The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-03 00:00:00, page 2

The late trials of Hard, and Tooke
are calculated in a morning paper, to a
mount to £. 45,000 sterling.
We have not time to detail all the in
telligence received by this conveyance;
la confeqaence of the Subjugation of
Poland, the King of Pruffia,it is said, has
sent counter orders to Gee. Meellendorf,
who had begun' his march with 10,000
Pruffiana from the Rhine. These troops
return to their former cantonments and an
atempt is to be made by the Austrians and
Proffians for raifiag the fiegedf Mentz.
The Suburbs of Fraga, which preceded
the capture of Warsaw, was fortified with
33 batteries; but the Ruffians formed
and carried the whole in two hours.
DEC. 23.
Late left night arrived Mr. Sylvester,
the messenger from the army ; and also
the Mail from Holland,
After the Polish infurgente under Dem
bro+fki, had marched out-of Warsaw,
they are said to lay down their arms as
they saw themselves every where forroun
ded.7.
In the capture if Brage, the Poles had
18000 men killed, and ricoo made pri
soners. The place was defended by the
lower of their troops, and they fought
like lions.
APETITION from Gen. Duvernois,
the friend and companion of Gen.
D gummier, praying that the monument
mig:t be eretied to Djgommier's memory
io the fortrefs of Sud-libre (Bellegarde.)
A long debate took place oa a report
relative to the petition presented on the
24. h, b, the workmen employed in the
mtnuA&oriea of arras at Peril.
N)4 complained of the repeal of the
decree ' far appointing a commifiijo to en
quire into the abufea io the maoufaaure
of arms. Without meaning to censure the
committee of Public Safety for eDliih
ing manufactories of arms at Paris, he
coulj not trip considering them as the
grave of affignats, fom the enamour
fuins which they daily cost.
Reverchon said, (hat muftets made at
Paris, cost 6co livres each. He proposed
that the workmen in Paris Should be cm
ployed in finiitiog and proving the arti
cles prepared in places whee the firft ma
terials were to be had.— The wbde was
again referred tethe om^ttec es Public Safe-
Oa a report of the Commute by Mer
lin. of D uai, it was decreed that a fla^
with the National colours,Should be tent to
the United States of America to be pre
sented to Ceugrefs io token of eternal uni
on and fraternity between the America
and French People.
Oa a report from the cemmitte of gene
ral Safety, a decree was palled for releaf
iog the eleven administrators of the di ftrid
of Sedan, imprisoned in Aug. 1792, Lr
obeying the orders cf La Fayette.
The following Decree was proposed and
adopted.
1. All the corn and merchandize cf the
fir* necessity imported from abroad,
Shall be at the free difpefitiou of the
proprietors, and fubjeQ to no requisi
tion. '
11. On the arrival of fitch corn and mer
cnandize, in the ports of France, or in
the communes to which they are defti
ned, when this arrival is by the land
frontier, notice flhall be given to the
municipality of their quantity and qua
lity.
111. A certified copy of this notice shall
be given by the municipality to the
person who gives the potice.
On the report from the committee of
commerce, a decree was passed for en
couragng a manufaaure of fine muffin
established by citizen Barncville, and al
lowing him an advance of 2000 livres.
day light tiltdark ; and fometill*, we
are made to wd ± a || n jg h< lo _ To
<f?porc this treatment much longer will
be impoffijle; human nature must fink
°nder tae pr^ffure of filch accumulated
miter,, lam sorry to inform >ou that
my friend, C*pt. M'Shane, is dead ;
his ma.e died in March, and himfelf the
*s'hjane. If his brother has not heard
of this event, I beg you will inform him."
NATIONAL CONTENTION, Nov. 28.
J'or&(g,7L J?iUUtg,m©e.
FRANCE.
8 Frimaire.
LONDON, DEC. 16.
Particulars of the forming ol
Praga,and ofthe surrender ol
Warsaw.
The circumstances attending the ftor,
ming of Praga, and those which preceded
the Surrender of Warsaw, have as ye,
been imperfectly related; we have now
received the particulars, which make hu
manic, Shudder.
