The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-09-23 00:00:00, page 3

It only remzins to repeat my propofi
lions; arc you willing to Serve your coun
try ? to save your conliitu ion I and toaffift
in reletting .from ana chy,as you did from
difpouln), the freedom and independence
of America ? You will not heiitate $ theh
gentlemen when will your q';oia be ready
to attend ?
Your rmmedia'e decifidn is necessary to
er able me to regulate my tour through ihe
I . other counties.
U THOMAS MIFFLIN.
I | Wcdnefday nex; was th? day appointed.
u The tmpre^ioh was great and the appro
bation, of the..an lienee was uftt.fied by 3
cheers The officers, as cneman publicly
Idtdared their determination to Support the .
Jaws and the Coettitutiop.
The Governor, yesterday, in a very spir
ited manner, addrcHed his fellow-citizens^
and the militia officers in particular, on the
prefect trids in otir affairs* His observa
tions appeared to iiifpire witK a laudable
ardour the dozens assembled, who (hewed
their approbation of the SentimCpts he ex
■ prefied and theatres he proposed, by re
peated fhotits. We have every reaSon to '
I believe, tha thiU step of our Executive, will
have a considerable effeft in retrieving the
, character which the citizenhjLd?l
--i phia had in » great d «g rec ■ b X ‘H r
supineness since thle Solemn call on them
* foT their ■ affidance irk re prefling the inSur- •
penta. Never was there greater occasion
I *Rr decided measures. We find the over.
I Hires made by both governments for the
| retention of order not only flighted, but
our meffengehs of peace treated with insult j
I tie houses in which they were lodged sos
rounded, and the windows broken,
■ language h^Jd by Some of the leaders of the
P W^e Sufficient
r to r^. every honed feeling in a freeman s
I breast » they threaten, that rather than not
I * fdcCeW ’b atiainmen't Os thew ends,they
' ' will throw themfe’vcs into the arms of the
British f prote&ioo. And is it, then, an
uerfioo io excites that it the groand of l»^r
oppofitio* ? Mp, so«
ernment, by their agents, are now at the
bottom of the difturbahces; we know thrt
ments are worth preserving, and if so,
wnether we will tamely and filentiy fee
them destroyed, or openly’and firmly appear
in lupport of them. Listen to the language
of tnc insurgents and your spirit will rile
with indignation. They not only assert
that certain laws (hall be repealed, let th>
lenle 0^ the majority be what it may,
but they threaten us with the - eftablifli
, ment ot an independent government, or a
return to the allegiance of Great Britain.
Their cruelty and infoleuce towards Gen.
Neville, and Maj. Lenox. The insults
which tVey offered to tht commiffioncrs on
the return from their pacific million, (fuf
rounding their lodgings and breaking their
windows) and the menances of violence to
the family of Gen. Neville, (hould’the go
vernment proceed to inforce obedience to
the laws; arc circamftances so flagrant, so
/ iniquitous, and so dastardly, tha , for my
own part, I confider the conduit of the
Tories, during the war to have been tem
perate and magnanimous; compared wi.h
the course of the prelent oppofiuon.
For the honor of the militia, for the Jake
of the laws, and for the prelervation of the
Republican principle, let us then, gentle
men, unite ; and remember,, that if we
,cannot reform, it is our duty,tocorred those
who endeavour to plunder us of every right
and privilege, that is dear in the eftimafion
cf freemen.
That etch officer (hould; endeavour, either
by drafts, or voluntary enrolments, to raise
as m^nymen as ne can, before chedav fix
ed for their pardoning; & chat on the £ay io
fixed, they ihould mutter at mytint, which
fnall -be pitched tn the neighbourhood of
tne city, far the purpole of enrolling the
raen, and inputting the officers io the
route. 1 fltali proceed, in the fame way,
in each county, included in the requisition,
till 1 mve completed the llipulated num
ber ; and 1 trull we (hall yer reach the
place of jehdeivoui in time to prevent all
hazard of discredit and reproach.
Vac arras, ammunition, camp equipage,
and rations will he punctually and plenti
‘tuliy provided; and i have every realon
to oeiUve^ tn it the Legiflatiir? will enable
u> allow an additional pay, or an ^deuqace
bounty, for the tervice to tVhich the mili
tia are now called. Their families will
hxewilr be paid a weekly, reasonable film
out ui that allowance from tae relpedive
icuunty liealuren,
Let us not, gentlemen,be perplexed by
prejudices, or partial confidetatiohs, un
connected with the fubjed. Jt is no mat
ter of enquiry, al this time, wndher any
particular ads of Congrcls are politic or
not ; whether they oiignt xo be repealed or
hot; the questions are whether our govern-
all (he refpeilib’e cbvidersin, the weftern
counties, are oioifed to the late ex^ffes;
and in favour of a corhpljance with the law
utri! it can be cmfti>uti mally repetled ;
the opposition is f Rented by a few defin
ing 'nen.who are,moil probably in ths pay
Ot Simoe, and whi By the r arts have been
able to delude the great TnaTs ot th: peopfe.
