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I beg you to publifli the following account
©f the bravery of Citizen Scorfery. Capt.
Scorfery, commander of the privareer L’Ami
des Lois, of Dunkirk, carrying 8 guns and
40 men failed the Bth infl. on a cruize : the
next day (he carried two prizes into Havre,
cue of them English loaded with hay, grain
and Rrong beer, the other a Dane loaded
with Sp?ni(h wine, bound to Prussia. On
the 14th (he sent into the fame port a Dutch
ship loaded with cheese and leather, bound to
Falmouth } • after having manned the three
forementioned prizes, there remained on
(board the privateer only 25 men with whom
the brave Scorfery did not hehtate, on the
20th infl. to attack an English brig, on board
of which there was one hundred and five sol
diers and three officers, which after an obfti
rate engagement, he rook and carried into
Dieppe.
Citizen Scorfery and his brave companions
merit the highest eulogiums, for engaging a
veHel loaded with troops, and with unequal
force— .they ran great danger, without the
expedition of any profit. ;
The disinterestedness, patriotism and intre
pedity of these brave Republicans, concur e»
qually to render them meritorious.
A. F. LOZEAU.
("’EN. Santerre appeared at the bar,
J and made this address;.
“ We are ready to set out for la Vendee ;
and to-morrow, and the ensuing days, twelve
of fourteen thousand men will set out. We
have eighty guns and abundance of ammuni.
tion. .
“ To make our fncctHes more certain, I
propose to you to decree,
ift. To all the battalions of volunteers, who
are not infcribcd, an experienced officer
shall be annexed.
“ zdly. All the citizens of Paris who have fer.
viceable mufquets,(hall deliver them to those
who are to set out. T’he War Minister (hall
recom pence them by fufils to be repaired
for that purpose.
gd’y. Santerre is authorized to communicate
to two members cf the Committee of public
fafety, the means he has deviled for the ac
tivity of the service of the artillery.
** 4thfy*. The War Minister ihall have at his
disposal fix*hundred thousand livres for the
repair cf the fufilS; and five hudred thousand
for execution of the preceding article.”
The General concluded by suggesting, that .
“ After the Ccunter-Revelurionifts shall
have been fnbdued, an hundred thousand men
may really make a defeent on England, there
to proclaim an appeal to the English people on
the present war.”
Referred to the Committee of Public fafety
Aag^A 3. Saturday laiV arrived at New
port, the BriciiK (hip Catharine, Wm. James
Davi* matter, mounting 4 iron guns, and
some of wood. She was bound from Jamai
ca, to New-York, with freight, and-a num
ber of paffepgers; but falling in with a
British frigate, off Sandy-Hook, and learn
ing that the French frigate Embafcade, was
at New-Yo'rk, Davis thought proper to bear
away for Newport. The paflengers inform,
chat some time previous to their ([leaking the
Britilh frigate, they fell in with an American
vessel, bound from Cape Francois, to Balti
more, having on board i^o French pciTen
gers, and that from this vessel Davis took two
bags of MONEY, said to contain between 6
and 7000 dollars, supposing it to be Fiench
property. A’ he was not provided with a
commiflion, his conduft became a fubjtft of
converfatioo at Newport—and fearing he
(hould be flopped, on Wednesday night he
flipt his cables and put to sea, leaving the
paflengers ashore, one of whom bad freight
on board to a large amount.
TUESDAY, MAY 2|.
Several Deputies from Tholoofe appeared at
the bar, and demanded arms and artillery for
the troops to defend the frontier of the Pyren
nees against the Spaniards, and alfd the infti
lution of a Revolutionary Tribunal.
A letter was read from Gen. Kelm a ' n to
commander in chief Lamarcbe. It states, that
the Gen. had just returned from an expedition
nfelefs at least. The French had loft the effeft
of all their late conquests, through the fault of
the 19th battalion of Charente, which had
fullered jtfelf to be furprized, and had thus loft
the principal post.
WEDNESDAY, MAY XJ.
Lei Uri from M. Le Burn, MiniJi er for Foreign
Affairs, in France.
Frcm Citizen A. F. Lozeau, member of the
National Convention of France, to the Edi
tor of the National Gazette,dated Paris ^Qth
of April.
Citizen Editor,
Latest European Intelligence.
FRANCE
National Convention > May 13.
Ey lafl “Evening's Mail.
