The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-07-09 00:00:00, page 3

BALTIMORE, JUN E Ig- < \
Extrafl of a letter from B elf as April 28,1793.
“ Trade is to.ally at an end i public as well
as private confidence almolt annihilated ! there
' 'appears to be no end to the failures in Great-
B itain and Ireland ! fomeofour firft banking
houses, have Hopped payment, and thole re
maining refule to discount, the most unexcepdott
-4} able paper offered them ’ Where thele things
will end God only knows ! The linen, the
k cotton, and the woollen manufafturers feel the
4 effefts of this ftagnadon of credit. Such are
the blessed effefts of the most irtglo’-iou's arid
unpopular war that any country ever entered
into I a war, waged by a nation, pretending to
be free, against a people.who. art? seeking for
Liberty I O Tempori ! O Mores ’—With
public confidence and private credit, liberty
itfelf seems ready to depart their kingdoms !
All men appear discontented and gloomy, and
few dare to‘peak their minds in public, on
fabjeds of a political nature. Emmiffaries are
every where employed by our profligate ad
rniniftradon, who are well paid forgiving in
formation againdrthe few who dare to (peak
their fentiment,s openly.
“ A pamphfet has been lately published in
England ; relative to the army ; Joseph Cuth
ber, a refpedable taylor, living in this town,
happened co read a few extrads from this pub
lication in presence of some ioldjers that be
long rd a regiment quartered here ; would you
believe it, this man, although neither author,
nor publisher, has been taken up, thrown into
confinement, from his weeping family and
friends, lodged in the common Jail, tried for
the offence, condemned by an ignorant jury,
(colledcd with indefatigable industry, from
| the molt remote part of the country, and
packed together for the occasion, and not one
of them was he fuffered to objed against) and
. although no law in existence has ever noticed
an offence of this nature;, yet has this m<n
[ iWbcen sentenced by an Irish judge, to the pillo
ry, and confinement for twelve months. The
unjuftifiableJentence^ has been adually put
I into execution ;in the midst of an indignant
people ; and to prove to you how fearful gov-
I ernment are that their aibitrary measures will
meet with the oppofitiqn they deferve.the 55th
I regiment, two troops of the line, and a compa
ny of artillery, were all under arms on the dc-
I cafion ! a circtimttapce altogether unprecedent
ed 1 I should riotice to you for the honour of
the town, tbat federal,refpedable charafters of-
I sered to ftaiid on the pillory with Cuthbert^
but were not permitted by the executioners of
the law, nor was any kind of insult offered to
him during the period of the punishment, but
I on the contrary, approbation and encourage,
went from all ;he. furxonndihg fpeftators!
I Thus you behold tjie deplorable Hate in which
■ we are involved, without trade, without cred
■ jt, without ft'eedom 1 For what is our so much
B boasted of liberty, if men are not only prevent
ed from publishing their own fentjments on
B government, but likewise punished for reading
B the fpntimen sos others ! Happy, thrice hap
fl py muff you be across the Atlantic, where lib-
B erty of sentiment is allowed in its full scope I
fl Where men and measures, legislatures and leg
fl ifiators, may be freely criticifeci upon ! Where
I every mahffeels himlelf of fornd importance in
fl the scale of things, & may deliver.his thoughts
freely, openly and without disguise on every
fl iubpft, without being afraid of any thing
whatever I Where enjoying a pure reprefenta-
I ^vefyftem of government, you practically leel
conf* quences, and all men food them'elves
I individually intereiling in its continuance and
I welfare T And although 1 have no doubt that
many amongli you are unable to shake off an *
I cient prejudices, but continue friends to a mo-
I narchial form of government; yet fare I am»
I that feeling as every one mult feel, the h-appi*
I nefs and comfort of the; republican system such
jfl men will gradually lay aside their prejudices,
B and one cay or other reprobate as I.do,
I thole ariftocratical and monarchal systems,
B.,when the rich and great only enjoy privileges,
Band when 'he poor a e trampled upon,or pun
■ i’Jvd like Cuthbert, by the band of arbitrary
■ power F You ask me now why I continue to
■ live in this country,! answer that thonfands be-
Ifldes myfelf are preparing to depart from u, &
■assure yourfelf that it will not be long till I fee
■ you in happy America ! I most not negleft
Bro inform you that a general faft is this day a'p-
Bminted to pray for success to the combined
■ irms, against the only nation on earth combat
fl ng for liberty ? And also to return thanks to
■ Almighty God, that one v^ain has been base
■ nougn to jorfake a gooC. became a
Kcond ARNOLD'! !
