The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-03 00:00:00, page 3

The fame Morning, the Body of one
h]ohn Cahoon, a Negro, was taken up
Long Wharf. The VerdiQ of
the Jury of InqueA, was the fame as a
bore.
OnWdncfdaj hft, between the hoars
bf twelve and one in the morning a moil
Horrid murder 939 committed on the
body of Captain Charles Furbulh, of
Andover, by a negro man of his own
family named Pomp. The family of the
deceased, corfided of his wife,a fon^hree
daughters, and the negro before men
tioned. The son, and two of the daugh
ters were from home. The deceased and
his wife, dept as usual, in the room
of the loner floor, and the daughter
in a bed-room adjacent^ l , The negro
had retired to his chambW MiMout any
signs of uneasiness known tJXhe family.
But between twelve and one, he got up,
drefled - him felf, and firft alarmed the
daughter ; by an attempt to get into the
room ; but finding the door fastened, de
fined from the attempt. He immediately
entered the room of the deceased, while
both he and his wife were in a found sleep,
and flruck him with the head of an axe
upon his left temple, with such lo ce, as
t> daih in the full ; and with a fecund
blow, partly upon the left eye, and part
ly upon the cheek, drove in both bones—
he expired immediately without a groan.
The blows awoke Mrs. Forbufh, who in-
Ilantly Springing up, .he negro left the
roam. The daughter also hearing the
blows, and the screech of her mother, in
ftantly ran in, an: with her mother at
tempted to raise up the body of the de
ceased, bet finding no signs of life, made
their escape by a bark way, to the nearett
—neighbor, to call abidance. In the mean
, time, to complete the horrid feeue, the
' negro returned, ook off his coat, turned
up his shirt Beeves, arid with a knife, mo'<
inhumanely cut his matter's throats He
then dragged the bofy f cm the bed, and
left it naked on the door. B, this time;
assistance came, and found the negro
Landing by'the kitebe 1 fire. Being asked
what he had been.doing, he readily con
feffed the fa&, and delivered himfelf up.
Thus died Capt. Charles Firoulh, in
the § gth year of his age ; who has left ar
afflided family, and friends, to mourn his
untimely fate !
' DUMOURi^R.
66 We have accounts from Dantzick,
that General ,Dunourier p.ffid through
that City, undei the difeude^f a BABU'
Courier, "on bis way to r >laod, and pre
vioody to the surrender of Warsaw. It i r
certain that a Ruffian Courier paffd
through that Ci% carrying however with
him a trunk, which is not usual for the
Couriers of that nation. Shortly after he
had puffed through Dantzick, orders were
receivea from the Prugian Government to
•Fateh for Dumourier, and to arrett him
wherever he fhoald ,be found. To thelt
orders was added 3 very minute descrip
tion of his dress.
February, 2f.
From FRANCE ——O/RECZ
SINCE our last, the brig Ce
res, Capt. Sumner, has arrived
here from Bourdeaux—by which
wehave received Paris and Bour
deaux papers to the latter part
December. There does not
■appear to have been any military
events of consequence since the
viftory over the Spaniards. —nor
do any ofthe debates of the Con
'vention wear an afpeft of Peace
with any of the powers. On
the i,h Dec. Duboife Crance
said, that notwithstanding the
fuccefes of the armies of the
Republic, a winter campaign
Was ntceffary to consolidate
them :—and the Convention de
creed that the furloughs grant
-ledfor three months should ex
'pre in one month. The Cpn
CASUAL TIES.
Last Saturday Morning, the Body of
one Joseph Cook, was found dead under
the State Hsufe. The kqueft efthe Jury
was, 0 That he came to ho Death by
Misfortune."'
A HORRID MURDER !
BOSTON, February 14.
THE following is -the sub
stance of the sentence pronoun
ced on Carrier, and his accoin-,
plices, in the French Revolu
tionary Tribunal, Dec. If, ifoq,
" Carrier, llepre Tentative of
the people, convicted of having,
been the author of the horrors
which have exited in the de
partment of La Loire inferior^
and particularly at Nantz, a
gainst the fafety of die people,
and the liberty of the citizens,
by giving orders to Philippe, to
execute without trial, numbers^
of insurgents, among whomj
were many women and chil
dren ; by giving unlimited p&v-
Cr to Lamberty to drown men,
women and children, by giving
orders to Haxo to exterminate
the inhabitants of La Vendee,
&c. &c.
" Grandmaifon for signing an
order to (hoot en maffe the pris
oners ; in being present at a,
drowning; in maltreating the
victims who were destined to be
drowned, &c. &c.
