The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-12-11 00:00:00, page 3

trios Haddon 2nd Wend's, of the nth refl
giment of foot, to prevent this, and to;
advance with their parties, keeping pof-j
session of the high grounds, fending Lieut.•
Knight, with a parry of the fame regi
ineat,on the like service, to the left, both
cf which duties were admiralty executed.
J then advanced with theaid-du-camp, to
reconnoitre the enemy's situation, andl
found they were polled in the village of;
rOllouiles upon the fide of a Beep hill, a;
deep ravage in their front, with a ftone|
triage over it, defended by two pieces of
cannon, and the windows filled with mul
. qaetry ; about two hundred yards further
J up the hip, at a ruinous castle, there were
L two mire pieces of cannon, and the walls
cf the vineyards lined with mufquetry.
It was now half past fix in the evening,
b without any appearance of the French
troops or the cannon from Toulon ; it be
[ came therefore necessary ci:her to at ack
ft immediately or to retire : 1 preferred ths
{ , former, and ordered a Hacking party t)
forl'P u P an ioceflant firing upon the >can
hos a itine wa. c,*-
I • ^.,CT/^rif w:^^ tv? Wed
Lfy yards, ana &cn, btlQ ; i the heof
r theenem, to rail forward, wh:ch was ex
I ccuied under a very severe tie; when the
I * enemy indantly abandoned their p its 0.1
all quarters, leaving us in pufili^n oi
their ca^noA, horses and ammunition,two
stand as colours, drums, &C. They were
pursued up a very deep hilt to the farther
can of the village. It was now become
nearly dark, and the a nmunhion was ex
pended, which induced me to order the
troops to occupy the eminence, as we were
► in an unknown country, and abandoned
by the guides (who fled upon the fi it
fire) After halting far an h;ur, I led
the troops back ta Toulon, with the prif
orers and cannon taken from the enemy ;
iand on the road we met th; French troops
and the cannon, which ought to have icf
Toulon with us, butwhich unfortunately
had been delayed. Fromihe information
L that we received from the village,and from
ihe prifonerr, we fund w.c had beaten the
Elite of Carteaux's army, confining ot
I between ffeven and eight hundred men,ana
1 some cavalry, which had^cen sent from
■ Marseilles, for the purpose of overawing
1 Toulon, and that they expected to have
■ been joined the next diy by 400 men,&
eight pieces ofcannon. Ia this little affair,
L becomes my duty to inform your Lrd
dhip, that the conduQof the troops, thole
of his M jetty's as well as thole of th^
King 0f Spain, was highly meritorious.
Captain Moncrief, of the lith, com
■ mandant cf the B iiih t oops, headed the
, column, with a degree of intrepidity wor
■ thy ofimitation ; and Don Munterio,com
mandant of the Spanish troops, conduces
& ~himfelf with equal valour. But the credi
of the day was chiefly derived from tht
great exertion & gallant behaviour ot
Capr. Douglas, town major of Toulon ;
and it is with grief 1 add, that he wa
mortally wounded, aadis liace de^d: In
my mind, the King's service has faltaincc
a grea. lafr. Thecondad of ensign Forf
ter, of the 30th regiment, my aid.-du
camp, was such that gave me the fillet
fatislaaion,andhope will render him an
objed of attention. I have the honor to
be, M Lord, your Lordship's mod obe
[ dlent humble servant.
G.K Elphinstone.
Right Hon. Lord flood, Vice Admiral
of the Red, ^c. <sc. We.
Britllh. —Capt. Douglas, of the nth Re
giment, killed.
[ Inh Regiment. 1 Serjeant, 6 Privates,
■ wounded.
RHODE-ISLAND.
NEWPORT, Nov. ig.
E^trafi of a letter, of a late date,from a gen
tieman in Europe,to bisjriend in tbit to=wn.
" You mult not, however, imagine,
[ that Ihcve any fixed attachment to this
Icountry.~— IfI have made m, irlf acquaint
ed with the nature cf the Governments
and monarchy cf this country, it has only
8 more firmly attached me to the American
; principles of Liberty and Republicanism.
L- ''l would willingly give you a detai 1
I cf politics; but, at this eventful period,
they afford room for such diversity of opi
nions, that to give a clear and daftinft ae-
, ^anie^to ^itel4gbejiG&.
? rtemt^. , Private* w^^^'
brines, g Privates wounded.
