The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-02-24 00:00:00, page 3

many yert at New-Orleant, hefpeaks
the English language with great flu
ency, and used to correspond with the'
late Dr. Franklin on philosophical
fubjeds ; about ten years ago, he
wrote a curious treacife on chimneys,
which wit deemed feditioas by the
old government of France, and for
which he was ordered to be prosecut
ed, but it ended in smoke.
ble in a few hours, and form a nume
rous corps, to repel any attack of the
enemy.' These precautions are the
more necefiary, as the army com
manded by Gen. Jourdan, far from
entering into winter quarters, teems
inclined to continue the campaign ; at
leaftit appears so by some of their
movements, and we ate inclined to
think that that army will Ihortly aft
in an offenfive manner, to pursue the
plan of campaign concerted by the
committee of publick fafety, and Geo.
Jourdan when he was at Paris. The
army which he commands is reinforce
ed daily by frefh battalions of troops
of the firft levy, and by different corps
of cavalry raffed at the e<penfe of the
popular societies, and composed of
Jacobins of the mod determined reso
lution : We, however, flatter our
selves, that all the efforts of the ene
my to penetrate into Belgia will be of
no effeft.
The French have orders, cost what
ft'miy, to lake their winter quarters
in Germany,
Gen. Wurmfer defeated the French
ontheiHth. General Houze took
some of their cannon and the Prince
of ^Waldeck, drove them 'back to
Straiburgh.
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Capture of Fort Lewis.*
^Brussels, nov. 26. —Fort Lewis,
has fallen into the hands of the Im
perial troops, with its garrison, which
was Bill 4000 strong, and all its artil
lery.
The blockade of the place com
menced on the firft inst. and on the
16th, the garrison marched out, with
all the honours of war, as far as the
glacis, Where they piled their arms,
and remain by virtue of. the capitula
tions prisoners of war. In the place
110 pieces of cannon were taken.
• Fort Lewis, a strong place of France, in
Alsace, built hy Lewis XIV. in an isle formed
by the Rhi& 20 miles N. E. of Stralburg,
and 224 of<ns.
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Virginia.
Norfolk, Jan. 25.—Yesterday arrived
here the frigate Le Normande, of 22, 24
pounders, belonging to the Republick of
France ; on her arrival the saluted the Old
Fort with a difeharge of 15 guns : soon after
the artillery company of this town turned out
with two brass piec&, and marched to Max
well's point, where they returned the salute
with the addition of three huzzas, which was
anfyrcd by the frigate : from the point they
marched to the house of M. Ofter, Vice
Consul for the French Republick, arid saluted
him with a difeharge of cannon, from thence
they proceeded to the Eagle Tavern, arid, in
company of a few French Republicans par
took of some refreshment and after wiihing
every joy on the occasion, retired to their
refpedive homes.
* On Monday last arrived here the Schoon
er Fly, Captain Johnson from Gibraltar,
which place he left the 29th of November.
Captain Johnston informs that there , were
two Portuguese 74 gun Ihipslying at Gibral
tar, with an Admiral on boardot each; who
have granted passports to the Algerineslo go
BRUSSELS, nov. 2s.=The Head
Quarters of the grand army under the
command of Prince Cobourg, have
been transferred to Mons, which city,
together with Tourney, Conde, and
Valenciennes, contains at prefeot a ve
ry numerous garrison. In the two last
cities they are repairing fortifications
which wiredamaged during the siege.
Before each of those places there are
large cantonments, which can affem-
Mijcellaneous Articles.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. §.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Paris, to
bit friend in this city, dated Oa 21, 1793.
" As far as my judgment extends, 1 think
America cannot do better than fend Com
missioners to Europe ; and so far as the free
dom of commerce may become a fubjeft of
conference, it ought to be done. It may be
a means of terminating the War, for it is nec
essary that some power ffiould begin. Eng
land is in a wretched condition as to her
manufaftures and her publick and private
credit. The combined armies make no prog
ress. My opinion is that they cannot a ree
among themselves, and that the obje& of the
English Government is to get pofleffion of
both sides the channel, which certainly can
not be confenred to by the Northern Pow
ers. It is not the English alone that ha, pos
session of Toulon ; the Spaniards have land
ed more troops than the English, as if to
keep an eye upoothem Holland does noth
ing—She must wish to be out of the War.
