The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-05-13 00:00:00, page 4

Far off, alas ! he bleeds in Brighton wars;
At Icafl his hqrfc’s ribs so glorious bleed,
Where nobly daring danger, death, & fears,
He flies, & rallies on his bounding steed.
NOTE.
^Duh of Richmond, 'who rectivtt ntir
io,oool. ay tar front a duty on coali. <
THE WAY OF KINGS.
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The following little extract from
friftram Shandy, gives a pretty
specimen of the motives that
aftuate Monarchs in making
war and devaluation all around
them.
“AS FRANCIS the firft of
France, was one winterly
night warming himfelf over the em
hers of. a wood fire and talking with
his firft Minister of sundry things for
the good of the State—lt would not
be amifs,faid the King, ftiring up
the embers with bis cane, if this
good understanding betwixt ourselves
and Switzerland were a little
strengthened, There is no end, Sire, l
Where is the man who mocks the grin of
death,
Turns bagfhot pale, and frightens Houn
flow health *
Sad vet’ran I is that coat thy ragged all r
Sport of the fancy winds and soaking
rain ! *
For this has courage fac’d the flying ball ?
For this has bleeding brav’ry prefs’d the
pain ?
Poor soldier ! is that flick to make a fire,
To warm thyfclf, and wife, and chil
dren dear ?
Where is the goodly Duke—of coals the
Squire,
Whose heart ha h melted oft at mis’y’a
tear ?
Glean’d with the very hand that grafp’d
the sword,
To guard the throne of Britain’s sacred
lord !
While cowardice at home, from danger
sh rinks,
And on the empir e’s vitals eats & drinks.
Heav’ns ? let a spent and rambling shot,
Touch but a Prince’s hat or coat,
Expanded are the hundred mouths of
fame 4 *
Whilst braver thonfands (but untitled
wretches,)
Swept by the sword, fliall drop like paltry
vetches.
Their fate unpitied, and unheard their
name I
Where ocean seems to heave a pit ing roar,
Why do 1 fee thee thus negleded pine ?
Poor wretch ! along the sands condemn’d
to go.
And join a hungry dog, or familh’dcat,
A pig, a gull, a cormorant, a crUW,
In quell of crabs, a mulcle, or a sprat I
Now, at night’s awful, pale, & silent noon,
Along the beach I fee thee lonely creep,
Beneath the palling solitary moon,
A sped re Healing ’mid the world of Heep.
Griev’d at thy channelled cheek and hoary
hair,
And ^uiv’ring lip, I mark thy familhM
forth,
And hallow jellied orbs that dimly flare,
Thou piteous penftoner upon the florm.
The Mufes’ handkerchief Ihall wipe thine
eye,
And bring sweet hopes to sooth the mourn>
ful figb.
Deserted heroe I what 1 condem’d to pick,
With wither’d, pally’d Ihaking, wound
ed hand,
Os wrecks, alas I the melancholy flick,
Thrown by the howling tempest on the
strand ?
* DSOR soldier, after many a dire cath-
L pa’gm
Drawn mangled from the gory hills of slain,
Perhaps the foul of Belisarius thine ;
Why with a Ute?d coat along the Ihote,
Poor Soldier c/'TxlbVrlt Fort
By Peter pinder, Esq.
Poet’s Corner.
We do notfind among the print
led treaties of Subsidy laid on the
I table, the most improvident treaty
[ of all, that between King of Great
| Britain, and the ele&or of Hano-
I ver. It Purely the duty of the
I House of commons to enquire ii^|
Ito that treaty. In the bloody ar
fair of Handfchoor, alone 3,500
Hanoverians werekilled, by which
lat 30!. per carcafe 4 the people of
I Great Britain paid the Eledor of
Hanover, one hundred and five
.thousand pounds.
TAXES.
Mr. Pitt’s declaration, that the taxes
! were such as would not be severely felt,
bears fame resemblance to the consolation ,
of tn Trish executioner, who allured a poor
fellow, when he was on (he point of turn
ing off, that if he would fuffer him to put
the haker round hie neck pgactably, hang.
! ing would not hurt him.