B
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American advices.
Gentleman just arrived in town from
Lexington, which place he left the 2d inst.
informs us, that on the day previous to that
of his departure, the post .had arrived and
brought intelligence, that 400 Indians had
crossed the Ohio, some distance below Fort
St. Vincent —200 of whom were deftincd to
attack the frontier of Kentuckey, while thb
rest (it wasexpefted) would enter the wilder
ness with an intent to intercept the travellera.
MAR r L A N D.
GEORGETOWN, JUNE 22.
vate gentleman, without any public character
whatever, and with views ot settlement in this
country, produced by the peculiarity of his lit
uation.with regard to his own ; having differed
jh his political creed and conduct, from the.
’ emigrant nobility, on the one hand ; and from
the present ruling party on the other ; in short
having been one of the framers of the govern.
' ment eftablilhed by the copftituent assembly
and overturned by the revolvtion of the joihof
August.
1 As there often happens to be some circum
stance, which gives rife to stories ot this kind,
1 ] thought it might not be amiss to enquire
whether any such existed in the present cale j
in consequence of which I have learnt—that
the Vifcountafc Noailles, on the evening of the
day ci his arrival, (which happened to be a
! public evening of Mrs. Wajhington} called oh
the Prefidenc, under whom he had served at
the head of a French regiment during the
late American war ; that there happened to
be present, when he came in, Mr. Tern ant,
1 then Minister of France; that he staid about
fifteen or twenty minutes, converting oh in-,
’ different fubje&s, and went off either at the
fame time with,j or a little before Mr. 77r
rant. ,
1 1 have also learnt that theVifcount de Noail
’ les never goes to the President’s house, but on
1 the eftablilhed public days, and then, rarely,
from motives of delicacy relatively to his fitua
lion.
June 26.
In consequence of an application froth the
Executive of the United States, to the Gover
nor* as Commander in Chief of the Militia of
Pennsylvania, a party of the militia was on Sa
turday last, put on board the ship William,
now in this port, as a prize to the Cifzen Ge
net, for the purpose of detaining her, until, by
negociacion, it is decided, whether the is a le
gal prize ; the court of admiralty for this
Diftrill having pronounced the case not within
its jurifdillion.
The Prejident left town last Monday* on i
visit to Mount Vernon.
A DUEL.
ExtraQ of a letter from Garijle, dated June 2t.
“ I have to relate to you a moil melancho
ly event which will both furprile and dis
tress. On Thursday last Sn eledioh was held
at the Court-FRyife, in this borough for field
officers. Several persons difeovered the fame
adive zeal to carry their refpellive tickets
which have been often witnefTed in ibis
place—accordingly some smart alternations
took' place refpeding the legal qualifications
x of the voters—among others, Maj. James
Lamberton, and John Duncan exchanged
some words which had like to come to blows
on the spot, but, by the interference of the
fpedators, the affair was hofhed, and there
were no more of it at that time, nor all the
next day (Friday)’. The latter however con.
ceiving his honor hurt, had retained it in his
mind, and Friday evening ferithis brother.