T^ su burb of Praga, separated from
Warsaw by the Viflula, was defended by
more than a hundred cannon, aifpoied up.
on 33 batteries. It was under the fire ci
ternole artillery that General Suwarrow
made his troops mount to the assault, in
tlie fame manner as he had done at the
taking of Ifmail. It widtoccolleacd that
it was General Suwarrow, who command
ed at the taking of this Turkifn foitrefs,
where the Ruffians enieted only by climb
tng over the dead bodies of their comrade,
as well as their enemies. The .General
gave the feme orders in the alfofc of the
Suburbs of Praga; he enjoined his soldiers
to give quarter to no one. The engage
ment lasted two hours, and this memora
ole day, the 4th ^f November, will be
numbered among those in which human
blood was Shed in abundance, even in
ihefe unhappy times in which we live.
The number of unfortunate Poles, who
perished by the fwurd, the fire, and the
water, (the bridge over the Vistula haring
been broken during the atiion,) are est;
mated at 20,000. In the fuburbot Pra
ga, 12.000 inhabitants of both sexes, and
all ages, were the victims of the firft fur)
of the Ruffians, who m^ffacred all whom
they met, without diftindin of age sex, or
quality. Aker this dreamful execution,
to more hopes remained of saving War
law. The principal chief of the infur
redion, Count Potocki himfelf, advised
to treat with the Ruffian General, and
for that purpose, repaired to the head
quarters of the Ruffians, with prepositions
of pecce, in the name of the Apublie.—
But Count Suwarrow refund to heir him,
observing haughtily, that the Empress his
Sovereign, was by no means at war with
trie' Republic ; that the only object of his
coming before Watfaw, was to reduce to
obedience those Polilh fuLjeds, who, b,
taking up arms, had disturbed the re,efe
of the State. He at the fame time infin.
outed, that he Should treat wi.h none of
the chiefs of the infurre&ion, but only
with perlons who, inverted with the legiti
mate authority Should come to freak in
the name, and on ;he part of hit Polish
M jetty.
Count Petocki being font back with
this an^er, it was resolved to fend depu.
ties from the Magistracy of Warsaw to the
Ruffian commander. During all this time
the fire of the city did net cease playing
upon the Ruffians in the fubu b of Praga,
who answered it but feebly. The Depu
□ties Buzakowiki, Strazakow/kirand Mr
karowicz, having' repaired to the head
quarters and the might of the sh being
spent under the netted anxiety, they re
turned aboatnoon on the sth. They had
been con firained to surrender the city at
diferetion im the hands of Count Suwar
row, under the single condition, that
the inhabitants Ihould be fecare in their
lives and property. The General having
cenfented to this, added, " That, befidas
fafety to their persons, aid for the preser
vation of their property there was a third
article, which without doubt, the Magis
trates had forgotten to alk, .and which he
granted. Pardon for thr past."
The Deputies being returned into the
city, a Proclamation was published to this
cffe& :
" The Magistracy of the fm city of
Warsaw. ;/
" The Deputies of the city of Warsaw,
sent to General Suwarrow, commanding
the Ruffian troops under the city, having
reported to the Magidracy that the, were,
received amicably by his Excellency, the
said General, who had declared his dispo
sition for acapitulation ; and also that they
had obtained some preliminary articles,
signed b, him, by which he had promised
but we can announce to the public, that
the negociitiun for peace between the
Dutch and the French has been renewed ;
and Mynheer Brandi, and M. Reepelaer,
of Dorr, are nominated by the States ge
neral to go to Paris, and treat for peaces
We understand that a cessation of arms has
in the mean time been agreed on; and if
we mistake not, we shall hear of no more
offensive hostilities against Holland.
