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Port-au-Prince, May Sth 1793.
Second year of the French Republic k.
•• XT 7E feel how effentialic is,that the U.
VV States, tin felled as they are by
• emigrants from St. Dominigo, should learn
the truth of events thro* the agents of the Re
public. —
“ From the month of January last a new
coalition formed between the chiefs of the
Royaliits and thcfeof the Rebels.excited for
fomd time pa fl by the Englilh government,
menaced the interests of the metropolis.——
Their activity wias such, that if our presence
in the weftern province had Seen delayed a
nother month, it would have been extremely
difficult to remedy the evil.—
“ An ^rmy obtained by the Governor in
chief, Lafalle, encamped at league’s dis
tance from Port-au-Prince, on the 9th of A
pril. We were in the harbour with a 74 gun
ship and two frigates. The gates were shut
and admittance refufed to the armies of the
Republic ; furnaces were eroded in the forts
to heat the balls that were to be fired on our
vessels. Having information of the declara
tion of war with England, we could not tem
porize, We summoned the Municipality to
receive the army, the general and us. The
rebels refufed. Having used every lenient
means, promised fafety and liberty to the
friends of the Repablick, granted a delay of
24 hours upon the request of some deputies
from the town ; a delay which was misused
in endeavouring to corrupt the crew,we gave
orders to the ship and frigates to fire on the
forts. This was the 12th of April, at 6in
the morning ; our fire was answered by
bombs and red hot (hot.—
•* The contest lasted fix hours, and only
ceased when we succeeded in lilencing the
fire from the town. On the t^th we recei
ved a deputation, who a Iked another delay to
give the good citizens time to aflemble. We
granted it with pleasure, and we received at
<the fame time the women and children who
were flying from the town.—
“Next day the general was quietly recei
ved at the head of his army. We landed and
ordered a number of rebels to be arrested.
• The principal chiefs. Borel at their head,
had flown. The fire from the town only kil
led ustwo men; the loss of the rebels amounts
to 30 at most ; but what is remarkable is,
that our shot seemed to single out the moil
* turbulent among them ; such as Borel’s ne.
phew, and 3 or 4 public aflaflins, known
throughout the island.—
** This day every thing is perfectly quiet,
and we hope that internal peace will
continue, notwithstanding the machinations
and agitations of the enemies of France.—
,4 Tell Free Americans, and the Friends
. 4 of the Republic, that the colony has at length
|J found severe executors of the laws ; that we
r have put to flight the enemies of France— e.
' nemies so much the more dangerous, as under
the mafic of the National Colours, they made
war upon their mother country,with its own
weapons. Tell them, that these pretended
patriots, Borel Hill at their head, havfe jail
jpr given a last proof of their attachment to the
interefls of the mother country, by flying to
i Jamaica, and throwing themselves into the
I arms of the English. ’ —
and to malbe known, that a state of war, to un
fortunate, being renewed. I have given the
Decenary orders for commencing it, in concert
frith the allied powers, with all the energy
find vigour of which victorious armies are ca
pable.
The reflation of the erqpftice is the fir ft hos
tile flep that the unfortunate combination of
events has /dreed me to take. There will,
therefore, only fubfiil, of my former declara
tion, the inviolable agreement, which I again
renew with pleasure, that the most exa£l dil
cipline will beobferved and maintained by my
army upon the French territory.and that every
breach thereof, will be punished with the nt
moft rig>ur.
The sincerity and loyalty which at all times
have been the principle of my adions, oblige
tne to give to this new address to the French
nation, all the publicity of which it is suscep
tible, to leave no doubt of the totifequences
that may result from it.
Vbe following /hiking paffageis copied from a
letter written on the pref ent flats cf affairs in
Europe.—
** I have ceased to place reliance on any
•• earthly thing, and remain an astonished
•• fpe&ator of the folly of nations and mad*
*• nefs of many Kings. Where these things
•* will end, God only knows. Many king.
doma in Europe are shaken to fheir very
« foundation. Those which purifi tbemfelvei
may stand; those thatdonotmuft fall;
«» and in their train, luxury, tyranny, and
** op pre flion of every kind ; for they carry
the feeds of deftru&ion in themfelvcs.—■
k
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 29.
