The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-10-28 00:00:00, page 2

conspirators were within the commune,
they declared they waited only for orders,
to fire upon it. while Barras is concert
ing measures with the committee of Safety,
we will summon those in the Hall of the
Commune to ferrender. If they refufe
we will reduce the building wrubbilh.
Tallies took the Chair, and the Presi
dent invited his colleagues in ihuSfa
. of Safety, .to follow him, that OlFn
mi^ht not go down before the heads of the
traitors should fall.
A Citizen, " The Hall of the Com
mune is taken, and they are bringing Ro
berfpierre on a litter.-
Charlier, took the Chair, ^ The base
Roberfpierre is at the door. Is it year
pleafare thy he bfbrought io." No! No!
zefoendedtiom all parts.
MONDAY, jyLY 18.
A number of congratulatory Address
j were received. ,
Santerre annotated, that he had real
cession to the bar, and took an oath to ac
knowledge no authority but that of the
Convention.,
Freron, The traitors sent Lebts to the
Camp des Sabions, but he was anticipa
ted. When the cannoneers were told the
Freron—l am told that Fieuriot, and
, Payan, are not yet arrelied.
Billaud Varennes-—" Payan was arres
ted four days ago. The mayor not yet.
. Would you believe that in contempt of the
convention, men covered with the mantle
of the law, have been taken ihtecuftody ?
Would you believe that, in contempt of
the will of the people, Sijas, that infer
nal conspirator, although a decree of brreft
be palled against him, is now at the Jac
obin Club, attempting to stir up the peo
ple r but the people are calm, and th,ir
will is liberty (Loud Applauses.) 'A
company of cannoneers, mifcd by the
wretch Hanriot,wanted to direct their can
non against the Convention, but the arm
ed force opposed them. We mug take
vigorous meafures,and. if necessary, die at
our pott. (Yes,exclaimed all the members,
we will die at our polls ; and the galleries
loudly applauded.) —The Committees of
Public and General Safety will fpcedijy
propefe measures to save liberty. The)
mail be prompt. The determined and
faful confpirator#, who for & @onths
have worn the malk of patriot^, tp des
troy the Republic, are now at the cem
jnune."
The Prefilent—"Armed men have sur
rounded & taken possession of the commit
tee of General Safety" (The citizens who
filled the' galleries and pprt cf the Hall,
cried out Let us go ihitber ! and immedi
ately set out amid the applauses of the
members.)
Elie Lacofte —“Several of the confpira^
tors are set at liberty. Rofcrfpierre,wb<
contrary to the intention of the committee
of general Safety, had been sent to the
Luxembourg,, was, by the Administrator
of Police there, conducted to the Com.
mane. The Municipal Officers received
him as a brother, and said they would
proted him. ^ move that they be outlaw
ed."— Decreed.
A member announced that Hanriot war
in the square of she National Palace, gif
ving orders. Outlawed by acclamations
Amar—" I come from the very spot,
Harriot was endeavoring to miffrad the
citizens, especially the cannoneers. I faia
to them—" Will you nowdifgrace your
country, of which you have hitherto de,
served so well?'? Inrtantly they declared
on my fide, and prodded me against on!
of Harriot's, aids-de-camp who menaced
me with his fabre. Let us enlighten the
people, and we may brave every danger.
All the Sections of Paris came in,,fue
frnrami4ft4ns myrmidons 1 more rife &-
partalent of Paris be ordered to the bar to
receive the orders of the convention. De
creed.
Poukier, a municipal officer fried tc
arrest me : I caried him to the Committee
Safety.
Rovere—There is one Payan in the
Commune, an Agent of Roberfpierre's
[A general cry, he is apprehended.]
Brival informed, be had been expelled
the Jacobin Club,- for -approving the de
cree against traitors=They however wish
ed to re-admit him, but he would not ex-"
cept the invitation till it was regenerated.
Gonffilleau—On coming from the Com.
Safety, I found the anti-chamber filled
with men, with three coloured cords—l
was asked who I was, and on answering a
Representative—One Louvet, fub-Prefi.
. dent of the Revolutionary Tribunal, said,
" Then I deipife you." I move his sr
reft, together with Flcuriot, Mayor, who
mutt be concerned.
o Lebon-" Since I anrpermitted tc
, speak, lam more lucky tliafl when 1 teat
. tydtrihe point of perilling by Reberfpi.
