The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-02-17 00:00:00, page 3

est apprehenfons were entertained for the
fafety of the place
The enemy seem to keep themselves
quiet in Catalonia. Gen. de I'Union has
resigned his command, and the court has
appointed Gen. de Rubi in his place.—
No serious negociations for peace have
yet been entered into by our court.—
In an extraordinary Council held yefer
day, at which federal members of the
Council of Cattle affifted.it was agreed to
raise a forced levy of 30,000 troops thro'-
out the kingdom of Spain.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 28
It would feein, that the profpe& of
PEACE has already affected the northern
Sroduce market. The Editor of the Ai
any Gazette fays, that is the fore part
of the week prior to Saturday the 17th
inst. wheat had been quick at 11/ but in
the afternoon of that day it fell to iof
9/0 and of.
A prolped &f ueiverfal peace would be
pleating indeed— but we have no intima
tion of any such thing at present. Our
accounts only Rate, that peace has been
concluded between France and Praffia (of
which me preliminaries do not appear)
and of commenced negociations for this
purpose between France ano Spain, and
Sardinia ; Germany has feed for peace,
but the Austrian eagle cannot bring down
her pride to fabmit to humiliating repub
lican proportions. Neither Holland or
England are fpokea of. It is much to be
feared, that bloody Pruffiu had maae
peace to be enabled to carry on the war
wih magnanimous b,t devoid Poland
more terribly, which mud be deplored by
every friend to mankind—in whole favour
we are happy to find there ere fume inti
mations of the Turks taking an active
part —and perhaps their motions have ac
celerated the peace w"rh France.
As to Holland and England there ap
pears no intimation of a peace with either
of thera—and it would seem, that nothing
fieri of complete corquett will decide in
theft cases. The conquest of Holland is
ahnoft competed, and an eternal war with
our quondam friends the B itilh nation,
seems to he the plan of the National Con
vention of our gieat ally — Their Navy
must be reduced, and their Government
reformed to th? relief of the People, who
have long been doped by a bribed repre
sentation, in conjunaicn with a corrupt
administration ; who pay no regard to the
happiness of th# people ; uhfe sole ambi
tion is conquest, <9 ered which air-cattles
of Rubian value, they Ipre.d war and
carnage from pole to pole, to the misery
and murder of millions of their fellow
ereatures.
From this 4 iew, then, th# profpea of
PEACE is slender indeed — arid as this
view is authentic, and the dedudions rati
onal upon a parity of reasoning, our ciri
tens ought not to be deceived—nor fuffer
the with for peace to mifiead their judg
ments.
It appears, by London oppefirion ac
counts, that the Poles and Ruffianshad
been (in Sept.) alternately the vidors and
the varquiftied—while at the fame time in
another quarter (Great-Poland) vidory
bad decided in favour of the Poles egainft
the Prussians— As to the Aulrian# (fays
the Narrator) they have entirely evacuated
the territories of the republic, and now
occupy their former quarters in Gallicia.
• —Here follows a copy of a proclamation,
attributed to Kofciulko.
46 In the name cf God, and our
Country!
" The Supreme Regency of Poland
hereby fokmnly promise,
I. That every soldier who (hall leave
the Auttrian colours shall receive a ducat
in gold over and above the full value cf
hie arms, and (if in the cavalry) his & rfe.
He faall not be forced to enter the service
of the republic, but on the contrary be
allowed to go wherever he pleases.
If. Every soldier who chufes to serve in
the army of the Poles until the end cf the
war, (hall receive a small freehold from
the army of the republic, be exempt from
fiatute labour, and entitled to all the pri
vileges of a free man.
" Neighbours, and old friends, you are
now to defy,, whether it will not be bet
ter to unite with us, than to persecute in
nocent men, who have neveo done you any
harm, and who offer you lands, liberty,
and in one word, every thing that can con
tribute to the bapfaefs fa honest man.
^Dom&dtCGJ?lfcl/gC7106.
OF POLAND.
" Wherefore would you (bed the blood
of the Poles? Have you not already fpilt
a Efficient quantity in that alelets war
which you have waged againit the
French?
From the STAR, of Dec. 3.
