The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-07-29 00:00:00, page 2

♦banover, Jan. 18,
^ The deftruStrepoifon of im
ptous infidelity, irrdigion, and all
jicentioufoefs,” to use the well
know exprefiionsof the Augfburg
Vkariat, has been of late power
fully spread through our country,
probably by means of circulating
11 braries, book clubs, reading soci
eties, and clubs for periodical pub
lication*.
To remed/ this evil, several
proposals have been made to the
government by patriotic men, of
which the three principal are— *
Bookfellerslhall be oblig
ed to give a complete account of
every book, before they expose it
to fa Ie : or
“ad. The managers of reading
societies shall be made anlwerable
for all books and periodical papers
they permit to circulate : or
“3d. At least a catalogue of the
books belonging to reading focie*
tids, shall be sent in from time
to time.”
The last was immediately re-»
refolded, and hereupon the follow
ing royal ordinance refpe&ing
reading societies and circulating
libraries* as they are called, was
dispersed through the whole elec
torate,
“ Georg the third, by the grace
of God, King of : Great-Britain.
France and Ireland, defender'mr
the faith, Duke of Bcunfwick and
Lunenburoh, arch treasurer and
eledor of the holy Roman empire,
&c. ' ' '
“ The continual increase of read
ing societies, and circulating libra
ries, as they are called, render it
necefiary, that such eftabliffiments
inould be fubjeft to a strider pol
ice. We find ourfelyes on this ac
count moved to eftabliffi and or
dain a^s follows
“ ri^All Antiq^ and oth
ers, who keep libraries, for reading
or letting but books for hire, ffiall,
immediately after publication of
this ordinance, deliver to the pol
ice office of the place where rtiey
reside, a complete catalogue of ail
and every of the books and pam^
phlets in their libraries; and ffiall
in future, on every occasion deliver
in a similar catalogue of all such
books and pamphlets, as they at
any time purchase before they lend
them. Whoever refufes this, or
lends a book or pamphlet not
mentioned in the catalogue, ffiall
pay for the firft offence, a fine oF
ten Rix-dollars, and for th^fecond,
a double fine, and be prohibited
from lending book^ any more;
“half the fine to go to the inform
er.
“ad. All managers of reading
societies Ihall likewiie be obliged to
delived to the police office, of the
place where they reside, without
exception, and without plea oV a
privileged court immediately after
publication of this ordinance, a
Complete catalouge of the books
and pamphlets at present circular
ing, or which may hereafter circu
late in their societies: and they
who are guilty of refufalor negled,
ffiall pay, without exception of
perlons, a fine of 20 Kix Dollars;
half to go to the informer.
« We accordingly command all
our police officers ftri&ly to ex
ecute the above ordinance, to fend
a copy of the catalogues from time
totime delivered,to our regency, al
so immediatelyto fieze such writ
ings mentioned in the catalouges
as are known to be dangerous, or
We learn by the arrival of the French i
Hoop of war Cornelia, that the La Con
corde, Partride, Lafcaflus and Prompte,
, with a fleet of 25 fail under convoy, failed
Trom the Delaware on Sunday last, and on
t Monday, abbot 27 leagues from the land,;^
they, fell in iyith two ships of ihe line aird—
two frigates. Six Os the merchant fllips
were nnf ?rtunate!y taken : the convoy •nd’ 5
the rest of the fleet it is supposed ■ effefied
their escape.
The Partridge has Ilnce arrived within c
the Narrow?, and several ships were yester
day evening seen (landing for Sandy-Hook
fuppofed to be a part of the above fleet. <
July 17.
We learn that 3 veflels belonging to the
fleet were chafed into Sandy-Hook, by a ’
British 64 and a frigate, w hich now lie at .
the Hook, to dbftrud the entrance of any
returningyefleh. We have not been,able
to learn the fate of the remaining veflels, v
nor what is become of the Concorde. ' ’ '
The British frigate Thetis^rriyedyeftet*
day afternoon, and anchored opposite the
fort in the North-River.
are prohibit^: but in doubtful
cases, to apply to our regency for
futher inftrudions.”
Hanover, Dec. 19, 1793.
(L. S )
By special command of the King and Eledor. -
V. Kielmannfegge, V. Beulwitz* V.
ArnJJwaet, V. Steinberg,
C. L - HQt>NgR
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American Intelligence. M
Philadelphia, July xz..
NEITHER the (London) ’ Morning
Chronicle, nor Courierj record the
following observation of -Mr. Bvrkr in
the House of Commons, Ou the nth ol
April last ; we tanflate it from a Freach pa
per pub i(bed in London.
