The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-24 00:00:00, page 3

f^. • ? g her? from St. Yago's in
* nd have ^
Cuba, a ? "ft of writings 'before this,
had an opportunity. f' Very '
I man now inform you §
rews—On the
fife Mr. ANDREW NEAL of Por ^
feath, he fa the ^h with th. yellow
Last evening arrived Brig Pol
ly, Captain Brown in 32 clays
from Guadaloupe.—By a short
conversation with the Captain,
we learn, that the number of
troops which arrived in the
transports was about 5060—
That the greatest preparations
were making for an attempt on
Dominique, which was just on
the point of taking place, and
from 10 to if, 000 troops were
in readinels for the expedition
—That the fyflem of Modera
tion—now prevalent in the mo
ther country, had not jet spread
its salutary influence to Guade
loupe, the guillotines was dill
in motion there, and scarcely a
day palled without more orlefs
victims to its sanguinary axe ;
and there were several instanc
es, in which the decapitating
"blade had fell three times be
fore the head of the tortured
vi&im was fevered from his
body— That the Concorde -cd
Partridge were ( ill at =uTa-'
lo^c—Zhat the frepeh QLvo
ievc ' were momently expec
ted he he bad n<t heard of
reinforcements, naval or mili
tary, received by the English ;
and finally,that French affairs, in
that quarter, appeared in a very
prolpc.ous train.
•The intelligence in circulation of the
Capture of Arofterdam, amounts te only a
probability This information is by the
v^y of New-York, where the Lydia,
Capt. Shackerly. has arrived from Am
ferjAm. in 57 days. Though some of
fr New- York Papers announced its pofi
tivc capture, later papers give only the
accourt ; which is confirmed by letters re
ceived in this town, flaring tfiat the French
army were within a short distance of the
citv ; that all expedition of refinance had
focenciven up, and one letter fays, "All
% ^PEACE ARE FLED." Here fol
lowsthe New-York account :—
" Newyork,,arch 9. On Saturday
arrived brig Lydi., Capt "kerly, ill
56 days from Amsterdam rimers have
been received from thence as late as the
7th Jan. We have seen-those addreffei
ton refoeaable house in this city. They
at different dates, state the progress of the
French: That at one time, they .crossed
the Rhine and the Waal, and drove in the
polis eftablifcd there.
The Empress ofßuffia, i n her
Anathemas against the unfortu
nate Poles, calls them incendia
ties, jacobins, Democrats, and
Republican Robbers. This is
the language of t„ants, while
they plunder mankind of their
very birthright.
£„tra& of a letter from Capt. Benjamin
jftbbidge,dated Charelfown, S C Feb
ruarf, #fr ! 795> to ^ Editor of the 0-
BOSTON, March 13.
FROM GUADELOUPE.
be condemned by the female ty
rant of the north to the ignomi
nious and excruciating punifh
xient of the knout.
MASSACHUSETTS. -
MARCH 18.
PROBABLE CAPTURE OF AM
STERDAM!
PORTSMOUTH, March 18.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
There was no papers brought in the
Mail yesterday later than Saturday's Bos
ton Centinel—Therefore we could colled
nothing authentic as to the damage sus
tained by the. late storm.—We hear ver
bally that avast number of fifhing and
other veffcls were drove ashore at Mar
behead, Cape Ann &c. and great loft fuf
taft
,1
f' ver ; —and on the Ift es November I
buried Mr. BOYER of Exeter—he also di.l
ed with the fame fever.—You will please!
to give information to Mr. Boyer's part-'
ners, living in Exeter—l wrote letters to
them from Bort-Dauphin, mentioning e
very particular, but if they have not re-l
ceived them, you will inform them that [
have secured the whole property belong
ing to them/' .[Here Capt. Babhidge en
ters intofome particulars b, what means be
Jecured the property and bow the partners may
get it, —interesting only to them.]
" I have just heard by a captain of a
vessel just arrived here, that was cast away
on Florida Shoe, that he saw Captain
Chamberlain cast away on the fame place,
in a sloop frem Exeter—Captain Cham
berlain had fold his vessel in the Weft-In
dies, and had on board French property.
