The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-01-09 00:00:00, page 3

Exeter, Saturday, Jan. 9.
Meflage of his Excellency
the President of this state,
to both branches of the le
gislature.
Gentlemen of the Hon. Senate
and House of Repre-
Jentatives.
IT affords me the highest
pleasure to meet you a
gain in amenably, to advise
and consult with you upon
the affairs of the state, at a
time when so many impor
tant matters will fall un^
deryourconfiderafion. The
public papers received since
the last session, will be laid,
before you by the Secretary,"
and among them, you will
find many a&s and resolves
of Congress .which will re
quire your deliberations ; a
'mong others, it is of con fe
querice to confider of the
proposal of the Federal Go'
vernment, to take under
their care the fuppoft of the
light-house, upon the con
ditions therein mentioned,
and determine what territo^
ry, and whether any (hall
be ceded to the U. Stites :
Also, to confidef upon ex^
pediency of paffirtg a law,
Empowering the V. States
( 'to confine their prisoners in
the prisons of this state.
Perhaps it may .be thought
worthy of your attention to
take under consideration the 1
present eXcife aft, and de
termine how long it ought,
to be continued : and whe
ther the duties may not be
leffehed, on.account of the
impost now drawn by the
United States.
It may be of importance
to have an inquiry, whether
any of the existing laws of
the state, militate with, or
are repugnant to the laws,
of the U. States, or the con
stitution of the Federal Go
vernment.
Ite amendments propo
sed ^ Congress to the con
^<Wq# ''«?~rf^^^„, States, I1
tv., .. I
I' Shout! Shout ! for joy ; rejoice bh.
Earth! : I
All hail this glorious morn !
"Rejoice ! Rejoite fin Jeffs' birth
'' To day arc Nation's born.”
V. °
From Zion's hill—to worlds above;
Reechoed back the draia:
And golden Harps, attriri'd to Love,
Thus sweep Ephrauh's plain,
^wt hi.
!'He earned He comet ! the Sari-I
<rar 'GoDI
'• Goodwill, peace, joy for men :I
" Glad tidings Ihout to all abroad,
" Amen ! Amenl Amen !_
I cannot fail of being confi-
Idered1 dered and determined upon
las early as the nature of
the. business before you q|iUg
admit. Some other mat'
ters of importance will from.-
ti[ne to ti ne, as they may
be in feadinefs, be commit
nicated by private metfages;
This being the season for
granting the supplies of the
present year, that object
canriot pass unnoticed;
Gentlemen;
I recommend to you u=
nanimify and defpatch,
and beg leave to assure you,
that I shall be happy in join>
ing with you to promote
arid carry into execution all
those measures which may
tend to advance the good of
our common country.
Given at the Council Cham
ber in Portsmouth, the 23d
day of Dec. 1789.
JOHN SULLIVAN;
Extras of a letter) rort a gentleman in
Netyerfoy, who has lately returned
from an &urfo» to the iTeftern Coun
try, to bis friend in Philadelphia, da.
ted Nov. lath.
" The design of this letter is to
give a short account of the riling of
the waters in the lake Ontario, which
from their continual advances, have .
alarmed the inhabitants around its
borders to a great degree. Several
buddings which flood at a convenient
distance fram its ancient boundaries,
no, stand seven feet in the water;
All the low meadows made, round a
bout it are now part of the lake, arid
roads where cattle, horses and men
travelled 18 months ago, are now on
ly passable for boats. The lart infor
mation I had, was fro n a man of in
tegrity, who receives letters from his
son at Niagara upon this fabjea. In
his last letter he informed him, that
a brewhoufe which Rood ori the bank
of the Lake is now rendered useless,
from its second story being under wa
ter.
" I have supposed that the waters
of\Lake Erie, (which lie near three
hundred feet above those of Ontario)
have found a passage among the
rocks under ground to the Lake of
Ontario. If this should be the case,
the Waters of Ontario will rife to a
level with those of Lake Erie."
— — —
Far the New-Haifiplhiie Gazetteer.
Mr. RanleT: -.
I HAVE a little boy, betweeri two
and three years old,who early dis
covered a g/eat fondnefs fair the fami
ly cat : but as het sportive day, were
past, (he made an ungenerous use of
her teeth and claws whenever the
child grabb'd her. This however,
did not destroy his passion for a puffy.