SPANIARDS. —3 killed, 3 wounded.
G. K. ELPHINSTONE.
count would, far exceel the Emits era le>
;ter that is to cross the Atlantic. —France,
Ihowever, is not yet conquered : the bears
• up against the whole might of Europe ; &
in spite ofinterna! commotions and blood
filed ; in spite of the daily treachery of
the Generals ; it is the opinion of all can
did mm, foe vjill not be conquered. Ihe
I allied armies are waiting their time in
sieges ; and, it is said, they arc again ra
vaged by disease.
IBy a letter from South-Carolina, we are
informed, that there was a severe snow
storm in Charlcftoa, on the 28th ult.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, Nov. 21.
Yesterday arrived in this port, the brig,
Lady Wafoington, Capt. Weft, in 54. days
from Amsterdam. Capt. Weft, brings
nothing very material later than we have
received. He fays nothingfem the Dutch
papers can be depended on, as ever, thing
relative to French affairs, arc infested by
Government before they are fufferert, to
be printed, and no L /.
.Q-~ tt h -o f t%/f . pr
But private letters from Dunk ;
tiemen in Amsterdam, fume or which
Capt. Weft saw, cor firmed the total de
feat of the Duke cf York, with the loss C1
a far greater number than has heretofore
been published ; the letters lay at ieait
17,600, together with all their a-tiier ,
baggages ammunition, and an immense
quantity of military stores ; —That the
Duke of Yrk, was badly wounded in the
head and arm, and had failed for England.
Cap'. Weft, saw a London paper of the
20th or 21st of Sept, which co tained an
account of the English fleet under Lord
Howe, and the French fleet, hiving met
in the channel, that the latter being supe
rior b,o e fhipof the line and fix frigates,
the English bore away, and put into Tor
bay ; previous to which, however, a par
tial engagement took place between seve
ral fiigatei of both fleets, which termina
ted to the advantage of the French.
Agentlemen who has lately returned from a
tour to Niagara, informs, shut about the \o'b
oj October las he ; fid through the Buffalos
Green, where itm were jeutra! gentlemen
from the Genefees, and fame from Canada,
then bolding a treat, with ten tribes of the
Indians, of that neighborhood, which ended
in amity and friendjhip. At the cenclufon a
number of preJenis were given to the Indian
Chiefs, b, a Canadian gentlemen, which
were received with great famingfatisfaßian.
Whether the presents were the bounty of the
dates or of the Britijb, our informant knows
not. —General Chapin of Canandeque, in the
Genefees, was appointed to wait on Congress,
for the ratification of their doings.
The Commissioners for the ftttlementof
accounts between the United States and
ance of one million two hundred and forty
eight thousand, eight hundred and one dollars,
due to Mflachujetts.
WITH the deepest regret we mention,
that about half part ten o'clock, last even
ing, a most tremendous fire broke out in
ibis city,in feme out- house near the centre
of the block formed by the junction of
Market & State ftreetr, Maiden and Mid
dle lane. Who owned the place in which
it originated, or in what manner it was
conveyed, the general confufion that ehfu
ed, and the rapidity of its commit ication
to the surrounding houses, flores, &c. ren
ders it difficult for us at present to deter
mine ; especially as reports, corjedures,
&c. are various. When it firft broke out
but a light breezeblew from the northward,
yet, for some time, it spread with irresisti
ble fury in all directions. It laid waste
that part of the weft fide of Market street,
from the dwelling-house an^ store of Mr.
David Waters, northerly to the dwelling
houfe and store of Messrs. Maley and Cuy.
ler, merchants—ln this space were deftroy^
ed the dwelling-houses, Acres, &c. of
Messrs. D. Waters—Van Schaick,E. Wil
let, J. Maley, J. Caldwell, Caldwell &
Pearion, C. Glen, P. Douw, Maley &
Cuyler, the dwelling-house of Mr. Beek
man, part of which was occupied as a
flocking factory by Mr. Johnson. The
he individual States, have reported a bal-
In our lafl, we i nfotmed our readers, that a
dreadful fire bad of late raged in Albany—
the following is a particular account of the
fame.}
N E W-HAMPSHI R E.
Jleene, ^ec&inler //.
FROM ALBANY, Nov. 18.
Haute of AT A chaick, was occupied as
4 dore a ' veding-houfe by M. W.
