The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-09-09 00:00:00, page 2

Capt. H. denied the charge; but was
flenced by the son of Sir J- hn Lockhart
Ross, with this salutation—" You are a
dammed lying,republican rascal." Captain
H. endeavored to defend himfelf from
such imputations, which drew upon him
and his country a torrent of the most bil
liegfgate language—threats of being flag.
I;ed at the gang way for a damned rebel
ieus rascal, and of being carried on board
the Admiral and hanged at the yard-arm,
' which fate was deferred by all his coun
trymen, as America did not contain an
hone! man, from the President down to
v iw.'° '•
&<sQ§OQo©e< a©©o<
[lt is a circamfance disgraceful to human na
ture, and that rftasthe bightfl dijbonor
on the Britifb Navy, that it advances to
office, fueb men as we fin ain the folio wing
narrative. Men, who inflated with pride,
fear in idea, far above their fellow mor
tals.] f
some instances met with, from that haagh
ty and insolent people, has m?de the
' privilege a dear purchase. This it verifi
ed in an affair, which took ph.ce in Ballc
terre, Guadeloupe, on the iS:b of left
monrh. A Capt. Hess, of Philadelphia,
• with several other Americans had taken a
• Bore at Buffett,re, to dilpefo of their pro
visions. While Captain Heis'# boat wts
MANY of our countrymen have
. been eager to run into the Britith porta,
with /applies of provisions, in consequence
of Admiral Jervis's invitation f®r that
purptfe; but the treatment they have in
employed in landing the cirgo, the barge
of the Rtfeurce frigate met it, ard imprtf
fed one of the men : The man however,
immediately made his escape, and ran in
to the Acre, followed by two sailor boys
(one of which called himfelf a midship
men) from whom he was difeog^ged by
Captain Heft and his partners. On thi^
they went off, a^d returned Shortly after,
with a Lieut. Prunct, and a Miner's
Mate ; these two felows immediately
feezed Captain H. by the throat and shoul
ders—and asked him how he dared to re
fift his Britannic Mfefly's Oflars—md at
tempted to drag him on board the frigate,
to bechaftifed for his insolence; Capt. H
however, refilled fach degrading violence ;
and Captain Gerri/h, of Boston, interfer
ed, and bagged they would use more civ
il treatment —which brought on him the
most abutive language from the Master's
Mate. When they law that Captain. H
was determined not to be dragged through
the streets, Pro&ot laid his h^nd upon his
sword, and fwere by G—d he would rut
him through, if he would not go, and call
ed for the guard to take him into cuft^dy.
At length they thought proper to let him
walk to the wharf, when they condu&e<
hiro into the frigate's pinnance, guardec
by the Lieut, and midshipman who treat
ed him with the molt abusive language, as
they rowed off.
Capt. Gerrifh and the other Americans
followed w the wharf. The Master's
Mate became very abusive to Capt. G.
efferß'd tha* he had /back bis faperior of
ficcr (Lt. Prunot) and attempted to ref
' cue the fellow (meaning Capt. H.) that
they had in the frigate's boat—and know
. ing be was in his power, called him a re
bellious, lyisg, deceitful, villainous ras
cal. Captain G. denied the charge, and
replied to his fcurrilitr, -with fomnefa and
satire, on which the fellow llruck him two
blows on the cheek,. and said that as he
was a King's officer, he defied him t<
touch the button of hit coat. By this time
a large collation had gathered, who gen
erally condemned the condor of the man
£/* soar's man ; but he, clothed with offi
cial power, continued his insults to Cap
tain G. and the whole American nation.
Major Dear, the naval officer cf the
pert, then flopped into the circle, and
finding what was going on, severely re
buked thisnaval hero; who, beginning
to feel his cootemptibierefs, freaked off
; through the crowd, and left Captain G
who being ready for sea, failed shortly af
ter.
mender, be fhauld con verse with a gen
"tieman (as he was the Son of Sir fr he
Lockhart Ross,) and receive protection
from the infoknee of his underlings. The
Lieutenant introduced him, by faying,
that he had taken a blade, who had res
cued an impressed man, and firuck an of
ficer of his Majesty, belonging to the frig,
ate.
tered himfelf, that when he saw the com-
Capt. H. met with lutle better treat
ment on hoard the frigate. He had flat
SALEM, Augurt J 9, 179+
After a great quantity of fach fluff,
Capt. Ross ordered Lieut. Piunot to go
on board chat rafcMl's vtffel, and take ev
ery bouger he could find, and bring them
on board to serve hi# Majesty. Capt. H.
informed him there was a considerable
property on board, which he hoped he
would take chargeofat the fame time.
