The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-10-29 00:00:00, page 2

fide, at the entrance of the Narrows,a
large (hip laden with Cocoa and Tobac
co, lately sent in by the Hind, lay bilged
—a little further down the Harbour, a
Daniil) Chip, with a cargo of Sugars, &c.
the Ann Transport, and the brig Dun
can, were Branded—The vessels are now
unlading, and it is thought will be fav-.
ed, as wiil probably nearly the whole of
their refpedive cargoes—One brig, the
William, laden with Sugar &Mj|affes,
prize to the Prevoyante, went on shore
near what is called the Black Rock—was
entirely daffied in pieces, and the whole
cargo loft —On board the latter, periflied
an unfortunate young gentleman, (Mr.
Sutherland) belonging to the Prevoyante
—but we are happy to le^rn, that amidst
all this tumult and deftrudion, but a
few lives were loft.;
By vessels arrived since the gale, from
Shelburne, &c. we learn, its effeds
have been feverely' feltat thh| place, and
in fad, quite along the coast.
His M^jefty's ship Asia, which Friday
last returned here from acraife, met the
ft arm near George's Banks—but fortu
nately weathered it without much dara
age-Q did the Hind frigate, and Vixen
brig which were" fpokdh with by C^pt.
Murray the day following
Sunday returned his M jetty's ship
Wad, an<rfx
and brought in with them an' American
^^fr^
On Thurfda, evening one Bembridge,
a young man refitting < tDirtmouth,
who had for some time past. difoovered an
attachment to Miss Russel, daughter of
Mr. Ruffe! of that place, went to Mr.
R'shoufe about 9 o'clock, entered the
room where the family was fitting, and
ex?reffed a with to fp^k to Miss R——:
;This Mgs. Ruflel refufed and egpreffed
her, difpte,fore at his attention to her
daughter—this the villain probably ex-,
,pe&e& for, having provided himfelf with
A "tog butcher's knife, he took an op
portunity immediately after, and buried
it with the mod lavage violence in the
bofem of& unfortunate fol, who almost
instantly expired.— The wretch then
flabbedhimfeif in two places, but we be
denned tfthe law far bbii&iol sttrb-
were nearly all under watir—the timbers
, began to give way—and the vefleh taft
ened tolhem assisted in dragging them
into the Harbour—The moon, which,
occasionally broke through the clouds)
difeiofed a profpea which baffles all def
cripfen-lhips driving before the huri
cane nearly on their beams ends—others
aauail, overfet — many with their masts
fin by the board — wharves and stores
filled with valuable merchandize, dash
ed into atoms, and in short, one continu
eri feene of devastation and ruin, the
whole length of the town, from the
King's lumber wharf, to the Navy. Yard.
The, brig Duncan, nearly ready to
fail for London, with a valuable cargo of
Sugars, &c. drove from the Long- Wbarf,
together with the flat. Liberty, (a large
retaken American vessel that had just
landed her cargo)—the head of the Lib.
efy was towards the town—and in her
passage up the harbour, the ran foul of
and dragged many other vessels adrift,
which might otherwise have sustained
the tempest without much injury.— The
ship Matilda, (belonging to Mr. J. An
derfon) and'a coasting sloop, "were com
pletely upset—A Schooner belonging to
Messrs. Pryors, drove from their wharf,
nearly 50 feet from its head ;— The
stores occupied, by Messrs. Lawfons, on
;Aoftin and Kidftan's wharves, were beat
en down by a brig which drove from
Treminin's wharf—& fugara, rice, &c.
&c. toe considerable amount almost en
trcly destroyed :—To attempt a detail of
the damage sustained would be almost
impoffil% at present, or even to conjec
ture its amount — Many thousands will
be expended, and much time elapse, be
fore the front of the town, will regain its
appearance, anterior to this deftrudive
tornado.,;?
On the morning following, the Har
bour exhibited an appearance truly mel
ancholy ; Scarcely a single vessel continu
ed to ride, except the king's Ships—the
Packet, and the Earl Moira—the Matil
da lying nearly bottom upwards on the
beads leading to the Navy. Yard—the
Sloop before mentioned a little distance
from her—the Ships Penelope, Liberty,
a Transport, and a Schooner commanded
by\Capt E'mflie, were driven quite up to
tat, lay two of the vessels lately feat in by
the Pievoyance—On the Dartmouth
high on the beach near the Navy H)fpi-
the walls of the Doth Yard : Above it.
