The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-04-28 00:00:00, page 3

APRIL 19. We have received in
telligence from England, via Antigua
brought by the second Weftindia Jan
uary packet, co the 25th of that
month, which is lome days later than
before received : From which we
learn, That an invasion of Greatbri
tain, by the French was expected in
England :—That the merchants of
Lloyd's Coffee-houfe had received
such information thereof, as confirm
ed in their mibds, that the most for
midable preparations for the purpose
were making at Cherbourg, Havre
de-Grace, and St. Maloes ; and which
after the recapture of Toulon, had
been increased with great rapidity.—
That the floating batteries and tranf
—vpDCTwerein incredible forwardness,
and that every appearance indited
the execution of the enterprize early
this fpnng. The objea of the French'
in this diversion, is laid to be, to stop
the pecuniary supplies furnished by
Greatbricain to the combined powers,
and to oblige the British government
to recall their troops from the Conti
nent.
In conference of the confirmation
of the above, the English ministerial
papers inform, that the ministry were
determined to adopt the most adive
measures to guard against their invad
ers ; for which purpose it was report
ed, that, Mr. Pitt would propose to
Parliament, the recall of the British
troops from the combined armies, and
to augment the cordon of 50,000
men on the coift of England, by
20,000 Hessian and Hanoverian forc
es. He, it is said, will also propose
an equalization of the land tax.
It is further said, that the French
are determined to attempt the inva
sion whatever may be their loss or fuc
ceb.
There appears nothing under the
( London heads, from which an idea
of an Embargo in England can be
entertained.
It is asserted in the British accounts,
that- within the last year, France loft
Two hundred thousand men, % the
frontiers, in the internal parts, and
in vidims to the guillotine and oth?
er national Dispensers of Justice. The
fame accounts state that the combin
ed forces during the campaign, at
Valenciennes, Quefnoy, Code, Fort
Log &c. took Forty Thousand
' prisoners.
4 Yesterday arrived here, Capt. Spooner, of
the Columbia, from Newbedford, where he
arrived on Thtyfdayjn 20 days from Guada
loupe. He informs us, that he cleared out
from Wifcaffet, for Dominico, where not
Capture of Fort Bourbon.
By the arrival of a gentleman from
St. Euftatia, who left it on the 28th
of March, we have the important in
formation of the capture of Fort
Bourbon, in the island of Martinico,
which was the only barrier to the
complete possession by the British of
the whole Bland. This event took
place on the 27th of March, and ar
rived by" express, at St. Euftatia, the
day he left it.—Orders were immedi
ately issued by the Governour, for the
other testimonials of joy. The infor
mation in yesterday's Chronicle, there
fore, that the Fort was possessed by
the French, on the last of March,
was ill-founded.
We have information of the above
intelligence by a gentleman who left
Providence yesterday morning, who
affares us positively that General Ro
chambeau arrived at Newport from
Martinique on Wednesday last, in a
British frigate, agreeably to the arti
cles on which he capitulated. The
ultimate cause of the surrender of Fort
Bourbon, was a fcarcicy of water,
which was very great io the latter
pare of its siege.
We hear that the Embargo is
continued for 30 days longer,
from the 25th inst. upon all the
shipping in the ports of the U
nitej States. Certain.
Capture ofrMartinique.
The unexpeded intelligence of the
surrender of Fort Bourbon, which was
commanded by General Rochambeau,
in peifon, and which completes the
capture of the iOand of Martinico, has
been received from St. Euftatia, Gua
daloupe and Newport. From the last
place, we learn, the arrival there of a
British frigate, and an armed brig, on
board the former of which Gen. Ro
chambeau was p^ffenger, agreeably to
the articles of capitulation between
him, and General Grey, and on board
the latter his baggage and fuite^ The
want of water, in the garrison, is as
signed as the cause which necessitated
Gen. Rochambeau to accede co the
terms of capitulation.
Ao Antigua paper of March 20,
mentions, chat 6000 sacks, for hold
ing sand, had been made for the pur
pole of filling up the ditches round
finding a market, he obtained a passport, and
went to Guadaioupe, fold, purchased a cargo,
and arrived fafe as above stated. By him we
learn, that when he left Dominico, (26 days
since) no condemnations had taken place
since the receipt of the last inftrudions from
England—That some of the American Cap
tains of vessels not tried, had been offered
their vessels and cargoes, paying charges ;
but that several articles had been pillaged
from the vessels by the privatterfmen, a cuf
tem frequent with all legal high fed robbers :
That it was the expectation of the American
Captains, that their vessels and cargoes would
be released—and that before he left Guada
ioupe, four Frenchmen had arrived there,
who informed the Governour of that island,
that Fort Bourbon had surrendered.
