The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-11-29 00:00:00, page 4

Poet’s Corner.
FROM! HE WESTERN CENT IN EL.
the SHOE STRING., .
IN days of yore, NeW-Ellgland chiefs,
Qo^|p^qgl<i&^le things
Begirt their handfomc (quire toc’d (hoes
With hftirtg.Latherdriag?;; - ,
But Bniifh beaus, who then did wear
ThebiKklc in ths (hoe, ; „
Beheld our.worthy. fires in (corn,
And ridicul'd them too. <
Well Brito‘n’» fans the buckle try’d*
Through every size add form ;
At lsli, they laid them all aside.
And strings their Hues adotn.
Not now, indeed, the leather Bring,
So acciept and so Brong ;
But ribbon gay, with double bow !
How worthy of a long 1 •
A fafhion ibis, so mickle gi^nd,
The ocean could not bar; 7
But (con fame vcffels from that land/
Bro’t o’er. the. mode from far. l '
This mode full soon/ as fare thought,
From town to town' did ring 'n 1 . .
^nd every Beau soon ty’d his (hoc
With this eXotic firing.
This fxfeion long has been in vogue ;
’Twill soon be lard aiide ; "
And what will next be-introduc’d,
No prophet css dacideA ' u
Ye.modifh Haves, when will ye cease
To put the wile in pain i
Well, change your f Jhions as ye please/
It alters not ' THE SWAIN.
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Laie European Intelligence. ...
' DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 6. >
THE inftru&ions of the cabk
netof St. James’s ar ri ued
here yesterday, by the ErrglHh
post, by (which the Britilh mrmof
wac and privateers are ordered dot
to detain Jhips bound to France,-
and laden wi^h corn and flour.
This me afore puis the epnsiflua
(tion of rbegoodunderftandin^^
tween Den maikacd. England be
yond ail doubt. Thefs instruc
tions have-excited upon* -m#
change, and every where, a great
deal of.joy and fatisfa^ion./ kt
k is hid that the fleet anchor*
ing in the outer roadi> t^ be? ^in
rig^ed and puLup in harbpr ornthe*
i.Otb infl ant, and the.Swedifla fleet
will then return to Cadferona,
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PRUSSIA.- -b
BRESLAW, dia) Aug. 29-.
lt rs confirmed, that the’wrfar
gents in Sooth Pruflla have
an ad of confederacy, las ,they^fli!e
if,at- Koften in Sooth Kruffil^Here
their adherent are mofb numerous
at which tranfadion they, granted ■
to Staroft Mernojoiky the- tide
grand General, and chafe a com*}
mitree to fee order preserved in the
Palatinate of Pofea.
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> G ERMAN r.
PRANKFORT,&pt. 6.
For thecOmpletion-df tht army
of the Empire,.rhe Dqke of Saxe
Tefehent, has corresponded with
the Mi op ok Spires, who
his country is ruined already,’
that-he can forndh do conungeh
cyto the army.
The Circle of Franconia, seems
aUo averse to these measures, and
the answer of the King of Pruflia,
as Elector of Bradenburg has been
fully negatived. He fays, he has
madefoch lacrifice^akeady, as far
exceed the expences of a contin
gency ; his troops have rendered
eminent Cervices, the expeaces sor Q
r&ikT&g Frankfort ana Meptz;,.
have not beetv made good y«u
there is no army of the Empire,
for the few contingencies that are
furnifhed, dp not ’deferve such ap
pellaaon. Besides, it was agreed,
that thefurnilhihg of troops should
be bought w.th ready money.
The war in Poland, excited by
the common enemy/ iri order to
< prevent his Majesty from defend
ing the Empire^ fully difpenfates
hinffrom it. Finally, his Majef
f ty thinks h 1 mfelf entitled to de
le lare, that if all States did as much
as he Fad done, the country would
have been saved.
POLAND.
The intelligence of the railing
the fiegefof Warfaw’ is fully con
firmed^ ^bd rhe King of PrulTra,
matchedTrom be'fore that city on
tHe '6th inst. to Rafozimi where his
atniy is to* take an advantageous
i pofitidn, wirl^ a view of
j the inforre£uon in South Prultia,
and to'fave* SiltfiaTrom its influ
ence. The infurgencs render them
selves formidable in the extreme,
land the moment they are beat in
one place by the Prufiian troops,
jand the latter turn; their backs,
they rife again, and commit frefh
and more horrible excesses.