(COPY)
PARIS, Ave. 21, 1798.1
Joseph Fenwick, Esq. Bourdeaux. )
DEAR SIR,
Thinking it as agreeable to you, as id-,
terefting to our commerce, I baften to
inform you I have received to day an of
ficial copy of the arrette of the Directory
taking off the embargo laid on our vessels.
This arrette !is not yet published, but)
hope it will be soon in every port of Fra,
and of course put into execution.
(Signed) Yours truly,
FULWAR SKIPWITH.
True Copy, Joseph Fenwick.
..str, ; , ;
I HASTEN to acquaint you, that I
last evening received advice from my a
gent at Hettingen, that the French Coni
miffary of Marine at that port had noti
fied him, through the Dutch Commissa
ry, of his having just received orders
from his government to flop all Ameri
can vessels which might be found there;
this port being in part under the jorif
diaion of France. I presume like orders
have been sent to all other ports of that
Republic. How soon Similar steps may
be adopted here is uncertain ; for how.
ever ftroog the desire of this country may
be to preserve her relations with the V.
States, the influence of imperious ope,
may frustrate their friendly views.l
therefore Should not think it advifeable,
that any more Shipments from the Unit
ed Sates to Holland be made during the
present state of • ff<irs.
lam, sir, &e.
SYLVANUS BOURNE.
dim Co„. Jacob Wagner,
Cbuf Ci'L Deft, of State.
Wednesday arrived at Chester,
the brig Eliza, Capt. Petterlon,
from Leghorn. A gentleman
who came in the Eliza, politely
hioded the following information :
" The Eliza wag captured do
her outward paffsge by a corvette
of the French Republic; and cat
ried to Ajaccia, in the ill and ts
Cotfica, and at the etfofaql
one month after her capture, wn
liberated ; the expeolei which#'
aped, io obtaining the liberation pf
vessel and cargo, were very confer
mb!e ; ai it was neceffar> to bribe
almost all the public offices in the
port—Captain Dyer, toe of the
Ichpooer Variety, of Danbury,
came pOTenger in the E za, hit
vessel wai condemned in Ajeccia;
hi, papers wer eio the most perfeft
order $ was bound to Leghorn,
from Duobury ; his cargo which
a^^'ft Q
was exported accomnanied with
every document, to prove it &
I. ,et the whole was condemned jte^
MARYLAND.™
Baltimore, ocT.fr
A gentleman passenger from Portugal
gives the most favorable accounts refpe&
the flourishing state of that country —
trade exceeding brisk, and the demands
for American produce considerable, par
ticularly rice, wheat and corn. The
military force was augmented to 80,000
effective men, and all apprehensions of
a French invasion had subsided. All
ranks of people were anxiously watching
the movements of this government, which
they ' n general supposed would yield to
the demands made by the French Ret
public. Our informant adds, that Mr.
Smith, the American Minister, was held
in high estimation at LUbon. % /
We are happy to find oor expeditions
refpeaing Wm. Smith, Esq. our Minister
at Lisbon, fully answered. He deesbon
or to himlelf and his. country.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, bCT. fe.
OFFICI A L.
From Sylvanus Bourne, Ej, Ceaful
General of the United Stalo to the Bata
via* Repblit, to the Surttar, of State.
Amflerdam, f*lj 14, 1798.
Embargo in France taken est
Yefterdav arrived at Chester, the Ihi,
Franklin, Capt. Jones, in 34 days from
Bourdeaux. By this arrival we have rd
ceived the following important letter:^
1
Os Buonaparte.
The Eliza left Leghorn, the
Itth August, when it was current
ly reported, that a most defpertte
engagement had taken place be 0
tween the French fleet, in which
Buonaparte had embarked, & the
British fleet commanded by Ad
miral Nelson, near the island of
Candia ; the result was, (at was
generally believed) that Buonapar
te was a prisoner on board the Cul^
loden, commodore Trowbridge,
and that Nelfoo was dead. One
report wai, that he was killed in
the action ; another, that his Ship,
a 74. had grapled the L'O tent,
the French admiral's Ship, of 120
guns, that after a most tremendous
cooftia, the L'Orient funk, and
before Neifon could far bit grap
ling irons, be was carried down
with her, andall on board perish
ed ; that the command had de
volved on Trowbridge, and that
he captured Buonaparte, endeav
ouring to escape in a Small vessel
which he had ready for that pur-
P°^
From the foregoing, and the
accounts which were prevalent in
Leghorn, it was generally believ
ed, that Buonaparte wit a prison
er. The accounts upon this inter
effing fubjed, were very contra
dictory and not authentic ; but I
tock every pains to obtain as ac
curate information as possible, and
it is my opinion that Nelfoo is
dead, and that Buonaparte is a pris
oner to Trowbridge, A vessel ar
rived at Leghorn, from Alenin
dria, in 30 or 35 days passage, the
captain of which reported, that
the French fleet had mot arrived
at Alexandria, and that he law no
thing of the flee'i, nor heard of a
ny engagement : As £he was con.
