b
M, dear Sir,
YOU will receive herewith the
copy of an inftruaion to the com
minders of hit Britannic Majefy'i
ships of war, &c. dated the Bth of
this month, concerning which Thad
another conversion this morning
with the Minister of the foreign de
partment. On his faying io the in
troduction of the fubjed that he.hop
ed I saw in it a manifeftation of the
good will of this government tow^
ards the United States, I observed.
that it was certainly much leh injuri
ous to us than the inftruCtions which
it revoked, and might be as favoura
ble as the principles upon which <hii
government ads would admit; but
[reminded him that our ideas differs
ed materially from theirs on the fob,
je&, and without repeating the argu
ments I had before addressed to him,
both verbally and in writing, in fop
port of our position, it was only ne
cessary to fay that we did not admit
the righrof the belligerent powers to
interfere farther in the commerce be
tween neutral nations and their ad
versaries than to prevent their carry
ing to them articles which by com^
mon uhge were eftablilhed as contra
band, and any articles to a place fair
ly blockaded ; that consequently the
two firft ariicie,llfough founded on
their principles^of not Offering in war
a traffic which was nox admitted by
the fame nations in the time of peace,
and of taking their enemy's property
when found on board neutral veffeg
contrary to what we contended to be
the just principles of the modern law,,
of nariom—that ^de&i I had feme
CONCORD, APRIL n, 1794.
From BOSTON, April 16.
AGREEABLE }%"%t'CT%
j inform the public of th,
arrival in this port, on Monday lafl, of Captain
Corner and Captain Atwood, from Jamaica,
where they bad been carried in for legal adjudi
cation, tried and acquitted, at no proof of their
being French property coulHefound. That may
others, it was enpeded, woula be immediately re
leajed, nomitbftandrag the counter in,rH&ions of
Jan. Sth, bad not been received from England.—
fbe opinion of the Jolicit or general of Jamaica is,
that no American v.,el could be condemned under
the orders of the 6/b Nov.——The above v^le
are ,aid to have brought home near 15,000 doll's.
By Copt. Carver wefurther learn, that Capt.
Burney, (who report said bad been condemned,
was tried, acquitted, and enlarged.
Notwithstanding WAR has been repeat
edly declared by ra& enthusiasts, we cannot
yet learn that any such declaration has come
from good authority—And while we felicitate
our readers on the continuance of peace—
we regret the losses sustained by individuals,
and the insults offered the American flag—
We hope that America will rrg&tffatisfaetion
—and take it if it is refufed.— R r the wijdern
and experience of our once-tried Washington we^
wife may guide in the affair —ln wham can we
trufl, if not in him ?
From Newburyport, April 8.
Extra& of a letter from a gentleman in Norfolk to
the whip of a let of infer, fible infidels,
stripped of eloathing, loaded with
chains, destitute of friends or comfort
ers, and miserably fed ? Add to this
the torment of body, the more intol
erable fufferings of the foul—how
much more completely wretched is he
made I Yet all this is but the fub
flance in miniature of what we cap
tives undergo."
" We have just received news
that the English and French
fleets have had an engagement ;
the French to k two 74's and 6
frigates, and fluttered the En
glish fleet very much."
The President of the United States isau
thorifed to raise 25,000 troops, whenever he
shall judge it necessary.
tis friend in this town, dated March 28.
FROM PHILADELPHIA,