The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-12-30 00:00:00, page 2

I have the honor, Sir, to be,
with great refped,
Your most obedient Servant,
EDM. RANDOLPH.
The Minister Plenipoten
tiary of his Britanic M forty.
Philadelphia, ift Dec. 1794,
4 o'clock, P. M.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of yesterday,
which I have this moment received, it is
expedient for me merely to remark—in
addition co the motives that 1 have al
ready aligned, as inducing me to trans
mit to you a copycf the letter, addressed
to me by the Lieutenant-Governor of Up
per Canada—that, as in your letter of cue
ift of September you conlidered me t<
be the proper medium of conveying to
that officer the remonstrances of this gov
ernment against his conduct, 1 am rot
sensible that I have been guilty of any im
propriety, in communicating to you in
Lt. Gov. Simcoe's nun language, hs
exposition of the principles by which he
was equated in the two tranf^aiors,
on which you had efpeciaUy a.iraadvert
ed.
Being equally unwilling with yourfelf,
Sir, “ now to revive our former contro
versy," or " tp open new fourecs of
alternations," and p^fevering in my ref
elutions from which I trull 1 have not
deviated in this instance not to eftcem my
felf refponfibie for the conduct of his Ma
jetty's officers, in Canada, or in any 0 h
er of the King's poffeflions, it is totally
unneceUary for me to erprefs my persona!
approbation of, or difent from, " the
doctrines, affections, and statements" con
tained ia Lieutenant Gov. Simeon's let
ter.
1 our most obedient.
Humble Servant,
GEO. HAMMOND.
7be Secretary es State.
These, however, and many other ft k
ing features in the letter and eondud of
Governor Simcoe, will, 1 hope, at no
distant day be consigned to oblivion by
the reparation of our injuries, and the
reftitation of our rights. Until, there
fore, l shall be disappointed in this hope,
I shall not willingly open a new source of
altercation.
A resolution was also laid on
the table, for a committee to
make enquiry how far the all of
Congress providing for the de
fence of the frontier, had been
carried into execution.
A resolution was laid on the
cable authorizing the President
to borrow two millions cf dollars,
ata rate not exceeding 5 per
cent.
The militia compensation bill,
was referred to a select Com-
The 1795 appropriation bill,
was twice read in the Houfc,
and committed.
In committee of the whole
—Progress was made on the
mittee.
Progress was reported on the
bill for compensating the Offer
ers by the weftern injurrettion—
and the fwbje& committed.
In committee of the whole, a
bill was ordered to be brought
in for cultivating a Commercial
Intercourse with the Indian
Tribes.
IN Committee of the whole,
the estimate of appropriations for
the fapport of government for
'795, was difculled, the civil
lift adopted and the residue
referred to a feleft committee.
of the UNITED STATES.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,
Friday Dec. 5.
I have the honor to be.
with great refect,
SIR,
Monday Dec. 8.
Congress
resolutions reported by the
committee on fortifications.
Committees were appointed
on various fubjefts —among oth
ers, on the state of cessions of
light-houJes,by the several Slates
—To report a Bankrupt Law,
&c. &c.
Mr. Nicholas called up his
motion for appointing a com
mittee to enquire how fir the
act of Congrels forthe defence
of the frontier had beeutom
plie.d with, and what number
of the men ordered to be flailed
are yet to be enlifted.l
A converiation took place, in
which it appeared, that the act
in question was understood very
differently by different gentle
men.
The resolution proposed by
Mr. Coit, was ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. Parke moved that the
Preiident fhonld be requeued to
cause the proper officer to lay
before the house a copy of in
ftru&ions to the fnperintendants
and engineers of the erection of
the fortifications in the ports
and harbors of the United
States. A committee was ac
cordingly appointed to wait on
The President, -w
The Clerk read a letter, by
Mr. David Kittenhoul'e, Di
rector of the mint, which has
been communicated from the
Prelident ; this letter J,cified
that a million of cents had been
made, with lonic farther partic
ulars.
Mr. Madison observed that a
gentleman from New-Jerfey—
[Mr. Dayton.] had Rated three
different ways, in which the aR
'was explained. lie said that
nothing required greater pre
cilion than a law which author
ifed the levying of troops. He
suggested the propriety of an in
quiry into the defers of the law
in queltion, that there might be
(io room for mistake in applying
it. An amendment to this effect
:was proposed by the original
mover, Mr. Nicholas, and a
greed to ; and a committee of
three members was appointed.
Mr. Madison gave notice,that
to-morrow, he Should move for
leave to bring in a bill, to a
mend an aft for establishing a
uniform fyfteni of naturalisation
of the United States. He did
not with to difeourage foreign
ers who desired to incorporate
themselves with a body of poli
tic of America. At the fame
time, he thought the present
law did not fully answer the
purpose for which it was design
ed.
Mr. Coit moved a resolution
requeuing that The President
might be deiired to enquire
what progress had been made
in the coinage, at the mint of
the United States.
Mr. W. Smith saw no occa
sion for delaying this refolutian,
for even a single day. The
Houfc appeared to be unanimous
in its propriety, ancTfr^Ommit
tee wat appointed.
Tuefday Dec. 9.
A motion was then made for
the naming of a committee to
bring in a bill for an uniform
system of bankruptcy in the
United States. A committee
were named accordingly.
Another committee were em
powered to report a bill for ena
bling the President of the United
States to borrow two millions
of dollars at an interest not ex
ceeding five per cent.
There was then read a mes
sage from the Senate. They
had appointed a committee of
three members to confer with
another committee from the
House of Reprcfentatives, on
what business is to be done dur
ing the prelent session.
Mr. W. Smith immediately
remarked that it would be ne
cessary to appoint three prophets
to confer with the committee of
the Senate.
