The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-07-08 00:00:00, page 3

Exfrafl of a letterfrom Gen. Wilkins,o Col.
Nevill, dated Fort-Franklin, June. 16,
'794 # ' ~
" WE got fife to this place ot Thurfc
day !aft. We found the Indians here with
great profeffions of friendihip, but 1 think
overtrained, more completely to cover
their doubtful fixation. The British are
exerting all their influence to induce them
to a war, and I am afraid with too much
^ success. Peace or war with the Six Na
tions turn on our fixation with the Eng
lish. -The English by their agent Brant,
tell them that now is the time to prevent
the loss of their country, that if we once
get hold of Prefquc-ifle, all their lands are
gone. Cornplanter is again gone to Buff
aloe creek, to meet Brant and Johnson in
council, and to receive a menage from
their brethren the weftern Indians—l think
a great deal depends on the result of that
council. If the fix nations go to war,they
will fall heavy on our county and Weft
morkurd, and every precaution ought to be
lufed tQbe prepared for them."
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, June z 4.
We haveit now direaiy, and from a
quarter on which reliance can be placed,
that Governor Simcoe has, actually in
vaded our territory with three British re
giments, and this intelligence appears to
I be received with the most fhsmeful apa-
Julie 25.^
■ LAST evening an Erprefs arrived
at the-War Office with dispatches from
L Gen. Wayne's head quarter's at Fort Re
& covery, The nature of these had not
r tranftired whei this paper went to press.
„ ,ut by the fame conveyance a letter
it received . from Captain . Slough, which
L mentions;
■ That he is aboej marching for head
Quarters with about 130 men, infantry
M J SS.ACHUSETTS.
SPRINGFIELD. July :, 17%.
We hear from Sutton,that, on me night
ofthe zzd infant Mrs. Bridget Camel,
wife of Mr. Nathaniel Carriel, in a fit of
delirium, put an end to her life b) 'hang
, ing herfelf.
Reports of the uneasiness in Canada are
daily confirmed by people from thence :—
Oat who puffed thro' this town Jaft week
fiys that th? 7th regiment routined, took
possession of a inall fort and cried huzza
ter Washington. The militia were
called on to suppress them, with difficultyl
they get out a number, who grounded 1
their arms crying vive la Republics. He
further adds that the pamphlet# sent by
Mr. Genet are in the hands of every one.
I HAVE just received your meffige of
invitation to attend a council at Cata
ragaras, which I am much obliged to you
for, but I am exceeding sorry to hear of
the loss of our friends the Delawares at
Venango. lam much alarmed to hear of
the people of the United States being in
pofeffion of Prefquolfc, on lake Erie.—
My friend, I have every thing frefh in my
mind of our last council at Buffaloe creek,
which was agreed upon, and that all busi
ness of any consequence mould be done at
that place ; for I cannot think the Great
Spirit from above would prosper our pro
ceedings if we fheuld, under what we
have already done, except there Should be
a great change in our Situation of affairs.
My friend,'! would wish that we ffiould
cojifider ferioully, that it is certainly the
Left for us to support what we have done a
few days ago at our council fire at Buffa-
Joe creek, in which case I would wish to
meet you with the rest of our friends the
chiefs in a few days at the above mention
ed place, as we have received a message
from our "brethren, the weftern Indians,
which requires to be delivered there. The
bearer of this will deliver you the firings
ofWampum, to confirm what I have al
ready laid. From your friend,
JOS. BRANT.
N. B. I shall be at Buffaloe creek in
about four days, if the weather permits.
MD< G>'Q°^^°^>°'= > 'O'Xte^^D'bQ'Oo^^x^
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
KEEN E, July 8.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
KENTUCKY.
PITTSBURGH, JUNE 21.
True copy of a letter from' Capt, Brunt, to
Cornplanter.
By rtf erday's Boston Post.
Mohawk Pillage, 30th Maj, 1-94.
MT DEAR EXTEND,
" We have taken 32 pieces cf cannon,
several standards, killed or taken four
thousand men,'ameng whom are several
officers of diftindion.— General Clairfait
has been dangercufly wounded.
