The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-05-28 00:00:00, page 3

Entrap of a letter from the Hague, April 3.
“ Lord Aukland will set out in a few days for
Brulfels, for a conference with the Prince of Co
bourg. The Court of Orange are in the highest spi
rits, in consequence of the total expulfiori of the
French from the United Provinces. A grand gala
was given the night'before last on the occasion.
“ Subsequent to Capt. Bentick's route through this
place fpr the Austrian army, we have received au
thentic advice that, on Dumourier’s retreat to Lille
andValenciennes,a general spirit of revolt had (hewn
itfelf in these garrisons. He 'declares^ “that his fatal
overthrow on the 22d and 23d of last month, was
imputable only to treachery, which had been instil
led through his line by the encreafmg aristocracy in
the National Convention.
1 “He acknowledges to have loft 700 men in the
affair of la Montagne de Fer ; the greater part of
whom fell in fight ; when the Prince de Cobourg, at
the head of rheAuftrian cavalry.fr 11 upon his rear,and
harraffe.d it for eight miles in'its retreat. The Ger-'
man commanders agree that Dumobrier acquitted
himfelf ably and valliantly ; the Prince of Cobourg
in a letter to the Duke of York, states, “ That his
condudi displayed, through the whole day, chefe d
aeuvre of military taciicks I*
• (' '■ ■ J' » / .
Extra^ of a letter from the Hague, March 29.
“ Advices from Cologne, of the 24th instant, state
that Dumourier’s second and third defeats, in his
strong entrenchments in the Iron Mountains, near
Louvain, on the sad and 23d inst. after the most
desperate resistance, have nearly completed the total
difeomfiture of the French Army, The Austrian
Cavalry were led by the Prince of Coboiirg ; he was
Seconded in the attack by General Clairfavti at the
head of the Austrian Infantry, with fixed* bayonets
only. The French Artillery no sooner opened Upon
their line, than the Austrian, and Hussars charged
them, and, notwithstanding a considerable loss,
which they sustained at the onset, they drove the e
nemy’s engineers, from their guns, and put 1500 of
them to the fabre on the spot. Durnourier headed
the right wing of the French in perfon,on foot,at the
head of the Parisian Grenadiers. The two lines
coming into general aftion, the conflift was severe.
Near 15,000 of the French are said to have been kil
led or wounded, and 6000 of the Austrians. The
Austrians fought with incredible fury, and gave no
quarter. The regiment of Royale Allemand fuffcr
ed most severely. The French retreated, in great
disorder beyond Brussels.
end Ro ne. AccomplOi more in one year,
under the reign of Liberty, than you have done
in agek under the reign of Kings. Compel
Grangers to speak of the French Republic but
with refped—of French citizens but with en
thuftaftic admiration.
The advanced guard of the Austrians entered
Brunels on the 24th inst. Antwerp, it is supposed,
must by this tiaie have iurrendered, or havs been ta
ken by aflault.”
Ibnteer.
As to us, firm at our post, we promise to set
you the example of unbounded civifm, courage
and devotion. We will imitate, should there
be occasion, those Roman senators, who waited
their death upon the curulc chair. They
have laid that we are divided among ourfel.
ves, take care how you listen to them j if our
opinions differ, our sentiments are the fame.
We differ as to means, but our objeft is one.
Oar deliberations are tumuhuous, but how
can we help being animated in difcufling our
ft^-arert in erefh. Tis our eagerness for the
public good which agitates us ; the decree
once puffed, the clamour is at an end, but the
law remains.
LONDON, Anri! 4
TNESDAY night at 6 o’clock Capt. Benticli arri
at the Secretary’s Office, from Brussels and the
Hague, with dispatches from Lord Auckland. The
Captain, who since he quitted London about 14 days
ugo, has-vilited different parts of the theatre of war,
left Brussels on the afternoon of the 29th ult. Prince
Cobourg was then at that place : and the Austrians
■were in possession of Namur and Mons. The Im
perialists had also gotten poffeflion of Antwerp, the
garrison of which was allowed to march out with
the honors of war, and tq pals into France. The
French had also evacuated Bruges and Ghent, and
Dumourier’s army was retreating with great confu
fion towards Lille and Valenciennes. In Capt. Bin
tic Ji’s returp to the Hague from Brussels, he palled
through Prince Frederic of Pruflia’s quarters. He
was there informed that the French garrifoiis inßre
da and Gertruydenburg had, on the 28th March, a
^reed to terms of capitulation. They had made a
most gallant defence before they consented tn give up
those places, ,and the most honorable terms were
granted to them. They were allowed to march out
with the honors of war ; drums beating and colours
flying. There were no exceptions in the capitula
tion ; even the French Batavian legion, or, as they
stiled themfelvcs, the Dutch patriots, were consider
ed as a part of the garrison, and'allowed to go with
the French trbops into France.