——Just after this I saw Henry Daniels,
who tailed out of Portsmouth in a fchooo
er chartered by Mr. Clement Jackfen,and
Mr. William Smith, (he was cast away on
a reef, the North fide of Cuba—the par
ticulars are just published here in the News.
papers, one of which I therewith inclofe,
yon to fatisfy yourfelf and others."
Ibe following paragraphs are extra&edfrom
the paper enclosed, printed in Cbarleflo wn,
S. C. Feb. 27, 1795.^
Two days ago arrived here, from New-
Providence, Henry Langdon Daniels,late
ifailor on board the schooner Olive, Na
rhaniel Jones mailer, belonging to Ports
mouth in New-Hampshire, Mr. Daniels
fives the following account of the loss of
be laid fchoorer, and the death of Capt.
Jones. On the 17th of November laft,on
ivoyage from Trinidad to the Havannah,
the said schooner ran on the Great-Water-
Key. Reef of Cuba, and immediately bil
led. The Captain who was sick with the
-ellon fever,was drowned in the cabin.—
I he remainder of the crew, four in nuni
}er, got on Shoreby means 'of a raft,
without any provisions or water ; the place
they landed at was uninhabited; they
übfiftod there 20 days on raw concks.^ —
Two of the crew, B njamin Ham, mate,
nd William Shillaber, then set off for the
east end of the island, but when they left
the others they were so emaciated that it it
supposed they roust have died before they
~ould meet with afliftance. On the 7th
of December, the Capt. of the fleop Nan
cy, of Nafftu, fiw a while jacket winch
they kept flying as signal of di%c6. ,^c
Yesterday arrived the schooner Nancy,
Gregory, Savannah; ship Cornelia, Wil
der,Bofton ; ship Brothers, Baltimore,St.
John's, N. S. a prize to tlfe Vu'can, (alias
Port de Paix) with fifh, oil, lumber and
ftjves; brig Newton, Da Cofla, Santa
Cruiz, 21 d^ys ; schooner Nancy, New
ton, St. Domingo.
Capt. Wilder, of the ship Cornelia,from
Boston, informs that a few days before he
failed a vessel had arrived at Newbury-
Port, in 4$ days from Rotterdam, the
Captain of which reported that it was the
genera! opinion there,that nopeace would
take place this winter between France and
any of the combined powers.
Captain Da Costa informs, that five fri
gates and twenty-seven transports, with
troops on board, had arrived at Guada
loupe from France ; that the British had
made on attack on Guadeloupe, in which
they failed : That the French frigate Pink
was taken, after an obstinate engagement
by the Blanch frigate ; Captain Faulkner
of the Branch was killed and an hundred
men en board the French frigate.
On Friday morning left, was cast away
on Odiorne's Point, about a half a mile
below the light house (in ,he violent snow
storm, which commenced on Thursday
night) the brig Aurora, Capt. Cashing,
from Turks' Ifland,having 400 hogsheads
of Salt on board, which we understand is
entirely loft, the vessel Is like to be got
off—but is considerably damaged.—She
is owned by Messrs Lyman and Keating of
Kennebunk.
;.....:, .„< G . 1, tihu, ana sauced them at
Naffiu. Mr. Daniels requests the prin.
ters in the eaflern Slates to infer! this in
their pipers, fa that the relatives cf Capt.
Jones may heir of his death, and the ow
ners of thefchooner of beriofs.
;On Friday, the 13th itft. the Store of
I Dr. George Hall, of Brattleborough, was
confirmed by fire. The lets is climated
l at about 8000 dollars.—Particulars, we
• have not learned.
I The Vice President of the United States
has arrived at his feat in Braintree,
PECULIAR CHARACTER.
The Newyork, house of assembly, has
passed a bill for the establishment of pub
lic schools in that state, appropriating the
annual sum of 30,000!. for their support.