LETTER
Os Citizens Polverel and Soothonax, Com
miflioners of the French Republic to the
Windward Islands, to the Citizen Minis
ter Genet.
Given at the Head-Quarters, at Mons,
the gth of April, I 793*
The PRINCE de COBOURG-
American Intelligence.
ENGLAND,
LONDON, MAY 2.
Intelligence is in town from Paris, of fa
late a date a? the 25th, when all remained in
fallen tranquility. The report refpe&ihg the
Rate of the grannerie?, was that they contain
ed a fufficient supply of Corn for a fortnight.
The Royal Family were fafe and in health.
A forty-gun frigate, failed from Cadiz, for
the Havanhah, on the 25th of March, with
orders for the Spanish fleet there, which con
fids of nine {hips of the line and four frigates,
to take on board a body of land forces, lor art
attack on St. Domingo.
The report is perfectly true; tftat the French
General Dam pi er re lately prppefed an exchange
of prisoners with the Prince de Satis Cobour^
^iz 4 the Royal prisoners in the Temple, for
the Commiflioners of the Convention, now rn'
, custody, provided the Prince would grant a
ceffationof hostilities, to givecime fdr a regular'
hegociation for peace. The Prince de Seixf
Cobourg returned for answer, that he had no
objection <o v the exchange of prisoners, but he
would not lifien to a truce.
AUSTRIAN FLANDERS.
GHENT, APRIL 19.
It is this morning reported that the Marquis
de la FAYETTE died on the 12th inst. in the
old prison in Berlin—the manner of his death is
variously related.
One report is, that the vidory of the
Austrians over theFrenchat Lonvoi, being ex
travagantly exaggerated to him, was the cause
of his fatal illness; the other is, that the goal,
er, on difeovering, pen, ink and paper in his
apartment, took the liberty of confining him
in the dungeon, wherein the unfortunate Gen
eral left his mortal part. [This account is not
confirmed.
Ve ire informed that in confequehce of Th
firuflions from the Executive of the United
States, to the Attorney for the diftri# of Penn
fytvania,profecutions have been instituted again ft
fohn Singleterry and' Gideon Hetfield, charged
frith violating their doty as citizens of the Uni
ted States,in entering jm opard the armed schoo
ner Genet, in the service of France, and, with
others on boatd the said schooner, capturing
several vtfjels, the property of the lubjeCis of hu
Britannic Majesty, atad otherwile annoying the
trade and commerce of the said fubjefts, con
trary to the laws of the nations and the treaty
of peace lubtifting Jjetween the United States
and his said Britannic Majesty.
The above named peripns have been com
mitted to the jail of the county of Philadelphia,
to take their trials at the next Circuit Court of
■the United States.
Singleterty is a native of Charleston, South-
Carolina, and has a family at Beufort,in North-
Carolina ; Henfield was born at Salem, in Maf
iachuietts.
AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 22.
ON the 17th Gen. Ciairfayt, resolved to
attack the wood of Railmes, where the
French had polled themselves, for which pur
pose he sent a battalion of Hungarian Infantry,
one of the regiment of Ligne, and another of
fre& corps of Michaelowitz, with some light
horse and chafleurrs. The contest was long
end obstinate, and lifted 7 hours, but at last the
French, upon the point of being surrounded.
alter a long and bloody resistance retreated in
tolerable order, to Lille. By ail accounts the
loss of the enemy must have been very consid
erable. We had but 300 killed and wounued.
The garrison oiLille made a vigorous t ally to
dislodge our advanced polls, which were with
in a Ihort distance of that city, after our troops
had taken poll at Lannoy, Roubaix and Turcoin.
On this occasion an action took,place, in which
some were killed on both Tides.
