The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-09-27 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &amp;c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful &amp; entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
FROM FRANCE.
PARTICULARS OF THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE French Federation.
PARIS, July 14, 1792.
THE morning was serene. At half an hour past five o'clock, the drums beat to assemble. The National Guards repaired to their 60 quarters, where the citizens assisting at the FEDERATION, were to convene with the patriot troops. The six divisions assembled in the usual places; the detachments were sent forth-with, destined to protect the King and the Representatives of the people.
They then marched towards the Boulevard St. Antoine , where the general effort formed, and the regiments of the line added their armed strength to this already formidable host.
At nine o'clock the National Assembly meeting, deputed 60 of its members to lay the first stone of the column of liberty, which was decreed to stand upon the ruins of the Bastille .
During this period, the King, in his state carriage, accompanied by the Queen , Madame Elizabeth , the Prince Royal , Madame the King's daughter, and the ladies of the Court, proceeded to the Military School , preceded by a detachment of cavalry, another of the troops of the line, escorted by 500 volunteers, and followed by four companies of Swiss Guards. The ministers walked by the side of the Royal carriage. When the Royal party reached the school it was noon.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
FIRST DIVISION.
LIBERTY achieved, July 14, 1789.
The declaration of the rights of men painted upon two tablets, and borne by citizens.
SECOND DIVISION.
A fine figure of LIBERTY preceded by two banners, the legends of which were Force and Union , and Liberty or Death .
THIRD DIVISION.
The battalion of the Enfans de la Patrie , with a banner, upon which was written,—"O, our Country! we are born to defend, and avenge thy Children!" The SWORD OF THE LAW upon a table, covered with crape, carried by men in black, crowned with cypress, preceded and followed by others in white garments crowned with white flowers, and bearing branches of laurel. The huissiers of the tribunals carried a banner, upon which were inscribed these words—"The law is the expression of the general Will—alike indiscriminate among Men, whether in Reward or Punishment." The Judges were also in this division.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Women clothed in white, with girdles of three colours: Old men, children educated in the public schools and academies, preceded by a banner, whereupon the following article of the Constitution was written: "The Constituent Assembly remits this deposit to the vigilance of the Fathers of Families, to the Wives and tender Mothers, to the affection of the young, and courage of all Frenchmen."
FIFTH DIVISION.
Presented all the attributes of agriculture, of industry, and the arts—Also, a superb figure of the law, and a banner, bearing for its inscription, "We shall yet see Reason triumph over all Prejudices."
SIXTH DIVISION.
Consisted of the National Assembly, the King, the Ministers, and a banner
bearing the words—"The Sovereignty of the Nation."
The route of this magnificent Procession was from the Boulevard St. Antoine , across the Rue St. Dennis , those of Ferronnerie , St. Honore , Royale , the Pont Triumphant , the streets of Bourgogne and St. Dominique , and the Esplanade of Invalids ; and taking with them the King at the Military School , they entered the Champ de Mars by the Rue Grenelle . It was then two o'clock.
THE CHAMP DE MARS.
Upon the banks of the river, 54 pieces of cannon were placed.
The Glacis adorned by 83 tents, surrounded by the national colours.
In front of the altar, towards the city, and upon the Glacis, a large and very splendid tent was erected for the National Assembly, the King, and the tribunal of cessation.
On the opposite side, another of the same description, for the Notables, the Presidents, commissaries of the sections, and administrant bodies.
A plantation of 83 trees, marked where, at a distance from the Glacis, the federates of the departments were respectfully to place themselves. The name of each department was designed by a tree, ornamented with the National Colours and the cap of liberty.
The altar of the nation was formed of a truncated column, decorated with oaken garlands. In the circular plats of earth, near and surrounding the altar, were basements for the statues, and the seats for the judges of the tribunals.
On other parts of the same plain circles, were seats for the judges of the peace and commissaries of the police. Before them were placed, below the seats the sword of justice.
In the other front, the municipalities, and below them the groupe which preceded them.
At a distance from the altar was planted a large tree, on the side of the water; from the branches of which were suspended, in form of garlands, the forgotten helms and escutcheons, together with the ashes of the suppressed orders, interlaced by chains; and at the foot of the tree, a funeral pile, upon which were deposited crowns and coronets of every form, hats and doctoral bonnets, titles of noblesse, and sacks of procedures.
Upon the opposite side, and at a similar distance from the altar, rose a pyramid, surrounded with cypress and with laurel. Upon one side of it was written, "To the citizens who died for their country on the Frontiers"—and upon the other, "Tremble, Tyrants, we rise to avenge them."
Below one of the faces of the altar, and opposite the National Assembly, was the Orchestra for the music. Upon the four angles, were censers filled with the most odiferous perfumes.
It was two o'clock when the head of the procession entered the field, as has been stated. Groupes of men and women of every description and age, armed in the most promiscuous manner with pikes and staves, together with a vast number of their children, filed off, having at their head a detachment of 50 masters of cavalry, and another of National Guards. Women followed, carrying branches of trees, and various symbolical devices.
These were followed into the field by four legions of the Paris guards, with their bands of music; in the midst of them the commissaries of the sections, of the police, judges of the peace, and of the district, criminal, and cessation tribunals. These again were intermingled with very strong detachments of the 104th and 105th regiments, commanded by M. M. CHERTON and MAUPERTUIS. Messieurs WITTEN-
KOFF, and MENOU, General Officers. Commanders of the interior division, were with the Etat-Major in the middle of the field, opposite the balcony of the Royal family, where were seated the King, the Queen, the Prince Royal, the rest of the family, and their suite.
