The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-02-03 00:00:00, page 3

" This Jpot returned to liber
ty through the courage of the Re
publicans, leas dishonored by the
body of Thomas Dundas, Major
General, and Governor over the
If and of Guadeloupe, in the
name of the Tyrant- George the
111. In remembrance of his
crimes ! The public indignation
has called him to be diJperJed and
this Monument, to be treked, in
otder to attest the Jame to Pofier-
The 20th Frumaire, in the
3d Year of the French Repub
lic, one and indivisible.
(Signed)
VICTOR HUGUES.
the British had been compelled
to evacuate every part of that
Iffand, and the French were in
complete possession of the whole
—that the British were collec
ting their troops at Martinico—
that Sir John Jervis and General
Grey had failed for England in
the Boynd Man of War —and
that all the Bills they drew were
protested. Captain roplife has
favored us with the following
Proclamation :
“ CONSIDERING that the
crimes committed by the British
officers, as well at the taking, as
in the defending of the Colo
nies, (hews a character of such
a confumate and unheard of ro
guery, as hiftory never yet pro
duced an example.
"£onfidering that the rights
of humanity, of men, of war,
and nations, have been violated
by Charles Grey, General, John
Jervis, Admiral, Thomas Dun
das, Majoy General and Gover
nor in and over the Bland of
Gaudaloupe, Charles Gordon,
likewise a General officer, as
well as of other iubaltern offi
cers in imitation of their chief
commanders.
" Conlidering that the rob
beries,murders a^d othev crimes
committed by them, ought to
be transmitted to posterity.
" It is resolved, Thatthe re
mains of Thomas Dundas, de
ceased, in the !fland of Gundas
loupe, on the third day of the
month of June (ftyie of the?
Slaves) Dull be dug up and
thrown on the wind, and that
there (hall be erected on the
iaine spot, at the expence of
the Republic a lofty Monu
ment, bearing on the one
fide this present Resolution,
and on the other the following
LIBERT^-L^-E^JAL I „
Victor HUGUES, Commillary,
delegated by the National
Sealed with the leal of the
CommifliOn, and tinned by the
Conventional Commiflary and
his Secretary.
Veil, Secr. of the Commiflion."
BOSTON, ph. $1
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
Since oui last, the Ihip Nancy, Capt.
Taylnr, has arrived here, from Laming
ton, England. Papers by her arc to the
16th November ; but the, contain nothing
of primary importance, except, that
IT Was REPORTED, MAESTRICHT
capitulated to the French forces, the §th
November, the garrison to retire to Ger
many, not to serve against the French the
prefect war.
Inscription.
Convention, in the Leeward
Carribee Brands. ;#
NdriONXL CoFvtN t ionrf FRANCE.
aj Vmkdemiaixe—Oct. 14.
The Station of the Champs Eivriesap
peufd in A mats at thv bar of the Convene
iidAßHd annealed the assembly to fuffer he
Society tjtuettipt to rival the power tor
thcffymuo& —
.Tfytttt
FLUSHING, Nov, 4.
The ft&tet of Zz aland having been re
quelled rejoin the ether five Provinces,
in their endeavor# to obtain a separate
peace with the French, have refolded not
,0 come t# a final determination on the
fubj^cl &evioutl, to the return of the
Greffier Fagel froM-L ndon.
appears to be eocfi med. Twelve h^uf
and Ruffians attacked, or surprised, Kofci
ufo, near the cattle of M^fehoigwiJfets,
on the lo.h October ; and after a rigor
ous aid brave refinance on the r part
of the Poles, who twice repotted their
affaUants, defeated this gallant pupil of
Washington. The loss of the Poles, was
6000 killed, and 130 officers and 2000
privates made prisoners ; among tho lat
ter is Kpfciulko, who was feverel, woun
ded. The Ruffians loft 1000 men. This
account is fallowed by another, of the de
feat of the Poles, near Bizefe, on the ASth
September. The Ruffians were the atfail
ants, who were ten times reputed by the
Poles, but finally obtained the victory.-—
The battle lalled eight hours. Th- Poles
101 l a great number of men, two mortars
and 24 pieces of cannon. The conse
quence of theie defeats are, thatthe Poles
have evacuated South Prussia, and are
drawing up round Warsaw. The source
of the above particulars is Ruffian ; we
may therefore hope, thatwe fee in them
the worltfiJe of the picture, and that the
reverie will be more pleating.
