The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-17 00:00:00, page 3

ing the engagement, who in
„forms, that this action,, one of
the most obstinate and bloody
in the annals of naval combats ;
was between the Blanche, Bri
tish frigate of 36 guns, and 250
men, commanded by Captain
Faulkner,and La Pink, a French
frigate, of g 6 guns, and 400
Few or no witnesses were heard
in that affair. Theaccufed tak
en at hazard from different pri-
Tons, did not even know one
another. L'Amiral, the reput
ed assassin, had never seen the
unhappy family of Renaud.—
They were however all char
ged with the attempt to assassi
nate Roberfpierre and Collot d'
Herbois, Dumas, the President,
holding the lift in his hand, said
to each of the accused, " Do
you know any thing of this con
spiracy." fhey all anlwered,
" no." If any of them attemp
ted to make an observation,
" you have no longer the right
of speaking" replied Dumas. —
If they infilled, they were con
demned immediately. Thisop
eration began at to o'clock in
the morning, and was finifhed at
11 or 12. The jurors then re
tired into their chamber, and in
a quarter of an hour returned,
and made their declaration, on
their fouls, and consciences, that
all the accused were guilty of
the attempt to assassinate Rober
fpierre and Collot d' Herbois.
the prisoners were not, per
mitted to be present when the
President pronounced judgment
on them, for fear they might in
defpair,be guilty of Tomeexcels.
They were all assembled in the
prison, a Secretary read over
the sentence to them, and they
were immediately conduced to
the guillotine.
Tick blood, scenes would no doubt
have excited jhame and remorse in the
breast wfaoybther man. But Fouquier
Tainville, on,he contrary, has been known
to make merry, and boalt of the prodigi
ous number of viaims, which he every
day facrityd, to complain and regret th^t
}! could pt Sacrifice more ; to promise
" felt tfe pleafarc of being soon able te
do it. and with a horrid effrontery appear
to receive the most fenfibie pleasure from
this inconceivable hope, and the more
speedily to realize it; he employed the
most criminal manoeuvres, and luch un
heard otimeafures, that it seemed as if the
important sword of the law and the fcep
tre of jifticc, moved by his terrible hands,
had bejn, io effe&, the fire brand of fu
ry, and the facrilt gious poign^rd es cru
elty.
He wirthvefted during 18 months, with
the painful obligation of pursuing and pun
ifhiig Crimes; but honored at the fame
time with the holy and confolatery power
of raifog his voice in favor of innocence,
of d'fcu iff it and of protesting it. He
was however, capable of the cruel plea
iurec+^pfufing these two duties, and ta
king them in an inverse lenfe.
can be placed on them# Anx
ious to communicate the mcift
authentic intelligence, we have
obtained information of a let
ter to a gentleman from a Capt
of an American vessel, who was
Several accounts have been
published of a recent engage
ment in the Weft- Indies, be
tween a French and English fri
gate ; but very little dependence
on board the English ship dur-
March 11;
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
men. The engagement began
at one o'clock in the morning,
and continued until four—the
Blanche loft her Captain and 20
men killed, and 40 men woun
ed ; and La Pink had 70 men
killed and 114 wounded. The
Pink loft all her masts, and the
Blanche had her main and mizen
mail The engagement, being
in t,night, was attended with
many peculiar circumitances.—;
The Blanche had been in chafe
of the vessel, commanded by
the gentleman from whom these
particulars came, bound to Gau-|
daloupe, and was difeovered by
the Pink,then lying under Fleur
d'Epee, Gaudaloupe, which im
mediately dipt her cable,and fol
lowed the Blanche. At 10 o'
clock they met, laid each other
along fide, and a desperate battle
ensued —during which the crew
of the Blanche, unperceived
made the Pink faft with a haufer
round the bobftay, and brought
herinto a very disadvantageous
situation. Captain Faulkner be
ing killed his Lieutenant veered
away the haufer, which confined
the Pink,and brought her under
his quarter, lathing the Pink's
bowsprit to his mizen mart. In
this situation, finding he could
not rake his antagonist to advan
tage from the ordinary stern
ports, he ordered tvrocannon to
be loaded, and firing both of
them together, blew off the up
per part of his fhip's stern ; and
from these new-invented port
holes raked the Pink fore and
aft, for near two hours, entire
ly difmafting her, and making
the havoc among her crew,
which the above return states ;
while the only return ,slui Pink
could make was her small arms,
and firm the darkness of the
night couTd not difeover what
made her faft. The Englifb
frigate was so disabled, as not
to be able to conduct her wreck
oF'n prize into port ; and a ves
sel was lent from The Saints to
tow them in. The Blanche was
fitted out at Halifax to fight the
Concorde ; and the Pink at Gua
daloupe to fight the Blanche.