Haghert, — \ r t ot the huufe of Mr. Djuwt
was occu, ri a glass ware honfe, by
Messrs. I ' r' : t M'Gregor and Co.—]
On the n>r 1 iite f State street were con
sumed, th? j / % d elegant brick dwell
ing huf Mr. 1. Barry, part of which
was occuqw as the store of Barry and;
Hill, the fffre of Mr. G. W. Van Scha
ik, occupied by Messrs. D. and G.
Blakely, merchants, the dwellirg-houfe!
of Mrs. Mott, part of which was occupied
as a stare by Mr. J. M'Millan, merchant,
the dwelling house of Mr. Vander Berg,
front occupied by Mr. G. Porter, mer
chant tavlor, a store of Mr V.nderßerg,i
'unoecupid, the dwelling-house of Mrj
I Leonard Ganfevoot, the dwelling-houfq
occupied by Messrs. Dexter and PomeroyJ
druggiify and apothecaries, the dwelling
house of Mrs. Hilton, occupied in front|
by Mr Barney, watch-maker, and
the R^ T Main, in rear by Mrs. Hil
ton a , the house occupied by Mr.
> p> it .l- n
?0.^ w ^;..^,.., ;-:! fob/
tiny • ^ Priattre
0 ALBANY GAZETTE, under the fame
- roof, the d^cihug-houfe of Mr. Volkert
1 S. Veeder, occupied in part by himfeit &
io part as a line oy Jeremiah Clarke and
Sm, the dwelling-house of Mr. P. Van
Bergen, the iho, of do. occupied by Mr.
W. Bro er, ih emaker, the dwelriig
houfe of Vr. J, ?' • Hirb^r, and do.
of Mr. C ^, pied by Mr.
J. A^o, 4j r r Do middle lane
an ext:nfive paintersm,p of Mess s. C. &
D. Hewfon, the n^w store houses of
M^ff-s. T. and 8. Mather, C. Glen, and
I. Deforest, the store hcules and Haolcs
of Mis. Fonda and Mr. V. S. Vender,
(the store-house, eccupied by Messrs. J.
Clarke and Son) the stables of Mr. P.
Douw, Mr. P. Van Bergen, Mrs. Viff
cher, Mr. Hewfon, Mrs. Beekman, M .
Deforest —ln Maiden Lane the dwelling
houfe of Mr, Defo’eft, and the new ftore
houfeof Messrs. Maley and Cuyl'r, were
entirely consumed, also a house of Mr. J.
Maley, occupied by Mr. Hanson, and
several other houses in this street much in
jured. The liable of Mr. Tennis Ta. Van
Teuchen, was destroyed, and his dwelt
ing-hiufe on Market street, and Maiden
lane, iconfiderably damaged. Besides the
LoilVg^ Jt^ciihmUMcu, all the italics,
stores and other out homes of all the loffer,
ers in state and Market-fireets and fouth
fide of Maiden lane were destroyed
Exclafive cf those who were burnt out, no
doubt many [erfons fuffered Joffes from the
removal offrir property into the Greets,
&c. where, painful as it is to mention,
were feme perlons so deftuute of humani
ty as to pilfer what the devouring flames
had even spared. To describe the emc.
tions of the philanthropic mind, while
contemplating this feetie of dclolltion,
would perhaps beggar the faculties cf the
most sublime delinea tor. Still more gloo
my would now have been our situation had
not Providence graciously cohdefcen ledjin
the midst of our calamity, to visit us with
a heavy fail cf rain.—Never Were the re
freeing dews of heaven more acceptable
to the thirty earth—than this providential
affikance to the Offering citizens of Alba
ny—but for which, nearly our whole city
must inevitably have been consumed, as
the wind had considerably risen. It is im
poflible at present to afeertain the amount
of the losses occasioned by this dreadful
calamity.
Fora ffiort period after the cry of fire
was heard, little or nd apprehenflon wa,
entertained but that the fi?e would soon be
got binder ^*4 5, this fatal mistake, ie
veral, pfrticularly Mess. Dexter and
Pomeroy,and the Editors of the Gazette
were led ri fly to the extinguishment of
the fire intend of attending to the preser
vation of tteir own property —and thereby
have beccne much the greater fdfferers
in ptrfons property. —Mess. Mather, be
sides 40 khds, of spirits, brandy, molasses
and sugar, had destroyed about 600 wt.
of tea, together with a considerable quan
tity of fifh, leather and dry goods—Mess
Clarke an< son, a very general assortment
of china wire; a large quantity of Hyfon
and other eas, fifh, fair, sugars, &c. and
forae dry goods— Mess. Dexter and Pome
roy, avert considerable quantity of drugs
and medieiies—and the Editors of the Ga
zette 3 printing presses—nearly a full set
ofbook binding materials- —several thou
sand books and pamphlets, bound and in
Sheets—more than one halfof their print
ing types—ind nearly every other article
belonging ga pretty alter five printings
house.
