The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-10-09 00:00:00, page 3

Eleven thcufwd men are find to have
been captured at Mentz, besides a prodi
gious quantity of artillery and other im
-1 plr^euts of war.
bar .Tie men, indeed, are only retrained
met toferve for a twelvemonth against the
A>s. The very easy terms granted
them, ihow at once the importance of the
place, and the prudence as well as gene
rosity es the captors.
mentz, JULY 27. The Commission
ers of the National Convention who were
at Mentz, will be kept as hostages, until
the debts of the garrison are liquidated ;
and these debts are considerable, as the
carmens contributions raised by the
' Trench will probably be included among
them.
JULY 28. The whole camp before
Mentz, has already broken up, and no
more troops are left there than what are
necessary for the garrison of the town. The
Combined army is divided into four col
umns ; one of which advanced towards
Landau, another towards Lauterie, a 3d
to Treves, and the 4th towards the army
in the Netherlands.
Particulars refpeaing Gen. CUSTINE.
PARIS, July 23.
Yeflerday the Committee of Public
Welfare, denounced Gen. Cuftine, who
=- —^ here, and has been watched by a
,™-.. /, °s accused of having said,
that 'uch a< ,of the Convention, as be
iocs not approve, he would curl bis bair with,
andtoat he mould make the facebins trem
ble."
They may moreover occupy, conjointly
with the French troops, the gate of New
thor, and the extremity of the bridge of
the Rhine adjacent to the right bank cf
that river.—Accepted.
Art. 12. Colonel Douay, Director of
the Arsenal, Lieutenant-Colonel Riboif
fieri, fub-direftor, and Lieutenant-Colo
nel Varine, Chief officer of Engineers,
shall deliver over, with as little delay as
possible, to the principal officers cf Artille
ry and Engineers of the Prussian army,
the arms, ammunition, plans, &c. rela
tive to the duties with which they Ihail be
refpedively charged.—Accepted.
Art. 13. A Comm ffoy at War fhali
in like manner be appelated to receive
the magazines ard effects which they con
tain -—Accepted.
^Q 1%. AFF^oril Ancle. The
dTertrrs hum the combined armies shall
be llriaiy delivered up.
Done at Marienborn, the 22d
f'J^ 1793-
that if they carry away any covered waggons,
bis Pruffan Majesty reserves the right of
farthing them, in case he feould think proper.
Art. 3. The garrison shall be allow
el to carry away with them their field
pieces with their carriages.— Refund.
[Artic'es 4 h, §:h and 6th, reaped in-, !
ternai regulations receding the city, the
rermiCion to citizens to carry away their
eftch, and the appointments of agents to
liquidate and procure the payment of the
dents contrasted by the garrison ; which
were granted.]
Art. 7. Ihe garrison of Mayence and
its dependences, immediately aft^r their
evacuation, lh^ begin their march to
wards France in Several columns, and fliaill
set out at different times. Each column
jhall be furmfhed with a Prussian effort
for their lafety to the frontier. General
D'Oyrt fhJI h^ve th? liberty of fending
in advance the Staff officers and the Com
missaries of War, in order to provide for
the fuafiftence and accommodation of the
French iroop r — Granted.
[Articles Sen, 9th, and 10 h, reftefl the
fopply cf herfcs, the honorable care of
the sick, &c.—the demands ah granted.]
Art. 11. Immediately after the fignn
tere of the present capitulation, the troops
of the befirging army may take peffdlion
of the following polls, viz. Fort Charles,
Fort Welfch, For: El zabcih, Fort St.
Philip, Th? :Double Tenaii, Fort Lir:-
fenberg, Fort HaupOein, Fo:t Mars,
The Island cf St. Peter, ard the two
Gates ?fCaffcl, leading to Frankfort and
to Wifbaden.
[The following observations are made in an
Engltjb pater, cn this Jabped.) —" The
capture of Mentz will now leave the
King of Prussia and Duke of Brunswick at
full liberty to take other measures for dis
tressing the common enemy ; and with so
fine an army under them, hardened by the
ape-aliens of the liege, and amounting to
near 1 SO,OOO thousand men, what may not
be expected ?