“ You be damned (fays Capt. R) you
never got it honestly, and you may go to
hell, if you can better yourfelf. The
boat was manned and armed, to take Cap
tain H.'s Mate and people (being only
two remaining) on her return to the frig
ate, the two Tailors were taken out, and
Cspt. H. was ordered into it, with his
Mate, and di(miffed with continual insult.
He was attended to his vessel by Lt. Pru
not, &c. to receive the sailors wages and
cloaths; which the Lieut, tock, and en
deavoring to be civil, gave a receipt for
the money.
; P. S. The Besieging army djC
tinguifhed themselves by the
most unwearied patience,and in
vincible courage : They carri
ed on their works with the
greatest ardour, and repulsed
the enemy in the most vigorous
manner, in all the forties which
they made. They, were com
manded by General Michaud,
General of Division, Defenfans,
Laurent, and Vendamme, who
all acquitted themselves with
the greatest credit on their im
portant functions.
This narrative has been atteftad by
Wm. Hess, Alexander Taylor, John Har
tioty,David Hinkley, ard Hezekiah Flint.
I yesterday announced to you
the capture of Ypres. The gar
rison, confining of almost fix
thoufarid men, remain prisoners
of war, and all the artillery and
ammunition are delivered up to
us. The place contains, as we
believe, upwards of one hun
dred pieces of cannon. It is
not necessary to point out to
you the importance of this ac
quisition : It is in a great meas
ure due to the army of observa
tion, commanded by Gen. Son
ham ; the vi&ory gained on the
25th, at Hoglede, determined
the surrender, Generals Macdo
nal, Danveelle, Jordan, and Vin
tre, considerably contributed to
those brilliant advantages, by
their talents and their courage.
The. conduct of the soldiers of
freemen, was worthy the cause
which they defend .-They force
even their enemies to do them
justice, by yielding to their su
perior valour.
NATIONAL CONTENTION.
I Meffidor —June i,.
]3aRRER]£ in the name of
the Committee of Public Safety
—" Yesterday I informed you
of the capture of Ypres—l am
now enabled to lay before you
the following letters, containing
more particular details than I
was yesterday able to pre
fect :—"
Letter from Richard, Reprefen
tatiye of the People, with the
army of the North, tothe
Committee of Public Safety.
Head barters, at Ypres, 30th
Priarial, June 18.
By Yesterday's Boston Post.
^forey/n, ^nle/lc^e^^
FRANC E.
(Signed)
RICHARD.
I On Tuefday there was a large meeting
, at the Duke of Portland's house, composed
of the confident friends of the Miniver,
Picbegru, Commander in Chief
of the army of the North, to
the Committee of Public Safe
ty- I
Brielen, near Ypres,3o Priarial. l
Ypres has capitulated after the
most obstinate refinance. Your|
Colleague, Richard, has trans
mitted to you the details by
which you will perceive that the
garrison are prisoners of war,
and that the place is delivered
up to the Republic in the Rate
in which it was at the period of
its surrender. All who were
employed in the siege, strove
who should diftinguiih them
selves most. The fourth battal
ion of the North, impatient to
'feethe effeft expected to be pro
duced by a battery of fix 24
pounders, dragged the guns to
the place intended,under a heavy
ffiower of grape ffiot, for the
(pace of 150 toil'es. The army
of observation under the com
mand of General Soucham, fruf
trated the attempts which were
repeatedly made by Gen. Clair
fayt,to fuccourthe place. Dur
ing the short continuance of the
siege, there were three battles
thrice vi&ory remained on
our fide, and thrice the troops
ofthe Republic performed prod
igies of valour —particularly in
the last action, which was the
most warmly supported, because
the troops of Clairfayt propor
tioned their exertions to an ad
ditional allowance of pay, and
of spirits, which were that day
allowed to them. —Health and
Fraternity.
ENGLAN D.
LONDON, July i- 5 .
BURLINGTON HOUSE.
In consequence of the late disagreeable
intelligence from the Continent—his Ma
jesty's Ministers have condescended to
consult, and aft the advice as to the fur
ther prosecution of the war, of those whose
opinions they formerly rejeded with deri
sion.