Orders have been sent to all the royal
dock-yards to expedite the repairs now
going on with as much celerity as the sea
son of the year will permit.
In our paper of Monday we mentioned
that M. de la Fayette had eleaped from
his prifon.—lt appears that he had been
separated from Alexander Lameth, and
the other companions of his misfortune,
and conveyed to Olmutz, in Bohemia.
Two gentlemen had gone to Olmutz, for
the purpefe of deviling means to gat him
cff. They faceeeded, and to avoid sus
picion in puffing thro' the country, one
of them went with La Fayette, while the
other took a different road. The latter
was taken ; but there is reason to believe
that La Fayette and his companion have
been more fortunate.
From the STAR, of November 29
A morning paper? in aufwer to the
,/obabiiity of the increase of the French
•avy, which we hinted a few days ago,
allerts that the French ma) get (hips, but
they eanno: procure failure. Su it was
averted by the fame authority, that they
could Rotmake soldiers. But we can ai
fure the public from unquestionable aa
thority, that the molt fortunate of the
French cruisers, the Thames frigate, had
ninety men on board, who bad never been
at sea before, when the took the Expedi
tion packet from Lisbon, and twelve oth
er Eoglilh vessels.
At the end of the year 1791, the French
pill (led,z,coo regifterad teamen, exclu
sive of boys.
“ Chair up then, Hungarians, Galli
cians, Bohemians, and Austrians, and hat
ten to join us — it is peace that we are in
Search of, and neither death nor murder."
Warsaw accounts of Sept. 26, are filled
with Prussian defeats. A story of the Poles
having poisoned a well, had exceedingly
enraged them. Thu defeat of the Poles,
near Brzofe, in Lithuania, fay those ac
counts, was not of that fatal nature that
has been represented. They flood firm
for force time, fought with the courage of
veterans, and at lalf retreated still lacing
the foe. la Ihort, instead of defeat, it
may be termed a victory ; for Sawarrow is
represented as having 101 l three or four
thousand mtn, and has been prevented
horn forming a junction with Gen. Deni
zow. Kolaiulko, the Poliih Gentralitlimo,
has let out in order to give Suwarrow bat
tle ; he is already at diecle, or Sielfko as
it is termed in the map. The Poles flat
ter themtelves with the afhrtance of the
Turks, who are said 10 be making tome
extraordinary movements in the neigh
bourhood of Bender.
" The only circumitances which occur
ed during our palftpthere, worthy notice
was the difeovery of the plot formed by>
Palmer, and ether perlons on beard the
Surprize transport, to murder the Captain,
and seize the command of the vc ffel, in
which they were to attempt their escape
to America. The plan was to have been
carried into execution the 4th of Juue, but
was providentially dilccvered io Capt.
Campbell on the preceding evening, by
one of the accomplices. Palmer was in
consequence sent heavily ironed cn beard
the Swift floop,and the chief mate, whom
he had gained over to his purpefe, was
sent in irons on board the Commodore's
ship. The business has been clefely in
vestigated, but nothing has transpired to
tonvia Meir of being concerned with Pal
mer. I saw him yesterday on Ihore with
his wife, and some Ladies, who accom
panied him, perfealy well. Palmer, it
is believed, will be sent home on our
reaching the Cape, for trial.
January 30
By the Columbia in 53 days from Bris
tol, advices arc received to the jd of De
cember.
The amount of these advices is, that the
Ruffians continue laccnlsfulagainit the un
fortunate Poles. On the 241 apt Oct. the
Ruffian General Gunther rebuffed a divi
lion of Poles, kihed 400, and took 7 pie
ces of cannon. On trie frontiers of Lith
uania 2500 Poles have been takea prison
ers, with 19 pieces of cannon- On the
Hgut bank of the Viitua, the Ruffian
Gen. Suwarrow defeated 45ce Poles with
great loli. After various attacks the city
& f Warsaw surrendered to its invaders,
From the STAR, of December z.