Various parts of the Republic, are in a
Rate of commotion. Foremost in these are
the cities of Lyons, Bourdezux, Mar
seilles and Caen. One great object of
those commotions is to form a Federal Re
public ; the territory to be divided into
three Regions, the Northern, Southern
Rhe Central. In the department of Cal
vedos, a considerable army is raised, com
manded by General Wimtien, the hero of
Thionville ; who has thus written to the
Commander of the Parisian army ; If you
want Civil War, advance —if net, do not
fayour feet on the territory of Calvedos. I
wanted to avert many mi fortunes, but soon
foallan explanation take place." Tho.'e in
furreaions are eppofed by the friends to
the indivisibility of the Republic ; and
various success attends the operations,
The Marfellois have taken Toulon ;
the popular club is shut up; the fans-cu
lottes are put in jail ; and a cemmiffion
er of the Executive Council heads the in
surgents agairft the Convention. This
intelligence was communicated by a Mem
ber. The Convention hss pafl'ed the fol
lowing decree.
Art. I All strangers in the cities of
Lyons, Buurdeaux, Marseilles end Caen,
new icfident in those cities, fha.ll be bound
to quit them in 24 hiurs, and to repair,
within the fpacc of eight days to their usu
al place ofabode.
Art. 11. Every person that shall dis
obey the Decree, shall be treated as an
Emigrant, and his property confifeated.'
Government has received advices from
Paris, via. St. Maloes: They state, that
August ift. the Convention decreed, that
the Revolutionary Tribunal, fliould ex
amine this widowed Queen ; & that all the
Members of the family of Bourbon, should
be banilhcd, except the two children, who
Danton said—We know what Cas
tine is. For want of provisions, Conde
has surrendered ; Valenciennes is hard
pressed ; the Northern army is without a
General. Cuftine is fufpefled ; he is of
the league of the rebels of Calvedos, and
for Condorcet's Cor.ftitution. [Condorcet's
Conflitution isfimilar to that of the United
States.] I move, therefore, that Cuftine
be arreiled, and sent to the Abbey prison.
Adopted.
The Executive Council has caftfered
Cufline, and appointed Gen. Dietmann,
in his Head.
July 27. From prison Caftir.e has
written, demanding a trial, and profelf
ing unshaken civifra.
London aug. 12. The Convention
has decreed, the arrest of all foreigners,
natives of any of the Belligerent Powers,
now in France, who have not taken up
their fettled residence for three years.
And an Appeal to all the World, on th,
plots made to destroy the Liberties of the
French People.
They hive also decreed, the establishment
of another camp behind the grand camp in
French Flanders, to consist cf THREE
HUNDRED. THOUSAND men; and
have declared ALL FRANCE TO BE
IN A STATE OF SIEGE.
London, AUG. iz. From undoubt
ed authority we learn, that Cuftine was
sentenced on the 6th, and was GUILLO
TINED. It is said, that such was the fu
ry of the mob against him, exasperated at
the recent losses they had met with, and
which they imputed to his treachery and
inattention, that they seized his body, and
cut it into g pieces.
Daily occupied by the Multiplicity of
business, continue firm to their polls, and
duties, notwithstanding the difficulties
which Ground them, nor is the least des
pair of the republic, to be seen.
Interior fate of the FRENCH REPUB-
The Constitution has been accepted in a
great many of the departments ; and in se
veral cf the armies unanimoofly. Great
rejoicings are made in confluence,and ci
vic hymns are daily chaunted.
Charrier, the chief of the rebels in Lo
zere, has beet iput to death.
Art. 111. There shall be no more than
one bell in every Parish ; all the rest are
at the disposal of the nation, and may be
converted into cannon, at the request of
the Minister at War.
Fate of MARIA ANTONIETTE, &c.
[As introdudory to this article, we will
fay, that the account was taken from
London papers.]
THE CONVENTION,
LONDON, AUG. 12.
LIC.