LETTER
SIR,
You will de iver to his Excellency Lord
Grenville, Minister and Secretary of state to
his Britannic, Majesty forfoieign affairs, , the
inclofed letter, No. I. and if his Lordship
demands it, a Ifo the inclofed letter. No. 11.
on behalf of the French Republic.
I am with consideration, fir, your very
humble and most obedient servant, the Minister
for foreign Affairs.
Auguis, a National deputy, flated.by a
letter dated at St. Maixent, May u, that
he had repaired to the Departments border
ing on those in a state of revolt, to demand
fuccours. Three thousand armed, citizens,
terrified by the exaggerated ftatementsof the
force of the revolters, had re rested to St,
Maixent, and afterwards to Nyort.many oth
ers following their example, and exclaiming
as they retrograded, that the design was to
conduit them to Slaughter. He had collect
ed together a body of men and was told that
the rebels were only two leagues dißant.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, JUNE J.
Extra# of a letter from Magdeburgh.
« 1 can assure you that the account infer- .
red in several Joornalsof M. La Fayette’s
being dead is falfe. He is fliil here With M.
Alexa n der La meth, and their compani
ons in misfortune, in as good health as can be
expefted,in aprifon very close and unwhole
some. | have not seen them : for they are al.
lowed to fee nobody ; they arc not even per
mitted to communicate with one another. I
shall fay little of what I feel ppou this fub
jefl ; but f cannot help think ng that the at
trochies of which the Jacobins have been
guilty in France, in moments of alarm and
tnmult, are more pardonable than the delib
erate injustice which these honourable men
have been compelled to fuffer— Ho*lv after
this can any man.iruft to the moderation of
the combiped powers?”
june 6. The body of French which attack
ed Furnes on Friday lift, and drove (he Dutch
from thence, plundered the town, and railed a
contribution of 6ob oxen, sheep, horses,
and forage in proportion. They carried off the
Bailiff and fix m^gifiratcs, and wholly evacua
ted the place, to which the Dutch returned on
following day ; and being reinforced by
d N U MB E R 11.
MY iORD,
Agreeable to the intimation given in my firfl
letter, and which has for its objeft the reftoc
ation of peace,l have the honor to inform your
Lordship, th?t Mr. Marat will be deputed to
give to our ration that definable event.
I need not remind your Lordship that it will
be neceflary to attach to him three persons, as
hi# Secre’ary, Valet-de-chambre, and a Courier
— but I claim of your Lordfliip the neceflary
protection for them.
I have the honor to be, my Lcrd,your Lord
ffiip’s mod obedient humble fervani, the Min
ister for Foreign Affair", LE BRUN.
. Paris, April z, 1203.
Ta His Excellency Lord Grenville,
And T do attCft the troth of the before men
tioned copies of letters. No. I and <J, as
al(o the letter to Mr. Salter, to have been
signed by M. Le Brun, Minister cf foreign
Affairs in France in my presence, to have re
ceived the letters (o delivered to Lord G r e n
ville, (as also copies of the fame) from
the said Minißer, and to have delivered the
fame into the hands of Mr. Salter; and
1 do hereby authorize and desire the pubiica.
tion thereof. JAMES MATTHEWS.
Biggin Honft, Surry, May 21, 1793-
THURSDAY MAY 26.
Paris, April 2, 1793,
Second Year of the French Repub'ic.
To Mr. Salter, Poplar, London.
Clhe folkveing letters veers delivered to Lord
Grenville (Npfl and No. IL ) on F riday the
26th April la ft, by Mr. John Salter, of Pop
lar, at bis Lordship's office, Whitehall, on bis
Lordlhip's reqiuf tion, after having ferujed
Mr, Salter’/ authority ]
NUMBER I.
.The French. Republic being desirous to ter
minate all its differences with Great-Britain,
and to end a war, which by the manner it is
otherwise likely to rage, cannot fail to bring
miseries dreadful to humanity on both nations,
I have the honor to demand of your Lordfliip,
as Miniflerof his Britannic Majesty, « passport
and fafe conduft for a person pofltfTed with
full power to repair to London for that pur
pose. ,
Mr. John Salter, Notary Public in London,
will deliver this to ycur Lordship, and on con
dition of its being rcquifite, another letter con
taining the name of the person who will have
the confiderce of his nation.
I have the honor to be, my Lord, your
Lordship’s obedient, humble lervant, the Min
ister for Foreign affairs,
LE BRUN.
