The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-12-16 00:00:00, page 3

gentlemanin, M^ctinifu, which mentions
.the arrival there cf two advice b<ata from
■ England, the latter cf which failed the
19th Sept, bringing iitel igence cf |he
failing of tea fail at the line, with frig
ates and trampartL having seres thou
find troops on board, and being the ar
my railed to assist the French rebels of
La Vendee ; under Lord M?ira ; to rein
force th# English in ,he Weft-Indies ;—as
also that they would be augmented by
3000 men from Gibraltar,and the Captain
of a vessel arrived at New-York, spoke a
schooner, 18 days from Bar badges, bound
.to Virginia, the Captain of which infor
b med, that a fleet of men of war and trans
ports had arrived there from England,four
men of war of 74 guns had come into the
harbor in the night he failed, and the rest
were off. There is an arrival at Port
land, of the Schooner Three Friends,
Captain Norton, in 28 days from Marti
r-ico ; but no mention of the liquation of
the islands is m& in the Portland paper.
AMSTERDAM.
Since our last funfry Reports have ar
rived and been circulated in town, of the
^capture of this important commercial city
Vsf Holland, by the French.
It is the duty of Printers, to study truth
in every statement they make to the pub
lic. They ffiould on the one* hand, avoid
flattering the withes of their readers, in
detailing certain intelligence as authentic
which may be they are improbably found
ed, and on the other, (houfd always insert
every article received which has a reafona
_ ble validity. Thus impr ffed, we dare not
positively assert the truth or fallhood of
the reports of the capture of Amjierdam.
We ffiall only state these reports as receiv
ed, with the necessary observations.
▼ The firft repox was from a vessel spoke
at sea, iniß days from London for Nor
folk, frgdtyhich it was said, Amtterdam
was takal .This vessel has arrived, and
various articles of intelligence received by
her has been published, but no such posi
tive or even conjeaura), information has
been announced from her.
The next and most prominent report,
is from Biddeford, where Capt. Swain
had arrived from London, who informed,
that Amfardam quae pofoivel, taken. And
a L° n don paper, shown by Capt. Swain
to a gentleman at Biddeford, is laid to
have the fame news in it. This vessel was]
fpokte at sea by a schooner arrived at
4 ^^^ an d then said, When they left
&i||t^9^,,had been received from
December iz.
OF THE WESpNDJES.
Accounts have been io rapid circula
tion for lateral days pall, of important
events in the Weit-Indies :—Wehave
traced federal to their source ; and our
deductions therefrom ase, T'ALtafat ha,
adually' arrived ih<fre. M^ny (uppole
them to be French ; and mefappofuion
is founded on the intelligence heretofore
pablifhed in the Centime! that a fq^adron
of Grips and transports had aflually failed
from Brest; that it had been spoken with
in certain latitudes, and had been seen
palling the ifiand of Martiiico, where
foch afLec was expeaed. On the other
hand, we have seen a letter from a French
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, Dec. io.
I M,P O R TA N T.
Captain Swaine, in the flhip Hope, ar
rived at Biddeford, oh Monday rtft, in
4.9 daysfr rm London, -brings aecbonti of
iheINTIRE CAPTURE OF HOL
LAND by the French. Our informant
fas, a London paper on board, contain
ing the account ; but could not obtain
the consent cl the Captain to bring it with
him.
from his Royal Highness the D*etfYork.
He left the army on Thursday lalt. As
he came off at on hour's notice, he brought
only private difyamhes for government ;
but we uriderftand that his Royal H'ghnefs
had made a movement to join General
Ciairfayt, with the intention of railing the
liege of Mleft richt. ,
DOMESTic '^RriCL ES.
.PENNSYLVANIA.
e PHILADELPHIA. DEC. t.
A letter was read in the Houle of Re
prefentati vet, this day, addressed to the
Speaker, from the Secretary of the Trea
sury, announcing his intention to refigri
bis office on the last day of jaguar, next.
The letter states, that this previous incep
tion is given in order that the house, if
they fee proper, may in the interim pro
ceed with the inquiry into the trap&aions
of the treafnry department, indicated the
laftfeffion.
The 18th of this month, has been one
of the most important during the cam
paign.
