The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-04-21 00:00:00, page 3

on flive ccnld net bear witnefe againftf
fio&T—He went into the house about (
I*o hears before day-; "finding his matter.
''’ he " z '' him by the thyra. and t
©f :r checking him, tied a rope rcund hits
rj k, ad in a few Leonels finished him. I
loe [erpenator, wi?h the fellow who in
-H gated i#m to the commiffiou of so hor
rid a degd, are vow in confinement.
NE^.YORK.
- . NEW YORK, April 6.
Barbarity Unprecedented.
A gentleman or undoubted veracity,
who has arrived from Trenton, relates the
following particulars of the gieatett piece t
cf premeditated cruelty ;—Not Jong Once, i
& controvert# happened between a Mr. 1
Wikis, and one Marrs and his Son, all of 1
the fame noighborhocd,within 12 miles of 1
Trenton ; but a few days h.^ elapsed, h
when Mr. Wilds was palling a bye place „
where ihe two Mai<s had concealed them-i
raves, who when Mr. Wilds came up, 1
rushed upon him ruliian-like, got him <
dolo, cut off his ears and qufe, and goo.--1
ged tit: eyes, and o.herwife bruised him, t
so much that his life was def,aired cf ; he I
however, is lik ? to recover, with an im- I
perfed fight 0 ;Jy one eye. While these 1
were thus employed, the cry of murder a- i
Jarmed and brought the brother of Mr. t
Wilds to the place, who endeavoured to i
refeue his weltering brother hem the^, 1
but they dealt with him io fevereiy that 1
be was glad to make his efrape in order 1
to save his own life. The fa her and ion (
were apprehended and brought before the 1
fheuffol the county, who took bail cf 1
4000 . each for th,ir appearance at Court -
forcrial. ^Should bail have been takent
in such a cate r Foe gentleman who com- <
niunicafs the above, hod it from the bro- *
ther of'Mr. Wilds,who told it in presence <
cf the governor of New Jerfey,and several 1
other gentlemen,at a public houle in Tren- c
ton. ;
CONNECTICUT.
NEWLONDON, April 2.
Cast. Hurd, from St. Euttatia. informs
that Mr. (>h, cf on '•s, a m^-rs
verarity win whemh ' div&rfflor.
him that Le hndD. : % from the
v/^y^^L^yr^^.;' 'tcHig^nce oi
Grc^adaLAiig t^k^. ; French. Hr
hkewife f a that . Li ,u of the
Lilith fleet at U^Ar ^ r . s.seated to
Grenada, it wa- c ..,:(iu{< . and believed
the French would flip down the other lide
of the iflafid ana Attempt Dominique—
The French have a final! fleet ana maay
men ; the English a large fleet and no
men,
RHODEISLAN D.
PROVIDENCE, April 4.
Extrafiof a let terfrom a gentleman, in Lon
don, to bis friend in Barbadoes, dated
Jan. 12.
" 1 am happy to communicate to you
the pleading information cf an union
having taken place between Great
,fr&itain and America by which copimerce
n % t^cK tc^fod, particularly i*
the( 'ionics as there are very few reftric
not^ They are permitted to expert all
articles except inch as may be prejudicial
to the Irith trade,and are forbid to hlhjeft
they thovld injure the Newfoundland
trade. But they are allowed to take in
return for their goods, Wed-India produce.
Jf peace c ? uld be now obtained, your Isl
ands would greatly flourish "
MASSACHUSETTS.
PORTLAND, April 6..
Captain Drinkwater, who arrived here
lali Monday, informs, that he fold his car
go at Barbadoes, for caffi,and from thence
proceeded to Martinique, in order to pur
i4fe produce. On his arrival at Marti
iqv and on producing his papers to the
frit al. be expressed the greatest indigna
non;t tl = kme of his veffei(Ca ira)&°im
;ned .^Jj enta letter to the officer of the ‘
ffotrs, ordering him not to enter the
^<l. A copy of this letter in Captain
Drinkwater', peffeffion, is as follows ;
FORT ROYAL, 19th Feb. 1795.