At Bow, on the 20th infant, Mr. Bar
tholomew Heath, aged B§, with a fit of
Apoplexy.
At Salisbury, a Mr. Scribner. Also a
child of Mr. Joh n Bowen, was drowned by
falling into a final! brook.
At Canterbury, Capt.* Stephen Web
ster, at an advanced age, of Bofcawen
He was found dead in the road, and was sup
posed to have dislocated his neck by a fall
from his horse.
While the weekly obituary repeats to us
that important memento—We all must die
It may remind us of that jolemn advice of our
blfed Saviour- '' Be ye prepared, for ye
know not when the time will come."
Death's fandom darts, with matcblefsforce are
burl'd.
And frike promifcuouJly on a fitful world ?
Sons of the earth, to earth return we must.
And like our fathers mix with native dust !
Bat fill the Chrfit an fees new Edens bloom.
Captain Smith arrived this morning in 22
days from Antigua ; he failed in company
with Captain Peters of this port, and a brig
bound to Philadelphia. These two veftels
had been adjudicated, or examined, on be
ing found to be American property, they
were immediately released, with the whole of
their cargoes, confining of sugar. coffee,
molafc.&c. Several American yeffels bound
to French ports, not blockaded, were carried
into Antigua, examined also, and released.—
They appear to have proceeded, according to
the orders of June 8, 1793.
We hear that two vessels have ar
rived at Providence, from Dominico,
which were rele rfed upon the fame
principle with those of Salem.
Two vessels arrived here yesterday,
one from Dominica, and the other
from Antigua, contradict the whole
of the above intelligence, and inform
that the condemnation of American
vessels, goes on rapidly.
Died at Granville, Widow Abigail Rose,
aged 103, who had 14 children, 116 grand
children, 414 great grandchildren, and 68 of
the fourth generation.
With flowers immortal far beyond the tomb !
The following very important, interring and
pleafng intelligence was received yefordey,
afternoon from Salem.
CONCORD, APRIL 28, 1794.
New EMBARGO.
PLEASING NEWS.
SALEM, APRIL 16, 1794.
DE ATHS.
.FROM NEWYORfc, APRIL 10.
Lift Sunday evening the new prifop in
Hartford lately builCTt the expense of 3 or
4000 pounds, took fire by some accident and
was totallv consumed.
By the Schooner Nancy, which arrived here
on Thursday last from Barbadc.es, after a pas
sage of 28 days, accounts are received that
From PHILADELPHIA, April 9.
Friday last 2 Batcher in this town
killed his Dog, he being so fat was
unable to walk, and 'cwas tho'c would
not live tong.—From mere curiosity
he weigh'd him when alive,and found
his weight to be 140 lbs. when kill
ed and dressed, 95 lbs.—He was be
tween 5. and 6 inches fat ; and af
forded an extraordinary fight on Sa
turday, to numerous fpedators.
SHREWSBURY, DSC 2$ — A few day!
ago, a beautiful teffiiated floor was
difeovered on the farm of Mr, Wer
ter, in the Lea. It is between 13
and 14 feet square, confiftiog of fmali
ttff fe f red brick, and whitish mar
ble, and brown, bla< k and grey stone,
and appears to have belonged co some
elegant Roman villa, mortar floors
having been found near it, 3 feet be
low its level, with the foundations of
such brick pillars as ofually supported
the boor of the fundatbry. Nume
rous fragments of square foes, or fun
nels of tile, surrounded within with
fmoak, are also found, with some
pieces of leaden pipe, charred wood,
pottery of blackilh earth, and a chan
nel or gutter to carry off water, cor
responding with the defeent of the
ground.
A person from Martha's Vineyard,
fays, that he counted 23 fail of vess
els riding at anchor there—lmagined
to be a released fleet from th^Weft
indies. . '*
the fort, and eftaing an efcalade,
Whether the expedition of a storm,
the reason assigned in the preceding
paragraph, or any other, were the
cause of the surrender, we cannot fay,
but the fad of its being in the posses
sion of the British forces, may be reli
ed on—and may unfortunately tend
to procrastinate a war, which distresses
almost every civilized part of the
globe.
