The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-03-21 00:00:00, page 2

Important and pleajing News.
Received thia dsy by Express from Head-
Quarters.
Extra# of a litter, dated Fort Wajhmgton,
Feb 2, I 795 to a gentleman in this city.
«qr HE Indianshave By their Deputies
generally applied fore Treaty of
Peace with the United States—you will
fee by the official papers now transmitted,
that preliminary articles' are signed. pro
posing to meet for that purpose, at Gren
ville, bn the 15 th of June next.”
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Extra# of another letter> dated Grenville,
January 23.
I am now happy to inform you, that
We are in a fairway to obtain Peace with
the hostile Indians on this fide the Ohio—
Deputies from fix of their nations are now
at this place, foHcfting a cessation of arms,
until 4 treaty can be accbrtplifiied ; and
this day preliminaries have been signed by
all the Chiefs present; viz. :\ »
•* Wyandofs, Miamis, Ottawa/,Patowat’
amies, Sakeet, and Cbippawas ; these con»
ftitute the whole banditti, except Shown
nefe and Delawares, and tEAey are expeded
every hobr. . * .
<« The Indians fay the great spirit has op
ened their eyes, and diteded them to make
peace with the United States— but I rather
believe it was the glare of our bayonets on
the 2oth of Aoguft left/ that has thus ilium,
inated their minds*
«The Treaty is to be coftipleated on
the 15th June nW, after wfiich/ (hould the
war continue, we shall have 50Q0 worri
ers left to combat with.
Aar ch 3.
Extraß of a letter from an Officer in the'
Federal army, to bis friend in Lexington,
dated Grinville, Jan, I.
« Late last night an express arrived
tert from Fort-Wayne/ with information
of a considerable number of Indians having
come to that post on the business of a trea
ty* A deputation from as many as five
tribes hare already come in, and they fay
al) the others will follow in a few days ;•
I believe we shall find thole peopld really
serious, and that a piece is their grand ob-
from Trenor papers.
PARIS, DEC. 16.
LET the people of France learn wis
dom by tbeir past fullerings, and ne
ver again fall under the empire of tyranny;
of which more than one species, is eVth
now trying, conftan i\y,under the appearance
ot d ptrf duous popularity, to fix on us its
claw?, and its chains. Can it be poflible,
that after having been so horribly tormen
ted the French will ever again become the
dupes of those political jugglers, who are
yet seeking to dilade them. No I they
fhal! not focceed in their attempts; we
will no longer listen to them. The laws
{hall be our only matters, our only guides.
We will fpum with horror; we will crulh
without mercy, any individual, any pri
vate authority whatever, Who (hall attempt
to iubftitue their will in the place of the
law.
Lcchet, chief Secretary to the Com
mittee of General Welfare, who was lent
to Nantz, to colled the witneffea against
Carrier &c. deposed-at the Tribunal,
that on his informing the citizens of that
place, of the intention of the Convention
to punilh the authors of their misfortunes,
thby rent the sir with shouts of vive la
Conventien^-vive la Republique - vive la
Just ice. These good people thronged
round him; and attended him in crowds
to the {pot where the fusion Boat and
Carrie&’s Galliot lay aground. They
conoufted him into the hold* of both, and
(hewed him the hooks fixed in rows round
the inside, to which the miserable viftims
used to be tied; Not far from these, is a
nother large boat, still funk, which they
aflured him was yet foil of dead bodies.
The Commune of Narit^ is taking meas
ures to restore the Confifcated property of
their fellow-citizens, who fell umlef Car-
Ri e r’s tyranny, to their heirs;
DECEMBER 20. *
Addreflesfrom all parti of the Republic,
congratulating the Convention, on having
terminated the reign of th? cut-throats and
thieves, are eVery day prelent at the bar.
^ranjlated for the Centlnel.
PHILADELPHIA,^. 28.
Domestic Intelligence.
THE public fufpencey will in a J
degree be relieved, by the infor*
: mation from Amsterdam. Th^
public will remember, that the last
intelligence we published; of un
doubted veracity, refpe&ing the
affairs of Holland, was the speech
of our late Most Gracious Majes
ty, the King of England. This
specimen of Royal eloquence was
delivered to his affectionate Parli-i
ament, the last day Os December I
and affefts in peremptory terms,
x “that the Statcs-General had act
ually entered into negociations for
a peace with the party nowpre^
.a
From Anifardam,
Capt; Brown, in the brig Polly, arrived
here on Thursday, from Guadaloupe, in
ip 34 days. He informs, that a French
fleet, of 10 fail of transports, convoyed by
two frigates, had arrived there, having
5000 troops on boards He confirms the
account Os the capture of one of th? fleet
With five or fix. hundred troops on bdard,,
but no extra provisions or military stores.
