The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-05-29 00:00:00, page 3

zersfuccefs ; but if they fall,
floe, can jay wvitb the Romany:
" What man could de/)has
been done. Heaven and
earth can witaefs, that if
Switzerland must fall under
fupeiior numbers, we are in
nocent."
/ INVASION of ENGLANDS
•Accounts from Brussels, fay,
that an Admiral, with a num
ber of marine officers, had
examined the sea coast, from
the mouth of the Scheldt,
and it was laid the armament
^igas to fail from Dunkle---
^^foight wing ct t^Wb^
ditioh against England, was
to be increased with 35,000
men.
On the sth March 50 ves
sels were laid under nquifi
'tion at Rotterdam.
We learn offßreft, that 20
fail of the line are at that port,
18 of which, are fit for sea,
' and nine under failing orders.
A74 and to frigates ^ere in
the outer harbour, and all
^^ppeared equipped for sea.
k An embargo is laid on all
feels at Calais, and ftri&ly
tens have fait
he French
Ament they
ogtifir
Lre men es
and the French have already
experienced the disasters of
invasion. If these expeditions
are carried into prompt exe
cution, as they unquestionably
will be, it will serve to per
plex and appal our insolent
and implacable foe----a foe
that will listen to no honora
ble terms of peace ; but ap
pears determined to lay the
world prostrate at its feet
Sir Richard Strathen, is now
'blocking up the port of Ha
vre ; where there are nine
French Frigates & Corvettes,
besides gun-boats, ready for
sea. But Sir Richard com
pletely embargoes the port.
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Bourdeaux, Marchis
A private letter from Paris
.informs, that the three Ame-;
}?tican Envoys still remain in
that city, without having been
received by the Executive
Diredory. Several propofi
/tions have been made them
en the part of the Minister
of Foreign Affairs. It ap
pears that he has exacted
from them many facrifices.
; ^They< have written on this
fubjea to the government of
their country, and are wait
ing for definitive anfwers.rt
Tbe bireßor, appear determ
, ined t, fake vigorous measures,
) if these proportions are rejefy
cd. From present appear.
ances every thing will be de
cided within two months.
Parish March 20.
We are assured, that the
“ army of England, keeps
continually encamped in huts,
and that they are daily exer^
cifed, in detachments, em
barking and debarking, in
order to make them accus
tomed to the sea, and to give
greater precifi)u to their ma
noeuvres.
The Pope has arrived in
Tuscany. He had with him
^Qooooooor owns.
^ /Switzerland is completely
revolutionized ; and the col
ours taken from the troops
of the Helvetic Oligarchic,
have been presented to the
Directory.
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Copenhagen, (Den.) March 1.
After it was known that
the Legislature of the French
Republic had decreed on the
seizure of Eriglifh Merchan
dize, found on board of all
vessels belonging to neutral
nations, the Daoifh govern
ment equipped two fail of
the line, to carry to a certain
latitude such of our merchant
men as were bound to the
Eaftindies.
NEGOTIATION.
s ßaftadt, March 7.
The deputation of the Em
pire yesterday held a confer
efeTO^Hbefare ontheiuft
note of the French Ministers,
We are assured, that a major
ity of votes were in favor of
granting to the French Re
public, all the left bank of
the Rhine; on the conditions
proposed in the note trans
mitted to citizens Trielhard
and Bonnier, for the cession
of one half ; and without the
proposition being divided ;
that is to fay, in default of
the French government's ac
cepting these conditions, the
offer is to be considered as
jiull and void:
^\ American OeW.
^biladelthia. May 16.
YESTERDAY the (hip BeU
I vedere, arrived frore London,
moanti 10 guot, failed with coal
voy ; May 9, let. ggJong. fy!
fell ia with, aod engaged a Frenchd
(loop privateer, of 12 goo,, bill
of men. (The privateer bore down,
and fired into the (hip, which im-1
mediately returned the compli
ment; and after exchanging a
number of /hot, the pirate sheered
off. She had a brig with her, un
der Eoglith cpiobri. Thus it a
fine ship and cargo ffved by being
armed, and having a spirited com
mander. - J^^^ ^:^ ^
Extrad tfaluurfrom an American ,ntlt
man in London dated Mirch 14, '9B.
" Denmark and Sweden have
refolded to arm a part of their na
val forces for the protection of
their commerce ; ;#nd, with Prus
sia, have ordered their Envoy# at
Pari# to temonftfue against the
latefai affecting the commerce
of neutral nations.
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BOSTON MAY ty
Hig^giarming/,
„The French are putting in exe
cution the threat# of M. Talley
ranq, to barntf# our coast with 1
cruifer#, from St. Domingo.-—
Read the following :—
" Providence, Ma, 18, '9B.
" M^j >r Beij Rufftll,
“ SIR, #
" Last evening arrived here the
(loop Hannah, Capr. Swift, from
Georgetown, S. C. On the Bth
nd io lat. 39. 32. Capt. Swift
wai boarded by a French privateer
fo®p of id fix, and 4 twelve
fonder#, which put on board him
p4ft of the crew of 2 fhipt (he
had ttiken off Newyork, viz. ship
Merchant, outward bound from
N\York, for Briftol,out 29 hours ;
and 'fhip Thoma#, from Liverpool,
brund to Philadelphia. Another
(hip heaving io fight, the priva
teer left Cap!. Swift and went io
chafe of her. The commander
told Capt. S. that if he had been
wprih taking he would have lent
b^n off too. Capt. Si put the
people on shore at Stonington,
tfonoeaicur.)