We learn that the British' regiments of
infantry will be very Shortly recalled from
the Continent.
ihe crew, in all 21 louis; and by Mon
day the 24th uh. had got so far on her
paffagq as fat. 56 N. long. 19 W, when
about 6 in the evening they discovered
that the Ihip had fpiung a leak and
soon after h.d five feet of water in her
hold ; this induced the mailer to bear
away for Ireland, the wind blowing hard
from the N. N. W. but though both pumps
were constantly going the water gained
on them till the following Wednesday,
about three o'clock in the afternoon,when
it had iDetected to seven feet, and war
still increasing. The passengers and crew
were now so much fatigued and exhaus
ted, that they could pump no longer ;
and, as the ship mutt inevitably fink in a
short time, they resolved, as th, only pof
fibld mean, of fafety, to take themselves
to the long boat.
Accordingly, having provided them
selves with a few necessaries, such as bread
in bags, some barrels of porter (for
by this time their water calks were all
ftovq) they all embarked in the beat, pas.
fengsrs and crew; but had not left the
Ihip above 15 minutes when d fen broke
into the boat, which had nearly filled her,
and, in terror and confufion, they threw
the bread and porter, and every article
of prevision overboard to keep he, from
linking. In this deplorable fixation,mote
than 100 miles from any land, the prof
pe& was dreadful, they continued however
feudding with one fail before the wind,
which, bl,,exceffively bard, but providen
tially was bill from the Weft, and coniinu,
nd so until aboMiwo o'clock in the after-
the citizens Safety to their persons and
property, an oblivion of all part wrongs
—The Magistracy notifies the fame to the
citizens, wishing them to keep themselves
quiet till the entire conclusion of the ca
pitulation, and that they will cease their
fre, his Excellency having ordered his
men not to fire on their part."
In consequence of this fnbmiffion of
the city, the Magistracy also informed the
inhabitants of the desire of General Su
warrow, that all persons, inhabitants,
Ihoeld surrender all their arms, of every
kind, before the signing of the capitula
tion, under promise of all arms of value,
and fowling-pieces, being returned to
the proprietors, after the re-establishment
of tranquility. All the inhabitants 0-
heyed this order ; but the soldiery then in
, ci 'y refafed. Their Chief, Warzew
and many members of the Supreme
Council, reftfed to take part in the capit
u!^. This difficulty gave occasion for
more parleys, which lasted all the 6th.—
~n g demanded a week to labor at a
pacification ; but Count Siswarrow would
grant no more than two or three days,dur-,
Ms*hich time they labored to repair the
bridge over the Viftala. In fine, it was
agreed, that those of the military who
icfufed to lay down their arms ffiould
have liberty to go out of Warsaw. But
0e Ruffian Gen. added this declaration,
^, “ all who^chofe this alternative
might be sure of not :cfcaping any where
else; and that when overtaken,no Quarter
would be granted."
After the agreement was figped, the
Members of the Supreme Council, and :
Generaliflimo, Wawrze wiki, waited up
on the King, in the morning of the 7th
November, 'and remitted into bis hands
the authority they exercised at Warsaw.
The fame day the Magistrates informed
(he inhabitants, that the capitulation hav
ing been signed, the Ruffian troops were 1
about to enter the city ; that the Ruf
fian General having promised ©b- ,1
lervance of the mod exa& dilcipline,
the Burgesses were enjoined to pseferve
order and tranquility, on their part ; and
the more fecurel, 0 preserve tranquility,
they ordered all houses to be shut, &c.
The entry of the Ruffians followed on
the 9th of November, in the manner we
have before related:
< DECEMBER 34.
••/Thorfday fen'night arrived at Port
Glasgow, Mr. George Price, commander
^ "'ip Virginia, of Pcterfbarg, Vir
gfaua, with his second mate, carpenter,
three seamen, being the only fuivi
vors of the crew of this vessel, lately loft
n her patfage from Clyde to America.—
The circumflances attending this dilafter,
as communicated by Captain Price, are
afyaffcaing, and make a melancholy
Addition to the lift of misfortunes which
the lue stormy weather has produced.
