The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-12-10 00:00:00, page 2

VIRGINIA.
Richmond,^"! "'HE Bfh instant, the follow
kov. 13. A ing Refolutibn passed rhe
House ofDclegaies\and was sent up <o the Se
nate for concurrence, viz. .
Rejafad, That it is the opinion of this
Houie, that the condud of the Senators, and
Re prefen tatrves from thh State in the Con
prefs of the United States., who exerted chemi
felvee to procure a conftitutiona! inquiry into
the application and expenditure of the public
monies, merits the approbation of this Aficm
bly. The Yeas were in,—Nays 13.
NORFOLK, OCT. £O.
Bye gentlema who came paflenger in the
E':za,Capt. Colley we are sorry to learn, that
Mr. Grigorie, fen; (of the house Gregorie
A and Barkfdale, Peterfburgb}and MZArchi-
V • |>aid Hunter, Rappahannock, were guillotined
Dunkirk, about the lall of August, for
having expressed sentiments inimical to the
V cause of France.
. > V Maryland. 1
\ BALTIMORE, NOV. 18.
We an informed, ly a gcntle
. nwfnm tbeWqtent Country, wbt
of freedom sod man. A phyficiaa, near Ux
bridge> 1 aft'week, entertained a Urge party
of friends on the occasion ; where the dinner
was entirely of American productions.
The Swife are laid to have broken their
neutrality, and come into the Confederaby
against the French with a fuppiy of 100.000
men for the fcrvice of the present cam
paign.
A handftlne monument has just been er
efted to the mtniory of Milton, in the church
of Cripplegate, where the remains of that di
vine Poet repose.
In Siberia, the city of Bernavel, has been
carried away by a torrent occasioned by avast
inundation.—Many persons with their proper
ly have loft their lives; and theftate of wretch
edness to which the inhabitants are reduced
We hear the Spanish forces have taken St.
Marks, and made considerable advances into
,the French part of St. Domingo.
Wedncfday a Court of Vfce-Admiralty
was held at the Court house, before the Hon.
John Green, Esq. Judge of that Court, at
which came on the trial of the schooner Fair
Lady, Capt. Littlebridge, taken by the
Hope privateer, Capt. Foggo, on he* - paflage
from the Cape, bound for Philadelphia, with
her cargo of coffee, &c. A Mr- Mathew
Martino, claimed the veflel, and chief part of
her cargo. On the trial it appeared, hat Mr.
Martino is a Frenchman, born at Bordeaux,
has tranfafted business for feme time at the
Cape ; but by taking the oath of allegiance
to the United Slates, aiow confiders himlclf
as an American fubjed, and under that blind
has coloured and shipped French property to
a large amount, as his to the house of Messrs.
» r - — io Philadelphia, laid lo be all on ac
count of the proceeds of the said fchoOner’s
cargo of flour, and very ingtnioufl^ produced
the French owners of fuck parr as had been
shipped in two other veflelv, (out of three
known and brought in here) as evidence, in
hopes of serving his cause. but which in fad
proved his duplicity to his great drfadvan
tage. • ;
The arguments of Council, for and sgainft
the libellants, took up many hours, and did
great credit to them.——And yesterday the
Judge gave in his decree, condemning all the
cargo of coffee, &c. except the Captain’s pri
vate adventure. The veflel is restored as A
merican property ; but thecofts are to be paid
by the libellants, ,
is»vcry deplorable. The mines too h sc re
ceived very considerable damage
A private le.ter from France has commu
nicated to us the following important intelli
gence : That the National Convention has
authorised the executive council, to endeavour
to enter into a negociaiion with the British
minister, and to propose, by a special rneflen
ger, that if Great Britain will withdraw,
from rhe combination, the lies of France and
Bourbon, (hal immediately be ceded to her.
As the possession of these Isles would produce
the most beneficial advantages to the com
merce of th s country theEngiifh miaifter will
probably give Che proposal a serious. consider
ation.
A great many French prifonera, who were
taken at the xaptnU of Tobago, and lent ro
Barbadoes, escaped from chmce in a large
sloop, fully laden, valued at food. fieri.’ and
proceeded with her to Martinico. A small
privateer pursued, and coming up with her,
found Ihe was under convoy of a French pri
vateer, of much greater force ; th&y dcfißed,
and' returned to Barbados.