Barrere informed the Conven
tion, that the brave garrison of
Landrecy, consisting of 4400
fine young fellows,had been car
ried to Brussels, where they re
ceived the most tempting offers
to engage them to enter into the
service of the Emperor, but
which had been rejected by all
except 12, a circumstance that,
he laid, fufficiently evinced that
soldiers raised by the law and
requifitjon, were inlpired with
the utmost enthusiasm for 'the
public cause.
On the motion ofßarrere, the
Convention decreed, that the
President should write a letter
of thanks to the fourth battalion
of the North ; and the official
intelligence of the capture of
Ypres, should be immediately
tranfinitted to the armies of the
Republic.
Earrere—“ A letter from St.
Just, announces, that in an en
gagement that took place on the
28th,iarial (June 16) the en
emy had 3,000 killed, and 600
taken prisoners ; and that seven
pieces of cannons had fallen in
to the hands of the republicans.
PICHEGRU.
and the principal feceder# from the eppo
fition.—At this meeting, we anderftiad,
that the fabje& of the War was difenffed,.
when many of the most distinguished A
larmift# gave their vote for PEACE.
The refalt of the meeting war, we be
lieve, though the interference of Mr. Jay,
the American Envoy— to fee how far the
Convention are difpefed to make peace
with the prefeat Ministry. Should the,
decline to treat with the leading men of
the cabinet, the next fubjed for consider
ation will be, what arrangement# shall
take place to ensure the tranquility of the
country.
WESTERN COUNTRY.
KNOXVILLE. Aug. 4.
At a court of Oyer, and Terminer, held
at Knoxville, in the diftria of Hamilton,
on the firft and feeond days of Augeft, by
the Hon. Joseph Anderson, Eiq. one of
the judges in and for the territory, foeth
of Ohio, by virtue of a commission from
his Excellency Governor Blount, for the
special purpose iffusd, for the trial of a
Creek Indian, fufpe&ed of being guilt,
of the murder of John lfh.
A bill being found by the grand jury,
the Creek Indian, Abougpohigo, of Poor
caucaugee, (a punk knot) an Oskfulky,
was brought before the court ; and before
he was charged on his indictment, he was
informed by the interpreter, James Ca
rey, that in consequence ofa treaty made
between the United States, and the Creek
nation, at New- York, it was agreed, that,
if any Creek Indian or Indians, Ihould
commit a murder upon any citizen of th#
United States, he or they should be given
up, and tried according to the laws of the
united States. He said he was well ac
quainted with the talk that was held at
New-York, for it was well sung in their
ears by their chiefs after their return to
the nation ;—but that the Upper Towns
The perfon# to whom the Nation lock up
are—Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, the Duke
of Grafton and the Marquis of Landf
dowae. With the three former the Port
land Party have no objection to a&; but
Miniflera prefer a coalition with the Mar
quis, whose friendsare left numerous, end
from whose coanediona adminiftratira
have no appreheofion, as the, are not fuf.
ficiectly ttrong to prevent Mr. Pitt and
hi# fateilite# coming again iato power—
(hoold they conceive it necessary to resign,
for the desirable end of procuring peace to
the Kingdom.
It is now confidently said,
that for more than fix weeks palt
the Austrians, convinced of what
mutt be the issue of the cam
paign, have been transporting
their magazines and military
(lores from the Netherlands
back to Germany. About a
month ago Barrere, in one of
his reports from the Committee
of Public Safety, said the cam
paign would close much sooner
than was expected. There arc
strong presumptions that the
Emperor and the Committee of
Public Safety understood one a
nother ; & we should not be sur
prised to hear, that the Auftriara
garrisons in Conde, Valencien
nes, Qiefnoy, and Landrecies,
agree to evacuate these places,
on condition of being allowed
to march out with arms, artille
ry, and baggage.
Mr. Jay the American Com
millioner, was introduced with
the usual ceremony between
Lord Grenville and Mr. Pinck
ney the American Minister,
when he delivered his letters of
credit to his Majesty as an ex
tra-messenger, to fettle such dis.
ferences as have taken place be
tween the Congress of America
and this Court. He was receiv
ed most graciously, and will be
introduced in like manner to
the Queen this day.
^ome^tc yn^l/^ence.