A bill has ado passed the Senate of said
State, appropriating 20 cool, for the pur
pose of completing the fortifications on the
harbor of the city.
ELEVEN CHIEFS
of the Cahnowaga Indians have arrived at
New,olk. Their bufinefa, we understand,
is with the Legislature, refpeding some
claims of land fold by that gate.
On Saturday the 2sth u!t. as Mr Hen
ry Rogers, an inhabitant of Weft Spring
field, was driving his team with a load of
wood, upon which he was fitting,it by ac
cident overfet, and he caught under it—•
he was bouifed in so Shocking a manner,
that he survived but a few moments.
Mr. Rogers was in the 68th year of his
age, and has left a large family to lament
his death. .
A writer in one of the Jacobin papers
of Philadelphia, fayy " It is a Jerious and
alarming circumflance ; that mefl of the Pref
fa have devoted tbemfaves to the fide of gov
ernment"—<as if it were a crime to support
the ceptfituted authorities of the country
in which we live. How often do these fa
telli.es of Satan difeover their cloven feet.
Portsmouth, March 7.
Qn Tuefdav left arrived here,the (choo
ser B-tfey, Capt. Trefethen, in 31 daws
from St. Kitts ; Capt. T. confirms the
accounts heretofore published ofthe arri
val at Guadeloupe, of a squadron of eight
or ten fail of French thips, &c. from
France. •
By Ycfler day's Boflon Post,
We have received nothing special or
particular—the Storm on Friday fen'-
night, we hear did much more damage
than wasmentioned it our last. We hear
nothing important from the Belligerent
Powers/
Jeremiah Kinne, Riq. of Voluntown,
aged 91 years,wi bin the left two months,
has brl and fwingled t 9 i lbs of flax.—
He has had 13 children, 85 grand chil
dren and 137 great grand children.—He
made his own coffin feme years since, and
fill keeps it in his house.
The Empress of Raffia, to testis, to
General Su varrow her Satisfaction on the
fubjeft of the viaory at Bizefe, has ap
pointed him her aid de camp, and has
sent him a crown of laurels, set in bril
liants, of the value of 60 000 rubles. She
has also permitted him to choose a regi
ment in her aimy, which Shall bear his
name forever.
The Rev. Dr. Peters, has, it is said ac
cepted to be BiShop of Vermont, to reside
at Rutland.
Nevolondon, Feb. 9.
Good Encouragement for Lit igation.
At the Court of Common Pleas held at
Norwich the week past, there were Elev
en Causes tried before the Jury ; Ten of
which were b/ the Court and Jury deter
mined in favor of the Defendants. In the
Eleventh, the Court and Jury differed in
opinion, and a Repleader wax ordered
text Court.
On the 12th Nov. the intelligence was
received at Amsterdam, that the King of
Spain bad signed a Treaty of Peace with
France, on rhe 18th of O&. at Fontarabia
—and that all hostilities ceased according
ly on the borders of Spain.
The U ited Seat's (fays a Boston Paper)
have advanced to the French Republic,
above three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, before they became due. Is nocred
it due to Mr. Hamil on, for this'
GOOD NEWS.
Nevulondon, March 7.
Cast away, on the back of the Vine
yard, onthe 27. h ult. a vessel, Capt. Fel.
owr, of Stonington,from Demersra, load
ed with rum ; 20 pu.heons only fared ; all
the crew but the master, mate and boy,
perished with the cold.
Bfon, March 12.
Yeflerday morning a naked male Child
was found in what is usually called Rowe's
Failure. The verdict of the Jury cf In
quQ.w?s,." That it was Smothered."—-
is to be wish d, thit the inhuman mon
cr of a mother may be found out.
Jleene,, w/flarck 24.
Killed — At the vefl Pariffi in Winefof,
bv the falling of a tree, Mr. Tenny
^t. 18.—He and his brother were chop
ping wood.- After cutting a tree nearly eff,
he went from the body a small diftance—
it beginning to fall, his brother told him
the tree was falling, and immediately to
get out of the way—but being surprised
by this caution,ran more dire&ly under it,
which Striking him on the head, fra&ured
his foil—and he immediately expired.
