The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-12-10 00:00:00, page 3

HOUSE ^REPRESENTATIVES.
„Wednesday, Nov. 28.
A Committee wit appointed
co confider of the petition
F Bennett, praying for the
/privilege of 1 ferry scroll Pemmi
gew^ffetc river.
, - A Committee of 10 were ap
pointed co confider of the Prin
ter#' petition!.
A Committee was appointed to
' report what method flhall be a
i adopted for informing the town#
'whole feats in the Legiflarure have
become vacant of such vacancy,
and of the aft sassed receding
, filling up laid vacancies.
ACommittee was appointed on
the petition of Roswell Hubbard,
and ocherc, praying for the grant
of a township ofo the ualocated
lands in chit State?
3 The Committee for reporting
what method (hall be adopted for
informing the towns whole feats
,in the Legislature have become
''vacant, &c. reported, that the
Secretary be directed to forward
copies of the a& lately passed to
fill up vacancies in the Gen. Court,
occasioned by members accepting
the office of Assessor, to the Seve
ral towns thus deprived of repre
fencatioD, as loon as may be——
Which report was read and ac
,cepted.
& 7• ' ——•
NOV. 29.
A Committee was appointed to
tonfider of the petition of Joseph
Gage and others, refpeding the
^Laws of this State, to prevent
gaming inpublic houses, &c.—
, also to uke under consideration
, the penal statutes of this State,
and report such alterations and a
mendmeots as they shall judge
aeceffary.
± A Bill to make perpetual an ad
making further provision for the
administration of Justice, puffed to
be enided. The remainder of
this day was taken up on hearing
* petition!.
rd , not. go.
^The Committee to take, into
/ Gonfideration the Ad eftablilhing
an equitable method of making
rates, taxes, &c. reported—Polls,
from 18 to 70 years of age, ex.
fecepting those from 18 to 21 eo
^^ ^ in the Militia ,—lnftruftors
floors fought each other with their
hammers. It was impossible to
extinguish the flumes. - It was a
terrible, but melancholy fpe&acte
to fee this vessel fighting to the lift
extremity, though with the certain
pfofpea of deftroaioo. —About
midnight (he blew up. Our vef
feli were then thrown into disorder
—every one cot their cables to es
cape the wreck."
of Bequieres. We had no con
ception that we fhauld.be attacked
on the laod+fide, considering the
(null (pace between ui and the
back# a'oog the Shore ; but the
English (hot along in this direc
tion in so matter!, a manner, that
only their firft Ship touched the
ground ; and the rest passed in
two lines on the (larboard and
larboard tides of our headmoft vef
feh. Oar line was thu, between
two fires fydm the van to the L'O°
rient, which was io the centre.
“ The Superb Ship L'Orient
look fife, at ten o'clock. She
was attacked so closely, that it was
the waddiog'of the English (hips
which let her on fire': and the
Legislature of Newbamp/bire.
counterfeit, or pass when counter
feited, the current coin of thia
State, andif they judge proper to
reportabill for that purpose.
A Committee was appointed to
take under confiderition the Ad
for regelating weights & meafurei.
• DEC. 4.
A Committee was appointed to report
what salaries shall be allowed the several
officers of the civil lift ; also what allow
anceflhall be made to the members of the
Council, Senate, House of Representa
tives, and their officers, for travel and at
tendance the present session.
A Committee was appointed to report
amendments to the a& for taking Affida.
vits out of Court, or a new bill, as to
them shall appear neceffary.\
The residue of this day was occupied
in public hearings.'
: DEC.S.
A Bill to incorporate certain persons
as proprietors of a Social Library in Lon
douderry, passed to be enabled.
A Committee was appointed to take
into ,consideration a statement made by
the Commissary Gen. refpeding fire
arms, bayonets, &c. which have been
lent to sundry perfohs out of the maga
zine at Poetfmouth.
