The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-08-06 00:00:00, page 3

•*,.* • • ■ •
CAMP OF F AMARS.
[[The capture of this camp by the 1
combined armies, is variously and
contradictorily related in the Euro
pean papers. The Amsterdam ac
count of May 15th, blends it with
the account of the battle of the Bth,
near Conde, where Gen. Dampiere
, was killed. The Dover, ( Englifli)
account, of May 26, on the cre
dit of the Imperial Ambaflador, .ar
rived at Bruficls, makes the French
toft 1500 men killed, great numbers
wounded and prisoners, and 16 pie
ces of cannon. None \of the ac
counts, however, ‘ appear to be so
- ; ^r«€h official, as the following :
London May 27. Yesterday e
venmg Capt, Crawford aid-de camp
to His Royal Highness tbp Duke of
York, arrived at’ Whitehall, with
dispatches from the army. Soon af
ter his arrival, the following official
Bulletin was ilTued :
WHITEHALL, MAr
« Capt Crawford brooght diffatches froct-
Sir J. Murray, dated rhe 24th.
. - A ‘.
free of all charges, and ready money. We
think tbeve prices will be maintained until
harvest, that promises pretty well, in confe
qience of the refreshing Ihower* lately expe
rienced, and even after, they will be fupport*
ed very high, for in years of the greatest a.
bundance, the crops never faffice for more
than about three,or four months confamp
tion,whicb is materially increased,as We have
to fcpply a large army in France; that is in
tirefy dependant on us for faccdurs, and from
what quarter we are to look to for such fap
plies,we know not.”
''foreign intelligence.
By laji Evening’s Mail.
S P: A I N. .
CADIZ, MAY 7.
THcre are now upon the French
frontier and in France, an army
including militia, of 130,000 men.
To provide for this army, govern
ment is much perplexed, from the
scarcity of provisions.
may 29. The day before yefteirday
the Dutch made them lei ves, for a
iecond> m afters of the town of
Tourcoin. An attempt had been
made to set fire to this place, but in
effectually. —Th erin g I eaders /hab-
Btans, of this treachery, have been
difeovered on a ftridt search, and
apprehended. Accordingly, we were
yesterday gratified with the fight of
two waggons filled with the incendi
aries, who pafled this place on their
way to Maeftricht.
TOURNAY, May 14. /
Litter from General Cuftine, dated Strafiurg,
The citizen soldiers carried the redoubts
near Weissman, and occupy a very advantage
ous poll before the fort of St. Albans. Our
enemies are convinced that they cannot open
their trenches before Mentz, whilst our troops
hold this commanding Situation ; they have
made two attacks upon it, one pn the 28th,
and the other on the 30 ult. bttt both with
out success, they were repulsed with great lots ;
their own accounts fay above two thousand
men in the/we attacks> They have since
burnt part of the village of Weissman. The
Austrians meditate another attack this day.
I hear the cannon whilst I am writing this
letter, it appears to be very brisk on both
sides, but the iflue I cannot venture to; pre.
did. It is not improbable that Mentz may
fall into the hands, of the Germans ; but our
other fortified towns, I think may bid defi
ance to the arms of ths whole hell of combi
ned defpocs. ,
A letter from Commiflary Darrigoyto an
nounces a newfuccefs gained over the Span
iards. . CUSTINE.
x^tb May. < ■ •-
Hearn from the bell authority, that at the
Tally made opposite Caffel on the firit instant,
the Saxons ant Heflians fuffered extremely ;
and that the troops of the Republic behaved
with ftich fpirir and bravery asoughr to in
spire the friends of liberty.
Smce the taking of the Camp at
Mount Anfin, by the Allies, the
French no longer Ihew themselves,
unless in pillaging excursions, to
which they are stimulated by their
misery.
$ VA. ‘ ' •
« “The enemy were attacked bn the 23d, and
driven from their camp atFamars; 2or 300
prisoners taken, and eight pr ten pieces of
cannon. No British officer killed or wound
ed ; under twenty hon.commiffioned officers
and privates killed and wounded. 'v
. “ Three Hanoverian Officers killed, and
four wounded. w ;
" The combined armies loft together about
250 or 300 men.’* “ ’
F V ~7~N G .E / .
■ ■ BOURQEAUXj.MAY 12...
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
E N G LAN D.
