The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-06-03 00:00:00, page 3

On Sunday arrived in tOwn.Gen, Ro*
ch am beau, latecommander. oPMarduico,
and Coi. Rochefontanie, an engineer cm*
ployed by The Present ofthe United
States, to direa theeredion of the iorufi*
cations on the coaftJ .. r .
THE EMBARGO.
In the acknowledged wisdom of Cong refs
this me afore originawd-. In the fame w if
oom has its operation been per {pitted to
ccafe. Those who blame he! all measure
blow hot and cold in the fa me breath.
It is pofitiveiy Gid, that the french
Ainbaffador wished the Embargo to cease.
And has said, that the existence of the Re
public, in a great measure, depended on
the fuppiles they expected to receive from
the United States; and which the Embargo. 1
would prevent.
The Frenchjußify their conduft in eta
bargoing our fbipc at Bourdeaux, and"cap-
Curing all America^ V^fle/s bound to Eu
xbpe with, provifibns, although direitiy
XO&jrary to solemn treaty, upon the prin
cspleof “ impeiiou's necessity.” It is hoped
Mr. J ‘wilt not admit this plea, ihould it
be urged by the Brißlh Court as an apolo
gy fed their Weft India piracies.
By t Lecter, dated Montserrat, April'
If. we learn, that Mr. Birke, Solicitor*
General of x Antigtfa, wrote a very severe
letter Co the king’* couhcrl bn the fubjed
cf liberating American veCels, which had
fnch a,powerful effeft on the Judge, that
he libeled every Americlb veflel in the
port whlchca’me under the c/der of the
Bth of January.
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" ERE, . . .
CXNTtEMRN,
I HAVE the hhppineeWiilbhß
lbait ( yefterday afternoon 1 dipofited im
the bands of gw? worthy, friend ^d-I#-
low-citizen^ MfAfofepb Ruf el?
Eight Hundred and Eighty Seven Dollars
and Twenty eight Cents,as delivered into
toy hands by Col. Tyler which tern agrees
with the tickets fold, including^’,D^'»rs
and Sixteen Cents, given liberally bya
number of persons; and is the entire sum
colie&ed on Wednekhy hit, atbur. Thta^
Ue, towards relieving the fuffering* of our *
tmhaepy captive brethren in: Algiers *—l
beg, gentlemen, that’ the prefect' business
may be considered only as an earneitoimy
future intentions; since 1 look upGttit but
a very small part of my duty dikhtrged
tb the genercßl inhabitants of Boston. I
{hall "be always ready to fulfil mv great ob
ligations,- by a jepetition of.a play. On the
fame occafiou, Whenever you think preper
to Call upon die. 1 J Rave the honour, to
vemain, gentlemen, your obedient humble
fervent, .
POWELL.
Friday '79^
The following prices current of the
Stocks of the United States, in London, it
the refpe&ive dates, appear in -conuadic
tm of the a fieri ion, that it waa^the deter*
tainatioD of the British Court, to. go to war
with the United States, af' all 'eve‘n ts : As
it i^ certain the monied meh in England
would Uot invest their monies m our lands;
ank& fatisfied of the perm/iocncy of peSde. .
X febroary 14, ,1794. '
Six Per Cents, 904 90V
Three dp. 50 a 5 J ;
Deferred, . 57 a 58*
Bank Shares, 93 a 99
\ m arch zb; 1794.-
.. * Si* Per Cents, -90a 9 <
Three do. 51 a 52
' ’Deferred'/; '" *' $8 a 59
Bank-Shares, ioi a ici* " !
^ofan, May 17, 1794. . . >
’si*, ’ 1 v - - -
THE Truflets acknowledge Thb receit
of Right Huh dxed. and Eighty .Seven D4t'
lan and T^ntf-Mtebt Cents, collefted at.
the Theatre on 'Wcdnefday evening for
the benevolent pur'pdfe of rdievwg the uh-'
fortunate A mertean * captiverr 1 n Algiers.
which they have deposited in Bank;
Extraß of a letter froth a Etlrdiry
'man in Germany, JO hti tciYeffondeni ih
mtrica, 03^ to f ;
“ B E so kind as to accent of my
book as an essay to make my countrymen
acquainted with your happy country end
its excellent conffitutipn. You know the
onhappy Bite of France, owin^ to
tsimles of feme German cowil of Auftrte
and Pruffii- They forced Germany into
AMERICAN STOCKS - tbs do Jr:
Beau lieu; who has taken his headquarter at
Arion. The greatest part of the English
army marched on cheioih mft. from Cor
tyk to Menin, became this place is threat*'
ened with an attack from the French, who
are drawing-together near LinceHes. The
Duke of York held lately • general review
of the EngtHh army,', and gave orders to
xbange itspefition. According © appear,
a nee, the English army-is to occupy a poll of
comequence, behind the riverLys...
