The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-04-08 00:00:00, page 2

And be it further enaded, That out of the
Militia enrolled as herein direded, there Shall
be formed for each Battalion, at least one
Company of Grenadiers or light Infantry ;
. arid to each Division there (hall be at least one
company of artillery, & 1 troop of horse. There
Shall be to each company of artillery, < capt. 2
lieutenants, 4fergeant, 4 corporals, 6 gunners,
6 bombardiers, 1 drummer & 1 fifer. The of
ficers to bearmed with a sword or hanger, a fa.
fee, bayonet and belt, with a cartouch box, to
contain 12 cartridges ; & each private matrofs
Shall be furnished with the fame Equipments as
’ Privates in the Infantry. There Shall be to
each Troop of Horse, one Captain, two Lieu
tenants, one Cornet, four Sergeants, four
Corporals, one Sadler, one Farrier and one
Trumpeter. The commissioned Officers to
furnish themselves with good Horses of at least
fourteen Hands and an half high, and to arm
ed with a Sword, and pair of Pistols, the Hol-,
fters of which to be covered with bearskin
Caps. Each Dragoon to furniSh himfelf with
a Serviceable Horse of at least fourteen Hands
and an half high, a good Saddle, Bridle, Mail
pillion and Valise, Holsters, a Breastplate and
Crupper, a pair of Boots and Spurs, a pair of
Pistols, a Sabre and cartouch Box, to contain
twelve Cartridges for Pistols. That each
Company of Artillery and Troop of Horse,
Shall be formed of Volunteers from the Brig
ade, at the Discretion of the Commander Tn
(See lafl Page.)
received from Domini:cre, via Baltimore,
are, that a Frigate had arrived at that
Island from England, which came out
with a large Number of Troops under
the Command of General Matthews
—and the greatest Vigor was used to
put the Inlands in a State of Defences
Three Days before the failing of the
above Frigate from England (which
was about the End of January) a Brit
ish Fleet of 32 Ships of the Line, un
der the Command of Lord Hood, fail
ed on a Cruise, and it was reported, in
England, that 35 Sail of the Line of
French Ships lay in Brest, ready to put
to Sea, foppofed to be destined for the
Weftindies.
Letters from Portanprince thus ex
plain the Renewal of Disturbances in
that Quarter of Hifpanicla :— It was
difeovered, the latter End of January,
that a Plot had been formed by the
Blacks to assassinate #ll the Whites and
Mulattpes : This Discovery occasioned
a Union of the two last mentioned De
scriptions, who marched out to pre
vent the intended Attack of the Ne
groes. A cordial Reception by me
Blacks perfectly deceived the Citizens,
who marched; free of Suspicion, seven
Leagues from Portiupriuce, where they
encamped to wait for a Convoy of Pro
visions, escorted by 50 Men and one
Piece of Artillery. The Convoy had
not advanced quite two Leagues from
Portavprincs when it was surrounded
by two thousand Negroes, who disarm
ed, and maffiicred all except eight who,
DIED, at Canterbury, on Tuefday last, Mrs.
Mary Clough, in the 85th Year of
her Age, the pious Consort of Mr. Thomas
Clough. Her Funeral was attended by
a numerous Concourse of Friends & Acquaint
ance. " Messed are the dead who die in the
Lord.”. #
ing said court Martial, who Shall cause the
fame, of a Copy thereof, to be lodged in the
Secretary's Office, within three Months after
Such Trial.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, March i 6.
Advices of the ISth of February,
CONCORD,
Monday, April 8, 1793.
0 MIRROUR.
We understand Colonel Proctor
is returned to this City from his Mis
sion to the Indian Country, north weft
of the Ohio, relative to a Treaty of
Peace. It is said, he went no further
than Legionville, about 30 Miles north
weft of Pittfarg, where he received
Information from the Gornplanter,that
his People seemed inclined for War,
and it might not be prudent for the
Colonel to pay a Vifir.
The following is an Extras of a Letter
dated Gibralter, Feb. 12.
" We are fill in a State of Uncertain
ty with Refpea to a Peace or War ; but
now the unfortunate King of France is
no more, having been put to death on the
21st ultimo. We fall fan know what
Determination the Powers of Europe
will come to. Spain has agreed to join
Greatbritain and Holland against France,
and is making.great ^Preparations for
War. The Algerines have declared War
again/i the Dutch, being difpkafed with
the lafl Prefects the, sent them. We
have a flrong Squadron of Portuguese
Men of War here, watching the Alge
rines, so that there is no danger of Ves
sels under American Colours coming to
this Place.”
NEWYORK.