Signed to a house in the French
interest, no doubt the, would in
ftru& him to fay So.
Brit so Courage.
Oithe ii<h July, off Cartha
gena, the L'on. captain Dixon, a
British 64 goo Ship, fell io with
four large Spanish frigates, return
ing from A'gierr, under the com
mand of commodore O'Neal.—
O'Neal ordered Dixon to strike
his colours, Dixon said he would
think of it, and immediately gave
O'Neal a broadside; an action
commenced, which lifted two
hours, when O'Neal made fail for
Cirthgena, with three frigates,
leaving under the care of the Ly
on, the Dorarhea, of 44. guns, and
130 men^ by whom She was con
ducted to Naples where She arrive
ed about the 4'h Auguft.'
The Dorothea had 30 men
killed, and 45 wounded, who
were sent to an hoffal at Nap'ei.
The L,on hid one man wounded,
Since dead. The Lyon dotfog
the engagement, was fy mupfr ten
cumbered with her cargo, that She
could not fire all her lower-deck
guns, ? -.^%-^b^^
From Algiers.
Extraa< gtaftft#• O'Brtea, the
^##°c^^ft'ft ^
nt e i^th, mte morning,
Hiffiti Kifna'te hid tis idipii liter
the reign of 6, years and a half :
the prime' minister Baoa Mosts-
I Divan, tote
being EngHth property, upon the
most frivolous and iocoufiftent
pleat.<
Vice-PreJident Jefferfon, &c.
la a Paris paper of the i&h
August, we find the following ar
ticle— We leave it to our trader#
to make their owo comment :
Paris, Aug. 23—No. 253.
* The American Envoy, of
whom we have spoken, 'm our
number of 151, and in which he
is designated by the letters L— n;
is a Dr. Logan- -He is not direst.
I, Envoy of the United States, as
we have given to understand ; but
is only envoy of these of the Unit
ed Stites, who are avowedly io the
iotertft of France. Dr. Logan
hat pSports Signed by the Vice
Piefid ent, Jefferfon and Judge
M'Kean— He it also bearer of let
tert from Me Jeffetfoa for Merlin,
Prefideat of the Direaory, and
Talleyrand Perigord.
MdSS&HUSETTS.
BOSTON, OCT. 20.
Nefaand Buonaparte.
We with it were in our power
to affirm, that the account of the
capture of General Buonaparte by
Admial Nelson was official :—
But, white the least particle of
doubt remains on our mind, we
will not communicate any event
as certain.,
We were yesterday favoured
with French and Hamburgh pa
pers to the 2d of September. Qu
the febjeft of th- vidory of Ad
miral Ndfo% the French papers
ire profoundly filett: The to
burgh Gotten however, dilate
much on the event, and give con
4R„=™fyto Leghorn,
c'r^*' V '°' ce "''^
, On, the feme day, we the
Confute waited upon him, and
were well received. The new
De, hid the Americans were
friends to the Algerines, & might
rely upon his friendship, but he
most have prefects to make it lift
ing.
“ On the ry^h, the American
Treaty was renewed, and the
Treaty with Tripoli and the U.
States was reaewed and guaranteed
by the Dey."
From Bourdeaux.
Verbal accounts by the Frank
lin state, that the French govern
ment and nation were thunder
ftrock it the decisive meafurei a
dopted by this government, that
the good effea# of it were already
visible. Vidor Hughes it posi
tively recalled—An Arrette ref
peding the conduct of their pri
vateers was issued, by which their
nefarious condua is condemned
ind rules laid down for their fu
ture' guidance ; Some are allowed
to leave France for the Weft-lo
diei, without a cargo of 1-2 their
burthen.
NEWTORK.
NEWYORK, OCT. if
Mr. Pinckney Arrived.
With extreme pleasure we do
announce the fife arrival of Gener
al PINCKNEY and family, to
the Ptuffian ship De Hoop, Capt.
Hendrickfen, who came up to
this city yesterday afternoon, after
a pa(Tage of 60 daya from Bour
deavx We welcome him into
the bosom of his admiring and
greatfal fellow-citizen?.
The General wilt embark 10
day at Paulei Hook, and proceed
to Trencoo. , %