Sir,
Bi defre of Brigadier General Lin
"ypinclofe to you the papers of an A
inerican Sloop come in here from Barbadoes
in ballgft. It is brigadier general Linfay's
order, that she may not be allowed to
take in arty thing at this port, 1 n con se .
qvenG of her name, which he thinks
highly improper, and that she depart as
soon as poffibb. The general does not
consider this as an eftabLlhed law ; but
Americans that bring not any thirigjvith
them, have no right to take any thing
away. 1 am, fir, year most obedient
fervaht,
(Signed)|
E. MORKLER, Maj. of Brigade.
Wm. Niccolls, Esq.
Colledoi, Fort Royal. •
BOSTON, April 11.
COMMUNICATION.
From Bermuda, March 1795.
We are lorry to inform the public, that'
the buficefs of privateering is carried on,
if possible, with more keenefs than ever
from Bermuda. The noted Goodrich has
now two (flips and a three matted lugger|
ready fur a cruifr, and many others arc'T
ther out, or preparing to fail. Two A1
ferrican (hips from Bourdeaux, with very
valuable cargoes, have been lately bro't
in here by the English frigates Rationed
off the Chefapeak, they were taken close
in with the land. The cargoes will cer
tainly be condemned, though undoubted
ly American property and toe vessels will
be acquitted, faddied with the colts of
fait, and ^ave no freight allowed. Such
is the venality and wickednefi of Green,
th? Judge of the admiralty Court of thefc
islands, and formerly sign painter in Phi
ladelphia, that it is almoll immaterial to
ftaud trial, as every thing neutral which
has vaue to recommend it is lure to be
condemned :—So great is the partiality of
laid Judge that in cases of appeal, he per
mits the Captors to be their own security
—Oar cargoes arc also apprized far under
their value even h?re—Cor.ee cf the firft
quality tor inkance is generally apprized
at 6 dols. perbb!. in those cases, uhhough
the common price is .0 .ds. per. bol.
ready caffi. This is cone from an idea
enicitriced here that in case of ro'tir?&|
the Captors are or refpoofbie tor the]
amount of appraizmen. ^^^W^y^-J
heron be ri^ht^-.^fefo, &hi refund with*
^mi^fr/aad lt.ll remain cbofrie/ably
/"'gainers. Agreat numbers A:nen
ca^ vcffela with their cargoes from otter :
cat parts of the French Weft.lndia 111 ins.
h vc been lately condemned in Bermudal
contrary to every principle if justice and
the laws of Nations—Toecharge, ahedgi;
cd are " that they are adoptee FrepQ
property, are, from what they term,hwc^ 1
aded polls (hough not a fwgle veiLl of
war has ever been before many of them)
and have traded contrary to the permanent
lyltcm of France." The coin own laying:
of the Privateer's Men is,that if restitution'
takes place, it mutt come from the Britilh
government, for ,ney are determined to
eat and drink the property they have t©k
eo, and government may find it, ts it can.
The diltreis of the poor feamtn here is
inconceivable—The moment the v.ffels
were libelled in moftcafes the seamen were
j turned alhore without money and without
refourcc. It is even difficult for the moll
respectable of the Americans to taife a
trifling sum of money to defray neceffaryl
exoences, and it is next to impoffibic toi
fell a Bill on America,the Bermudians be
ing impressed with an idea of a fcqueftri-I
tiun of British property in the United 1
States, until reltuuii >n shall be made for
their u^juft Captures. We have hitherto
retted our hopes on the interposition of
the executive of the United States to pro
cure us justice, but alas ! we can perceive
nothing done—Our government ought to
be apprized that there is a point at which
toleration ceases, and that ruined Men are
naturally defperaie. No news of any
Treaty.
A SUFFERER BY BERMUDIAN PIRACY.
