The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-12-31 00:00:00, page 3

eluded by the fame Britifh’ negcciator, Mrt
Charles Logie.
** The plague rages terribly at Algiers ;
ten Dutch captains have died there,who were
taken since the late hostilities between those
two nations ; how many of other descriptions
1 have not heard. We have this day advice by
a Swedish ship, that he was bearded on the
9th not far from this port, by an Algerine
frigate, and saw another frigate in company,
take four American veilels,and oneGenoefe.
Gad have mercy upon our poor countrymen,
and all others who fall into their hands; they
have nothing before them but the dismal
profpett of perpetual flavery,or the preferable
chance of dying by the plague.
- “ I have good authority to declare that this
Court disavows any knowledge or intention
of concluding either peace or truce with Al
giers, without intending to give timely no
tice to all the Powers or Slates with wnom
these pirates were at war ; bat their good
friends the Enghffr to convince them of their
zeal to serve them, performed this work of
fupernegociation, not forgetting the United
States of America in the negociation, for
which the Lord reward them according to
their works.
“ You tell me.oor mutual friend is a warm
democrat, this I should have hoped and ex
pe&ed to hear, but as to his being buried in
French politick*, if French politicks arc the
fame in the United States, as in France, and
15 the French lilands by report, I pity him,
because they can mean no more nor le Is,than
the French Mania ; but this 1 cannot believe
has seized my old friend ; he has too much
good sense, and difeernment, not to'tee and
feel the difference between rational democra
cy, and wild ungovernable enchufiafm ; be
tween virtue and vice. Yuu fay our govern,
ment is good, and that Osr citizens are hap
py they will continue so no longer than a
virtuous democracy preserves its just weight
and influence in the government. It seems
as if there had been some endeavours to lap
this main pillar of our constitution ; may
Heaven huftrateall such sacrilegious attemp’B
at the ftme time 1 would carefully guard a
gainst the infedton cf present French poli
ticks, or French madness. Yet lam pleased
that the plundered and dillreffed of that na
tion have found an asylum and relief in our
court try,and the more, as the whole,habitable
globe helloes islhat against them.
Mr. Humphreys, rhe American Minifterat
Portugal, we are informed, was on his way,
at the dase of his last letter, to Mekines, in
the Empire of Morocco, in order to effect,
ifpoffible, a Peace with the Algerines.
The Bahiram*, or Lent Time, of the Al
gerines, begins the firft Moon in March, and
Jails 40 days ; during chat length of time,
their vessels are never out at sea ; and they
are so religious, that che people dare not eat
any thing until fun feu, and after the Dervis
has proclaimed with a very loud voice three
times, Aly, Ala, Mahomet, or foul Ala.
Was the report ofyefterday. Although
we coaid not trace ir to any source to be re
lied on, wc Ihall ncverthclefs give it as we
heard ir. It is, that the British packet had
arrived at Halifax, from England, and that
letters had been received ar Halifax, by the
Packet, from Brook Watfcn, Esq. Paymaster-
General of the Duke of York’s army, in the
Netherlands, informing, that the National
Convention of France had named CommOion
ers to tr tat with the combined powers as to
the object of the combination and inrafion of
France, and what might be the prelimi
naries on which a treaty of Peace might be
concluded ; that, in ccnfequence of the answer
given,Mr. Wat fun was of opinion that a Peace
would take place in the spring. Something
about the surrender of Brest was aifo reported ;
but treated as idle.
There was also a report that Commiflioners
had left Brest, and had arrived in England,for
the purpose of agreeing on the surrender of that
port on the fame conditions with that of Tou
lon.
The Packet is said to have left England the
16th Odober.
• v jjnaijwwwramww imigt
By this Days Mail.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 17. On the 2s(h
of Odober last, in the Federal Court held in
Ch'arleftop an impor ant cause, received a de
cision by jury in favor of Brjjtiff creditors, to
tbeamount of upwards of 140,000 dollars.—
Intersil was no: allowed during the war.
The Abbe Gregoire has pubjifhed a cu ious
Trad on the Jews. According to his eftinia
tion, ike number of those difpierced over the
face of the earth amounts to live millions and
upwards.
COMMUNfCATIONS.
From the intereftidg communications wEFch
have kero read in the House of Reprefenta
tivea of the United States it appears, that the
great end imponant wncertis of the American
- /
*Tbt Cbridians call it Romandan,
The Propped of Peace,
Republic, in relation to foreign-countries, have
incessantly engaged the attention of the Exe
cutive during the recess of Congress —that the
dignity of the government has been maintain,
td, and the rights of the Union supported.
