The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-10-28 00:00:00, page 3

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FENN CT%V ANI A.
PHILADELPHIA, Ort. i +
Extraft of a letter from an Am^rhan Gen
tlemen, dated London, loth Aug.
'' his impoffiolc co lav *hat ^ doing
by Mr. Jay, but from what I can judge,
this country is perfedly infixed to be
, friendly, apd to do ample justice to Ame
rica : as foch, no doubt every thing wih
go right. Fr m what 1 have feeu, both
in France, Germans, and here, I am < 1
opinion the present unhappy war is by n
means likely to be put an end to. All
parties appear so determined, that 1 foil
tot be fnrprifed if it continues seven years,
or even much longer.
Extraft of a letter from a gentleman in
the Camp of the Federal A m\,at Car
lisle, to hit friend in Philadelphia, da
ted 9<h 03. current.
" I have been so engaged hitherto, that
I I have not been able to comply with the
promise of writing to you. Such, indeed,
has been the unsettled date of things, that
no fatisfaaory and accurate information
could have been communicated before this
day. The general arrangements are now,
however, fettled, Governor Lee is com
mender in chief, Governor M fltn second,
end I Governor Howell third in command.
General Hand is adjutant-general of the
'arm'. The march commences for Bed
ford to morrow ; at which place we are
direfted to halt for farther orders.'
" The Newspapers will announce to y6u
the meafaris that have been taken by the
insurgents, to induce the Prefidentto ar
rest the proprefs of the troops into their
country, Meffis Findley' and Reddick,
their commissioners to treat of submission
and peace, have not yet arrived. It is
probable, however, that they will over
take the President on his route to Fort
Cumberland : but, I cannot perceive any
thing in their mission, that leads to a fuf
penfipnof miitary proceedings. We Ihall,
at least, leawn what kind of evidence of
fubmiflion the President ezpeas; which
will be force advantage from the vigt.
« The fuccefa of Wayne, and the ala
crity ofthe militia on the prefect call,
Item to have eabilirated the- .Prefidept's
raffim,^'Ais converfatton is animated,
Tee,"and foetifo He hastwice viewed the
troops, (the whole, including the Penn
frlvania and Jefys#, cavalry and in
fartUy, amadjuiag to five thoofaad men,)
A That he would keep the Government
of the United States,of the several States,
and of this in particular, under hitholy
" protection —That our Rule'rs may fcin.
spired with that wisdom, prudence and in
tegrity which is aeceffafy to direct them in
the difeharge of the duties of their respec
tive ftatiors, and with all the people,lead
quiet and peaceable lives in ail godliness
and honefty :—That it would please God
to overrule the wars and tumult among
nations, so as to fubferve his own glory,
and the peace, liberty and happiness of
markind:—That ifit may be continent
with his holy will," a fptedy end may be
.put to the wars on our frontiers, the op
position (now exiting in foure parts of
particular States) to the laws and govern
meet of the United I States, cease, and all
further hostile m afurrs be prevented.
That it would p case the Lo p d our Cre
ator, Preserver and Bountiful Be efadur,
to comp^Siouate the whole world of man
kind :—Thar ignorance, fuperft tion, by
pocrify and every thing contrary to vir
tue, may be difpeUed and done away :—
That the divine charity of the gafe,
may be more generally understood, auu
mere universally practised :—1 ht a true
knowledge of the Lord may operate f
powerfully on the minds of ail, as to
p-oduce the most ardent love to h m, and
good will to our fellow men :— ('. a there
may be nothing to hurt or deltoy, but all
unite with grateful hearten proc aiming
The Lord reignesb let the Earth rejoice.
And it it recommended anOexpeaed,
that a'l perfun will rehg oofly abltair
from all servile labour ad fjc'a reerea
tion# as are unbecoming the foUmnit) o
=the day.
