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WORCESTER, JULY 14.
MURDER!
Oh Tuefday last Capt. Elilha Allen, of
Princctown, was most inhumanly murdered by
Samuel Frail, the person who was tried in this
>own, some years ago, for the murder of his
father. The particulars we haVe received, are
as follows : Capt. ha^ left his house in
order to fee out some e&lfbe plants ata little
distance, and ordered Fro/?, who had lived
with him leveral years, to go with him. Hav
ing proceeded a little way, he recolfefted that
Ke wanted a hoe, sent Fro It back to get one,
and himfelf went on, and began his work.—
FroH returned with the hoe,and, as is supposed
got over the fence behind theCaptain.who was
probebly stooping down, struck him on the
head with the edge of t .e hoe, which knocked
him down ; after which he cohtiaued his
MASSACHUSETTS.
LITCHFIELt), July io.
On Wedneioay last a person by the name of
Smith, an intelligent foreigner, who for manv
years resided in the cities of Hartford’ and
Norwich, arrived here on his way to the east
ward having about five weeks since escaped
. from the weltern Indians, in company with his
two font, with whom he had been in captivity
more than two years. He fays fie went out
from Norwich in the employ of Mr. Wood
bridge, and fettled at Mariette ; from whence
he was taken and carried off, his wife and an
infant being abfenc at the time ; who were af
terwards murdered by th^ fame party, but of
• which he had no information, till he arrived
at Sufquehannah : The Indians telling him,
that they had leen his wife and child, in the
Second excursion to the house, bur did not hurt
them. Smith lays he was (urni/hrd with
money and rations at the British garfifons, and
produced a pass from Col. Simcoe ; that the
British are vigilant and scrupulous, though they
do not appear unfriendly ; and that every pos
sible exertion is ekercifed by various methods;
to induce the Americans to fettle on the Crown
lands. Our informant was prisoner with the
principal tribe engaged with St. Clair : He
Lw them march out to attack our army, and
lays they amounted to nearly 300 able warri
ors, headed by the notorious Girtys* ; and that
their loss in the aflion was computed not to ex
ceed 30 killed. He allures us that the Indians'
are valtly numerous, are ampiv furnifhed for
war, and from their late fuccffes hold their
white enemies in great derision. Their flip,
plies, he believes are not given them by the
British government, though actually drawn
from the King’s stores among them, but he
thinks for the Valuable consideration of their
fur : Thev however draw ayearly suit of blank
ets, &c. from the Crown, to encourage thei?
hunting, and to keep them in humour Smith
is fully of opinion, 'that our Commissioners
cannot fettle a treaty on any other terms, than
eftablimin® the river Ohio a« the boundary
line between the United States and the Indian
nation at war.
We obtained from our informant the names'
es such perforis, in custody of the Indians, as
came within his recollection, viz- -Edward
Hinmon, a private of Shalor’s company,
Hall, (of Wallingsford) a fargeant in do.
—— Ames, (recruiting sergeant) of Fielding’s
company, - Monatt, of do. from Massachu
setts; Peter Larkins, of Durham I and Atkins,
(supposed of Middletown)—all of whom were
with St. Clair’s army : Likewise David Hull,
an aged man, (a weaver) from Watertown, in
this county. Smith fays he was with ourCom
miffioners (in whose care he left his children)
amd obtained a pals, rations and a guinea, from
Co). Pickering, to enable him to ptofecute his
journey. He fays the treaty will be delayed
20 days, in cohfequenceof the detention of the
commissioners; the Britifh'requiring more for
mal credentials of their mission, before they
can pass their garrisons ;-*-which pretended in
formality has obliged them to encamp, till the
return of their express war office at Philadel
phia. Thefr suite consists of more than 30 ;
part of whom area refpeftable deputation from
the benevolent society of friends, largely sup
plied with money, &c. to ransom tfie prisoners
and cultivate peace.
•* My companions Jet ns and retnrft
iJifhonored to our families; for the fathers of
our country Judge us incapable of dying for
the republic.’’ A majestic caim fotceeded
all at once to the public scene, and the Con
vention, after a short debate, decreed in thb
greatest Clence, that the legion, called the
children of the republic, should hold itfelf
in readiness to depart in 8 days for the fron
tiers. Instantly (houts of Jorg live the repub
lic, were heard from every corner of the
hall, and more than 20,000 voices replied
from without. I was there, mydear friend,
andl cannot recaj theravifhing fight,without
{bedding tears of joy.
