The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-01-13 00:00:00, page 2

^rog^^fon, as it refpe&
lie dignity as&dependence of the fate,
and at st reiptyb the rights and interests
of the citi? c^/
Tie ue administration 'of juftiee in
this fate, was the great cause & objed of
initiating the prefect government—Op
predion on the ne part, and delay on
the other, though not equally grievous,
ought to be remedied by every conftitu
tional means in their power—and they
feel great fatiefaction that your Excellen
cy did not omit, though painful a talk, to
notice such delay in your address to the
Legiflatare. , ^-:
Theffill attend to your Excellency^
recommendation of the propriety of affef
hng a tax at this time—convinced that
full and adequate prov;fion Ihould be made
for all the exigencies of the date.
The Legislature will receive with pleaf
ore any communications your Excellency
may make, receding the interertsof the
Rate, or the welfare of the citizens—and
while they feel 'with sensibility the pleaf
cre of frequently recurring to the princi
ples of a con dilution, founded on the
Rights of Man, the firft interest of society,
however obfeured by most other govern
ments, they anticipate, with the bigheft
tinisfoftion, your Excellency's concur
rence in every measure they may propose
for promoting the lading happiness of our
countrv.
Vot^d, That Messrs. Gains, Cilley and
Breeder be a committee to present his
Excellency with the foregoing answer to
his address to both Houses of the Legisla
ture.,-
A day of hearing was granted on the
petition of Jeremiah Lock, on the second
Thursday of the next session.
An aft passed authorifing the clerk of
the Superior Court to bring forward a
complaint on the docket of said court at
* next term,
Reflecting the armed ffiip M'Clary,the
committee reported that a remonstrance
be brwarded to Congress, and an agent
appfoted to support it at Congrefa. Af
ter &ch debate, the House agreed "that
a ren&ftrance be forwarded to Congress,"
yeas 1 nays 40— but objected to fend
nd to
■he
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In commitrate on & reduction of the
pay of Militiacommiffiooed officers.
The original resolution was reftri&ed
to those words—" Resolved as the opin"
ion of this committee, that the pay of Mi,
life officers ought to be" reduced.",
The committee Adjourned without dev
cifion—-and the Haute took up the b
nM*, when the reflation was negat ^
and the refolutionsfor reducing &:; ,
the officers thrown out.
In Comn|R&on that part of t-x up
propriation ^^^ffich relates to the pay of
the Milit^^^^Bbeing read, Mr. Fitfi
mons,.mo^^tyHat a sum not exceeding
1,122,569 dMars, should be allowed for
the expences of the militia in the Weheru
expedition—lt was afterwards agreed %
Committee that the sum fhquld be feff
blank—They then rose, and the House a
greed to the fefdfuttor.
Mr. W: Smith from the Committee
appointed, reported on the meansof ac
eelcrating the difebarge of the public
debt ; after a second reading it was refer
red to Committee of the whole on Thurs.
day.'
The amendatory Bill to the Bankrupt
a&, was read twice —and referred to
Committe of the House on Monday. .
A committee was appointed, to enquire
how far the Poft-Office law hadtbesn car
ried into execution.
In committee on the report of the Se
cretary of State on the petition of S. Say
re. It rose for information,and the House
adjourned.
'" TUESDAY, DEC.' 16.
A petition of Tobias Rudolph, was re?
ferred to Commitee of Claims.
A message was received, enclosing, ad
account of the expenditure to July last,
of the monies appropriated for the inter-<
course between the U, S. and foreign na- 1
tions.
A committee was appointed to wait oh 1
the President and reqheft ihformation
might be laid before the House, df wha|<
progress has been made in building the
frigates, and an ultimate of the expenc3 1
in completing them. ' ,„ [
In committee on the Bill for indemii-1
The speaker said, that he had received
from the President some important and
confidential communications,which it was
requisite to read in the House this day.
It did not appear that they would decide
011 the firff resolution at present, and there
wks riot 'now more time left, before the
I common hour of their riling, than what
would be necessary for reading the com
munications from the President. The
debate was instantly deferred,and the gal
leries cleared.
fying fufferers by the late infurredion,
it was voted, that compensation be made
to the officers of government and other
Citizens. That the President draw the
sum of dollars for the relief of the
fufferers..
The bill appropriating 1,122,569 dole,
and one cent, for the expences of the mi
litia in the weftern expedition was read
twice, and referred to a Gee. Committee
to-morrow.
The febjea of it was to remit the du
ties of certain goods, which had been de
droyed by fire.
Mr. Goodhue objeded to the princi
ple upon which the application went. —
There never would be an end of such
things. A fire happened lately at Boston
which dertroyed perhaps ten or twenty
thousand pounds worth of commodities,
that had paid duties. What kind of busi
ness would it be if all those perlons were
to come forward and make a demand of
.compensations for their duties paid on
the articles thus consumed or loft ? If a
gallon of rum is worth, fay a dollar, and
of this thirty cents are paid in duties.—
Whei the dealer has his calk of rum
lodged in his flore, that part of the price
cf the rum paid to the revenue is as much
„ property, he is as much richer by the
pc^e^on of his rum, as he would be y
^having orirt±nce of_ money to the fame
[amount. The inferenixf the member
L&, that in case of an accident ^v fire, or
Lither wife, thelegiflature had nocaP to rn
[terfere. It was in fact making the 'u fferer
fa prefect of so much money, d the
house had no business to do any such
thing. Claims of this kind never would
have a conclulion.