It appears further, that very important events
are depending on the decthon which may be
the result of (he riegociations that have been, or
now ate on the carpet— From the publication
of the Documents above referred to, which
may Very shortly be expelled, a Correfpondcnr
anticipates that gener * fatisfadion will en ue
ow the part of ’he people, in refpeft to the
condmft of those whom they ha&e chosen as
the guardians o» the public honor and happi
ness.
We have some men among us who have no
reason for calling (hcmfelves Republicans, save
their, hating the government of the people.
The French judge very differently in a like
case- They will not allow a man to be a
Republican, nor even to wear his head on his
own shoulders, if be ventures to shake it a.
gainft their principles or proceedings.
** I HAVE the pleasure to inform you, that
1 have this day obtained a promise from
the Court, of a convoy for our Pa ips, about
16 in number, to be provided as soon as they
(hail be ready, to tail. My letter, and the ve
ry poiite and friendly answer from the Pcrtu
gutfe Mihifter, go by this conveyance co the
Secretary of Stare ; the veil'd fails to-mor.
row. I pray you to communicate this plea
sing and very important intelligence, to all
the merchants, &c. in your city. lam, dear
fu, moil iincerely yours,
EDWARD CHURCH.
Peter S. Livingston, E/j. New.2^orb
Church, our Consul at Lisbon.
We learn from Mr. Phillips, that the
Peace made between the Regency of Algiers
and the Queen of Portugal, was wholly effect
ed without her knowledge or content, by
the agents of the British and Spanilh courts.
That the Captain of the Portuguese friga e
who had brought the news of the peace into
Liffon, firft obtained it from an Algerine
cruiser he fell in with, and who produced
him his authority for the peace, being pa
pers signed by the British and Spanish agents,
upon this the frigate Quitted her ilation and
went into port, where the Captain was im
mediately imprisoned for having done so.
Mr, Phillips further adds, that it was
currently reported, and generally believed io
L fbon, that her Majesty of Portugal, would
immediately order a6O gun ship and a fri.
gate, to cruise off" the Streights mouth, to
protect the vessels of the United States, bound
to and from her ports.
We are sorry to add to the foregoing, that
nine American vcEelshave been^en in the
Mediterranean with Algemes on board ; who
woce taking them into their ports. One of
these unfprcvuate vessels is said to be the brig
Nancy of Philadelphia.
—“ An excefllve zeal for liberty,’* fays
« Knox, like all exccCive zeal, injures the
cause it means to serve. Fadion and sedition
disgrace free countries,. and introduce such
evils as make the lovers of repose almost wish
for the tranquility of despotism. Ebulitiona
will sometimes arise in a free.community,Lke
humours n a healthy body ; and when they
preserve the liTnirs of moderation, they are to
be considered as symptoms of a found constitu
tion.—But when they rife too high, and con
tinue too long, they are like a gangrene,
which gradually diffufesitfelf till it deftrOys the
vitality of the fubjed from which it originates.
Political good, like moral good, when it is ib
lid and lubdantial, is always the result of an
adherance to reason and virtue, prudence and
teHgion.”
By paper# we have the very disagreeable
information that the Briiifti and Spaniards
have formed a Convention, tor the purpose of
preventing all commercial interccurfe.between
our gallant Republican Allies, and any other
nation not immediately concerned in the war
against them. They have confcquently, and
by virtue of this new treaty,which was Hniih.
cd in July kit, agreed to leize and condemn
all property of all neutral nations, bound $0
any of the ports of the French Republic, du
ring the present war.
N. B. The two following vtfels arrived here
the 20th inst. withcut feeing the enemy, viz.
theJchooner Eilert Capl. Wells, of Boston, but
lajifrom N. Carolina, seven weeks passage ;
and the brig Betsey, Capt, Bunbury -of Ports
mouth, lad from Virginia ; tame pafage spoke
Capt. Akins, bound from hence to Boston, 4 0
leagues N. W. from the rock, of Lljbon.
Mr. Phillips arrived here yeflerday in
the Danilh ship Sudt Altona, 56 days from
LifLon, charged with dispatches to the gov.
ernment of the United States, from Mr.
f ‘ DFAR 31 R,
Important Intelligence.
N E W-Y O R K,
NEW- YORK, PEC. 21.
FROM SPAIN.
LI-BON, 22d Ofi. 1793.