Last week, before the Hon. Supreme
Judicial Court, then fitting in this to*n,
Samuel Frost was indiard by the Grand
Jury, for the murder of Cape. Elisha Al
len of Princetown. On hirarraignment at
the bar, he pleaded guilty. The Court,
however, willing that he should have a
trial by jury, did not at firft record his
plea ; but ordered him to be remanded, in
order that he might have time for recon
fideraticn, and an opportunity tp retrad.
But, on being called a second time to the
bar, he fill perfitted in his plea ; and the
Court proceeded to the examination of
witnesses, in order that they might be able
to determine whether any thing could ap
pear, which would render it proper for
them to recommend him to the Supreme
Executive, as an obje& of their mercy.—
The fubjed of enquiry was, whether he
was a person cf fufficient underflanding to
be properly guilty of the crime alledged
against him. On supposition that he was
not, he had'beed formerly acquitted,when
brought to the fame bar, for the murder of
his own father. But aftera candid and
impartial examination, the Hon# Court
pronounced it a frivolous pretence ; and
proceeds to award against him the sen
tence of, ath, without offering the fmall
eh encouragement of using any influence
to obtain his pardon. This solemn sen
tence he CT.rved with an apparent hard
ened infer olity, and stupid indifference,
which ; e1 .1 ceflitute of every social
princl, '<a:.= cf all proper sense of the
©4©>Qo@Q©@< ^Q^Q©©©,© 1
(jDcmcdUc 3ide/If^ence.
sh med be kept confined. On the second
instant, she was firft examined. Her de
pertment, fays the Paris Moniteur was
firm and dignified. She was committed
a cic fe prisoner to the Concergenie, a low
prifcn. Her, trial as well as the fate of
CfFne, is said to be the consequence of
the surrender of Valenciennes, &c.
Last evening arrived here, the Ihip
Abigail, Capt. Loring, in 54 days from
Bourdeaux. Capt. Loring informs, that
the greater apprehensions entertained by
the French were from the difcrders and
divisions which reigned throughout the
Republic, and which had been principal
ly occasioned by the arrell efthe members
of the Convention, on the 30 b of May :
That they spoke in terms of he utmost in
difference of the efforts of the combined
powers, but dreaded a civil war with their
felloe citizens : That the Royaliks in the
Vendee were between 20, and 30,000
strong; and that notwithstanding their
late defeats they full made a powerful
head : That Custine had been' m >fla
cred ; and that the trade of BouM&ux,
had fuffered by the commotions—the
merchants wiring for the establishment
of almost any kind cf free government,
that would give a spring to their declining
commerce.
Head-quarters of Gen. Wurmfer, near
Landau, Jul, 23.
Since the affair of the 9th, fkirmilhes
have continually taken place between our
advanced posts ; but yciterday the French,
to the number of 40,000 men, attacked
the right wing of our army, confiding cf
Praffians. The enemy had the firft
advantage, and made the Prussians fall
bacir, but three walked batteries were
made to play, 2nd the Austrian cavalry
at the fame time fell upon them. The
engagement began at seven o'clock in
the morning, and continued until four
in the afternoon. The carabiniers cf the
Emperor who never aft but in cases of
the greatest necessity charged them with
great vigor. The loss of the French is
§,oco men, at least. The field of battle
was ft-ewed with their dead and wounded,
The carabiniers & hussars of Tuscany loft
a great many men ; but the battalioa of
Michaelowitz, is that which fuffered must.
Gen. Wurmser was in great danger of be
ing killed. The Colonel of the cuiraffiers
was tevercly wounded.
From Philadelphia.
The papers from this unfortunate cjty,
by last Evening mails are to the 25th ult.
No mention is made of any mitigation of
the fiver ; nor indeed but few articles on
the fubjed. G v. Mifflin has been in
disposed, and has left the city.
M ASSACHUSETT S.
BOSTON, OA. 2.
WORCESTER, Sept. 26.
From France— direct.
