The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-07-29 00:00:00, page 2

from whence he was not only ordered 'o be
released by General Clark,who wu then at
the head of the Government of Canada ; as
soon as that gentleman was informed of the
manner how, and the case for which he was
taken, but the general wrote te the gover
nor of Vermont a very polite letter on the
fubjea.
3d. Four armed men, in the month of
December laft,made an attempt,to entrap,
and carry off by force a British deserter
from a t;wn in Vermont, called Sheldon,
and, in the execution of their attempt
threatened to mal- treat some of the peace
able inhabitants.
I ftiall new speak not from information,
Bur from m^own a&ual knowledge.
There are only two garrisons. The
principal one is at the point aor Fere in the
fate of New York, more than three miles
from ans part ofthe .own of Alburgb, and
separated therefrom by the waters of the
Lake Champlain; it consists of a Rone
house and a final! barrack, both of which
are within a common picket or two, made
incapable to withstand the smallest cannon
flux ; to this garrison is attached ONE
firfd-piee, and it has generally been com
manded by a subaltern.
The other garrifoo, the only one the
British ever had, since the peace, within
the fate of Vermont, is at a place on the
margin of the fame lake, called Dutch
man's Point, not lefsthan sixteen miles
from the Canada line, as the lake goes,
and upwardsof ten miles to the south
ward of the nearest part thereof, and
must therefore be, at leaf fix miles from
the centre ofthe town of Alburgh.
This Garrison, since the peace, ba'i
been under the command of atruliy Cox
A constable, being informed of this,
went ex officio, made them prisoners, and
carried them to the twoneareft magistrates ;
but'neither of them having taken the oath
or office, they conduced them to Burling
ton, where the nearest abling magistrate
resided, distant about 40 miles from the
place they yt:rc apprehended at, where
they were regularly tried for an off nee
committed against the a flatuteof that Pate,
fined five pounds with cofA of Lit, and or
dc:ed to prison till the judgment should
be complied with ; but security being ten
dered, it was not only eccepted of, but,
at their special request, a patipert was giv
en to them, to pals unmolested, " they
conduced themselves agrteably to the laws
ofthe date cf Vermont," and a statement,
under the hand of the magistrate who tri
ed them, was put into th:ir possession,
cf rhe whole circumflacees which appear cd
on their examination.
The frivolity of the three fids, at above
stated, being so extremely glaring, as to
cause you, my fellow citizens, to be doubt
tel perhaps, as to their being even/n/fan
tially true, 1 esteem it necessary here to af
fare you, that my information is through
a member of the Federal senate who had
an opportunity of peruhrg the complaints as
they were filed in the ohics of.the Secre
tary of Rate.
Before I go further, let me hear reca
pitulate thelc three grand offences, or to
use Mr. Hammond's diplomatic term,
" encroachments."
111. A town meeting was regularly cal
led in Alburgh,a town admitted to be in
Vermont,though bordering on the Canada
line.
gdly. The Attorney-General ifoed a
writ ordering a perfbn who had, wipeout
proper authority, exercised the office of jus
tice cf the peace in that town, to appear at
the next supreme court, to be held within
the county, and shew cause wby'an infor
nation should not be filed- against him.
^dly. Four men (who it appears after
wards) were Britifb soldiers having com
fitted an illegal ad within the town of
Sheldon, in the fame state were apprehen
ded by a constable, conducted to a magif
t/ate, by him legally tried, and condem
ned to pay a fine cf five Pounds,with costs
of suit.
But Mr Hammond ha; affertedthat these
*' encroachments" were committed on the
territory occupied by bis Majefy's garrifous.
Fer the confirmation, or refutation of
this assertion, it will be proper to state the
geographical situation ofthc garrison he al
ludes to, as they refpea the towns in which
the supposed" encroachments" have been
made, nor will it be amiss to go a little
farther, and exhibit their situation with
respect to the line, which by the treaty of
peace, divides the United States from the
province of Canada, giving at the fame
time a Ihort sketch of the great relpeda
bility of these garrifms,.both as to strength
and numbers of men.
poral with sometimes Six, fumet mes
Fou r Men, and is a small Blockaded hut
without a tingle piece of cannon.
One cf the faithful commanding offi
cers of this very important garrison, detect
ed with all his men leaving on the door
of the fort the following iufeription " this
hoofe to let."
' Should the Ambassador even make ufa of
such language, it would not be furpriting
io fee, ajuftificatory plea in h : s favour ;as
about ten days ago an anonymous writer
came forward in the Minerva, and declared
(freaking of the British and Vermonters)
" Both parties fecm to be wrong--The Bi
tifh for claiming the jurifdiaion—The
Vermonters for claiming the foil."
Not being as yet hired, or even inclin
ed to vindicate he British government, in
her attacks aga)ft this Country ; I assert
that hi, lad position is abfolucely falfe and
groundless, and dare him to produce one
solitary instance; where the British have e
ven the emblem of a legal title to any
part of the foil, which he has the effrontery
to declare the Vermonters are wrong in
claiming."