On the 23d a very fmarf engagement took
place between the advanced polls in the neigh
bourhood of Maubeuge. The French having
advanced in great numbers, forced at firft some
polls of chaffeurs, but soon after our people,
being^ reinforced, obliged the enemy to fall
back in dilorder.
Capt. Ingolls, who arrived at Newbu
ry Port on Wednesday last, in 15 days from
St. Martins informs—That the Dutch quar
ter of St. Martins had taken the French quar
ter. Fourteen men went into the fort a;Me
ragut, in the night, which was guarded by
seventeen men, and took the fame without
firing a gun or killing a man ; next morning
hoi fled Dutch colours in the fort, and sent an
express to the town, that should they find a*
ny refiftancethe town would bedeftroyed ; at
10 o’clock A. M. ths Governor went over t<J
Meragut with two companies of militia,im
mediately the inhabitants gave themselves op
to the Dutch Government.—
BOSTON, JUNE 10.
CAPTURE Os St. MARTINS—By the Dutch.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
MASSACHUSETTS*
By Yesterday’s Mail.
APLIL 26.
Extract of a letter from Baffaterr^ to a gentle. *
man ir this town, dated May Br£, 1793. t
“ The citizens of this town and a great num
ber of Volunteers Os each part of this I Hand I
are doing the service of war. Since the declar, ।
ation ths English fleet are expefted here every (
day to take pofleflicn of this Island—we are
determined not to give away to them, loving 1
oor new to r m of government. We have for 1
Governor, M. CoLAT,he has given orders to ]
fortify this place, and in consequence of this, t
we are making many other fortifications— t
that a Regiment of soldiers we had here in <
the name of Gaudaloupe Regiment, was ern
barked by order of the National Convention ‘
for France, to be tried for their bad behaviour. (
On the night o f 20th of April, several families 1
of the Ariftccr’ts were murdered by tkeir slaves
at Brsis Rivieres thole barbarous perfgns had
given arms to their slaves to fight against the
patriotic party ; but the negroes knowing that ;
they were deceived by the Counter Revolution
ills, they beg«n so turn their arms against theij
masters, and killed the following : M. Brindau,
his wife and his brother-in-law, M. Lanoze,
M. Desire Roujfel, his wife, and his-child/
W.Duroe Roufiel, M. Gondretour and 3 of his
daughters, M.Marre. Mrs. Rouffel, the elder
Mrs. Vermont, the elder and Mrs. Galard. ——
We had that day a very great alarm in the
town—all the patriots of this town set out to go
to help their enemies, Relieving that tbefe mis
erable negroes were in infurre&ion for their
freedom > but as soon as they perceived the
patriotic party^ they huzza’d and swore that
they had no intention of doing any harm to the
brave citizens of the town, and (aidthat it vias
thejr Masters who gave them' arins tb fight a
gainst the patriots ; bat they were determined
toiervcihe patriots, if they were as happy as
to receive their com minds—- they were taken
and conduced into the town, where they are <
to remain until new orders—they are rn num
ber^oi.”
Died at Litchfield, on t^e sth instant Mrs.
COFFIty relijft of the Eev.
' >PatCof fin, late of Eafi- j&bitfW)
81 ’ ■ >
may, 4— 7.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Accounts from Weiflenbuurg, of April 9,
fay—'• This afternoon, about half after two
o’clock, General Ctfline didated to his Aid
du Canip, a letter to the National Convention,
in which he was faying a great dealabout the
traitor Dumourier. At tbefe words the Aid
du Camp said, ts I know another traitor, and
you are the man ; you fell the armies of the
Republick.” The General highly provoked
at such a complimeat, opened the door of
his dofet, and called out to the officers in the
front room, “ Citizens, my Aid-du Camp
here, Coquebert, fays lam a traitor—if you
believe so, 1 forrender mylelf your prisoner.”
Ihe Aid du-Camp followed Cufiine, and told
him he had miiunderftoOd what he had said.
