The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-02-07 00:00:00, page 2

LONDON, NOV* 11 — 16.
To the surrender of Maeftricht
we must ascribe the return of the
Austrian troops, intended for the
defence of Nimeguen, into Ger
many.-—Prudence - dictated, and
juftifies, the measure.—To this
circumstance ahb may be imputed
the Prince of Brunswick’s having
Mined accepting the command in
Holland. 5
From Germany the accounts
concur in Rating that the Pruf
and the North, wese in such po
fnions as to be able io give aid to
the operations both on this city
and Nimeguen,
The capture of the Alexander
a Brian) 74gun (hip, as formerly
related is confirmed.—The Alex
ander being in company with the
Canada of 74 gnns, returning from
convoy of the outward bound
Mediterranean fleet, felt in about
50 leagues S. W. of SciHy, with
a French squadron of five fail of
the line, and two frigates*: —The
Alexander was captured ; but the
Canada has arrived in po». Oth
er accounts fay, that the Alexan
der was bound to the We ft-In
dies.
General Extracts from' London Papers,
t brought by the Nancy.
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF
FRANCE: 05. 14-
' The Section of the Champs
Elysees appeared in amass at the
bar of the Convention & intreated
the assembly. to fufler no Society
to attempt to rival the power of
the Convention.—(The addefs,
which was directed against the Jac
obin Club, was received with the
loudest plaudits.)
AMSTERDAM, NOV. 8. V .
At the-request of the English
Ambafladori were this day arrest
ed here, the late Penfionary Vif
cher, Mr. Vander Hevde, Mr
Vander Kclker,Mr. William
Janssan, Mr. Heuskbs, and a
nother person who delivered the
famous pctition of the 14th inft
anr. Five qvher per fans, who
likewise afliftefd when the petition
was prelented lefttown upon ihfir*
being lummoned by the Grand
Bailiff. * -
— H I — '
“ Our troops are evacuating
Nimeguen—-The nth, 27 th,
28th, 55th and 63d |eft that town
this morning and the rest are im
mediately tofoliow. The French
annoyed -them much, as they pal
fed over the bridge, in leaving the
town. Some of our men were
killed Every thing is there in
great confufion; 1 with all our
troops were fafe out of the town.
Ten waggons with wounded men
are just come in ; it is said they
were wounded in crofting the
bridge.
“ P. S. 1 have just learnt that
the news is arrived at Head
quarters, of thefurrenderof Mae
ftHcht.” T
The States of Zealand having
been requested to join the ocher
live Provinces.in their endeavours
to obtain a feparace peace with the
French.have resolved not to come
to a final determination on the
fubjedt previously to the return of
the Greflier Fagei from London.
ARNHBtM, NOV. 7.
FLUSHING, NOV. 4.
et of Ratifbon, stated in anotlftr
number. ,
Gen, Pichegru, who, on ac. 4
count of his impaired state of
health, some weeks ago refiged
the command in chief of the
Northern army, into the hands of
Gen. .Moreau, has resumed it,
after a (hort interval.
The Deke of Brunswick has
arrived at Nimeguen, and taken
Upon him the Command of the al
lied army employed in die defenfe
of Holland.
The Royal speech, at the open*
, kg of the approaching feflion of
Parliament, it is fettled, is strong
ly to recommend a vigorous pros
ecution of the war. It will also
announce, we are credibly inform’
ed, and happy to hear, that a
commercial arrangement, to the
reciprocal advantage and mutual
fatisfadipn of both parties,is fin
ally concluded between this coun
try and America.
It is said that Lord Howe has
part of this paper, by fending a
personage of no less importance
than the Baron DahlbSrg, Co-
fians and Austrians have crofled
the Rhine with equal speed. T^ie
enemy have taken Coblentz, apd
all the combined powers, Englald
excepted, appear to with the ter
mination of hofliliiies. The King
Os Pruflia encourages his troops
by alluring them, that he is no
longer subsidized by this country j.
the Princes ot the Empire maoi-
adjuwr of Mentz, to negotiate a
truce with the French Republic.
The Dutch Mail due yesterday
arrived this morning, but did not
bring any Italian bag or letters
from Switzerland, which prevents'
us from giving a copy of the treaty
of peace between France and Praf
fia. It contains fix articles* and
was signed at Neufcbatel on the
12 th of last month. '•
The French are now in full
poflefiion of all the left bank of
the Rhine up to Mentz an extent
of country equal to one half of
old France.
The seventy-one French Depu
ties, at pteferit in confinement, are
again, within thele few days, re
quested to resign the command of
the Grand F leet, but his apphea
k lion has not been accepted.
We understand that the disputes
which have subsisted between A
mptu Great Brij^ and to
. fettle which was the qbjed of Mr.
Jay’s million to this country, will
be finally adjusted this day. _
Wednesday an American Cour
jer wasdifpatched by Meffrs^ Jay
and Pinckney, wiih difpauh s
for New-York, to which place he
fcilt go outiM the packet #hich
carries the British American mails
of the prefetit month/ i :
At the Council held at Sr.