NEWYORK, March 22.—We
have Accounts by-the Tryal, that the
English Packet had four Shot fired at
her by a French Frigate as she went
out of Lifoon, with intention to bring
the Packet to, but she refufed to slack
en Sail, and proceeded on her Voyage
with hoisted colours.
being mounted, made their Escape.
Upon the News of this massacre anoth
er Body of Troops, of the Whites,
marched out, attacked the Enemy, and
in lels than an Hour cut to piece! fix
hundred of them, and two Days after
70 more. In their Retreat, however,
the Negroes set fire to an Extent of ten
Leagues of sugar Canes, and in a few
Hours reduced to Allies several mil
lions of Property.
Letters from Lisbon to Jan. 9, Merv
tion a Report there, that England,
Spain, and Portugal, the Dutch and the
several Italian States have added them
selves to the German Alliance against
Prance. Eight Ships of the Line and
fix Frigates were getting ready for Ser
vice, at Lisbon, at the above Date. A
merican Merchants are warned to ship
Nothing in French Vessels, as there is
every Rifque of their being taken> In
Case of a general War, (they add) the
American Flag will probably be ref
peded, and their Vessels generally em
ployed in the carrying Trades
Accounts from Holland, to the 16th
of January, fay Nothing new, except
the failing of fix or seven Dutch Men
of War, and some smaller armed Ves
sels, destined for the Scheldt. It did
not appear, however, that their objed
was to interrupt the French Frigates
that had previously gone up to Ant
werp. Other Accounts, from London
(via Norfolk) State, that Greatbritain
had acceded to the Combination against
France ; the ostensible Cause, the Sup
port of other European Nations in their
Rights and Independence against the
Infringements of the French Republic.
March 20.
RHODEISLAND.
PROVIDENCE, March 16.
Extractof a Letter from a Master ofa Vessel
belonging to this Port, dated Portauprince,
Feb. 11.
" To appearance, fam at the End of my Voyage.
In four Days from Auxcayes I arrived off this
Place, and with an Intention of trying the Markets
came on Shore. Two Soldiers were from the Com
modore immediately sent on Board. IJoon difeov
ered that I had found the worst Markets in the l
Weftindies, and retiring as soon as possible to the A
Offices, endeavoured to obtain Permif-4
Bon to depart for Capefranccis ; but as- 1
ter going from one Office to another 1
during the whole Day, and using eve
ry possible Exertion with a number of 1
my Friends, I found it utterly impos
sible. In the mean Time my guard
was doubled. Part of the next Day
was spent in the fame vain Efforts, and
towards the close of the Day, they for
cibly took my Vessel, and brought her
into the Harbour, with a positive Dec-d
--uration, that unless 1 immediately en.
tered, the Vessel and the Cargo should
be seized; The great Number of A
mericans who have experienced the
fame Treatment, and who daily meet
with insults of the most flagrant Na
ture, render it, I think, absolutely ne.
ceffary that there should be some InY
terference of Congress to check these
arbitrary proceedings. There are now
three American Captains confined in
Gaol, on the most trivial Pretences.
American Produce will not command
any price. Confident of their Refufal,
I produced my invoice to the Assem
bly, & offered to deduct ten per cent,
from the original Cost, if they would
purchase my Cargo ; the Event was
as I expeaed-,they had no Money.
Thus you fee my Situation, and many
others are in the fame Predicament.l
was constrained to enter my Vessel, and
how long I shall remain under this
Constraint, Heaven only knows. The'
Situation of Affairs here renders it un
fafe to land my Cargo ; the Vessel
must therefore remain with it on board;
Neither Molasses or Sugars to be had,
except of the most inferionr Qualities.':^
The Eoglilh Print# are filled with
Accounts of the eager Spirit of that
Nation for War—that exclusive of the
King's Bounty at five Pounds, the Coun
ties had offered an additional Recom
pense of fifty Shillings to every Seaman
who would enter the fleet ; the Confer
quence of which was, that Men were
enlisting extremely faft.
They were pressing Men faft at Lif~
to when the Tryal failed, and the
Place was strongly fortified— 1300
had been pressed in one Night, and
the common Jails almost emptied for
Men.—The People in LiJbon are
dreadfully alarmed for fear of a Visit
from the French Fleet, which is said to
be on a very refpedable Footing.
There were eighteen British Ships
of the line ready for Sea, and it was
believed they were destined to join the
Spanifo and Portuguese fleets.
It was further mentioned, that Mr.
Egalite, who had signed the Sentence,
had not thereby been able to save him
felf from the force of the Decree ban
ilhing all the Branches of the Royal
Family.
America weeps for her Friends &
Allies, the French.