The Itami th*r they ba^ railed, it is hop
ed, will ere long fltike with double force
their devoted heads.
One oftheperfon? rrioll alive »*• lead
er in the weitern pppofrion to the laws, is
said to have written.to General Morgan f of.
Virginia, that the moment he lbbold let
his foot upon Pert>ilylVania at the head of
his <rooD», certain relations of his in the
diuffrited counties,fh juld be put to death
He anhvered, th it he was not to be deter
ed from hb duty by any foch unmanly
threati i but if th<y offered those reia ion^
the lead intuit he would king every insur
gent he caught upon the ii ll wee
VV: furmer iejrn, that the MJ tia of
New-J rley bad marched to fuppreis the
infurr flion, a d that there never apoeared
a firmer determination tolupport the laws
than has been evidenced in ail the States
called upon by the Prefideot.
From Brown’s Philadelphia-pap er.
ExtraQ ofalettir from a gentleman of refpeS
ability. rtfidirg on the Wejiern Frontiers
of the Jae of New-York. dated zlj of
AugdfGvj^.
•• Th aye Seen two gentlemen, both
from Niagara ; they brought from thence
the important intelligence, that General
e haying advanced within 40 mles
pf the post lately taken by^t^.Brit;fh at the
Miami Rapids, the cavalry were detached
to attack the post. On. their appioach, ■
the officer commanding the cavalry order
ed them to evjieqate th? fort, which the
commanding officer refufed to do, faying
; he Would defind .it to the last. He was a*
gain Summoned/arid told that the fort'
would bfe instantly attacked and everyman
put to th? Sword •‘—■on their marching up,
the British marchedduts and Were ordered •
to ground their arms, which they did.—
The arm»i ammunition’and-ptevifion? were
taken poll flion of and (ent to General .
WaYSE. The British were Served out,
one day’s provitiotts abd ordered to quit
the.territory of the United states. The ;
fort was cdmp’e ely destroyed beford the
cavalry marched to join the American ar- ,
my.
“ TheSe gentleman further add, that a
company of grenadiers and pne of light |
infantry, each Bo ranktind ftlfe wUh fbur ;
heavy artillery pieces and l.heir comple
ments. jof artillery-men, rharched from i
Niagaras few days argo for fort Ene,; as ;
Was thdte underftodTd to re-ellabliftt the ;
post at the rapids of/the Miami. It was I
al So reported the Indians had had two par- ,
»iaj engagement?- otre. ^irh a detachment |
frotp General WayNe’s Rrmy^ in .which 1
fifty Indians were kifted«^thh 5
the detachment ci cay airy, when-bn their
Truth ever being our Aim, we t-ke the
earheit opportunity of a y»ng before the
public the following intelligence, contained
in a letter from Copenhagen, and f em the
ora! accounts of the captain of the Joseph :
,s Copenhagen, July 2r,'i794— By the la
te ft accounts we h ive fromLondon.it would
appear, that the differences between your
States and Great B i:ain, which Mr. Jay
came over to fettle, are not likely to be ter
minated in that expeditious and amicable
manner, which was at firft expeded ; we
hope, however, that matters will be made
up, and hostilities pr-vented taking place
between tha wo nat ons.”
We fur her learn rhar (he principal obr
ftacle to Mr. Jay* million, was indemnifi
cation for v ITel' aduaiiy laden with the
produce of the French 1-fiands bound direct
from thence to Europe.
Capt, Webber of the Jofe^b, inform;,
that the day previous co his failing from
Eifinorej a veffei arrived in five days from
New-Castle, the Capt. df which advjfed,
chit a few days before his failing from
New-Cattie, a mob, compoied of the Pit
men, and oiher workers of the Coal Mines,
and amounting in nurhber to about 8000,
hid paraded through the principal streets,
committing every devattatiod in their pow
er——alter Which they made towards the
government hoafe in order to destroy the
building and its contents, but wheri pre
vented by the ihilitia, then afleinbled un
der arms. Capt, Webber adds, that the
militia were ordered to fire on the banditti,
but they refafed to o^ey the order, incon
{equepce of whieh the town was in the
greatelt confufion imaginable—and con
tinued in this Gate until the vc(tel (ailed.
