The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-09-11 00:00:00, page 3

culiar acknowledgements.
“ Your firm determ nation to support
I the eftablilhsd Conßitution , and the zeal
ous and general concurrence, in that sen
timent, which my fubje^s have so strongly
and seasonably manifested, could not fail
to check every attempt to disturb the inter
nal repose of these kingdoms ; and you
will, I doubt not, in your several coun
' ties, encourage the continuance of the
fame vigilant attention to that important
which, in an early period of the campaign,
have attended the operations of the Com
bined Armies; the refpedable and pow
jful force which you have been enabled to
employ by fed and land, and the meafutes
which 1 have concerted with other Pow
ers, for the effectual prosecution of the
war, afford the best prefped of an happy
iffuc to the important contest in which we
ere engaged. It is only by perseverance
in vigourous exertions, and by endeavour
ing to improve the advantages already ac
quired, that we can hope to obtain the
great end to which my views are uniformly
directed, the reftoraticns of peace on such
terms as may be confident with our pera.
parent Security, & with the general trn
foility of Europe.
" Genturcen cfthe Hoof of Commons,
“ I return you my particular thanks for
ths heerfu: refs ^ difo#tch with which
^cub?h=^tCT#v\ r.^u^fy ibpphes;
&lam h%o to rcßG,tHat you have been
enabled liberally to provide for the ex
fo-r ^o, die p^bh_f.Jee ia manner
Io little burthenfome to my people,
“ My Lords and Gentlemen,
" The arrangements which you have
formed for the government of the Btitilh
.territories in India, and for the regula
}ion of cur commerce with that part of
the world, will, I doubt not, secure and
augment the important benefits which we
have already derived from those valuable
possessions. It has been impossible for me
to fee, without concern, the embarrass
ment which has lately arisen in the state of
Commercial Credit; but the Heps you
have taken to prevent the progress of that
evil appear already to have been produc
tive of very salutary consequences ; and
while they have aHorded a striking inHance
cfyour attention to the interests of my
pfr e > their effe& has furnished addition
al reason to believe, that the distress which
Las been felt, proceeded from a con
currence of temporary causes, and not
from any diminution of the real wealth,
or any failure in the permanent resources
of the country.
" 1 have much fatisfadion in refleding
on the efft&ual preteaion which I have
been enabled to afford to the trade of my
fubjefts since the breaking out of the war.
I am at the farce time persuaded, that if
car commercial interests had unavoida
bly been effeded to a more considerable
extent, it would net have been forgotten,
that we are contending for our future se
curity, and forthe permanent preservation
of advantages the most Striking and the
moil valuable which any nation has ever,
by the blessings of Providence, been per
mitted to enjoy."
Then the Lord Chancellor, by his Maj
cfty's command, said,
“ My Lords and Gentlemen,
" It is his Majesty's Royal will & pleas
ure, that this Parliament be prorogued
to Tuefday the thirteenth day of August
next, to be then here holden ; and this
P /lament is accordingly prorogued, to
Tu© a y the thirteenth day of August
ftext." _ L
Is a gap of twenty tiv- 3leagues cpen to
the inroads cf the French. General
Beaulieu's force is to: quite 4000
men, and Schroeder's was 6000 before
the late engagements, as himfeif informs
us with which he had to encounter zß,o_o
French; to these may be added a camp
of 12,000 men at Givey ; f@ that the
French are four to one in these cantons,
which renders our fixation far from p'taf
ant; but our spirits are kept up by the
promise of a reinforcement, said to be cn
its marchfrom Germany.
[The King's speech cn the prorogation
of Parliament]
“ My Lords and gentlemen,
«'_THE Firmness, Wisdom, and Pub
lic spirit, by which your condud has been
eminently diflinguifhed on the many im
portant occasions which have arrifen dur
ing the present Session, demands my pe-
objed.
" The rapid and signal successes,
ENGLAN D.
LONDON, June 21.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
GOOD NEWS FROM FRANCE!
From Salem, Sept. 3.
Capt. Stone arrived firce our last, from
Oftend, which he left the 7th of July,.
He confirms the accounts by former arri
vals from Europe, cf the dull movements
of the Combined Armies—who had not,
nor was it probable they would make the
least impression unfavorable to the cause cf
France and cf liberty. A few days be
fore Capt. S'one failed, all the Du:#h
troops who were encamped about 15 miles
from Oftend, fled into the town, panic
flruck, on an alarm that the troops of the
Republic were marching against them,
who are in great force near that place—
this circumstance will give an idea of the
impression which the French fcldiers make
upon their enemies.—The inhabitants of
Oilend were under fearful apprehensions of
the French attacking it—which is consid
ered as a very probable event, as the En
glilh have great quantities of hay and oth
er stores, and avast deal of property there.