A wilful departure from the truth even
in a good cauje is extremely reprehensible :
but, when thia difpofitioa is exercised b, a
person in favour of a wantonly predatory
enemy, and against his own country^ the
crime certainly merits, and when fully re
vealed, must undoubtedly meet with, the
utmost public contempt.
Ifhe has been unthinkingly led into ar
error by misinformation or otherwise, he
has but to acknowledge it, to meet with
immediate forgivepefs from a generous
Public: On the other hand, ifhe ftillwifh
ea to vindicate the British, and vilify the
Vermonters, I again call on him for only
one case in support of the claim he is to
defircus to usurp for them.
This fhott Ratement would have been
given some time before, had I not been in
daily expectation of feeing an official one
from the Governcrof Vermont : What has
prevented this I cannot fay, but am certain
that the fads Band very nearly as I have rc
prefented them, and the propriety of my
intermeddling at all, I principally found
on my being Acitizen oj Vermont.
June 30, 1794.
From the fads thus stated arises the fol
lowing quedion.
How must a garrison be situated, with
refped to a certain territory, to constitute,
in a technical point of view, its " occu
pancy" of that territory.
I believe that neutral.nations in avert
ing their right of proteaion of the vefiela
of belligerent Powers claim only three mike
as the protecting bounds, and, if we arc
to judge from the practice cf the British
formerly in cases something similar to
the prefect (even admitting their right to
retain these Garrisons within our territory)
the protesting bounds wjll only go to fif
teen hundred yards, that being the limits
they many years ago affixed to their above
truly important garrifoos, of Fort George,
Tyconderoga, and crown Point, all of
which are in the fame quarter cf the world
with those garrisons which have originated
the present dispute.
But allowing they that are entitled to
the distance of even three miles, no part of
this refractory town of A Ibargh is within
the occupancy of either of these gapif,ns,
and the place where the four British of
fenders were apprehended is at least twen
ty miles distant from the Corporal's g-r
--rifon, which is by far the neared of the
two —■
But, perhaps Mr. Hammond will inSft,
that when the Government of Great Bri
tain determined to infringe upon the trea
ty of peace, by retaining these garrifoas,
they undoubtedly intended that they
liquid by deemed tn “ occupy" all the
territory lying between them and the Can
ada line—ls this be really Kis idea and 1
cannot conceive any other in which he.
can fubflantiae hi; claim of “ occupan
cy," it will follow by auurg, that they
mud have had the fime meaning, v/ith
rcfyc& to the wefts n garrifons,which they
have withheld ffori us, and a# forne of,
these garrhons lay to the iouthward of the
City cf Albany, we ought rot to be furpri
ftd at feeirg Mr. Hammond inveigh a
ngainft the illegal " encroachraeats * of the
L'giflature cf this state for daring to have
enabled laws, not only within the territo
ry, buteven forthe territory " occupied
by his Majefty'sgarrifcns."
His mode of rcafoning/n jaflificatich of
Governor Simcoe's supposed intention" of
building a fort atrthe foot of the Rapids of
the Miarnis" is a pretty good proof of the
ingenuity ofhis imaginajon in points of
this nature.
The importance of fidelity in the education of
X HE wife and good have in all ag
es, turned their particular attention to
the riling generation, and made special ef
forts for their improvements in knowl
edge, human and divine. And what
more necessary service, than to raise pil
lars to Church and State ? If we ccnfder
attentively the greatness of man, i; mutt
deeply impress the mind.—His present and
future exigence are very interfiling.—The
mind of man considering his immortali
ty. renders his existence important.—He
who always judged right estimated the hu
man foul, offj much worth, as not to De
exchanged for the whole world.—Every
fold will fill a fcalein the face of beings,
thro' a ccafelefs duration.—How impor
tant then is every period, in the whole of
his existence ? The infintofa day is a be
ing of immortality. When viewed in
this connection, how interesting is pofteri
ity ? But that they may be tfeful mem
bers of society and heirs of immortal fe
licity, they cieft be early taught and ac
quainted with the word of God.—ln
youth, the mind is molt susceptible of good
and lading impressions, before inveterate
habit has fixed them in the walks of vice.
The great concern of Parents fhoald be,
to infirud their children and youth ; that
they do not increase the numbers of thofc
who live& die in extreme ignorance of God
and the way of life by jefus Christ.—
There is a peculiar foundation in nature
for the mod tender affedions between
Parents and Children ; the dependence of
the one, and the kindness of the other,
prepossesses children to adept the lenti
ments and manners of their Parents, while
they will hang on their lips and receive
the inttruaions ofwildom—Tnac this i/a
duty Parents are under for the belt good
of their tender offspring, cannot be a quef
tion ; since the express decision of our di
vine Redeemer; with which I have often
)cen tenderly effected —" But when Jesus
saw it be vas rtueb dijpkafed; and Jaid,
faffir f ^ little children, to come to me, uno
per bid them not ; for offab is the kingdom
fjGod." How condescending love in the
hlelfod Jesus? lbw animating and en-
Toaraging tc Parents and cnii-ren in fib
bges i—Hew ready is the human mind
Ito1 to ba influenced by parental example and
^education ?—lt fixes posterity in truth or
error, in virtue or vice.—This is evident
from the hifiory of all ages,in laws,politics
and religion.—ln proportion, is the influ
ence of precept and example in Precep
tors, Magistrates and Miniftera.—There
fore the education of children and youth
is an object cf the firft importance ; and
truly Parents can have no greater joy,
than to learn that their children walk in
truth.