I£ you fend Commissioners, Holland will be
the best place for them to arrive at. They
can there make known their credentials to all
the resident Minifters*. It will not doro ap
point Governeur Morris upon that business
—His appointment here has been unfortu
nate—he has done more harm than good-
All the Americans will give you the fame
account. I wi(h much to be in America,
were it only to press the fending Commission
ers, I think it is a plan in which all parties
among you will unite Were you tb appoint
two or three Commits oners from America,
and direct them to rail Mr. Pickney to their
Councils, I think it would have a good ef
fe& The contents of the letter from a Cit
izen of America to the Citizen of Europe,
ffiowthere are many fubjeds for conference
that do not appear at firft fight."
Extras froma letter of the Misf er of Marini, to
th Commander of the Naval Forces of the
^F'reub Refubiickjn Cbejafetak Bay.
" You will inform all strangers and
Frenchmen, of the late successes of the Re
pubtick, of the total deftrudion of its inter
nal enemies, the advantages gained over those
from without, and of its present firmnefs
and stability.
" You will give notice that the price of
every kind of provision imported into France
is to be regulated by the owners or config
meet and the Minister of the Marine, and
that all Frenchmen who are importers or pro
prietors of provisions Ihall be on the fame
footing, and paid in the fame manner, as
those who are neutral."
Baltimore, feb. I. —By the Brutus,
arrived at Norfolk, we learn—That on the
19th of Odober a letter was read in the Na
tional Convention from Gen. Ferrand, giv
ing a long detail of successes over the Spani
ards ; the general promises in a Short time to
plant the tree of Liberty at Madrid, and to
overturn the throne of the Caftalian defpot—
that the fair/, populaire of St. Malo has de
manded of the National Convention that they
request the United States of America to pay
the debt due by them to France in vessels of
war, to aid them in the cause of Liberty —
that Dubois Crance and Gautier, two of the
Commissioners feat to the reduction ofLy
ons, have arrivedat Paris under arrest—that
the Emperour of Germany had gone himfelf
into Hungary to fix on the sum necessary to
be levied, and the number of troop's to be
raised for the next campaign—that the grand
seignior is calling out his troops on the bor
ders of Turkey, being jealous of the large ar
maments which the Emptefs of Russia is pre
paring—and that a war between Russia and
the Porte is hourly expected.
providence, jaw. 2, — Captain James
Brown, who arrived here last week, from
Surinam, informs, that the brig Nancy, of
this port, Capt. Joseph B. Cooke, had arriv
ed at that place, from Africa, with a cargo
of Slaves, who on the passage rose on the
white people ; and that a number of the
Negroes were killed before they were sup
pressed ; the purport of this intelligence is
confirmed by a letter from Mr. Fleming, the
mate of the brig to his wife, in ois town,
who writes, he had like to have been killed.
into the weflern oceah. The (hip President
of Philadelphia, and the Ship Thomas of
Hofton, hid certainly been carried into Al
giers, wiih nine other American vtffeL,
whole names are unknown. That by the
last accounts from Toulon, the troops in gar
rison amounted co 16,000, and that there
were 40 fail of the line in rhe harbour.
That the king of Naples and the Grand
Duke of Tuscany had taken part in the war
against France, and that the Genoefe were
about to do the fame.
Extradfrom the orders of the Minister of ibe Ma
rine of the French ReQublick, to Linden Me
taijyer. Captain of the Shop of War,the Bru
tus.
Rbodeifland.
Maryland.
Qf Prussia and Greatbritain.
On the 21st Jan. a vessel arrived at Norfolk,
(Virg.) in 66 days from Liverpool, bringing
papers to 16'h Nov- which mention, that a
new treaty has been concluded between the
courts of Prussia and Greatbritain ; by which
they bind themselves to accelerate their mili
tary operations, and not to lay down their
arms till they have annihilated the Fadion in.