Mr. John Maley is the principal fuf+
serer in real property.
From LANSINGBURGH^ Nov. 26.
, The lit, oj Atban, has been dfurbed by the
frequent cry offre for jeveral days after the
memorable Sunday night, (17b m/F) On
Friday laji fire was dtjeovertd in thejlable 0,
iGen. Ga^rusort —the inhabitants were J,
Jpeed, in their tearing it down as to /mother it
i without its doing an, farther cffential dam
;age, and werejurpr/ed to find ch the bay the
very coals that had been placed there, and
which had Jet the fire. This was fall tut
dence of the whole having been perpetrated by
Villains. Some per/ons rtcoLe&ing the places
1 that bad been mentioned in the alarm as the
\Md c " onfire, had the curiofit, to sea them,
Buren the, /bund coals which had ver, lately
, been laid, but ver, providentially did net
I take. Four places were found where attempts
\had been made. Some negro wenches were
apprehended bn jufpicicn, on examination two
confeffid their having been concerned, and ac
lu^hv ^n^ t Sir,. ta'L# :«.*/ .&U
'c- c^j : ^rtfomy ,
- .„ # v« 4, carries on. the
probability is the whole will be brought to
tight.—'the wenches further confeffo, that
all was to have been completed on Friaa, n:ght
last, and is juppojabie, om the dffrent pla
ces in which att mpts on that day bad bee*
made, but failed. The night watch is dou
bled and a militia company of 60 men do duty
every night, while all ma, be jaA to be en
guard.
DIED j In this town, Deacon Sime
on Clarke, ^Eu 70.
AUNT Kite, is meft remakable
for her long mercorv, In ore fide of a
ready mouth & he'd a short pipe, which
discharged an unbroken Stream of smoke,
at the other file of the fame mouth, cine
forth the following ftreiin of words
" Forty tears ago to day, P?rfon Oid
ftuff was ordained ; And be was a charm
ing man ; the * hole town worfh'pped him,
I had like to have Ltd—no, they thought
they could fafely trust their fouls with h,m,
and for my part, though I was but a girl;
I never loved to be uader an) mnifter so
ir my life. Forty years ago to day, there
was a great rejoicing. Oldftuff was every
thing then ; 0 ! what tearing farmers he
aid preach. I hate seen fifty men and
women all drowned in tears at once,when
he told them that the Lord only meant to
save here and there one, and that all the
rest mull be forever tormented, because no
Savior was provided for them. And I
can't fee for my life but that he preaches
now just as he did then. About ten years,
ago I w<s there to fee Madam one after
noon, and they were making farmons,andl
£ watched them, for I never saw any body
make farmons Before. The Parlon be foe
by a bit of an old table, writing. Mad
am sot at his right hand reading the very
best book that ever I heard ; it was about
inability and unregenerate doings, and
ho v men keep trying to get to heaven,and
only make themselves wore than devilry
Miss Kate, my namefake,the oldell daugh
ter, sot at his left hand, and when her
mother had read enough of that good book,
then her father fpeke and told her to read
scripture enough to prove it; and so the
read a while, and then he^ mbs.be? read a
while, till the Pdrfon had made the best
farmon I ever heard in mv life. I got co
meeting next sabbath, and fixed myfelf to
be roused ; and when it come, O how
smart ! every body said it was the deeped
farmon they ever heard, ard mmy suppo
sed there was no bottom to it. Forty years
ago to day."
« FORTY YEARS AGO TO DAY."
My aunt Kate is called a pretty ferfi
ble woman ; before parson Ola Off lolt Ie
many of his Iheep, Ilie was allowed to be .
the bed judge cf preaching fn the town, %
and knew almost every thing about minis
ters. She fams to be a little dull cf ap
prehending the difference between C and
H, as we ffiay fay there is a difference be
tween Edward and Edwards ; the s is ex
treme. But, my aunt Kate.
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