The Genera! would not hear him, and went
into another room. On his return some time
after, Coquebert presented two piftola.to him,
and said, “ Here is one for you and one for
me—one of us must die.*’ Cufiine immediate
ly bared his bosom. and said, •* Fire, bale
man, here am I.” Coquebert was (buck dumb,
put his pistol into his own mouth, difeharged
the contents through his head, and fell down
apparently dead. The explosion of the pistol
brought the officers together, and a^er a mo
mentary pause, one of them exclaimed, u he is
not dead ! At these words, Coquebert railed
his head, and with a faint voice Uids “ No,
no, lam not dead J” He was immediately
Rated on a chair, where he repeated, “No :
I am not dead; but I repeat what 1 have al
ready laid : Cufiine is a traitor.” At these last
wotps, which h?s agonies would Icarce fuffer
him to articulate, he expired.” •
The pofiuon of the army under General
Cu/pne, which is ftiU $6,000 strong, was on
the 11 th of ' pril follows ; General Houf
chai^, with 10,000 men, was polled in the
wool and neighbourhood of Candelle; 10,
ooO.men were enesmped on the borders of the
Rhite, near Laughte r burgh , and the rest were
on the heights ot Weiffenburgh,
Those who knew Dumourier some time a
go, oblerved that he is much broken by fa
tigue. Among other particulars he inform
ed the company, that he hadfpent twenty-se
ven days and, nights without jaking off bis
clythes. He prefer.ted the Prines de Reus
with plans of ieverai of his positions., ikctch.
ed by himfelf. He added, that he should
certa>nly have fa”cd the life of Louis XVL
when he visited Paris in January last, provi
ded he could have found one firm resolute
man among the ruling people at Paris, of
whom three-fourths were Royalists.—
•—General Dumourier arrived at Frank
fort, April 20, and was ptefenc at a grand
Diplomatic dinner, to which he was invited
by thesPruffian Commandant immediately
on his arrival. •
Dunjourier could not carry with him the
miiitaiy chest, which contained one million
of livres in specie. He Secured, however,
the large army chest, and delivered it up to
the Aultriansi—
TUESDAY JUNE 18, 1793.
EXETER,
Answer to the Governor’s Meflage*
May it p t leafe your Excellency.
IT is with fmgular fatisfaft.pn that we beg leaive
to Congratulate your Excellency on your eleftion as
firft Magistrate and Govefnor of the State of New-
Hampshire, by the fuffrages of a free people— t cir
cumltance that must add dignity to the title, and fa
tisfaftion to the execution or its important^duties.
We receive with pleafilfe from your Excellency,
the information that there are not many important
objefts for the present consideration of the LegiOature
■—ccnfcious to ourselves, that this situation of our
public affairs arises from the general prosperity of
the State. We know of no circumstance that v.’ould
be more grateful to us or more happy for our fellow
citizens —lons may it continue.
The Settlement of the Treasurer’s accounts— the
revision of the laws refpefting foreign coins, com
paring them with the laws of Congress, and the
making such further provision or alteration as may
be necessary—the alcertaihing the debts due from
this State, and making provifforf for difeharging
them —the mode of appointing Special Judges—the
common and ulaal business of the State at this sea
son of the year —together with such other matters
as may have a tendency to continue, increase, and
secure the happinels and proiperity of out fellow
citizens —justly demand, and cannot fail to obtain,
the attention recommended by your Excellency.
' VoW»o«I*
Governor’s 'Speech.
Centlenian of. the'Senate, qnd
House of Rcprcfentativcs, f
A RESPECTABLE Committee of the hegiflatqre
have hotffie'd ' me, I 'have the honor to be
appointed to the offit?! oftrfl Magiftr<te of the State
for the ensuing year : I feel mylelf ^nnder peculiar
obligations Jo my fellowcitizcns at laifege sos this
renewed mark of their esteem, and for the confidence
they repose in me., Thejiate of my heath, at this
period of my life, is fdmewhat phecariouS and un
certain ; but, relying on the good-will of myfelldw
cititens, on the candour and indulgence of the Leg
iflatuie, which 1 haye often experienced, and ba
the assistance of the Council to be appointed for .the
purpose of aflifting me in the executive part of .Gov
ernment, I accept of the appointment ; and Ihall make
it my study to difeharge the important duties of the
office with fidelity, according to the best of my
bilities, and as shall appear to me most for the true
interest of the public.