Much virtue, fume would persuade the peo
ple, is centered in the exerciie of jealouly to
wards those to whom they have enuufted the
guardiaefnip of their liberty and honour—nay,
ihey would even extend it so far as to induce
the public opinion to .preponderate in favour
of foreigners who con tell with our melt digni
fied public lervants,’ refpeding the ccnflrudion
of the American Constitution and the treaties
entered into between the United States and the
Nations of Europe.——A watchful e}e even
those inestimable privileges which ireedc m, the
birthright of man, has kcured to the happy,
truly happy citizens of America, is highly
commendable—but watchfulnefs, however
Arid, should be accompanied by candour, and
mature contemplation of both flues of a quellicn
which, at firft bluff, may not appear altogether
conformable to our ideas ofreditude.
borne fynicel writers are so much diseas
ed by jealousy, as to wince at every encomium
offered to men the whole jives have cvioced
their attachment to the best intereds of our
country. The indulgence of affedion, in any
great degree, for such charaders, may endan
ger our liberities—for, fay they, the affedion
of the Roman People for their C^far, put an
ehd to their freedom. Many there are, un
doubtedly, who prattle about Rome and Caafar,
the sum total of whole information refpeding
either the former or latter, might be compriled
within the orbit of a piflareen.
THE
Farmer’s Almanack,
Bf, the dozen or fingh, to be fold at
' 5 H Ran Let’s Office,
WANTED
Two or three Heady,
Ingenious LADS, as apprentices to
the Pnntingjbufinefs,,
concord, dec- 19. The report of Ger.
Galbaud being lately arrefled at Quebec, by
order cf the government, and lent to England
as a state ptikner, is without foundation. A
gentleman from that city about the 19th vlt.
who arrived in town a few days since, has
given in substance, the following particelars
refpefting Galbaud, his aid-de-camp Con
science, and his ferjeant at arms.
On arriving at Montreal, he made him
fclf known <0 the officers cf the garrison, and
profeffes to have fought an aiylum from his
persecutors ; the officers noticed him ts a
gentleman of rank, and invited him to dine
with them at their mess—there, in co«.»verfa«
tion, he expreiied some sentiments which were
more of a Repubiican'Bature than they wish
ed to hear, and some notice was taken cf it;
a day or two after, an officer called at his
lodgings, and found him in company with a
savage, with a number of papers spread on the
tab»e, which he immediately rolled up. These
circumfiances give rife rofome fvfpicions that
he was collecting a plan of the garrison: ; and
the commandant immediately wrote to his
General at Quebec,( Lord Dorcheffer not ha
ving arrived from England) informing him
of the circumstance, and requeuing to know
what measures he ought to take refpefiing
Galbaud’s passage, as he was about to proceed
on hrs way thither—it wrs thought proper to
put a feijeant on board the vcffel. to escort
him down—before he reached Quebec, Lord
Dorchcffer arrived.—- Gen. Galbaud, 00 lan
ding, tock private lodgings and wroie to the
Goverr-oiju to know if he could find co alylum
io Canada, but received an answer in the
negative, and that he mufUgo to England.
Galbaud, fearing he fhotld fall into the hands
of the French, informed the Governorr that
such a meainre would be conveying him to
the gallows, and begged permiflion to return
to the Hates ; but this the Governour allo re.
fufed. The next rooming, however, he fat
off with Mr. Conicience, on the road towards
Montreal ; but it afterwards appeared that he
ihif ed his course for St. Francois, and had
not iince been heard of. The fergearr at
arms, being oct during the night, was taken
in the morning and put on board a frigate
bound to England.
THE FISHERIES
Os this Commonwealth, we are happy to
learr, have been uncommonly fuccefsful the
late teafon—and that the number of vessels is
rapidly increasing. The ions olMaffachufetts
should ever remember., that “ with every
fifh they draw out of the sea, they draw out
a piece of fjlver.”
Last Wednesday the Hon. General Court
of this bta.e convened in this town —end after
the usual manner, the Governor delivered a
Speech to both Hcufes—which we are obliged
to defer till opr next.
E'X E T E R. December, 31.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, Dec. 2s.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
FROM GA N A DA .
jheet. •
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give notice at the above Office,other wife
they will be sent on as usual,
Exeter, Dec. 30.
FOR SALE—
A House, Barn, and
between 9 and 10 acres of Land, pleasantly
situated in Concord, New-Hampshire, and in
the centre of the town ftriet, and within a few
rods of the Stores at which most of the business
in Merchandize is tranfa&ed. The place has
been improved as a Tavern almost ever
since the firQ fettlementof the town 5 and .on
account of its locality, may justly be laid to be
the bell fit nation for a H use of Entertainment
of any in this part ofthe country. The build
ings are in good repair, and the foil of ths
land is excellent. ,
RICHARD H. OSGOOD,
Concord, Dec 4.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Exeter, Dec. 30*
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Liberty, takes this methodjo
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