REBELLION IN GRENADA.*
A letter from Tobago, dated March
^ r 79s> contains the following intelli
gence : “ A gentleman just arrived from
Grenada, which place he left the 13th
inst. reports, that a rebellion of the na
'tives and negroes broke out there on the
3d inst. and that the English had retreat
ed to the town, except about 43 taken
prisoners, and g killed, among the for
mer were Governor Home, and a Mr.
Campbell ; the rebels had got possession
of all the Ifiand except St. George's and
the forts ; that three frigates and several
armed vessels had arrived to the assistance
of the English, and were cruizing to
prevent the revolters getting any fuccour.
A fleet with troops was expeded."
* Grenada is one of the Caribees, and be
-Ilonged to the French, until the peace of 1763.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
, HANOVER, April 13.
We most cordially congratulate car rea
ders upon the success cf our French breth
ren ! The Stadtholder is fled Hol-'
land, with its powerful navy, is in the'
hands of cur Allies And not a drop of
blood has been shed ! May every Despot be
forced to follow the Stadtholder's exam
ple, without a possibility of finding a sim
ilar afyium ! England has left her
" right arm" And what will be the
conhqjence of this important event, God
only knows! This we may predid—it
will be favorable to liberty !
FRENCH NAV Y.
The capture of Amsterdam, has added
to the French navy the Tollowing ships,
viz.
Ships. Guns, Total Guns.
10 of 74 740
34 of 64 1636
2 of 56 112
7 of 54 378
1 of 44 44
7- of 40 280
14 of 36 504
'5 of 24 360
3 of 18 54
7 of 16 112
7 of 12 84
I of 10 10
11 of 6 66
!°9 4380
The God of battles must necessarily
be with the French—For nothing short of
his providence, can account for these al
most miraculous atchievments. It is said
as a providential circumstance which will
not fail to make a suitable impression on
minds not Reeled agaiaft such evidence,
that the froft tock place in Holland, just
;at the moment when the French democrats
iere ready to give their operations, and
jcontinued till they had succeeded com-
Jetely in their objeßs. A day or
after they had secured some of the
t s de most important dock yards, arfe
pab a^ magazines, the thaw commenced
I —b<. it begaa earlier, the expedition
v a Live been defeated.—No doubt,
I la:.?. i'tur pious curgymen will lift up
!focgs ri thanktgiving, for thi. u rnderful
;difyenfation.
For the Columbian Informer.
That nil who are negligent ma, take notice.
An a6l regulating marriages, and
for thQ registering of mar
riages, births and burials.
AND be it further er.aaed, That the
Clerk of every town and place in
this state, shall record births and burials,
and all persons concerned are to give no
tice of such births and burials to-the Clerk
within one month, and pay two pence for
every birth or burial, by the said Clerk
recorded. And if any parent shall negle&
' for one year after the birh of any child,
Ito make return to the Clerk of the town
lor place, in which such child is born, of
Ithe time of the birth of such child, the
person so negle&ing shall forfeit and pay
to the person filing for the fame, the sum
: of twenty (hillings.
I [This all paged February 15, 1791.]
, T y T'rf«.*< !~"C."/<>« „r^: ^± T^rf'KßK!,;T
;JCecne, t/f^iul 2/.
It is curious jo observe hpw few events
which generally come under the denomi
. nation of NEWS,are furnished by the Uni
ted States in a time of peace, if arrivals
from Europe fail for three weeks,the whole
American horizon is tranquil—a dead
1 calm succeeds. The proceedings of the
legislative bodies keep the politician a
-1 wake ; but porter houses and drain Shops
become dull, and the war folks, who live
on the news of blood and carriage, abfo
!lutely yawn about as lifeiefs as oysters.—
The (peculating gentry too almost run
out of employment, for want of a rife and
fall of prices, and,often are^at their wits
end for NEWS.- Patience good people.
