The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-10-16 00:00:00, page 2

The Dake of York will com e to Eng
land for a Ihort time as foonas the prefect
continental campaign closes. Some il
lustrious visitors are expeded to accompa
ny him.
Dispatches are said to have been receiv
ed by the way of Vienna Rating, that the
fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral
Lord Hood were then in high health ana
spirits off Corsica, which island was ex
peded to surrender, without resistance, to
the British arms.
The Earl of Yarmouth, who now repre
sents his Britannic Majesty before the
King of Prussia, went into Mentz at the
head of rhe firft Prussian regiment which
'took possession of the place.—He went in
great magnificence. He was drawn in a
chariot by fix stately horses, richly d
,parifoned, with a grand retinue.
From Dantzick there is intelligence,
that the Ruffian fleet has again failed
from Revel, where it was obliged to repair
for a trifling refit. The Admiral
has sealed inllrudions, which he is not
to open till he arrives at a certain lati
tude.
“ The action of the 15th instant, tho'
entirely in our favor, by the taking of 3
pieces of cannon, and a quantity cf am
munition and warlike ftores,leave us how
lever to jilty regret not having completed
a vidory which might hive fccurekduriag.
Ithe harvest, the tranquility of the con
q&ered country, by daftroying the force
of our enemies.
" A hostile column cf about 600 c men,
having rendereo itfelf metier of Vihiers,
by the retreat of our troops, advanced on
the 17th towards Carou ; the 300 brave
men collected in hade, without cannon &
gun-carriages, having no other arms bu:
itheir mufqects and pikes, made a Ready
Irefi stance during fzveral hears, against an
enemy twice their number, ard finally
drove them away, with the kfe cfa great
number of men either killed or wounded,
two gun-carriages, and a waggon laden
with provisions.
" On the 28th, our soldiers fled to the
assistance of the parities ihrests^d -by the
enemy ; nothing could wiihti u nd then
warlike valor ; the thirst of triumph infla
med them so much, that it would not even
permit them to wait the arrival of several
of their generals, to raareh against the en
emy. The latter, on his part, 15,000
strong, and carrying 30 pieces cf cannon,
promised themlelves certain victory. The
action commenced a little after noon-day;
the chriftian and roval army were ftationec
on the heights of Vihiers, commanded by
M. Piron de Marfenge, and others ; the
chevaliers Villenevue and Kellers in th:
centre ; de la Guerieniere and Boiffin on
the right wing ; Guignard de Tifanges on
the left ; and Forreftiere at the head of the
cavalry, animated by the example of the
Swiss and Germans, who were eager tc
engage the enemy, direded the most adive
difeharge of their artillery, commanded b,
M. d' Herbold, whose (kill and bravery
are already known, upon the republican
larmy.larmy. The right wing of the enemy soon
gave way to the efforts of our troops ; the
left resisted ; the combat was obstinate &
Ibloody in the town, and especially fj in
the market field cf Vihierg; but at last,
after a fire of mufquetry for three quarters
of an hour, our soldiers rushing with in
trepidity into the enemy's ranks, struck
down all those they found in the way, and
gained a complete vidory. The enemy
were pursued from one quarter as far as
Montigne, and from another beyond Co
houifon.
" The patriot general Menou, must by
this time have died of his wounds. San
terre could only escape by leaping over a
wall, being pursued by the gallant Loi
feau, the fame who killed three hurfemen,
while defending M. Domaigne a. the at
taek of Samur. It is now reported, that
Santerre is dangerously wounded. The
inviolability of the deputy Bourjotte, a
member of the pretended Convention,
could not avail again# th? courage gs one
" First Year of the Reign of Louis XVII.
PROVIDENCE leads us from one luc
cefs to another ; the efforts of our
enemies turn to their confufion ; the val
or of our troops annihilate their projects ;
and the eternal avenger of crimes crushes
more and more wi h his arm, those impi
out destroyers of all religion and authori
ty-
" We estimate the enemy's loti, both
in battle and flight, at near 2000 men
killed, 3000 prisoners, 25 piece# of can
non, as many, and even more gun-carri
ages, two waggons loaded with muikets, a
great number of artillery horfespen pro
visions and ammunition of all kinds, be
came the fruit of this vidory.