To gratify it 1 procured him a kitten,
with which the boy was excessively
pleased. But the fatten, from mere
playfulness, as frequently bit and
feratch'd him as the old cat had be.
fore done from her m>rofe dispositi
on — and many a bloody finger did he
get from it. To deprive the fpor
tive animal of its power to injure the
little (haver, I filed iu teeth and cut
its claws. This render'd it perfectly
harmless, and it was really amusing
to fee the capers these two play.feL
lows would cot together. This fa
vourite puss lately met with an un
timely end, and you can't conceive—
how the child lays it to heart. 4 He
must have a new pulty, he fays ; fld
I am owinnally.ffized, to mfe him r
one— for he thinks I ciri make a^# rs
fy as well as any other play thing—
Now; Sir,t fancy the cat that Tent you
the neglected whitticifm of the Con
gress man; infested in year last, must
be juitfuth another as the deceased
;faydrirte of my little Reuben. His
teeth appear to have been filed to the
grime, and its claws pared to the
quick ; it has given full proof of its
, fpbrcivh difpofitidn ; and I dark fay
is as inoffenfive a thing as ever purr'd
i( a lady's lap, or rubb'd its gobd
natur'd head against its master's legs.
Should its owners be disposed to make
my datling as happy as any lord in
Christendom, they maj ireceive a
handsome reward for their kiridnefs
by forwarding it to
An Indulgent PXpL
N. B. We have no furl, cur, nor
impertinent puff, about house, but
rats in great plenty, arid tolerably
fat, tho' they consume none of the
public revenue;
English article,
A GENTLEMAN from
the Weft of England w'tnt to
London a few weeks ago, to
receive a legacy of gool. which
he proposed to bring with him
into the country. His servant,
apprized of his maker's errand
imprudently talked of it at an
inn upon the road. A perlon
in the room, to appearance a
tradesman, but in reality a
highwayman, overheard the
conversation, and determined
to possess himjelf of the booty.
Pursuing the gentleman to
London, be watched all his
motions, and on his return in
to the country was ready to
follow him. On the other fide
of Hounflow, near the turn
pike on Smallberry Green, the
robber came up with the chaise
and passed it full gallop, but at
the gate, not having a single
penny to pay the toll, appeared
confuted, he took out bis hand
kerchief and begged the turn
pikeman to take it as a pledge.
The gentleman in the chaise
having observed the tranfa^i
-0% on his coming up inquired
the case ; and promising to
return the handkerchief to the
owner, paid the penny for him.
He prejently overtook the high
wayman,arid ordered his chaise
to flop. Pray fir, fad be, is
this your bdndb'erebief? If so,
Ifear you are in great difrefs.
lam indeed, fir, replied the
man, in the gfedteft that if
pqffi&i Allow me then, repli
ed the gentleman, to relieve
four immediate wants ; and
draining out bis purse, pre
tented him with foe guineas..
Youd generosity, said the
higbwdimart, disarms me;
your five guineas has faved_
your five' hundred :— and
turning bis horse immediately
rode offi •--
Btob 4 mftfyi&tf
^dd at H. tyi-")'*' arch,
rf'%^^' b '^
ANECDOTE:
^T a courtgerm, a newt,
/ Z appointed fudge, ele
gantly clad in bis new suit of
clothes, went into a tavern
where was a promiscuous
concourse of good, bad and in
different —among them be ef
pfed one 6f bis neighbours^
whom, though rude and unpo
lifbed, be thought be mnft con
defend to /peak to. "How
d'ee, father Swinton," faidbe.
The old man looking up, and
pretending not to know him,
dnfwered," why who areyou?"
" Why; don't you know me ?"
replied the fudge. " Know
you," said the other, " it is nt
the higb-fheriffjs it ?" " No,"
answered bis honor, "'it is
the bigb-fheriffs mafler."
" Ah !" replied the old fellow
with seeming concern, 1 did'nt
know the Devil was so near
me;
Specie Orders.
a NY person who wish
to purchase SPECIE ORDERS;
either for Cash, Indents, Naw,.
EMISSION Money, or Final-Set
tlements, on very good terms, ma,
oy immediately applying to
s. Wiggin.
Exeter, January 9, 1790.
Salts of Ashes
wanted.
THE highest prices
given for SALTS and con
demn'd POT-ASHES, at the Pearls
Ash Works in Exeter,
January 9; 1790. ' (20 f.)
J_iar— r-- — - -.-. - • ——- r - —rif ^ —■■ .—^ —■ *^
Debtors & Creditor
ALL petfohs that have
4 demands against the estate of
Tristram Sanborn, late of Kings
town, deceased, are tequefted to ex
hibit them — —And those indebted to
said estate are called on to make im
mediate payment —to John San-
BORNjjun. of East Kingstown, Exe
cutor to said estate.
Kingstown, January 8, 1790.
Strayed or Stolen,
△Bout the 17th Odo
" ber last, A red STEAR, three
years old next fprihg—with white face
and line back—his left ear crept off,
and a hole thro' the right. Whoever
will give information of said Hear ihall
be handsomely rewarded by
EBEN. SWEAZEY.
Exeter, Sth January, 1790.
WOOD.
THOSE of our Cufto
" men who have engagedWOOD
to the Printed hereof, are requeued
to bririgit as soon as possible.
JANUARY, 179^1 ,100 b