The Prufhan General;- Farson
has fignifitd coihe King of Pruflra,
that fie cannoi.afford Fs Majesty
any aflillAncc, owing to the o|?fti
nate refiitance of the Poles in Li-
Thunia.
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FRENCH ARMIES.
MEN,
Frcih Haninguefi to Dunkirk, 360, doo
On the b'ca Coa£, and in La Ven- ’ -
• j dee/ , ,r . 1 io, ogo
( On the fide of the Mediterranean, 50,000
The army of the Alps, 80,000
Tholejof the Pyrehnes and South, 90,000
U the ^di& i&i wbrcfc fur round
Faria, . - - w 35,000
Diilributed ie the different depart
ment^, : r • ■ 130,000
.• ~v . . Total 855,000
American Intelligence. 1 '
PENN S PL'K ANI At
PITTSBUR G, Notv. 8.
Mefe’ts Findley, Redick, Doug
las, and Marton, infolm the hi
habitants of'the counties of Weft*
. moreland, Walhington, Fayette,
; and Alleghany, that in confe
-1 quence* of their appointment 10
wait on the Prefidetu of the Unrt-,
ed States, they proceeded on that
duty, but on cheir way tty Bedford
' wherfe it was expeded the Prefix
dent might probably be feen,learnt
that he had- left the army for the
. feat- of government, they therefore
on conftderation, took the right
wing of the army commanded- by '
the Governor of the State of fenni
tylvania, in their way, where they
cqnverfed with the Governor, aS ,
well as with the Secretary of the
; Treasury, on the fubjed of thtir
mission, and proceeded to the otii
er wing to Governor Lee, oF-Vir
‘.giniMthe Commander in chief)
who after receiving the.various
papers s and fakbfof information
which they could give, presented
'them with the following letter,
which -they now lay. before the
people for their serious confidera-
Ukjn.
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• ’ To Messrs. Findley, Redick,Morton,Daug
* foam the people of the coan
■ Um of Fayette, WxlHingiOn Alleghany
. I . and Welimoreknd. , , in yr*.?
t Gentlemen,* *t-
K THE resolutions entered into tube late
meeting of the people at Parkrnfon^ ferry,
With the ’various papers declaratory of the
determination of the numerous fubferibers
tothe will of the civil authority, mantfeft
ftroogly a change of fentimedt in the in
, habitants of this diftrid. To what caofe
' may truly be ascribed this favourable turn
in the public it is out of my province
to determine.
Yourselves in the canverfation last evefti
ingy imputed it’id the universal panic
(which the approach of the army of the U
nited biutes had excited'ih the letter order
of the people. *■ *'
If thi» be the real ground of the late
change (and m? re^c^ fpr your Opinions
wi)| not permit me tp doubt it) the mom nt
the is removed, the reigp of violence
ar^l tnaffhy wit) return. Whatever/ there;
i fore> may be the f^tiphenu of the people
; rdpedjpg the present competency of the
ci t fy authority co enforce the laws, i fee!
myielf obligated by the trust reposed in me
by (he Prefid^nt.ph the United .Stages, co ,
hold the army in eftis country uptii daily
I praffice fhaffconvihce alf that the fovreign
| ty of the onftkution and laws is unaker*
I ably eftiblifhsd’. * •
I In executing this refplution, I not only
conftilt the dignity and interelt of the U
nic<d StatearvVß^h will-always command
I my deeictd iefpeft afltbprefereDtia} acten
; tion; but halfax protaote the good'of' rhis
‘ particular difiridv ■ ,5 .j- j
f shall therefore as soon as t)ie jroops are
' reireftied, pivAed to tome Cenirat and coO
i venient It a cion, wherelthaH-patiently wait
’ until the Cdftpetency of the civil authority .