After feme obfervatior.s elucidating his
opinion that property is the ftreng^hof i
nation, that property Ihould be t?he bails
of a government and its only care, he
proceeds^ - . xti
"I congratulate with all my heart the
honorable uieoibcr (Mr.LAMBTON) O» vj
the property he potfefles, and I think his
virtttes give him a right to more ; hat I ap
peal <0 his judgment, I appeal to the good
ienfe of allthole fitnated as he is, what
would be their hop^s ifthe fyßem of Jaco
binifm Ihould prevail in England ? And <
unfortunately it is too much to be feared
that it will prevail here, if order is not re- .
stored in Frances for without pretending
to a prophetic spirit, I do not heHtate to
dedare, that if tht French^ froptrty is not
placed on its ancient footing, property in En
glandt twill not remain ten years linger upon
its "present eJi a bl:Jb merit. 1 *
A letter from a Gentleman of the Gen fee
country to the printers hereof sass, M What
ever may be the event of S^mcoe^s movements,
and bis in ligation of the Indians to go to war
with the United States the nhabitants of this
ccuntry are dt ter mined to defend their pojjef-
Jians* —and from our knowledge of their num
bers, courage, and pat’io t ism, we are confine,
ed, they will be able to septi any encroach,
ments, that may be made on our territory by
the minions of Great-Britain—and to teach
the pawn y font of the tomahawk that their
true intereJi lies in continuing at peace with
the United States. *
A gentleman who arrived last Saturday
evening, from New-York via Providence,
has favoured the Editors with New York
papers to the 17th, from which the follow
ing articles are extracted.
New-York jUly 16. ’
Two large fltips and two frigates, were
spoken off Barnsgat last Sunday, by Capt.
Lane and Capt. Rice, with national col
ours. ' They would not tell the Veflels
names—it is therefore presumed, that they
are cukni ng Englishmen.
That the vtffeh above mertioned were .>
Bnglilh, » confirmed by the Captain of the
Amelia. wh<j arrived hft evening and io. J
form?, that the fleet of 30 odd viduallers 1
failed from the Delaware last Sunday, un- <
der convoy of the Concorde of 44, the Par- •;
tridge of 26, and the Lafcafles of 18 guns;
that about 27 leagues out they fell in with '
two 74 gun ihips, and two frigates ; that '
he saw the signal given to disperse ; 6of
the veflels taken and manned, and the 2
ships in chace of the Concorde, which lean
ed to leave them fall.
FROM THE CHRONICLE.
BOSTON, July 21,
Important News!
ALBANY, July to:
with Republican politeness, and after
offering to supply him in provifions t
or any other articles of which he
flood in needy dismissed him* Capt.
Paden fays, that the greatefl enthu
siasm prevails among the French at
Dunkirk,, and that upwards of ten
thousand men are daily employed
cleaning the river, and that so great
is their ardour for battle, that guards
■ are obliged io watch them, to prevent
them from marching to the camp—
Provisions of every kind were in the
greatefl plenty, and especially wheat
abounded so much, that there could
scarce be found houses to flare it,
PORT-AU PRltiCt,
In the island of Hifpaniohj was
taken by the Britilb forces, the
4th of June last. Those forces
consisted of the Irrefiftable 74>
Sceptre 64, Belliquex 64, Europa
50, and several frigates, and about
; 5000 men* The property captur
ed, it is said, exceeds Two Md
loHons sterling in value—the veflels
a^nd car g° cs taken, were fold at
Vendue on the nth instant.
VV EUROPEAN FLEETS.
nr Arrived at Newbury-Porr, last
week; brig Polly,Capt. Moulton,
* fromOftend. June 2,7
Weft of SciHy, at 4 o’clock, A. M.
saw a fleet of 27 fail large fbips,
standing to the Eastward, 4 of
which were difmafted, and injow.
At ip o’clock, A. M* saw a fee
ond fleet of 32 fail, lying too with
^their heads to the Weft ward,
j fRBNCU CONVOTi J
' Consisting of about 30 fail of
vefiels, with the Concorde of 44
Confirmation of the Capture of the
' ■' Newfoundland fleet.
> k From a London Paper of May 14-. •
^■bie follovsing letter >was this morning receiv’
ed at Loyd’s Coffee House :
Cork, May 21.
w The Two Brothers of Yarmouth, ar
rived here this day, had been taken by the
Sanfparell man of war, of 80 guns, in com
- psny with four French 74 gun (hips, and
1 5 frigates, on the loth inst. and was re
taken on the 12th by the Famine, of
Liverpool. In the Two Brothers came
two mailers of Jersey veffek, part of the
1, Newfoundland, fleet under convoy of the
Castor frigate, which frigate, with thirteen
of her convoy were taken by the above
squadron, in Jat. 45,3 long. 14.”