—Wcfterly winds cannot blow always.—
'There is work enough going on in Eu
rope. The war between the high and
' low is not yet ended—a few stones only
1 are yet kndeked out of the old Gothic fa
bric of feudal tyranny. But the whole
flru&ure must come down,and great events
will precede the general crash.
[Herald.]
From Philadelphia, april B.^
DISPATCHES from General Wayne,
dated 12th of February, and which arrived
last Saturday, inform that the famous
,Shawances chiefs, and warriors belonging;
'to the Shawahes,and Dela&ares,airived at
Head Quartern, the 7th of that month,
bearing a flag, and suing for Peace.—
These Chiefs like those of the other hos
tile nations, who presented themselves in
the preceding month, manifested their
strong desire to put an end to the war, and
signed an article agreeing to assemble,
with all the other Chiefs of their nations
at Grenville, (Gen. Wayne's quarters)
in June next, to concludea general peac%
and in the mean time to cease from all aRs
ofheftility. The request of an old Dela
ware Chief, indicated the dillrefs of his
nation, while it manifested the Sincerity of
his profeffions, at the elofe of his Speech
to Gen. Wayre, he said—-
" l have now only to request of you to
point out a place upon which you will per
mit us to plant this enfaing spring, J wit
immediately remove my warriors, try wo
men and children to it, and place them
under your proteaion.
The Legislature of the State of New Jersey
bat paged an Aa, doing away the pumjhment
of death for an, crimes except Treason and
Murder, and Jubgituted dtjeretionur, fines,
imprifenment and hard labour.
GEORGE SIMPSON, ES^.
appointed Cajhier of the United States—
)vice John Kea,, Efa. refined.
DIED] At Brattleborough, on Sunday
12th inst. Mr. Zenas Metca ls, fchcol
matter, aged 24, formerly of this town.
©Oo^oOO o<>ox£>© O^OQ
Stop Thieves !
STOLEN from the Stable of the Sub
scriber on the night of the 17th inst.
J a red roan HORSE ; four or five years
/old'; about 14 hands high; cne of iis
Ihind legs is larger than the other, occa
, fioned by a bruise ; a small foot on the left
ear where the hair is eff, and trots chiefly.
Whoever will take up said Horfc, io that
the owner may have him again ; and Se
cure the Thief cr Thieves, so that he or
they may be brought to justice, or either,
or all of them, ihal l be haodfomely re
warded by DANIEL WRIGHT.
Gilfam, April 20, 1795.
• 20 DOLLARS REGARD !
STOLEN from the stable of
the fubferiber, on the the night of the
, 14th inth a dark brown MARE; about
„ 14 hands high—her nose a light brown,
: with a white spot on it ; a white star in her
r forehead, and some white on one of her
: hind feet ; her mane hangs chiefly on the
t left fide of her neck ; two fiddle galls,
on the right fide, one occafiuned by the
) fore and the other by the hind part of the
f saddle ; long and round bodied, and is
, a natural trotter. —Whoever will take up
, said Mare and Thief, so that be may be
)brought to justice, shall have TWENTT
DOLLARS REWARD, and for the Mare
only, TEN DOLLARS, and all necessary
charges paid.
ELIJAH DODGE.
Winchester, April 18th, 1795.
To be SOLD, -
! AFarm,
s r YING in Keene, within three
: miles of the Meeting Houle, con-
I taining one hundred acres of excellent
: land, well wooded and watered, and lies
• within three°quarters of a mile of a Grill
i and Saw-Mill, and has a good House and
t Barr, on the fame—enquire of
Jonas Osgood.
- Keene, April 21, 1795.
; TAKE NOTICE! )
, ALL Persons to whom the es
. tate of HENRY BLAKE, late of Keene,
■ Printer, deceased, is indebted, are re-
I quested to exhibit their clmands without
'delay— and those who are indebted to said
estate are desired to make immediate pay
: Inent to the fubferiber, who is legally ap
ipointed Administratrix.
NANCY BLAKE,
I Keene, April 1 6tb, 1795.