His kdyil Highness the Duke of York, has
the Hague in order to conduft the troops under
command to Bergen-op-Zoom.
Franks, reply upon your representatives,
whatever may be the event, they will cour
igeouily Hruggle againd fortune and against
man—never wiii they, in thy name, capitu
late with tyranny.
When firft we were conftkuted a Conven.
tion, it seemed to us as we heard the voice of
our country, luggefting to us, “ go, and ten
der me free, and insure m v future happiness at
the expence of momentary tranquility.”
If to eniure freedom Europe mult be con.
qiK-red, speak and I will join batde with her,
whatever may be my losses, my dangers and
fatigues. Give me no definitive peace without
pure and simple independence. O ! my coun
try ; that sublime language h«« penetrated our
fouls—has remained impressive on our hearts
—will form the unerring rule of oar conduit,
and thou (halt be saved.
[On Saturday the ifyk infl. arrived at New-York, the
British Packet, in days from Falwouth,which
brings papers to the 6th of April. The following is
extraFledfrom. the New-York papers of the 18th and
20^4,]
“ Prince Charles served on this/occafion as a vo-
ENGLAND.
left
his
[ln Feeble confirmation of the above,as far as they
refpeft Gen. Dumourier, is a letter received at
Philadelphia, from Amsterdam, dated April 5, which
fays,] “ It is reported, that in consequence of Gen.
Dumourier’s letter [ft is here fuggejled that the let
ter in quejlion was the one dated from Louvain, March
24M] to the Convention, Commiftioners had been
sent to the army from Paris, with orders for that of
ficer immediately to repair te the Convention. The
The fame accounts have been received from
Brussels and Oftend.
In consequence of this letter, a Decree of
Accufarion was palled against Durnourier in the
fitting of the 30th of March,who had been de
nounced by the Municipality of Paris,as a trai
tor ; and Bournonville, the Minister at War,
Camus, and five others, were deputed to go to
the army, and put the decree into execution,by
arresting Durnourier, and fending him a pri
soner co Paris. Durnourier himlelf fays, he
firmly believes it was their intentions to have
him maflacred on the road.
They reached the army, and informed the
General of their miflioh. He saw the time
was cume to strike a decisive blow. He af
iembled his troops, informed them of the de
cree of the Convention, and hinted his own
wiflies and deligns. They exclaimed, that
they would stand by him : He immediately
began to aft. He arretted Bournonville and
the other Committionersi and sent them with
a letter to Gen. Clairfayt, to Tournay, re
commending them in civil terrhs to the pro
tection of that General, as prisoners of war.
He likewise informed Clairfayt, that he was a
bout to march to Paris next morning (the 2d
ihft.) at the head of his army, for the purpose
of restoring the French Monarchy.
General Clairfayt forwarded the prifoherd
committed to his charge by Durnourier, to the
Prince of Saxe Cobourg.ar.d immediately wrote
with his own hand, an account of these extra,
ordinary t ran fadions to Count Metternich, the
Imperial Minister at BruiTels, who forwarded
this account to the Hague. The express that
brought this news left the Hague on the 4th,
a few hours after General Clairfayt’s account
had arrived there, and reached Lohdon this
morning at 7 o’c ock.
April $.
Os the fttuation of French Affair* at prefect
in point of fad, this country appears perfedly
ignorant ; the rumours of the day, the off
fpring of political prophecy* are as follow
That Dumourier, assuming the double char
after of General and Politician, had abandoned
all his conquers, and with his army had re
paired to Paris, for the purpose of making an
effedual (land against the party ofEgalite, his
Prime Minister Rohertfpiere, and his virtuous
Aid-du.Camp, Marat, to whom is attributed
the recent defeat of Dumourier’a projeds in
theNetherhnds ; and, horrible to the refledion
of civilized society, it ts related, that the pur
pose of the party at present out of power in
France can only be attained by a general maf*
iacre of their guilty opponents.
Extra fl of a letter from Brufjels, dated March
2 7.
“ On Saturday afternoon Gen. Dumourer
was ftdl here—French patroles paraded the
flreets till midnight, and lights were by gene
ral orders throughout the town. After twelve
o’clock ’■he French left this city without doing
any milchief
“ The French were scarcely gone,before the
populace began to plunder the barracks and
magazines, but cn the arrival of an Austrian
officer and five Ulans, rhe Burgher was set,
and the plundering itopt. Immediately upon
the departure of the French, the National
Cockade w«s thrown aside.
“ On funday afternoon the Austrian advanc
ed guard entered this city and were received
with griat acclamations. On Monday fcveral
battalions of horfeand foot marched in.
BY an Express which we received this
morning from the Hague, we are enabled to
give the certain accounts of a Counterrevolu
tion being on the eve of taking place at Parti.