"1 received these particular!
fpm Capt. Swift,—fo that you
may depend on their correaneb.
I am, Sir, with esteem,
your most obedient fervent,
'WILLIAM WILKINSOy
These accounts are confirmed
in the Newiondon paper#. And
the mail of lift night, added to
these capture#, almost within our
por:4, the ship Favorite of Charles-
There are 6 French cruifer#
&on the coast. One hit been
captured by the British, and order
ed for Halifax-
A confpirac, ha# been difeover
ed in Ireland. A secret Directory
had been formed, of which Earl
Fi zgerald wan heath A general
aiafocre was to have been made
the 17th of March. It it laid
O'Conner developed the wicked
plan. *
SPECIE.
Four hundred and thirty thou
find Crown# (not 130,000 as hat
been mentioned) have been trans
ported, under a military escort,
from Newyork to Philadelphia,
to be recoined at the National
Mine,
Singular effects of Lightning.
Ok fr morning of fbe id in,, the dulling.
b^u, ,j Mr. John Dirgen, d/Corrif^, N. H
q^as flrucA <oitb lightning ; tbe operation of
vbieb vas ver, Angular :—ftfir„rwb the
endoftbe bonfa a,d atoft mtirel, ftri„ed it ;
tea tbe end beam to foiwerr, the corner and
ftwralotbir pfoto florn ; tmofft^
fem mckid ,retof flaw ; hard one doer;
ript a, almost all tbfon ; threw down part
of tbe cellar wallJand killed a cow and fleer
at the deor^fle bo&fe «w filled ,oitbj,okd,
and tbe beds on wbicb the fall, ta), fare
covered witb ft linters. There were Bor 10
perfas in the koujt,%one of which received
the leaf burt—lbe-fre went out of itflfft^
Ficin the EASTERN HERALD, £
a—ro'
MESSRS BAKER & GEORGE,
I noticed a paragraph in year la, rater;
[this paragraph was inferred in the Mir
ror of the Bth inst.) informing tbay a Mr.
Burbank of Conwa, (Pigwacket) bas a cow
that has brought 7 calves in left than two
years. This ioagoodfory, tu be fare ; but
Me. Giorgi Warren of Portland, ow,sac&w
that bas brought 5 calves id leys than one
year. This is fad —Pig wacketfolks, boa,
no more of the fecundity of,our cows —tbs,
are no match for ours. "ttf&Cl7„>
BOSTON, MAY 2,
Alarming !
" Charlefen, May I, 1798.
“ Mr. D. W.—Sir,
" Thia it to request you not to
ship any thing more until you fee
me. My resfonßre, the French
privateer# swarm upon ctor coast,
ard take almost every thing :—.
They have boarded the packet#
between tbi# and Savannah (everal
time#. c&bTgct % E. T."
The French paper#, private let
ter# from France, and the verbal
information of well informed A
mericani from thence, all concur
in one point ; that such have been
the injuria exercised by the Fench
Government, toward, the United
. State#, and foch the demand# of
the Dire&ory, a# to make a decla
ration of War, 6b the part of the
United State#, against the French
Republic, inevitable.
A letter from a Master of a
vessel at Sr. Bartholomew#, dated
April 16, 1798, fay#, " This port
has been blocked up by boat# from
St. Martin#, for upward# of three
week#, and out of 34 fail of Ame
rican vessels that have appeared be
fore thia port, I am the only one
that ha# got in § the remainder
have been taken, and lent to St,
Martin#, condemned, and fold.—
•It it of no consequence where you
are bound, or where tram, a# a
new decree ha# passed at Guade
loupe to take all American veffel#
bound to or from the Weftindie# ;
and citizen Hugue# fay#, he will
imprison all toe American# at Gua
deloupe,, if Copgref# gives pe rnif
fion to arm. They have from
3 to 5 boat# armed off here all the
time, waiting for arrival,, and for
vessels bound to the U. Sestet."
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A store and two dwelling hou es. situ
ated ip Lexington (Kentucky) were late
ly blown up by the careless placing of fire
upon the ,op of a call of gun-powder.—
Eight perfsns out of 16, io the buildings,
were killed.
festEtmtramwertO—w^et
MARRIED,.
At Gilihantown, on the goth inst. by
the Rev. Mr. Smith, Do&or Daniil
I Jacobs, to Miss Betsey Badger,
I daughter of Joseph Badger, jun. Esq.
I Hail! bail,e faithful lovers, bail.'
[rour guardians be each beav'nl, ,ow'r ;
1 May lack, omens ,ill ftvail,
I To mark the auspicious nuptial bears
I b Sundry Communieatidns frortl 1
new set of Correfpohdent, are received,
and shall be attended to.
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QTRAYEB from the pasture of the
J Subferiber, about, the middle of this
month, Four Yews and Five Lambs—
Marked with a notch on the under fide
of the right ear, crop and flit in the fame
ear, with their foreheads painted with
Spanish brown. Whoevet Will give in
formation to the fubferiber of laid sheep,
shall be handsomely rewarded for their
trouble. /^ SAVIb DAVIS.
'Concord, May 28, 1798. , L
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