On the 19th of November last the Vir,
giaia failed from the Clyde in ballast,
having seven passengers on, .board, viz.
a Mr. Murdock, of Paisley, his wife, |wu
children, a filler in law, a maid servant,
and a Mr. Dixon, besides th, matter and
Seme days since a cunning man arrive
ed in town from the Westward; who gave
notice that, after long and laborious flu:
dy, he had actually difcevered this grand
desideratum, so long fought for by Sages
and Philosophers. An audience was col.
le&edj by appointment, to view this novel
Movement, so interesting to fcience,and the
world at large ; when the machinery was
put in motion, as the proprietor averted,
by means of 1 concealed magnet. Some gen
tlemen prefect were fu'rpriied,oth>rsdoubt
ed, while a few considered it as nothing
more than a beta, pocut tr@. The ma
chinery was ereaed against a door, which'
communicated with another apartment,
and some of the audience requeued that
this doo* m ; ght be opened. The propri
etor modefily objected, but the apartment
was entered—when le? on a high fhelf, a
boy was difeovered (perdue) turning an I,
rot Crank, which proved to be neither
mote nor left than the concealed magnet.—
The Indenter, after obfervreg that be had
come to a " wrong place,” decamped with
'feme precipitation, to avoid a herfo pord,
as the reward of bis ingenuity — Wheth
er he means to apply sot a diploma, as a
Proftfor of Legerdemain, we have that ft
to learn.
RHODE-ISLAND.
NEWPORT, FEB. 17?
WHEN the alliance between America
and France was signed, the family of De
Graffe, was boble, heroic, and virtuose
—happy in demeftic concerns, rid re
newed in military achievements. Arnon,
the Heroes of France, Count De Graffe,
was leleaed by the unfortunate Louij,
to command the naval force, affgn<d for
our affiliate. The Count arrived on our
continent cemmaoding the greatest naval*
force, which had then floated on our feel.
He contibuted to the capture of the British
army, under' Lord Cornwallis,and tenders
ed many effen.ial fctrices te our cause;
but failing against Rodney, he was dis
honored cn hjs return home, and he is kid
to have died with grief.
On the late revolution, the remains of
his family was prosecuted as afiftocrats
the, fled to diflant lands, in order to avcid
humiliation, poverty, and perhaps death-.
The daughters of the unfortunate Count
De Graffe, are new in Beller; and;
one of his sons commands a man of war
under the King of Ergland.
noon of the following Saturday, when
they discovered the Jrlh land, and n^e
every effort to gain it: But the wind Fit
ting southward, they were forced to bear
away for Jj|ay ; during this night the,,
buffered the most extreme hardships frero
the violence of the sea, famine and cold ,
next morning the servant girl and one of
the seamen were found dead ;—Afa.
Murdock almost so, unable any lon
ger to suckle the infant at her breast ;
Dixon,_the passenger, and three of the
c ' c *yT ne > a °d totally bereft of reafan.<
About twelve o'clock on Sunday they faV
Illay. And about four in the afternoon
nearly gained the ihore, and attempted
to land in a place of fafety, on the North
west fide ; but the wind proving unfavor
able, blowing a tempest, with a prodigi
ous swell of sea, and a contrary tide, the,
were Twept upon a reef of rocks, where
they all periled, except the matter, hi#
second mate, carpenter, and three sea
men, who narrowly escaped by grafpiag
and scrambling upjhe recks. It was iu
vain the survivors attempted by reaching
down, to save the fufferers ; the forge ’
^as so dreadful that in a few minutes the
boat was daihed in a thousand pieces.
When every hope of faring any of the
rest was vanished, the matter and the five
men, on proceeding a ffiort way from the
Ihore, with the little life that remained,
fortunately diferied a gentleman's Lase at
a imall^ distance ; fortunately they lay,
for had it been twice as far off, they mult
have periled of downright hunger and
fatigue, for they had now been nearly
^ve days and ire nights without tatting
food or drink of any kind. This boule
proved to be that of Alexander Camble,
of Ormfy. Here they me: with every at
tention and care for eight days, during
which time all the dead bodies but one
were found, and decently interred. The
ship, when left seen from the boat wqi
lying over, with her lower yards in the
water.
^Domedtuc J%tellcaen&e„
&PROVIDENCE, FEB. 31.
DISCOVERY of th, PERPETUAL
MOTION.