The circumstances that have led to this, are
of an extraordinary nature. We shall state
them as our Correfpondent,in the hurry of such
important communication, has been able to
arrange them, reierving to ourselves the fatis
fadion of giving,hereaftcr a more particular
detail.
The stoppage of all communication with
France, has kept us in the dark completely,
with refpedt to the proceedings of the Conven
tion. It now appears, that the most important
tranfadioiis have taken place.
After Durnourier had been forced to retreat
within the French frontier, he wrote a letter
to the Convention, Gating, “ That he found it
impofiibla to make headagainft the Allied Pow
ers, and he thought the only means of laving
France from being overrun by those powers*
would be to have a king ”
«• The sacred vales, the Candlesticks, and
other plate belonging to the churches of this
city and the neighbouring Abbeys, which had
been taken by the subaltern Delpots, calling
themselves Commiflioners of the Executive
Power, were restored on the 23d, by order of
Gen. Dumourier.
“ In the night of Monday last, the French
evacuated Namur, and left all their cannon up
on the ramparts. The Austrians marched in
yesterday morning at 9 o’clock.’*
Counter-Revolution in France.
y he pithy testimony of the great Lord Chief Just
ice H ale,o« the observance of the Saßßath,
a tefimony, notwithfanding its brevity, better
calculated to induce mankind to practical piety
than volumes of polemic divinity.,
«ir HAVE ever found,” fays his Lordship,
[ " by a ftrid and diligent obfervaton, that
A due observance of the duty of Sunday*
has ever had joined to it, a Blejjingi upon (he
rest of my time ; and the week, that has been
lo begun, has been blessed, and prosperous to
me; andon the otheriide, when I have been
negligent in the dudes of this day, the rest of
the week has been unfocce’sful, and unhappy,
to my own secular employments. So that I
could easily make an estimate of my fuccefles
the week following, by the manner of my pair
ing this day. And Ido not write this lightly,
but by long and found experience.”
QTR A YEP from the in
c^°^u,e the fubferiber*
on 22 ^ a I’ght red
New Milch COW, with
bug horns and short tail,
about 9 years old—Whoever will give in
formation of her, that the owner may have
her again, shall have a handsome reward.
NATHANIEL SWfcASY.
Exeter, May 27th, 1793,
SALEM, May 21.
Capt. Patterson arrived on Saturday, from Cape-
Francois, in 21 days ; and informs that the whole
town of Port-au-Prince is laid in alhes, except three
or four houses. He spoke Capt. Felt, bound from
the southward to this port. He had met with a
French privateer, which said the was from Havre
de-Grace, and had taken 21 prizes.
■ f“tr—- -t - —
Keep the Sabbath well ants ye
shall receive a good reward.
We learn, by a gentleman direftly from thence^
that in consequence of the war, business there was
at a stand, and the whalemen and filhing smacks
hauled up —that the regular troops had all gone tri
the Weft Indies —But that a hot 'prefs had taken
place, to man a frigate which was aeftined, it was
conjeftured, to take St. Pierra, Newfoundland, and
destroy the French filheries there;
Letters from Philadelphia fry last night’s Mail, in
form, that the Genoefe Consul has been committed to
jail, on suspicion of being the author of certain in
cendiary letters to the President and other persons,
threatening to take their lives and burn their houses
unless he was supplied with money by them. His
name is Ravara —the person who was to accompany
Blanchard in his next aerial ckcurfion. The particu
lars not yet come to hand.
The Englifli Ambalfidour at Philadelphia, has
prelented to the. President, a memorial on the cap
ture of the George.
The American ship Laurens, from Charleston to
London, has been captured by a French privateer,
and carried into Aavre, on suspicion of her belong
ing to an Englilh merchant. Her case had not been
decided on,
Art. 11. Ail merchandize exported or imported,
by American veifels to the French colonies or to
Fiance, shall only pay the fame duties as those trans
ported in French vessels.
Art. 111. The Executive Council is authorized to
use measures in Older that the powers at war with
the Republic, shall not profit by the advantages
granted to a power in friendftiip.
Art. IV. The Executive Council shall negociate
with the Congress of the United States, to obtain in
favour of the French Merchants a like reduction of
duties as is at present granted by law to American
merchants ; and to strengthen the bonds of friend
fhip and amity which unite the two nations;
1 his project as decreed adopted. The Alfembly
orders this report to be printed.
(Copy) Boyer FronfrEde.
Joseph Frenwick, American Consul, Bourdeauk.
