The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-08-21 00:00:00, page 3

f public, such neutral fh:ps at shall b; found
loaded, in the whole or in part, either with
provisions belonging to neutral powers
loaded for the enemy's ports, or goods
belonging to the enemy. Goods belong
ing to the enemy are declared lav.id pri
zes, and forfeited to the profit of the cap
tors. Provisions belonging to neutral
powers Ihall be paid for upon the footing
of their value in the place for ,hich they
were destined. In all cases, neutral ihips
hall be released from the moment of the
•.fading of the provisions that may be
flopped, or the goods which raay be seiz
ed. The freight of them Ihall be paid at
the rate stipulated by the Ihippers. A jail
indemnification ihall be granted according
to inch detention,by the tribunals that take
cognizance of the prizes.
N E W-Y O R K.
N E W-Y O R K, Aug. 8.
On Friday, ths iff inst, arrived here,
the French fleet, last from the Chefapeak,
confiding of L'Eo'e, a 74, the jupiter of
74 guns, two frigates and is other snips.
, They came to anchor effthe battery, fired a
- +falute of 15 guns, which was anfwe,ed
from the battery.
Late accounts from Ireland mention
that upwards of ten thousand people were
in arms in the weftern part ot that inland,
committing every kind of havoc and devas
tation. The military force wasab'iged to
retreat before them. This infurredion is
frid to have been occasioned by the militia
a&, and the present difireffes arising from
the war.
The last letters from France fay, that
✓ the principal body of the insurgent army
has been defeated compleatly, by the ar
my of the Convention.
proceeded for, and arrived at the reared
Ifetthment—a physician was brought in a
/ fewhours,but could afford no relief,arid,in
abcut 3 j hcurs from receiving the bite, he
expires. 'I he operation cf the ptifan on
Mr. Hart, if not lingular in such a case, in
raLLUfe^ls togi ivery lurprifing to the
fcaaurs : The limbs and whole body, as
the puifon fpred, levelled extremly, and
charged to the fembUoce and motion of
the fo/ke ; arid after the trank of the
body was ^ffe^ed, a diarrhoea set in, and
the difrharge rekindled in flacked lime
and water, continuing fethe time in an
ebullient motion. He was a man advan
ced in years, and has left a wife and fix
children in indigent circumstances.
LANSINGBURGH, Aug. 6.
About three weeks fiace a Mr. Hart
from Nifqucunia, was passing through
Schcharry, un bis way to the Sufquehan
nah; to save distance, took his course
through woods by marked trees ; but be
fore he had proceeded far into the woods,
foe was bit in one of his legs by a rattle
foake, as he feppofed, he immediately
VERMON T.
RUTLAND, Aug. 5.
By a gentleihan of veracity from Niaga
ra, we learn that the Commissioners from
the United States, to negotiate peace and
fxa boundary line between the states and
the Indians, Q t a deputation from 15 na
tions, on the 7th ult. in Mfon's Hall,
Niagara ; the lavage chiefs said the rea
son they did not attend at the time and ;
place agreed on, was the appearance of)
Wayne's army advancing into their coun
try ; they said they were happy to fee their
brothers the Bostonians (as the, called
them) or. the cbjed cf their million, and
were ready to take them by the hand and
fafely convey them to Sanuufky, the place
agreed on to held the treaty ; they gave
the strongest assurances that they would do
every thirg in their power to bring about a
general and permanent peace. They said
they considered themfeives all united as
one man, and the only righteous owners of
all the lands weft of the Ohio, which gives
reason to fufped that they are determined
on having that river a boundary line in
future. On the tenth the Commissioners
and Chiefs fat off for Sardufky.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, Anguft 15.
'urther particulars relative to the engage
ment between th? Embufcade and Bel
ton frigates, on Thursday the ift of Au
gutt :—•—
fcCommunicc ted fy a person mho mas on board
the Brfion, ard mho has ftue arrived at
the foutimard, ]
The B Pon Frigate is said to have been
sent fiem Halifax for the txprefs purpefe
of taking the Embufcade.—Off the Hock
the fell in with the revenue cutter Vigil-
ant, Capt. Dennis, being then under the
French National colors, and the crew ha.
ving national cockades in their bats. Af
ter some conversation between Capt. Den
nis and the commander of the frigate, the
latter addressed him in the following words:
" Tell Capt. Bompard that I have come
all the way from Halifax on purpole to
take the Embufcade,and (hall be very hap
py to fee her out this way." Capt. Den
nis then requeued of Capt. Courtney whe
ther he feriowfly meant this message Ihould
be delivered ? The firft lieutenant an
swered, it was the with of the commander.
