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Numbers of the inhabitants of Valen
ciennes, who had quited the place to avoid
the general conflagration, were inhumanly
fired upon by the Austrians. Many of then!
were killed and wounded, and the rest forced
to return co the town. We are informed by
some French deserters, that there were more
than 300 women among them drefled in men’s
cloaths; they also ftat^, that the ft.eets are so
full of dead bodies, and the carcases of horses,
that it is much to be apprehended that the
flench will occasion an infection. The May
or, who was fufpefted of having an intention
to surrender up the town to the enemy, has
been hong. ... . . .
The Britilh manage their batteries with
great AiH, and fire with such cffeft, that few
of their bombs miss. The town, when the
last deserters left it, appeared to be in one
general conflagration. ...
The camps are well furnifhed with provi
sions of all forts, and supplies ofevety kind of
ammunition are daily brought in.
A Courier who arrived lately from Vien,
na, brings intelligence that the Emperor is
very ill with a {pitting of blood.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3. It 19 Old the
American government ha* ordered all the vef
fclsto be restored, belonging to England,
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august 25. On Tuefday arrived here the
hooner Grey -hound, a prizeto the privateer
oland, lately fitted out of this port,by French
itizens, and commissioned by that Republic.
Jpon enquiry made by the Calleflor of Cuf
omsfortnis diftrifl, it appeared that a Jonathan
Cutting, formerly of this town, was on board
aid prize in capacity of a pilot.,. Upon infor
jnation of this fad, given to the Attorney of
he United States for Massachusetts diftrifl, a
warrant was issued for apprehending said Nut
ting, which was accordingly done, arid he was
kiken before Justice Barrett, on Tuefday even*
ing, when, after confderable examination, he
was committed to gaol for a further security.
Wednesday mom.ing the said privateer
Roland came into this port ; she was im
mediately searched, on fufp'cion that American
citizens were on board — Three persons who
were laid to be Americans, their names
are Ba* terman, Morgan and Shaw. • They
were ex trained in the court-house by Justice
Barrett, on information from the said attorney,
Messrs- Morton and Low'd, jun. were Coun
sel for the cferendants^h* y, together with said
Nutting, were ordered to be committed to the
common gaol of the county, without bail; to
take their trial at the next Circuit Court, to be
holden in this town on the 12th of Oflober
next. The charge alledged against thele per
fans is— Aiding and aflifling in manning and
fitting out vejfels, and piratically and felonioufly
capturing the vejels of nations, with whom the
United States are at peace.
At the time tbe'exprefs set off, pur Gene,
ral was not able to ascertain the number of
killed and wounded oh ehher fide ; but Gen.
Geutier, who commanded the rear of the
French army, and was taken prisoner, declar
ed that the Haughter had been great in his
2 r m y.
.General Caro adds, that our troop? made
the attack with rhe.greateft intrepidity and
valour; for four thdufadd five hundred men
have dislodged four thousand from positions
so strong, and almost impregnable, that eyen
for twenty thoufandv men would have been
thought a very glorious adion.
Wednesday last arrived here a Spanilh (hip,
prize to the America, a French 74 —She is la*
den principally with white sugars and cotton,
and was bound from ‘-he Havanna to Spain. It
is laid she is worth 100,000 dollars. Ihe A
merica, we are informed, when she took the a
bove prize, was in fight of several other vessels,
part of aiarge fleet, confiding of 200 fad of En*
glifh and Spanish merchantmen.
SPAIN-
Madrid, June 14.
TTIS Majesty by an express,
dispatches from Don Ventura Caro,Gzn.
of the army of Navarra ; they mention that
on the 6th inst. at 9 o’clock in the morning,
he ordered an attack upon the enemy, who
were ported upon three mountains almost in
accefiible. After a very bloody eogagage
ment of four hours, our troops diflod^ed the
enemy, and placed themfetves in their pofi
slons, taking from them Fort Pinon, and
pursued them as far as the village of Orizon,
which Was occupied by the rear of their army,
where our General ordered them to rest anj^
eat something, as they were yet fatting, which
they did in the fame camp and in the fame
teats the French had occupied a little while
before.
Foreign Affairs.
By lafl Evening s Mail.
Mifcellanous Articles.
SPANISH PRIZE.
PRIVATEERS.
NETHERLANDS. »
Brussels, June 26.
i BOSTON, AUGUST 31.
Weekly Snmmary.
