The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-09-30 00:00:00, page 3

Extras of a letter to a gentleman in this town,
"dated Aug Ifo 1794.
Oh the 13th inst. Lieut. M'Clelland de
tached from Capt. Even's company, with
37 r:-n. were attacked on the Cumber
land patn near the Crab Orchard, 18 miles
from south-west paint, by a party of
Creeks confining of upwards of 100 War
riors. Lieut. M'Clelland made a brave &
soldierly defence,twice repulsing the Creeks,
but was compelled to retreat with the loss
of 4 men killed, 1 wounded, and 4 mill
ing, 31 horses, 38 faddies and bridles,
blankets, great-coats, and provifiens.
&c.
On the fide of the Creeks the loss is not
yet afeertained ; but from the ebftinacy
and bravery of the defence, and the re
port of Lieut. M'Clelland (ever cool and
compefed in the midst of danger) and oth
ers, thereis great reafen to hope it was
from 12 to 16.
it is hopdr will ere long strike with dou
ble force their devoted heads.
Ooe of the perlons most aftive as a lea
der in the weftern opposition to the law,
is said to have written to General Morgan,
©(Virginia, that the moment he ihiuld
flep his foot upon P-nnf, Ivaoia at the head
of his troops, certain relations of his in the
difaißaed couftties,fhsuld be put to death.
Me aafwered, that he was not to be deter
red from his duty by any such unmanly
threats ; but if they offered those relations
the lead infall, h/would hang every in
surgent he caught upon the firft tree.
We farther learn that the militia of
New-Jersey had marched to suppress the
infarreaion, and that there never appeared
a firmer determination to support the laws,
than has been evidenced in all the Rates
called upon by the I'reiidenz.
Information has been received from a
gentleman who left Hagars-town the 3d
inst. that when the draft was to have taken
place there, a party opposed it, beat the
officers from the field, and at night put
up, whatthey called, a Liberty pole,which
was cut down t'he next morning by toe
magistrates and some of the better disposed
part of the inhabitants. Exasperated at
which, the mob gave the alarm in the
country adjacent, and were joined by a
number of the country people, who aflilt
ed in putting up a second pole, and Iwore
they would kill any perlon that would at
tempt to take it down ; they also formed
in ranks to the amountof 3 or 400, beat
some who refufed to join thffi, & threaten
ed to march to Middletown & funk's
town, & put up Liberty polecat those pla
t. It may be added,much to the credit of
<he merchants in Hagars-town, that they
refuted to fell either powder or flints to the
mob, who seemed badly furnished with
these articles.
In Newjerfey, Pennfylvauia, Maryland
and Virginia, every thing has the appear
ance of military bustle, and active prepa
ration. The commissioners of peace have
returned, to give place to the commiffioa
ers of war. all the troops required from
Newjerfey, Maryland and Virginia, are
on the march, and . Guv. Mifflin has ta
ken the field in perlon, as commander of
the PennUlvahia volunteers.
The Prefideot &f the United States has
augmented the troops defined to a& a
gainst the Pitt fburgh white- boys to 15,000
men ; the addition will be composed of
Virginia riflemen.
By an arrival at Marblehead, we learn,
that aßmilh frigate, hu funk two, and
captured two Algerine carfair,, after a
sharp conflia.
The Creek commander was conspicuously
bold, and is numbered amengft the (lain to
a certainty.•
C ONNECTi C U T.
HARTFORD Sept. 15.
,Ypres, Charleroi, Bruges, Ghent and
Oftend, were by the last accounts, in pos
session of the French : Valenciennes, Con
de, Qiefnoy and Landrecy, the cenqueft
of the Allies, were also ordered to be evac
uated. The French northern army had
been increased to upwards of 100,000
men ; and the armies opposed to these
were only about 40 000 strong.
When the French entered Bruges, the
inhabitants welcomed them with the ihouts
of Five La Refeubliqut.
La Fayette is removed from Spielberg
to Brann in Italy.
MARYLAND.
GEORGETOWN, Sept. 5.
LYNCHBURG, Aug. 30.
SEPT. 20.
.D,O<<»GNi@oeG<sQcG>OO©<
By Yesterday's Boston Post.
P E^NNSYLVANI A.
Mr. Burke resigns his feat in Parlia
ment, and his ion succeeds him.