, Mr. W. Smith objected, not to the
[giving relief in this particular case, but
I to the principal of affording it to any case
this nature. As soon as the present
l^&all bedifpofeb of, he would |ay
[on the table a resolution for considering
khis practice.
It was then moved to rife and report
progress.
Ayes 39
Noes 26
[lt was then moved, that the committee
of the whole should have leave to fit a
gain. Or.;, 22 gentlemen rose in the af
!fr n.,irc. The p^ : ^ it therefore re-
Mr. Fi:ziiuions then observed, that
there <had been frequent applications to
he house fcr salaries and compensations
co extra clerks, and he understood that
they would have something of that kind
during the present session from the loan of
fice. To prevent their being harraffed in
this way hereafter, he moved the follow
ing resolution, viz. That a committee be
appointed to enquire into the establish
ment of clerks, in the the several depart
ments, and to report a plan for the num
ber permanently to be employed in each,
and their compensation.
A committee of five was appointed ac
cordingly, to wit; Messrs. Fitzfim
ons, Lyman, Sherbourne, Watts , and
New.
Mr. W. Smith next laid on the table
a resolution, that a committee be appoint
ed to confider and report on the policy of
remitting the duties on goods, wares and
merchandize that had been destroyed by
fire or other accidents.
There was then read a message from
the President, which had been delivered
a little before; and a- journal transmitted
along with it, from William Blount, Gov.
of the territory of the United States fouth
weft of the Ohio.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18.
Mr. Watts presented a petition for
George,Crooklhank, it was read and re
ferred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Parker moved,that the house ftonld
go intqfcommittee on the petition, and
report to the feled committtee, on the
said petition for Ifaaa Taylor and John
Harvey.
This was done accordingly, Mr. Cobb
in the chair.
On Thursday afternoon a company of
travelers arrived in town from Mero dif
tria. For the news from that quarter,
we refer our readers to the following copy
of a letter.
Clarhfonviih, Textfee count,, Nov.
12, 1794.
Dear Brothers,
Yesterday I was a fyedator to the met
tragical feene that I ever saw in my life.
The Indians made an attack on Col. Se
vier's station, killed Suyder, his wife, one
child, King's wife and child, one of Col.
Sevier's children, and another wounded
and scalped, which most die. On hearing
the guns, four or five of us ran over : we
found the poor old Col. supporting his
house. with his wife. It is impossible to
describe the feere to you. Mr. James,
who goes, and was an ^ye witness, can
give you the particulars. The crying of
women and children in town—the bustle &
con fternationof the people being all wom
en and children,but the few who went over
to Sevier's was a feene which cannot be
described. This is a Broke we have long
expeaed, and from every Intelligence,
we hourly expert this place to be assailed
by the enemy—Colonel Sevier is now mo
ving,and the town will not stay longer than
Mr. James's return. My wife now lies on
her bed, so bad that it would be death to
move her. Thus we are situated. This
place will, without any doubt, be evacu
ated, in a day or two, unless fuccour is
given by the people from the interior
parts. Pray aft the influence of Major
Tatum Douglass, and all our friends,with
Gen. Robertson to guard us, or at lead
help us fafe away.
Adieu.
Anthony Crutcher.
KNOXVILLE, Nov. 29.
We feel ourselves compelled, notwith
standing the pleasing profpeds of peace,
held forth in our last, to state the fol
lowing account of murders, &c. by the
Indians; but we would willingly hope
they were not committed by Chero
kees.
supposes these murders to have been com
mitted by creeks.
On the lath inst. the Indians killed
John Covington, on his way from Red
Bank, on the Ohio to Muddy River,
Kentucky.
On the 24th of Odober last, a party of
Indians fired upon John Leper and ano
ther man, near the House of the former,
on the east fork of Red river, Teneffee
county. On the fame day another party
of Indians killed and scalped Evan Wat
kins, within one hundred yards of Col.
Winchester's mill, in Sumner county.
These two places arte 70 miles diflant
from each other. On the 25th of the
fame month, a party of twelve fellow#
were difeovered eroding the road between
Bledfoe's Lick aod Shaver's Cabins. On
the following day Cornet Evans was fired
upon between Bledfoe's Lick and Col.
Winchefters' by four fellows ; and on the
26th the spies discovered a party of thir
teen Indians crossing Cumberland river,
towards the settlements within five miles
of Col. Winchester's.
These federal parties appearing in and
about the settlements, nearly at the fame
time, spread an unusual degree of alarm
among the inhabitants. Families in ge
neral throughout the neighborhood, shut
themselves up in their Nations, and all
iatercourfe ceased for several days, except
by patroling parties. The people ex
claimed, Congress could not know their
fufferingi, and have the feelings of men,
or hey would take measures to give them
effectual proteaion.
On the fifth instant, a party of fifty In
dians, on the waters of Red river, Ten
rtffee county, fell upon the families of
Co!. Ifaac~Tit&oaQ zed his brother,
John litiworth and milled and Alpeo
seven white perfans, wounded a r.t[,°
wench, and took a white man, three 1:' ~
dren, and a nrgio cllow priforers. F
suit was given by the neighbors A.
tis, and the Indians difeovering ^cr ap
proach, tomahawked the three ;^ildfo
and scalped them, taking off the ^ft
skin of their hsftds. The whte man *1 ,
negro fellow were either killed or r ^jr
off.—Our informant, from Mer d:ftrit
oomedtic ^nteUigencs.
MURDERS BY THE INDIANS ?
Mcffri. Thoi, & Wm. Crotchcr. 1
Nashville ,