James’s on Wedncfday his Ma jui
cy, signed .the instrument for per
mitting the marriage of the Prince
of Wales with the PrincefsCaro
line Elizabeth of Brunswick. The
nuptials, witt not be celebrated
till after Chriftnras. z » j
Mtrabcau, is (aid to have been
| the reverse of what he so vebement-
I lyprofcOcd. The thing is not uh- ‘
I common, the ioudelt talking pat-
I riots, gent tally ^theleuftfor their
Chote who were included in the
charge against the Bnffetine.—
Thomas Paine is one of the
feft their concurrence with the di-
Domestic Intelligence.
country. Sempronius bellowed
out “ for war and liberty**-—he
was a tyrant and a traitor—Lucius
prof tiled that his voice wasftillfor
Peace— He was an honest man.
and when danger approached,
flood firm for his country.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman
in Mere Difir iff, South Weftern
Territory, to bis friend in this
town, dated Crag fort, Nov. 21,
. 1 794-
the nth inft.CoLSEviEß’s
Yj station, at the mouth of
Red River, was attacked by about
30 Indians.—-Seven persons were
ilain,and their bodies cruelly man
gled. The Col. himfelf and his
wife defended one cabbin, and
thereby saved themselves from
savage barbarity. Amongst the
murdered was a Mr. Snyder, his
wife and child. Snyder was a
fori-in law to Col. Sevier.
The firft week in this month
two families of the name of Titf
worth, as they were moving from
Teneflee to Logan County, at a
place called the Double Licks,
were fupprifed in the night by a
number of Indians. On this oc
casion feyen of the whites were
left dead on the ground, and five
taken. The Indians were pursued,
and three of the pri toners retaken,
though tomahawked and scalped ;
one has died since.
BOSTON, BBS. 2.
Some of the Parisians begin to
talk of peace. The following ar
ticle is translated from a Paris pa
per of the 17th O&ober. ’
“ They begin at length to talk
of peace । and it is faid,that gov-,
ernment is at present bufily>em
ployed on that fubjed. We
may hope that a peace, will take
place this winter, but not a gene
ral peace, becaufc that would sud- .
denly return into the bolomofthg
republic fourteen armies, and
i,20Q,000 men, for whom proper
employments could not be speedi
ly found; but a partial peace, a
{eace wi'h several of the powers
whom we have not interest in aii
ntbiiating, and whom, we have
iufficiently beaten and humbled,
may be eZpe&ed.—Pcqce with
Spain, Pruflia, Sardinia and^eveh
Holland, if (he willthrow off the
yoke of England ”
• - -- j * * *
M The molt important informa
tion that we have received, relates
to the negotiation for peace bs
- tween fevers! of the allied powers
and the French Republic. The*
King Os Pruflia, we have
strong realons for bdieving, has
2&ually concluded a peace with
France. It was Signed at Neuf- :
chatel on the 12th of hft month.
; « Ourfetters from Amsterdam
aflure us, that the King of Spain
has affo made peace, and that the
treaty war signed at Paris M the
1 Sth uk, Th«e is Mlfo at ^aps
“ Now, fir, if 1 may be per
mitted to reason from analogy—
If those very rascals who perpe
trated these murders, were to go
to Philadelphia,(and in all proba
bility they will) wbilft their hands
are reeking with innocent blood
they would be treated like prin^
cefe, and sent home loaded with
prelents. / .
BALTIMORE, JAN. 17.
3. To raise a barrier again ft
those torrents of abuse, which,from
different quarters, for some time
past,. have been, or may be un
justly poured fourth against the
present administration of our hap*
py government.
4. To lay a foundation for the
bringing to a point such a portion
ofgenuine Republican influence,as
under God. may promise a perma
nent protect ion to our present
Constitution, and to the many
bleflings wetnjoy under ir.^
5. To form a bond of union,in
which the fubferibers do pledge
themselves to each other, and to
the union in general, at the riik of
life and fortune, to use every legal
' and conftitucional exertion for the
> preservation of chat happiness
which they now enjoy under the
present administration, of public'
affairs. * -
* NBW-TOBl^ jAN. T 3.
- FROM EUROPE^
Letters from Hamburg, men
tion, that the gallant Koschlsko,
survived his wounds but a Short
time 0 that after his death, ; his
head was fevered from his body,
l placed on a pike, and carried
through the ranks of the Ruffian
army.
A freth has been difeovered
’ at Rome, against the life of his
holmefs the Pope -, perlons
•re; concerned in it, and 58 of
them ar^ in custody.
has not yet made any overtures
for a termination of hoftilities,buc
our letters from Vienna aflure us,
that his imperial majesty has ex
prefled a'with for the eftabhlhmcnC
of peace.”
an ambalTador, whois negociat*
ing a peace between the Germanic
Empire and the French Republic.
“ The Emperor of Germany
MONDAY Evening, January
19, the members, of the
Constitutional Afibciation of the
Borough of Eli^abeth-Town, met
for the choice of Officers. Mat
thias Williamson,jun. Elq. was
cholen Prefidentj—Col William
Crane, Vice President; —Cob
Aaron Ogdrn, Secretary and
WiLLrAM Shute, Esq. Assistant-
Secretary.
A Committee of Correspon
dence was also eleAed, cor.fifting
of twelve members, in which the
foregoing Officers were included
as official members. The meet
ing adjournedthe Correspond
ing Committee to next Monday,*
and the members of the Aflbcia
tioHi in stated meeting, to rhe
Monday following. The objeAs
of this aflbeiation are briefly ex
prefled in the following articles of
incorporation, to which one hun
dred and thirty inhabitants have
already fubferibed.
1. To contribute what in us to
the maintenance of those princi
ples, which animated the heroes of
the late war, and which are now
happily incorporated in the pre
sent invaluable Conftkution of
these United States.
2. To support all legal and
Constitutional measures of govern
ment. —
ELIZAB ETH-TOWN, JAN. 21.
By Yesterdays Mail.
NE^ JERSEY