LONDON, MAY 27‘ ; .i r
From Paris papers of the 20th we )earn 4
that Cufline has been solicited to accept, and
hat adually accepted the command of the
Northern army. He was to piss through Pa
ris on his way to Lisle. . !
Kellerman, who has been tried apd acquitted
by the Revolutionary Tribunal, is to command
the Southern A Any, in die room of Biron, who
retires from indifpoficion. >
The following measures, and motions,evince
the Spirit of tbeNational Convention ofFrance :
—lt was proposed to ihut the theatres, because
there the aristocrats railed the cry of incivifm,
and that the cannon of alarm fhoiild be fired,
to make a more iudden impreflion of danger on.
the public, mind,—Verginaud opposed these
motions, because, he said, there was a con
cealed leaven of discontent, Spreading among
the people of Baris, and it would be nnwife to
foment it by measure, of panic. , .Robertfpier.,
re proposed, that forges Ihould be erected in
the public Squares to animate the people by a ■
Ihew of the energy which was used Tor their
deliverance from the danger that Surrounded
them ; and that arms of all kinds Ihould be
made with the utmost speed.. Camille Del
moulins (aid, that they were told .of two class
es of people-Gentlemen and . Sans'Culottes-
They roust take the purse of the firft to em
ploy the a m of the fecorid ; and he propoled,
that thecitizens, Ihould be invited to exercile
in the Camp-des-Mars, to prepare them (or
war. Darellton proposed to grant an indem.
nity to all persons deluded by the fancies ; and
this idea was taken up by D?ntdn, and enforced
with strong arguments- The despots had not
disdained to court the people of belgium back
to llavery, by this means. Why Ihould they
not do the fame to bring them back to liberty ?
He proposed also an afleflment on the rich,' to
enable the poor to inarch; and that 96 Commis
sioners be sent into the Secton of Parts, to fee
this done. And he moved also the formation
of a guard for every city, to be ort national pay
which would also be a relief to the poof. The
proportion of Danton adopted; and two Com
miliioaers being fcht into each fedion, they
took such vigorous measures both for an tf*
ieffment and for recruiting, that m three days
4000 men were raised by Patis, and every hour.
a nvmb%rWas dispatched in chariots and car- *
ri ages of all kinds, against the infnrgents in the
Vendee, who are said in the Convention to a
mount to 2OjOoo. \
- - - — - ■ -- / -
The Minister of Foreign Affairs transmit
ted to the Convention feme dispatches receiv
ed. from our Ambaffadour at the United
States of America. >
Having received the 17th of February the
official news qf the eftablilhment of the Re
public, his firfl care was to communicate it
to the Prefidcnt of the Congfefs, in order to
hive the-new credentials forwarded to him
by the executive duly ^acknowledged.* His
success was (uch as we had every reafan
to expeA from a people, who have been the
firft to proclaim the fovereighty of nations,
and iflue a declaration of rights. > :.
The Trench Republic has- been acknowl
edged by. the .Thirteen States 4 .which has
diffused joy manifefled by many public fefti
vals. The Assembly received this news
with loud plaudits. s
AMERICAN ADVICES.
V Cr G~I N I A.
PITTSBURGH, July 30, v
A letter from the Commiflioners
appointed to treat with the Indians,
dated at Fort Erie, june 28, 1793,10
a gentletpan in this town, fays
We have received a letter from;Mr.
Wilson, dated at Detroit, the 17th
inst. informing us that the Weltern
Indians were then beginning to coun
sel among themfelyes, at their gen
eral meeting at the rapids of the
Miami, of the Lake, We ffiall fail
with the firft wind to Detroit river,
and go to Sandu Iky as soon as we
find the Indians are ready to proceed
thither from the Miami.”
BOSTON, AVGUST 3, '
A Committee of the citizens of Baltimore,
have iddfefled a number of the citizens of
this Metropolis, soliciting their aid to the
relief of the uafortunatea from Cape Fran-
Y r r /A; 4 • t J & .
While the heaven.defccadcd principles of
Benevolence, a<e ftiroulating oar fellow citi.
kens of the southern States, ro the most lau«
dable exertion! for the relief cf the unhappy
exiles from Cape Francois, -and extending the
hand of fuccour to every description of rhe
diftrefled ; we are happy to acquaint the
world, that this town, ever foremaft in thole
ads which dignify find adorn ho th an nature,
has anticipated the wants of these children of
distress, and a very liberal fubfeription is now
making for their immediate relief, Ihould
they seek an afyfum in this metropolis. The
€ye of omnijcience must view with' peculiar
be dignity, the offerings made on the altar of
disinterested Benevolence and Charity.