Paris, April 2, 1793.
Second year of the French Republic.
7 c His Excellency Lord Grenvile.
°f Minister's Letter to Mr. Salter.
MY LORD,
LE BRUN.
Al a legal meeting of the qualified Voters of the
Tovsn of Exeter, holden on the izthef Augufi,
Ufa
Voted —unanimously, That when unprinci
pled or misguided men are, by their machina
tions, endeavouring to interrupt the public
tranquility and happiness, it becomes the duty
of the friends of peace and good order to pur
sue all proper measures for rendering‘their
plans abortive.
Voted— unanimously, That, although we feel
oorfelves of comparatively small importance,
both in a political and commercial v*ew, we
have a common interett with our fellow-citi
zens through the union in the preservation of
peace and prosperity, which we now rnjoy ;
?nd therefore efleem it no less our right than
out duty to express .our fenlie of common dan
gers and our ideas of the means pursued for
the public fecurhy.
Voted —unanimously, That, in our opinion,
the public meaiures, which -have been adopted
by the President of the United States, for
maintaining, during theprefenr war in Ear pe,
that ftrift and impartial neutrality, with which
both our national interest and honor aye so in
timately connected, were confitutional, vfte,
and patriotic-— and that we view, with great
indignation,the illiberal attempts, which have
been made to calumniate his official character
ors account of this timely difeharge of an im.
pertant duty.
Voted— unanimously, That as we are at
peace with sD the Powers of Europe, we can
not but confider every citizen of the United
States, who is interested in fitting out, or con.
cerned in manning, any armed vessel to cruise
against their property on the high seas, or who
advocates such measures, as guilty of a species
of mafqaid piracy highly dilhonorable to the
American chara&er—and that we eftcem it
the duty of all true friends to our country to
bring every such ptrfon to deferred punilh.
ment, as a violator of the Laws of Nations and
a disturber of the public pesce.
The foregoing is a Copy :
Attest, JOSIAH GILMAN, Town Clerk.
Deserted from this towh, the
following, persons, fol dien in the Uni
ted Statrs’zZ Sub Legion, viz,
Nathaniel Downs, 18 years old, 5
feet inches high, his complexion, eyes &
hair light ; born in Berwick, Maflachufetts,
whe r e he resided when heenlifted. Also,
Jahn Murray^ 21 years old, 5 feet
8± inches high, frefh complexion, eyes, and
hair dark ; born in the state of Maffachtf
letts. Also, ; '
. John Smith, years old, 5 ^ eet
5 inches high, light complexion, grey eyes
and dark haif, much pitted with'the frnall
pox, an Irishman by birth, has much of the
brogue, lately; returned from the.Wcftern-
Country, where he has been a prisoner with
the Indians, has a pafc f^om Col. Pickering,:
one of the Commissioners to treat with the
hostile Indians, da:ed at;Niagara’the last of
July. Whoever will take upftid deserters,
and secure them in any jail, mall receive the
above reward,.'or Ten Dollars-for either of
them. . JON A. CASS, Major U. 83d
Exeter, Aug, 10, 1793- Sub Legion
Whereas Fanny my
Wife has eloped from my. bed and board,a nd
behaved very unbecoming otherway s,— x
this is to, caution all people against trailing
her on my account as I am determined not to
pay any debt she may contract.
JONATHAN TILTON.
Kensington, Angy fl I2> 179?*
DIED] —At Philadelphia, Mrs. Mary Lear,
the amiable wife of Tobids Lear, Esq. Secretary to
the President of the United States ;
^outh, beauty, virtue, lovelintfs, and grace,
In vain couldJoothe the “ dull cold ear oj Death !”
—At Lynn,on Friday last, Miss Sally Coffin
Parsons, ZEt, 13, and on Saturday, Miss Harriot
Parsons, children of Mr. Obadiar Parsons. The
disconsolation of the parents, and relations, surpas
ses the powers'of defoription ; —the bereaved mo
ther, ip the agony pf'affli&ioo, taking leave of the
darlings of her foul, flood dumb with grief, leaning
oh the partner of her woe, until the angufh of her
foul, too strong to be repressed, urged her to spring
forward to the brink of the grave, and (he was with
difficulty restrained from geing into the pit with
•them.
some German troops they do not apprehend a
ny further molettation.
By the capture of Tobago, Marquis de Bou
ille is refldred to his large property in that
island, and which the National Convention
had deprived him of.