Given at the Council-Chamber in Exe
ter, this, 29th day of September, 11
•the year ot our I, rd, one thoufirc
seven hundred and mint, -four ; and of
the Sovereignty &od Independence VI
theUoited Staterof America, the nine
teenth. JOHN I'. GILMAN.
By bis Excellency's Command.
' -. With advice of Council.
Joseph Pearson, Secretary.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, Oiober a;.
. CAPTURE OF SLptS. ,
'The moll prominent report of the latest
European events, is of the foppofed cap
ture of Slays [at&wn tfthe Netherlands, in
D«cb Flanders,' to nuhs N of Bruges, and
%4 N. W. of Ghent] by the French. This
report comes by an arrival at Philadelphia,
from Hamburg, which left it, Aug. 22.
Oar left London-accounts were to Aug.
15, which ataiuned thai the fege had
Cojourg retains bis portion near Mae
jL icbt, and is determined to defend the Meye
Toe number of BritifoJramen now prjon
trs in France; is ejlimaud at lO,OCO.
Oct ber 17. Opt. Clapp, in the Brig
&i.:i m arrived here yciterday, 33 day,
r m Atigoa, informs us, that, on the 2d
Sept th' Eg:ih burnt half the town of
Kvint Petre, G^da'oup^, and were if
h>url+ expectation of having pOfTrffion 0
he who e 111 mi ; and further, that they
xped-d a reihf rerme.t of § tail of the
I.ne, and 5000 tro ps frem Europe.
Capt. Clapp lays be brought no news
papers.
The following unhappy acci
dent occurred in this city on
Wednesday lag—a daughter of
Mr. Jonathan Hunn aged 14
years, was attending a carding
machine which is carried by wa
ter, it being geered by a cogg
wheel and trundle head to the
water-wheel of a grilt-mill—it
is luppofed the young woman
was oiling some part of the
works, when her cloaths were
catched by the heads of several
nails which were partly drove
into the cogg-wheel, ihe was
iuftantaneoully entangled with
the wheel and of cowrie whirled
round with amazing velocity—
her father being in the lower
room of the mill, and hearing
her fcrearas dropped the gate
which hopped the water-wheel,
and ungeered the other works
as quick as poflible—he how
ever found her head bruised and
mangled in a mQft (hocking man
ner —at each revolution of the
wheel her head was drove with
great force against a large beam
and from thence to the floor—
the young woman was in a state
ofiolenfibility and has continu
ed in that melancholy condition
ever since, her life being almost
wholly,despaired of —it is suppo
sed that ihe was.whirled alter
nately against the beam and floor
as many as 12 or If times be
fore the mill was flopped !
B, the Ship Hope, Captain Hale, from
London, we have just receive London pa
pers to the \gtb of August containing details
of great importance.
B, the L redon papers me learn, that a re
Dilution is on foot in Geneva.
Slays makes a vigorous refinance againfl
the French : and st is thought the attempt to
take it mill be abandoned.^
General Jourdan is arrested, and General
Pichegru i> recoded, and gone to Parts.
Onthe 12th of Augnji st was Reported at
Brda, that 10,000 forfeits had been maffa
red arParis. Similar reports have arriv
ed at Philadelphia : which magnify the num
ber of the Jiasnto id COO
The Britfo troops are fortifying their
camp at Breda ; •
and he expresses himfelf in the highest
terms of approbation. For my own part,
I never saw a body of men so harmonious,
so prompt, and so attentive to discipline.
We arein as perfe& array, and military
Subordination, as any regular army, that
ever esifted. The pride and spirit of the
corps have been as expeditious and as ef
fcdualb in producing discipline, as all
the coercive tatties of a Prussian Gene
ral._
NEW-YORK, October to.
C O N'N E CT 1 C U-T.
NORWICH, oa. 14.
N E WTO R K.
been raised, and as London is nearer Slays,
than Hamburg is, we cannot think the in
;telligence authentic, though the event is
probable. The fame arrival brought ac
counts of the bombardment of Flushing [s
fining town in Zealand, one of the United
Provinces, and not far from Slu,s, being 25
miles N. W. of Ghent] and that that town
aud Rotterdam would probably fall.