Immediately before the fifth legion entered the field, the National Assembly, preceded by a piquet of cavalry, the miners of the Garde Nationale , and a detachment of grenadier volunteers, escorted by other grenadiers, and those of the Gendarmerie , came into the field, and halted; upon which the King, attended by his ministers, descended from the balcony; and his Majesty, placing himself at the left hand of the President, marched at the head of the Assembly. At the moment, the escort of the Sovereign, which had previously been drawn up in battalia , mingled with the escort of the Assembly, and proceeded towards the altar.
At these different movements of the great bodies, the ordnance fired the salutes. By half past three o'clock they were most of them upon the ground.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL OATH.
The order of this solemn asseveration was somewhat impeded by the eagerness of the populace. A band of citizens had got possession of the altar, and deposited upon the platform a model of the Bastille in relief. It was intended that the King, the President, and the commandant of the National Guards, alone should ascend the altar as far as the book of the law, and there take their oaths, and the residue to follow in order; but from the amazing crowd, this could not be done.
The King could advance no further than the first platform, in the midst of the Assembly, excessively incommoded by the pressure of the assistants at the ceremonial. In this situation, therefore, was the oath taken by the King of the French, unable to approach the volume of the Constitution. This circumstance was announced by a general discharge of artillery, and succeeded by the mingled shouts of 300,000 men.
By this time the two last legions were entered with the department, and the municipality, having at its head the Mayor restored to office. Immediately a vociferation of Vive Pétion was heard from sundry partizans mingled in the general mass; and inflammatory language even at the very altar of the country, was heard from men without coats, having their arms and necks bare, and others clothed in the old regimentals of the Guards Francoises . Some engineers were noticed, particularly, under the balcony of his Majesty, and of whom one, by crying Vive Pétion , seemed to give the signal to the passing battalions. But all did not answer to the call; and the regiments of the line, after the air Ca ira , played that of " Ou peut on être mieux ," and resounded the exclamations Vive la Nation, Vive le Roi , which were reiterated by the multitude. The voices of the malcontents were observed to be always the same, placed out of the ranks, who thus gave the signal of a shout in favor of the Mayor. They had also written his name with chalk upon their hats.
The King upon this occasion discovered a soul in the highest degree firm and princely; he betrayed nothing like personal alarm. As, in consequence of his express desire, no acclamations were uttered of Vive le Roi , the people thus mute, signified their attachment in the field by clapping their hands when he appeared.
The Queen, dressed with infinite elegance, wearing ribbands and other ornaments of the National colours, de-
ported herself with that sweet Majesty for which she in happier times would be adored, and displayed "a mind not to be changed by place or time."
The Prince Royal wore the uniform of the Garde Nationale , and was received with the smile of nearly general fondness.
The oath being taken was announced by a flame upon the altar, which started up immediately, of the National colours, and which served as a signal for the firing of the cannon without.
The King as stated above, was much incommoded upon the platform before the altar; and the place was so thronged, that it was impossible to descend on the other side to that on which he went up, and in course he returned the way he came. The ceremony then took place, of firing the symbols of perishing nobility, and the cry of Vive Pétion recommenced.
The deputies then escorted the Royal Family to the Military School , where, getting into their carriages, they proceeded slowly towards the Thuilleries , by the same route they had arrived. The people, who filed off before the coach of the Sovereign, behaved in that variable way which all multitudes do; the cries of Vive la Nation , and Vive le Roi , however, were heard often from the windows; and it must be observed, that in the streets every occurrence wore the aspect of chance, and nothing seemed to be the effect of design. Now and then, mixed with the acclamations of Pétion , were heard some revilings of an illiterate herd, against the constituted powers of the State, and the authority with which they were invested by the laws; and particular execration was vociferated from innumerable mouths, upon the head of LA FAYETTE .
On the King's return to the Palace, the crowds that surrounded his carriage were very numerous; the windows were filled with spectators, and through the whole way the cry of Vive la Nation was coupled with that of Vive le Roi . The federates from the departments joined in these acclamations, and sometimes cried out, Down with the factious , thus showing that they were not tainted with the strong spirit of political fanaticism which infests the suburbs of Paris .
JULY 16.
A circumstance took place, while the King was at Ecole Militaire which is known to very few but those present.—About 1200 National Grenadiers, who formed the escort of the Royal Family, to and from the Thuilleries , being assembled in the court of the Ecole Militaire , one of them addressed his brother-soldiers, told them there was a probability that some evil-minded persons might make an attempt upon the King; he invited them all to swear mutually to defend their King to the last moment; like the electric spark, they all to a man knelt down, and with their hands uplifted, called heaven to witness their oath—to which they even added, that in case of any future danger, they would all repair to the palace as the common rendezvous, and make a rampart of their bodies before their Sovereign. The officer of the guard informed the King of this transaction; his Majesty descended from the saloon to the courtyard—the tears stood in his eyes—he could say no more than " Mes Enfants "—"Mes braves comrades"—he passed along the rank shaking his hands with the foremost men. An expressive silence terminated this affecting scene—the Grenadiers kept their word; when the King joined the National Assembly, to ascend the altar, they formed a line three deep at each side, and, contrary to orders, even ascended the ladder with the King—in vain the Federalists and

pikemen attempted to enter their ranks, claiming equally the same honor of approaching their hereditary Representative—their only answer was,—“The King is confined in our care—you can’t pass;” a second, but ineffectual attempt was made to force the guard, and to ascend the altar—they continued firm, and never quitted the King until they had left him safe in the Thuilleries. During the reading of the oath, the King kept his usual tone of voice, but when he came towards the end, and fixed his eyes on M. Pétion, and raising his voice, spoke these words, so as to be heard at an immense distance, “Je jure de faire respecter le Lot.” The cries of Vive la Nation—Vive le Roi! were on the instant, and indiscriminately, uttered by every spectator.
FRENCH ANNIVERSARY,
Celebrated by the patriotic Citizens of Belfast (Ireland.)
BELFAST, July 14.