" Pinard for executing arbi
trary orders for maflacreing in
nocent women and children, pil
laging, and burningevery thing
where he commanded ; and of
having done all this with crimi-,
nil and counter-revolutionary
intentions; are condemned tp,
the pain of death."
After the above sentence was
pronounced, Carrier laid, " I
die a victim and innocent. My
last wish lhall.be for the good of
the Republic, and for the wel
fare of my fellow citizens."
Carrier's trial lasted several
weeks, and in the cause of it,
there were developed crimes
that would make the stoutest
heart tremble, barely to con
template. Nero was a milk fop
to bim.
000 0 c>©«>ooCkx> 000
KEENE, March 3.
The National Convention have puffed a
decree, by which the conquered countries
are put under the special protection of the
Republic. '
The Hon. Oliver Wolcott jun. is
appointed Secretary of the Treasury, in
the room of Mr. Hamilton- -resigned,.
vention appears still busy in re
pairing the ruins made by the
moral and physical affairs of
France during ' the system of
terror. Carrier and his ac
complices have been executed ;
and the Roberfperean judges,
accusers, &c. are in train of
trial.
SENTENCE AGAINST CAR
RIER, &c.
Motions have been lately made in both
houses of Parliament, ^ address his Maj
esty in favor of negotiating a Peace with
France—l 2 only ofthe house of Lords
were in favor of the address, and ,§ in the
house of Commons. Lord Guildford made
the motion in the Upper,and Mr. Wilber
force in the Lower House.
Ttefe have been cast at Hope Furnace,
in Providence 76 Cannon, 32 & 24 Foun
ders, for the Frigates and Fortifications of
the U. S. They are cast fotid, and bored
by water; some have been tried by expe
rienced judges, and are pronounced excel
lent. —
The national DEBT of the U. States,
lamountsIamounts to 76 0964.68 dollars ; exclusive
of 1.400 000 dollars due the Bank of the
W. S. A fura not near so great as the loan
in Ertg. for one year.
The fate of N. Y. owns above 2oeooco
of dollar# in the public fuads. „ -«
The legislature of the,date of N. CTiave
palled 'an a&, prohibiting the further im
. portatian of Hives into that ftate.eitber by
sea Or land, from any part of the world.
rGeneral Mollensdorf, commands the En
glish army. —=
The Hpn. David Cobb, Esq. of Mass.
it is said, is appointed Post-Master Gen.
of the U S.
I , The recapture of Gen. La Fayette, is
both asserted and contradicted in the Lon
don prints.
The Duke of Brunswick. has refafed ta-
king the command of the Allied forces.
,The Emperor has ordered the railing of
,fd,OQp additional troops ; —Eng. 40,000
—for the next campaign. The Prussian
Ifuc.effes in Poland hive enabled Frederic
'again to turn his attention towards the
common enemy,—Spain does not think of
- Pdac^but dnprofecutirg the war.—-Thus
fy Eng'ifh papers—We wonder they dont
Itrill usHolland and the circles of Germa
fi,™ute also opposed to a peace.
Si = A
The sessions of the Third Congress of
the U. $. elofe on Wednesday next.
Mr. Mitchel, the English resident at
'Berlin, during the second Silefian war, in
[communicating to the King of Prussia the
jintelligence of some advantage obtained
l over the e'nemy 4 made use of the follow
ing elpreffion : " Ry the help of God we
have gained a victory over the French."
" What," said the King, " is God one
of otfr allies ?" “ Yes certainly," replied
the ambassador, " and the Only one who
demands no subsidies of us." Happy
•would it be for Englund, bad feefueb an Al
ly now.
By reflerday's Boflon Pof,
[We have not received a very plentiful
fapply °f Intelligence ; the Foreign it ebnfy
made, up of denunciations againJl tbe Juco«
bin Societies in France, and comments on the
noted Carrier, and others, during the
demotic rule of Robespierre ; —The follow
ing,,,tra&ed from the trial of CaRkIER,
<wi ^ w to wbat length men void of human
ity Will go.)
REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL—
DECEMBER 9. -,
hfy& from rbr-Tnal of Carrier.
y/min deposed as fallows : 66 I have
teen," said he, 46 the revolutionary con
tfu>fijns of Carrier at the popular faciei, at
Nantz ; he had the air of a Mountebank,
and at the fame time a tyger thirsting
for blood."—" You my brave B—g—s,
you my brave Sans Calottes," said Car
rier, / 6 dont y u know that all that the
rich merchants peffefs, belongs to you ? It
is time for you to etjoy it in your turn.—
Denounce them to me ; the testimony of
two good Sails Culottes, shall fuffice to
mc.ke the heads of all the great merchants
roll in the dutt."