3u„ofe a trader should buy bills on bit &wn
fore,for ^tbs of their amount, and mould not
(in case of diflrefi, and to a poor mcman, to
faisf, an exorbitant Donor's bill) deliver
It is, nevertbehfs, curious to objerve,what
a contras is formed between the Proclama
tion for the Thanksgiving aforefaid, and the
violent fpeecbes which originate in the pande-\
moniums of the felf-created Jocieties, and,
from the pens of Jacobinic scribblers. " Tho/e
earwigs of Roberfpiirre are continually how-\
ling about the impoverished fate of our coun
try —dclining commerce—increase of arbitra
ry government —and the total incapability of
European minifiers" being able to faceted in
an, way fatisfaßoril,, and man, other as
undetermined olje&ions. While on the other
band, this man of the People who
without doubt is as much interefled as those
political incendiaries, is prafing bis & our
God for the profpea of a continued PEACE
and tranquility among us ; ^ for the failing
profpeS of affairs around us, and so happy he
imagines our fauation,that be prays not for an
increaje but only a continuance of" the buff
ings we experience." While WASHING
TON is for us let democrats be against us,for
bis little finger is thicker than all their loins.
The Em,refs of Raffia, we are now
told, in confequeace of the success of her
arms against the liberties of Poland, is
immediately to join the allies againh
France. She is mow to (apply 12 la I of
the line, and 20 frigates, to convoy twen
ty thousand Ruffians to Gaernfey and Jer
sey, where barracks are preparing for
them. They are to be joined by all the
French emigrants and twenty thousand
English and Irilh troops ; and in February
or March are to make a descant upon the
French coatt, and furnilh the. Royalists in
Normandy and La Vendee with arms, &c.
And thus a powerful divcifion is to be
created in favor of the allies upon the
Rhine, and on the frontiers of Holland ;
and the Spaciarcs will get rid of the
French armies, which are at prefect so
troublesome to them, who will be obliged
toietura home for the protection of their
own country.
On Thursday might of the left week,
was one of the molt violent storms of wind
and rain, ever known in this part of the
world. After a lowering day, on Tourf
day, the rain began to fall about seven
o'clock in the evening. 1: began to fall
moderately, and continued to increase in
violence, untihabout three, or half after
thiee in the morning ; at which time, the
wind, whch was at fuuth eatt, had in
creased to the fufy and violenceofa Weil
lndian hurricane, and seemed to threaten
uaiverfal ruin. The roaring of the wind
in the atmosphere, was terrible, and it ap
peared as if all the elements were in a fer
mentation. Several barns, and smaller
buildings in this city, &c. were totally
demcitfhed ; a number of houses and out
hoafes, were partly, or wholly unroofed,
or blown dowr—and much other damage
was done to timber, fruit-trees, fences,&c.
>o*o 0 0© d ©©©©x^v&o§©
is appointed by our beloved PreJident, the Fa
tber of his Country, Gen.WASHINGTON,to
be obferv:d is a DA? ofTHANKSGiTING
and PRAISE, throughout United Columbia,
and if worth can command obedience, he may
exped it implicitly, from all clafis of citi
zens.•
The plain Englilh of all this is---The
Empress is cetermined, that if the can
prevent it, certain European powers fhali
hot yet be allowed to enjoy the blellings
of peace. If ihe can only make them so
far her deputies as to believe the intends
to perform one iota of all her promises,
(he gains her point ; for on account of
her distance from the feene of a&ion, the
will be excused from being firU in the
field, and when once rhe others have be
gun the campaign, the will make her ap
pearance in their favor---if it suits her
purpose ;or against them---if that ihall
then better aniwer her policy.
January 31.
On the 27th ult. a party of Indians kil
led and scalped Col. John Montgomery,
and wounded Ju ien Saunders, with four
balk, and Charles Brantley through the
arm,on the north weltern frontiers of fen
efee county. And on the 29th another
party of Indians on the N. E. frontier of
Sumner county, killed and Icalpcd 3 and
wounded 1.
KEENE, February 17.
THURSDAY NEXT,
HARTFORD, Feb. 2.
From a Correfpondeat
QUESTION.