Yesterday evening, according to general orders, the different corps of volunteers arrived in town, and were entertained by the inhabitants, at their respective houses.
At nine o’clock this morning, the different corps paraded in High street, and were there formed into a brigade, of three battalions, from whence, at ten, they marched off to the Review ground distant about a mile. About eleven, the discharge of cannon told the approach of the General, JOHN CRAWFORD, Esq. of Crawford’s Burn, who (in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. SHARMAN, was unanimously elected to supply his place) attended by the Belfast troop of light dragoons to the field.
Immediately after the REVIEW, the Brigade returned to town, and commenced the GRAND PROCESSION, which was arranged in the following manner:—
REVIEWING GENERAL; (Preceded by two troopers.)
Belfast troop of light dragoons. Commanding Officer, and his Aid de Camps.
Train of the Belfast 1st Volunteer Company.
Standards of the FIVE FREE NATIONS, with their respective mottoes, viz.—
IRELAND— Unite and be Free.
AMERICA— The Asylum of Liberty.
FRANCE— The Nation, the Law and the King.
POLAND— We will support it.
GREAT-BRITAIN— Wisdom, Spirit & Liberality, to the People.
These were the National Flags, elegantly executed, of the different Mottoes for whom they were carried, borne by boys, dressed in the
NATIONAL UNIFORM OF IRELAND—with blue sashes.
A Flag was prepared for the Dutch—(but no one base enough could be found to bear it) represented by a piece of common woollen stuff, half hoisted on a pole, and to be hooted at by the populace; on account of the States having joined the wicked conspiracy of Tyrants against the LIBERTIES OF MAN:
Motto,
“Heav’ns! how unlike their Belgian Sires of Old!”
Portrait of DR. FRANKLIN;
Motto,
“Where Liberty is, there is my Country.”
Part of the Brigade.
Portrait of MONS. MIRABEAU;
Motto,
“Can the African Slave Trade, though Morally wrong, be Politically right?”
Part of the Brigade.
GRAND STANDARD:
An emblematical painting, eight and an half by six feet square, supported by Volunteers, elevated in a Triumphal Car, drawn by four horses, caparisoned for the purpose; with drivers dressed for the occasion, in a fanciful and suitable manner.
Part of the Brigade; The citizens of Belfast, and people of the neighbourhood, for several miles round, with green ribbons and laurel leaves in their hats.
One hundred and eighty of the most respectable inhabitants from the parishes of Carnmoney, and Templetrick, joined in the procession; they bore a green Flag, with the following Mottoes:—
“Our Gallick brother, was born July 14, 1789: Alas! we are still in embryo.”
Reverse.—
“Superstitious jealousy, the cause of the Irish Bastille; let us unite and destroy it!”
In this manner the procession passed through the principal streets in the town, and proceeded to Linen-Hall-street—where the whole fired three feu-de-joys.
The concourse of people on the above occasion, was very great; we suppose thirty thousand, besides the inhabitants, came to add consequence to the day; and with pleasure we add, that no discordant sentiment prevailed, to mar the pleasure of the festive day.
PARIS, July 30.
[A DECLARATION]
Has been addressed by His Most Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Brunswick, Commander of the combined armies of their Majesties, the EMPEROR, and the King of PRUSSIA—to the Inhabitants of FRANCE.
This strong State-Paper commences with the usual arguments of Princes on such occasions—and states that the objects of the combined armies, are,
To put an end to the Anarchy in France;
To stop the attacks on the Throne and Altars;
And,
To restore the King’s power, liberty, and safety:
It concludes in the following manner:—
“IT is with this view that I, the underwritten, General Commander in Chief of the two Armies, do declare—
“1st.—That drawn into the present war by irresistible circumstances, the allied courts have no other object in view than the welfare of France, without any pretence to enrich themselves, by making conquests.
“2dly.—That they do not mean to meddle with the internal government of France, but they simply intend to deliver the KING, the QUEEN, and the ROYAL FAMILY, from their captivity, and to ensure to his MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY that safety which is necessary for his making, without danger, and without obstacles, such convocations as he shall judge proper, and for endeavouring to ensure the welfare of his subjects, according to his promises, and to the utmost of his power.
“3dly.—That the combined armies shall protect the towns, bourgs and villages, as well as the persons and property of all those who shall submit to the King; and that they will concur in the immediate restoration of order and police, throughout all France.
“4thly.—That the National Guards are called upon to preserve, provisionally, tranquillity in towns and in the country, to provide for the personal safety and property of all Frenchmen, until the arrival of the troops belonging to their Imperial & Royal Majesties, or until orders be given to the contrary—on pain of being personally responsible; that on the contrary, such National Guards as shall fight against the troops of the two Allied Courts, and who shall be taken with arms in their hands, shall be treated as enemies, and punished as rebels to their King, and as disturbers of the public peace.
“5thly.—That the general officers, the subalterns, and soldiers of the regular French troops, are equally called upon to return to their former allegiance, and to submit immediately to the King, their legitimate Sovereign.
“6thly.—That the Members of Departments, Districts and Municipalities,
shall be equally responsible, on pain of losing their heads and their estates, for all the crimes, all the conflagrations, all the murders, and the pillage which they shall suffer to take place, and which they shall not have, in a public manner, attempted to prevent within their respective territories; that they shall also be obliged to continue their functions, until His Most Christian Majesty, when set at full liberty, shall make further arrangements, or until further orders be given in his name.
“7thly.—That the inhabitants of towns, bourgs, and villages, who shall dare to defend themselves against the troops of their Imperial and Royal Majesties, and to fire upon them, either in open country, or through half open doors or windows of their houses, shall be punished instantly, according to the rigorous rules of war, or their houses shall be demolished or burned. On the contrary, all the inhabitants of the said towns, bourgs, and villages, who shall readily submit to their King, by opening their gates to the troops belonging to their Majesties, shall be immediately under their safeguard and protection; their estates, their property, and their persons, shall be secured by the laws, and each and all of them shall be in full safety.