* OF ST. DOMI NGO
•■—lt is with fatisfatTrcn we learn,
that the havoc and deftru&ion suppo
sed to have befallen Cape-Francois
are not so great as was - reported.
The American public are more in
terested in the fate of St. Domingo,
than they appear to be aware of.—~
One half of the foreign trade of the
French part of this iHand, which is
the richest and most productive por
tion, and the other French islands,
was with the United States, carried
on in 1795 veflek, of the burthen of
105,995 tons; 2nd producig by es
timation, an annual balance of one
hundred and sixty-two thousand, four
hundred Dollars, in favour of the U
dited States. • Nor indeed, can»we
have conceptions of the magnitude
and riches of the island of St. Do
mingo, which is [aid to be nearly as
large as rheNothern States t But whe
ther the race of blacks will finally,
as the Abbe Ray pal predicts, become
foie masters of its fertile foil; or ’
whether iris doomed to total destruc
tion for one or the other teems in
evitable a Ihorc period must deter-
A gentleman in Philadelphia, •writes thue^and
,it it painfulin the extreme that he has occa
(ton to* to hie Friend in this town
‘‘The Prbsidekt has met a volly of the
unmerited abtife, on account of his Pro
tUmation. It is to be regretted, that the men
of virtue, and friends co the government, who
are of one opinion in approving that; meafurr,
did nqt more generally declare theiri lend
ments —the Address from Salem has dooehon
our to the citizens, and has ierved the caoGe
of our country. It is painful to think that any
men. should be desirous of embroiling thia
country, and connecting our affairs'with those
of the governments of Europe, which are eyi,.
dently battening to ruin, and laboring under
every evil, which vice, despotism, and fa&ion
can inflift. Tho* we are bound to with for
their happiness, we are upder no obligation to;
become parties to their contention; we are not
to imitate their mannenj.br' to adopt their opin
ions, if we wish to coufa It either their or our
incerefts—lt would be a lotting difgface,if not
a ruinous calamity, to permit foreign ttrancils
to make ah impression here—Every man Ought
to bear teftitaony againtt any polical connec
tion with any country of Europe-*-It is our •
duty to treat all with perfect impartiality and
with the firiAeft justice, and by every theans in
oUr power to arrest that enthusiasm, which, iG
indulged will necessarily divide Our Country
[nto factions—This country r instead of being
^hemofthappy,would bethemoft wretched
mine.
The King of Spain has evinced how deeply
interelied he is in the happineis of the French
Emigrants, by banilhing them from his king
dom. A gentleman who was lately in Spain,
aflares us, that the King’s ediA (or the expul
sion of.theFrench.incfuded notioniy old fetders,
who had redded there many years, but even
thsfe refugees who, fro© enmity to the revolu
tion, had abandoned their country, and crowd
ed into'Spain in great numbers : The whole
number thus banished was about one hundred
thousand j and only a (bort time was allowed
them to quit the kingdom. The Governour
of St. Andero humanely endeavoured to pro
feA some of them in a little longer stay, in or
der that they might take proper Care of their
jntciefl ; (or which he was arretted, and lent
to Madrid,where it was expeAed he would be
severely dealt with. The King’s motives pro
bably were, th?t he might poflefs the proper
ty which many in their precipitate flight must
je^vc behind them—and to rid himfialf of the
claims which the French Royalifls were mak
ing on his bounty and proleflion. The French,
men who had lort their country previous to
the revolution, when they returned were re
ceived by their countrymen with Opemarins ;
but Ciofe of the other.clafs, who ventured to
return, were hanged as Coon as they arrived
Upon the lines-—-the French Republicans
deeming it too dangerous tq their cause, to ad
mit so many of their profiled enemies into the
heart of the country. ...
SALEM, JULY JO.
From New fairy-fxirt, Anguft 3*
■ Thursday laftj J Jin Barrovgbs and William
Little, of this town, were had before Judice
Fix s, upon fafpicionofaltering Dollars "From
their present ftandsrd—fearch being; made,
several dies were found in their poffeflion---
alio a plate of the Maflachufetts Bank for 20
dollars, and another of rhe Union Bank for
5 dollars.—After a ftrrft inveftgation of the
matter, Burroughs was bonded for the fntn of
f.xty pounds, to answer to the Supreme Jadi
cialCuurr, and Little was recognized-as awit
nefs—fince which they have'both difappeatec.«
The publick arc requested. to examine the
dollsrs which may be offered theoLas a number
art at present in circulation, which, were
coined- by authori y, but have since been sawed
open; filed down very thin, and copper fubfti*
tuted therefor. They have the appearance of
being newly milled <
. A letter, dated Shelburne, July 17, 1793>
from Mr. Lynde Waker, cohii brochcr, Mr.