Capt. Stone was in company with an
English Colonel at Ofend, who spoke very
faintly of their profped at Valenciennes:
There are eighty thousand men attacking
it (who were then many cf them severely
attacked by the Dysentery) among which
are the English troops —it is bravely de
fended by 10,000 French who are affixed
by the inhabitants—they have fix months
provisions in the town, and are determined
to defend it to the last extremity.—The
Duke of York (who nominally commands)
sent in four times desiring a furrender—
the last time the Commandant informed
him, that if he was imperinent enough
again to repeat his message, he would hang
the mefienger upon the Ramparts. -It
was reported, and afterwards contradicted,
that the houses in Valenciennes were prin-
Capt. Andrews has just arrived here,in
fifty days from Nantz in France.—He in
forms, that things have taken a different
turn lately—he fays, that the French have
defeated the Spaniards ; that the Pat
riots have engaged the insurgents near
Nantz, and totally defeated them, killing
T§,ooo ; & under no apprehanfion of losing
Valenciennes : —He further fays, that
they are hauling up all their merchantmen
as they arrive ; and cutting down all the
Guincamen for privateers, as fall as they
come in ; and that there are daily arri
ving valuable English prizes— several
Weft-Indiamen a few days before he fail
ed. This vessel spoke a Guernsey priva
teer, out ten weeks, and had taken noth
ing.
BY a gentleman whoarrived in town
on Teufday lad, from Cumberland, we
are informed, that just before he left that
place, a son of Gen. Robertson's arrived
there from the Chickasaw nation, with in
formation,of great offershaving been made
b f the Spaniards, to that nation, to induce
them to break with the United States,
which offers were treated with contempt by
the chiefs of that nation, and efpeciaily by
the Mountain Leader.
cipally destroyed.
When Capt. Stone was at Morlaix (in
June) there were 15 rich prizes sent in by
the French Cruisers, one of them a large
Ship from Bombay,—with twi/ thousand
bails of Cotton on board. The citizens
of Morlaix were in excellent spirits, con
fident of the speedy success of the army of
Liberty over the combination of Despo
tism. Provisions there were cheap, plenty
and good.—Baforg he left Morlaix seven
In the British House of Commons, June
17. Mr. Fox moved an address to his
Britannic Majesty, praying him to enter
into negociations with the French Repub- 1
lie, for putting an end to the deftruHive
war his Majesty whs engaged in ; when af
ter a lengthy debate, the sketch of which
we are not able to present, the question
was put, and the numbers were,
For the Motion 47.
Against it 187.
Majority against 140.
o^o O>C»00 OoO o^x§oO<§>C>4€>
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
r— -•—r
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTO N, Sept. 4.
FROM SALEM, Sept. 3.
^Oome^CG Alltel' c^czice.
Jte&7i&, Jeftcemzl&r 5!,
WESTERN TERRITORY.
LEXINGTON, July ^7.
Agentleman has arrived in Lofton from 1
Liverpool (N. S.) which be Ift the 25th
ult. who informs that Halifax was not burnt,|
at was mentioned in our last under tbe Salem
bead.
Tbe Flux (fays a late Pbila delpbia pa
per) rages to an extreme degree in feveral'
counties of Virginia adjacent to tbe bead of
tbe Potomack Navigation, and Georgetown.;
Upwards of 500 pefons have been /weft off\
within a few weeks, and in fomc parts more
than two tbirds of feme families have fallen
tbe unhappy viaims of this depopulating dij
order.
An epidn c difafe, tbe Yellow Fever,
has r tdy j r ad n^b alarm, and occasioned
frev mortals', in tbe city of Philadelphia.
I Agentleman ImJ arrived at Boflon from
that city, informs, that no less than ^o vict
ims to 'bis malady, were buried in one day ;
and t^yt ma„ of :b. citizens were fyin^for
fafttv into test country. It is JaiLR
bee/
terrar.can. +#
mention, tbatl
conjeflures, inß
on
3
Afterjhe^&ion of the 29th cf June,
the patriots, it is laid, examined the dead
bodies, in order to find the Priests and No
biiity, who were the principal leaders in
all their internal difficulties, but being
disguised in the habits of peasants, they
could only discover them by the foftnefs of
their hands, and the petit maitre effemina
cy of their persons—there were many cf
those gentry, however, found among them.
Our readers will naturally remark,
That the firft rumours of a battle are un
avoidable exaggerations, both as to the
numbers engaged, and the loss sustained.
This, however, we may presume is cer
tain, that these deluded insurgents will not
be able to support an array, after such an
entire defeat.
From Boston, Sept. 5.
A Gentleman, well known in this town
and Salem, and who arrived yesterday
from the latter place, informs us, That
ha had comrerfed with the Captain of the
Blip, which arrived there on Tuefdfy Lft,
in 50 days from Nantz, who told him,
that he was an eye-witness of the
adion cf the 29th of June, between
the Patriots and Insurgents—That it was
reported, there were 35,000 of the insur
gents embodied, with an intention cf at
tacking Nantz—That the Patriots being
a^rifed of it, made a sally upon them,
routed and defeated the whole body, leav
ing near 15,000 dead—That the insurrec
tion was entirely at an end ; and that the
Patriots were determined on establishing
a Constitution, without the interference of
any power on earth-That the patriotic
females cf Nantz, were spiritedly employ
ed, previously to the adion, in preparing
lint and provisions, to aid in crushing the
rebellion—That Valenciennes and Conde
were net taken, and no danger apprehend
ed from the combined forces—ln ffiort,
That rhe affairs of France wore a more
pleading afpe&, than at any time since
their revolution ; and that it was believed
at Nantz, that the British Cabinet were
the principal fermenters cf all their inter
nal commotions.
g^n bo^ : veil armed and equipped Lil
edoaakic.cvpc htion.