A gentleman who left Martinico
the fifth of March, informs— That
Fort Bourbon was not then taken, nor
was there any probability of its being
captured, as they destroy all the woiki
of the besiegers, as faft as they are
thrown up, and kill from 50 to 60 a
day.—They have killed General Pres
cott, and foot off the arm of General
Dundas. They have flora of every
kind in garrilon for three years, and
2500 choice troops. Gen, Rocham
beau refund any terms of capitula
tion, and the enemy despair of forcing
him. Sickneft rages violently in their
fleet and army. They have seized $0
fail of Americans, and put their offi
cers and men on board a prison ship.
EAST GUILFORD, MARCH Ifc
This day a number of men in chu
place, went out for the purpole of ex
tirpating and destroying a den of
(rakes,which burrowed in the grouqd.
They dug a piece of ground 15 feet
long and 8 wide, and from one to
two feet deep, from which they took
out 80 of those reptiles ; on the i6th,
30 more were taken our ; and on
the 17th, 13 more were taken out.
amounting in the whole, to 125 black
flakes, from 3 to 5 feet and upwards
in length, and many of them v±&
large. On the 18th inst, more than
100 persons went to view those rep
tiles, all killed, and lying in one heap
—frightful to behold !
MIDDLETON, APRIL 5.
FROM A PHILADELPHIA PAPER.
WAR! War! War! Embar
go! Embargo! Embargo!
(lays a writer in the Gazette of the
United States) are the pass words
now with some people among us ;
and in two or three instances, I have
feed that a man who offers a contrary
opinion, is in danger of getting a
black eye, and a boody nose—but
who are those, you may ask, that
thus violate the tight of opinion,
which our blessed constitution and
laws allow to every free born,citizen
of the United States f They are men,
(except one) Who do cot own a tim
ber head in any ship or vessel; they
are men &ho have lately made Urge
purchases of different kinds of goods,
under an idea that an Embargo, and
a War will soon cake place ; and that
one or both event muff, in their ccn
sequences, give them an opportunity
of making great profits by their (pec
ulations. This, Mr. Printer, is mat
ter of fad—and is well known in
this city. Let me ask you, then,
what must every honest induftrioui,
and peacable cit'zen think of men;
who thus with to make fortunes for
themselves at the expence of the ruin
of thousands of poor innocent fami
lies ? Let me ask rhofe gentlemen,
what the labourer, the mechanic,
the fea-faring man, with their wives
and children, are todo for subsistence,
in case our commerce ffiould be to
tally knocked up ? And I believe it
, beyond doubt that it will, fheuld we
get involved in a war—in short, a
war must be Certain ruin to the coun
try in general ; but, fa? the Specula
tors, let it be so, provided we make
formes by is.
Among those gentlemen is one (a
bove excepted) who has lately fpiung
up among us as an orator. 1 must
take particular notice of him. In one
of his orations in rhe State House yard
on a late occasion, he, in a very in
decent manner, called on the men of
76, who are generally understood to
be those who had fought and bled to
eftab'ifh our liberties—Let me now
call on him, and ask him where he
was at that period, or what he did in
fopport of that cause ? Surely it it a
faft well known, that if he, at that
time, possessed any fixed sentiments
in politics, it was rather in favour of
his native country—and it is equally
true, that till the present crisis, he has
never shewn a contrary difpofition—
but his interest alone, regulates his
cor,dud: While he was aiding hit
father in the pursuit of an annuity,
from the British nation and repara
tion for lesses in this country, which
he never sustained, he held up that
nation, and their government to the
world in the most exalted point of
view : now his ends are accomplished
—he comes forward with every abuse
hat language can bestow upon both
nation and government ; and such is
the man, that I will venture to assert
he will be ready to ad the fame part
towards this country, wherever he
shall find it conducive to hit private
emolument—a party spirit, added to •
some other, circumftancei, got him a
feat in our aftmbly; thro' the fame
party, he now looks forward to a feat in the
legislature of the United States ; and yet no
man ever expressed a greater contempt of
another, than he has done of this party, ,
which he now courts and seems to adore :—
however, it is perfectly confident with the
man—he will descend to an, thing to grati
fy his avarice or ambition. Honest vs.
the English bad landed r0,6Q0 men on the
island of Martinique, where they are enjoin
ed by great numbers of the inhabitants.
A letter from Oporto, dated the 13th of
February, mentions, that the French are car
rying all before them, and are nearly ready to
land ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND men
in Greatbritain.
FROM PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 11.