Since the beginning of left week about
? 1 ooonew Auftriau cavalry have paged
through here,' and • corps of 600 is ex*
pelted every day at Shrinen ; 'government
- has therefore taketi ver^ severe meafares |
all those strangers that cannot legitimate
themfdves are looked upon with w. very
jealous eye. A strong corps of Hanoverian
troops is cxpe&ed here thia day L
P. S; This moment we received a letter
from Cortyk which mentions that the cu.?
gagement Whidh took place' between -the
French and the English near Warwick had
been a very bloody one^and that the En
ghfh had taken a good many prifooers of
the French, as hkewhe fame pieces. ofcan
; non. a :Thir‘ letter mentions - like* wife,
that the armed, peasants took the enemy in
the rear. iad thereby gteatly contributed
to the advantages which have been obtain*
ed* . 4e A ; < -i.. -
j N Y-P O R T,J4yuu
The Avrota, Hovey, arrived yesterday
•from London, brought but few papers.*—
bhc Ihft the Downs March xi, and her
London uccbuntt are on# of io. - : i
I < They write from Lond«i, ;by the Atu
'i ;U-- f, - n . .»
a.delWlive w «g«infl France. This
; ..W- threat^ all Europe, and. above.
Germeny, with despotism and a generaL
loss of liberty. Thy PrincesJeethat the
people pre awakened every w here, that /hay ,
begin to feeltheirrights—and in many
places to doubt the infallibility, and the
dtvineyw princifum. Since the American •„
Revolution,innumerable bopks : pamphlets,
and magazines, have treated that fubjeit (
theoretically. Frede rick the groat,
(hewed by his example (in hiilate years)
as well as by bG writings, the duties of
Princes, and France now gives them many
'terrible leflbns. But at the fatae time,
that diftraOed country gives Jo(hocking
examples of Roman proscriptions, perfeep
! lions, and crime?, that the noble cadfe 0/
• the nation, and her gloriousflruggles for
liberty are quite disregarded. Your country,
■ on the contrary, givesfuch a glorious ex
ample of the happy consequences of well
eflabiifhed liberty, that I thought it. would
be of fame good eiFed to shew my country
men the progress plliberty,’ the eftabhih<
ment of ybur Constitution, and tbefudd^n
itaprovements which refute theref^m >K .
with the manifold bleflings that attend
them. ' f .
“ Our conn try, you hnbw, is rather too ;
fertile in" literary 'yrodu&ions. <? for
example, iaft year, at the Easter Fairy
is another Fair, nbt fp produihive, at ■
Michaelmas J Wert pUbLlhed 2227 new *
books, inclusive of 468 continuations, 194
new editions, and 154 (ranflatiehs/ most oi
theta in the belles letres, geography, hif
toty arid pby fie.”
The p^&dihgt of the late Boston Town -
Meeting, instead of being sent to IheMaf
fachuferts Representatives, we?e sent to
those of Virginia. Can this be true ? And
if io, by what authority could it have been
done r The town voted"no tech left han*. ;
ded toeafure;
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> GERMA NF- ;
All the motions and preparations
which the combined armies have
made on frontiers are only on (he defen five
occafiqned ty the enemy drawing their
troops together. It is lino* p from, good
authority, that in the cOUncilS of war held
here and at Moos, U has beeri agreed upon,
that the combined armies fliaH' not begin
to aft until tbe "greatTeinfdr^
are expelled from Germany v and England
fh?ll have arrived. ‘t? will therefore cep. ’
tainly be haff April before we can ado*
the offen five, A M
The French in the meantime teem to be
determined to Open the campaign with a
; gefKral attack, which is to ’be mlsde f. om
I the fur thermo^ frontiers of Luxembourg
onio the Tea Etdre Hi the fame'time ; our
Generals therefore take all ncctffary pre
cautions to coVer our frontier^ ‘
* 'I he great est part of the French army of
the M»zd le,-drawing itfeif towards Died
enhofen ; a corps of Austrians has been
detached fcom the con nty of N amur, in or
der to riintorce the small army of General
9 Nervous Fevers, 3 Putrid do. 7 Inter
mitter t do. 6. Pulmonic do. 8 Bal.iou, do. 1
E y(ipelatouailo. 2 Pleuriiy do, 3 Puerperal
do, 7 Accyte Rheumatic do.—s of Dy fen
. terje?, 6 of Diarrhoea, 2of Rhthifis pul
;.mjnalis, 2 o: Rickets, 2 of Afthmss, 2 of
Himbptyfis, 4 of Bilious Colick, 1 of Col
ics P 3donum, 2 of Rarslyfis, 5 of Schtiro
’ Fs, 9 of Influenza, 1 of Aagina Polypoft,
2 of Angina Trachealis, 1 of Meliccris,
z 2 of Stfangura,.2 of Accute Hepatitis, 2 of
•Eoilepfy. i of Scurvy, 3 of Hypocondriafis,
3' of Mumps, 10 of Worms.
