The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-10-14 00:00:00, page 2

magkt of, ts mourn their S-1 born tyre
—The lateral tolemnities of the two lift
deceased, were attended thia day, when
a fermon,adapted to the mournful eccafisa,
was delivered by the Rev. Daniel E.
Sanders of Vergennes.
Since this paper was put to , r O, the Editor
hop been Javored with the J oilowing pa
ragraphs.
An expfefs it is said arrived to the Go
vernor on the evening of the Irth indent,)
who we underhand lets out in a few days
to join our noble countrymen, who are all
impatient to be ordered forward to reflore
toe sovereignty of law in Pehofylvania.
The intelligence received we under-;
fend announces great divifiors amon^ the|
insurgents, some willing to labuiit, oth
ers to refill: Among the former, are Mr.
Gallatin and Mr. Smylie, two members of
Congress, who too late begin to fee their
error, and arc trying to m^e their peace.
It is said Governor Simcoe befriends
the rioters, and that many of them talk of
seeking shelter with him. They are mad,
enough to propose becoming a British Co
lony again, and offer liberty to all our
slaves. From this fall source they expect
to derive great fuccours, as they know
that Virginia and Maryland abound in
negroes. However all their attempts hi
therto to Real our negroes has proved a
bortive, and their parties have been driv
en out of Virginia by our brave country
men, whenever they have dared to come
within our limits, lince the Governor s
late proclamation.
Einiffxries are going thro' ail the state,
trying to stop the people from luiki g cut,
and it is said some of them carry in then
pockets British gold, and arc in our coun
try. —What is ftrarge, but true, the Iriih
lately imported joined these unhappy peo
ple, and what is true, the' not frar.gr,
the British dtf. rters who run-away from
General Howe's army Ibft war, abet b,
every means in their power this unnatural
infinreftios.
Governor Lee will have to contend with
Governor Simcoe —Scotch-frith Pennfyl
vanians, rank Irilh, Virginia Negroes,
and Britiih Geferterb-Thefe poltroons
must feon fly before oar gallant buck/kins.
Lexington, Se^. 8, 1794°
An Express arrived here on Saturday ev
ening about 3 o'clock with letters from
the array, from which we have collected
the following particulars :—
On the 26th u!t. about 146 miles ad
vanceof Grenville,the advance guard,cen
lifting of two companies were attacked by
about rioo Indiana and Canadian mili
tia ; the attack being sudden and uccx
peded, the advance guard fell back or.
the main army and threw them into confu
ting, which occationed'a retreat of about
100 paces before they formed again ; as
ter forming, not mere than two heavy
fixes were exchanged before they were or
.dertd to charge the enemy, which was in
ftanUydooe.; upon which the enemy im
mediately gave ground, and our men tuih
ing forward with impetaoGiy, the enemy
acre diftodged from their coverts, and the
cavalry taking advantage of that even,,
purfeed them about two miles, when they
difpe fed. The action continued about an
hour and a quarter ; we had about 30 men
killed, and 80 wounded ; among the for
mer are Captain Campbell of the caval
ry, and Lieutenant Towles of the infan
try. Among the latter are C<pt. Slough,
Captain Vunranfalear, Captain Prior and
Lieutenant Campbell Smith, of the fed
eral army ; —Seven of the Volunteersl
were killed, and fourteen wounded. Opel
hundred and twenty-seven scalps werel
taken, and a number killed in the river
that were not scalped. The army re
mained three days on the ground, ard re
turned to Fort-Defiance, at the mouth of
the Auglaize, where they were on the;
24th ole.
The action happened within the fight of
a ftroog British fcrt, rrgul/rlv built, and
garrisoned by three hundred men, be
tween forty and fifty miles below Fort-
Defiance. on the Maumee of the Lakes.';
The commander in chief fenta flag to_
Myor Campbell commander of the Bri
tish gayrifon, to march his men out to the ,
MARYLAN D,
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27.
By two Gentlemen just arrived from Ken
tucky we have been favored withthe fol-
Driving every
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, September 17.
nearest British poss, and give up the fort,
both of which he positively refuted. The
Indiana had 5000 acres cf land in corn,all
in excellent order on the bottoms of the
Maumee river, a considerable quantity of
which the army have destroyed.
Extras of a letter dated Aug. 24, from an
American captain, taken b, the Britfn,
and no w detained tn llalifax> to hujriend
in this town.
46 1 hate written you federal times, in
forming you of my misfortune in being
taken by the English; but as ail our let
ters, must be opened and read by the gov
ernor, I cannot fay much. Yetierday
our cargo and 16 more were condemned
as prizes, and I fiar they will condemn
flaps & all=TDis is indeed tor hard ; ev
ery day the poor Americans are let/ in
here as prizes. I cannot fay much mere,
only that they threaten to fend us old
countrymen, h me to England in irons,
but they know better than to execute this
threat. They have robbed me of all 1
had.