" The rout of the erieiny was complete.
We will fend you more particulars. I shall
set out tojoin the army. The confequen.
ces of this vidory will be very advanta,
geous to the Republic.
" I have not received intelligence of
the attacks which must have taken place
from our centre against the army of the
enemy. lam told it will succeed.
(Signed) RICHARD.'
." P. S. At this moment! have receiv
ed official accounts cf the capture of Me
ain.' The garrison attempted to escape—
J§oo of them have been killed on the foot.
The rest are pursued. A great deal of ar
tillery has been found in the place. In
form Paris—inform all France, that the
army of the North will perform all-that so
hoped from them. A great number of
emigrants have been killed. (Signed)
" RICH ARD,"
A2W-YORK, JUNE 28.
Capt. Leake,of the flobp Democrat, be
longing to Norwich, arrived here yeftef
day from St. Bartholomews, which place
he left the izth inst. lie brings an account
of the recapture of Point Petre, in Guada
loupe, by the French. The gentleman
who gave him this information, said that
the French appeared off Point Petre with
9 fail of men of war, who sent a boat on
more, which was detained by the Eriglifh ;
in consequence of which,the French vessels
bore down as near to land as possible, lan
ded 1200 men and formed the fort, arid,
after being repulsed several times, carried
it. It was also reported,that by means of
some people who had made their escape,
Admiral Jervis was made acquainted with
the above intelligence, who immediately,
collected part of his naval force, repaired to
Point Petre, and blockaded it.
F R ^ N C E.
NATIONAL CONVENTION^:
Richard, Reprefentut'ive cf theqnn
the Northern army, to the committee ofPubFk
Safety :
" Lisle, nth Floretl &c. (April 30.)
" lam in haste to inform you that we
havejuft gained an important victory over
the combination.
" The enemy, whom our bold march
again! ! Courtray had,at firft> disheartened,
were Ton reanimated by the refiftrnce at
Menin; and had conceived the defigri to
drive us from the country we had julltak
en poffeflion cf.
" Yesterday, at day-break,to the num
ber of 20,0c0, they appeared before the
excellent position occupied by General
Souham, in front of Courtray. The ac
tion took place some hours after. At firft
fucc6fs appeared doubtful ; but this re
sistance redoubled the energy of the sol
diers of the Republic. They charged with
impetuosity, and victory soon declared in
their favor.
end 30 cavalry, to protea a number of
provision waggons, that from the numer
ous trails of Indians difeovered an attack
on the convoy was expected, and that
Capt. Lewis had just brought intelligence
that Col. Simcoe was actually at the rap
ids of the Miami; with three British re
giments.
Extras of a letter from Capt. Slough, at
Fort-Hamilton, to bisfriend in Philadel
phia, dated, May zB, 1794.
" I wrote you yesterday informing ycu
of my being at this poH with a command of
IZO Infantry and 50 Dragoons—cf my
intent to set out on my return to Gren
ville with 700 pack horses, loaded with
flour, early this morning; fine, when
Capt. Lewis arrived from head quarters,
with intelligence of Governor Simcoe's
being at Rouffi De Boe or the Falls of the
Miami of the Lake with three British regi
ments. What efFed this may.have on the
movements of the Legion I cannot tell,
am inclined to believe it will b^ obliged
to retrogade very, fooh. lam very cer
tain I shall be attacked on my way out as
the Indians are very thick round us, and
my Spies have discovered a very large
trail between this and Fort St. Clair ; the
only thing that can prevent is Col. Strong's
being now on his way cut from Fort
Washington with a number of waggons
and pack horses, and as the supplies un
der his convoy are of more consequence
to the enemy than those which 1 take, it
is possible they may let me go clear ; —
however,be it as it may, lam content—ls
I am unfortunate I will be brave andmeet
my fate like a foldicr."
July §.
OF GUADALOUPE.