France. ',.> A^\
J ; L + PHILADELPHIA, JAN,22.
Last Tuefday evening arrived in town Col.
Oswald from Havredegrace, which place he
left the 9th of Nov. We hear, tfiat he has
brought dispatches for the Secretary of State
andM. Genet. 1
"You will make known the adual situa
tion of the Republick to the French, as well
as to foreigners, of the entire deftrutlion of
all her iniernal enemies, and of her advantag
es gained over her interiour foes, her stabili
ty immoveable, the dread, and terrour cf sur
rounding tyrants, who have dared to attack
her."
Liberty, Paris, ^b day, zi rnntb,)
, id,ear. Equilit, of ibe French Re- >
pubiick ; One and iniivfibk. )
'Citizen,
'' invite, by all the considerations of pub
lick, as well as personal interest, the mer
chants, owners of vessels to complete their
cargoes, in articles of provisions, particularly
in flour and wheat.
" The price will be fettled with common
consent, and paid to the owners ; either
French, or neutrals, they are excepted from
the general rules eftablilhed for the fixed
price of goods. Th'ey will deal in that refpeft
in France, as if they were in a foreign coun
try.
Elizabethtown, Jan. 29, Mr. Hal
ler, in the neighbourhood of Spring
field, has a cat of so much sagacity
as to take quantities of quails and rab
bits through the winter ; and is so
provident as to bring them home to
regale the family. A few nights
since ffie brought in three rabbits,
and piled them one upon another near
the fire place.
A worthy i^duftrious mechanick in
the town of Newark, maintains, at hit
own charge, a Scnoolmafter of repu
table charaft'er, who teaches the En
glish Language, Writing and Arich
metick, to about 40 children, among
them .he poor are taught gratis, ar
his annual expense of about £ 20.
Noble philanthropy ! Honorary to
human nature and chriftianity !
A fart Retro/psa of France.
FROM the latest accounts it appears, that
though there existed a great diversity of
opinion refpefting the form of government
finally to be adopted in France; yet they
seemed unanimous in the resolution of forc
ing the belligerent powers to acknowledge
their right of choosing what form of govern
ment, and what laws they please ; and of
compelling their enemies to sue for peace.—
Toeffed this object, they have an army of
700,000 regular troops, partly in the field,
and partly in garrison ;—that notwithstand
ing this force, they have called out the firft
class of their cinzens, who have already a
mounted to 420,000 men ; these they are
training in their fortified towns, that they
may be ready by next spring to take the place
of their regulars, who are then to aft on the
offenfive, by invading the territories of their
enemies—That next spring the second class
is to be organized, in order to be ready to
succeed the firft class, who, when property
disciplined, are to march to the assistance of
the regulars ; thus every class is to be called
out, as their services become necessary, till
not a man is left in France, or they make
their enemies sue for peace. [Long so the
French.] There are 5c fail of the firft rate
(hips of the line building and equipping at
Brfft, to be ready by April next, — (it is be
lieved for a defeent on England)—they have
also embargoed all the merchant vessels in
the different ports, to aft as transports ; and
they have certainly a revolutionary party
forming in England, to favour a defeent,
Should the expedition now forming be sent
there.- It is Jaid, foe know not by whom)
That the affairs of France are so far despe
rate, that all their former resources are ex
haufted —that the mode in which they pro
cure the necessaries for carrying on the war,
is by fixing the price of the articles (such as
iron, &c. &c.) at a certain rate, and then
taking the property of any individual to buy
them up with—that their decrees are execut
ed by force. Such is the mode they have
from necedity adopted, and all views of com
merce are abandoned till the close of the war.
CONCORD, FEBRUARY 24, 1794.
Newj erfey.
Col. Ofivald writes his friends, ' That there
is no danger but the PEOPLE of France will
completely eftablilh theirJ^gßTlES, in
spite of all the villainous conspirations ofthe
molt formidable powers of Europe, who have
united to destroy them."