TfE-who. woa!d ~not permit me to Sc'
r heard'; for you mast know, Citizens,this
. irf&mltffellow plotted' -m, deftru&ion ^
;m'nth ago:'' 1 arrived at Arrau-jutt at the
^Courier brought the intelligence from
tParis of Roberfpierre's having fallen un
r ^er the f&ord of the law. Idifperfet
, ard confixmed 'the fall,' -and told the pec#
;pie to look tothe National C invention ?s
) a rallying point. The inhabitants were
. much forprifed at the event,-but I tofc
them of circumstances 'which -frH wither
my own knowledge, which enabled them
so fee Roberfpir rrein hirown light. Th
dilbift affefobled, and crime to resolu
tions, which ffigned, Ind ranfmitted tv
the Convention. It is not aftonilhirg that
calumry Should follow a Representative of
the People, though for nine months past
betas beeri fweaing."
Poulticr.—" He sweat blood !"
' 'Lebor.—" A Rtprefennative of th.
Pedplewho for nine months has continue
ally laboured for his country, and prefer
red her Safety to his own. There is a
great difference between Roberfpir rre,
and him who only followed the Betters of
the Convention tad' orders of the Com
mittee of Public Welfare? Yoh year- .
selves fisn&oaed the report of St. Jun '
and every order which the Traitors gave
to those Members who wererfent on Com
m;ffions, and we became t<fponfib;e in
consequence. O. ~.
Charles Lacroix.—" Lebon does not
answer to fads; let him fay, did he mot
keep a man, with monstrous barbarity un
der the suspended blade of the guillotine,
while he+imfelf ##s pending news which
had j^ Arrived ?'. ^^
Rcoon.—" The man had not arrived
at ihe place of execution, and it was a
vi&ory which I read to the f public.”(
E N G LA N D.
LONDON," August az. -
'COMMOTIONS.'
Tuefday a Court of Lieoten^rtt/ Wffigl
hel^ at Guildhall, by appofotrienftohtear
appeals from the inhabitants of this city,
on the new Militia A% the halfwif eri-11
tirely fitted with cdtyfalnipts, who be-,1
came very turbulent; the perfan of -the-t
Lbrd Mayor was infilled, as free ulfo Sir ,
Watkin Lewci, - ahd ftvcral after gentle- t
[ demand' the report'of the Decree^ by
which' you pa(Ted to the order of the-day
upon the actuation of Lebon. I demand
Im arreh arid Speedy punishment. ~^.
Clanz?l was, 'perfumed that Lebon was
a* vile Wretch, but demanded that he
Should be heard. Applaufe.' ••
"SATURDAY, AUGUST 2.'
Leboh mounted the Tribute.
Brurdon—" There is the hangman
Roberfpierre ,<de use of !"
Andre Dumont--'' Citizens, we havi
heard unpleasant trurhi.' Juffice has a
long time been outraged in the Depart
ments of the North, and Pas de Calais —
The hangman chdien by Roberfpierre has
made rivers of bood. Leboa this fan
guinafy monfler; trunk with blood, and
covered with crimes and curfer, has dar
ea*6> contaminate the Tribune with h^|
/referee, that he mightexhale'the venoml
of Tris infe' rial fo'ul. Not a minute pafftt
but he meditates ferc new crime, ano
prepares a new" iffiffin. * Away to hell,
thou monster ? This vile wretch will
doubtless soon expiate his 'crim .•, by
being cut off from society. The time it
c^tpc, 'when his affocrates will receive the
jutt Wages of their -iniquity-; -The reignl
"of traitors add blood-fuckers is no more. |
i^e vi&mof the opprWiior Robcrfpfr
e. He was now freed, and offered hie
services. Honour of the fitting.
~ . FRIDAY, AUGUST I.
•Lecointre — I demand' the repeal of rhe
Jaw of theioih of Jufye^jeatife to the
new organization of the RewoTutionary
Tribunal, as it is int@tamot@ to Magiial
law." [ i
The decree was instantly and uasmi
moufl, rfi@kd&wU4he pIaQULOI
^rlvaf and "bourdon mentioned federal
anecdotes relative to the~blood, monster
Roberfpierft (Tribe ^r& fated, that he
had threatened.to difehayge the Jurymen
of the Revolutionary Tribunal, becarfe
they had not put every one to death that
was fe'nf by him before this Tribunal; and
the fecund 'affirmed,!hat four of them, at
the trial of Goffin, were menaced with af
laffiriatldri, because Xhey halted the Ty
rants'# orders.'>
4b ,
!': - AUGUST 2^
■ > :& -Various Articles.
