The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-10-07 00:00:00, page 3

PENNSYLVANIA. °
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2^.
INDIAN AFFAIRS. °
Extras of a letter from General Wilkins,
dated Pittfourgh, Sept. 12.
" This inilant there are recent accounts
from Boeuf and Fort Franklin—they are
altooft certain of a war with the Six Na
tions of Indians. Every one represents
the condu& of the individuals of them as
uncommonly insolent and arrogant. It is
frid by the man uho came from Fort
Franklin, that there are twelve or fifteen
Indians from Sandusky, lying in the neigh
borhood of that place, under the pretence
,of being peaceable, but foppofed to be
waiting the reTult of the treaty, to com
mence hostility, and to influence ethers to
join them. Should they go to war, pre
parations ought to he made to support the
garrison at Le Bceuf.
Extract of a latter front Capt. Denny com
manding at Fort Le Boeuf, dated Sept 4.
" On the loth ult. one of the inhabi
tants ofCuflhwago was fired on by a par
ty of Indians within 150 perches of the
Laufes, and receded three wounds, but
escaped, and is likely to recover. I was
informed of it the day following, and re
ceived a prefling requisition for assistance.
To prevent the settlement breaking up I
sent a party @f twelve men including a
non-commissioned officer, with orders to
afford all the alliftance and protection they
ceuld."
Extract of a letter from Mr. E'liot, dated
Le Boeaf, September 4.
" I am sorry to inform you that my
fafpicion has, in some measure, been reali
zed. Since that period they have attack
leda Mi Dtekfoa, within eighty poles of
Cuffawago town, and wounded him in
three places; they have alio taken ava;
federal horses, and a few days ago fired
upon two men belonging to a fmal! de
tachment which Capt. Denny had feat
down to protect the icttlement."
Extra of a letter from Mr. Adlum, at
Fort Franklin, dated Augult 31.
" 1 returned yelierday from the Corn
planter's town, he having sent for' me to
attend a treaty at Bulfaloe Creek, but as
the treaty does not come on so loan as was
expected, 1 have come to this place for a
few days. I had a good deal of eonverfa
tion with Cornplantcr, from which, and
every other circumstance, war appears to
be inevitable. Give us what we alk for
or abide the eonfequenecs, is the language
of the Indians, lie reqnefted me to de
fire the commanding officers of the polls,
not to carry too much previsions to Le
Bceeuf, as it wauld soon have to be run
away from. There were twenty Indians
from the other fide of the Lake arrived at
Cornplanter's whist I was there, to be a
guard to their frontier, as they informed
me, and to make a Broke, i suppose, if
their demands ar# not complied with."
Extract of another letter, from the fame,
to Gen. Wilkins, dated Sept. 7.
" I have just returned a second time
ftom Cornplanter's town. On my arrival
there he informed me that a number of In
dians would come to town the next day,
fam tee north fide of the Lakes, to guard
them & take care of their women & chil
dren, while the chiefs were attending at
the treaty. Accordingly, on the day fol
lowing, 19 Indians arrived, headed by one
Du Q^"ri a h^lf blood, sent by Captain
Brandt They brought word that the
treaty would not be hold till the lath es
this month.
" In all the Conversations I had with
the Indians they seemed determined to at
tack us immediately, if the President of
the United States did not grant their re
quest They told me that all they wanted
to know from the commissioners was whe
ther General Walhiugton would grant
their request or not-—if he did net times
would be troublefeme very soon. The
Cortplanter said, that before they attacked
us they would give us notice t# clear the
frontiers— That the Indians did not intend
te make war upon women and children,
but against men,.and at the fame time de
sired mb to give notice that it was not
worth while to carry any more provihelis
to Le Boeuf, as the garrison would soon
have to leave it. From every thing itl
appears to me that they mean to keep their'
words, that is, " give us the lands we ask
for. or abide by the confequeuces ;" and if
jfoeisnot a great alteration in their dis-i
,of ion very soon it is my opinion that we
m# exped them oa-our frontiers by the'
?§thofthis mouth. The Cornplanter laughs
^)oinedlec J’o&l/^eTicd.