SEPTEMBER I 4."
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF FRANCE,
Domestic Intelligence.
ANTIGUA. .
st. John’s, sept. io.
BERMUDA, OCT. J 9.
arrived in this town? QU Saturday last,.
that as Gen. Wayvrfs army was on
its march near Fort-Jefferfon, the am
munition and baggage waggons, under
an escort, confiftingqf a Lieutenant and
17 men, being about 15 miles in the
rear, were suddenly attacked by a par
ty of Indians, who killed the Lieut,
with 6 of bis men, and took 13 of the
waggons—that the remainder of the
. men were miffing, supposed to have been y
• carried offprifoners by the savages, ,
PENNSYLVANIA.
HARRISBURGH, Nov. 18.
It is with regret we hear the loss sustained
by major general WAYNE—A body of In
dians, who had concealed themselves in the
bushes, attacked about 60 men, who were in
the rear of the main army, conducing ihe
• baggage waggons, &c. all of which, 22 in
numbtr, hories and provision, fell into the
1 hands of the Indians, and rhe greatest part
r of the men killed. This information is braudit
1 by a person dire&ly from Kentucky : and by
the accounts received from Philadelphia/ wd
r. find that the an*>y had absolutely marched a
l gainft the Indians, which leaves little room
to doubt the awhenuciry Os the above oaweL
: come information.
MASSACHUSETTS.
STOCKBRIDGE, NOV. 26.
The peace and quiet of our country may
poflibiy fuffer a momentary interruption,
from the unparalled impudence and effron
tery of tranfatlantick votaries of tumult and
feditiop, aided by a few unprincipled and
treacherous ingrates, i^ho claim the appella
tion of American citizens.—Citizen Dpn
nery, the French Coqful at Bolton, treading
in the Reps of his imprudent and ra(h fiMperi
or, the misguided, Genet, has dared to call in
quertion theConllitntionaJ validity of rhe pl*o*
ceedings of the firft Mag iftrate of oar Repub
lick, & pro ted agaipH theexercifc of t^,po
wer which the millions of America have vest
ed in Wafhing&n, the Father of his Country,
fob the great purposes of maintaining ^ub-
Jick honour and glory, individual liberfy'and
happiness.—At the name of ,
cd be the breath that would foul his integrity
—and eternal silence to the tongue that refa
fes to aspirate the language of gratitude for his
never to be forgotten services in the great
cause of human nature.—Can. the warmth of
the honest heart be censured, when vile mif
creamcdare accuse “him whole name Rands
foremoll on the lift of American patriots,”
with the exercift of arbitrary power/ with jn
* fringing the faered rights-of the people— rwith
being acccffible to men who are enemies to
liberty, and whole schemes darken his glory ?
Thele eccufatkins have, implicitly, and in
Tome instances, fully and' directly, beenbro’t
.against Gtorgt Washington by the petkußaitre
politicians of an European Nation, reading
within oar territories. Io what in execrable
light mull the people Os America view the
authors of foeb chargee.—ls the fpirii of >775
dorownt 1 1$ the faded fire v hreh glowed i»
A Pennsylvania gentleman,now inLondon,
in a leunx to his friend in this city, dated
"August 19, 1793, fays,
“ We fhali have all. the world over in A
merica, if velfels can be found to take them/’:
NEW YORK.
NEW-YORK, NOVEMBER ZJf
Mr. Genet having at length under his sig
nature, publicly denied his having said
that he would appeal, from tho President to
the people !” we are authorifed to aflure the
public, that Mr. Jay and King will ihortly
proceed to lay before them, a particular llate
ment of the evidence and circumflances rclai
live to that tranfaftion. (Diary.)
An Englilh officer of the Duke’s army, da
ted Sept. 19 —20, at Mcnin, states, that the
army has fuffer^d much for comforts; that
many Eoglilh, of small wounds had died for
want of attendance ; that a waggon load of
wounded English was left on the beach; at
their precipitate retreat from Dunkirk, and
was walhed into the sea, with its contents-—
that there are not more than 200 English
wounded now sick ; that of four Hanoverian
regiments, of 1000 each, them remained nor
more than 700 men ; that it is believed, »he
intention of the besieging Dunkirk is not giv
en up j that the French were defeated rear
Courtray on the 15th ; that the Dutch were
really rut up on the 10th ; among their losses
was the Military CheJUtht nerve of Mynheer’s
army) they exp est an engagement soon ;
that the Duke had been reinforced with five
regiments. .