ON the night of the 25 h instant. the
STORE ofthe fubferiber was bro
ken open, and the following articles tak
en, viz. One piece Callimere—one
piece Velvet—one dezen worked Hose —
one piece Checked Linen—one dozen Wo
men's kid Gloves : with a Variety of
Handkerchiefs, cf the following kinds •
India Bardannoes—black Barcelona do.
check'd Silk co.—several pieces Silk and
Cotton do.—Cotton do —linen do.—
one piece Chintz Shaw's— fandr, kinds cf
Twist —several hundred Needles, &c &c.
There are the ftrongelt marks of fuipicion
against a certain perlon, who calls his name
CALEB OAKS.—He is a well built per
son, about five feet ten inches, ar fix feet
high—dark hair, & grey eyes— hick let
—-about twenty fix years of age — H<d on^
while in this town, alight colt ured friped
elastic coaqconsiderable worn, and a
light mix'd coloured broadcloth one—vel
vet waistcoat and breeches—round hat#
wore boots, and looks like a thief.—He
had a red (hag waifleoat ; and bis great
coat was a dark brown,trimmed round the
cape, collar cuffi, &c. with fealftin, furr
out. —He rode a dark bay horse, caries
his head low, and trots. —He is a Shoe
maker by profeffion, and plays on the vio
lin, which he-keeps with him. Whoever
will secure said thief in any of the jail# of
this Commonwealth, or recover said goods
fa that the fubferiber may have them^
fall have TWENTY DOLLARS re
ward, and all lawful charges.
JEREMIAH MAYHEW.
Niwbedford, 28/6 fan. 1795.
CASH given por RAGS,-
at this OFFICE
In Montferat, (Weft-Indier) Sth Dm
Mr. Joseph Marffi, of Portfmoatb, maker
of tbe brig Betsey.
Ar Portsmouth, Mrs. Mary Thompson,
a ged 32, wife of Mn Samuel Thempfm.
At Packersfield sth inst. Mrs. Eiher
Richardfen, consort of Mr. Thomae Rich
ardson, in the 69th year cf her xge.
In this town, Mrs. Abigail Emerson;
concert of Mr. John Emerson.
DIED on Friday the 23d ult. at hij
feat in Durham, the Hon. John Sullivans
Esq. &c. 54. Ar the whole life of the
ce;ealed was a series of tuainen' fervicee
to his country, to omit rericering a trib
ute of re,e^ to his memory, would be
highly criminal. Being one of the firft to
embark in the cauls of American Liberty
and Independence, it w>* in a great de
gree owing to bis adivity and patriotisms
that the American militia were supplied
with ammunition to defend the ehhgh
ments on Breed's-Hill—General Sullivart
having in 1774, fared about 100 barrel#
gun powder, and a considerable quantity
of military (lores and cannon, from a fort
in the vicinity of Portsmouth, which the
Britilh Governor was then about to re
move to Button.* His services, which rais
ed him to the rank of Major General, are
well known to every American, and the
recording page of hiftory will transmit
them to the world, and to posterity, in
glowing colors. The five Suffrages of his
fellow-citizens, in twice railing him to
the Presidency of his native State, are
eminent alterations of his civic worth;
In this office of Chief Magi Irate, his tal
ents in organizing and disciplining that
bulwark of Liberty, a well regulated
Militia, were corfpicuous ; as were hi#
wisdom and efficiency in fupprcffiig, in a
day, and without bloodshed, a daring
infurreftioa. His judicial abilities ore
fenced him to the Prefideat of th? United
States, as qualified to prefiae in the Dh
trid Court of New-Ham plhire, in which
office he died—lamented by every patriot,
and friend to the rights of mankind.
At Rye, Colonel Jeremiah Lock, aged
64.
them up a: the fame lay, 'when the attorney
would Que her their full value,and throw in
his cost ; and when the jberf (mowed at the
tale of diJirefs) would give tn bis fees !
1 J*J> when an attorney and a ,erjf bawe
" bowels of mercy," and a trader has not;
what nation, tribe erfed does be belong to ?
Married.] At Fitzwilliam, Rer.
Benjamin Brigham to the widow Ruth
Mellen.
In this town, Mr. Jesse Clark juh. td
Miss Delaria Snow of Westmorland.—•
Mr. Benjamin Graves ofSwanzey,to Mil#
Polly Willfon of this town.
O STOP THIEF f.
An Anfwtr is requeued.