indaw J. PoftelihWait.witha challenge to this
former, the purport of which was, to meet
him the next morning with pistols in the
commons by the works, to give him fatisfac
tion for (what be considered) the insult offer
ed him at the eleftion. Maj. Lamberton
not being at home when Mr. Poftehhwait
called at his house with the challenge, he
hunted him from place to place until be at
last founrd him in a friend’s house spending an
hour after the business of the day in social
Converge, he called him out & delivered hini
the fatal message verbally, which Maj, Lam
berton neither accepted nor declined, but
went horde to his house—the other followed
and delivered it again in writing, allowing
5 minutes to return an answer, or be deem
ed a coward in public estimation; He ac
cordingly accepted the challenge. This
morning at the appointed hour, they met on
the ground—after choosing their fecpnds f it
was agreed that they should me mu re out 8
pace:— a score be made in the centre from
which the parties should start bdek to back,
face about at the word to be giye> by one
the seconds, inarch up to each other , and
refer ve their fire as long as they chose ;
blit neither to cross the centejr mark.-* ■ ■
This was accordingly observed by bpih
parties with the molt scrupulous nieety.— i
At the desire of Major Lamberton they <
/hook hands, wiffied each other future hap
piness should they fell, we nr off, wheeled i
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PENNSYLVANIA,
; PHILADELPHIA^ JUNE 24.
Tuefday last a gentleman in this city receiv
ed a letter from Briftoi, by the fllip Orange,
Capt. Jamison, arrived at New York, which
fays, that the fituadou of that country is truly
alarming, by the numerous melancholy failures
amongst the mercantile men throughout, the
kingdom.. Seven veflels were preparing to
fail from Briftoi, chiefly chartered by passen
gers, who were anxious to get co America.
cite suspicions against the general government
are equally calculated to surprise and dilguit*
Os this a letter, laid to be written by a gentle
man in the Treasury department to his friend
in Hanover, dated May, 4th, which has ap
peared infeveralof the public papers,is a ipeci*
men. It is impoflibie but that this lettermuft
be a milchievous fabrication* It is well known
chat the Viscount dt Noaillei is here, as a pri-
The artifices which are ihade use of to tx-
Capt. O,iks t in the ship Fortitude, arrived
here yesterday, in 51 days from Oftend. By
him we learn that the French, at Paris, and in
the country, were in high Ipirits ; appeared
determined to defend their country to the last
extremity ; and that there was not the appear
ance of want, in the Republic :—That there
were reports of a battle, in which the Auftri.
ans and Britiffi were defeated, with the loss of
1200 men :—That a body of 1000 British
Dragoons, inarched from Oftend, to, join the
combined forces,.the day defore he failed
That a body of English land forces had arri
ved, and fdme more were expefted—The offi.
cers of thole arrived, expefted, they laid, the
French wo,uld fight with more firmnels than
in any former wars :-*-That all communica.
tion with France wascut off at the time of his
failing :—And that oni his passage he (poke
the French frigate Bayonne, of 36 guns, that
eight days before had fought a frigate of su
perior force, and had loft the Captain, and 40
men. .
; Col. Hicbbom, of this town, pa/Ted through
Oi)end from Paris, for London, a few days be
fore Capt. .Oaks failed. '
ErttraS of ale ter from Lyons, ( F rance) to a
gentleman in thi» tolvn, dated tbe ibth of
April, 1795, and received by a vessel lately
arrived w Baltimore from Havre ae Graces
ts Since my last, of the 24 hos Feb. ou£_
armies have been obliged to retreat before
our enemies in Flanders, by the trealon of
our Generals : But that check has not djf
heartened the nation, which has since dK
played more energy than ever ; 600,000
men have enlisted in Jess than a month * the
patriot!fm of our National Guards is above
all expression, ndver was such an emulation ;
fathers dispute with their sons the honour of
Marching to the frontiers ; my two Clerks
have gone as cheerfully as if .they had been
going ttf ball; I would have already march
ed mylelf, was I not afflifted with that cru
el gravel, which torments me more and.