OF GUADELOUPE.
friend, dated Ju, 25th, 17,4
The French are at our h^els ; but
they give us no mole Nation. They gen
rly drive ns before them, and hav.
more the appearance of the rear of our
army than the advanced corps of an
enemy. They occaficnolly overtake a few
of our maimed and tick and after cheer
ing them with some brandy, they dimis
them desiring that they would make haste
and go to England without halting, as
they fay they mean to occupy Holland
theme Tea.
The cay after we left Cont'q it was so
extremely warn, that my afthmaric aom
plaint prevented m, keeping up with the
corp. I was obliged to lie down on the
totd, and did not expea to live an hour.
In the midst of my agonies a par y of the
enemy came up. One of the officers ex
claimed " Poor devils how we tiurr,
them! that unfortunate man hat friends
in his own country, who would fuccour
him if he were there. Well ! let us for
get that we are enemies,, the Englilh have
bee: brave and gallant, tkey $ may be so
again, and we may yet be friends; lift
and give him asap." A soldier pliec
fits canteen, xnd I drank as much as I be
lieve would have fuffocated me at any oth
er time. But it relieved my refptration
aftoniffiingly, and I was difmiflfed by the
officer, who said, "Tell your country
men, we are not the Savagea you def.ri be
us to be, we fight only for thole liberties
your ancestors fought for, and which yen
have long enjoyed."
There are reports in town, which fay,
that the French at Guadeloupe, had been
reinforced, and that the English had been
obliged co quit the mend
'from thi PATRIOT ARMY.
Our accounts from the gallant atferters
of the honor of their country, uow on their
march against the Wh Iky Jacobins at
Pittsburgh, are as late as the 10th, when
they Were moving forward. The. Chief
command devolves on Gov. Lee, of Vir
ginia—Gov. Mifflm of Penr.f. lvania is
iecoad in command, and Gov. Howel, of
New- Jerfey,tuird. The President — Eta
receiving every mark of rtfpea and atten
tion, and animating the troeps by his pre
sence, and examp e, is gonepa a visit to
the Virginia troops, at F© Cumberland.
The prime instigators of the rebellion are
supplicating forgivenefs for tbemjclvei ;
and appear anxious only for their personal
fafety.
FROM NEW-VORK, Oa 16.
The 20tb day of November next is appoint
ed to 6e observed as a da, of Public iaankj
giving throughout the Commonwealth of Maj
arkfetts.
We are lorry to hear, the xady of M. La
Fayette has been taken into custody at
Limoges, and carried to Paris.
It is reported, with co< finance, that in
co sequence of the flat u quo agreement be
twren Mr. Jay ana the Bitiih Minifry,
My. Campbell has evacuated the fort at
.re rapids of the Miami.
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Papers b, yferday's Bfun Pf, contain
but little intelligence, of a Foreign or D^meji
ic nature —being ebifo filled with election
ceding communications.
On Tuejda, laJi the Hon. Superior Court,
vac to have met in this town, two oj the
Judges ©tended, the other two through indij
potion did not attend, therefore no bsjinejs
was done.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in
Rutland, (Vermont) to his friend in
Newbury, dated Sept. 24, 1794°
" I find from what information I am
able to obtain, that a Revolution is on
foot in lower Canada. The French, tir
ed of vaffidage, ate about emancipating
themselves from their intolerable u& wai
ters, the British : Should this happen,th#
provinces Canada will become a very easy
comqueft to the arm# of the United States,
and the caole of war on our wettern fron
tiers very easily removed. The Canadi
ans fay they want nothing to carry their
plan into complete effect, but perlons
of enterprise and perfeverence to take the
lead."
The following is a letter written from a per
son in the Duke of York's*arny, to his
KEENE, October 2s.
BROKE into the euclofare of the fubferi
her on the loth tiff a dark ria Steer,
two years old past . —The owner is defied to
call and prove preperty, pa, charges andtakk
him away.