The French army after receiving the
reinforcements, expected by it, Made a
general attack on all ttie pofitiotfs,' occu
pied by the Austrians on the Meuse and
Outre.
As well as we can judge' by the last
difpatches,' the post on the fide of Maef
tricht was maintained by the latter, after
a very (harp a&ion; but it wtos-not the
fame with those at Liege, and bn the Ou
tre.
The Imperrafift, were forced to aban
don their works on the firft of these posi
tions, arid the French Idem after passed the
Meuse.
!This has obliged^the Austrian army to
fall back on Juliers, and Gen. Grey
has received orders to throw himfelf and
his corps into Macftritcht.
The tube, through which it was to pass,
was about two fe,t in length, and made
of brass, seemingly designed to be attach
ed tea walking ftick.>
Higgins was to have poisoned the ar
row, Lemlitre was to have (hot it, and
Smith, it is supposed, was to bare raised a
disturbance in the pit of the PUjhoufe,
for the purpose of favoring the execution
of the design.
To pflaffinate the King of England by a
poisoned arrow, was made about the lat
ter end of last September. John Peter Le
maitre, Wm. Higgins, and Smith,
were examined at the Duke of Portland's
office, on fafpicion of. the crime. Sev
eral witnesses came forward in proofof the
charge, and were particularly and tully
interrogated ; in' confeqUence of which,
warrants were grafted by his Grace,
for apprehending some other persons,
supposed to be accomplices. The plot,
for which these men 'were arretted, was
not solely confined rd the affirmation of
the British monarch, but including some
of the principal ministers of his majdly.
The dart, conftrufled for this criminal'
purpose, was one of the most artfol pie
ces of workmanship, perhaps, ever seen ;
the barbs get into the head of the arrow in
its progress through any substance, and fly
open when the weapon is lodged—At the
time they do so, the poison circulates
through a tube to the point, is abforded
by the fleth, and the head of the arrow re
mains immoveable.
the Continent, That th French were more
i ard'riora fuccefful, area that /he general »-
(lief was, that they were in Holland.
:We have thus stated impartially, the
reported articles, and' the other inforfe
!tian we - Were poffefled bf, which render
ed the truth of the reports dubious— The
ship mud loon, arrive at New Bedford, her
real "place of destination; when we (halt be
happy in the opportunity es laying before
our readers, any kind of important intel
ligence ihe may afford.
DECEMBER, <3.
PEACE WITH THE INDIANS.
Under this head we have the picture
to present the following authentic docu
ment -.—Governor Mathews, in a, ad
d/efs to the General affeMbly of the state
of Georgia, informs, that'' oh the third
of May, 'Mr.- Seagrove, arrived at this
place in company with fix Chieft; he an
nounced the Agreeable news of peace, and
brought in.thrce or four of our prifor.cz,,
the restoration of tha remainder togethe
with the property; reds on the faith of
fgiian proi&s?'
The G^netee treaty has terminated
much to the fatisfaatoi of the Coramiffion
erstf the United Static, and of the Six
Nations of Indians, who have relinquish
ed all righthand title to the Prefaue-iJL-
Te/ritor,, and a trad of land, four miles
wide, from Johnson's landin to Fort Slau
fer, including the fort of ,Niagara, and
also granted ,o the United Stars the right
of polling anu refaffing through their
country.
By an arrival at Philadelphia, London
papers were received, to the 4th of Oc
tober—from a careful perusal of the
columns, extr^ed from them, the fol
lowing articles are collected and conden
led.
NEW- HAMPSHIRE.
IMPORTANT NEWS.
FROM THE HAGUE.
KEENE, December 16.
AN ATTEMPT,
Extraa of a letter from Bermuda, to a gen
tleman in Norfolk, dated the 28th of Oao
ber > >794-
" The Bermudian# are in great con
vernation, on receiving the dreadful ac
count bya brig which arrived yesterday
from London, informing them, that they
wpqld be obliged to make good the dama
ge# the American# have (attained by them.
A number of appeal# have come out a
gainst those concerned in privateering,
amounting to a cupfiderable sum—many
of them are determined to fell their coun
try, and ter seek for refuge under some
neutral government (America excepted.)