The fame witness declared,he had heard
Carrier openly declare, that according to
a calculation of the population of France,
there were a thcufand inhabitants far ever,
frare league; that it was demonstrable
that the foil could nourilh only seven hun
dred; that it ws, receffary of getting rid
of the overplus £>▼ killing all those rascals,
the merchants, all the lawyers, bankers,
&C. &c. He added, that the numbers of
people in the cities were too great ; tha^
the inhabitants of Lyons, for example,,
were to be reduced from 160,000 to if,
000, &c.
Another witness (an officer in the army
of La Vendee) d^pofed, that there bad
been totally destroyed byCarrier's orders,
abroe four hundred peaceable villagers tn
(hat part of France, and nearly all the
inhabitants maffaereQ or drowsed.
"THE contribution for the
relief of our American Captives
in Algiers, on the Federal
Thanksgiving at Freeport, was
was upwards of ninety dollars ;
at Durham, twenty dollars ; —
Gloucester Gore, twenty dollars.
Harpfwell was to halve a eentri
[He Domeflic information, brought ,fcr.
da, is chief, concerning the generofa, of ma
st. Churches anckCongregatione, in fubferib
ing liberally for the relief of our unfortunate
brethren at Algiers —Extract follow.]
PORTLAND, Feb. 13.
ALGERINE CAPTIVES.•
u^gMß #
rafli"'.j^a
under good improve
ment ; lying in Surry, on the road lead
ing from Keene to Charleftown; with a
good house, barn and corn-house on the
fame—a good orchard ; bears about thir
ty tons of hay in a season ; is well water
ed ; has good plowing and pasturing. and
lies within one mile of the Meeting-house,
and will be fold very cheap for Cash :—^
For further particulars enquire of
JONATHAN SMITH.
Surry, March 2, 1795-
WOOD!
'' Where no WOOD is, then the fire go
eth out :fo where the" fire goeth out, the
work " ceafeth" Prov. xxvi. 20.
|[§ fl Toe Printers reqneft their
delinquent customers in this vicinity, to
read the above motto, from the wiettof
men, and take thia hint iattead of a broal-
Cr.'March ~
There has hot yet been any
collection in Portland. There
is no doubt, however, but there
will be, as it is not only the
general, but nniverfal wish of
the inhabitants. One gentleman
has declared his intention of
contributing at least forty dollars
towards the benevolent purpose
above mentioned.
A line from a gentleman at Pdrtf
mouth, to the Editor informs, that up
wards of a Tboufand Dollari were contribu
ted in that town, on Thursday last, far the
relief of car brethren in Algiers.
From PHILAD. Feb. 20.
Contributions for the emancipation of
our brethren in Algiers, were made in sev
eral of the congregations in this Com
monwealth, on the day of Thanksgiving.
We have not heard the extent of the sum
collected.
The fame spirit pervades the
whole Diftrift of Maine. And
this it is which has removed ob
jection that subsisted in the minds
of many gentlemen of the Cler
gy, viz. that their refpe&ivc
parithes would not readily con
tribute, because the contribu
tion was not authorized.
Do we wish for authority to
" relieve the distressed, and
comfort those who mourn."— 4
We have it, and.from under the
hand too of an all merciful God!
" There are very favorable profpeds,
that a Peace with Algiers will speedily be
concluded ; and oar unhappy fellow-citi
zens there will be emancipated. Colonel
Humphreys, is here."
From BOSTON, Feb. 28.
bution, but we have not hearrt
the result. , Brunswick is wait
ing till their minister returns
from a journey. The focicty of
Friends in this neighborhood,are
to contribute at their next meet
ing. Will any good man withhold
his hahd from so good a work ?
Shall the freeft people oh earth
show less regard for the liberty
of their countrymen, that all
other nations, who have already
redeemed theirs ? Many have
deferred their contribution, for
fear cithers would do nothing. —
It is hoped, that the next post
will bring them fuflicient en
couragement to proceed.
It has been proposed that the
money fhoujd, be lodged in the
treasury of the United States^
It may. be changed into bills,
and sent by the post. But it
would be fafer Rill to lodge it
with the collectors of Impost or
Excise, and fend their receipts
on to the treasury."
FURTHER.
TO BE SOLD,
A.FA RM,
containing about >0
hundred acres of ex
cellent land, one half .