,ABill to incorporate the proprietors
of Pembroke Library, passed to beenaa
ed. Atto Bills to incorporate Libraries
in Concord and Dunbarton, passed to be
enaftd.
and fludents of Colleger, ordained
Ministers, Precepters of Acade
tnift, paupers arid idiots, i dollar
34 cents— -Orchard land, on each
acre 25 cents— Tillage land b each
acre 16 cents— Mowing land, each
acre f 6 cents— Pasture land, each
acre 7 cents—StalliGcs and flud
horfes that have been wintered 3
winters, 5 Dols.,—Horfes wintered
5 winters, 66 cents—4 do. 50 ctr.
—3 do. 34 ceote—2 do. 16 cents.
Oxen wintered 5. winters 50 cents
—Cows wintered 5 winters, 34
cents— All neat stock wintered 4
winters 25 cents—do. 3 do. 16
cents—do. 2 do. 8 cents—All
other taxable estate, the fame as
stated in the ad aforefaid—Which
report was read and accepted.
: The above report being feat op
to the Senate for concurrence,
was returned with this amendment
—" that loftruaers of Colleges
and Precepteri of Academies, (ball
not be exempted from taxation."
Which amendment was read and
concurred:.
nominate fix perfooi, out of whom
for thrge to be appointed to fettle
the accounts between this State &
the Treasurer thereof, in the recess
of the Geo. Courts
A Committee of 10 were ap
pointed to take into consideration
the Law Os this State for dividing
the fame Into Counties.
^ . DBC. ,
A Committee was appointed to confi.
der of the petition of Nath'l Whittemore
and others, praying for the liberty to
build a toll bridge over Connecticut riv
er, from Piermont to Bradford.
A Committee was appointed to confi
der of the fubjed matter of giving en
couragement to an armourer or armour
ers, to set up and pursue the business of
armourer in this State.
A Committee was appointed to report
alterations to the Aa for the better ob
servance of the Lord's-day.
'A Committee was appointed to take
under consideration that part of the a&
for taxing the lands of non-residents,
which refpefy the Colledor's fees:
take into consideration the existing
Militia Laws of this State, and re
port Such alteration! and amend
menu as they Shall judge necessa
ry. dec. I.
A committee wai appointed to
coofider oi the propriety and expe
diency of puffing an ad for poo
ifhing those perfoni who Shall
A Committee was appointed to
A committee was appointed to
Downingfact, (London) 08.6.
BY advices received from his Majesty's
Minister, at Constantinople, dated Sept.
3d, it appears that WAR had been de
dared by the Grand Signior against the
French ;—that the Minister, with bis
whole legation, has been sent to the Caf
tie of the Seven Towers, and some French
merchant ships in the harbour taken pof
session of. The Ruffian auxiliary squad
ron was in fight of Constantinople, on
that day.
THE IMPERIAL DECREE,
After charging the Grand Vi
zir, Izzed Mahomed Pacha,
with neglect of duty, in not
developing the designs of the
French, deposes him, and ap
points Juffuff Pacha, in his
stead. The decree then adds:
" Now, it being just, that
all true believers Should fight
against those miserable infidels
the French, and that it be
comes the indifpenfible duty
of our Imperial person to
snatch the blessed territories
from their damned hands,
and to revenge the infall, of
fered to Muffelmen, there
should be no delay, in expec
tation Qf the arrival of the
CT The long wished for, very impor
tant News, which this day's Mirror
reflects, is taken from the Portsmouth
Oracle of Dec. ift, which fays—'' The
Oracle of this day dissipates every
doubt upon the fubj.a of Admiral Nel
son's victory. Sir Horatio's letter to the
Admiralty and the Corporation of the
city of London, re inferred at fall length.
But as this Will not convince theJacobins,
the French official account is also inferr
ed, for their particular consolation.—
Humanity has to regret that so many
brave men perished on both tides : but
inasmuch as national quarrels cannot be
decided, without an appeal to this ultima
ratio, an oppressed and insulted Uaiverfe
has reason to rejoice that vidory was in
favor of BRITAIN ; for admitting her
naval pre eminence once to be destroyed,
a whole world goes to ruin, without po
litical remedy. The Maritime Prow if
Albies is the only barrier to unlimited
domination on the part of the Five-brac
ed Mender. The ancient poets had ah
idea that three beads were Efficient for
the Cerberus of the infernal regions.-
Had they lived to the present day, thef
real existence of a Five beaded Bea, would
have superseded fiaion, and the French
Diredory have taken the place of the old
surly Maftiff, at the Portals of Pluto,
DECLARATION of WAR.