Mr. Sedgwick moved that the
house should agree to the mo
tion of the Senate.
Mr. Dayton said, that it was
beyond the abilities of any com
mittee to comply with Inch a re
quisition. He himfelf had sev
eral matters to propose, that he
had never yet mentioned ; and
could not be one of the com
mittee for he was on two com
mittees already. But, belides
that, other gentlemen are daily
bringing up new business, which
they think of importance. He
mentioned as an instance the un
expeded motion just now made
by a gentleman from Virginia,
(Mr. Madison on the naturali
zation bill,) which seemed to
meet the universal concurrence,
of the heule. Six wr b s hence
_ _—_ .._„___ __ _, here
theremay be ajnadow oj propriety
in such arequeft from the Senate.
Mr. Sedgwick defended his
motion as a matter of civility.
Mr. Smith said, that such a
message had a very odd appear
ance from the Senate. It was
but ten or fourteen days since
they had formed a quorum, and
now they are enquiring when are
we to adjourn f° Mr. Sedgwick
said, that they had not asked
this question. Mr. Smith re
plied, that this was the intention
of the message. He himfelf
would perhaps have important
business, two or three weeks
hence, to bring forward to his
confituents but it was impossible
for him to give an account of it
just now. The house had two
or three days ago told the Presi
dent that they were going to
confider the fubje&s recommen
ded in his fpcech, and nowthey
are called on to conclude the bu
siness.
Mr. Sedgwick withdrew his
motion, and the house then ad
journed.
The Britifo October Packet, bat arrived at
Halifax, from Falmouth, and the Mail
dispatched for New-York : Extras to
Oa. 17, follow.
ENGLAN D.
LONDON, OCT. J.
DURING the late difeovery of the a
gents employed by Roberfpierre,
%re^% ^TiteUc^mee.
By refterday's Boston Post.
the Representative Garnier rendered great
fervice# at Bordeaux, and had the hu
manity to put an end to the attroeities and
crimes of the scoundrel La Combe, for
merly a priest and master of a school, but
lately become President of the Commiffierc
MiUtaire. He fold the lives of hit fellow
citizens. Immense fams in affigaats were
found in his house, concealed in a beam
of his garret, and inclefed in a tin box.
On the invitation of the Representative
of the People, the citizens have been re
quested to declare the funis which the,
have given, and the particular persons
which have been saved from the fangs of
this monster.
London, Oa. 17.
Yefterdav morning early, Mr. Ealt and
Mr. Dreffins, King's Messengers, arrived
in town with dispatches to Government.
The firft came from Earl Spencer at Vien
na; the latter from the Duke of York,
whose head-quarters are ftiil at Nimeguen.
Mr. Dreffins came from thence on Sunday
evening last.
CAPTURE of BOIS LE DUC,
We are extremely lorry to learn, that
Bois le-duc capitulated to the French on
Thursday the 9th inst. An event greatly
unexpected. The per ,le refe, and de
manded the surrender, before they would
undergo the horrors of a liege. The
terms of capitulation are nearly the fame
as thole granted to the garrisons of Con
de and Valenciennes. The French have
passed the Maefe ; and as they feern de
termined to force their way further into
Holland, an engagement with our troops,
dispersed in the Bommel country, and in
bf prfitfCrt^mrejel,appears una
voidable.
gents.
Should the suspicions which seem uni- A^
verfally entertained, that the Empress of
Raffia has wilfully accelerated the defeat
of the King of Prussia, before Warsaw, b,
unnecessarily withholding her promised
fuccour, she will appear to have played a
very artful game. The sadden rife of
the Prussian Monarchy, with it, growing
strength, has long been an eye-fore to the
Court of Peterfburgh. To fuffer a rival to
waste his force, in endeavouring to quell
an obstinate and powerful enemy, was
One of the greatest strokes of Machiaveli
anifm, that could have been contrived.
To effeft this, nothing could better an
swer the purpose, than the promise of a
fpeedy and powerful assistance. This afr
finance we heard talked of as coming >*_&
years. One while 60,000 Ruffians weir™
to have marched to the Rhine, to affifl the
King of Prussia, in his operations against
the French. At the fame time 30 ships
of the line, with a body of land form.
They date, that Mademoiselle Journo
gave 103,c00 livres. Mad. Dodon gave
50,000, and ail her jewels.
It was at the fame time intimated to the
latter lady, that if in three days the fams
demanded were not completed, M. Du
don should be led to the fcaffold. By this
dreadful menace Ihe collided all that ihe
had ; but it was not (efficient to appease
the monster, and consequently she loft her
husband.
• Bois le-Duc, is a large, flreng IS '&*'•
force town of ' the Netherlands, bementht
rivers Dcmmel and Aa, 4.5 miles S, gj A™
fterdam.
M. Changeux gave 100,000 livres.—
They demanded & obtained 60,000 more.
At last they extorted 200,000 !
Some preferred death rather than yield
to these ads of extortion and uncertainty.
Latest Information from Holland.
The latest intelligence from Warsaw
mentions the secure state of that city,
which is well provisioned ; the works ars
fully repaired, ard all the booty left by
the Prussians, brought fafe in.—Te Deem
had been sung on the occasion of the in
furredion of the whole of Great Poland.
Kvfciulko, it is reported has marched at
the head of 40,000 men to South Prussia,
to make a diversion in favor of the Infer-
Rotterdam, 08. I] 7
We have this day learnt that the French
had passed the Meafe ; but we know no
thing of their further proceedings. The
illand of Bcmtel is every where fortified,
and a very numerous English garrison has
been sent to Tiel, to defend the pafcge
of the Waal near there.
Os Poland and her Enemies,