1 The advanced polls of the French army
are now at a great distance from the Brit
ish camp, where every thing remains as if
: it were a period of the most profound peace.
it is by no means improbable, that after
having plundered and pillaged the Bra
banters, the French will at length leave
them to the Qaftifement of their lawful
monarch,
The firft division of the szd regiment
of foot Marched from Windsor yeftcrday,
for Portsmouth, and will be followed thia
day and to-morrow by the remainder
Thejr are destined for the Weftindies.-—
Lieut. Colonel Afton goes with the segj.
meet, accompanied by hit lady.
Tallinn who has dared to destroy the Co*
• loffiis Roberfpierre, is about ,2 years of
age, full offire and energy. His head is
,ldfty and commanding. He is a Gibodin;
- oh 2 tfrfpealc drifter, a Mufcadin, in all the
extent of that term. He it fond of wo
taiijWthe uh play, and all amafa'
L< rd Hood hat obtained leave, Since
th< bldkade cf Genoa is vaifed, to let as
many British men of war enter that har
rao< as the law of that Country will allow.
The French resident Tidy, did every
thing to prevent this, but in vain. The
Comwi'lee of Public Welfare have Since
'efired Tilly to -give an account cf the
xpenditurc of the 5,000 coo of specie
bich this agent was ordered to distribute
:mong the poor Partricians of Genoa.
Accounts from Barcelona date, that the
Kingof Spain is extremely diffatisfied
^iththe capitulation which the garrison of
Colieure concluded si hike enemy. The
tiicerj uho signed it save ben arretted,
^nd the garrLo, confining of 6 000 men,
are again to fe ye ?gain£ France. The
Spanish army, near Figueras canfifts of
20,000 men. The French army in that
neighborhood consists -of 4.0,000. The
fortrefs of Bellegarde, abort time before
the siege, was provided with 84. pieces of
brafa tannoa.^
Yesterday Government received intelli
gence from H^and, through the medium
f the Dutch Anrbttsder, that the Dutch
Low Couctires are in a state of fecerity,
^drbatiz (hips of the line, beftdes frig-
tea are completely ready in the Texe).
All the officers arc on board, and only
wait for orders.
• men : raa word, it was found neeefiry
^ to adjourn the Court, without coming to
any determination.
Tuefday an immense body of people'
attacked the white horse, public house, in
,Whitecombdreet. After faring nearly
L demolished the whole of the windows, they
entered the hodfe,and destroyed the furni.
I tore. The arrival of a party of the guards,
horse and foot, prevented their extending
the mifehief any farther.^
—M£&&L AbQuf.XJ>'clock, a_mob
colledcd opposite a recruiting-boule in
Shoe lane',and, after expressing every
I mark-ar : d -rndTgmrfon again* the -persons
employed in that service, broke open the
[door, which had been locked and bolted
lon their firft appearance, and destroyed
the,windows and part of the furniture,
die City Marfhah and some Con Gables
Ifoon came to the fpotr But the principal
object being acfomplifhed,the mob debited
[though they did not disperse for tome
Ihours after.
A house of the fame description in
ißride-lane was the next olje& of their
Iresentment, which they attacked so furi
|°^,, that in a very fliort time they left
Ilittle else but the fkMdtun remaining. The
Ifurniture Was demolished. A party of the
I temple volunteer horse arrayed themselves
[ cling occasion, ard were Rationed in dif
ferent parts of the neighborhood, for the
preservation of its peace, the remainder of
the day.
At night an immense bouy of the mob
made their appearance is Holburn, and
[ befet a recrui mg house oppofi e fetter lane
with such violence, that, had not a party
of guards arrived to its proteAun it would
have been levelled to the ground.
In the parish of €!eik&nw<ll, a similar
disposition to riot manifetted itfelf in thr
course of the day; but no injury was
attained.
A mob on Wednesday night broke allr
the windows of the Raven, in Golden 1
ane, and the Sash, in Muorfields, anc
very much damaged the Rum Puncheon. 1
in old Greet, and a private hottie in long !
lane. They were all recruiting houfes.'