“The mothers of these inconceivable cnil.
dren, attended them at the pifiage, and, wee
ping, congratulaied them on having defer
ed the contidence of the Republic. The
Executive Council have given oiders, that
this legion be conduced by fijort marches to
ire fronties, and that the national volunteers
of Paris, should gb in two months to relieve
from their pelts these young pupils of the
country, li'tle accustomed to the fatigues of
a camp. What an exempli for every town
through which they will paCs 1 and what an
enthufiam they muftfpread of their return !”
The account brought by Capt. field, f ’vrri
Amilerdam, of the battle wherein the Aus
trians &c. are said to be viftorioos, is no
doubt, that of the Bth May; which would
unquestionably be thus reported in Holland :
.But on the authority of the' beft' accounts, on
both sides, we can assert, that the French
have as good a claim to the vidory on that
day, as the combined armies have. The
fads are, that the French made the attack ;
remained mailers of the field two days; and
oh the third retired uhmolefted : Perhaps,
like the battle at Monmouth, both ft see may
have a claim to the vi&ory ; but of this we
may, be affured,^ that the action was long,
well fought, and that besides the Joss of theT”
Britifb, Gen. Murray fays, that the Prussian?
loft 3000, and the Austrians 500. Truth
warrants us in the above.
By a gentleman who arrived in tdwn,
yesterday, we are informed that about three
weeks since, Gen. Lincoln and the other Com*,
missioners, in company with Gen. Chapin,
and the Chiefs of the Five Nations,*], fat
out from Buffaloe Creek, for Sandusky. via,
Niagara ; and that the profped of a Peace
with the Weftern Tribes, was not unpropi*
tioos.
We iearn, that Gen. Simcoe, Governor of
Upper Canada, lias refufed the United States
leave to pass provisions through his govern**
ment to support the treaty .* but has promis
ed to furnifh all that shall be wanted, with
out any expense to the United States.
[*Moha vk, Onondago, Oftowa, Fufcar
ara, and Orcide tribes of Indians^] :
Extras of a letter from St. Euftatia, dated June
18, 1793, received by Capt, Odlin, in 14
days fr™ thtnci.
BOSTON, JULY 19. .
The last accounts from France are very fa.
vourable to the caYife of the republic. In ad
dition to the victory over the Duke of York in
which his Jois was 1200 men, killed and disa
bled, there had also been an engagement be
tween the French andSpaiyih forces, nearßay
onne, in which the Spaniards met with a fe’
vere repulse and were driven back to St. John
de Luz, which is on the frontier. In their re
treat being flopped by a river, great numbers
periled in attempting to Iwim it. The French
returned to Bayonne, in and near which they
have a power'ui army.
Capt. Sai age, in the ship Commerce,arrived
in tnis port on Sunday last, after a passage fix
weeks from Liverpool in England. By him
Enghih papershave been received to the last of
May.
Betwixt 40 and 50 pafT ngers came with
Capt. Savage, chiefly mechanics who brought
with them machinery of various kinds to a
considerable amount. They have fled from a
land of oppression and want, and have taken
refuge in one of freedom and plenty.
From the accounts given by Capt. Savage,
and by all his paflengers, it appears that the
affairs of Great Britain are in a molt deplora
ble situation. The accounts we have hereto
fore received of the failures of bank, and bank
ruptcies of individuals, are far, very far short
of what have really been experienced in that
country. Confidence betwixt man and man,
is totally destroyed. It is a fait that there is
hard.y an individual to be found, who has any
credit himfelf, or who will give credit to any
one else- Trade and comme ce are at an end.
The manufacturers stand (till. In the town
of Manchester, thousands have been turned
out of employ,and are itarving for want of
bread. All other manufacturing towns are in
a similar situation. And it is a truth which
may be relied on that a (pirit gfarnigration at
this moment preVails among the great body of
artizans and tradesmen in England. Capt.
Savage might have had hundred?, had it been
in his power to have accommodated them.—■
Government is aware of this disposition ; and
it is asserted that an aft is passed, or about to
be passed, to confine every mechanic and
tradesman to that country, of at least to pre
vent their coming to America. Thofc who
are acquainted with the nature of man, will
easily calculate the consequences of this mea
fo e : It will more effectually promote the em
igration of thatclafsof citizens, than if gov
ernment had said in Io many ords, every me~
chanic (hall leave the kingdom. The war is
derefted by all who are able to fuoporc it. A
reform is loudly called for, by_ihe people ; and
government mull hear them, or a revolution
will immediately take place.