! i\cxp<rimeA'oillf and unequivocally prov
ed. No indjvidual cra bc inUre folfckous
than Ima for this.happy evenr, and you
may assure the good; people whom you
represent, that every aid will be cheerfully
contributed by me'to hafteh the delightful
- epoch. ■ ' - -
On the part of ill good citizens I confi
; dewjy expedt the mOft «&ive and faithful
• cooperation, which hssmy jud^OKht can
not be more effefteaMy givdo, thnn by
; circulMcing in thfemdft public manner ihe
truchiUnjong the peopie, and byundiicmg
the fever al club* whiclrhave so fuccei; hißy
poisoned the minds of the inhabwaht#, W’
i continue their u(ual meetings for the pious
purpose of contradN^ing, with their Cuflo
mary formalities? tneir past pernicious doc
; trines- A'conda^fu candid would parti
ally attoOe (or tho injuries Whkh in a grdat
degree may be attributed to their infiru
mcntality; and mast have a propitious in
finence in administering a radical cure to
: theoifting di (orders. k
On my part, and* on the part of the pit
riotic army 1 Have the honor to command
assure your fellow citizens that we ccihe
to proted and not to destroy; and that, dur
refped for cur common government, are
ample pledges of propriety in our demean
• or.
Quiet therefore the apprehensions of all
on this (core,and recommend oniverfally to
the people to prepare for the use of the ar
my whatever they can spare from their
farms neceffay to its subsidence, for which
they (hall be paid in case Ut rhe pre fen t
market pice. * Discourage exatiibn of ev
ery iort,notonfy because it would teftify ?
difpofnion very unfriendly, but because it
would probably produce very duagrte&ble
Icenes.
It is thy duty to take care that the troops
be comfortably fubfilted, and I Cannot but
’ obey it with XMc’high«a pleasure, because 1
■ intimately know their worth and excel
lence.~ ' ■ •
- k have the honor to be.
Gentlemen,
x With due^i&nfideration.
Your tnott obedient fefvabt, ’
< - ' HENRY LEE.
Head Quarters, Union Town,
< Novt 1, i794‘ ‘ : ‘ *
STATE PAPER.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the United Stares, of America.
‘ T 9 tEe ReprAentatives of the French
People ^Members of the Cdmfnittee
of Public Safety of French
Republic t Fhe ^eat andgoodFriend
and Ally of the United States.
ON the intimation of die
- wHh of the French Re*
public, that a new Miniftey
(hould befent from the Unitedi
States, I resolved, to manifeft
J my sense of the readiness with
j which T^queft was fuifil
l led, by impaediately fulfilling
’ the yequeft of your govern-
ment. It was feme tim^ be-:
fore a eharader could be ob
tained worthy of the high
office of expressing the attach
ment of the United States to
the happiness of our Allies, and
drawing closer the bands of
our fr'iendfhip. I have now
। made choice of James Mun
roe, one of our diftinguiffied
citizens, tp reside near the
French Republican the quali
fy of Mini/ler Plenipotentiary
of the United States of Ameri
ca. He is inftru&ed to bear
to you our sincere foljeitude
for your welfare, and to cul
tivate with zeal the cordiality
so happily tubfiffing between
us. From a knowledge of his
fidelity^ probity and good con
duft, 1 have intire confidence,
that he will render himfelf ac
ceptable to you and give ef
fect to ourdefire of preserving
and advancing oh all occa
-1 fions, the interest and connec
tion of the two nations. I
beseech you therefore, to give
fui Credence towhatever he
(hall fay to you on the part of
the United States, and : most of
all when he fhajl assure you
that your prosperity is an ob
ject ofour affection.—And I
pray Gon to have the French
Republic in his holy keeping.
Ifritttn at PbildfAphitt, tbit
(great seau) 2%tb'of'M'irih' 1794.
G°- WASHINGTON.
By the Pzefident the United Suite of
America,
EDM RANDOLPH,
Secretary of State. 'Oh
Stray Heifer.
/^AME into (he inclofore of
the fobferiber,. fomeume in
July last, a red HEIFER with
white face, one year old last spring.
The owner may have her again/
paying charges, by applying to
BILEY GILMAN.
Exeter, Nov. 15, 1794'.
ALMANACKS’
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and ready for sale by the printer
hereof, by the groce, dozen,
or Jingle.’- —Noy 10.
BARLEY WANTED.
THE highest price given for
good clean Barley, by
i Gilman Boyer— -or
Daniel Connor,
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at either of their stores in Exeter. 1
September, 1794. t.f.
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