The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-11-18 00:00:00, page 2

strict afoarblast Ehlbeafare, carfare
ted as a free and independent nation.—'
It is to give to the world an iill&to&ex^
ample of the utmost confequeiTC^p The,
caufeof mankind. I^xp&fece ad%eart-|
felt fa isfadtion in tiie co^^idfeghat the
conduct of the troops throughout will be
in every refpeft anf&erable to the good
ness of the cause, and the magnitude of
the Rake.
There is but one point on which I think
reproper to add a Special recommendation:
It is that every offi er and soldier will con
stantly bear in mind, that be copies to
Support the laws, and that it would be pe
culiarly unbecoming in him t^be in any
.way the infraftor of them, that the essen
tial principles of the government confine
the province of the military, when called
firth on such occasions/ to these two ob
jefls—ill, to combapand subdue, all who
may be found in arms, in opposition to
the national will and authority—2d, To
aid and support the civil magistrates in
bringing offenders to justice ; the difpen
, fation of this justice belongs to the civil
magistrate, and let it ever be our pride and
our glory to have the sacred deposit there
inviolate.
avow, that the fafety of Holland was a
consideration to Great Britain of far great
.er moment than any other which, in the
present posture of affairs, impressed his
mind. He fyould therefore in preference
to any other enterprize, employ the army
under his command for that deferable pur
pose.
Convey to my fellow-citizens in arms,
my warm acknowledgments for the readi
ness with which thev have hitherto fecond
cd me in the most delicate and momentous
duty the Chief Magistrate of a free peo
ple can have to perform : And add my
affectionate wishes for their health, com
fort and success. Could my further pres
ence with them have been necessary, or
compatible with my civil duties at a peri
od when the approaching commencement
of a feflion of Congress particularly calls
me to return to the feat of government,
it would not have been withheld. In
leaving them, 1 have let's regret, as 1
knov I commit them to an able and faith
ful direction, and that this direction wih
be ably and faithfully Seconded b< all.
G. WASHINGTON.
A private letter from the Hague, makes
mention of a difference that has lately fub
iided between the Duke of York and
Prince of Saxe Cobourg and if the cir
cumftancesof which we are informed ref
pelting it, be corre&y dated, the con
dufl of the former General has been luch
as to entitle him to the gratitude and
praise of his countrymen. The Prince of
Cobourg it is said, called upon his Royal
Highness in a peremptory tone, to march
his army towards the Meuse, where their
services would be better emp'oyed in pro
te&ing the passages into Germany, than
in covering the frontier towns of Holland
• —an object comparatively infignificant.—
The reply of the British Commander was,
that having the direction of the troops of
his country entrusted to him, he fiould
difeharge his duty to the best of his judg
ment in pursuit of the object of which he
undertook it ; and he did not hesitate to
The reputation of Barrere fuffered fev
ml attacks in the terrible struggle which
ended in the fall of Roberfpierre. It is
thought that the following words of Du
bois Crance. jn the Sitting of July go.
Were levelled at him and Billed Varennes.
" You have cut off Roberfpierre and his
accomplices, but may it not fall out that
the habit of power may make,new confpi
rators agunft Liberty. ? He who has tufted
of the cupof authority, finds it difficult
to return to the class of firnple citizens.
You have fubdned the tyrant, but be
wge of the men, who inccffautly making
It is Rated in ieveral letters, that the
people of Nantz have revolted against the
Judges of the Revolutionary Tribunal of
that city, who were on the point of guil w
lotining a great number of citizens. As
this infurredion agrees in point of time
with the revolution of the 27th July, the
consequences will not be fatal either to the
insurgents or the prisoners.
u'u7~c^7i^ibteUt^Rc©.
YORK and COBOURG.
LONDON, Sept. 1.
BARRERE.
themselves and the Government but one 1
fid the fame, Maintain that they cannot 1
t*acctf& within an attack on the Gov
ernnimtitfelf."