Immediately on the arrival of these troops,
preparations were made for an expedition,
iuppofed against Domihico. He also. in
forms, that a Proclamation had been issued
at Martinico, granting tfre priviledge of
citizehfhip to all perlons refrdent io the
Island, who Would pay a certain high fam
of money—on condition they should not
bear arms; in a few days after, this Proc
lamation Was nullified, and residence for-"
bidden to any inhabitants who would hot
take up arnbi, in 48 hours, to defend the
island. in confinpiencO of this base pro
ceeding, a great number of the inhabitants,
notwithstanding they had paid the stipu
lated fam, left lhe island ; some Os whom,
it is said, have taken passage for this place.
A Corre f ponient allures us, upon good
authority, and the information must glad
many • heart, that a Treacy of feme kind
is either concluded, pr at least in forward
nefs‘, with the Dey of Algiers, for the re
demption of our captive brethren. He
has refufed, it appears, money in ransom,
but is to receive a quantity of arms, Canon,
and military fibres. The Legislature has
just psffed an ad to legalize the exporta
tion of such articles for this purpose, in or.
der to enable the Executive to comply with,
the stipulation.
Account of an elegant Fancy Piece, executed
and presented by Mrs. Ven Bfrfc ke l ,
to Mrs. W ashiHCt on, on the Pref dent's
Birth day.
The “ Dignum Laude Virtoh, mufa ve
tat mori" of Horace, muft' have been the
origin of that happy design we have seen
qf the “Fatal Sifter”—-but perhaps the
sentence did not occur to the elegant De
signer; if not—the thought is as original as
beautiful. The Bust of our illuftrioos
Washington, is very well painted,
and bears a confiderble likehefs—Near it
are the three Sifters, one fpining the thread
of his life—the feeond winding it— the
third is witheld by the Genius of Imortal
ity from putting the fatal iheers to it,
while Fatne from her Rock, {hatches the
thread and bears it off into eternity. It
was a beautiful and appropriate tribute on
the Prefidenfs Birth Day.—Lines under
the pidure.
In vain the Sifters ply with busy care,
Jo reel off years from Glory's dathlefs Heir,
Frail things may pffs, His Fame jhall never
die,
ReJeu dfrom Fate by Immortality.
NE W-YO IK, March 5.
Ye ft er day the House of Assembly pafled
the bill for the establishment of Public
Schools in this State, and appropriated the
sum of thirty thou fund pounds for their fup
po;ts—- [ A noble ad 1 Worthy an en
lightened and Federal Aflembly.)
concluded by Mr. Jay, had not arrived at
Philadelphia, wheh the Third Congress ex
pired. We ire told; that the Senators
have been informally eonfuked as to the
time, when it would be mo& convenient
for them to aftemble, to difeufs the Trea
ty ; and that it is expeded The Presi
dent will by Proclamation, call theth
together in next.
The delay of the Treaty is owing to the
nonafri^al of the British Racists—.th#ee.df
whom Were due at Halifax, the 25th uk.
MARCH 16.
BO STO N, March 14,
. 7HB JREdJ'f
FltO’M GUAi>ALOVPE.
vailirig in France 5 although in his
opinion, up independent and-eftab
lifted Government can fafely do
it/ It appears however, by lub
fequent information, under the date
of Jan . 3d, that the Dutch were
in a firuation which would most
Ext raid of a letter from Amflerdam
dated Dec. 24.
“ The French army are now at
Nimeguen, about 40 miles from
this. On our route from Ham
burg, we slept at Amersforr, which
is only 18 miles from the grand
French army : The people in thole
places through which we paAed,
were very appreheafive of a visit
daily* The French as yet have
been unable to' pat's the Rhine and
the Waal, the paAes being in the
hands^ of the Englilh, betides the
inundation has been very great.
For these last ten- days it has been
extremely cold, so that the two
rivers (the Rhine and Waal) are
froze over compleatly, and the in
undation will fail of answering
s ah’y good purpose. It still con
tinues inteniely cold, and it is the
general opinion that some great
movement Will shortly take place
in the French army?’