To the fur/eoder es Matfricht we DUft
ascribe tori;e return of h# Auttrian troops,
intended for the defeat of Nimeguen, into
Germany. Prudence dialed, and jatii.
fiea tha measure. To this circumstance
also may be imputed the Prince of Brunf
wick's having declined accenting the
command in Holland.
From German the accounts concur in
Rating that the Pr*ffih & Adrian: have
Ic/Tted the Rhta with equal speed. The
enemy have taken Colknt%. and all the
icombined powers England excepted, ap
pear to with he termination of hostilities.
The King of Prussia encourages his troops
by assuring them, that heis no longer sub.
fidized by this country ; the Princes of
ithe Empire matifett their concurrence
NIMEGUEN
was cfofely tefieged by the French, and
the Combined forces which covered 2nd
garriLned it,, are on the retreat. The
garrJon, en the 41 IN)vember, made
an attack on the French, but were in the
Que driven back ; with rhe 101 l of 200
kiPed and wounded. The French i; is
said, loft 500.
THE AUSTRIANS
have not ,et affected a junction wi h the
British and Hanoverians ; but appear, as
Teague fays,to be advancing backwards to
then owu country.
aßnbelM, NOV. ~
" Our troops era evacuating Nime
gurn—The 12th,27^,28.h, ;§th and 63d
est that town this moraing, and the red
are immediately th follow. The French
annoyed them much, as they pafCd over
the bridge, ia leaving the town. Some
of our men were killed. Every thing i>
here in great confusion; 1 with all our
troops were fate out of the town. Ten
waggons with wounded men are just come
in ; it is laid they wers wounded in cuff
ing the bridge.
MEN rZ R
was besieged by the French, and the ar
mies of the Rhine, Moselle, and the North
were in such pufi.ions as to be able to
give ai& to the operations both in this city
and Nime^ien.
G^n^raFExnads from London paper:
brought by the Naocv.
. "P. S. I hsvejuft learnt that the news
is arrived at Head quatter„ ofthe surren
der of Maeliricht."
At the request of the Englilh Amb^ffa
dor, were this day arrested here, the late
petitionary Viicher, Mr. Vander Hevde,
Mr. Vender Kolker, Mr. Willjam J^ni.
fan, Mr. Heufkbs, and another person who
delivered the famous petition of the 14th
inflant. Five other perlons who likewise
aflitted when the petition was preferred,
left town upon their being summoned by
the Grand Bailiff. „,
THE DEFEAT OF THE POLES
LONDON, NOV. It—l 6.
AMSTERDAM, N?V. 8.
I with the diet cf Ribbon, stated in anoth
er part of this paper, by fending a ^erfon
age of noJefs importance than tQe Baron
Dahlberg, Co-adjetor of Mtnt%, to ne
gociate a truce with the French Republic,
The Dutch Mail due yesterday arrival
this morning, but did not bring any Ital
ian bag or letters from Switzerland, which
prevents ,3 from giving a copy of the
treaty of peace between France and Prus
sia. It contains fix articles,and was signed
at Neufchatel on the 12th of last Month.
The French arc now in full pofTeGich
of all the left bank of the Rhine, up to
Mentz. an extent of country equal to one
half of oil France. - •
present in confinement, are thofc who
were concluded against the charge of the
Briannes. Thomas Paine is one of the
number.
The latest accounts from Europe arc
really, pleating, particularly that which
eftabtifhesa precedent for the discharge
of all the prisoners in England committed
for HIGH TREASON, viz. on the ver
di& of the jury upon the trial of HAR
DY, Ute present of the corresponding
feciety, which was, NOT GUILTY.=
A r^brm in parliament was the principle
he had espoused. There was a formidable
mob around the Old Baily at several
times, which the military only could quell
—the solicitor-general and court are said
to have treated the prisoners with great
lenity and generality. Mr. ERSKINE
mod ably managed the defence of the
prisoner, to whom the populace showed
their sentiment and their gratitude, by
unharnessing his horses, and drawing him
in trium, to his house, who congrktulat
ed the people in a fliott address. Hard,
alfa who Strove ta avoid it, was dragged
in triumph through many streets to his fee
home, for, alas, his bosom friend, hu
wife, had died of grief. The other tri
Gen. Pichegru, who, on account of his
impaired state of health, tome weeks ago
resigned the command in chief of the nor
thern army into the hands 'of General
Morea, has resumed it, after ~a short in
terval.