ROBERTPIERRE.
The following (ketch, differing in cer-;
tain points from moll we have heretofore
seen. is extracted from a Paris Journal:
Robeif/ierre at the time of his death,
was aged 35 years. He was ffiort in Ra-1
ture, being ogL&C feet twp or three in-;
cnes in height; his Rep was firm ; and his
quick pace in walking announced great
activity. By a kind ot contraction of the
nerves, he used often to fold and compress
his hands in each other ; and spasmodic
contractions were perceived in his fnoul
ders and neck, the latter of which he mo
ved convulsively from fide to fide.
In his dress he was neat and elegant, nev
er failing to have bis hair in so heft order.
His features bad nothing remarkable about
them, enters that their general afped was
somewhat forbidding : His complexion
was livid and billious; his eyes dull and
funk in their sockets. The constant blink
ing of his eyelids seemed to arise from con
vulsive agitation ; and he was never with
'out a remedy in his pocket. He could fof
ei his voice, which was naturally harsh
and croaking, and could give grace to his
provincial accent. It was remarkable of
him, that he could never look a man full
in the face. He was mailer of the talent
of declamation ; and as a public Speaker,
was not amiss at composition. In his ha
rangues, he was extremely fond of the
figure called antitbejis ; but failed whenev
er he attempted irony. His diction was
at times harsh, at others harmoniously
modulated, frequently brilliant, but often
trice, and was constantly blended with
common place drgreffions on virtue, crimes,
and cofpiracies. Even when prepared, he
was but an indifferent orator. His logic
was often replete with fophifcs and fubtil
ties ; but he was in general Rerile in ideas,
but with a very limited scope of thought
is is almost always the case with those
\ho are too much taken up with them
selves.
When Roherfpierre's party prevailed
and made an attack upon, religion, Mr.
Paine thought this a favourable opportu
nity to court the ruling fadion, and he
published his age of Reason : Fn which ht
endeavoured to prove the fallacy of every
religion that has appeared in the world.—
He thought by this work, which was trans
ated into French, that he fhoald obtain his
Liberty & gain popularity ; but unfortun
ately for him, Roberfpierre found that the
people of Fiance, whom he had conduced
to every fpeaies of enormity, were not yet
ripe for the abolition of religion : He ac
cordingly changed his plan, from the an
nihilation to the toleration of all religions.
Mr. Paine's book had just appeared—
as it happened, it was unattended to ; and
it is generally supposed that Mr. Paine
remains in Prison, although there have
been recent reports of his having been
guillotined.
PUBLIC OFFICE BOWSTREET.
Patrick Murphy was on Saturday bro't
up, on a charge of affaoking jfabella
Macky, an Infant not nine years of age,
with intent to commit a rape. The par
ticulars of this business being of two in
delicate a nature for a public print, we
can only just fttte that the child unfortu
nately being placed under the care of a
woman at a house in Great Portland street,
belonging to Mrs. R)iey, which was to
While all Europe deplores the injury
done to its commerce, the Sovereign of
Africa complain in loud terms of the ruin
of their trade from the long continuance of
peace. Prisoners of war are no longer to
be procured, which has reduced the Have
market.
The Public has for some time part loft
fight of this extraordinary charader.—
Implicated with the party of Briffoc, to
which he had- attached himfclf he was
thrown into prison upon the downf&l of
that party, and would probably have
ihared their fate, but that his iniignificance
proteded him from so severe a punilhmeht^
for from an ignorance of the French lan
guage, it was impoffiblc that he could
make himfelf cunfpicous in the conven
tion.
We learn that Prince Ernest has loft
the fight of one of his eyes, from the air
of a ball which so materially aße&ed his
arm, whilst serving with the Britilh forces
m Austrian Flanders.
THOMAS PAINE.
let, and whither the prisoner was employ
ed to carry some goods, he on Wednesday
led got the child into one of the rooms
with him, and used her in the most bra
tal manner, the rcfult of which is, that
it has received the infedion of a cer
tain disease. Ordered for further exami
nation.