Oft. 1. Accounts from Philadelphia fate,
that fcvei alperfus have died there fuddenl,,
during the hf week, which alarmed Jerne
The juntas mere not fctow, but the fewer
was putrid. Vet the authority reports that
it bus no! been more health, there for man,
years. -
" My men are all in prison."
Extras of another letter, from the fame, to
to the fame, dated, Aug. 25.
“ In addition to what I ^rote you yef
rerday, I have to lay besides all the car
goes, four veffe'sare ahead, condemns
el. May G;d birfs you, and endow me
with fortitude to bear lu.haccumulated
adlidion !
N E W-Y O R K.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 24.
Latraß of & letter from a gentlemen in Lrm
crick (beland,) to bit friend in ibis city,
dated July 15, 1794
" It u r-o& pretty generally believed
hatw< fh^l have a peace with France ;
'or fleets proved victorious at the fame
time that cur armies have been dreadfully
deafen by these brave republicans where
#ver met with. They have driven us frcm
iheir territories, and have pursued thei
vidotits bv seizing on Flanders and Bra
bant ; Gher.t, Bruges, Neupurc, Oftend,
&c. are now in their poffiffion, and we
fear the Duke of York and army arei^
Burgoyning condition, (under the rose) 1
think it would be a happy circumstance,
as&e fhouid then be driven to peace in
deed.—Tumults in Spain are arrived to 2
great height, and we tejoice at the idet
of a Revolutionary Tribunal appearing it
Madrid shortly, 1 think the French com
mitree of public fafety is a grand body,
their views extend to the Revolution of th?
world ; kingdoms, fates, and empire
are fatal! theatres of action to these mag
nanimous heroes and liberators of man
kind : And may the, go on until tyrann
and usurpation, monarchy and arifocracy,
are like blended and melted down in the
crucible of Liberty and Democracy. I
can assure you the leaven of liberty am
Equality is by degrees about to leaven the
who'e world.
God is triumphantly going forward ir.
the chariot of regeneration : The Gofpe
talks of the new man ; our ideas are en
larged, and we now talk of nations ard
aY& world ; here my friend is a scale of
action to our ideas, which bursts forth
»i,h resplendent glory.
The prophet freaks of a nation being
bora in a nay, behold the critical period
of these latter times! we are on the eve
cf great events, they are at the door:
And though you ar^ removed from them,
I am in their midst : And if I periQi ii
the glorious struggle I ihall die a mar
tyr, not like m, fore fathers in the cause
of tyrants, but fhjl Ihout " Vive la na
tion."
EXTRACT FROM THE LON
DON MORNING CHRONI
CLE.
LET those whom it most con
cerns, pause & refleft with
that degree of consideration to
which the importance of the
fubjeft is entitled, on the fol
lowing momentous consequen
ces, which mull inevitably result
to Great Britain from a rupture
with the United States of Ame
GEORGETOWN, Sept. 23.
rica : The colouring is ftridly
conformable to truth, and the
pifture is, in no part exaggera
ted.
A temporary sequestration of
a film, not ffiort of leven milli
ons sterling, owing to the mer
chants of Great Britain from the
citizens of the United States —
for the war muft,ofncceffity,fuf
pehd all remittances.
The loss of an annual file of
near four millions sterling of our
manufactures, at a moment
when the industry of the coun
try can but ill afford such an ob
ftru&ion ; and the probable loss
of that market forever, as the
people of the United dates might
make such progress in manufac
tures during the war, as totally
to banish foreign articles.
The loss of employment for
two hundred and thirty thousand
tons shipping. This astonishing
quantity of British shipping be
ing annually laden in the ports
of the United Rates, as appears
by the- clearances from their
custom houses, in the year fol
lowing August, 1789.
The exposure of our com
merce, the mod valuable of
which passes immediately before
their harbors, to the fevered
predatory welfare it has ever
Coffered —as the numerous and
active shipping of America,
would be instantly converted
from the purposes of commerce
to thofc of war,
The deep distress of our Weft-
India possessions, from a total
privation of supplies essential
to their subsistence—To this
scourge every recent conquest
would be but an additional
thong.
Intending to confine his re
marks to inevitable cenfequen
ces, the writer of these obser
vations forbears any opinion of
the fate of our remaining colo
nial pofleffions on the continent
of America.
It may be only necessary to
observe, that all these conse
quences are to be encountered
for no object, or for such an ob
je& as it would be an impeach
ment of the national justice and
good feufe to admit as a cause
of war.