In obr last we gave several detached ar
ticles of intelligence corroborative of the
recapture of Guadaloupe. By an arrival on
I hurffay, in zo days from 'llatia, howe
ver, we lea'rn that the island was not adu
tuafly taken by the French. They are on
ly matters of Point-petre, and some out
Forts. Their force consists ofone 64,208
five frigates. On the arrival of this fleet
at Guadaloupe, Admiral Jervis, was at
Barbados, to fail the ' very next day for
England. The information was forward
ed to him by express boats ; & he immedi
ately Tailed for Guadaloupe,with all the for
ces he had with him, which Was one 98, one
frigate, and a Sloop of war, issuing orders to
the neighboring islands, for all the ships of
war to fail instantly for Guadaloupe. On his
arrival there, the enemy Was in Point Pe
xre harbour, and -he took his Station off the
mouth of it blocking them -in. There the
last accounts left him ; something decisive,
therefore may be momently expefted,
"'• [Mercury.]
• ; OFPORT-AU-PRINCE.
Byan arrival here, on Thursday everi
'"^ ^ om Acahaie, we are informed, that
the pgifh have made themselves " mailers
of Portrait- prince' and that Santhonax, had
jretreated to the mountains lying between
Lthat place and Jacmel.
ebtfdditton to the foregoing, ace find by
papers, that serious confluences are
entertained by the King and Mtnifry of Great
Britain, from the meetings of certain societies
in London, and their correspondence auitb other,
societies in different parts of that country. The
King has ordered all their bookstand papers to
be feinted, which has been done rffl^^ocaders
jm, Rnow,that tbefefccieties ,ffl.ra&,rc
plc who watch the movements tfmfflhitijh
minfry; who wijh for a parlz^fykfc^,re
form, and for fear of their effiEing jometbing
which would tend to a revolution, the King
ordered their books, &f. to be fazed.
, From, the Combined Armies, nue find, that
Gen. Clairfuyt attacked the French, and
drove them into Courtraj, which be fajs ho
foould have taken had not the French, at a
very critical juncture, received aver, corf
derable reinforcement.— An account from
London, May £tb, communicated in a letter to
a person in Bo,on, fa,ft, '' that Gen. Clair
fajt, of the combined forces, had met with a
terrible defedt, .5000 men were said to have
been killed—al, that he bad been unable to
rally the remainder of bit army, which be
fore the battle conffted of 30,000 men."
The riot, in Bofton,.mentioned in our last,
was occafaned by the assembling of a number
of per, ns, for the purpose of dc,rojing boufes
of ill fame, three or four of which they did.
We bear, from Amber,, that on Tuejday
ast ernoon id, considerable damage was done,
by a violent wind, a dialling bouje was ex
tirehitKfepyd.
Vis Tuefia, evening last, two convive
belonging to Cafle William, were fuffocated
in the earth, while attempting their efeape
from the prison by digging.
"Our only hope of avoiding war," Jays
a member of Cdngrefs, " seems now to re,
wholly on the fate of things in Europe,
which, if it is as favorable to France as our!
la, accounts indicate, may, and probably will t
dt,o, the British King and Court to accede
tq the propefitions of ear Envoy; who it is,
expelled, will arrive at a very favorable
moment, especially if it jbould be true that the
King of Pruffa has withdrawn from the el.
Since' our last, accounts have been re
ceived from France, which announce,
that the French army of the Pyrenees,
had obtained, on the ift of May, a Signal
victory over the Spaniards—killing three
thousand, and taking 4.000, together with
30 cannon. These accounts are by
Capt. Lamb, from Bourdeaux. Our last
accounts from Catalonia, were to the 23d
April—they gave information that Gen.
Dogabert had captured the town of Urgel,
and that his facceffor, Gen. Dorret was
waiting for reinforcements to attack the
citadel of that place. A severe rencoun
ter in that quarter is then highly proba
ble ; bat round numbers seldom give the
extents„
Barrere—We must propose no rewards
but fyO as are worthy Republicans. In
the nfidft of the victories of freedom, the
ftyl'eofoffdecrees must be that of the an
cient Inscriptions :—1 propose.
'' That the Convention decree, That the
Northern army have never ceased to deserve
well of their country !
, This decree-was unanimously adopted,
in the.midft of a burst of applaufo.