By Yesterday's Boston Post.
BOSTON, September 30.
Capt. Alien, from Bordeaux, fays, the
French are uaiverfall, viaoricu#—That
they expeaed to be soon in Arnfterdam,
where Dutch Patriots anxioufl, expeaed
them— Thit order and regularity had beer,
reftured at Bordeaux, as the aristocrats
were moftl, extirpated—That they were in
high spirits— ports filled with prizes—pre
visions rather scarce at that piece particu
larly, but plenty in other parts of the Re
public.
The translations from French papers
received by her, which have been publish .
ed ; and which as firft, ought to be the mart
important of their contents, are, a letter
from Richard, with the Northern army,
to the committee of fafety, dated io;h Ju
ly—lt fays, they are fuccefaful—That the
armies of the North, Sambrc, and Meofe
effected a jadaion on the 9* Jaly—That
the enemy retreats towards Anverfe,Mae
ftricht, and the Rhine—That the next
day, they should attack this line of retreat:
N E W-Y O R ,K.
ALBANY, Sept. ,8.
On Monday tart arrived in this cirv
from MKh^lrroskAhnck, via. Detroit &
Niagara, jimes Neil, an inhabitant of
Beards-tow,., Neinoa county, Kentucky ;
^n4 one of the packhsrfe men employed
b* the Contradors of Gen. Wayne's army.
He fays ha was taken by the Indians at the
attack on Fort Recovery ; Gripped cf hi#
^oa^hing, and carried a journey of three
weeks we#,into the interior of thei count,,
that during their march he was twice tied
to be burnt, butthrtfame cafuality hap
pened each rime which prevented it. On
his arrival at M+cheiemakanock he was
rahfom^d by Capt. Boyle, commanding
at that pest ; from whom he obtained a
pass to Dnr< it where he obtained another
oafs to Niagara, from Col. England ; at
Niagara Simcoe renewed his pass, and
give him liberty to return home, and
eleven dollars to bear his expends. He
confirmsfthe account in our paper of
rourfday last, of the defeat of the In
dians at the Mami,and fays fevoral white
people were with the Indians as he saw
sundry of them who were wounded
brought into Detroit while he was there.
He also fays, Simon Girt, and a son cf
Col. Magee, who lives at the Rapids
of the Miami, commanded the Indians
—that Girty pub!ily declared that he
took off Capt. Gihfuns scalp.
at the idea of Topplying the garrisons with
previfibns, ffioula there be a war, as the
roads and rivers, he lay., will be coaf^nt
ly way-laid. There is a considerable
number of warriors at the towns, and those
from the north fide of the Lakes are at pre
fect hunting between Hickory-town and
Cyle-creek, and have been very insolent
to feme of my men, and took a rifle from
one of :hem, leaving a very ordinary one
in the place ofit;. observing that they
scalped many white people last war, and
expelled soon to do the fame again."
The following is an extract of a letter written
I, a gentleman of the frid, veracity in
Network, to a perfox of rej,inability in
" It fems that immediately after the
action, Wayne summoned Campbell to
evacuate his post, which was refufed. Ge
neral Wayne soon after changed his pofi
tior, ard disappeared- This circumstance
is attributed to his being in want of pro
visions. From an apprehension that his
army isg-ing against Detroit, that post has
ocen ft<engthen±d b. a considerable body
>f mihii^— at leak this coufe is assigned
for an augmentation of ihelgarrUun of De
troit.
" Several B ii(h futjea# (laid to be
Canadians) v^re est wounded among the
[ftdiaas,anu iO, rm-rion fta.es that Wayne
hung two of th#m."
The GentwaH difpatebes are hourly ex
pected.
" It is added that the British port at the
rapids of the Miami had been abandoned,
and another potation taken.
" This new pofitien which is command
ed by Major C mpbell, with three compa
ni l, is higher up the Miami, and in trie
neighborhood of the field of Wayne's vic
tories.
this city.