The United ftatfs of America,
from their remote situation and
rapid growth, are internally jn
vulnerable by any power what
ever—and externally considered
it would certainly be political
silicide on the part of the com
mercial and manufacturing na
tions of Europe (supposing the
measure practicable) to compel
them to relinquish their trade
and live at home. This cer
tainly they could do, consider
ing their resources, with great
er convenience than any other
people.
These consequences compre
hend no part of the additional
expence to be incurred in the
event of a war with America —
what that will be may be easily
inferred from what has been-=
From the a&ual ascertainment
may policy and justice preserve
both nations 1
PACIFICUS,
Heads cut off!
ROBERSPIERRE's DECAPITATION.
[The following highly interfir.g particular;
were received at Salem from Hamburg,on
Wednesday last. They are translated from
a paper printed near Hamburg ; and may
be eonjidered a authentic.]
PARIS, JULY 30, 1794.
THE day before yesterday were led te
the place of execution, and execu
ted, the following persons, viz. MAXI
MILIEN ROBERSPIERRE, aged 35.
He had defended himfelf in a fracas, which
had happened in the Commune, with a
knife which took off half his face, alter
which he was carried to the Convention,
and was refufed to be admitted ; was then
feat to the prison of the Conciergerie,
where he was detained until his execution
—his head was fhc<n to the people.
The brother of ROdERSPIERRE,who
had broken both his legs, as he attempted
to escape.
COUTHON, aged 38.
SAINT-JUST, a?ed 26.
General HENRIOT,- aged 33.
General LA V ALETTE.
DUMAS, President of the Revolution,
ary Tribune. His head was shewn to the
people.
FLEURIOT. the Mayor of Paris.
FAYEN, a National Agent; and !2
Members of the Commune of Paris.
Yesterday, the 29th, 70 conspirators
were also executed. The Revolutionary
Tribunal, compefed for the moil part of
the creatures of ROBERSPIERRE, and
who pronounced at the lead lignal he gave,
sentence of death upon any one who was
pointed at, has been replaced by other
Judges. From the 25th to the 27th, 135
people had been lent to the guillotine, by
those Judges who are now deposed. A
inong them were found, Baton Tieuck, the
Princess Cb,na,,de Grunaldy, Prir.cefs Mon
aco,the Counted Marbonne, Counters Peri.
gord,Countcfs Dffi^,tl.eCountefs St.Stnon,
Marquis Duffin, Montalembert, Roquelaure
de Ambeife, Due de Cberment Tannery. Count
de Tbtare the Bishop of Agfa, the learned
Chenier, the celebrated Bithop of Montmo
rency, and the wife of Marshal /Armenta
lore.
The ver, remarkable circumstances
which led to the downfall of ROBERSPI
ERRE, who had arrived at the supreme
power by the most cruel and bloody means,
deserve to be immediately detailed. It in
observable however, that the principal'
cause of that extraordinary event, is yet
buried under the veil of darkness.
Every body knows that the Committee ^
of Public Safety, composed of ROBERS
PIERRE, and his adherents, had poffeftd.
themselves of the forcreign power, and
exercised it with unheard of tyranny; 2
tyranny to which the convention itfelf was
no proof. No Deputy dare express his sen
timents free, without being immediately
threatened with priion or death. This
eccafioned a general diffuisfoaion, which
produced a secret coalition of several Mem
bers,who were joined by some of the Mem
bers of the very Committee of Public
Safety. Collot de HaßßOri, and
Bxt.lauu Varenkes, who felt them
selves oppressed by ROBERSPIERRE,
resolved, fupperted by a great inumber of
the members cf the Convention, to op
pose the further progress of this new Crom
well.
To support himfclf against {• powerful
a party, Roberfpierre fought alliance
with the Jacobins, in behalf of hirofelf &
partisans ; and the whole club appeared *
the bar of the Convention on the 25th,
and informed them of their fears refpeft
ing the new intrigues carried on by for
eigners, to annihilate the revolution, to
calumniate the most sincere patriots, to di
vide them among themselves, and make the
decrees of the Convention fafpefted, espe
cially that which acknowledges the exist
ence ofa Supreme Being. All this had
not the elfed which Roberfpierre had ex
pe&ed.
On the 26th, Roberfpierre mounted the
rostrum. He made a long speech on the
revolution, in which he endeavored to jus
tify himfelf of the views 'which were im
puted ro him of aspiring at the diaatar
foip. He said that ever finer he had late
ly proclaimed the existence of a Supreme
Being,the partisans of Herbert and Dan
ton had been let loose upon him. H#
likewise ftrovt to juftif, hirafelf of the re-
By Yeftei day's Boston Post.