After which; agreeable to the Cbnftitution, he took
and fubferibed the oath of allegiance and oath of
office; which were adminlftered by Mr. Fofter,‘
President of the Senate—who declared his Excel
lency Josiah Bartlett, Esq. Governor of the
State of Neie-Aampfhire.
Saturday June 8.
The Secretary came down from theCourtcilChaxn
ber with the following
Meflage from the Governor;
Fellow Citizens of the Senate and
of the House of Rrprefentatives^
IN the present htuation of our public affairs, t
have not many things of importance to recommend
to your consideration at this time.
The settlement of the Treasurer’s accounts, and
the common and usual buiinefs of the State at this
feaion of the year, will naturally come before you ;
and to them I make no doubt you will give proper*
attention;
I have dife&ed the Secretary to lay before you the
Ads and Laws of the United States, passed at their*
last Session, among which there is an ad far regaia
ting foreign coins, &c. which is to take effed after
the firft day of next month ; and as some of the laid
coins are valued somewhat different from what they
are set at by an aft of this State, passed the lath of
February 1785, entitled, An aH afctrtaitiing the rates
at which coined silver and gold, and English half pence
and farthings may pass within this State.l would beg
leave to recommend it to your consideration, whe
ther some inconveniences may not arise if the Sfore
faid Law of this State is not altered or repealed.
The ascertaining the amount of thql debts due
from this State, making p^ovilion, and pointingout
the mode for difeharging them, is, I conceive a
matter that will require the attention of the Legifla
ture —whether it can with propriety be attended to
at this SeßTon, is submitted to your determina
tion.
bTATE OF NE W-H a FAPoHIRE.
In the House ^Re presen ti ves, JuneiQtb,
'793-
WHEREAS the Court of Common Pleas,
by Law is to be hoiden at Moulton
borough, within and for the county of Straf
ford, on the third Tuefday of June, inflant,
which will be inconvenient—
Bi it therefore RESOLVED, that
the laid Court of Common Pleas be, and the
fame is hereby adjourned to the second Tuefday
of Aagufl next—of which all Jurors, Parties,-
and Witneflcs concerned, are to take notice
and govern rhemfelves accordingly— and
that all Writs and Precedes, and matters of
Law returnable to, and oetefminable by faid'
Court, may be returned to, tried and deter
mined bv said Court oh the said second Tuef
day of Augufl, any taw, usage or ceflo|H to 1
the Contrary notwithflanding
* ' - Sent upfof^concurrence.-
> Nath a w tkL Px aibody;,
In Sxx&Tf thefa'rtffday read and concurred,
, t ABit l Post e r ^Prsfiden: of the Sedate*
Approved, June 11 fb t
JOSIAH BBRITETT.
A true Copy—Atteff
r\ A *
3 he mode pointed out by a Law of this State, for
the appointment of special Judges of the Superior
Court of Judicature^ and for the several Courts of
Common Pleas in this State, has been thought by
many people not to be the most eligible method of
appointing them. I v ould beg leave to request your
attention to that matter.
And; Gentlemen, if there are any other matters.
Which from your acquaintance with public affairs,
and the general circumstances of the State,you may
think proper to be afted upon at this time, I shall
pay proper attention to them. And all Acts and Re
solves that you may think proper to pass, which
will further conduce to the happiness and prosperi
ty of our Fellow-Citizens, will hieet with tny ready
and cheerful assent.
*** A lift of the Members of the House of Re
irefentatives, next week.
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
CotHi.cil Chamber in Concord, June 8, 1793.
MONDAY, JUNE 10.