At the coach and hordes, in mutton lane,'
Jferkeh&ell, they were persuaded to ce
fift by the landlady.
J-ME Sovereign Lord, and Benev
olent Parent of the Univerie, having plea
sed to continue to the citizens of this
State, the invaluable blefiings of civil ard
religious liberty, so that there is none tty
molest er make us afraid when we would
publickly assemble to wofh<p him; and
he many unmerited favors bellowed
on as hi a people, demanding cur public
acknowledgments and higbefi praise :
The legislature have appointed Thurs
day the 13th day of November text, to
be observed as a day of Public 'Kankf
giving throughout the State, and 1 have
thought fit, bv and with the Advice of
Council, $0 issue this Proclamation, ex
horting Ministers and People of every
denomination, rehgioufty to dedicate laid
day, and to spend a reenable proportion
thereof in their refpedive places of pub
lic worship, calling to mind many unmer
ited favors we have experienced, and
with hearts filled with gratitude, to praise
the name of Almighty God, our Su
premte and Bountiful Benefactor, as the
free Giver of all Good which we erjoy.
In particular, that he hath been gra
ciously pleased to prevent contagious and
mortal disorders from spreading among us :
That health is so generally enjoyed thro'-
cut this State : That the hope of the hus
band man hath been so far realized, as
that we are favored with a comfortable
supply of the precious fruits cf the field :
—That we are so highly favored in &
enjoyment of means for promoting ufeful
knowledge : But above all, that the good
tidier nf great joy, which (hall be to
^ ped^e; iiffikfusd among as,
and for the hope we ha^offuture happi
net's, and together with ourT^nkgiv
ing, let os with humble and pehfeQ_
hearts implore pardon for our tranfgref
fionr, and entreat the Father of Mercies,
that he would be pleased to continue to ua
the blessings we now enjoy, and be flow
fusil favors uwe may stand in acad of;
scents. Particularly careful of lie perfro,
l ihe spends much time at his toilet
I It hath been observed, that "As the
Shadow fellows the fubflance, fodnes pun
-lilhment the crime." This with refpc& to
Rbbgfpierre, has been evidently verified;
and it requires not the gift of prophecy to
augur, such, ere long, will be the fate of
Barrere: For however he may pride him-£
I(elfin pcflefling • ',
"= thattap,, art of freeb,
" Ye-dtys bis ^rfyn, ia gracious wards,
it is contrary to the nature of things to
Suppose that the wretch who (peaks but to
deceits, and listens but to tar,'; can long
escape the recompencing hand of Heaven.
A few revolving funs, will, perhaps, scarce
pifo dver him, ere he may be led to imi
tate his late diabolical compeer in some a&
of desperation on himfelf, or,be delivered
over by a successor, to expiate his numer
ous crimes, under the avergingaxe !
In mifcquence of the late diflurbancta,
we un erfland that the Constables pay I
particular attention to all the houfi a where
recruiting parties rendezvous'; so that it is
not doubted but that all improper practices
in the recruiting service must be brought
to light, and the offenders punished by the
coarse of law.
Nothing can be mere repugnant to ev
ery prin'ciple ofjuftice, and the feelings of
humanity, than the present infamous prac
tice of kidnapping persons into his Majes
ty's service. At- the fame time, however,
that every one must condemn the attrocioua
conduit of feme mifereants employed there
in,and sincerely hope to fee them property \
punished ; they cannot but highly difap
'prove of the riotous proceedings of the
mob on the occafian, and applaud the Spi
rit and activity of the Lord Mayor, by
whose prudentmeafures the city of London
is- likely to continue tranquil and quiet,
and to afford a laudable example to the
rest of the kmgdom.
T^late# rocking abuses in the recruit
ing service, has so highly incensed the peo
ple against every one concerned therein,
that the mob bn Friday evening were equ
ally proceeding to pull down a public
toufe, on a report of its harboring a num- \
)er of Prtyme, who u^n inquiry appear
ed to be nothing more than a set of men
employed at a ,rintja^ef&, fegalirgthero
felves with their /Amrafter the fatigues of
the day. ,
CTHIS EXCELLENCY.
JOHN T. GILMAN,
Gover»o* of the State of New-Ham,foire.
A PROCLAMATION for A
PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.