“8thly.—The city of Paris and all its inhabitants, without distinction, shall be called upon to submit instantly and without delay to the King, to set that Prince at full liberty, and to ensure to him and to all royal persons that inviolability and respect which are due, by the laws of nature and of nations, to sovereigns: Their Imperial and Royal Majesties making personally responsible for all events—on pain of losing their heads pursuant to military trials, without hopes of pardon—all the members of the National Assembly, of the department, of the District, of the Municipality, and of the National Guards of Paris, justices of peace, and others whom it may concern; and their Imperial and Royal Majesties farther declare—on their faith and word of Emperor and King, that if the palace of the Thuilleries be forced or insulted, if the least violence be offered, the least outrage done to their Majesties, the King, the Queen and the Royal Family—if they be not immediately placed in safety, and set at liberty, they will inflict on those who shall deserve it, the most exemplary and ever memorable avenging punishments, by giving up the city of Paris to military execution, and exposing it to total destruction, and the rebels who shall be guilty of illegal resistance, shall suffer the punishments which they shall have deserved. Their Imperial and Royal Majesties promise, on the contrary, to all the inhabitants of the city of Paris to employ their good offices with his Most Christian Majesty, to obtain for them a pardon for their insults and errors, and to adopt the most vigorous measures for the security of their persons and property, provided they speedily and strictly conform to the above injunctions.
“Finally, their Majesties, not being at liberty to acknowledge any other laws in France except those which shall be derived from the King, when at full liberty, protests beforehand against the authenticity of all kinds of declarations which may be issued in the name of the King, so long as his sacred person, and that of the Queen and the princes, of the whole Royal Family, shall not be in full safety: And with this view, their Imperial and Royal Majesties invite and intreat his Most Christian Majesty to name a town in his kingdom, nearest to the frontiers, to which he would wish to remove, together with the Queen, and the Royal Family, under a strong and safe escort, which shall be sent for that purpose ; so that his Most Christian Majesty may, in perfect safety, send for such Ministers and Counsellors as he shall be pleased to name—order such convocations as he shall think proper, and provide for the restoration of order and the regular administration of his kingdom.
“In fine, I declare and promise in my own individual name, and in my above quality, to cause to be observed, every where, by the troops under my
command, good and strict discipline, promising to treat with mildness and moderation, those well disposed subjects who shall submit peaceably and quietly, and to employ force against those only who shall be guilty of resistance or of manifest evil intentions.
“I therefore call upon and expect all the inhabitants of the kingdom, in the most earnest and forcible manner, not to make any opposition to the troops under my command, but rather to suffer them every where to enter the kingdom freely; and to afford them all the assistance, and shew them all the benevolence which circumstances may require.
Given at General Quarters at Coblenz,
July 25, 1792.
(Signea)
CHARLES GUILLAUME FERDINAND, DUC DE BRUNSWICK LUNENBOURG.
LONDON, July 30.
In England, we build coaches for all parts of the world; but a chariot was last week landed at the Custom-House, which was built in America, and sent over to an English family; this is the first instance of such an importation.
Maple Sugar is become an article of immense Commerce. We rejoice in this, as well as in every other circumstance that operates to shew, that there is no reason to suspect any ill consequence from the abolition of the American slave-trade.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8.
Extract of a letter, dated August 18th, from a gentleman in Capt-Francoi, to his father in this city.
“The beginning of this week a dispute arose between a white man and a mulatto, about a negro girl, when the former killed the latter. The town was immediately alarmed; five of the whites were instantly killed, and three wounded, with one mulatto: Thus the affair ended, and every thing remains as before; but as long as a mulatto remains, in the island, so long will these disputes, for the lower class of whites are very much exasperated against them, on account of their liberty. The negroes, almost every night, set fire to the young canes—they do a they please, being in quiet possession of all the country round the Cape.”
A brig arrived there from France about the same time; which brought some intelligence respecting the actions with the Austrians, which accounts have been already published. The 8000 troops intended to be embarked for the defence of the West-India islands, were detained in France when the brig failed, owing to the great discontents that were prevalent.—Indeed it was a matter of much doubt with men of consequence, whether they would any longer rely on the promises of the French Government; and it was reported that several gentlemen had gone to Barbadoes, upon some plan of digesting a mode of application to the British Government for protection; in which case, they had it in contemplation to throw the French islands into the hands of the English. This we give as mentioned to us by a person who heard it spoken of at the Cape.
By the latest accounts from Port-au-Prince, we are informed that the markets are very high: Coffee could not be procured under 17 1/2 and 18 sous per pound, and sugar was 10 dollars per cwt. The mulattoes had come into terms with the whites; but the blacks continued to hold out with obstinacy against all reasonable propositions; so that the war will certainly be protracted.
We hear, with great pleasure, that the sugar-maple lands, in New-York and Pennsylvania, have attracted the attention of European and American settlers of all ranks and descriptions. A number of French families, of ample resources for improving the country, are about to settle on the east branch of the Susquehannah. A manufactory of sugar and pot-ash, in the hands of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, is about to be established on a rich body of sugar-maple on the Delaware. In short, it would seem, from the passion that has lately appeared for that species

of land, that the whole of the sugar- maple country will, in a few years, vie in cultivation and wealth with the oldest and richest countries in New-York and Pennsylvania. An acre of the maple land, in Northumberland county, which was the first quality, yielded in one year, thirty-nine bushels of wheat; and an acre of that which was of the lowest quality in Northumberland county, yielded twenty bushels of the same grain, in one year.
SEPTEMBER 19.
Friday last the ship Ohio, Captain Kemp, arrived at New-York in 30 days from Bristol. By this vessel London papers are received to the 11th August. We have room only for an abstract of the interesting information they con- tain.