iporc—There are some partial infurreftions
in Britanny, fomented by (he Emigrants and
the non juring P iefts, but as we hear eve
ry day that the insurgents are driven
frorti every quarter, we have great hopes
that tranquility will Toon be restored.
ts Our city had the reputation of being A-,
riftocratical, but we have fb well expelled
f/op our walls the enemies of Lib 6 * l / and
Equality, that not only have we regained
the esteem of the other departments, but we
^njoy the greaceft tranquility. ,
“ The price of provisions is high, when
compared with the usual prices, but not high
er than in, the years 1768 and I^7 White
bread is fix sous per pound, middling four
/bus and a half, common three sous .‘ Wheat
fells from 10 livres and 10 sous, to if livres
per buftiel : Meat 8 and f sous per pound .’
Wine costs 70 and 80 livres a Oafk an d its
high price is owing to the badn^B of the
last crop.
“ Trade is neither bad nor good—but ge
nerally dull.”
A tooth, meaforing 14 inches in circum
ference, and a'thigh bone of the length of
four feet, has been found on a hill in the
town of Troy, New-York. The tooth is
cjJmpleiely petrified ; and it is not yet dif
eovered to what species of animal it could
belong.
Mew H a MPS HI R Ei
CONCORD, JUNE 24.
tfhe etrcel'.int Sentiments exprtfed tn tbe follovj
tng ExiraS of a letter from a- Gentleman in
Portland, to his friend in this tovm, refeS
Honor on a true Republican.
f June 2. I cannot, forbear erfpreffiog my
grief at the check which the French arms have
lately met with f and,as an aggravation to my
pain, accounts now fay (and they touft be true)
that Dutnourier has left the army, and escaped
to the enemy. . Bbt all this does not difeou
rage me. It was a maxiin with the old Rqmans,-
“..Never to defptir of the Commonwealth.”
The salvation of theßepublick does not depend
upon any one man y but upon the whole nation.
Did we not,fa our struggles for Liberty, expe
rience many gloomy moments ? Many desert
ed our cause in “ the times which tried men’s
fouls.” We had our difficulties to encounter—-
eur Arnoldspo betray ut—but yet rose Lupes
at the word, flepped up to each other with
the most seeming undaunted firmnefs, each
referring his fire until they came to rhe .mark
in the centre ; when the bullet from Major
Lamberton’s pistol unhappily entered Mr.
Duncan's head just above the right eye and
went through his brains^ He fell in a mo
ment with his pistol inftis hand and never
moved again ordifeovered the finalleft symp
toms of life. Thus ended this unhappy ca
tastrophe which has thrown two families in
the most pitiable fce|<of distress-”
V... junbzq.
The militia gaord, which had been put
On board the prize ship William, was on
Tuefday last removed, and tine vessel deliver
ed up to the captors ; the Mmfident of the
United States having, it is wid, mevioufly
decided the question relative to hercapture.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, JULY 3. '
FROM OSTEND.
y European Compendium.
By the last accounts, tnc situation of the
French armies, it will be remembered, waa
not thorougly ,understood, either upon the
Rhine, of which the cities ofMentz and La
ndau, are the principal foitifications ;or iw
Flanders,, of which Lisle, Valenciennes and
Conde, are the garrifbhs. It was not even
certain, whether the defellion of their la c
Gen. Dumourier, bad not extended its
baneful influence to these places, so as to fa
cilitate their furreadering to tbe Auft'rians,
of which the Britiffi’papers had announced
the probability.,. Nothing of this nature
however, appears to have taken effect by the
present intelligence. On the o’her hahd^
the numbers ot the troops in either of them,
was fuppoled by the National commissioners,
fufficient to hold a long and obstinate siege»
if not wholly to froftrace the intentions of the
German army. The battalions of France
were recruiting .raft on the frontiers, and the
soldiers difeovered in their daily /kirmifhiog,
and in some .allions of magnitude, the most
heroic courage. / Heroic we call it—because
the official accounts of the Prince of Saxe
Cobourg, acknowledge it.to have been obsti
nate—an expreflion of the utmost force in tbe
mouth of an enemy. The French indeed,
like the Americans, have washed away the
/lain of imputed cowardice, with the blood
of their enemies.- ,
p It appears by these papers, that the Ger
mans are : negotiating by proclamations,
which changes the ground in favour of the
French, as the difficulties, in the way of en
tire fubjugacion, augment. What, for ex
ample, is more op polite than the declarations
of the Duke of Brunswick and Prince Co'-
bpurg ? One was to burn and destroy Paris, 1
if even one of the royal family was injure'd.