At the Jamaica Coffee House, accounts
state, that out of 26—fail of merchantmen,
outward bound for Newfoundland, only
one has efeaped, the rest having been all
captured as above; and great part of them
carried into Morlaix.
: It Jhould be remarked thdt chief part
of the above fl et co/nfifled of American vejjels
bound to different parts of France,
■ Capt. Paden, in the brig Sea
Hympb, just arrived, from Dunkirk,
which he left the wth of May, in
forms us, that a few days after leav
ing the channel, he fell in with three
84 French ships r and thrfrigates,
and the Commodore who brought him
an board his Jhip, informed him that
he bad been but 4O days, and bad tak
en 41 prizes, 2 o of which had ar
rived fafe into port. , They were
chiefly Dutch. The fame day he saw
them capture five vefteli, three of
which were also Dutch, one of the
others was a very large Liverpool
veftel from Jamaica, fully ladened.
The Commodore treated CapK Paden
Cipt. Talbot left the fleer on Monday
at 11 o’clock. He law the Ihip Atlas ta
ken ; at which time the Concorde and Par
.fridge were, in his opinion,at least ten miles
to windward, fleering off on the wind.-- ■
He thinks there are but few of the fleet ta
, ken, as theyJeparsted in every direction,
' on feeing the British frigates.
FROM PHILADELPHIA, JULY I^.
A letter from Greenville, dated
25th May, fays,
“The Spaniads are in possession
of the Chickafaw-bluff, fifteen or
twenty miles below, the mouth of
the Ohio.”
guns, Patridge 26, Lafcafles 18/
failedfrom the Delaware the 13th
instant, bound to France, and load
ed principally on account of the
French Republic. On the 14th*
in the morning, about 37 leagues
from land, they fell in with the
Britiffi fleet, under Admiral Mur
ka y, bound from England, for
the Hallifax Ration, confifttng of
the Resolution 74, Africa $4,
Thetis 38, L’Oiffeau 36, Cleopa- ?
tra32, Thifbe 28, and Alter r 6;
guns. Immediately on thedifeov
ery of the Britiffi squadron, the
Concorde, made signal to her con
voy to scatter, and endeavour to
make their escape. The Britiffi,
however, captured 6 of them.
A gentleman from New-York
informs, that 6 of the Delaware
convoy that had been chafeci by
the Britiffi fleet,arrived there—that’
6 had been taken, and that accouts
of the other 18 had not arrij^d-^-
that the Thetis Britiffi frigate had '
come up to the city, and anchor
ed off the fort—that the Captain
and Lieutenant had landed, and
that an officer had been dispatch
ed to Mr. Hammond, with ac- -
counts of the success of the squad-
An epedemic disease is preva
lent at New-Haven. Since the
present year commenced, 77 per
lons have died.—ln June 26 of
them.—The principal part of the
malignant fcarlet^fever.
EPITAPH. x
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ah ib
By Tiothy Dwigh 4 !, IX D.
This monument
Is ercdled to the memory
/ Os
The Hon. Israel Putnam, Efquirt,
Major General in the armies
Os
The United States of America.
Passenger,
If thou art a soldier.
Go not away.
Till thou haft dropped a teat 1
Over the dust of a Hero,
Who,
Ever tenderly attentive
To the lives arid happinefsof his men,
. Dared to lead,
Where any one dared to follow :
If thou ah a Patriot,
Remember with gratitude.
How much thou and thy country
Owe to thydiflinguifhed & gallant eXcrtiofis
Os the Patriot
Who sleeps beneath this barbie
If 1 thou art an honeft.geherous & worhy man,
Render a fine ere & cheerful tribute of refpe&
To a Man.
Whole generosity was Angular,
Who(e honesty was proverbial,
'And who, •
With a (lender Education,
With final! advantages,
4 * And without powerful friends,
Rai fed himfelf to universal tfteem.
And to offices of eminent dißndions -
By personal worth,’
And by tbn diligent feivices
Os a .
• . UfefalLife*
Born at Salem [Maff.J 7th Jan. ^rlt.
Died at Brooklyn [Con.] 19th May, 1.79.0.
4'. ' .--*4---—
From the Duke of York to Mr. Dundas;
• ' —r-—
? TOURNAY.MAY 13,1794.
**SINCE my last letter no at
tempt has been made by the ene
my to harrafs or molest any of
my posts. On Sunday morning,
however, they attacked in great
force Gen, Clairfayt's c^rpsr
run. *