A Bill to repeal an aa entitled “ an
a& for the better prefervatiou & increase
of Deer within this State," palled to be
ensued. ..dec. 6.
A Committee was appointed to report
the most eligible method of proceeding
on the returns relative to rateable estate
in the several towns in this State.
The Committee on the above returns
reported that it would be expedient for
the Legislature to go into a Committee
of the Whole.
Exclusive of the above, many petitions,
&c. from private individuals, were taken
up, afted upon, and decided.
DEC. 7.
A Committee was appointed to take
into consideration the propriety of erod
ing a Prison for the use of this State,
fomewh^t fimil&r to the one mentioned
in Turnbull's account of the Phiiadel
phia prison.
A Bill to incorporate a Social Library
in Weare, passed to be enaded.
Agreeably to the time aligned, the
House proceeded to the choice of a Sena
tor, and the Hon. Saml Livermore,
Esq is re-elected a Senator to represent
this State in the Congress of the United
States, for the term of fix years from and
after the 4th da, of March next.
Tbe Turkijb Empire against the French.
official.
Oncorb,
MONDAY, December 10, 1798.
the Mirror.
Senator.
There are said co be sev^n
vessels ashore on Cape Cod,
that have gone to pieces.—
The account given tori veffd
which anchored off near the
shore, since the gale, was that
25 dead bodies bad been pick
ed up and buried. It ra un.
certain whether any lives
were saved.
ERRATA.— In a part of Utt week's
papers, our readers will observe two off
takes— In the ,d page fl column, 27th
line from the top, read iso instead 6jo—
and in the fame page, fame column, 3 8ch
line from the top, read 30,000 foftaa of
300,000.
DlED)—in this towo, on Wedne^a,
last, Mr. Joe* sfrw&o#, abogt 67
jrears of age. ;
new Vizir : But the most vig a
orous measures Should be pur
sued in attacking them by sea
and land.
" On this account, we have
determined, in consequence
of a deliberation with our
most illustrious Chiefs and
Ministers, with the fulleft
confidence in God and his
Prophet, to adopt the most
efficacious means of deliver^
ing the province of Egypt
from these abandoned wretch
es. You will make known
to all true believers, in the
different quarters, That we
are at War with the French ;
and changing night to day,
you will exert your utmost
efforts to obtain a complete
revenge.
"You will adopt the most
vigilant conduct to preserve
our other Mahometan prov_
inces, and our frontiers from
the plots and artifices of the
enemy, by throwing a rein
forcement of men into every
port, and each fortified place.
" You will also most zeaL
oufly diredl your attention to
secure to the inhabitants of
our peaceful residence the
necessary quantity of daily
Supplies of provisions ; and
you will keep a watchful eye
over every thing until the
Grand Vizir arrives.
" We Shall bestow our
whole attention on your ope
rations, and we pray the Al
mighty to accompany our en
terprizes with favour, and to
assist us in the defence of our
cause."
We are unhappy to hear, that Mr. Pe
ter Clark, merchant of Portsmouth,
(fen-in-law of Mr. R. Harris, of this
town) in a ship of bis own, was Captured
within a few days fail of Charleston, (S-
C.) by a privateer from Gu^daiorpe,
whither he Was carried, and ftiipt of all
his property, papers, &c. his veffe! and
cargo condemned without form of trial —
he and the Caprain thrown into prilon,
allowed only halt pound bread and two
ounces meat per day—what became of
the crew, they knew not. On the arri
val of a Cartel for the exchange e! pris
oners, they were exchanged, and got
down to Martinico, they took passage so
different vessels bound to Newburyport
—a few days after their failing, M%
Clark was seized with a fever, and on
the 7th day of his sickness, he died !
From Salem, Nov. go.
Melancholy.