F.ve Deaths— i of Wortas, aged 2 years
•—2 of Fhthifis Pulmonalis, one aged 78,
the other 42— 1 of Paraly fit, aged 75—1 of
old age, 92.
41 Births—23 Males, 18 Females.
. .©refer,. .
TUES OAK. JUNE 3^ 1794;
■ T he following is a Regider of Difeafcs,
Deaths and Births^hat have Uken place
, from the firft of June 1794, to the hr ft of
J u " e ?794» •n'ongft the inhabitants of the
town of Bfet t'wjfdd', which is supposed
from the best computation, to contain a
bout eleven hundred foulj—v.iz.
rota, that the Channel is fall of French
cruisers 5 that one of them, a frigate, went
Jo close in, that fife was Fred ar from 1 the
fort at Falmouth J that they take . many
; prizes, and to crown alt, that Lord How's
fleet, GJafe moored at Xofbrav I
Gen. Clark’s Genet-expeditionagainft
the Spaniih Ohio iettiements' has been ef
f eftuaHy flopped. He, it is laid, will be
arrefied.. \ ; ' •
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FROM TH? ORACLE OF THE DAY.
Kind Clarify t 'thou brigbitji faireft grate !
Oh teach my heart to feel m ev'rt case ;
9^ pity Captives from thy bosom torn,
^7 dgisrs chain'd and cruel bondage ‘worn ;
Ear. from, their friends, they heave to Heaven
' a h h t .7;/--"
7hen tovs’rds their r country glance a weeding
MR. PR INTER,
About publications from all parts cf
the union have furnilhcd us with
such accounts of our luffenug brethren in
Algiers, as have wounded the feelings of.
humanity, and harrowed up the fouls of
their dear connexions here* ; as Chrijlian
charity gteatly strengthens the bands of
mere humanity j and as every one, who
really defeives the name Os a chriiiian, Fas
learned a kfibn from the good Samaritan
— And echoes to the commindbf his com
. pillion ate oaviour, Yes, Lord, 1 •will go
and do UkevoifeA ' It is proposed, without
any apology, by the Church and Wardens
of the South Parilh in Portsmouth, and by
them—agreed to present the Box of Cha
rity to all prelent in laid church,oh Lo’d’s
DajK afternoon June lj, for Ihe foie phr
• pose of colle&ing their Mite for the relief
and redemption of all American captives
in Algiers. The colledion to be intrufted
in the hands of the Wardens ; and to be by
them united with foch oiher iums as (it
M : hoped) will fpeedity be colieded through
the union for (aid perpofe.
We prefuqje nor, in thh ptopofa! to in
terfere with the designs of government, as
no doubt Tome efficient measures will soon
bd adopted for their liberation^luppo
fihg at the fame time that this method will
be received with candour, as it will at
least afford tempo ary relief—and provided
it should be generally embraced, may
produce the full price of iheir redemp
tion. ' ' ' •' ■ -‘f
» We take leave, with humble deference
and finCere aftedion, to reccommend this
ftfbjed to the fcrious confiderarion ahd
•speedy determinauobof all our Brethren
through’ this State, and the Diftrift of
.Maine. Thoft, to whom coUc^Hobs For v
f«hi purphfe may be intruffed, aye desired
to mcFt.ak Portimonth, if they think Jprop*
er,bntht fbtfrib da^ of July next, in oi>
idcr tp agree bn the heft Uiethod bF tranf
miftrne laid ftifns for’th’fe' relief oHaid d if- '
trefied brifcners. , ;‘ ; ,
: ' -^ ^aMVBL HAVEN,
ieef jdrrdferly for all bur
Brethren inJ^akefy ; and are ready
to extehcl t^ for their
emancipation, as, far ^s is confident with ,
rcafon and prbdenc^ 4 J' 1 2
.J/?.
j It is reposred; that rhe British Minifler
here hascreceived notice from our govern
ment that General Wayne should ha ve or
ders to oppnfeeny armed forced whatever
»adon, which he might fall ia with* to Mis
f kv-.- -I" ZL-
Jr'--‘■'e l 'rV : ’ ’ 7 •' - " ■' - ■
Peace.. ' >
It was reported and believed, that jersey;
was in poffeflion of the French. ,
No action ol confcquence has happened
—though many skirmishes.