On Saturday arrived the brig
Lydia; Capt. Shackerly, in 56
days from Amsterdam. Letters
have been received from thence as
late as the 7th of January. We
have seen those addressed to a re
fpe&abfc house in this city. They
at different dates state the progress
of the French That at one time,
they crossed the Rhine and the
Waal, and drove in - the posts
eftabHihed there. It had been af
terwards reported at Amsterdam
that they had re-crofied those riv
ers •, but the Pofticript of the last
letter ofthe 7th January , declares
all hopes of flopping the progress
of the French to be entirely at an
end, and that theywauld undoubt
edly be mthe city in thecourfeof
two or three days—Na diftiurb
ances had taken place among the
inhabitants, who, on the contrary
were calmly waiting their fate.
•-• ’ •
On the whole, it appears that if
a peace is made with the Dutch,
it will be dictated on the Exchange
of Amsterdam, It appears almost
a certainty, that this immense,
It is said in the British papers,
that two regiments in butch pay,
were made prilonars on this dc
caGon.
This intelligence was not be
lieved, by the editor ot the British
paper from whence our extrads
were made 4 but the following
authentic intelligence renders it in
the highest dfcg.ee likely, that the
French might pass, not only the
Waal but the Rhine, if they pleas
ed, on the ice ; ana as they might,
that they probably did.
probably oblige them to acquiesce
in the will of the conquerors ; as
on Christmas day. the Republican
army palled the Maefe, and on the
26th of Dec. the Waal, near the
Bommel, with considerable loss on
the part of the Germans.
. If
From A New Fork paper oj Mon-
The above is from a young
gentleman of veracity to his father
in Boston. It came in the fame
veflel which bro’t the following
intelligence of Jan.* 7.
day lajl.
this beautiful and opulenr city;
was taken before the 20th of Jan
uary last. The passages of the
Waal and Rhine, being forced,
there could remain no obftrudion,
to retard the pa Aage of the French
army, but a sudden thaw, which
was not likely to happen at that
season of the year.—The capture
of this grand Emporium will be
the greatest military event which
has happened in modern Europe*
Amsterdam, if we rightly remem- .
ber, never was taken before, since
it became the capital of the Dutch
Aristocracy : Yet in this city the
spirit of liberty has been higher
than in any other pait of chat Re
public. The people of Amster
dam generally have favored the
French, and have generally been
attached to the ancient Constitu
tion; but the intrigues, of the
British Cabinet finally prevailed,
and the Stadtholder was not only
eftablilhed as an essential officer,
but rendred hereditary, aind in a
high degree independent of the
States-General — When we speak
of this beautiful monument of
human art and industry, never
having submitted to a foreign
conqueror, we take not into ac
count the success of the Duke of
Brunswick against it a few years
since; as on that occasion, the for
trefles on the frontiers were irt
poffeffian of the Stadtholder, in
whole cause the Prussians had in
terfered. The Patriots then in
deed, were obliged to bow their
necks, to conceal their sentiments,
or actually to abjure them; but
still it could not be cbnfidered as
a conquered city.
The Democrats of France will
now have an opportunity of dis
covering the profound wisdom of
their policy in their conduit ro
these honest arid industrious citi
zens—They may and will convert
to their use, the prodigious resour
ces of this metropolis, without
material injury^ to any individual,
they will it is likely extend the
circulation of theif affignats into'
Holland. They wrll porbably de
mand naVaf afliftance—Perhaps
they may form an alliance, offen
five & defenfive, with the Dutch $
firft taking good care, that the fu
ture Government be really Demo
cratic, that is, upon the principles
of equality among the citizeos ;
the office of Stadtholder aboliffied,
or made etedive, under strong re
straints: Above all, they will bor;
row money, doaths, naval ftores^
and ev6ry article which is now
wanted in the French Republic i
and these are only part of the be
nefits which wifi arise froth this
iplecdid acquisition.
Vive la RepuhliqueSe
From NEW-YORK, MARCH’
‘THE IRE AFT.
Long expefted, and indeed sup
posed to be captured or loft, will
at length be undoubtedly received
by the Gup Thomas, arrived at
Norfolk. Cipt. Clark arrived
last evening from hence, who hail
ed the vessel, and was informed
that the Treaty was on board.—
This is the original, as the dupli
cate was forwarded by the Britiih
November packet, which is sup
posed to have been taken. It has
happened very unfortunately that
it was not received before the n
fing of Congress; Bur as many of
the Senate are still in Philadelphia