The firft article arreiting , attention, is the
information received via Duck Trap, from
Whitehaven, the date of June 19, communicat
ing an Recount of the deieat of the combined
armies, near Ofiend, in which the Duke of
York is said to have loft three of his sbleft
Generals, and 3000 men. Accounts received
by Cape. Barnes, from Bristol, are twenty
dayslater: they mention no account ot an
a&ion being fought near Offend, which could
give the report any colour of truth. The at
tack on Fumes, about the firft of June, by the
French from Dunkirk, was announced here some
weeks since ; and could not poflibly be the
fpringof it : But at a late hour yesterday, we
imagine we we?e favored with a clue to the re
port. In the proceedings of the French Na
tional Convention, of June 13* wc find a letter
from "the Commifimers wth the army of the
fylnjelle" dated June 10, at drln, [an ancient
town of the Netherlands,. 10 nrlfs N. W. of
Luxembourg, and N. W. ot Mentz] in
which they announce a victory by the tioops
of the Republic, ove* these of the Auftriats,
near that place.—The French General Lda^l *
With 10,000 men, after a forced march effort
days from Longwi, attacked the Auftrain en-^
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which were captured by theAmbufcadeFrench
frigate within the jurifdi&icn of their Admi
ralty.
t There is now in prison at Portsmouth a
young Flench Midshipman, not 15 years of
age, whole conduit during the Jateaflion be
tween the La Nymphe and Cleopatra, gave
proof of extraordinary courage. Three of
the French Tailors under his command quit
ted their gun, two of whom he instantly run
through the body, and the third he ihot dead
with his pifto).
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE-
Extrafi of a letter from a gentleman tn London,
** jpyDVICES have reached England, of
the fitting out of the privateer G fc n et,which
forwarded reports oi this country joining (he
French,and you may weil iuppoic, gave tome
alarm to the traders of that country
** The citizens oi London mfi fled on an
embargo being laid on ail American teheh.
and the business becamb serious, until ’ome
explanation took fdace with your mimftrr.—
In the course of thele he was informed,either
by a letter to him from Lo^d Grenville, or a
letter, is received by. onr President from his
Majesty, Rating chat his Majtfty wasfecfible
of the particular and delicate situation which
America was placed in by her treaty with
France, that it was his Majtfty’s wishes and
intentions to preserve the fubfiiting har
mony betwee,n America and Great-Britain ;
and that it fhouid not be interrupted on his
part, as long as any afls of ours could be jufti
fied by a fair and candid difeuffion. it was
further understood and admitted, that thete
might be ill-disposed citizens in both coun
tries, who would wifti to disturb the pub tc
tranquility ; but where these afled contrary
to the laws, & when detefled, were punilhed,
the injured government would be faiibhcd.”
A large sum of money, in dollar*, belonging
to merchants in this city, was on board an A
- fchocncr captured by the Little Dem
bcra, which the officer of the p’ivateer removed,
put on board a pilo; boat ar d lent it up on Sun
day last to their agent here. It being difeovered
by those concerned that the money was contain
ed in the pilot boar, the vessel was immediately
put under .he guard of a detachment of malitia,
and Monday afternoon the money was deliver
ed to the owners.
The citizens of Burling" on, New-Jersey,
have passed several fpiriteu relolutinns ref; ect
ing tne proclamation, approving the fame—
and reprobating in strong terms ** any inerfer
ence in the internal acminiftration 01 our gov
ernment by any foreign powet or miniftc , as
an infringementof the fovereigmy of the people,
tending to destroy public confidence leading to
anarchy and .meriting the severest repreher.fi--n
of all independent Americans.”
Some few are of opinion that the “ repub’
lie of France will be ciufhed by the weight of
the powers opposed to her.”—lf France does
not iucceed, it will be owing to her iuteftine
divisions. Their common dangers will, no
doubt* produce a unity of fenunvAt. Their
population is too great to admit the idea of a
fubje&ion by foreign force. And the^fren^h of
their country, aided by genius and art, renders
them perfectly fecureirom foreign fees.—From
Brabant to Dauphine is a double chain of re
doubts—and the frontiers riext to Germany,
fays the great Frederick of Prussia, rekmble
thejawsofa lion with two dreadful rows of
teeth ready optn to devour any invader.
VIRGINIA.
.NORFOLK, AUGUST 14.
IMPORTANT ARTICLE.
MASSACHUSETTS.