M. Dumourier has transmitted to the
States General of Holland the obligations of
fix Dutch Merchants to pay him 4,000,000'
florins, or 350,000!. as soon as he should have
taken Breda, and Ma’eftricht, for the purpote
of producing a revolution in the United Pro
vinces. Their offence in making such an
agreement, and in his surrendering it, after
he had attempted to benefit by it, are at lea ft,
rival treacheries !
blows until he had bruifrd his head to pieces
in the molt (hocking manner. The murderer
immediately made his escape into the woods
and had not been ukefi yefterdav morning
notwithstanding every exertion had been made.
It is presumed every perlon will feel bimfelf
under obligations to ufchis utmeft endeavours
to bring him to justice.
the frnch Fleet,
Confiftingol an hundred and twenty-seven
fail o’veflds, convoy ed by two fevcncy-four
gun fhips>, and five frigates, have arrived in the
Chefapeak, from Cape Francois. On board
this fleet a great number of the distressed islan
ders have taken passage and are fecking afy*
Jum in the United'States. On board one 20
gun ship here were eleven hundred passengers.
To relieve their distress, lublcriptions have
been opened in^Fhfladelbhia, Baltimore, and
the towns adjacent j and the donations already
received are considerable in amount. The re
fugees will be landed there ; but it is said, the
men of war, arid frigates, have failed for this
port or Newport—where their arrival may be
hourly expeftdd.
“ v * ■ 1 -■« - - - "• 1 ; . 1 _*•
iTx E T E R,
’fUESDAY JULY 2J, >79 j/
' The following concludes the account of
the celebration of the Anniversary of Amer
ican independence,at Concord, (n. h.) on
the 4th inst.
** If the name of Walhington extorted love
arid admiration—gratitude and ardent affec
tion were feelingly alive at the motion of
Fayette, that unfortunate child of Liberty.
The mind 6n this occasion,. and this, place,
found an extensive field for contemplation ;
but a few years since, this town, now the
feat of Government for a civilized people,
was the head quarters of a Tribe of Savages
—and on that spot where. the" natives of the
wood have probably held their War Feasts,
did reason and philanthropy triumph—the
morning fentirrient was peace on Earth, and
the evening good will to Man.”
DIED]—At Charlelion, No. 4, Reverend
Buckley Olcott. At New-Grantham, Sam*
uel Duncan. At Canaan, Mrs. Lydia Nor.
ris, aged 34*
’* Cape Francois was reckoned one of the mod
four 1 iking cnlonie. places bt onging to the Repub
lic of France ; it contained upward* of tkn‘t
thousand dwelling houses, and (before the dis
turbances took place) near Jotty thoujand inhab
liants.
The accounts relating the deftruffion df
this valuable town,* are variously related—*
and the cause of the catastrophe as variously
charged. In the confufion which must have
endued, to obtain accurate information was
impossible : Os this, however, we may be
certain, that the town is destroyed ; and many
of its inhabitants fallen viftims to the contend
ing parties. Os the came ot this carnage, we
cannot be so well a ice ruined—‘The partizanS
on each fide b'inging jailing accusations a«
gainft their opponets ; who very punctually
jeturn the charges. All we have been able
to colled from private letters, is that.a degree
of animofitv/übfifled for fume time, between
the Commissioners appointed by the National
Assembly and the Governor chnf jn by the Ex
ecutive Council pt France. The former sup
posing the Governor’s prerogative to clash
with theirs. In consequence, they suspended
him, and ordered hirn for France he refuted
6 c mply with what he deemed a tyrannical
flretch of power; and was joined by great
numbers ot the white inhabitants, and all (he
navy there. The Commissioners. favored the
mulattoes. In conftquence mutual quarrels
arose, between the men of colour and the
whites, and the event has proved the deflruc r
tion of the town. A variery of enormities are
charged to each ; and the friends to the Com
missioners infinuare that Gen. Galbeau, the
Governor, was instigated in his eppofition by
arftocratic motives,—Thio hacknied epithet
is made use 0! to transfer the odium to him.
But when it is considered, that Galbeau was
the officer who conttruCted the. celebrated bat
teries which flopped the progress of the Prus
sian armv, on the plains of Champaigne ; and
headed rhe artillery in person at rhe celebrat
ed battle o' Jamappe: his patriotism must
stand at high in the mind of the public, as that
of Commissioners of whose personal services
in the cause of their country, we never have
heard any thing.
The tragicdl scene lately exhibited at Cipe
Francois, (hews the necessity of government
and lubordination. There we law two au
thorities exist, and we saw (v.bat the great de-
Imeator of nature Shakespeare, fays ever will
take place) how soon diiordcr entered by the
gap, and both devoured. The citizens of A.
ihenca may well rejoice, (hat their lines are
call in Io goodly an inheritance.