The raeffage was accordingly delivered,
and a note of it put on the coffee house
books : In confluence of which the Em
bufcade, after some delays for want of a
pilot,fetting up her rigging, Sec. proceed
ed to sea on the gilt, beating down the
channel without a pilot, and on the after
noon of that day fell in with the Boston.—
Manoruvreieg took place on both sides, in
which the Embufcade shewed faperior (kill.
At day /o eaicthe next morning the two
frigates being within a mile of each other,
the Embufcade hoiked the national Sag,
and the Bolloa difolayed the Britilh. The
battle now began, the Embufcade being
to the windward of her antagonist ; a freih
freeze blowing at N. N. E.— They en
gaged within from 200 to 250 yards of
each other, the Bolton fi-ed a broad-fide
without hailing toe Frenchman. The Em
bafcade returned the fire, carried away
the Boson's crofyack yard and passed by.
The Belton then tacked and came under
the Embufcade's lee quarter, when the
engagement became very severe. The
lit and 2d lieutenants of the Bolton were
wounded in the fi ft half hour of the en
gagement, the former with a large splinter
through his head which the surgeon could
not extraft. The fiie from the Boston was
quicker than that from the Embufcade in
ine proportion of 10 to 7, but every shot
of the latter took effect. About the mid
dle of the engagement, a cannon-ball car
ried off Capt. Courtney's head, together
with that of his firli lieutenant cf marines ;
and about the fame time molt cf the chi
cers cf the Boston were killed or wounded.
Five (hot struck the Boston below her wa
ter mark (in a roll of the sea) and passed
through and through, carrying the cop
per with them. The rigging was alfc
much damaged, and aboet the fame time
the main-topmast was foot away. The
fails and Imall spars cf the Bofen were
also so cut and mangled that they had very
little command of the ship. During the
whole engagement Capt. Bompard pre
ferred a decided advantage over the Bos
ton, and kept it through the whole con
tent. After Capt. Courtney's death, the
lit lieutenant was brought upon deck, and
took the command. He immediately bore
away, as the only poflible method of sa
ving the ship, and left the Embufcade mif
trefi of the field. He Peered S. S. W.
with the wind at N. E.—The Embufcade
gave chafe, but several cf her masts being
dangeroull, wounded and unable to bear a
a press of fail, (he hove about after two
hours chafe, and took a Portuguese brig,
from Fayal, which (he afterwards conduc
ed into New-York. The hull of the Bos
ton was much damaged, and it was tho't
impcffible for her to keep the sea any time.
She fleered krft for theDelaware,but learn
ing there were two French Frigates in
Philadelphia, ffie altered her course, sup
posed for Nova Scotia. Two French Fri
gates, however had failed from the Hook,
to intercept her cn that course. The
French frigate received but little damage,
except in her masts and rigging. She had
6 men killed and 11 wounded. The Bos
ton had 34. killed & upwardsof 50 wounded.
" During the whole engagement, a lit
tle man was plainly feen,dreffed in a short
White jacket, walking the quarter deck of
the Embufcade, with his hands behind his
back ; now and then, however, taking a
pinch of fnuff. This was Capt. Bompard.
—He was pointed at by the officers of the
Boston, as a mark for the mulquetry : but
it appears he escaped unhurt,as well as all
the officers,we are informed,of the French
Frigate."
The weight of metal in the Boston frig
ate is said to be considerably superior to
that of the Embufcade, Her main deck
guns are English 18 pounders ; these of
the Embufcade, French 12 pounders. The
Embutcade's crew confined of 305 persons,
including boys ; The Boston had 330, but
these (according to the British mode of
calculating) were at least equal to 660, if
not 990 Frenchmen. The heat of the en
gagement continued full 3 glaffea (one
hour and a half.) —The chafe by the last
accounts, lasted 5 hours.