Hiving lately made my annual visits to
the several schools in this town, to give
advice and inttruaions adapted to their
age and capacity, on the nature and im
portance of early virtue and piety.—With
fatisfadion I observed their manners and
improvement in learning.—l beg leave
to observe, that the exertions of this town,
for a few years paft,to educate their youth
and children, merits appla^. There be
ing twelve schools wich refpc&able houses,
and schools annually maintained in them
for some months, there being only three
but what are {applied with Preceptors cr
Preceptress. Besides, there is an inde
pendent Grammar school supported con
ftandy in the town. —How great the def
parity ?- When I came to this town, seven
teen years ago, there was but one school
kept, perhaps three months in three or
four years.
I round, in my late visitation upwards
of three hundred children and youth, un
der fourteen years of age, at the leveral
fchoofa.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Perjons,
who are indebted to me the fubferi
ber, or JONAS ROBESON, & Co. that
they are requeued to make immediate payment,
for I Jhall learoe the place foots, and they will
not have an, farther notice.
JONAS ROBESON.
Fitzwilliam, July lift, >794'
Pallors may truly fay, when the Parents
will ttrengiben their hands, that the iambs
of their flocks are their principle joy and
hopes ; for with rcfpe& to them, they may
flatter themselves that they do not labour
in vain, but that they will be their joy &.
crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord.
AARON HALL.
Keene, July 28th, 1794.
For the Columbian Informer, %.
Children.
KIJOW all Men by these Pre
sents, that I Levi Raymond, of Jaffrey, in
the county of Cheshire and State of New-
Hampshire, Trader, do by thele Prefent#,
constitute and appoint William Gardner of
Rindge, in the county and State aforefaid,
Esq. my true and lawful Attorney, in all
cases for me and in my name and stead,
to aft son demand, recover and receive of
sundry persons, the Debts due to me in
my Books: viz. One Accompt book, ere
Day book and two Ledgers—and when
laid debts are fettled by taking Notts of
hand of the several persons, running to the
said Gardner cr order, then my said At-
Itorney to aik for, demand, recover acd.
I receive of the fcveral signers the funia
that is now due co said Bocks, cr may be.
due on said Notes—and by thele Prelects
granting to my said Attorney, my folc and
full power and authority to pursue and
follow such legal ccurfes for the recovery
ar.d receiving the fame, as I could do,
were I personally prefect—and upon his
receiving any or all of said Accounts, or
Notes, Acquittances or other fufficicnl
difebarges for me and in my name, to
make, sign, seal and deliver ; as also, one
or more Atcornies under him to appoint,
apd at his plea fare revoke; hereby rati
fying and allowing and confirming, what
soever my said Attorney shall lawfully do
or cause to be done, in and about the exe
cution of the prennfes.—And further, up
on the receiving the fame or any pare
thereof, my said Attorney to convert so
much of to his own life, as to pay the fol
lowing Notes of hand—one for One Hund
red and Fifty-five Pounds, Ten Shillings,
given to said Gardner—two of Seventy
five Pounds, Ten Shillings, given to Silas
Sbaw, and by him indorfed to said Gard
ner, all on interest, dated February 15th,
1793—alfo* o ne Note dated July 1793,
for about Sixty Pounds, more or kfs, co
interest; alfo,one for Twenty-four Pounds,
dated February 28th, 1794, on ir-.c^it,
to be paid in fat Cattle at ca(h price—
which Notes were signed by said Levi Ray
mond. Aid after the receiving cf a Ef
ficiency to pay said Notes, and ceil of col
letting the fame, then my laid Aterne,
to return the overplus (if any) to the said
Levi Raymond, bis Heirs, and by virtue of
these Presents. And 1 the said Levi Ray
mond, by these Presents, revoke, ami Q^
nail and void, all former Powers, parti
cularly one given to fames Willjon, an
Attorney, at Teterboro' hereby giving
said William Gardner, Power and Autho
rity to receive my Books and Naces, now
in said James Willfa's hands, for the pur
pose and intent aforefaid.
In witrefs wherecfl nave hereunto set
mv Hard and Seal, this tenth day of
J u| y !79.t
LEVI RAYMOND.
Signed, sealed and delivered,
'" prejee'e °f
Alexander Mulliken,
William RAYMONp.
Cbeftsire,ff July 10, 1794. Perfonali,
appeared Levi Raymond, above named,
and acknowledged the foregoing luulbir
ment by him signed, to be his ficertand
voluntary Ad and Power of attorue,
before me.
ROGER GILMORE.
Jufiice Peace.
WANTED immediately an a,prentice
to the House-Carpenter's hfroG,
a likely aßivs boy, 14 or 1g years 0, age.
for further particulars enquire of
JAMES WYMAN.
N. B. House and Sleigh painting done j,
said Wymans in the neatef manner, and §%
reasonable terms.
Keene, uly 21, 1794°
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