The unusual aridity of the season fills the
hearts of all the citizens with apprehehfions
for the produce of the earth—which having
received into its bosom the germ of vegataiion,
requires thefott defending rain to give it vi
gour and increase. To him who holds the sea
sons in his hand, and who bestows on his crea
tures every needed good, let us place our perfect
reliance. But prayer is the duty of Man —
and, in the words of the inspired author bf the
Seasons. let us pray :—
“ Be gracious, Heaven, for now labourious man
Has done his part. Ye foftering breezes blow !
Ye foftening dews, ye tender fhow’rs defeend !
And temper all, thou world-reviving fun,
Into the perfeft year.”
Art. I. The National Convention decrees, that all
the ports of the French colonies shall be open to the
United States of America.
A gentleman from Hispaniola informs us, that
Port-au-Prince had been stormed and taken by one
of the French National Commiflioners, aided by
some armed vessels, and a body of volunteer troops.
The inhabitants fearful, that they might experience
th* fate that others in several parts of the island had,
and be sent to France for trial, reftifed to receive the
Commiflioners. In consequence the attack was
made, and the fate they dreaded overtook them.
Decree concerning the United States of
It is said, that the Irench fleet in the Mediterra
nean, which consists of 19 fail of the line, has made
many captures —among others of a 50 gun ship, and
five frigates, but of what nation we do not learn.
Extraß of a letter from Plymouth, April 3.
“ Letters from Jersey mention, that a gentleman
arrived from Brittany states, that a very large body
of people had assembled and defeated a body of
national troops, and were marching to Angers to re
lease 200 of their comrades confined there in prison.
tetter adds as another report, that the commiffidneri
had been arrested and sent to the Austrian army :— >
And that Gen. Dumourier, with his faithful army*
after affirming the white cockade, had marched for
Paris.
ExtraEi from the (French) Monitor — Ko. 51.
BOSTON, May 22.
THE SEASON.
AMERICA.
FROM HALIFAX,
WE the fubferibers being ap
pointed Commiflioners by the Hon.
Judge of Probate, for Rockingham County,
id receive and examine the claims of the sev
eral Creditors to the estate of John Cram,
late of East-Kingston, yeoman, decoded, re>
presented insolvent—and fix mohths from/his
date being allowed for that purpose, hereby
give notice, that we will attend that service
at the house of the. deceased, on the firft Mon
day in June next* and the five following
months, from ± to $ o’clock in the afternoon
of etch day* Ezekibl Godfrey.
Jbrb: Bacheldsr,
Jacob Ordwat. /
Eafi-kingitowny Maj 2i, t 793» /
mies, Callimancoes, Gloves of
every kind, Janes,Fuftians,Nan
keens, Linens, Fashionable Vest
Patterns, ' Umbrillas, WilloxAr
Hats, &c. &c.
Tow-cloth and conn-
tion to merit a continuance.
%* Constant attendance will be given*
both early and late, and the fmallef favors
mojl gratefully acknowledged.
Nottingham, May 25, 1793.
Those who will please to favor him with
their Cullom, may depend on every exer-
For faie, at (he Shop next door to Dn. Wu*
li ams’, Barber, Cheap for Cash,
A VAR IETY OF
AMONG WHICH ARE
WOMEN’* Shoes—Moflins—Lawns—
Chintzes—Modet—Linens— Shawls
Handkerchiefs-—Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Hats—-Broad Cloths— Shalloon.*—Fancy
Waistcoat-Patterns— &c. &cJ Alfo —
Weft-ldia & Ne^ England Rum—
S' gar—-Molar's&c.
Exeter, May 27.
O^Cafh, Goods, and a generous
price will be given in exchange for all
kinds of
Englifli^ Weft4ndia
GOODS,
Country Produce, in its season.
Very reafofiable terms*
At his New Store, Corner of Fifo-
Street, on Nottingham Square,
Most kinds of Englilh Goods
that are called for at this season of
the year Also,
Glass and Crockery
W are-—
Nails-—Window Glass——
Bristol & Aiherican Pewter*
Choice Malaga Wine-*—
Bohea Tea, &c. &c.
Daniel Williams
Weft-India
GOODS,
among which are an elegant variety of
Chintzes and Copper-plates
Modes, Satins,Perfians,Mullins,
Lawns, Handkerchiefs, or all
kinds, Durants, Shalloons,Tam-
Inform their Customers and
others that they have just received a beautiful
aflortment of
Spring and Summer GOODS—
His Excellency Arthur F ENNEr , Es is r< . deci
ted Governor, and His Honor Samuel I Potter
Esq. Deputy Governor of the state of Rhode-Ifland
It is said, tfiat the noted Daniel Shavs has been
three times nominated to the office of jGftice of the
Peace of the Commonwealth of Maffachuletts ! ’
FRESH GOODS-
Has just received, and now felling on
try produce will be received in payment.
Exeter, iftb May, 1793,
EXETER,
TUESDAY MAY 28, i79J.
Tenney & Gilman
An aflbrtment of