DIED] At Royalfton,Mifs Sally Met
calf, aged 17 ; only daughter of Capt.
Pcietiah MetcalfcMife Polly Metcalf,
aged 13 ; daughter of Mr. Michael Met
calf—Mifs Dorcas Creen, aged 19;
daughter of M*. Uzziah Green of Bethel
(Vermont) —Miss Anna Mathews, aged!
15 ; daughter of Mr. Jonathan Mathews
— Miss Rachel Fetter, aged 15 : daugh.
ter of Mr. John Foster.. All of the
Canker Rash.
At Westmorland, Capt. Jonas Butter
field, and on Friday left his remains were
interred, his funeral was attended by the
Brethren of the Jerusalem Lodge, of
which he was a Member in due form ; from
th c Boodnefs of his heart, there is rea
f© n to hepe he will be found among the
F r mx and Accepted!!!
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHI RE.
Cheshire ft.
B, the Hon. JOHN HUBBARD, Enquire,
Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for
said County—9o fames Bancroft of Rock
ingham, County of Windham, State of
Vermont ; and Samuel Crtfy, of Cbarlef
town, County of Cheshire, Gentlemen,
Greeting.
YOU are hereby constituted and ap.
pointed Commiffioaers to receive
and examine the claims of the several cre
ditors to the Estate of Thomas Butterfield,
late of Rockingham aferelaid, deceased,
under the administration of Noah Lovel>
of Dunftable, in the County cf Hillfboro',
in said State of Newhampfhire, reprefen.
ted Insolvent, and fee how they are made
out; and you are to cause the times when,
and plane where you will a^end that fer- -
vice, to be made known, as the law of
said State in foch cases provided directs ;
and Six Months time from the date hereof,
is allowed you for that purpose, at the end
of which term you are to prefect a lift of
all fach Claims as you Shall judge to be
well made out, to the Judge of Probate of
Wills, &c. for said County, for the time
then being, under your Hands upon Oath,
to your Fidelity and Impartiality, herein,
together with this Commission.
Dated at Charkflown, the 30th da, of
January, Anno Domini, >795°
SAMUEL STEVENS,
Reg'r of Probate,
ALL persons indebted to, of
that have any demands against the Estate,
aforefaid, are requeued to attend the fame
at the House of Capt. John Willard, inn
holder in Charleftown; on the lift Taefdaye
of June and July next, at one o'clock in
the afternoon an each of said days.
JAMES BANCROFT.
-SAMUEL CROSBY.
Charleftown, March 20th, '795-.
NOTICE is hereby given to ail per
sons who are indebted to the Estate
of Dr. Peter Clark Grosvenor, late of
Fitzwilliam, deceased, to fettle the fame
with
LUCINDA GROSVENOR, Adm'x.
Fitzwilliam, March igtb, 1795.
TrtK£~XO7ICEI
THE Copartnership of Henry Blake
& Co. being dissolved by the death
of Henry Blake—All persons indebted to,
or that have any demands against the con
cern, ere desired to prefect their accounts
fur Settlement ; and all persons indebred
to said Office, are desired to fettle the fame
immediately, with W. W. BLAKE, fat
viving partner. March, 21.
SPINSTERsTrAKE NOTCE.
The Subferiber has just received a
Quantity of Lienen Wheels, made by Mr.
Robert Morrison of Peterborough (a#
good a Workman, perhaps, as any in the
State, said Wheels will be fold on reason
able terms if applied for soon.
MOSES JOHNSON-
Likewise a few ,01b. from Kettles,'
brought from Boston ; Steel plate Mill
Saws ; a quantity cfexceUentDotch Clo
ver feed—Blacksmiths Vices Tenon and
Crofeut Steel plate Saws—Window glafe
—Naili—Grcat Bibles, &c, &c.
*„* Several Communications are unavoid
ably omitted for want of room.
At 3wanzcy, Mr. Dan Guild.