The King of Pruflia has coafent^d to
augment his Army on the Rhine to 80,000
men, provided.
mier, said the King, by G—d,
well go to war with 'em."
jefty replied the Minister calmly,
cannot bringyourfelf off. We'll pay
them in money, said the King. Sire,
there are not fix thousand crowns in
the treasury, answered the Minister.
11l pawn the best jewel in my crown,
quoth Francis the firft. If our
honour (lands pawned already in
this matter, answered Mons. Le
Premier. Iben Mons. Le Pre-
Your Majesty is deceived, refled the
Minister, I have this hour received
dispatches from our resident with the
determination of that Republic on that
point also. And what name has the
Republi c fixed upon for the Dauphin?
Shadrech, Melheck, Abednego,
replied the Minister. By Sit Peter s
girdle, I will have nothing to do with
the Swiss, cried Francis thefirft,
pulling up his breeches and walking
baftily across the floor. Your Ma-
replied the Minifter* of giving mon
ey to those people ; they Would J wal
low up the treasury -of France. Poh !
pob !—Anjwered the King, there are
more ways, Mon f* Le Premier,
of bribing States* than by giving
them money. I’ll pay Switzerland
the honour of Jlanding god father for
my next' child. Tour Majefty* J aid
the Mtnifier* will, in Jo doing, have
all the grammarians in Europe upon
your back;—Switzerland* as a Re
public* being a Female, can in no
condrufiion be god-father,— She can
be god-mother, replied Francis,
hastily : So annonuce my intentions
by a courier to-morrow morning. I
am ajlonifhed*faid Francis the fir It
(that day fortnight) speaking to his
Minister as he entered the clofeh
that we have bad no answer from
Switzerland. Sire*l wait upon you
this moment* replied the Premier,
to lay before you my dispatches upon
that business. They take it kindly*
said the King. They do* Sire* re*
plied the Minifler* and have the
bighejl sense of the honour your Ma
jejly has done them. But the Re
public as godmother claims her right
in this instance of naming the child.
In all reason quoth the King—she
willcbriflen himFßANcis. or Hen
ry, or Lewis, or some name she
knows will be agreeable to us.-
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, March 7 .
TREATIES.
Since our last there has been
three arrivals from Guadaloupe,
which bring information from that.
Island, as late as the 6th April, at
which time it had not been attack
ed by the British, though hav
ing heard of the capture of Mar
tinico, it was momently expeded.
By some it was supposed a feeble
refiftaoce only would be made;
by others, that it would be found
difficult to conquer; The fort is
said to mount 106 pieces of can
non ; and the whole Island has
plenty of provisions, at present. j
We hear that the Capt; of a
veflel arrived at Salem, in a fliort
paflage from Guadaloupe, saw the
British fleet close in with the Isl
and, and during the night heard
the firing of cannon.
We publish the above intelli
gence, as we received it, which,
we conceive consonant to our du
ty—" Every one will have an op
portunity of commenting on it as
he pleases- Some will be dispos
ed to heighten the gloomy colors
on the French fide; and others dis
believe it in tote.
Yesterday arrived here the brig
t)iana, Capt. Martin Pease, in
45 days from Bourdeaux, where
he has been detained several
months by the embargo on Amer
ican vefiels—We have not heard
of any newspapers brought by
this veflel, but the verbal infor
mation of the captain is father
gloomy on the part of France.
He mentions, that the French ar
my Opposed to the Spaniards bad
loft ground-^That the Northern
army remained in ftatU quo, neith
er advancing nor retreating—That
the rebels were nearly conquered—
That provisions was very scarce
at Bourdeaux, which occasioned
some commotions in the city; for
the last three weeks there was no
bread in the place. He further
believed, that this scarcity of pro- I
visions was general throughout I
France. |
A gentleman from the Weft*lndies, in
forms us. That a Captain Talbott, an A
me/ican, after being taken and carried in
to New-Providence, Ibfihg his property and
brig—abused and infaked by the British,
resolving on being indemnified afid reven
ged, immediately proceeded to Guadeloupe
was naturalized, procured a commiHion as
a French privateer ; and with fame Ameri
can tars, who followed his example, and
fame French Tailors, had made fevetal crui
zes, in which he had captured eight or
ten fail of British vessels, which had been
Tent into St. Thomas’s. He adds that the
British privateers of the Leward Islands
were much afraid of meeting with him.
