The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-10-08 00:00:00, page 3

Continue tJbe melancholy’. Particular case
has Beeu tsken of the 'pterfidti and orphan
children. W at BaGi hill, who were at
tended bom the fikft stages of the diford;/
recovered, but ochers died in confeq aertce* ak
Jup^ofed, of de'ay, --
' A fear of the communication of this fatal cp*
idWfc has a °A magiL
tfates of th^ greater part of the maritime ports,
Ot confi Jerab e note, to lidopt mealures of cau<-
tibn against the evil—fdch a» causng qaar**-
tifie by Icb> and befog examined &c.by land*
• y They write variously from Philadelphia.;
’ ^hey seem at a loss to determine, whether the
ftv?r preceded from the Weft Indies, or ori
ginated.there The firfl man who had it was
taken August j- Some writers have attempt
ed to inform ot the numbers perilhed by it
since that day,bvt the accounts vary from ICOO
to between 5 nd jpoo. Prbviiions are very
high, and by yesterday’s mail the mortality
had not abated. > "
Piffure ts th war in l and ri, by an officer re
’ r , n \
‘ ” pefolated land, raired peafanls, burning
villages, ah i g eedy Jigerr, rearing flaughtcred
foldiert frcm ihe gro nd, in order difgqte
4hftir bloody clothes ” . .
, At the Hague, 4» persons, military as well
as ctvil have been executed, convifted of hav
ing kep up a treacherous communication with <
the general of the French armies when he
threa ened Holland,
‘ The J-ords of the admiralty have lately'con
grafted with the privst J ft p builders for the
immediate building pl fix frigates of 38 gyns
each, and twelve fl3ops of 16 guns; ad which,
are to be an an cnlargad fcaie •
We h«r from, the^hy oi Wafiiingjon, that
the Souih East C(?rner Stone m the Capital of
the United trace}, wa.v ceremoniously deposited
■ On the tS h, and that-, the performance was at
tended with’ a Mifouic folejpnHy and military
toarade, furpaffiog any thing cf the kind xhat
hVs been he ^ofore.exhibiied. The presence
of Wa/hing magnificence to the feene,
and brilliancy to the peria mane s, whxh were
-concluded wih a convivial cnxeyainmert.* and
much to the fatisfafton otall of whom the xi'
sing importance or this happy country affords a
pleafin^contemplation. , .
I Marat^ that infamous regicide, -
whn lately tell beneath the aiLlfm’s
dagger, and who fojuftly merited rhe
baa met with, is thus defcri-^
‘ He was a little man, of a candevit
' ■ rous complexion, and a countenance
exceedingly ex pre (live of the bloody
difpoftrtotr of his mi nd T 64 paint
er; dJW a flat r< he wqu Id lu vg a ffor d -
cd a fine portrait, for the ..chief niur
derer. - His head would be indii*
finable for such a ißbjeM. ?
, - His eyes re fem bled thole of the ty
ger ca.tand there was a kind of fero
ciouihete in his looks that correipond- .
cd with ne lavage ficrcenc^ of that
' anifaal. " ’ ' . ' ' x
The only artifice he 'vied fa favour ,
of thole 4ine aments of the be a ft, was
that of Wearing a rbund hat, so rar,
pu led down before, as t@ hide a great
part 1 of his cooh-enanee.
He was an active M mber 6f the
General Counci 1 of the .Commune ”
He io veji iatfl ^vulture, and
delighted in human facnfiocs. ; •’
But the upiitM arm pf Piv’ne
vengeance cut fiim pjf ip the midtt of
^iis.caieer. and allowed him only the^
ffibtT ftHie to dying?* 4
' j V If appears ffoth ihe’ debates in the
CodWiWfiMaia?s body was in
i aCe^bf *w retched d tfeafe,
Th? dd V
4f(»r ?his death, he was in ^ a ft ate of
^gtrefadroD. ?The hand of God
feenied to have punilhed his ini^
"‘By M ding him with the mott cruel
difo.dets. ? k
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'fuefday loft btre, the Jhip
Abigail,^ 'Lfiring.in days from
’ Captain Loring informs,
‘if at the greatest dpprebenfions enter
^afied by r tbs French were from the
' di/orderf and divifyns wbieb reigned
tbr.^gbout ihe Republic, and which bad
bsjef. 'prjdcipcilly occafionedby the arrest
Hf fbe sncmb&rs of tbef Convention, on
thy ^otb of May ; That tbey fpdke in •
< terms of the ut mo ft indifference of the
* f^rts of the combined powers, but .