THERE are several letter# in this town
dirtily from N :n:z(the capital of Brittan
ny under the old distribution) explicitly
contradicting all the rumors and para
graphs from British papers, receding that
place, as being in the hands of the rebels
in that department. These letters declare
in the fulleft and meft fatisfadory manner,
the entire fafely of that place, on the firft
of June last, and only mention infarrec
tions, which the citizens were obliged to
march out and quell.
A Philadelphia paper of August 7, has
the following very important paragraph:
A ge^deman of character who has just
arrived from Germany, brings the follow
ing important intelligence to the friends
of liberty and equality : " That in the
middle or the 10th of May last, one cf the
mast rcfpcfHblc mershants of Berlin, (the
residence of the King of Preffia) put the
following inscription over his door in gold
en characters: LIBERTY, EQUALI
TY AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN.—
His Majesty was immmediately informed
thereof, but thro' fear of his own fubjeds,
fullered i: to remain unnoticed, A re
markable circumstance which renders it
probable, that this debilitated voluptuary
will soon experience a similar fate with
LOUIS XVTh. This gentleman further
relates, that his mistresses have already
made such drafts upon his treasury, that it
is neatly exhaufled,and they have debilita
ted his body, while hereditary prince, to
such a degree, that epileptic fits are his
daily portion, and his inability to govern
at present, the greatest misfortune to his
fabjeßs. The fanie gentleman adds, that
the combined armies are in the greatest
want of money, provisions, and supplies
cf all kinds, whereas the French have eve
ry thing in abundance, and that the spirit
of liberty aad equality has made and is
hill making incredible progress in the
German Empire.
new. Hampshire.
HANOVER, Aug. 12.
We hear fiem Newburyport that a few
days finer, one John Burroughs and Wil
liam Little, cf that town, were taken up,
examined, and bound over for trial for
clipping, debating, and counterfeiting
money. Upon examining their lurking
holes a great variety of tools were found,
extremely well adapted for dispatching
bufiaefs. A number cf moulds for dol
lars, pillarceus, j:cs, guineas, ^c. and
among the rest a law,with which they split
dollar in.o three parts, and after filing
from the midale of the dollar about two
piftareeus^nd a half, carefully preferring
the rim, they fill up the inside with cop
per, folder the parts together again, mill
it over in their machine made for the pur
pefe, and it is done. Two plates engra
ved for the purpose were found, one for
Maffachufats, the ether for Ur.icn Bank ;
a bankbill was found also partly executed.
The villains have sloped, and left their
good boadfman somewhat in the lurch.
K -h/^^oG —XQ'oQd^DvC^o^^/KDc q^q'/Qo©'' t/
On Thursday left, the officers newly ap
pointed, belonging to the fecend battali
on in the twentieth regiment, met, by or
der of bis Excellency Brigadier General
Aldrich, at Col. Jonathan Smith's in
Surry, and were qualified agreeably to the
new regelations for organizing the militia
of this State, by taking the Cath cf alle
giance, administered by Lemuel Holmes,
Esq. and receiving their commiffiens. —
The whole business was tenduaed with
that dignity and regularity which distin
guishes the citizen soldier. At one o'
clock P. M. they, together With a num
ber of gentlemen from Keene, and towns
adjacent, parteck of an etertainment pro
vided for the purpose—and, to use the
the words cf a late writer, " the feftive
table was enlivened with heroic sentiment,
ard the patriotic wish ; and the glass of
f' independence" overflowed with the wine
of UNIVERSAL PHILANTHROPY."
The business of the day being conclu
ded, the company dispersed to their ref
pedive places of abode—those gentlemen
and officers belonging to Kecne, retired
to Landlord Richardton's where they (pent
the evening in social conviviality.
In the thunder storm which took place
on Wednesday evening laft,a barn belong,
ing to Mr. Henry Morse, of Swanzey,
was (truck by lightning, and entirely con
sumed, together with all its contents, con
fining cf hay, oats, &c.
JL Jtt^ormer-, §;c.
KEEN E, Anguft 21.
FROM EUROPE^
„ The Field officers of the refec&ve re.
giments in this State, are desired to make
returns of their cemmiffioned officers, as
soon as may be, that the regiments may
be completed.