The account of the Bellona
frigate having joined in the en
gagement's not true. Perhaps
the mistake originated in blend
ing this with the account df her
having taken a French store-ship
bound to Guadaloupe, with
troops, &c. on board, and which
had arrived fafe at St. Kitts.
The above particulars are
from an American Captain who
was on board the Blanche, and
who is a gentleman of ftri&
veracity. Other accounts
received from various quarters,
confirm the most of the above.,
A late Paris paper mentions, that the
celebrated Condorcet is dead.
Citizen Columbe, charged
with a Commission by the Gov
ernment of France, is arrived
at Newport, from whence he
proceeds to the Ambassador of
the French Republic, at Phila
delphia.
After the engagement, the
Captain was dismissed, with his
vessel.
7=
ft would be truly laughable (Ays a cor
respondent) if the foibles of kings might
warrant a smile, to fee with what confi
dence & boldness, his Britaric M^jefty in
his most gracious Speech, urges the nucef
fity of continuing a " j u f and nec<ftiy
near.” One would think that he was pos
sessed of the Widow's barrel and cruse,
and that fubfidicing all the powers of Eu
repe, would never drain his inexbauftible
rejourm. Surely a people most have a sin
cere regard for their fevereign, if they can
fuffer themfclves to be thus ^,/and nbfed
abort by him, and a domineering nobili
ty, the satellites of his tyranny. England,
that enlightened country, once the most
powerful a^l armipotent nation on earth,
now yielding to the control of an effemi-
Inate ministry, is truly attoailhing. His
I M jelly fays, " 1 have great pbature in in
fo? thing you, that 1 have concluded a Treaty
, of Commerce and Navigation <witb the United
I States of Am-rica, (3c. This must be ta-
I ken to be the language of necessity; being
drawn to it by the ,reffng entreaties of a Jay
—which could not be resisted ; and if we
may judge by outward appearances,we may
rest allured that the above-quoted passage
aidpt come from the hearu
JCeem, uffar&A //.
Notwithstanding the infinuatiens of a
certain Pofl-Rider (from the Office of the
" Farmers' Museum," and who inter,
fees with this paper) to the contrarv, the
• CHESHIRE JOURNAL" again makes
its appearance, and exposes to the .Public
the 'jaw fhifts' be is reduced to, to obtain
an extra penny. The patrons of the CO
LUMBIAN INFORMER, are requested
to continue their patronage, and they shall
be served with the best & latest IN
TELLIGENCE, while said paper conti
nues, and be notified in due forth when it
make its exit.
Citizen Heudard, we learn, is appoint
ed to be Minister of the United States,from
the French Republic ; and citizen La
tombe, formerly Consul, here, to be Cen
ful General. Reports from the southward
mention their arrival in the Chesapeake.
We have been told several times during
the lalt week of the following Murder,
said to have been perpetrated near Cattf.
kil>on the road to Scobarra : A genteman
having taken a considerable sum of money,
deposited it in the room where two of his
daughters slept ; he however, concluded
to take his money arid pay some debts with
it in the evening, and was detained until
late at night. During his absence, and
soon after his family were in bed, his wife
hearing an uncommon noise in the room
where her daughters slept, sprang tip, and
ran to the door,when she difeovered a man
in the reborn, who on difeovery was making
for the other door, a stranger who slept in
the chamber hearing the alarm, ran down,
difeovered the elide, and on examination,
found the girls were murdered ; he instant
ly pursued the murderer,and shot him with
a pirtol, who eti examination proved to be
a neighbour who was knowing to the mo
ney's being deposited in the room where
the girls slept. We (hall Ihortly be able
to conttadia or confirm the above.
[Danbur, Paper.)
On the 26th of January last, the house
of Mr William Steele, of Genway, N. H.
APPOINTMENTS—BY AUTHOR ITT.
JONATHAN JACKSON, Esq. of
Massachusetts, is appointed Comptroller
of the Treasury of the United States.