The. business of the French National
Convention has been done,far some months
past by very few. The whole number of
Deputies of the People to the Convention
was originally fixed at seven hundred and
thirty-three ; of these, twenty-Seven are
fallen in battle ; twenty-nine dead ; eigh
tj four have been guillotined ; twenty-two
are imprifaneci ; fix are deputies to the
fleets; twenty-one deputies to the armies,
and one hundred and sixty eight arc ab
feat as deputies to the departments; so
that ^ number remaining in Paris to do
duty, was only three hundred and feventy
fix, but nineteen above one half of the
deputies, as we do not hear that any care
was taken to fill up the vacancies occasion
ed by death, which have been one hun
dred and forty.
The pain of death is pronounced a
gainst tte Brabanters for every infraction
of the edicts of the French Commissioners.
The inhabitants dare not quit their refi
deoce without a purport, and the doors
of the houses are moll ulually (hut. The
Brsbanters dare not set a foot within the
French territory, nor can the French pall
into the Netherlands. The Republicans
observe the nicert discipline, the army no
onger makes use of tents, the officer as
wed as the soldier, sleeping on the ground
r the pavement. The former marches
on foot with bis knapfaek at his back.—
The Buurgeoile are not allowed to lodge
the (oldiers, who are so firitily puniihed
for theft, that there have been instances of
there having been foot for limply dealing
the value of a drilling.
F RAN C E
NATIONAL CONTENTION, Aug. 17.
.Barrere announced to the Convention
the recapture of Quefnoy in the following
terms:„
<< Os four places delivered up to the
Austrians, two have surrendered to the
Republic. You learned a few days ago
the recapture of Lundrecies : Your Com
It appears that the Magistrates and
principal inhabitants of St. Sebaftians
went in procession to meet the French, and
upon their entering into the city, a gen
eral meeting was held, in which the French
Constitution was solemnly accepted. Tht
Ecclesiastics, the Merchants, and the No
bles had escaped. All their property and
effects were put in a date of requifition—
and the City of Tolofa was allo taken. —
The next day a body of ten thousand
French, with a large train of artillery,
marched to secure the passes in the road to
Bilboa ; and another body were preparing
to follow them ; which city, as before
Rated, is unprepared and incapable at
resisting such a force. In fad, that the
whole of the maritime and trading prov
ince of Biscay must inevitably fall into the
hands of the French, unless some speedy
and powerful afliftance can be given The
result of the meeting is to be immediately
laid before Mr. Pitt.
PROGRESS of the FRENCH in SPAIN.
Letters were on Friday and Saturday
received by the Spanilh merchants from
Bilboa, and other trading towns on the
N. W. coast of Spain, Rating the dread
ful alarm which prevailed throughout the
country, on account of the rapid progrefi
of the French ; who continue to be rein
forced every day, since the surprise and
capture of Fontarabia.
This is an objc& so highly interesting
to the Spanish houses in London, that ave
ry large meeting was held in Batfon's Cos
fee House, on Saturday, of Gentlemen
in the trade, which was attended by the
Spani(h Minister.
Several letters were read, which very
fairly and openly Rated, that instead of
an opposition being made by the inhabi
tants, the French were received with open
arms.
in fed there has been two arrivals from
Europe,- one at Halifax, the other at Bof
son, bringing London Nevus to the 17th
September. The most important articles
contained in the Boston papers, we have
fehdedfor this da, —the, follow. —•
By Tefierday's Boston Post
mittee now announces to you that pf QucA
noy. Three tkoafand ilaves composing,
the garriton, Surrendered at diferetion to
the valiant Republicans, who for fevers!