The Bermudian# were never in such a
predicament as at present—they were
condemning the American v,ffcls fall be
fore this new# arrived, to now they
have made a full flop. T^dont know
what to employ themfeHea about, there
are fyeb a number of French privateer# a
mong the Weft-India Ifland#, that they
are. afraid to feud their veffel# there ;
they are equally afraid of going. to Ameri
ca, being confeiou# of their improper con
dud toward# many of its citizen#.
General Clairfayt has been defeated af
ter an engagement of three days.
His army confined of between 60 and
70 000, and was polled between Maef
tricht and Liege ; his right wing encam
ped in the neighborhood of the former,
and his left wing occupying the strong poll
of La Ch^rteufe,
It was on the left wing the French made
their principal attack—lt commenced on
on the 17th inst. and it was not till the
19th that the French fuCceeded; with a
loss on the fide of the Austrians of from
12 to 13.000.
The Duke of York was defeated on the
I7th with a loss of 500 men.
From a London paper of Sept. 26.
Yelierday a messenger arrived from the
continent, with intelligence of an event
perhaps as calamitous as any that has oc
curred this war.
General Pichegru is pursuing the Duke
of York with a force confining of 80,000
men; and, as his royal highness cannot
now bop for any fuccours from the Auf.
trian army, his plan, doubtless, will be,
to effe& a further retreat from the dan
gers, with which he appears to be threat
ened. ...
Such is the account of the above disas
ter, which is said to have been received ;
but we entertain a confident hope, that it
will prove to be an exaggeration in the
most material circumstances attending the
tranfaaion.
This, of course, occasions a total change
in theflan of operations at that quarter.
Maeftrichi is now, we fear, left entirely
unprotected, and Gen. Ciairfayt must
contest himfelf in anting on the defenfive
in thebefl manner he can, and saving the
Shattered remains of his defeated army.
General Joutdan commanded the French
troops in this affair, whole loss is not
mentioned, but must have been considera
bly greater than that of the allies.
General Clairfayt's Defeat.
From the London Morning Herald if Septem
ber 27.
Government, toe are informed, are in
possession of intelligence of the most- mel
anchofy nature from the army of General
Ciairfayt. This brave, but unfortunate
officer, with 70,009 men under his com
mand, was attacked by the enemy, in ira
menfe force, on the 17th instant, between
Maeflricht and Liege. He sustained the
vigorous afl'ault with his wonted courage
and intrepidity, in a manner, which, al
thoogh eventually overpowered by fupe
rierity of force; mult reflea on him im
mortal honor. The engagement, it ap
pears, laited near three days, with very
little intermission ; the two firft of which,
he had apparently the advantage ; but on
the third, the enemy unfortunately suc
ceeded in turning his left wing, and obli
ged him to make a precipitate retreat to
Aix-l^-Chapelle, with :he loL of upwards
of i2,c00 men.
Reinforcements in the Weft-1&
, dies.
Part of the troops, lately encamped
near Fiulhiog, under the command of
Lord. Mulgrave, is ordered ty the Weft
indies. For this there are two reasons —
They are very much wanted in the Weft-
In&te; and the Du|ch thought they wan
ted them so little, that they would notev
en admit them into their towns, of affgn
them quarters in th^ villages;
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Maryborough, Dec. 13, 17%.
Respectfully informs
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where he carries on the bufinels
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Keene, 12th Dec. 1794.
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BEING informed through the channel
of your paper, of the circumstances
loQhe American. Captives in Algiers, and
the proposal of a lottery for their relief —
But it ap„ars that a, general contribu
tion would be a much more expeditious
method to effeft their redemption.
- From a- feeling draft of the diftrefling
situation of obr fellow-citizens now in cap
tivity, and that it is our duty to administer
something to gain their, liberty, a number
of the inhabitants of. the (mail town of
Lemstmr being assembled yesterday,
twenty-fee dollars were railed for that be
nevolent purpose, provided the example is
followed and put in practice by the inha
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demption of the New-H^mpihireprifin
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^Messrs. Printers,'-'...
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MICAH MORdE.,
(Signed by the desire of the Donors.)
Lemfer, Dec. tyh, 1794.
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