dreaded d civil war Witftbeir feUaw^
citizens : Fbat tberoyalifts in the Veh*
deezuer^ between ;o and ^o } oQoJlrongi
and thftnotwithftan^ Idle de T
feats they still made a powerful bead 1
'Fbat Cuftlfe bad'been, maffacre^ and
that the trade of Bourdeau^ badfuf
fered ly the commotions —tbe merchants
wifbingfor tbi establishment of almost
any kind'of free government, that wotdd
gWe afpring to ibeir declining ^cdfb-
Fierce,. . .
In a late hurricane dt Nevis, a
Guinea fisip', with 300 negroes on board
was overfet. •; All on board, except six
teen seamen, wbo saved themselves by
getting on the keel, were drowned. The"
negroes belonged to a man who bad Seven
Vessels employed in that traff^And was :
drowned with them. ' i > ‘ - -
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9 " ’ oct B-b.R 7» <. , e
pniLABETPHtA POULENCS, f
Extrabt of a letter scam New-Fork,
datea O;tab:er ifi to a gentleman tn
Shis ' L wn\ received per last p r ftl
u Un my ,a^yai in t cs t place, I
found it necefiarv to change my de
sign of going ta Fhit&deiphfa—the
accounts we havre d iiy from then- e,
are dreadful—beyond dtlcm tiun.—
The diieafe teems to be in no rclp "t<
abated, arid the moralitv ala- rang
indeed.—On Tucfday. Lift one buh^
dred and fifteen pe fins wt f. mmed ;
and 16,000 an habitants have tef the
city. It is laid the d?it h ive al
ready exceeded thirty five hun
dred —The (forts a; t (hui -y .1 ud ;
rhe citv exhibits a mwi Ih Ak n^
fpedacle of dea h an t orftructioh.”
?" ' \
"Sbturday'faft CapG 1 haver arrived
here, from' .Lpn&n,;. 4,2 dus froth'
Chops -of Channel, Nicir l*s Gil
mA»;Efq. and a Captain 5m iTH/afht
paltengers in Cap< Th iyer/
Pwl- - ^II|■IIR^ II ■"» -
■ NEWEURYVOkr, OCT. 5.
Wednesday arrived hcie B g Ed
mund,
GuadaJpujH $ He informs ihaf aw )n r :
furrtftiPn topk plact at St Anns, hi.
Which 36b' riegroes were kided.
■■. ■■,..
H Mr>H RE,. / I '
>ort>m: uth, 28, ’ ;
H Arrived on Thur day evening .at
tape- Arnvbihe Brig BEi’Sb Y;
‘Capt. ‘SAETEtt, of this p^rt; in 37
^ay^ frdtii We lands end, apd 44 fr * n
Cowes,, t^ng },^.U the came
paflenger Mr^HYDE, of this town,
•who arrived here last evening in the
:ftage, by Whom we are favoured with
J^TcUn papers tp of
* w-hic h contains cop fi r mast on of the
capture of Vatericiedpe^, Mv encr,
.Merit? arid Conde—lHis 'gi ntleman
faturmikus Capt S.d.