,f An American veflel this day arrived from
Martinique, fays, that the British had begun,
an attack upon St. P/>rre-—l’hat a very heavy
cannonade for 2 hours from 3 seventy-sour gun
ships had been kept up on one battery, and
that it is supposed that it was either taken or
battered to pieces, as they had ceased firing
while he was comip off, and that the British
forces were determined to carry on the siege
of the island and forbid the captain of this vef.
fel logo into the port under pain of beifig
icized as a lawful prize.”
CAPE FRANCOIS,
JULY 20.
N otice is herebygiven
that I the fubferiber have claimed an appeal
from ’he decree of the Judge of the Probate
of Wills, &c. for said county, difal'owing
certain charges in Sarah Moulton’s (nov/
Th ursTos ) antj my account of our admin
iftratibn of the estate of Jonathan Moul
ton, laid of Hampton, in said county, Esq.
deceased, reflate; and in my subsequent ac
count of my admihiftration ot said eftate—
which appeal is allop-ed ; and that the fame
will be prosecuted at the Superior Court of
Judicature, to be holden at Exeter, within
and for said county, on the Third Tuefday of
September rexr. ~ .
THOMAS LEAVITT, Executor.
Hampton, July 4, 1793.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be fold by Lamson and Ordiorne,
at their Book fore, Exeter,
THE Serap'hical Young Shepherd,
being a remarkable account of a Shep
herd in France, about iSyearSof age—who,
without any other means than the scriptures,
&the teaching of God's Holy attained to
a very uncommon and evangelical knowledge
of the true God and Jesus Christ, whom
he hath sent. [He converted wi.h it ch a de
gree of propriety, arid flreng’th of knowledge
on the divineßevelation,as afton>fhed all who
heard him, and which made a remarkable
jin predion on many learned divines.]
Mow translated from the Ftench and en.
parged with notes—
Mathew Cayley, Jun*r.
Late Clerk in the Princtfs Dowager of Wale’s Treasury.
To which is added, by him,
A Small Bunch of Violets—
, < • ’ . , ; mJ. j
Being a collection of Letters, Poeths and
Meditations, &c. on many evsnj^Hcal teb
je&s ; chiefly from natural figures and
similitudes fpiritualized. , Y
All tby works Jbeil I praise thee, O Lordfan d
thy faints Jhall bless thee, Pfa lei ex 1 45 .
And they Jhall all be taught of God, John vi. 15,
LIKEWISE—
The LIF E and £ONVER SION of
CoL John Gardner,
Where he has for SALE an assortment of
Englifhand Weft-India Goods,
INFORMS bis friends and former
Customers, that he has opened a
Also, Pencill’d,
Blue and White, lC roc k er y Ware,
Biue-edg d and J *
Cream Coloured ,
Excellent Jar RaiGns, Spanifli
Float indigo, &c. &c. &c.
Siwe of New Hampjhtre——Rockingham—-f,
By the Honorable
Samuel Tenney, Elq.
Judge of the Probaiecf Wills, &c. for laid
> County.
NOTICE is hereby given, thatTiMOe
thy Barnard of Amefbury, in th
county of Essex and Commonwealth of Maf
fachufetts,Gentleman, has ped tioned the said
Judge,reprefenting, That he is surviving Ex
ecutor of the last Wil! and Tcftamenc of Jo-
N at h an Barnard, late of laid Amefbury,
Gent, deceased—That the fame Will wason
the 13th day of October, A-D. 1770, proved
approved& allowed by Nathaniel Ropes;
Esq. then Judge of the Probate ot Wills in
and for the said county of Essex—That the
said Testator died seized of Eliate in the
county of Rockingham, whereon the said
Will may operate, a copy of which, with an
authenticated copy of the Probate thereof he
produce's, which he desires may be filed and
tecorded in the Prcbite-Office for said coun
ty, agreeably ro the law ot (aid flare- Where
upon the said judge has assigned Monday the
16th day of .September next, n o’clock, r .
M. ar the Probate Office in Exeter, in f d
county, for taking the fame into confide-n
rion ; when any person may appear and sh
cause against the filing and recording fad
Will. Dated at Exeter the 17th day ot Jt >
A. D. 1793, By order of the Judge.
_ Wm. PARKER, Reg’r
All persons indebted
ro, or have demands on the eftare of Ben
jamin Emery, lareof ^tkinfoo, deceased,
are desired to bring them in immediately for
settlement, to Moses Emery,
■ Atkinson , I Zth July 1793’ Executor,
All of which he offers f. r sale ar the very
lowest Cassi price, and all favors gratefully
acknowledged. Exeter, July 2zd, 1793*
Simon Wiggin
a few pieces fine high coloured
India Nankeens.
New Store,
ROCKINGHAM—ff.