“ On Sunday an express arrived here
from our Governor, with information of
an iofurre&ion in Walhingtoa,& Allegheny
counties in this date, and that the date ar
senal at Frederick,was threatened by them,
in confequenee of which and his requisition
of zoo men from this town, the miltra
were called out and addressed en the oc
casion by General Smith, (late Colonel)
when the whole on the parade offeree
thcmfelves as volunteers ; about 250 infan
try with a troop of horse, and a rifle com
pany marched yesterday rowing an
were followed this morning by about 300
infantry, and another troop of horse ana
company of rifle men, and on Friday, a.
bout 300 infantry and artillery, beiag thi^
town's quota, march for the Weltern ex
pedition, with about 400 Eastern, thole
Militia now here, the chief of both,volun
teers — both my brothers are gone in the
firft detachment of horse, and one of my
young men marched this morning ; people
fare are united in a determination to sup
port our government, even those formerly
termed antifcderal. I tincerelv hope those
mifereacts may be brought to a fpceJy sense
of their duty, and fubmiliion to the laws
of their country."
Philadelphia, sept. 19.
THE mail from Pitilburgh, arrived
at 6 o'clock lalt evening. The
following extrall of a letter, uated the 12th
ini. will thew the date of affairs in the
wertern country.
" Yefterda, being the day appointed
by the commissioners for taking the opin
ion of the people, refpefting peace or war,
upwards of 560 in the diftritl of Pittf
bugh, subscribed their declaration for fub
miffijn to add support to the laws. But
it has not been so general in the other dif
trids that we have heard from. In Reed's
dutia only 20 have signed, and in the
Foiks of Ycugh, not one. Accounts frem
other places have not yet come in, but
you are a fufficient judge of what is to be
expected from other diltrids."
Governor Howel, arrived yesterday at
Newtown. Tne two troops of horse which
arrived at Trenton, after the army had
marched, will proceed to join them imme
diately.'
This forenoon Capt, Filer's company
of artillery, and the troops of horse com
manded by Captains Dunlap, M'Coßßtl,
and Singer, marched from this city.
Four hundred militia from the eastern
dine of Maryland, are arrived and en
camped about one mile from Baltimore.
Governor Howel, who takes the command
of the New-Jcifey forces, has illu^d a
proclamation lor taking up and binding 0
ver to Court, such persons as may be
found sowing (edition, spreading falfe re
ports, or attempting to injure or impede
the public service in the present expediti
on.
Extras of a letter from Baltimore, dated Sep
timber >6, 1794.
The most villainous reports are circula
ting at Harrisburg and other places, that
taxes are imposed on cider, apples, and o
ther agricultural produce.
By an arrival yesterday morning, at
Marblehead, of a schooner, owned by
Colonel Orne, in 36 days from Lifboa, we
have received the following intelligence,
communicated by a gentleman ®f veracity,
who came to town last evening from Mar
blehead,after having spoken with the Capt.
who informed him, That a few days pre
vious to his leaving Lisbon, news had
been received there, that the French had
possessed themselves of St. Sebaftian —had
taken and sent into port two British sloops
of war cruizing in the Bay pf Biscay, were
pushing forward to Bilboa; and that in
consequence of their successes the Spaniards
were panic struck ; the merchants at Bil
boa were, leaving the town with great pre
cipitation— the American veffais were re
ceiving their cargoes on board with great
dispatch—and those which had not landed
theincargoes were leaving the port with
out hefitauon, He also informs, that it
Various Important Foreign and
Domestic.
INTELLIGENCE.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
BOSTON, Sept. 27.
was currently told at Lisbon, that the
French were equally faccefsful on the fron
tier—in the Mediterranean—and were
matters of Barcelona. Thus far ear ad
vices.
FROM BOURDEAUX— direct.
Yellerday arrived here the Brig Miner
va, Capt. , from Bourdeaux, which
he left about the ift August. By this arri
val, we have received Paris " National
Gazette," to the 25th July. They con
tain the official particulars of the capture
of the fortreffes and towns in the Nether
lands, which have already been announc
ed in the Centinel. In the National Con
vention, ift fhermidor,(July 19) Barrere
informed, that at Landrecies, they had
taken 91 cannon, which was 26 more than
it contained when taken by the combined
forces. The hi^eft spirit of animation
appears to pervade every part of the
French Republic. —Every day the Con
vention were informed of the most heroic
actions, civic facrificcs, and traits of mag
nanimity.
From verbal accounts, we collect, that
the French were victorious in almost eve
ry quarter : Thatno great progress had
been made in Spain, but that many Span
ish prisoners were taken ; and that the
facrifices at the guillotine were as numer
ous as ever.