'days braved the rain and bullets of the en
emy, penetrating to the gates of the place
in trenches filled with water,amidft a (Low
er of balls and grape ffiot. The surren
dered garrison is kept until the Conven
tion (hall order how it is to be difpoted of,
and what is the treatment reserved for iu
Our people are searching for the conceal
ed emigrants, forty jofwhom have already
been taken, and will irftantly Suffer the
penalty provided by the law."
Aug. 30. Carnot read letters, inform
ing the Convention of the Surrender of
Valenciennes, Conde and Slays.
Sept. I. A letter was read from the ar
my of the North, informing the Conven-
LON DON, SEPTEMBER, fj. I
The letters from Holland bring to ,?r
ticular news. Breda is in a manrer h
vested by the French, who are adm nci 4
tion, that Conde Submitted at the hour
prescribed by the decree of the Conven
tion. The number of prisoners amounts to
1600, 161 pieces of cannon, 6000 mus
kets, too,coo balls, bombs and (hells, 1,
500,000 cartridges, 600,e00 pounds oi
powder, &c. were found in the garrison.
requisition.
The Emperor having row nearly ex
hausted h'is treasury in the prosecution cf
the war, Great Britain has offered him a
subsidy, t® be employed in the mainte
nance of 100,000 men, who are to a& <>t
fenfively in the Netherlands. A new fyf-'
tern of operations has already been adopt
ed. The Prince of Cobourg has been re
placed by Gen Clairfayt; and according
to letters received in London cn Friday,an
immediate attempt was to be made to ef
fe& a junction between his army and thru
of the Duke of York. His imperial Ma
jeftv seems, however, to have found some
difficulty in persuading the Rates of the
Empire to furnifh contingents ; the King
of Prussia, in particular, has refafed to fur
nifti any, alledging that he has already e.i
haufled his resources, and that Poland re
quires his whole attention. This last a
pology appears to be well founded, fee
great part of Palilh Prussia has declar
ed in favor of the Patriots; and it is even
said that his Prussian Majesty has been
completely defeated before Warsaw. We
shall close this recapitulation of foreign e
vents, by mentioning a report which had
reached London on Saturday night, t> n a
revolution had taken place at Ba&
Berne, in Swifferland.
The occurrences of the preceding week,
have, in a great measure, served to devel
ope the future plans of the allies ; have
exhibited to our view, the internal fixa
tion of France, after the convulsion which
produced thefall of Roberfpierre; have
disclosed the determination of the Empire;
and promulgated the sentiments of the im
perial states with refpe& to the war.
To all who reflected for a moment on the
Subject, it was fufficiently obvious, that
although Barrere, Billaud Varennes, and
the other Members of the Committee of
Public Safety, had united with Tallien, &
Co'lot d'Hcrbois, for the deftruaion cf
Roberfpierre, no great degree of cordiali
ty subsisted between them. This became
manifeft, soon after the execution crßob
erfpierre, by occasional bickerings in the
Convention, and by indirect insinuations
thrown against Barrera, by Tallien's par.,
ty. A trial of Strength, at length tcolc
place. Lecointre the adherent of Tallien,
was pushed to denounce Bairere, and fix
other Members. Lecointre did not how
ever, succeed. The fubjed was resumed
on the Succeeding day, and fpecifc char
ges adduced. Each charge was Separate
ly debated, and all were clifmiffed. But
the spirit of wrangling and difeord, which
Seems Bill to pervade the deliberations of
the Convention, affords ground to pre
sume, that their difi'entions will never be
terminated but in the annihilation of one
of the parties. The denunciation of Bar
rere and the consequent tumults in the
Convention, made little or no impreffon
on the operations of the French armies.—
Conde, Quefnoy, Valenciennes and Sluys,
surrendered to the Northern Army, Bred:r
was invefled,and the armies of the Eastern
and Weftern Pyrennees,. obtained succes
sive victories at Foutarabia, St Sebaftirn
and Bellegarde. Their victories in the
province of Biscay, have induced the gov
ernment to put the inhabitants in a Rate of
RETROSPECT.
Glasgow, Sept. 16.