TIMOTHY BEMIS.
Marlborough. 03 24th, 1794 c
ROKE inti™the Jubfriber's enclosure,
gome time in & month of Augif tafi,
a black yearling BULL, with a white Jucf.
The owner is dfred to call, prove property,
ph, charges and take hir^^way.
ZACCHEUS GATES.
Cbfeftld oa 2 r th t 94
STRAYED awa, jrows the jutyenb ? & e
O the 16th irfl. ad©k red three -ear old
COlff,Jerne white Jpets about her. H'boe-n
er will return Jaid Coro or give information
where fa may be bad, Jbal! be 'tcajcnabl,
rewarded, and all necefory charges paid b,
WILLIAM W, BLAKE.
Keene, Q&. 27th, 1794.
DIED.] In this town, Sufanuab BLiinge,
aged 12 years, daughter of Mr. Ebenezer
Billings —Betfe, Clark, daughter oj Mr.
Simeon Clark —George, Son of Mr. J 4cph
Brown, aged 3 years—all of. the ibroa: dis
temper.
At Richmond, on Friday the 17th inst.
Mr. John B:rru # , 54. AID, on the fame
day a child of Mr. Ebenezer Barras, ad.
aged 9 years.
STRAYED a*a i f. m the focicr^rr's
enclo are, in the m^ nth of August
hft. Six Ewe SHEEP, mark'd with the
r ight ear cut iff and a Hit in the left —•
One of them has a horn broken cff-=
Whoever will return laid Sheep cr % ive
information V here the, mar be had, fh^l
He rewards d for their trouble and all ni
cuffary changes paid bv
NOBLE BANKS.
Keene, OH. 27th, 1794.
• A FARM FOR SALES
] Obe fold a small
FARM,
Lying in the mddle of the twn or Swan
zey, very conveniently situated for a
tradesman—a House and Ship cn the
premises.—For further particulars en
quire of
EBENEZER STONE.
Swaney, Oct. 27th 1 794*'_____
Wool Cards
TO be fold at the fubferrber's Stere,
by retail or dozen, made er Lei
cester by Planner- Earl and Brothers.-*-
Any perfen wanting to purehaf, cay ex
pend on their being <f the best kind arid
as cheap as where hev are tn de.
JEDIDIAH BUFFUM. "
Richmond. 6&. 2fh. 1794,
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non
refideot proprietors and owners of
Lands in the towns of Nindfdule for the
years 1785, 1787, and 1789, and Rich
mond for the year 1789 ; that the litts of
Taxes of said towns for said rears are left
with the fubferiber, that unless the said
proprietors pay the fame either to him or
the Collectors thereof within eight weeks
from the firftpublishing this advertise
ment, their Lands wiil be advettifed tor
tale for the payment of the fame.
NATHANIEL PARKER, Reiver
Non Rjident Taxes.
Exeter, Ofl 22, 1794.
ESCAPED trem the Sheriff's cuftodv,
on the night of the 21st inti, a fel
low taken up on fafpicion of Ho^e deal
ing, who called his name WILLIAM
MORELAND.— He is about 5; feet
high, trim built, a (harp grey eye, and
a remarkable fprighth fellow—by all Re
counts is a noted villain —Whoever will
take up said fellow and return him to the
fubferiber, or confine him so that he ml,
be had, (hall be entitled 10 the above re
ward and all ne effdrv charges.
JOSEPH CASS D. Sheriff.
Richmond GA 24, 1794,
BROKE into the each sure of the fob
leriber on the I(th inst. a chefnut
co,cored Horse Colt, light coloured ftv.ee
and tail, white liar in his forehead, and a
white ftresk above his nofe—luppufod to
be a yearling past. Whoever owns Aid
Colt, will prove property, pay charges,
and take him awav, will oblige
SIMSON SI EWARD.
"Jaffrey, 03. 24th, 1,94.
FIFE DOLLARS REWARD.