STENCH FRANCIS Efa.of Peonfyl
vania, is appointed Purveyor of Public
Supplies. ^
JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Esq, of
the State of Georgia, is appointed Post-
Mafler General of the United States
A Son of Mr. Jeremiah Shelton,of Hun
tington, aged four years, by accidentally
firing down into a kettle of hot water,was
so badly Raided that he expired a in few
hours after.
Nrwhambfhire—Hon. JOHN PICK
ERING,Judge of the Diftrid Court. N.
H. Dftia—vice Hen. JOHN SULLI
VAN—deceafed
A heigh (fays the Lanfingburgh Recor
der, of Feb. I,) owned by a gentleman
on his journey to Canada, in which were
10,000 dollars in specie, on Sunday last
fell through the ice on the North-River,
between Stillwater and Saratoga,and were
loft, in about 20 feet water.
was confirmed by fire, and three of his chil
dren periled in the flames.
On Wednefdav, the iith Feb. about 8
o'clock in the evening, a smart (hock of an
Earthquake, was felt at Richmond, Vir
ginia. — —
The land Speculation is all the rage to
the southward now. The Legislature of
Georgia has lately fold to a company, a
tra& supposed to contain 40 millions of a
cres, for 500 doo dollars ! Mr Gunn.
Judges Wilson and Pendleton and Mr. Pa
trick Henry are among the fortunate ad
venturers.
TO BE SOLD
A SMALL place
fl situated in
ioKeene, containing
£0 ^ gi& three acres, with a
^^i^il '°°' dwelling House
"' other apendages
F^^^^^^^^^~-with about eighty
good young apple trees on it—fittiated a
botet one mile from the Meeting-house.—
For terms and further particulars enquire
of W. W. BLAKk, or jAMES WY
MAN.
March i&h, tybc.
TL AINKS,
of most kinds.?
For sale at this OFFICE.
Cash eWaw son rags, "
AT THIS OFFICE
DIED] At Winohefter, fuddehly, Miß
Sally Willard Ashley, of the Canker Raffi,
aged it years.
'Lovely in death the beauteous rain lay;
'And if in death still lovely,lovelier there;
'Far lovelier !» ~*
In this town, Miss Prudence Sawyer,
&. 17, daughter of Mr. James Sawyer.
Such and so with'ring are our earthly joysi
Which time or sickness speedily deAroya.
statomramflsroQtfpranwFCT -QM-Qrree?
Canal!
{T7ANTED a number of hands to
VV work at the CANAL at Bellows'
Falla, from the fifteenth of April next, tc
the last of November, for which the high
est price will be given, by
WILLIAM PAGB.
Charl,flnun. March (2, 179-._
Yesterday's Boften Post,
did rot arrive till to-day after thia paper
was put to press, brought nothing special
except an account of a fcrra, on Friday
left at that place.
Aver, severe florm came on jef
terday morning, which for fevers! heurs,
raged with uncommon violence. The
wind being at N. E. did very considera
ble damage to the Long. Wharf Several
veffeli broke their falls, and did conquer
able damage to the small e<aft—two er
three were funk, and several difmafted, aa
were two (hips and a schooner leaded with
rum and moUffea. The damage done b,
this short, though violent storm, la eltimat
ed at ten taoufand dollars.
Mr. David Wilkins of Amherst, about
the 6th of February, observed a flriped
Snake, about a yard long, crawling on
the top of the snow, and as he approach
ed near him, he made a flop, railed up
his head near fix inches from the (now;
with his tongue extended out ofhis mouth
a considerable way, and appeared to in
cline to make towards him, but was soon
prevented, by being killed with a flick.
The Royalffts and Republicans, by in
formation from Captain O'Neil, of the
Ih : p Kuight, belonging to B fton, lately
put into Cork, have hid an engagements
with nl§ miles of /'Orient, in which the
Republicans ki t Bcoo and the Roy aliOl
§odo men.
The President's Birth day has been cel
ebrated in almoil all the capital town# on
the Continents—
A Corsican vessel which arrived recent
ly from Ajaccio, has brought intelligence,
that the inhabitants of that place were di
vided into two parties who had an adion;
and at the departure of the vessel, a heavy
firing of mufquetry was heard.
MARRIED]— At Winchefcr, Mr. Sa
muel Hill, to Miss Sophia Afhlcy.
At Worceftcr, Mr. David C*rlifle,jun.
Printer nt Walpole, to Miss Abigail Sto
we] of Worcester.