As a Pamphlet has lately appeared in
this County, entitled, Mysteries not forever
concealed ; meriting the attention and ap
plause of the Public—The folio-wing Eulcgi
ucn foliates a pass thro' the channel of your
paper.
ge Those of cur fubferibers, who receive
their papers of Benjamin Ellis, Pof-Rider.
and whojefirft fix months is nv expired, are
dfired to pa) the fame to said Ellis, if conve
nient, or leave it at the js& st in the rffpeaive
places, hereafter named, where they will find
their accounts. —In 11fimorland, at Mr.
Lvon's. — Cbeflerfold, Richard King's.—
Northfield, Mr. Brewer's.— IFin-hefar;
Mr. Alexander's.— Richmond, Mr. Bar
ret's.-- Fitzwilliam, Mr. Robinson's, — °
Jeffrey, 'Squire Thorndike's.
HENRY BLAKE, & Co.
O '7. 9, 1793.
Luther Smith,
TAKES this me:hrd to inform his
friends, and the Public in general,
that he carries on the Clock-Making bu
siness, in Keene street, almost opposite the
Tavern of Mr. Ralston—where may be
had the best kind of warranted eight day
CLOCKS, cheap for Cash, ary kind of
country produce, or Ne^t Stock.—Healfo
cleans and repairs WATCHES,
CASH,
and the highefl price}grven jer
Old COPPER end BRASS.
Keene, o#. 9, 4793.
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enormity of the c.-ime, for which he muff
Shortly fuffer an ignominious death.
For th' Columbian Informer, iAc
HAIL! fallow mortals, on the glo
rious and ^ufpiciou? AEra—Light has burst
forth frem the dark lanthorn of eternity—
and mystery foaling is unfolded. The
gcldihg-horie well known by the name of
the hobby-borfe, has brought forth a edit
in his own likeness ; and no sooner rising
on ha feet, than he was gallantly mounted
by one, whose fpirir, the' dwelling in a
beastly carcase, yet having the fours cf
felf-fufficiency, with the whip of arrogance
in his hand, has pranred forth into the
street of popularity, trampling under foot
all (in his opinion) the learned foibles,
which have been handed down from the
dark and obfeure brains cf the most emi
nent divines in preceding ages.—We can
not but anticipate with the most agreeable
sensations, the sweet and extatic delights
of those, who may enjoy the refulgert
beams which shall dart forth from this col:
and rider, when both are grown to full
maturity. X.
" I Jbali forbear here of Jpeaking cf the
aflonifoment which my arreji excited in my
mind. Permit me only to assure the Conven
tion, that / never ceajed to pro ve myjelf wor
"'J °f 'be confidence of my fellow-citizens,
and of the armies wbofe command has been
conferred upon me. Detained since la# Mon
day in the Abbaye prijons, 1 could not yet ob
tain an interrogatory. IJolicit my jpeedy tri
al, and the digest of the aR of accusation.
I learm that defamatory libels are circulated
against me at Paris; my probity hat
been and shall ever be fpotlejs. 1 only
wifo to confound my accusers, anti underceive
the citizens in good faith, rcfpe& to the laws,
and fraternity to the French, who want 4
Republic, One and Indivisible !
(Signed) “ CUSTINE."
Married.] The Rev. D. Darling, to
Miss Polly Woods, both of this town.
Died.] At Rindge, very suddenly on
Sunday morning last; Mrs. Kingsbury,
consort of Deacon Benjamin K.nflbuy,
2Et. 45. —At New-lpfwich, Col. Reuben
Kidder, iEt. 71.
His Excellency the Governor of MaD
fachufetts, with the advice of the Council,
has been pleased to appoint Tharfday, the
7th day of November next, as a day of
Public Thanksgiving, throughout that
Commonwealth.
The following letter Jrcm General Cufline
mas read in the fitting of the 27th of July,
to the National Convention, mho referred it
to the commitee of the public welfare.
N E W-HAMPSHIR E.
Mfrs. PiNTE RS,
“ From the Prison cf '^
Abbaye, July 26, 1793
" Citizen President,
J^Leene, October 9.
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