Containing an account of the vidlory obtained
by the Christian and Royal army over the
Republicans, on the i3th of July, 1793.
Printed and published by or
der OF THE SUPERIOR COUNCIL
OF THE SAID CHRISTIAN AND
ROYAL ARMY.
FOREIGN ADVICES.
STATE PAPER.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN,
" Chatillion upon Seve, July 20,
" The Cheap Defence of Nations." —An
officer cf the navy, being afk?d what Mr.
Burke meant to convey by the above ex
preffion, replied, that many perfens in his
line understood him to mean Midshipman's
half pay— Nothing a day and 10 find jour
far.
There :s an importer now in town, whi
has taken in several credulous people. He
fays that he knew Nebuchadnezzar well,
and was intimate with Job, and a parton
in all his misfortunes ; that he carried on
a brilk trade near rao thonfand years ago,
in Jerusalem, but was at length swindled
out of his property, by Judas Iscariot.
The wall round the Fleet prifoii, has
just been fini died ; it is forty feet high.
Mr. Limborch, an ingenious foreigner,
observes, that if the money, which has
been expended in building prifor.s for the
confinement of debtors throughout this
kingdom was funded, and the interest, pro
perly applied to the difeharge of the debts
of the unfortunate, there would rot be cr.e
of that description this day within the walls
of a loathfer.a dungeon.
" Sense attack cf importance is cer
tainly in agitation, as the 97th regiment
in garrison here, and the French emigrant
legion are to hold themselves in readiness to
march at a moment's notice."
The firft fh=li that was thrown into Va
lenciennes, by the combined armies killed
a man, his wife and seven children in one
iioufe.
Extra/1 of a letter from Oftend August 3.
" The farrender of Valenciennes has
already produced a very evident alteration
in public affairs, particularly in this part
of the country ; and we may soon exped
to hear of other important successes.
" A very strong report prevails, that
General O'Moran, who commanded the
French troops in the neighbourhood of
Dunkirk, has deserted them, and gone o
ver to the Dutch at Menin. In conse
quence of this, it is said his troops disper
sed : And that the Dutch have taken pof
feflion cf the camp which the French occu
pied, together with their cannon &c. &c.
" Since the surrender of Valenciennes,
large corps have assembled near Ypres,
Menin and the neighboring villages. The
French at Dunkirk are in such consterna
tion, that if report nay be believed, the
garrison has left it and the inhabitants are
ready to open their gates to the combined
armies.
Early this morning a most horrid
murder was committed by a man, on his
wife and two children, of about five or
fix years of age.—The circumstances of the
murder, was nearly as follows :—the man,
who is a native of America, about eight
or nine months ago married the deceased,
who was then a widow ; after they had
been married some time, he declared that
he would murder her and the two children,
which (he had by the former huibind, in
consequence of which he was confined in
a place thatis propriated for the use of
lunatics, &c. in the Poor-house, where he
remained until yesterday morning, when
by some means he contrived to get home
to his wife, and with whom he remained
the whole of the day, as he was quiet and
composed, and appeared to be perfedly
restored to his fenfes.—ln the course of the
day his wife borrowed a carpenter's axe
to cleave some wood with, which he did
as well as any person could do. In the
evening they went to bed together, as he
intended going in a (hip that was to fail
in the morning for America ; but about
four o'clock he arose, and wiih the axe that
the poor woman borrowed, he perpetrated
the horrid crime, by cleaving the skull of
all of them quite open ; and what is still
worse, the woman was far gone in her
pregnancy.
He would have murdered a man that
lived in the next house, had he not made
his escape, and gone over to alarm his
neighbours.
As soon as he had completed this
bloody feene, he endeavoured to make his
escape, by running through the streets of
the town, and jumping into the river en
deavoured to swim to the opposite shore,
but was taken, and immediately acknow
ledged the crime he had committed, and
^ our foldiers,who having killed his horse,
urfued himfelfa good while, and seized
be arms he had thrown away. The valor
If our troops is superior to all praise ; and
h Europe will be astonished one day at the
rcdigies they have performed."