Important Intetygence.
" IF TRUE —-
mv,on its march to Miami, had encounter
ed and defeated a party of Indians, and
took forty prisoners; that upon the ap
proach of thearm^ to the fort, lately erect
ed by a detachment of Britilh foldier*, the
garrison retired without oppofidon, leaving
4 pieces of Cannon, and that it was destroy
ed by the orders of General Wayne. Not
having obtained fight of the letter, we are
hostile to state particulars.
^Awr. Daily Adv.]
We hre informed that there is a letter in
to-vn from s gen demax) in v ana la, inform
ing that, the advance of the American Ar-
HUDSON, (N . Y.) SEPT. 4.
Extr&El of a letter from a person belonging to
tbn citj., d-ued BreJ ze^th June, 1794,
"to hit friend here.
“I wrote you from Sr. ?Jalbe% blit am
fearful my letter did not comft to hand. ' I
arrived at this port 10 days ago, in the
frigate Le Refolue, of 36 guns, who cap
tured the vessel 1 belonged <0 in the chan
nel on the 15th ult. and sent her into this
port, but detained me on board the frigate.
—The Captain offered me the command
of a gun, and having presented me with a
suit of naval regimentals, a pair of pistols,
a sword and a Liberty-cap, I consented to
take charge of it, we V/ere then (landing
for an Engliih frigate—at half past four,
the engagement commenced, the firft
broadside we received, killed 23 of our
men, every man was killed at my gun ex
ceptmvlelf.
We then wore fhort.round and hauled
our wind, and got his three mails in one,
hove our main and mizen top-fails to the
mad and poured in our whole broad fide,
which killed upwards of jo men, and cut
away his mizen and main tjpmaft, he then
* hauled down his colors, and in five min
utes let them again, and kept them set un
til he Ihot away our fore top mail, and
killed fix men on our forecaft’e, we gave
another broad fide and grappled him ; he
immediately (truck his colors, we then
took poffeflion of his (hip capfiz.d his col
ors and sent him*to Brest. We then re
fitted our (hip, and proceeded on our cruise
the next we took was a (hip of 22 guns
from Liverpool upon a crui(e, we carried
her to St- Maloes; and having recruited
our men went to sea again, in five days
after, we took two Engliih merchmtmen
bound up the Streignts, and four Irilh
brigs, bouhd to Jamaica, loaded with beaf
and butter.
“ Having joined four firft rate (hips, f e
took 3 Dutch men of war and twenty fad
of merchantmen ; we then came into Bred,
where I left the frigate, and Went on board
my own (hip—Here J beheld a fight
which you will think almolt incredible,
near 300 fail of Engliih merchantmen lay
here with their colois reversed, besides
many Spanilh ‘ and Dutch (hips. The
French nation is in a flounftiing situation,
and their arms are ev^ry where viftari-
; PHIL ADEL PHI A, Sept. 12.
Vins low ORDERS ~ept. 10
SUCH Lieut. Colonels Commandant-hr
Commanding Officers of Corps, be
longing to the firft division of the militia of
Pennsylvania, as have hot yet formed chem
lelves into chffes, are ordered immediately
to do it t and (hauld any of the offices non
commiflioned officers, or privates, belong
ing to the reTpefifiVe battalions, or corps,
Whbfb tour it is id march) be So loft to the
.d'utyxhey owe to their government, as io f
.going on the.prefent fervioe.Jt da
exuded Such officers will immediately re
ffgn their commiflibns, the non-commiflion
ed officers* disgraced, and every exertion
made by the commanding..officers of the.
corps and companies, to supply the default
ers* places wit.l volunteers.
The Drums and Fifes belonging to the
Several batraliods. will parade with their
■ Drum and Fife-M^ors daily, and practice
through the ci y, or in Such parts of the 1
country as may be fixed on by the com*;
mahdihg officer ; their pay will be made
good by the ftaw ontil Wednesday the 17 h
iblb^oo which day the refped;ve epm
mands will march from this city, and par
ade at the governor’s hrarque.'
> WATER pTEWART, .
4 t MdjordGui*&i if ^e tJI Ainsifion of the,
5 • M^^Af Ptnnfpf^^
Lj Xx® meeting Ofpld City troop of
Cavalry, commandedßy Capt. Dvtftßp','
’ft* he 8 dity.Trvern, and of the Volunteer
Gr en, Commanded by Capt.M‘Coj«N«kL,
, «t ^Shantis, on W^dncWay afternqon, we
' ■ . " ■' ”'V . ‘t’ *— .S'
march; in which seventy were killed ; that
they Had sent a hatchet and a firing of
wampum to Mg Simcoe, faying that the
hatchet was too b’anc.”,. .
aus/’
FURTHER.