PENNSYLVANIA.
dated June 6, 1793*
PHILADELPHIA, AUG- 24.'
the “ ejlab'Ajhment of Peace between
Great •^Britain and France f claims no atten
tion. The speech of the King of England, to
his Parliament, on the z*tt of June, inserted
this day, lufluiently dees away its entire au
thenticity . . . ' ;
The tough fories Os the burning of Brest and
Halifax ; of the capture of the French, English,
and Spunilb fleets, and ocher etceteras, which
prolific Rumour daily engenders, need not be
tontianitted co a public who can compare
dates.
trench ments at Arion, which were defended by
8000 men, supported by thirty pieces of can
non-—and forced the Auflrians to retire to Lux
embourg. The French, fatigued with their
lung march did nut puriue them. Four pieces
of cannon fell into the hands oi the French, but
the lols on either fide is not named. The
Prince of Waldeck, about the lame time,
in an attempt to surround a body of French
troops near Vervick, having been killed, may
have given rife to that part ot the report which
refpefts the three generals. -
A reund about report from St. Kitts, via Nor-
[Rs a beaut f ul example if much in few
WqkDS v>e giv our readers the follqvdngf
FROM MEDFORD - ,
At a town .meeting legally aflemb!ed,at Med-
Jord, the following Resolutions w re vo ed,
unanim^ufly. . . - ‘ .
VOTED, That while we Pel an ardent wilh
for the eiiaolifhment of the principles of ra
tional liberty, in France, and a deep regret at
the interference of ocher nations wiih the inte
rior jurisprudence of the French people, wedeem
it equally for the honor, the imereti, and the
farety of the United States, to obierv a ftri&
and impartial Neutrality in the prdent Europe
an war. .
VO FED. That the late Proclamation of the
Prehcent of the United States, Was the result cf
a wife and just estimate of the obligations and
intereftsof the American nation ; that it is hap
pily calcula ed to restrain the avarice of individ
uals—to limit the excenfion of the miseries of
war,- and to secure to the people of the United
States, the blessings of peade. . ..
VOTED, That as we fully concur in
thefitnefsand propriety of the said Proclama,
tion, we will, to the utmost ofonr power, (up
per t the principles of-it.
VOTED, That the above Refclutions
(hall be transmitted to the Hon. Thom as Rus
sel, Eiq. and published in the Columbian
Centinel.
r A true copy from the Records, "
ANDREW HALL,Town CltrL
Medford, Aug, 26, 1793,
With re’pefl to the aiGng c-f the siege of
fatneitnnes. and he decapitation of M. Eca
lite,»c mutt fay, .hat the ;atetf papers ‘ram
England.So not c mnifu he we gave
oi t. c n or ll edntf day : Nor ou letter from O
fiend, as late -s ihc 4th 'July.
The ^c'ai g avccums ot tht batt;e near Ar
ion ; the chaiges exnibhec against M. Ega
lite : anu ferbe other L;pliant particulars,
Ac mult defer 10 Wednesday.
Yefierdav arrived here the copper.bottomed
whaling ihip Harpooner it Bfiftol, a prize to the
French privateer Marseilles, of 20 guns, from
Havre de-Grace. Sne is from the coast 0 Bra
zil ; and it is laic, ha? i 200 barrels ot oil on
board Oa palling the caitie, reciprocal salutes
Were fired. The Marseilles we learn had aifo
epp used two Dutch Ihips, and a 16 gun pri
vateer from Liverpool, which were all ordered
for ‘his port.
The two prizes captured by thcßoland have
been removed to the Csftle ; to remain in cuf*
tody urri! the (keifion of the president of
the United States is had het eon.
On Thursday arrived acre thefhtp Thomas
and Sarah, Capt- Seaver, in 67 days from
Rufra —Before Capt.SE aver f ailcd,a fleet of
20 tail o< the line jf Rulihn lb 1 ps, with troops
on board, had faded for Aesw/—p.obabiy to
join the combined powers.
A (loop from Grenada, wh’ch arriv’d here
on-Unday liit.fa- cd Ljn the ITefl- Indies with
the Brit-sh fleet, under Amira’ Gard 1 n er.—
Ac <ea, the fleet.leparared, the Aumiral in the
Queen, 01 96 guns, with four or five 74’s, and
fume /riga e., ftterud for Halifax ; the rest of
the Ihips, convoyed a fleet of merchantmen
for England .. ; .
Wc l.eam that the Em press of Ruflia has
carried her inveteracy against the French so
far, as to ,‘orbid vefTels bri-ging any French
pioduce whaever info her dominions.
The Roland French commiffionud privateer
is hauled in and dilmantled.