tenfpoke with an English (hip of
W-ae the 6th jnft ptlte Commander
which informed him thm CUjiTlN^
had been, tried and honow ably
^tg^itepe^ in: confeqaerice thereof, he
was reinstated to the Command of
the Grand Army, wh£;h so exafpe
ratpd'the populace, that they teizpd
Cuftine and fahumafdy put hifai to
death — When she channe 1 through
this i rite Ihge nce was com mu ni ca ted,
is confideted, ^iw4nce.W.ill be
made for xhe prejudices which com -
• mon ly faftoeneb an fOeriiy in f 0 mours
of thts kind, aW we anti
tradition of this apparently monfift*
ent accounrr. ;
" 'vifinTiirhnn^'■
SHI‘P NEWS. '
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New London, Sfpt. iG; f
Arrivedfioop Heitor. C. ValS^rorf
St. Martins, Capt, VailfpoE^fckeoner
Attempt, Capt. Boily, in.Lat.^i^Lon.
72 y out todays from St. Tbomasf^
tsr Newport, who informed him that 40 -
fail, mostly Americans, were loft al St.
Thomas 1 , 14 fail at St. y&ri^opfersg
ind o.Qffail at Point-Petre, mostly A
। hiericans.
/v. < .Capt. A. Mackay ; , in-a schooner,
helonging to Boston, we hear is cast
■ away in the Weft-Jndie44?tv c W and
cargo loft. .
EXETER, /; ;
TUESDAY, OCTOBER B.
km; vj I'ji //.a sys a Condon
payerl en being required ta sign the atl
cj cam fiiQn to. ib j new pdrtition of Po
land t tn fi-V' dr o^^ Russia,
gayeaYt abffule ref if aS and informed
S^te ami(tjffdor tbe t he wou’d focner
■^F-rr with hts crown than sign an aft of
Cvnjent to the new dismemberment of
hi.' unhappy country... Tbe Diet, by a
ity. fad decided againjt the
mer; of'the country . andbaVe
rather to ditve the .Ruffians en
urdy out of .the kingdom, and S u rn ~
;aer itwh&Uy into- the hands of Ruff a,
tbi i agree to a difmembefmtrd- .
DIED at Chester, the 26th of
September last, Samuel Emerfon,\L\<\.
’in the 86th year of his age.— This
g< ntteman poflefied very good natu
pal pabilities. - He sustained the of
4Ue of magiftrdte for 54 years, with
igreat refpett—reprrfenttd the town
in his yobhger days, nine fuccefiive
«yeaFs, with'honor'—was a fatisfadfory
to wn clerk 57 years, and'proprietors
clerk 5 8 : years ; in all which offices,
and in all cases he appeared to be the
enhuneft man, as well as the agreea-
ble and ihftru&tve companion.—
He wis the only person living that
-7 avis of age to assist in fettling the
Rev. Mr. Flagg, now alive. —As he
i d an uncommon peaceable
..difpofirion, so he discovered a ‘re
/narkable talent in making and
maiDTaining peace, in his family,
3inrighb<>urHood arid town.— ——rln
^arjy life he made a profeffion of
the religion,., to which he, adhered ,
.wif.^ chriftia firmnefs, tUI he was
’cailed ( is we iruft) from time to im*
mortal life,-— has _left an aged
widow, a numerous offspring, and
* many, friends, beside the town pfk;
Chester, to. mourn the loG.—With
uncoipmon decency <^nd folemriity
'his remains were interred on the
28 h. ..
DiEpl— At Philadelphia, Mr. .Nathaniel Gioven
■^late Itoh—Mrs. Elizabeth M«Xin%ic, oi the
.ydjpw fever, late of 8U10r... ; >
CJV —At d yvemor’s Island, (N. Y.y .Mr Thomas
I; Garn, s , of Beftoni on his journey from Philadelphia,
of yellow fever. . — >. -h
"’lt A, ’ East W tod for, (Conn.) the H6n. Eraftui
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kV ’
S>irigLrig-SchooL
■*.. A- . . '^ vs I'
~ •- HEdMfdri prekflfts4iis com-;
^rt . JL^'phmerifs , rd the youngs Ladies
■*^anu Gcntl men or tms town, begs
i ? leave to jnto: tn them that he putpofes
t open a Singing School, bp Thurf
d^ ^yejpi g the 16 K irift'ant, if fuf_
ficient encouragement (hould offer,
a t the house of Mr; Edmund Pearfqn,:
- where he has procured a convenient
Chamber w th good accommodations.,
—T hose who fa your hi m wit h tht ir
company may depend odhis uimoft
exertions to pieate,and improve them
in the art of fingmg — -
For ierms apply to
■ • .DUDLEY FOLSOM. ‘
.£xeteE.Oftebe^
. - 1. 1.1 l in । । , . , __
d'X ETi ERS remainih'^up the Post
I 4 Office, Exctcf, O^t^r l •< 1793.