Apv. 18. A report has this day prevailed,
to the moment of our putting this paper to
press, that an express is arrived to the Presi
dent from C’Jlzen GENET,at, New-York,
which ftaier, the Duke of York, his two bro
thers, & a great part of his army have been
made prisoners of war by the army of the
French Republic.
PHILADELPHIA, NOV 19’
Ycfterday evening arrived ar Fort-Mifflin
the American brig Elizay Capt. Williams,
96 days from'St. Peterfburghj, who informs
.01 that on the firll day of Sept, la fl, on ' his
paflage homeward bound, a few leagues off
the coast of Noi way, they saw two small
French privateers, belonging Dunkirk, cap
ture about 15 fait of the Britilh homeward
bound Meet from-Raffia,.
anecdote.—A gentleman fromPbilackl
phi a, mentions a circumftsnee, which may
' Ihew what were the motives, of the Frenchmen,
concerned in the above riot.—Being at table
with a large circle of the refugees from St.
Domingo, the convention turned on the Com
missioners, and their conduit, in that ijland,
when as by one impuife, the Refugee pan of
. the company, rose, joined hands, and (wore
to each other, to be death of the Gommif
ficners, Ihquld ^hey land in Amerca x or any
* ,of their fatellhes who were concerned in the
pilage of their property.; even Ihould they
make atonement for it at the gallows.
the breasts of our countrymen, and warmed
them Os their country’s freedom and grandeur,
during the late revolution, extinguished ?—
Cao they tamely fujfwr their wojthieft and
belt men to be flanderW at their own doors,
by foreigners?—Where knowledge and infor
mation prevail* and the people are free,-pub
lick vengeance if, however, often flow in its
operations—wisdom and prudence didatc that
proof undeniable (hould appear, before the
offender meets the merited punishment—But
full evidence of guilt has been made manifeft,
and it maybe a fubje&of astonishment to feme
that an inful ed community have not chastised
the insolence cf intruding men, that the myr
midons of medern Gaul have not been chafed
with indignation from cur borders —But the
wisest aonfideratioijj, it is presumed, has re
flrained the anger of our. citizens—The meet
ing of the great Cocecil of the Nation is at
hand and the so eigeer who has insulted
us, intends a reference of his Cor. du di
to .that auguff Body—yes, he means as has
been aflened, to enter the lilts against Wash
ington 1 What madness often impels the
audacious o seek pubiick ignominy and dis
grace—Where is the tran that can for a mo
ment permit the idea a residence in his T.ind,
that our Political Fathers will confeht that'
Citixtn Gffift (hall become a competitor with
thefirft Magiflrrteof the American RepubLck,
refpefling the Ccnflitutional exe cile or the
Executive Poaer ? Should aught refpeft
;ng this bufirefs occupy any part of the at
tention cfCongrefs, the partizans of Citizen
Genet* cannot defers him, after entangling him
in the toils—^he people will know them—they
will be known crJy to be defpilcd—and if t.be
Citizen, and the Shrinking few who f^pport
him, are only obliged to hide their heads amid
tha hifles and scorns of indignant patriotism,
they may think their lo: fortunate indeed—
Did rhe French Nation, contending against
despotism, and bleeding at every pore in de
fenep pf the birthright of man, fend Miffion
arics to this country to bid defiance to our
laws, and insult the Officers of our Govern
ment ? Surely not. And the disgrace cf
those in this country, whom they have sent
here, will probably be folldwed by the guil
lo ine in France, should Arch dare to return
thither as have abukd the confidence repefed
in them, and excited, by rheSr unwarrantable
conduft, the indignation and ha'rrd of a peo
ple with whom it was their business to have
cultivated a good iinderfianding and to hate
trea cd with rcfpe&, regard «nd affedion.
Aimoil ail rhe V.rginta and Kentucky papers
contain accounts of (be defeat of the.lndians
by the army under Gen. Wayne,—But no
thing official has transpired on the fubjeft.