Mr. Oswald has a high opinion of the peo
ple of France ; soldiers united, well paid,
and provisions in great plenty ; tranquility
in every diredion : Paine docs not go to the
convention, but he continues a firm republi
can. Mr. Oswald wears the national cock
ade, in honour of that magnanimous people.
'ln Nov. last, the committee of fafety of the
French National Convention, informed that
body, that citizen Fauchet, had been ap
pointed to succeed citizen Genet, as ambaf.
fador to the United States.
Indians again# Spaniards.
A Savannah paper of Jan. <B, fays, "in
formation is said to have been received in
town, that the Creek Indians have commit
ted heftilities upon the Spaniih settlements
in Florida."
Late French papers contain the fol
lowing important article—That lord
Temple Cutler had been flopped,
near Bologne, in France, by Andrew
Dumond, and sent to Parit, where
his head was demanded by the peo
ple as a Sacrifice to the manes of the
reprefeocative Beavais, who was hung
a; Teuton, by order of Lord Hood.
Ifilh account, via Philadelphia,
state that half of the 1800 horse sent
to Oftend were cut off by the French
two days after their arrival.,—That
a preftgaog had been attacked at Ply
mouth, and all but two killed.
Frem a ate French defter.
The French f igate I'Uranie, mounting 44
guns, commanded bythc brave Capt. Tartu,
being on a crpife, ofyfype Finifterre, in the
beginning of Ntf^mfypd having fallen
ia with a Spanith qra& the fame force,
and a (loop of ""flMfo^ engaged them
—and after an engagement wlpch lifted from
nine in the morning tifafyht, with some in
tervals, which both frigates tock to repair
their rigging ; the Spanifli frigate and sloop
attempted to run away, but the sloop was
taken and carried to Rochfort.
Three days after, the Uranie had 1 most
bloody engagement with the Eng'bh trig.^
the Thames, of 40 guns, which laffed three <
hours. The Thames had tea men killed
and wounded ; and Captain Tartu having
been unfortunately killed, prevented the
Thames being taken on that day, but the
day following she was chafed and taken by the
Carmignole, of 40 guns, without any en
gagement, having been entirely disabled by
the Uranie.
The Concorde and Eolus are arrived at
Brest, and their commanders sent to the Con
vention to account for their conduct. The
Jupiter is also arrived at Rochfort and her
commander, Bompard, will he sent to give
his reasons for having been the cause of the
desertion of that squadron.
It is confirmed from several quar
ters, that the British have given or
ders to their privateers to take all
American vessels from any French
port with such articles as were pro
hibited under the old government.
This is an additional instance of their
tyrannical usurpation over the empire
of the sea, which they maintain un
controlled by justice or the law of na
tions. ^^ :
A Democratic Society is about to be es
tablished in Newyork. The abuse which has
been liberally bestowed on popular societies
from a certain quarter, has convinced the
lukewarm of the necessity of them.
We have it from good authority that the
report industriously circulated, that produce,
&c. imported into France cannot be fold but
at a price limited by the Convention, is un
founded. We have seen an authentic letter
from the highest source containing informa
tion dire&ly contrary.
Married, on the gtb infant, Mr. Nathaniel
Bacbeldo,jun. of London, to Mijs Anna Hook, of
Cbfchefr.
DIED— At Haverhill, (Mafa.) on the i^b
inf. Mr. Samuel Ayer, Szyears of age.
At Bradford, (Maffa.) Mr. David Hall, ,
In this town, in the might of the i6th infant,
Mr. facob Shute, bii age is not exadl, known,
but war not lejs than g4,ears, feme fap,ofe it a
bout an hundred,-. He was ton in France, and
came into ttycountry at the age of 16— He was
the mtn that drove tbefrf team into this town-r
--and be'g&n tbefirflfettlement by white people =he
was a hard labouring, boneft man, and afid
member of fociitj. • 1 ;
Os Genet's Recall.