Nsc bolas G tlman, Elq. 7 . . K
Mr. — Odiorne, j
Moses Blafdell, Kingfiown,
t Jbfeph\talefi Ghgfter.c 1 " r
. JohW W« GitMAN, Pqft Master.
20 Doliars Reward^
t TT.< .y f-f Al-' . t
Broken open °n ihe night
of the 7th instant., the bhop of
the ftrbki iber,; and tlje following
Articles Rolen—viz.
21 yards Chocplate coloured
Chintz, with large flowers.
7 yards hght croft
14 yards dark (priged do.
1 Piece India CafiCo.
1 or 2 P’s dark fpotteOo.
2 P’s 1 2d. Black Ribbtm.
2 P’s 8/ do. do. L •
6 P’s Narrow do.
6 P’s Hair do. - } .fy
2 P’s Wide Idock do.
2 P’s Narrow do. do. ,
6 P’s Pink do.
2 P’s Blue Vdlum do.
1 P’s White do. dd
r P’s do. with green stripes.
6 P’s Cinnamon coloured do.
6 P’s White dp. different widths.
1 P’s Straw coloured do.
1 P’s Straw purple edged do.<
1 P’s Wide yellow do.
•
with sundry other Articles and
about Ten Dollars in change.—
Whoever will apprehend the
thief or thieves, foihat tKey may
be brought to justice and the
Goods restored (hall be entitled
to the above reward, or in pro
portion to the Goods returned-
Ward C. Djsan.
Exeter; Oftober $. T 793 , .'
JUST REGhRED FRQM.BOSTON,
AND TO BE SOLD BT
HENRY RANLET,
Ai bis Printing Office, next door to
Messrs. Gilman Buyer’s*
As cheap as can be pur chafed in B est on,
’ orefewberg, ’'; : '
A General Assortment of
- Books & Stationary;
AMONG WHICH ARE,
Bibles, from 3/6 to 28/
Life of Watts and Doddridge,
briiilh Album, ' r . >
Hapless Orphan, r \
Beauties of Sterne, .
Pike’s Abridgment
Perry’s Didionary - >. *
Spelling-Book, by the dozen
or single, '
Farmer’s Friend, ‘ J .
Sorrows of Oerter* ■
Chapohc’s. Letters, '■ । N.
Letter Writer, W- -v j
■ Ch Id’s Friend,’ ' . s _
McFingal, : ’ _■
Bia.rM Sermoosi • Y ‘ p [ I
■ .Rowe’s Letters, ’ ■
. Tqwp Officer, ; ' f’’ ’
Peter
Ferinfag’s Vaclc M^cuit^'
' Rippon’s Hymns, k .
Morie’s G^ography| ? ' ; *
t Death of AbeV4rid Cairi,
pMore lit oiir hext,l j
Public VendW»
BY yittuepfl^^^^^
Judge of probate, to be fold at
Publip Venduei on Tbe^ay the 2
day cf O&ober,lhftAhti' af6£’Clock|
P. M: at the Hdute. of wiU*
lit Gjb Dl nge. &n holders q Exeter,
The House arid Land
belonging the V^iLitAM
B» Wt e t thtie Qj>»ctw,Sh<p.«qgbfe
known at time and place.
Shackford S. BeKnett^ *
Exeter, Oftobcr 7, 1793.
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