" By accounts through the Englilhgar
rifon on the Lakes, we are informed, that
General Wayne defeated the Indians on
the 20th of August, with uncommon
daughter. The feeze cf action is fitid to
have been upon the Miami, and the In
dians, fay thefc accounts, left 300 on the
held.
CONNECTICUT.
Hartford, Sept. 29.
Extras of a letter from a correspondent in
Philadelphia, dated Sept. 25.
" It gives me pain to tell you that the
yellow fever he# again made its appear
ance among us. Some have undoubtedly
died with that dreadful disorder in Front,
near Arch street—some in Water, between
Chefnut and Walnut, and feme in Doak
ftrect near Walnut. Befh-hill hospital
3 of which were dangerous. All the above
dereafed, except Jeremiah Tewnfend,jar.,
died of the yellow putrid fever; or what is
lately termed the Philadelphia fever. The
population of this city varies bet little from
4000. —The mortality for the week part
has far exceeded that of former weeks.—
The cool weather has not arfwered our
hopes.—The communications by packets
between this place and New-York is whol
ly flopped ; business is quite at a Band ;
and as far as I can judge, about one third
of our inhabitant# have removed.
mere.
Monday, 29th. Mrs Jocelin, Mr. Albro,
Sally Goafley, James Rice, Mrs Eels.
Friday, 26th. Stephen Herick, Dering
Phipps.
Saturday, 27th. Mr. Perit, Mrs Albro,
Sunday, zSih. Mrs Sabin, Mrs Play-
Has very necerfarily arrested public con
cern. In the last Centinel we mentioned,
that it was ameliorating—it was fc—but
we fear it is again spreading its devasta
tion. The Editor has seen a letter from
the Rev. Dr. Stiles, es New-Haven, to
the Rev Mr. Holmes, which inform.—
" that «hrc inhabitant# in those parts of the
town where the disease prevails, (which
are the New Township an'd the water fide)
fam left and left to mind the diforder,face it
has become much more mild, lejs mortal, and
gives <wa, to medicine—ivhicb it did not at
firft. At firft, the mortality was above half;
fence the firft Sept, not one quarter, and jor
some time much less." By the last mail the
editor received from a refpelhble gentle
man the^e, the following, dated Sept. 30.
" Should you have occasion to publish an
accurate fUtement of the deaths and sick
ness here, you may depend on the follow
i*g,b#gianing since the publication of our
last paper.
IVednefda,, Sept. 24th, George Cook,
Ames Morrison, William Higgins.
Fhurfia,, 25th. Betsey Mansfield, Jere.
Townsend, jun.
The Foils brought retiring of that im
portance which had been anticipated. The
President ha# issued another Proclamation
relative to the infargency—in which he
obferve#, that he has hitherto rather taken
measures for calling out the Militia than
aaually embodying them, in hopes that
lenient measures would have been effectual
in referring order, but as he finds this le
nity has been abused, and represented as
the effects es incapacity, he is resolved
now to reduce the refractory, to a due fit
ordination to the laws.
—«o, a letter from Piehegru, ..miler in
fobftince, but containing force remarks
on the importance of the junction of the
three armies.
FROM QUEBEC.
A gentleman who arrived from Quebec
since our last, informs, That official ac
counts had been received there of a defeat
cf the Indians by Gen. Wayne's army.—
^ery—May rot this have been an account of
their repulse at Fort Recovery ? The gentle
man further informs,that all ranks of peo
ple io Canada, were apprehensive of a war
with the United States—That Gov. Sim
cce, expecting to be attacked, had writ
ten for reinforcements, and the light eem
panies of British troops at Quebec, had
marched for Montreal, to relieve troops
there who were destined for Detroit.
Information has come, via. Lisbon and
Marblehead : That the French were mas
ters of St. Sebastian, and were pushing on
to Bilboa—That they had taken two En
glilh flcops of war in the Bay cf Bifoay—
That the Spaniards were panick struck,
and the merchants of Bilboa, were leav
ing the piaae also, with what part of their
cargoes they could take with them. It is
added, that the French were equally fie
cesful on the Frontiers, in the mediterrane
an, and that the, had taken Barcelona.