William Walter, of Boston, mentions —Qa
the 7th of July, Capt. Rufus Utleyi in the
Schooner Nancy,towed ihto Yarmoum a large
Schooner bottom-upwards—lumber on deck
—principally laden with beel—appears to
have been a long time at sea, from the grass
on the bottom—from some marks On the
calks they were able to gee ar in the cabin,
supposed (he belonged to Newburyport—
there was not * living foul on board.- —■
The above is supposed to be the Schooner
Sally, which was owned by Capt. Thomas
Brown, of this place.
A merchant in this town has received a letter 1
from Philadelphia of the nth in ft. and favourd.
us wite the following' extrad -. “ The .yeffda
from ;he Cape are crowding in o this pert, th®
guard -fleet will probably go into Chefepeak
and the (hips of war proceed to Bolton.”
- v. a 1 v g
Under hetveOj if onee engaged nitbofe yihdic*
live and savage wars, which in all probability,
will ravage Europe during the prelent a^e; we
enjoy the consolation of believing the wifhes
of this country co be favourable co peace,order
and virtue;
.' j <
ExtraPt of a letter from a Capt fin efanAme
\ .rican <veffel at New-Providence* ddfeo.Jvb
9, received jefierda} by As Jcbaqur Linnet
Valentine. ‘ \
*• A great number of Amerjcan vettels are
here, and more every day coming in. The
Britift privateers take .all they meet with.—*
They bribe the failors;make them drunk,
and ship them on boa'll'
They leave <bme veffeh with nor Shore than
one or two hands^ and fend theto port
promise them Jha res ity tb^ prizes,
condemned. Threb of my' people have beets
taken and sent on board a ^ivateer- -They
offer the mates froth 4JO ^xtttoihn fdf in
formattoni— C-^ptatn »~i ■ * ,1 >. lias condemn
ed his own vessel and cargo, and he is at pre
• fefht a captain of a peivateer? / .
< Married t on If Ae
i Rev. Mr^ Rjiekminfier of FerepiMh. the
Mr. WilliAm Frsde.rlck
■ tbie tonvn t to the ‘Fdxtuous andAdtiable Meji
Sally Ladd, of Portfidous.'''‘
N E W B U R V - P O RT, Augvst j.
FBQM ALGIERS:
ixtraß of a letter from Ca 'pt. Richard O'Bri
an, a frifoner at Algiers, dated December
2^h 1792, ar.d eighth year of bis captivity.
“ Should the Portuguese be so happy as to
obtain a Peace wi h the Algerines, what
would be the fetal confeqaefiee to the Ame
rican commerce ? A most tempting argument
has been held oct to the Regency here, by
rhe Spanish Consul, namely, that they would
become masters of the? great sea, as no mari
time power would then be capable of prevent,
ing their cruisers from visiting the? Atlantic
ocean, whenever .they thought proper.
We are daily expefltng to hear fame
thing Pom America relating to a Peace •
the fam has been afeertained finde last April
by Meff’rs. Bulhra ana Dininio, and I hope
Congress will cake this matter jnro their most
serious confideration —If the terms are rejeft
ed, no peace will be afterwards obtained, f
fay nothing as to our ranforp— ?p.pe!r to
be the living vi&ims of American Independ
ence. . ' [
“Our humane country men tiff Europe have
made out,to remit us a monthly allowance to
alleviate bur fafferings, for which they re.
ceived the orders of Congfourteen months
ago. ‘
•* Suppose a peace ihouWnpt takeplace •
is it just, that an unfortun^texcmnant of A
mericans Aiould remain in captivity, at a time
when a great part of the world are enlight
ened by the flame of Liberty.’” ^
“ We ate ail in the’ mArineexcept Sloan—•
Slaves have become very fcarceevery nation
are ranlpming theirfubiefls except the Ame
rican, a number of whole brethren have been
eight years in this city of bondage,——l have
just returned from, a hard day’s workj’
E X E T E R,
TUESDAY AUGVST 6, 1793,