IMPORTANT—IF AUTHENTIC.,
A letter to a refpeftable merchant in
this town received by the last mails, from
Philadelphia, fates, that information had
been received there from Gen. Wayne,
acquainting that a detachment confining
of about ' goo of the mounted volunteers of
Kentucky, had fallen in with about an e
qual number of Indians, and that a bloody
battle instantly ensued, on which the Ken
tuckians were victorious, keeping peflef
fion of the field of battle, and killing three
hundred of th§ savages. The loss of the
Kentuckians, is said to be about one
hundred and five killed, and between two
and <hree hundred wounded.—That Gen.
Wayne had feat an officer to the fort ere&ed
hv (he British, demanding them to quit the
Ration which was refuted ; and that Gen.
Wayne had gone to Fort Recovery, not
having cannon to besiege the Fort—which
wai said to be garrisoned by three hundred
troops with a number es heavy pieces of
artillery.
The fame letter mentions, that it was
expected, from circumstances, that the
frefident of the United States, would, in
person, command the army, going againll
the Pittlborg rioters. —If he does not, the
command it is said will be given to gover
nor Lee of Virgina.
From Philadelphia, Sept 20.
" The Artillery and Light Horse left
this city yesterday—two companies efthe
former,with 15 pieces brass artillery. Part
of the cannon are for the Jersey artille
ry. The volunteering spirit increase
two fine companies will march on Mon
day.
66 We have an account this morning,
that the insurgents have made an attack
on the Fort at Pittfough. The citizens
of that place joined the garrison—the as
sailants were beaten off —and a number of
them taken prisoners. The true federal
spirit is up in Maryland, and Virginia,
and you may depend that the laws and
the Constitution will be supported. It is
said that among the prisoners taken at Fort
Pitt, are a number of old tories—-time
will (hew the truth of that. T here is no
doubt,' however, that among some of the
most ignorant and abandoned, of that de
fcriptioa of persons, there are to be found
the latent feeds of the old malignant fpi-
rib
“ We have no news from Gen. Wayne,
no dispatches have been received for a long
time. The newspaper accounts of his vic
tory therefore Rand good. Had he met
with any midihap, we Ihould have heard
of it soon enough.
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"Xeene, J^it&ml&r 30.
On Tuefday last, a Furnace belonging
to Capt. rimoth, Bfa of Swanzey, was
burnt to the ground; The circumftanoes
we have not heard.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
Kingston (Jamaica) to his correspond.
ent in Baltimore, dated July 13.
" For my part I never was so complete
ly tired of any place, as I am of this in
fernal hole; where the Yellow Fever car
The harvest in France it was expeded
weu" be abundant, though at the time
Capt. failed, provisions were scarce
at Bourdeaux.
From Philadelphia.
iI
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If the murderers.
It is rumored from Philadelphia,tha the
President has called the Senate of the Uni
ted States, into session, to aflift him in
council.
TAKES this method to in
form his friends and the
public, that he has let up, and is
now carrying on the Clothier's
Business, about half a mile from
Packersfield Mceting-houfe. All
perlons who will please to em
ploy him in the business, may
depend on having their work
executed in the bell manner, oh
reasonable terms. All kinds or
produce received in payment,
And every favor will be grate
fully acknowledged.+
Packersfield, Sept. 18, 17941 '
fypQbed, aid for Jale at this Office,,
[he GENUINE EXPERIENCE & ,
DYING ADDRESS of Mrs. DOLLY ,
TAYLOR, of Reading, Vermont ; w^
departed this life, May 19th, >794*•
Aduall, dictated b, herferf, and taken >
from her lips but a little before her death.^
Now published, with her Husband's Tes
timony concerning her. J
BLANKS, ,
of most kinds, r
For sale at this OFFICE#
Ftom N. Fork, Sept. 22. #
We learn that a very malignant putrid
fever rages at Charlcfon, S. C. at Rich
mond, in Virginia, and in Baltimore, at
well as in Neu haven. It is also ver, sick
-1, in some part of the Counties of Du:cha
efs, Ulster and Albany, in this Rate. The
difeafas most prevalent are intermittant,re
mitting and billions fevers. At present it
is much more healthy in this city than in
many parts of the country ; for, although
a few instances of putrid fevers have oc
curred, the most fatal of which were caught
from 2 (hip from Antigua, yet there is no
epidemic which generally prevails ; the
fevers that have occurred do not prove
contagious, and the public may be affil
ed that New-York has seldom been ft)'
healthy in autumn, as it has been this sea
son.
Several Articles of intelligence preparedfor
this day's paper, omitted for •want of room.
DIED.] —In this town,on Sunday mor
ning last, a child of Mr. Abel Blake's, be
ing the third he has loft within a few weeks
of the throat distemper—He has only one
surviving which is now ill of the fame dis
order—we hope the angel of death may
be stayed from depriving him of that also.
[Verm. Journal.]