BOSTON, July 2.
from bourdtaux.
LYING in the townihip of Peaehan
(Vermont) which will be dispo
sed of on reasonable terms. Any perlon
wishing tor a Farm, need look no further,
with refpcß to the goodness of the foil,
having been several times over said land
myfelf, can with the greatest truth affirm,
that! never saw better. The whole town
in general being liktewife good, and hav
ing upwards of 200 Families, and many
of them in very thriving circumftances,the
profpe& is that it will soon become rich
and populous. The terms of, payment
will be very easy, as HERDS-GRASS
SEED, will be received in payment, and
time allowed for rearing it to Said lands
by the purchaser.
MOSES JOHNSON.;
Arene, July 7, 1794
TEN DOLLARS REWARD!
RAN away from the fubferiber, Mon
day night the 23d inst. JOSEPH
BURR, an Apprentice at the Printing bu.
finefSrfabout twenty years old, 5 feet 2or
3 inches high, dark hair and dark com?.
plexion, he usually wears a falfe tail, ge
neraly holds his head down, has a remark
able fear from a wound on the backside dm
obe his hands —He had with him a mixt- ,
colored homespun great coat—a blue coat'
—butternut colored jacket—a pair of stri
ped fluff trowfers or overalls nearly new
—two homemade white fhirts—calfskin
(hoes, and new plated buckles—an old
round hat :—He had with him about tan
dollars in caffi—he is very talkative and
conceited ; —he was a native of Redding ;
it is presumed he will endeavor to get
employment at some Printing Office :—
He went away in company with John
Hutchins, a lad who has worked at the
Printing business. All persona are cau
tioned against harboring or secreting him :
It is hoped the Printers throughout the U
nited States will exert themselves to de
ted him, at least be careful to examine any
person applying to be hired by them.
Whoever will apprehend the above ap
prentice,and return him to the Subscriber,
shall receive the above reward, and all
necessary charges paid, by
EDWARD GRAY.
Stringfield (Mass) June 2 3»_17 94.
dr taiS is to give notice that I for
-1 bid all persons trailing my wife
14g nut, as I will not pay any debts of her
contrasting from this date.
nathan whittemore.
Dublin, Jul, 1, '794: „
ROKE into the lubfcribcr'a enclosure
on or about the §th June, a light
coloured horse, 3 or 4 years old, shod
before, has one white hind foot, a white
stripe in his face, grey mane and tail.—
Whoever owns said horse may hare bias
again by calling and paying charges.
THOMAS MORSE. -
Stedten 7^l, fb, 1,94.
GOODS,
which will be fold for CASH or BUT
TER, on as low terms as ever was known
in this town, a few articles excepted.—
All persons whose Notes and Accounts
have been some time due, are requefled
to make payment by the 10th of Sept,
next—after which the old coat of patience
will be worn Very threadbare indeed.—
Wilhing as much as possible to avoid the
making use of law for the collection of
many (mail debts, from those who call
themfelve# poor—any kind cf PRODUCE
will be received in payment, and a gene
rous price allowed.
Lance, and acknowledged the French Repub
lic, which from the late, accounts from Eu
rope, we have some reason to infer."
DIED.) —At Brookfield, the Hon. Eli
jah Dwight, of Great Barrington, 48. —
At Newburyport, Mrs. Lydia Coombs,
78; Mrs. Abigail Stanwood, 48 ; Mr.
Nathaniel Wells, 18.—At Topsfield, Mrs.
Sarah Doram, widow of Mr. Nathaniel
Doram, 51. —At Salem,Me. Henry Gibbs,
merchant; Mrs. Mehitable MTntofh, 93.
—At Nantucket, Mr. Reuben Pollard—
At Bridgwater, Mr. Nathan Hayward,
FOR the encouragement of making
goo d BUTTER, NINE-PENCE in
CASH will be paid per Ib. to those per
sons who will bring it hard and in good
order.
CASH PAID FOR BUTTER.
A number of Lots of Excellent
LAN D
—ALSO FOR SALE-
7#y? Received,
a FRESH SUPPLY of