From 1 iIADELPHIa, Aug. 30.
C pt. Makins, of the ihip Andrews,
arrived - lerday from L'Oricnt, which
port file 1 i'ed on the 4th of July.
By th 3 • •ffel we have the agreeable and
certain intelligence, that Gen. Biron has
beaten the Iniurg nts near Nantz, in two
engagements, in the firft of which 7000,1
ard in the Second, 11,000 of the rebels
were killed|
A confidcra ble change had taken placed
in the National Convention, greatly to the
honor and fafety of the Republic of France. 1
The GREAT CUSTINE was at the
head of the array, in high esteem, beloved
by the SOLDIERS, and confided in by
the PEOPLE.
In aimed every engagement at sea, the
French ihips have hid the superiority —
Bompard's conduct is equalled by every
commander. Prizes to an immense s- 4
mount, have been brought into L'Orier.t.
CONFIRMATION—
meeting.
Defter Nathan Smith was appointed to
deliver a dissertation upon some medical
fubjeft at the next meeting cf said Society ;
which is to be holden at Mrs. Dunbars,
in Keene, on the firft Wednesday in Otte"
ber next, at ten o'clock,_A._M._
I &3™ The writer of a letter, fat to the
l Editors, signed M. Z. is informed that his
iffpicions are groundless, with regard to the
I Fable inserted in our Poet's Corner, of No.
121, being intended for him in particular.—
i We acknowledge the receipt of bis production,
in answer to the Qtefion in cur paper of
No. 7, under the signature of Z. M. and
Jbouid have given it a place bad it not been
for its prolixity.— The croft of religion is
inoft certainly good, but we do not think it
would be agreeable to th. majority of our
readers to have too great a proportion of the
llnformer, devoted to religious Qfeflions
land Answers.
THe Subscriber having eftabliffied a
Post-Rout from this Office, thro'
the towns of Surry, Gilfum, Sullivan. Stod
dard, Packerfeld, Dublin, Jaffrey, Rirdge;
Fitzwilliam and Marlborough, rew vil:
fell our, provided any person will give
good security fcr what papers they receive
from the Office—there are new 150 ^b
fcribers on said rout, ard inc;e-ti<g f.Hcr
than at any time since its commence .ent
For further particulars apply to t
WILLIAM W BLAniq
N. B. All perfens indebted to fog
William W. Bkke, are desired to mass
payment by the firit dav of Odober=fl
A Fine Cbance #
% Lis anfaer? If has am report, fit
gentlemen prefect, difavnv bc:q committee -
men for any jueb bujinefs ; if jo, uly //
Mr. Emes afrme to perforce an, cf No
Inhabitants.?
From a Correspondent we are informed
that the ciouds have plentioufly fupplicd
the earth, all over the State of Conne&i
cut —that the husbandman's toil is crown
ed with abundance, but that the Mufqui
tees very much abound this year, the,
fivarm like the Flics and L culls of old
date—that a certain gentlemen of the Law
has been collared by them, and cast from
his MULE, when he had to make a league
with the Harpies, who waited as seconda
ries, to live a little longer cn tie earth a
plague to society, he then not being in full
fleffi, nor fit either to roaji or burn —they
consented, thus he returned to his feat of
illgot pelf with fame scratches, in hopes
that another war, a^d his big confeience
may put it in his power to pilfer friend as
well at foe, that when he departs this
Hage of his iniquity, he may be a superior
candidate in infernal realms.—The peer
MULE! could he have the power of
Baalam's Ass, h~w would he exclaim !
Thy Yoke is heavy, and thy deeds arc
b ack.—But there is no hopes cf reforma
tion, he is hardened in prevefe doings,
and will end his days in that fulnefs of
guilt he has been diligent to (houlder, and
become a fiery Saint with the cloven footed
Proceeding of:be Weftern DiflriA of New
bampjhire Medical Society.
AT a meeting cf the Members of the
Newhampffiire Medical Society, holden
at Charleftown on the third Wednesday
of August 1793. agreeable to notification
by Dr. William Page.
Dodor William Page, was ele&ed Pres
ident of said Society, Dr. Cutler Vice-
President, Dr. Nathan Smith Secretary.
Dr. Cutler of Rockingham,Vermont, Dr.
Joseph Petty, Dr. Hastings, and Dr.
Perrin, were admitted as associate mem
bers of said Society.—Decors William
Page, Nathan Smith, and George Spar
hawk,were appointed a committee to form
certain laws to regulate the future pro
ceeding, of said Society, to be presented
to them for their confederation at their next
Father of baseness.