The latter wiffies for peace upon the terms
and stipulations of theflrft constitution which
the people hid adopted, and which abbliffies
all the privileged orders. It was just so in
America—ln the firft place, unconditional
submission was offered, then conditional,and
afterwards unconditional independence.
Pray heaven, the event may be the fame with
the French, as the happiness of the world,
perhaps: the existence of civil liberty, even
here, depends upon their maintaining their
freedom.-
In one of the Engliffi papers it is laid,
that the Germans have loft, by altion, tick
nefs, death, and defertipn, at least a third of
their army, since tbe campaign opened in Fe
bruary last. , Jp
The profpell of famine in France, with
which tbe Britiffi appear to have felicitated
themselves, is not how spoken of, by which
we may conclude, that all their hopes of such
a dreadful Cilamity are near at an end. The
policy of the Briuih cabinet, indeed feenx
to lie in.trying to starve the jvomen and
children of France, in orderjo conquer the
men. But while they are thus meditating
all manner of evils by fire and sword, dearth
and peftiience, to ruin the cause of liberty in
France, they are arrefled by distresses of a
touching and peculiar nature, in their own
country. ; -
It is said in one,of the Engliffi papers that
Dumoofier had depefited two hundred thou
sand pounds in the Britiffi funds. It was ne
ver known what Duche, the chaplain of
Congress, received for his treachery, but Ar
nold, it was foppofed, got about 20,000
poqnds for bis attempt to betray t& garriion
aiWeffpoinU
On the whole, tie Ruffians Hand aloof—
the Dutch are ina&ive as uiual—the Spani
ards counting their beads, and trembling
for the fate of their galleons—the Prussians
remote, cautious, and occupied with their
fate acquificions in Poland—the A eft.Hans
alone fighting this campaign,as the Prussians
fought the last, and t£f^3riuffi, employed,-
as we have dated bombaidhng tbe French
by paragraphs, and destroying them #>l^
kheir paper artillerv.
our to every danger ! France nrufl—/he nvill
be free ; and all Europe, nay, ail tbe world,
will follow her. Perhaps you may think this it
Enthufisfm ; bnt. it is really analogical reason
ing. The late American war was viewed, by
the world at large, in a more unfavourable
light, than the present French revolution ! but
yet we succeeded. We are now the most hap-'
py people under heaven. Why are we io ?
Because our government is a government of the
people, who are the only true fouTce of all
legitimate government. France opened her
eyes co this truth,and commenced a revolution
themofttmportant thathiftory has ever recorded.
Sjhe will soon be (I trust) as happy as America ;
England, and the rest of Europe, will gradual
ly difeover it ; and the whole civilized world
yVill, in time, fee about a reidrm ; and thia
time, believe me, is not far off- It is but con
vincing the people wherein their happiness con
sists, and they will purfueit.”
Thursday last being the Seventeenth anniverfay of
Atnerican Independence, the fame was observed by
the patriotic inhabitant* of this town, with every
demonftrationof Joy. -.The morning .was ufherca.
in by the difeharge of cannon, &c. —The field pieces
in town repeated several salutes in honour of the
day,and were answered from the Indiaman now on
the stocks, being beautifully decorated with French
and American colours.
EXETER,
Tuesday" July 9, 1793.