ALBANY, Sett x.
By a gentleman from Fort Scanwix,
learn, that by several perlons who are in
formed, neWs has been received at the
latter place, from 'he Miamies, Rating that
Gen. Wayne, wth the American artnyj
had began h’» march into the Indian cour*
try—that he had defeated the Indian: in a
battle near the rapids of the Miamis and oh
his arrival at the fort eredted by Governor
Simcoe, at the foot of the rapids, he sent
a peremptory order to the British garriforj
to evacuate the place in 15 minutes—and
in case of their compliance, they Wcuid
be permitted to return to Detroit or Nia
gara in peace—but that if they he flirted, h£
would immediately fterm the fort. The
British not thinking it prndept to difnute
the matter with the Hefd of Stony Pointy
marched off within the time limited.
B OS'TONi September so.
In NeW.Jerfey, Pen of .vani*, Maryland,
and Virginia, every thing h«s the appear
ance of military buttle, and aftive prepara
tion. The commiflioneri of peace hate re
turned, to give place to the comm fiionefS
of war. All the troops required frorft
New Jersey,; Maryland and Virginia, ,afd
on the march and Gov. Mifflin has tafteit
the field in person, as commander of the
Pennsylvania volunteers.. v
The Fiefideot of the United Statci Kai
augmented the troops destined to aft a
gainit the Pitrfbu.g white boys to 15066
men 5 the addition will be compared cf
Last evening arrived here a cetacnmeril
of about ioo horse from Essex County, un
der the command of Capt. Wa d on their
way to Trenton. . their appearance was
truly martial and uniformly elegant. They
are 10 mane a (hart itav here, either,to d<y
or to morrow, they proceed to the rendez
vous at Trenton. Th? infantry are-to io»-
iow in a few Cays. We.are old Capt.
Marsh, of Albany, comes cn 10 morrow.
1 The company dr Artillery, commanded
by Major F.(h- r, were the firft to offer their
for vices updn this important occakon.
have it from good authority, that .evety
member of (he troops off-red ihemielves as
volunteer* on (he expedition against t e
W^ltern fn'argents. The fe'cohd Ttoop,
Commanded by Capt. Singer, wu hrar, had
a previous meed ng, at which the lame re
publican spirit was difpUyed in fapport cf
the laws ano the violated authority cf the
state.
Virginia riflemen. . *
Gov. Clinton, cf New-Yojk. has in aS
official letter to Major General G nlevcort,
dated the 6th inst. ordered ihe GencrJ to
put the militia in rcadrnefs, for- ailua’l lei"
vice, in cocfequcnce of the pretest of Lieut.
Shetiffe mentioned in the letter of the Sec
retary of btate to Mr. Hammond. The
Governor fays, that the principle Set up in
that protest, M cannot lor a moment ba
tolerated by our government —and if any
attempt fhou’d be made on the part of the
gritiffi to carry it into c xecuudni it will be
juftifiable and neceflary on our part to re
pel so ce by force.” / ’
..... . official,. ..
. —
DON JOSEPH DE JAVDENES.
tnifart Central of" the Rryal Arinies of
Spain, and His Catholic Elajefly s Envoy
to the^Vnited Stales of America. <^'c,
Wifnitag ip avoid at lei,and.n thepo/js of
Spain, any. mo’eftation of the American
veflels and property for want of the certifi
cate which is required (and the form*where
.cf has been published in fevetal newspa
pers of tU United Scares) not to be inter
rupted ncr refufed admittance by his Mr
jefty’s of land officers—the needful
certificates wilt be bad (grath) in the ports
where the principal trade is carried on
with Spain, and, delivered by the.under
mentioned gentlemen :
At Phiiadelphra—&y the Envby him
felf.
At New York—By.Thomas Sioughtonj
E ( q.
At Ba’timbye and Norfolk— By James
Barrey Esq. '
At Charieftoft—By* Henry Grant, E s q
or his fubftite'f;". •
At BGffoqr-Rv.NAthan.-Spear, Esq.
Givin 'under mv hand and sea
(L.'S.) cf ’Arms at-New-York, the 3;
Sept. 1794.
{^ig^ned| Jos et> deJ auD en rs.
pi: I . —: —
>l7 ANTEP to hire.a jaurne
VV rfiw to the fh^
. bpSne^, and to tafce a boy as ai
apprentice tQ said bofinefs, En
quire of Caleb Robinson*
Exeter Sept. 23, 1794. '
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