Aug. 1. The President of the Na- tional Assembly informed that body that he had received by post the declar- ation issued in the name of the Duke of Brunswick.—The Assembly decreed by acclamation, "That if the laws of war are not strictly observed, in regard to all Frenchmen taken with arms in their hands, all the officers belonging to the enemy, who may be made prisoners, shall experience a similar treatment, whatever may be their rank, titles or d distinctions."
A letter was sent by the King to the Assembly, relative to the Manifesto— in which he says that it exhibits noth- ing that can be considered as a proof of its authenticity. He calls on the nation to be united—and professes in the war- mest terms his determination to support the Constitution, Independence and Li- berty of France.—This letter being read in the Assembly, a motion was made that it should be printed and sent to the 83 departments. On this mo- tion the previous question was called— "M. Iznard, having with difficulty ob- tained a hearing, said that the King's letter contained only a heap of false- hoods." The proposal of printing the letter was rejected.
AUGUST 4.
The Envoys of the Commonalty of Paris, with M. Petion at their head, appeared at the bar, and M. Petion de- manded in the name of the 48 sections, that the King should be excluded from the throne, and that the management of affairs during the interregnum, should be entrusted to responsible Min- isters, until the election of a new King in a National Convention.—M. Petion said the King has always shown himself an enemy to the people, an enemy to the laws, and an enemy to France. This excited a violent agitation in the Assembly. Se- veral members desired to be heard, but the tumult rendered it impossible, and the President put an end to the sitting without any vote being come to upon it.
The assembly have passed a decree, in which such temptations are thrown out to induce the Austrians and Prus- sians to desert their colours, as it is thought will desolate their armies as soon as they pitch their tents in France. —The Duke of Brunswick was expect- ed to march on or before the first of August.—A letter from Paris, dated 4th Aug. in an English paper, has this passage—"I will not say that in this fever of republicanism, the King may not be declared to have forfeited his crown; but I am sure that republican- ism will not endure for a week. I hope, however, that they will avoid the dreadful evil of suspending the King, as I am sure the same effect would disband their army." Such was the state of things on the 4th August.
About the 28th July the Austrians made an attack on the French army at Maulde—the French advance Guard consisting of 6000 men was attacked by 10,000; the Austrians yielded the field —they lost 200 men, and great part of their baggage—and had it not been for the treachery of two Colonels who deserted, the victory of the French would have been complete. M. La Fayette was well, at the head of his army the 28th July.
M. Luckner in a letter to the Nation- al Assembly, has expressly denied that
he ever accused M. La Fayette of an intention to march against Paris. M. La Fayette in another letter says, that such an accusation "is not true."
M. Montesquiou, commander of one of the French armies on the Frontiers, has resigned.—M. Luckner, while at Paris, gave a most degrading account of the grand armies of France in respect to their numbers and equipments.— The King of Denmark being invited by the Kings of Hungary and Prussia to join the confederacy against France, has declined to accept of the invitation. Among other observations in his an- swer, he says, "Denmark has acknow- ledged, as well as the deceased Empe- ror of the King of Prussia, the consti- tution of France, since Louis XVIth. has solemnly avowed it."—The cele- brated Paul Jones, it is said, died in the utmost poverty—it has been conjectured that this was owing to his favoring the anti-revolution party in Paris.
BOSTON, Sept. 19.
FROM CAPE-FRANCOIS, AUG. 18.
"We still continue in a situation dai- ly growing worse. The island appears doomed to destruction—and every event which occurs appears an executioner. A few days since, a dispute arose be- between a white and a mulatto—in which the latter had his brains beat out. In- stantly the cry was given, to arms! and the mulattoes firing on some whites, killed several. The prudent people, however, exerted themselves to restore order, and finally succeeded—I wish I could say, they have restored confidence. The Mulattoes have been our most faithful citizens, and have borne a great part of our military burdens. I fear the transaction will sour them, and if they fail us, we are gone."
"Distress and poverty are every day increasing! Two thirds of the town's people, besides the soldiery, subsist on the stores of the King—and the number must be greater."
"A vessel from France, with 30,000 dollars—and a fleet is expected with a succour of 6000 men—but unless they bring with them the means of subsist- ence, we are better off, without them."
"The Negroes continue masters of the plain—and their devastations have not in the least abated."
PORTSMOUTH, SEP. 27.
The Austrian Charge-des-Affairs at Warsaw ( says a London paper ) has de- clared, "That neither the late Empe- ror, Leopold, or Francis Ist, gave the Polish nation any promise of supporting the new Constitution, by their good offices; that neither wished to meddle with the affairs of Poland; that Fran- cis the Ist had a very great esteem for the Elector of Saxony, but that he was confident that Prince regarded, as he did, the Crown of Poland as a burthen, and would not accept the offer of the Republic, but with the consent of the three neighbouring Powers: That nei- ther his Apostolical Majesty, or his Al- lies, the Empress of Russia, and King of Prussia, could approve of the hereditary succession to the Throne of Poland, nor permit that rage for change and confu- sion, which was at present so prevalent in many parts of Europe, to introduce itself into Poland, to the prejudice of the three neighboring powers."
After these declarations, it is not surprising if Poland has recourse to conciliatory means, not to abandon the new Constitution, or the Hereditary Succession to the Throne, but to ren- der the latter agreeable to the Empress, by securing it to one of her descend- ants—if a negotiation is entered into there will be a truce.
The National Assembly of France, has permitted the embodying a corps of Strangers—to amount to 2,622.
On Saturday last arrived here, in 42 days from Grenoch, the Brig Fortitude , James Blain, master.
ENTRIES at the Custom-House.