An old correfponcent observes, that at the
time of the defeat of Gen. Br a d dock,.the
intelligence was "current in this town, in a
very few dap after it. <ook place:—But no
regular accounts arriving, the report died a
way ; when in thecourfe of polls the accounts
arrived nearly as at fir it reported.
A gentleman recently arrived from Upper
Canada,informe,that .the forts building by the
English, at Detroit, and else where, goon with
rapidity ; and that the iurrender of the Amer
ican polls will speedily take place—The pub
lic may therefore expeft, ere long, to hear
LOUP COMPLAINTS of the expenfaaan
ger ,13 c. of maintaining military fo/h in times
of peace—Croakers will croak, let things go
as they will.
Since ffur last, the schooner Harriet, Capt.
Howes, has strived here from Malaga, which
be left the Bth of Ofiober. By him we learn,
that the report of the xecspture of ^ulon was
premature ; and that such an event was not
expeded at Malaga ; thaVlroopj had failed
from Gibraltar, Ville Franehe, and Andalujia,
for that place, and that the combined iotces
being in pofleffion of the principal forts tbo’t
themfelves* fecute against any attacks which
maybe made thereon fr®ra the land. The
defeats of bodies of the Spaniards, in Rcuy/tl
lon, are confirmed.
WESTERN ARMT.
t, BOSTON, DEC. 44
OF TOULON.
THE sense; that we a<St in the eye
of infinite wisdom,, power and
goodness, is what affeds the human
mind with the most sublime pieafure*
The confcioufnels that our virtuous
endeavours here will be crowned-with
happiness hereafter. Let us ever cul
tivate a benevolent mind— ; —-let us
meditate in wfi^t manner we may rem*
der ourselves most acceptable to our
Creator, by doing most good to his
creatures is this,let us imitate our Di
vine Ma ft er, and penitently rely on
mercy thro’ his atoning blood. “.In
the bowels of mercy, let us put away
anger, and malice, and all evil /peaking,
—-let us fly all clamour and ftrife, and
be kindly affected pne to another—
and we may depend upon it as an
everlasting truth, that alter all other
experiments, this will be found to,be
our chief happiness, our greatest
wisdom, and the only rest to our ra
lipnal and immortal fouls.”
In alate criminal cause, the
culprit, on convi&ion, was or
dered by the court, among other
things, to fuffer the lass of one of
his ears. As several circumstan
ces made it probable that he was
not an incorrigible villain, his
attornies thought the fentehce
too severe ; and urged several
ingenious and cogent arguments
to obtain a mitigation of it.—
“Befides,(faid one of them)it ap
pears to me, to be impious and
prophaneto multilate the works
of the Supreme Architect.— I
abhor the idea of disfiguring an)
creature ; and should a man but
crop my dog-, I would cut his cars
off.”
Commander.
For strength, beauty of conftru&ion,
and workmanship, her equal is npc to
be found. She is freighted with
tFifdom, Firmness, Patriotism, Love of
Equal Liberty, Order and Good Gov
ernment — bound to die ports of Pub
lic Happiness and National Honour.—
It is to be expected, some of ^Mother
Cary’s Chickens^ will hover round
her on her voyage; but as the brood
is known for portending danger,whtn
no danger is near, very little regard
will be paid to them ; nor their kind
red lately imported : The (hip’s com*
pany have been feiefted with judg
ment from every pan of the Union
—the birthsand Rations are well fill
ed ; and no doubts need be had,thac
from the “moment the anchors atrip,
until her fafe arrival in her desired-
Haven, the seamen Will meet every
danger with calmness, and serenity
and oppose against the Mermaid
wiles of their adverfarics’ (kill, cour
age and good conduct
fruth contraficd wiib Modern Preach*
i n ^o hinted in our loft.
On Monday last was launched in*
to the bosom ot the political ocean,
the good fliip Congress, the .third—
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
ORIGINAL PUN A'^D PEPARTEE.
An English wicvias observing, the
other day, that from puss-paste style of
the French General he imagined they
had once been Cooks.— “ There is no
doubt of that,” replied the Yanke,
u and they have lately proved them
selves good cooks, m dishing up so
handsomely your countrymen near
Dunkirk.” —
SHIP NEWS— EX^RA.
An American Bull.