Tuefday, 30th Sept. 14 perfoni were sick,
October 4.
The FEFER at NEW.HAVEN,
October 3.
BY LASr NIGHT'S MAILS.
Sally Pratt.
OCTOBER I.
DEATHS.
SICK.
fu, received, and for fate at this Office,
The LIFE of JOSEPH, the SON of
ISRAEL.
Ineight Books.
Chiefly defigoed to allure young Minds to
a Love of the Sacred Scriptures.
By JOHN MACGOWAN.
nr
I HE GENUINE EXPERIENCE.&
DYING ADDRESS of Mr,. DOLLY
TAYLOR, of Reading, Vermont; who
departed this life, May 19th, 1794
Actually dictated by harfalf, and taken
from her lips but a little before her death.
Now published, with her Hufband'sTef
timony concerning her.
NOTICE is hereby given to
all persons to whom the
fubferiber is indebted, that aftei
one month from this date, they
shall have their pay, and that he
will not leave the place before
that time.
J, pubiifhed, and for sale at this Office,
for which good pay will be made.
He has for Jals,
SADDLES, SOAL and UPPER
LEATHER.
x4Jo —An afforment of Eng
li(h and Wcft-India Goods, and
SALT by the hogshead.
He requests all perfect whom be has Notes
and Accounts again,, to call and jettle with
him before the fir, of November next
CASH given for HIDES.
Winch,er, Oflober 6th, 1794.
The Honorable John S. Sherburne,
Nicholas Gilman and Jeremiah Smith,
Esquires are elected by the people, as three
of the Representatives from this State to
the Congress of the United States —The
hon. Paine Wingate and Abiel FoUer,
Esquires are the two candidates, highest
in nomination, to be sent cut to the peo
ple, one cf which to be chosen to fill up
the Representation.
A Correspondent wishes to afr the
members cf a certain Aatitnt and Honorable
Society, in this town, who profefs to live
up to the drifted rules of Benevolence and
Brotherly Love to each other; Whether
they do not deviate from the intent of
their institution, when they keep a bro
ther immured in a dungeon, for two or
three months, without allowing him a
change of linen or any other cloathing.
without a bed to lie on, and out of the
power of relieving himfelf? Are your laws
more sacred than those of our great. La
wgiver, who commanded, that we (hould
not only forgive a brother until /roe# ttm^
but 'tjll /event, timet Jevex ? And hero in
the iuftance above cited, you, for one of
fence, take him by the throat. Blufo and
reform ! !!
The last pipers received, contain noth
ing important from Europe.
On the Sth ult. Johah Davis of Wash
ington, in this State, put an end to his life
by hanging himfelf with a bridle. Hebes
left a wife and a number of children to
mourn his untimely exit.
DIED J At PortfmoQtb, Mrs. Eunice
Adame, coufort cf Nathaniel Adams,Efq.
—Mr. William Welfli; and 4 children.
Near Porifeouth, Mrs. Sherburne,— At
Reading, (C.) Gerihom Barlow,& 28.
Colebrook, Conueaicut, Capt. Samuel
Rockwell, father, ^Et. 66, and Capiairi
Samuel Rookwell, fon,ffi. 33. At Hart
ford, Mr. James Church, JEt 58.
was opened yeflerday for the reception cf
the sick. Our spirits are kept from fink
ing by the conloefs of the weaker, which
we flatter eerfelvei will check the pr%:&fs
of the drfordcr. A man is now lying ft!
with it so near my house as O'Eilers',
Hotel."
^^•w***&tf*o* «4+)&:
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, BY
ELIJAH BUTLER,
10 or 12 likely young pacing
Old Debts ought to be paid.
DAVID BALCH.
Keene, Od. if, 1794.
Jteene, Odoler 7.
Hories ;