ENGLAN D.
LONDON, August 12.
POOLE August 4.
This infernal fitting was determined by
an efcr of Henriot, the commandant
of the Par fan fans culottes,sho promised to
furnish pinks, carnations, cypresses and rojet.
to adorn the putrid core of Maratt.
Custine was this morning removed
from the Abbe, prison to that of the Coe
ciergerie, and he is supposed to have al
ready had his fi:ft hearing.
©4@>QoQ<)Q < q <> 6;<>' ) @°Q© "O"G1
The f me wretch, whose existence dis
graces the name cf man, adds, that the
concubine of Maratt imita^d Maria
in the care lbs tock of the friend of the
people; and that foe saved the God of the
republic from the dagger of La Fayette,
by which he mult ehr have fallen.
er, having defended kings, was not to
be compared to Maratt, who had beers
the molt inveterate enemy of Kings aid
their thrones."
O Cor Jesu! O Cor Maratt!
OHeartofJ esus! O Heart cf Maratt!
In this blafphcmous production, our
Blessed Redemeer is compered with
Maratt, the gentle dodrinea of the
Saviou r of Mankind, are put in com
petition with the criminal exploit of the
pretended friend of the people. The apof
ties, the Orator calls jacobins ana cordeiierr
the publicans,fliopkerpen & the phurifees,
aristocrats. Horrid to relate ! the infa
mous Author asserts, that Lhkisi h but
a prophet, but Marat t a God.
Brocket followed this licentiocs blaf.
phemer, and, said " th.: our redeem-
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.
ON Friday Evening toft, ail the
New Yotk and Philadelphia land flages
burned to th ; s city w:;h their pafiergers,
mortified and fatigued.—They were re
futed a passage through the Jerfos. One
of the drivers had a very narrow etcape
with his life, being cruelly fred upon az
Trenton, the bail polling within two inch
es of one of hi, cars. Nj provinces were
to be obtained on the read, nr r ary ac
commodation of any kind, even for 1^
lady pad'ergers.
said ha knew perfect, well what he was
about to do, and had for this seven months
past.
Paris, July 31.
The fitting of the Club of the Cordeliers,
of the 27th inflant has displayed a fcenc
of horrid blafphemyand abominable wick
edness, which Hands unrivalled in the an
nals cf hidory. That fitting was wholly
devoted to the regulation of the ceremo
nies which are oblerved in transfering
the cankered heart cf the iniquitous mou
fter Marar into the hall of that club.
The blasphemous n retches, having giv
en a long description of the procession
which is to take price on iha occasion,
wickedly and molt profanely read a
fpeeih, to which was affixed the Motto,
Sept. 25.
The committee for the relief of tie sick j^A
in this city, have a house under the direc- ^^B
tion of their members, fur the reception
of Orphan children, whcfe patents and
guardians died during the present vifa
tion. This committee fit day and night,
and are detetmir.ed to die at their pog,
rather than forego the pleating talk of re
lieving the distressed. The committee are
composed of the Mayor and twenty-fix cit
izens, two of whom attend at the hqfpita!
the whole day through ; W,j^r >Ag
isfadion to add, that all Ke ,übh n
tuticns are ftil clear of the fatal effects of \&
the malignant effluvia."
Sept. 2s.
ExtraA of a letter from agentleman in Charlf.
ton, to bis correffeoildent in this city, dated
^Tf 17 ,i793.
" NOTHING material happened since
you left this place, except the arrival of
two French, and one American vessels,
from that once flourishing but new aban
doned city, Cape-Francois. —These veff^g
were full of paffeogers, who fled from ru
in, to take refugein this land of liberty;
the two French vessels happily arrived,
without meeting any of those lavages fitted
out to rob the high seas. The American
however fell in with one Caps. Tucker,
the privateer Susannah, from New-Provi
dence, and he, O Shocking to relate 1 A .
ded misery to distress, by taking; ircfrQ
paffiengers what little they had laved fro#
the fire ; above 60,c00 French downs in
specie and plate."
^Dom&dlcG s?iteU^tfc
FRANC E.