FROM PHILA’d. MAY 26. •
•‘Although I am told no official account
’has been received by The PesiDent cf
the United State*, of the encroachment
made by a party j>f Sim cob’s troops, yet
it is laid, that in conleqdepCe of the in
formation he has received, he has di reded
the Secretary of it ate to apply to Mr.
Hammond for a categorical explanation'
on.thc lubjed. To this application Mr.
H immediately replied. The. letters are
important and lengthy, and are printing..
The Amb ffadox appears defircus of giv
ing every fatisfadion in his power; com
plains much" of various measures adopted
in the Uniied Sth es towards his nation ;
and claims the rights due. from a neuiral
ipewer. The news at firft aHu med a war
like afped, but as, it is not certain that
such encroachment has .taken place; and
if it has, 'bat Gen. Wayne will confided
them aa auxiliaries of the huftik Indians,
and will of course attack and deft oy them j
the business is not much talked pt, by th©
citizens at large; who repose especial cony
fidence ih the vigilance, and patriotism of
the Executive? ■ -
; bostojt/maY 31/• v
PORTUGUESE Anu ALGERINES. -
^be intelligence of the expiration of .
the truce between Portugal and Al
giers^ tomes confirmed from Jour ar '
jpue quarters^ and we think may
relied on. Although the bufinejs has
appeared enveloped in a cloud of myf
teryy and it is difficult to ^Jftgn any
just causes for theJhcrt uuce > we are
in hopes that the American commerce
Will feel the beneficial effedls of the
blockade of the pirates in their ports^
if it is even at the expense of the Por
tugeje. In dime, perhaps the com
me* ce of Ewope may be benefited by
the lintiis which an American navy
may prescribe to these freebooters a
gainjl all Christian property.
expeditjon. These ordert, it ir find, are
to be given in confidence of the truth of
the account that Goyetnor Srtacoe has
marched.three companies unto our terfwory.
This warning is a piece of courtesy which ‘
might well be pmmitted, st least tewnrds
a nation whose orders to plunder us were
fludioufly kept a secret. G*n. Adv»
“ Mr. SEbGW’icK^ bill for railing a
body of 25060 minute men ha? been tea.
jeded by the House, 43 to 24." So in
confifteht ardour eternal croakers, that thik
measure has been denounced as tending to
eftablifti Banding ariqies, &c. The 'rail-'
ers do not appear to know chat Maffsch'u
fefts has 7000 b tech hodpr, equipped, dffi-'
cered and dilciplined ; and that their pre*
,fer Vat bn is; among Jhe "firft bbjeds Os ic«
Republican Rulers.\ •'-* -
j^iom Philadelphia we learn, thtt CapL
Thomson,of chef^p Concord,of that city,
has -wroten his owner, from Breit, lyth
March, 1-794, as : “X 0B w W
been.- inlpjmed before this reaches ycu, of
my bejng captured on the 18th January,
by the Republican Frigate Felicity, and
sent in here. Sentence was not pafiled 04
iny csitgb utonft yesterday, when it w*s
declared neutral, and had liberty to fail tee
Amflerdam—but this morning a new or
der is issued, nb Blips ftiail fail but one or
two bound to America <; injthia unpleaf*
and fitoation I lay, and havc bt-le profpeft
of recovering any damage.” Capt. 7hatri»
fan voat Edund from Philadelphia to jMnfibn
dam, •with jvgdr and t^fee,
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Yeflerday arrived here, in 42 days, frem
Londonderry, the ship Atlas, C a P u s®°^’
er, by whom we h*v© received Dublin pa- •
pers to the Sth, and London papers ro the
4:h of April. Copious Extracts therefrom,
Ihall be given tomorrow.—From a fuperfi
cial perusal of the latest papers we find that
His Msjeily the King of Pruflia has with*
drawn his army. “ Since the defe^ibn of
the king of Prussia from the Allies, Jiay*
a Dublin paragrtphifl) it is fuprifing co
hear with what divity.the most (anguine
advocates for this war of devaflation, now
circulate the reports of an approaching
NEW YORK, MAY 24.
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