ENTERED FROM Brig Olive Branch, Furnas, Lisbon. Brig Dispatch, Long, Cape-Francois. Schooner Jane, York, St. Peters. Brig Active, Smith, England. Ship Benson, Watson, Turks Island. Brig Fortitude, Blain, Grenoch. Brig Betty, Weston, St. Bartholomew. Sch'r Blossom, Brown, Martinico.
CLEARED FOR Sch'r Mary, Prescott, W. Indies.
General Post-Office,
PHILADELPHIA, SEP. 10, 1792.
PROPOSALS will be receiv- ed at this Office, until the fifteenth day of November next inclusively, for carrying the mail of the United States on the following post-roads, from the first day of January next, until the first day of June, 1794:
From Portland to Portsmouth , The Mail to leave Portland every Mon- day and Thursday, by six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth every Tuesday and Friday, by 10 in the forenoon. Returning, to leave Port- mouth every Tuesday and Friday, at one in the afternoon, and arrive at Portland on Wednesday and Saturday, by six in the evening.
From Portsmouth to Boston — From November first to May first, the Mail to leave Portsmouth every Tues- day and Friday at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Boston on Wednesday and Saturday, by six in the evening. Returning, to leave Boston every Monday and Thursday, by six in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth on Tuesday and Friday, by ten in the forenoon: And from May first to No- vember first, The Mail to leave Port- mouth every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Boston the same days by six in the evening. Returning, to leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, four in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth the same days, by six in the evening.
NOTE 1. If during the con- tinuance of the contract here proposed, any other times of arrival and depart- ure of the mail should become necessa- ry, to preserve a proper connection with other mails, the contractors are to con- form to any arrangement which for that purpose shall be made, by the Post-Master-General; such arrange- ment not lessening the number of hours above allowed for carrying the Mails respectively, without their consent.
2. A convenient time, not exceeding half an hour, for opening and closing the Mail, is to be allowed at each Post- Office, at which the time of its arrival and departure is not herein specified.
3. For every half hours delay (una- voidable accidents excepted) in arriv- ing after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor to forfeit one dollar; and for the non-performance of a trip, double the sum which the value of one trip shall bear to the value of the whole number of trips to be per- formed.
4. The Mail may be carried on the post-road herein described, either in stage waggons or on horses: but when the state of the roads prevents travel- ling in waggons, with the necessary expedition, the Mail is to be carried on horses. Every Mail stage must have in it a box in which the Mail is to be in- variably carried under lock and key.
5. Newspapers, as well as letters are to be sent in the Mail; and if any contractor would wish to be authorized to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the Mail (agreeably to the 22d section of the Post-Office law) he must, in his proposals, state the respec- tive sums for which he will carry the Mails with and without the emoluments which may arise from such separate carriage of newspapers.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, [Post-Master-General.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by
J. MELCHER,
At his OFFICE, corner of Market-Street ,
THE YOUNG MASON'S MONITOR,
CONTAINING
some NECESSARY, HINTS to
YOUNG BRETHREN;
Yet not beneath the attention of any.
To which is annexed
A COLLECTION OF
MASONIC SONGS, ODES, &c.
Many of them new and excellent.
TO BE SOLD,
within three quarters of a mile of Dover-
Landing—a
DWELLING-HOUSE,
with one Acre of LAND, and a young ORCHARD,
Suitable for a Tradesman—
Enquire of the Printer.—The terms of payment will be made very easy to the purchaser.
AUCTION.
TO be SOLD, at the office of the Town-Clerk, at public auction, THREE GOOD HOUSES, with LAND adjoining, in good situa- tions, with sundry good HOUSE LOTS (if a number of persons appear to buy) on Wednesday the 10th day of October next ensuing, at 3 o'clock in the after- noon, if not sold before at private sale. For particulars enquire of GEO. WENTWORTH, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, September 18, 1792.
OZIAS SILSBY
RESPECTFULLY informs his cus- tomers that another six month's will expire the first of October next— at which time he earnestly requests a full settlement of all arrearages.—He returns his sincere thanks to those of his customers who have been punctual in payment, and solicits a continuance of their favours.
50 Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS some villain or villains, on the night of the 18th inst. robbed the garden of the subscriber, of Fruit, &c. A reward of Fifty Dollars is of- fered to any person who will discover the Thief or Thieves, that he or they may be brought to justice.
JOHN LANGDON.
Portsmouth, Sept. 19, 1792.
A CAUTION.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against trusting or harbouring any of the seamen belonging to the Ship Benson , William Watson , com- mander, as they will do it at their peril. Portsmouth, Sept. 27.
A CAUTION.
THIS is to forbid all persons from trusting or harbouring any of the seamen belonging to the Brig Betty , Guy Weston , master, lately from Bartholomew, as said master will not pay any demand, but what the law may compel him to.
Portsmouth, September 27, 1792.

HYMN TO HARMONY.
In the manner of Swift's love song.
D AUGHTER of heav'n! whose magic call From nothing bade this wond'rous all In beauteous order rise! Thou, who, at Nature's earliest birth, Saw vernal fragrance clothe the earth, And brighten all the skies!
Thee I invoke, whose potent sway Hath bound the earth, the air and sea, In one eternal chain! Come then, O come, celestial maid; Be present to thy vot'ry's aid, And harmonize the scene.
Ev'n as the Sun incessant pours On herbs, & trees, & fruits, & flowers, His vivifying ray; So may thy hallow'd fire impart Fresh joy and gladness to the heart, Along the realms of day.
When folly with her hydra hand Extends her empire o'er the land And stalks with giant stride— O! prop fair virtues sinking cause, Protect our rights, defend our laws, And stem Corruption's tide.
The starry host shall fade away, Eternal nature shall decay, Whilst thy prolific beam Rolls on, and shall forever roll, From day to day, from pole to pole, An unexhausted stream.