The. Duke cf Broafwick has arrived at
NimCguen, and taken upon him the Com
mand of the allied army employed in the
defence of Holland.
THE Royal speech, at the opening of
th< approaching session of Parliament, it
is fettled, is strongly to recommend a vig
orous prosecution of the wsr. It wi 1 al
so announce, we are credibly informed,
and happy to hear, that a commercial ar
rangement, to the reciprocal advance,
and mutual fatisliaion of both parries, is
finally concluded between this country and
America.
We understand that the disputes which
have subsisted between America and Great
Britain, and 0 fettle which was the objed
cf Mr. Jay's Mission to this country, will
be finally adjured this day.
Wednesday an. American Courier was
dispatched by Megrs Jay and Pinckney,
with dispatches for New York, to which
pl^se he will go out in the packet which
carries the British American mails of the
present month.
At the Council held at St. James's on
Wednesday his Majesty, signed the infi.ru
ment for permitting the marriage of the
Prince of Wales with the Princess Caro
line Elizabeth of Brunswick. The nup
tials wjll not be celebrated till after
Christmas.
It is said that Lord Howe has"^gain,°
within these fewdays, requested to resign
the command of the Grand Fleet, but his
application has not been accepted.
The reports of a merchant's house be
ing deftreyed at Hamburg, has been great
ly misrepresented. The fad is this, that
a Republican butcher and innkeeper
of that place, having invited all the
American Captains lying in the harbor
to dine with him, in their cups they
planted the tree of liberty before the
door of the house, which was desired by
the principal Burghers to be taken down;
e is reqaeA bqing°refufed and refilled, and
several Democratic toasts being drank, the
enraged mob nulled down the house of the
refractory publican, and threatened to cut
off his ears but he retreated from his
house, and escaped his punishment. In
die feuffle many of the legs and arms of
the peifons a/Rmbled on the occasion,
were broke, and others m^ch bruised.
The seventy-one French Deputies, at
KEENE, February 3^
ah were to come on the roth of November.
This one trial fils many columns.
Gen. Henry K.uux has resigned the of
fice cf iccialary of the United States for
& Q^partigent cf War, after having
filled tha, Ration under the old Congreh
and the prefer(.government, dot a period
of rear) tfo fuctynce 1 cars.•
Timothy Pitkging, E.q. is nominated
to fuccccd GenerarKnoa. as feeretary of
War....
The late defeat and capture of Keftiuf
ko, the Polilh general and disciple cf
Wellington, mart interest the feelings cf
every American. The success of the
soles was aiubj:a rejoicing to every per
lon in any'degree acquainted with their
history—Oppressed for ages, they feezed
now about to rid themselves of the yoke
their .humane Neighbors the Ruffians
and Prussians had imposed upon them.—
In their present calamity however, one
source of confutation remains—There is
no instance in the hillory of Mankind, of
the corqueft of a great nation, that is en
lightened and animated by the true senti
ments of libera , however numerous and
powerful its enemies. The spirit cf Lib
erty is uuc. nquerablc—We have felt its
efforts ourselves, and we now fee its oper
ation in France. May the Poles be alike
inspired,and we are fare the will be equal
ly fuccekful. the spy.
The National-Conventton, have by de
cree aWife&d dU Q Chlste France —
The firft Art. of this deme is as inflows ;
''•.All .ffilations, ..aggregations, federa
tions, j also all ccrrefpvndencies under a
collet.name among Societies under
whatever ocnominati-n they may cxitt, are
pr >hibited as luoveifive of government,
and contrary to the unity of the Repub
lic." This decree was received in Paris
with enthusiasm. The people cried out
in every street, "The Jacobins are out
lawed ; the wolf being low in the trap;
let us knock him down."
The Dublip paugraphiftj complain
bitterly of the remiffaels 0 the British ad
miralty in not proofing the trade of the
nation—they date melancholy accounts of
the luccefs of feverai final! squadrons of
French frigates during the laft'lummer,rff
Cape Clear, Cape F.nißere, North Scar,
and even in the midst of the British Chan
nel, which had taken above NINE HUN
DRED and SIXTY fail, • 'while Admi
ral M'Bride, &c. were ufelcGly employ
ed," in port !
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