“PUER,”in an aniwer to the Bachelor’s
Defence, is receiv’d, byt moil, with several
other matters, Advertifemdnts, &c. be post
poned ’till our next.
30 Dollars Reward.
Marred on Thurfdayjaff, by the Rev. Mr.
Fiagg, the Rev. Mr. Kelly, of Hampfte.ad,
to the amiable Miss Nabby Dearborn,
daughter of Mr. John S. Dearborn of
Chester. , -
EXETER,
TUESDAY AUGUST IJ, I/9J.
Fustians,
Florentines,
Jeans,
Camblets,
Bombazcits,
Moreens,
Shalloons,
Callimancoes,
Tammies,
Ladings,
Durants,
Buff,
C.ttondenim,
Figui’d Velvet,
Olive, ditto,
Honeycomb, do.
Striped Nankeen,
Waiftcoac Pat
■ terns,
Worsted Hose,
Con on & Fancy
ditto,?
Men’s Hats,
Silk Gloves and
Mitts,
Painted Muslins,
C allicoes,
Chintzes,
Lawns,
Cambricks,
Copperplates,
7 bths, 3 4ths and
yard wide Lin
ens,
Muslins,
Cravats,
Black silk Hand-
How far (bort the fubferiber may fail of
meriting a like reputation in the Public’s et
teem, he humbly submits to their judgment-—
soliciting the Ladies and Gentl emb.%
the town of Exeter and its vicinity, to i*k =
their cho ce of a very large and elegant vari
ety of Rich, Figur’d, painted
Muslins, Caliicces and Chintzes,
kerchiefs,
Bandanno, ditto.
Cotton and Silk
ditto,
Linen, ditto.
Modes,
Sarcenets,
MOST Refpedfully informs hh
Friends and Cuflomers in this and ti e
adjacent towns, That he has lately removed
from rhe Store he occupied near Dr. Tifton %
to the House and Shop formerly improved bv
Mr. W. C. Dean, on Tower- Hi If
where he now resides. The Place and Shop
is so generally known to the public, that it is
foperfluous to add a description——— A (hop
renowned, where universal facisfaction wa
given, both to Gentle and Simple—conflan;
attendance paid, and a due acknowledgement
for favors received.
The New and General Ajjortmem conffi
of the follo wing at tides, viz,
J^Any of the above Articles
will be fold (for kind and quality) as Cl c •
as at any Shop in Exeter,—and Counts a
Produce, as
. Wheat, Rye; Corn, Barley, Or-
Flax, and Flax-Seed, Tow-Gloth, Cotter
and-Linen, ditto, Bvrrer and Cheese, will ‘ c
taken in payment, and a generous price a'
lowed Farmers for any of the abovc-mentiu.
ed commodities^ ;
, As the fubferiber wifhesih his r;e
undertaking to be both cfeful and. be<-
ficial, he solicits the Friendship ^nd Pano:
age of the Public for an cncouragerrert ;
BuGnefs-, of this.kind, and should he have r' <
happiness to merit theik Approbation
Countenance, he will endeavour, to the hi
of his ability, to supply and furnilh hin.k.
with a large and full Aifortment of
Goods, suitable for Public Use ard
the general call-In the fulltft hopes and tx
pcdalion that a Genetous Public will a-j
here and give preference to the invitation c
him, whole pleafore will be to please his goo
Friends and CtftomerS on ill occafTons.
He (hall close this address and 3^
vertifement with his Once?e thanks to h
Former Customsrs, and still nifties
continue their and the Public’s .
Most Humble Servant.
Exeter, Aug. 12. . J- A.
JOHN ALLEN
suitable ro almofl every one’s taftc.
Habit, ditto.
Shawls,
Ribbons,
Fans,
Pins,
Needles,
Tapes,
Qualities,
Shoe- Binding,
Sewing-Silk,
Taste,
1 breads.
Combs,
Lead-Pencils,
Paper,
Inkpov/der,
Wafer s,
Shoe-Buckles,
Knee- Buckles,
Penknives,
Razors,
Snuff Boxes,
Coar & vest But
tons, .
Cotton and Wool
Cards,
Crockery,
Rum,
Wine,
Sugar,;
Molaffcs,
Tea,
Coffee,
Chocolate,
Allpice,
Pepped,
Ginger,
Oat- Meal,
Nutmegs,
Indigo,
Logwood,
Redwood,
Allum,
Copperas.