Ere space was space, or time was time, Thy pow'r, thy energy sublime, With dazzling lustre shone; And shall, when time and space are past, In undiminish'd glory last, Immortal and alone.
Come then, and let thy daughter fair, Divine Benevolence, be near, And Fortitude thy friend; Let firm integrity be nigh, And Freedom with terrific eye Thy solemn steps attend!
That Freedom which, in days of yore, Display'd the impotence of power, And vanity of pride; Warm'd by whose love great Tully taught, And Cato bled, and Cæsar fought, And Alexander died.
JOHN G. HOLLAND, IVORY TURNER,
FROM BOSTON,
INFORMS the public that he has opened a shop, adjoining the office of the Town-Clerk's, near Buck's cor- ner; where he makes and sells in the neatest and cheapest manner the follow- ing articles, viz.
 Umbrelloes, made Great and small or covered, * Cocks, for liquors  Canes, with ivory * Fiddle-bows, heads, * Fiddle-pins and  Flutes, * Bridges, Fifes, * Crimping-boards,  Posts & Bannisters, * Bell-handles, Tea-boards, * Casters,  Billiard-boards, * Tea & Coffee-pot Syringes, * handles,  Boxes and Dice, * Picture Frames, Bag-gammon men, * Shaving boxes and Checkers, * Brushes. 
Also, turns IRON, BRASS, IVORY and WOOD.
Portsmouth, September 20, 1792.
By the Depreciation Books, the following balances appear to be due from the State of New-Hampshire, to—
   L. s. d. L. s. d.     Joseph Wilson Private, first Regiment to 1780 3 19 5 Adam Perkins in 1780 0 13 11   ditto in 1780 22 0 0 The heirs of John Tucker to 1780 4 11 0   The heirs of James Alexander to 1780. 8 15 0 The heirs of Christopher Huntress to 1780 0 14 0   The heirs of Sam. Lee to 1780 5 2 0 The heirs of Cæsar Wood in 1781 2 6 8   The heirs of Philip Mahane to 1780. 20 12 3 Henry Tibbetts in 1781. 11 3 8   Jonath. Wheelock in 1780 1 12 0 Third Regiment.   The heirs of Samuel Eyers in 1780 0 10 5 Charles Cook to 1780 1 5 8   Isaac George in 1780 1 12 0 Abner Fowler in 1780 0 19 7   Heirs of Barnabas Hickety alias B. Hager to 1780 20 14 0 The heirs of Thomas Taylor to 1780 4 16 0   Alpheus Kingsley in 1781 6 13 4 The heirs of Abraham Cummings to 1780 1 17 6   The heirs of Wm. Winton to 1780 6 7 0 The heirs of Andrew Rowen to 1780 0 5 0   Corp'l Jonas Hubbart in 1780 2 3 8 The heirs of Serj. Richard Goss to 1780 9 0 0   Benjamin Barnett in 1780 1 12 0 Henry Langmaid in 1780 1 12 4   Edward Carter in 1780 1 6 8 John Marden in 1780 1 6 11   William Conneck in 1780 1 6 8 The heirs of Edward Perry to 1780 6 10 0   Simeon Good in 1780 1 6 8 The heirs of Thomas Nutton to 1780 7 10 0   Abel Lovejoy in 1780 1 6 8 Corp'l Neh. Leavitt in 1781 1 6 4   The heirs of Thomas Baxter to 1780 8 0 0 Jeremiah Rawlins in 1780 7 16 4   Serj. Wm. Richardson in 1780 0 8 0 The heirs of John Mason to 1780 0 6 0   The heirs of Peter Bryer to 1780 1 13 0 John Cunningham in 1780 1 0 3   Simeon Butterfield in 1780 0 18 0 William Furnel in 1780 1 8 6   Thomas Grush in 1780 5 3 3 Jonathan Prescott in 1780 1 12 5   Charles Hanson in 1780 0 3 0 The heirs of Thomas Hoit to 1780 2 16 0   John Perry in 1780 1 12 0 Ebenezer Vernum alias Far-num in 1780 1 1 3   The heirs of William White to 1780 0 7 0 Philip Rowell to 1780 1 14 0   Thomas Colburn in 1780 0 12 8 Corp'l John Rawlin's heirs to 1780 8 15 10   David Dickey in 1780 6 9 11 James Moulton in 1780 2 4 0   James Mutchmore in 1780 1 6 8 Benjamin Cate in 1780 4 0 0   James Brown in 1780 5 3 3 Nathaniel Smith in 1780 8 0 0   The heirs of Tim'y Hutch-inson to 1780 5 6 0 The heirs of Richard Griffin to 1780 0 7 0   Serj. Levi Adams in 1780 0 4 10 The heirs of Caleb Knight to 1780 2 6 4   The heirs of Samuel Stone to 1780 9 13 0 John Whitten in 1781 9 4 4   Jonas Adams in 1780 1 6 8 Joseph Fay in 1780 1 12 4   Nathaniel Hays in 1780 1 9 5 Pelatiah Razey in 1781 3 4 6   The heirs of John Watts to 1780 6 5 4 Eliphalet Shipman in 1780 1 12 8   The heirs of Wm. M'Britain to 1780 4 18 0 The heirs of Levi Butler to 1780 10 13 0   John Grow in 1781 8 9 8 Benjamin Carr in 1780 6 14 10   John Smith in 1780 1 4 10 Col. HAZEN'S Regiment.   Thomas Crofs in 1780 1 6 8 Elisha Brown to 1780 15 19 2   John M'Gee in 1780 0 4 0 Abel Davis to 1780 5 14 0   John Riddle in 1781 2 18 8 Abel Davis, jr. to 1780 5 14 0   John Hale Surgeon in 1780 6 7 0 Artillery Artificers.   Second Regiment. Ephraim Blood to 1780 20 3 2   Simeon Mason in 1780 5 6 0 William Mann to 1780 18 3 7   John Blasdell in 1780 0 14 8 Balances due to Privates who engaged for a less term than three years.   