Married.] In this town, Mr. Rufus
Clark, to Miss Hannah Kingsbury.
Died.] At Marlborough, Mis Phile
nia Sinead, ^t. 14, daughter cf Dodor
Simeon Sinead —At Weare, Mr. Caleb
Emery.—At Chester, Capt. Underbill.—
At Canterbury, Mrs. Susannah Br^d ey^
?Ec. 32. —At M^dleton, Mr. Benjamin
Henfhaw, JEt. 63. —At Weft Springfield.
Mr. Timothy Burbank, ^t. 84. —At
Providence, Mrs. Penelope Hewes.—A:
Boston, Mrs. Mary Woodiest, lE.. 66.
e^x^mmstii&^&aate^to^nCTfern
STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
GENERAL ORDERS.
T=HE Commander in Chief reqcc.%,
thar all the officers of the infantry
within the State cf New-Hampffiire, uni
form themselves in the following manner,
viz. That all the coats be a dark blue—
that the lappels and cuffs cf the firft divi
sion, shall be scarlet, white buttons, white
waistcoats and breeches, and white epau
lets.—The lappels, collars and cuffs cf
the second divisions, Shall be white, white
buttons, white waistcoats and breeches,
and white epaulets.—That the lappels^
collars and cuffs cf the third division, Shall
be buff, yellow buttons, buff waiucoats &:
breeches and yellow epaulets—that the
officers Shall on parade days, wear cocked
hats with black cockades —that the epau
lets worn by the Major Generals, Shall
have on each of them two Stars—that these
worn by the Brigadier Generals, Shalt
have on each of them one fiar—that the
Field officers Shall wear one epaulet on
each Shoulder—that commanding officers
of companies Shall wear an epaulet on the
right Shoulder—that the Subaltern officers
Shall wear an epaulet on the left Shoulder—
that the coats cf the officers Shall be lined
and faced with the fame colour of the lap
pels—that the coats Shall be of a length
that Shall not extend more than two inch
es below the kneeband of the breeches —
that no buttons be were on the coats be
low the pocket-fiaps—and it is desired that
the non commissioned officers and soldiers.
wear on parade days, round hats, with nar
row brims and high crowns.—And it is
hereby recommended; that all General
and other officers comply with these direc
tions as soon as convenient, by order of
His Excellency the Gavenor.
MICHAEL M'CLARY,
Adjutant-General.
WARI)EPAKTMENT.
August if, 1793.
INFORM ATION is hereby given to all
the Military Invalids of die United
States, that the ferns to which they are
entitled for fix months of their annual pen
sion, from the 4th day of March last, and
which will become due on the sth of Sep
tember next, will be paid on the said cay
by the Commissioners of the Loans, with
in the States refpedively under the usual
regulations.
By Command of the
President of the United States.
H. KNO X, Secretary at Wi>r.
TOKEN co: otthe pallure of the Sub
criber, in the Night following the
6th inst. a light red MARE, 4 years old,
with a small star in her forehead, a light
coloured mane, tail and feet, with a light
yellow spot on her under lip; trots aIR
and very handsomely.—Whoever will take
up the Thief and Mare, io that the Sub
scriber may have said Mare, shall receive
TEN DOLLARS Reward, and for the
Mare only, FIVE DOLLARS, and all
necessary charges paid.
, < ADAM DICKEY.
Bedford, (N. II.) Aug. 8, 1793.
N. B. The man who it is JupfeoJedflole the
Mare, is one WILLIAM BARKER, a
Blackfaith ; he was taken the Saturday he
'fore with two Horses in Bow, State of New
j Hamp,sire, that be fide in Stafford, Cem
n&aicut.—He is a middling fixed -tan, long
I black hair ; wore an old brown Coat, flower
jed Jacket, nankeen Breeches or chintz Trow
\fers, and is pittedqviibjb^Sfaa, Pox. __
^T'HE Partnerlhip of JOSEPH BRY-
I ANT and ISAAC ESTY is this
day dissolved by mutual content —All
partnership debts have become the pro
perty of said BRYANT.IAII persons
who have any accounts with said Partner
ship unsettled, ate requested to fettle the
fame with said BRYANT.
JOSEPH BRYANT,
ISAAC ESTY.
Weflmrland, Mug. 20tb, 1793,