3. That should the Germanic Empire
refute to accede to theft proportions, His
Prussian Majefly would withdraw all his
forces on the Rhine, except those Troops
which he is obliged to furnifh by Way of
contingent as a Germanic Prince.
The diet has acceded to all these pro
posals, and the Pruflians are now supplied
from the Austrian Magazines.
from BOURDEAUX, March 13
I. That every German Prince furnifh
immediately the contingent stipulated by
the Diet;
2. That the Empire maintain the Prus
sian Army, and furhifh it daily with 80,000
rations ot bread, and 24,000 rations of hay
and oats;
American Intelligence.
B O S TON, May 2.
GUADALOUPE.
malt 6.
Whoever will, return him again clear of
ex pence, shall receivethe above reward,
and no thanks.
HENRY MARSHALL.
Brint<wod, April 26, 1794.
ALL Pcrfonshaving demands
on the estate of Thomas
Jennkss late of Hampton, black
smith, deceafcd, are requested ta
exhibit them for settlement—and
thole indebted, to make immedi
ate payment, to
JONATHAN STEEL, Clerk of the
Diftrifi of Nvu.-Hany/hire.
A true copy of Record.
; Attest, JONATHAN STEEL.
RAN away from the fub*
scriber on the 2 ;d. inst. ah indebt
ed boy, named John Chace. All perfon#
arc forbid harbouring pi trusting him on
my credit, as they wcmld avoid the pen
alty of the Jaw,
( L ' s ‘) T-JE “ R cn,c mberedj that on
। JO the fourteenth day of April
in the eighteenth year of the Independence
of the United States of America Samuel
Langdon of the said Diftrift, hath depof.
ited in this Office the title of a Book the
right whereof he claims as Author in the
words following, to wit,
" Remarks on the leading Sentiment*
in the Rev’d Dr. Hopkin a’ Syllem o f
Doftrines, in a letter to a friend from Sam
uel Langdon, D. D.” in conformity to
the Aft of theCongrefs of the United
States intitled, « an Aft for the encourage
ment of learning, by fecorihg the copie#
of maps, charts and books, to the Author#
and proprietors of fufch copies during the
terms therein mentioned.”
NEWPORT, APRIL 22.
On Saturday last arrived here a veflel
from Antigua, the mailer cf which informs,
that in consequence of the last orders of the
British Court he was released, with all o
ther American vefiels, which had not pre
viously beeft condemned.
We hear that a veflel from Baltimore*
with flower arrived at Guadeloupe, and
finding the price lower than he intended to
fell for, was about to proceed to another
port, but the Governor of the, Jfand, warn
ing the flower, infilled on it? being landed
there; and on the Captain’s xtfufing co
land it, they sent men on board, carried the
veflel to the town, and took out the cargo.
A Dutch Ihip with a very valuable car
go, confining of gold bars to the value of
15,0001. 700 tons office, 200 tons of pep
per, and a great quantity of fogar, has been
captured and sent to the Isle cf France.
The Company of Comedians, at Phila
delphia, have paid into the hands of the
Chairman of the Committee appointed in
that city to solicit contributions for the re
lief of the American Sufferers at Algiers,
the Turn of Nine Hundred and Forfy-Oni
Dollars»
> --w
From BALTIMORE, April 21,
And a vessel arrived here last
eVfehing, in which came a Mr.
Langttr, ot this place, who a Herts
that 28 fail of American vettels
were released at Antigua, of which
some ot theih belonged co this
port, and may be hourly expected.
NEW-YORK, APRIL 30.
Valenciennes is the head quar
ters of the Prince of Cobourg,
and Courtray of rhe British army.—
Preparations are making bn both
sides for beginning the cath^aign
early in March. Letters from the
frontiers date, that the movements
of the French indicate an intention
to cover Maubeuge with a large
army on account of a fuppofnion
entertained by Gen. Pic h ecru,
that to blockadeMaubeuge will be
the fijft attempt of the allied pow
ers.
Jeremiah Moultok, Ex 9 r.
Hampton, May 5, 1794.
Diftrifi Os Nt'w-Hampjbire— to nvit.
One tar thing .Reward.