The heirs of Wm. Gray to 1780 4 17 0 Edward Wells in 1780 1 12 5   Amos Kamp in 1780 5 11 0 James Kieff in 1780 3 8 6   The heirs of Sam. Megoone to 1780 7 8 0 Joseph Gilman (Alstead) in 1780 8 14 9   Moses Runnels in 1781 7 6 5 Daniel Swett in 1780 12 16 7   Vincent Torr in 1780 0 13 9 Daniel Andrews in 1780 2 9 4   John Welch in 1780 1 11 4 Nathaniel Kelly in 1780 7 9 4   Moses Blake in 1780 0 19 7 Jacob Hardy in 1780 7 17 4   William Bell in 1780 1 10 0 Ephraim Sawyer in 1780 3 3 0   The heirs of Israel Hull to 1780 3 4 0 Afa Reddington in 1780 1 10 3   The heirs of George Patterson to 1780 4 15 4 Caleb Gilman to 1780 0 16 6   ditto in 1780 18 0 6 Prince Walley in 1780 8 15 6   ditto in 1781 7 17 10 Silas Wood to 1780 8 0 10   Eben. M'Elvin in 1780 0 12 11 Levi Farwel to 1780 7 7 10   Thomas Quint in 1780 1 9 8 Nathaniel Barrows to 1780 8 5 10   Serj. Jonathan Tarker in 1780 1 10 6 Gustavus Bingham to 1780 7 5 2   Ephraim Davis in 1780 5 6 8 John Grandy to 1780 7 1 0   Corp'l John Mills in 1780 1 5 11 Ezra Freeman to 1780 8 11 2   Serj. Silas Coolidge in 1780 0 13 3 Jese Brown to 1780 11 2 11   Serj. Zadoch Dodge in 1780 0 13 3 ditto in 1780 12 2 6   John Dodge in 1780 1 12 4 Jonathan Heath to 1780 8 6 6   Moses Swett George in 1780 6 5 4 Examined per   Joseph Slack in 1780 15 17 11 JOSIAH GILMAN, jun'r.   Nathan Taylor in 1780 1 12 4 [One of the Committee.]   Samuel Gorden alias Godding in 1780 5 6 8 The Printers of the several Newspapers within this State, are desired to insert the foregoing list in their respective public papers, by order of the Legislature.   The heirs of Elipha't Hobart to 1780 1 10 0 JOSIAH BARTLETT, President.   Serj. Ebenezer Eastman in 1780 9 10 0 August 14th, 1792.   Enoch Burnham in 1780 0 1 3   The heirs of David Hodgdon to 1780 10 14 6   The heirs of Nehemiah Leavitt to 1780 4 12 4  
PRESTON, GRAFTON COUNTY, State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the following proprietors of the township of Preston, in the State and County aforesaid, that at a legal meeting of the proprietors of said township held at Stratford, in the aforesaid county, on the 2d day of July 1790, at the dwelling house of the Widow Eunice Holbrook, by adjournment, a tax of five pounds, L. M. was voted, granted and laid on each proprietors right in said township, to defray the expenses of lotting in part, surveying and making a road in said township, and other intervening charges, and the same is committed to the subscriber to collect;—said proprietors are requested to make immediate payment of said tax to the subscriber, at his dwelling house in Stratford, Alias Preston, in said county; and if payment is not made by the 7th day of November next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on said day, at the dwelling house of John Gamby, in said Stratford, aforesaid, beginning at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day, as will pay the same with intervening charges.
   L. L.     William Cock Willets Kirbe   Thomas Jackson Zebulon Seaman   Moses Doty Thomas Willets   John Anderson Jonas Wood   Benjam. Woolsey Adron Mott   William Mott Stephen Mott   Rem. Hagerman Isaac Seaman   William Hopkins James Townsend   Adrian Hagerman Richard Willets   Benjamin Robins Robert Seaman   Richard Doty John Carpenter   William Seaman Jacob Seaman   Obediah Seaman Richard Valentine   Peter Demill Michael Mudge   Derick Thonecraft Daniel Hopkins   David Seaman Harman Lefford   George Downing Richard Kirk   Jos. Thonecraft Peter Vandewater   Benj. Townsend Dalias Smith   Daniel Coles J. Blanchard, Esq.   Timo. Townsend Sam'l Hungerford   Jeremiah Robbins John Nelson, Esq.   William Kirbe Jacob Searing   Jacob Kirbe Samuel Averill.   Giles Seaman Austan Seaman    JOSEPH HOLBROOK, jr. Collector. Stratford, May 15, 1792.
N. B. The sale to be continued from day to day, by adjournment, until the whole is sold
T HE subscribers being appointed by the Hon. Judge of Probate for the county of York, commissioners, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of John Lewis, late of Kittery, in said county, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, —and six months being allowed the creditors to bring in and prove their claims;—hereby give notice that they purpose to attend that service at the dwelling-house of Daniel Sewall, in York, on the first Mondays in the six following months, from three to six o'clock in the afternoon of each of said days.
SAMUEL DARBY, DANIEL SEWALL. York, August 27, 1752.
For PHILADELPHIA,
THE SLOOP
Franklin, JOHN MOORE, master,—now laying at Jacob Sheafe's Wharf.—For
Freight or Passage, apply to Jacob Sheafe, or the master on board, Portsmouth, Sept. 13, 1792.
BARLEY.
C ASH and the highest price is given for CLEAN BARLEY, by WILLIAM SEAVEY , at Store N o 1, on Spring-Hill, near the Market place,—Where may be had LOAF SUGAR, by wholesale and retail. Also, the best glazed GUN-POWDER, in quarter-casks, at a very low price. Portsmouth, September 10, 1792.