Before M Genet had reached 'within 600
miles of the feat of the Gov rnment oj the United
States, and before he was known as any thing but
a Citizen of the French Republic, he issued two
ComniijJionsto Privateers, fPtd cut in the United
Staic, and count er fi^ntd th.m as “ Ambassador
of the French Republic t> the UnitedSta,es.” Let
the fobtr fnfe if the god citizens of this Con~
finest cont:mplate this fail and'judge of the prU
denye or judgment of Mr. Genet. ~
EXETER,
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TUESDAY^ SEPTENBER g, 179 J.
A PLAIN FACT.
PRIZES.
RAN awav from the fubferiber an
indented mao^named Peter Slsbper.
—Whoever will rdturh him to me again,clear
of ex pence, fhili receive the above reward.
— All periods are forbid harbouring or trust
ing him, as they would avoid rhe penalty of
the law. JOHN SHAW..
Briniwtcd, Sept, 2, 1793.
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The inhabitants of almost every feaport.and a
great many intend towns on the continent have
met and passed resolutions, highly approving
our beloved President’s proclamation, direflinp
the ftnfleft .neutrality <0 be observed on the
part of the United States towards the nations
now at war.
Ext raft of a letter from a gentleman in Phi
ladelphia, to his friend tn New Yurk dated
August 26 1793. f .
“We are all much alarmed by the rapid prog
ress a putrid fever is making in this City; there
is no accounting for it, every person that is
able has gone to the country, and the country
people have declared yesterday chat they w j]|
not come to town, while any symptoms of j;
/^main,”
lubfcribers, ^rnmiHioners
A to receive and examing the Claims a
gainst she estate of JOSIAH GILMAN, lace
of Exeter, Physician, oeccyf-d, give notice—
That they wi.l a tend the bufineis at the late
dwelling house of the deceased in said Exeter,
on the faft Monday cf September, instant, and
of rhe five *oi lowing months,, from 3 to 6
o’clock, P. M. oa said days.
Samuel Tenney, Esq.
Judge of the Probate oj LKiUs, &e.
i . for said County.
’HE heirs to the estate of Samu
-A- el Barr, late oi Londonderry, Esq oe
ceafed, are hereby notified, that John Htds
has exhi >ited an additional Account of his
Administration of said estate—and rhat it
will be examined at the Probate Court, robe
held at said Londonderry on the third .Wed
nesday of December next, at it o’clock, be
fore noon. By order of the Judge,
Wm PARKER, Reg’r.
August z 1 ft, 1793.
Exeter, Sept. 2, 1793.
• Accounts from Munchefter, in England fay
that io deplorable is the situation of the poor
there for want of employ, that upon an average
four persons are found dead every moring in the
streets, ablolutely perilled of hunger. •
Numerous iniurreflions have taken place in
Ircia: 0, in consequence of < new militih «fl.
J bis certifietb whom it may cahcurn—*
1 HAT Jam es Davis, late of Madbury,
decafed. Accounted to the State of New-
Hampfbire for a Beef Creature he received of
Mosrs Hays, estimated ai 260 wt. equal to
£36, as a dep.ty under me in 1782.
JOSEPH BADGER, Jun.
'**• >v< >sp< >^js<
where there is plenty qf water at all fcafo is
of the year. Those who will favour him with
their cr.ftom, Ihall have their Thick Cloths
drefled in one month after they are taken in ;
and all Thin Cloths sooner, drefled in the
neatest and bpft manner possible, and all en
gagements fhail .be punffually fulfilled.
Grey Cloths Ihall be done in a fortnight
from the time they are received.
Clo h$ of every kind will be received at
the awetli g-hovfe of said Swett, as he has
leQ the Mill where he formerly worked, and
every favour gratefully acknowledged.
Pit'sfiAd, Sept. 2, 1793.
RAN away from the fubfcriber,two
indented Bovs, viz. Daniel Marfin and
Jjeph Stacy Thar Ron. Whoever will return
them again (clear of expence; (ball have the
above reward. All persons are forbid harbor
ing or trusting them, as they would avoid
the penalty of the law,
BENJAMIN LOVERING.
Exeter, 27th August, 1793.
INFORMS his Customers and ths
Public in general. That He has lately
erased a * *
One Penny Reward i
Twopence Reward.
. Fulling-Mill-—
Thomas B. Swett
BY THE HONOURABLE
ROCKINGHAM—tf.
EXETER. DEC. 29, 1/92.
Wm, Pa r ker, ju x.
Harvey Colcord,
Samuel Gilman.