The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-02-07 00:00:00, page 1

, Aft A& granting to each compa
ny of Cavalry, seventeen Dol- ।
Jars to furniffi Inftrumetlte of
Mu fie and colours;
BE it ena&ed by the Senate and
Rouse of Representatives it
general Court convened* That thi ■
^ Captain of each company of eav*
airy in this State, organized aC’
cording to law, be entitled to re
ceive out of the treasury feventeert
dollars, in abdition to the font
heretofore allowed, for the purpoft
of furni/hiag his company with
nr iodrunients of mafic land colours $
? and the Governor being certified
. by the commanding office* of a
regiment^ that a company of cav
alry belonging io the fame, is Of|-
< ganized uafor efaid,(hdigi ve this
•^Captain an otdw on the weafordr f
. forthe aforefaidfum* ] r
" An Aft for wAng twenty-fik
thousand fix hundred and sixty
fix Dollars ah&fikfy&ven Cends
for the, oft Os this State.
BE it enabled by the Senate and
Honfe of Representative in
H General Court convened, That there
Ibe railed the current year for the
ufeof this Stile twenty fix tte>u|fe
and fid’ hiandred and fixty*fix
dollars and sixty-seven. cents!;
which*tom (hall be affefied, col
> Jcfied and paid into the UeafuHy
. \ on or before the last dayDh
' cember next; and is appropriated
for difchargiflgthedcbtsduefroln
this Stater and for-the support Ah
Government
Provided neverthelefs*That noth
ing in this aft contianed, (hall be
confirmed to effed the grants of
any such islands, bridges, ferries,
&c. heretofore made, nor prevent
the making of grants in future of
such iflands* bridges, ferries, tocks,
canals, and other conveniences
tor the public benefic,nor the right
filhing in said riv^r, and using
the fame as a public highway: at
hertetotorK
Whereat tie ffViT&l to-wnr in tbit State ad
joining Connecticut river, a r e bounded b)
the eadtrn han kt of [aid rtwtr, by reafap
axhercof\the tflandsFerries, Bridget
in and upon (aid river cannot by La<w bl
taxed by [aid town : For r I needy wberetif—
BE it enabled by the Senate and
Hou/e of Repr efem ali ves in
General Conrt convened^ That the
northerly and fouthtrly lines of
each of the fevera! towns aforefaid,
be, and they hereby are continued
and extended acrois (aid river, td
the wefterlv line of this State j
which line flwl! hereafter be cdn
fidered as the bounding weftetly
line of Paid towns.
An Adi for extending the boun
daries of certain towns. ।
A€h pa (Ted at a session of the
General-Court begun and
hoiden at Concord,
Volume IX.]
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Publifhedon Saturdays, by Samuel Winslow, in Main-Streep Exeter, (New~Hampfhire} at i Doll, Sc 25 Cents per annum.
approved January 6* i 7gs*
American Herald of Liberty.
Dec. 1794.
THIS place is called Nime>
guen, Nimmegen^ or Ni*-
megue, it is a very ancient, rich
strong and populouytky, lituate#
on thefouth fide of the Waai, of
* Wahak It is said to have taken
its name from Magus, Kirig of
the Gaols. 1 It w the (capital df
Lower Guelder!and, And was ah
i©iem!y tbt capital of the whole
Dutchy, It is also thechieftowh
of Betuwe or Rosavia the country
of the ancient Batavi, so frequent
ly mentioned in the Roman hifto.
ry. It has thirteen gates, and is
defended by ata ancient fort refs
called , Viatek Koffi fdppofed th
have been built by Julius Caes
ar i and ftveral other fortificaf
cions. 4t was anciently a heecii l
ty —The Emperor Chade-managf
having rebuilt the castle in the
year 775, made Nimeguen thf
(econd Imperial city of Lower
Germehy, Aik la Chappelle being
the firfti ard'Thonville the thkdt
William Hid* King of tire Mor
mans* separated it from the Em.
pire^ahd united it to the Comtp
of Hoihnd ih vhe^eir 1248 a but
; being in want of moneys he 4ola
ic in * 270* with its tenritofyj
twenty one thoufend marks df
filvefi to Gt ho HL Count of Gue L
densi whofe 1 fbcceffors remaihed
matters of it till thb States of Hof
land revolted again# this King if
Spain. ■
Notwithftandinig it. is separated
from the Empire, it pay § a faJll
tr ibutq, whieh is xec ording ’ }o
* GuidewiVdink to <fend yeatly to
Aix la Chappelle a gtove filled
With powder j but Fr eder tck
Saudterls reports it in anwthir
manner* and afTetrs that the i#-
habitams of Nimeguen are fn e
from ali cuftums uh the Meu(^
perriculariy at Uegt^on ccrrtditidn
that4hey-fends thd: firft S^sdiy
after toftern a pair of^ trneklk n
* gtevesWith t#& pdumia pe >-
; This was heglefted &r ft.
veral years, and was renewed un-
And be it further enabled^ That
the creafdrer be, and he hereby is
directed seasonably to iflue his
warrants to the fele&mefi, dt aft
fefibrs, of the several towns, bar*
ilhes and diftrifts within this Stat'd
agreeably to. the last proportion
a?t for a (ft fling ahd tdlle&ifjg thd
aforefaid of twenty, fix ChOUf*
and fix hundred and fl i ty- fl It doU
lars and fixty.feven cents.
Ahd the and affeflbrS
dforefaid areherW^Oequired de
fpedivtly, td afleis and levy th4
firtie according to law, and cauftj
the fahie to be paid into the treaf*
ury of this State, on of before thi
hit day of December next 5 and
the treasurer (hall issue extents sos
all taxes which (hall then remain
unpaid.
Approved January 9,17^5-
N I ME G V E N.
To be conci&uec].
SATURDAY* February 7, 1795.
der Arnold de Horn, BiAion of
Liege, tyho died the year 13BS.
Ip the year 1585, the citizens cook
vp arms again fl the garrison of
Hollanders, ahcidrove therhaway '
from the, town being refolded to
defend themfclves; but the fame
wear the Chevalier Martin
Schenck attempted to furprize
'h. -He had tiered the city with
his troops in the night of the 1 tth
AugulHand had nearly become
matter of the place, when the in
habitants, recovering from their
consternation, repulsed them with
the loss of 500 men j the celt rerir*
ed in such confufion that the most
of them were driven into the river *
and drowned.' The inhabitants
21 ft of October, in the year 1 s9l $
—The Prince* thb more readiljr
to tbafter the place, and hinder the
dayigatrun upon the Wafral, had •
the year before cdhffrtifled a fort i
opposite the city, which wds called
Ktibtfembourg. Scarcely wJb
this firiilhed when the Duke df
Phfnta btfieged it on the n i3 f h df ~
July, I^9l 5 buftthegarrifdn madfe
io stout a refiftarice, that Prince
Maur toe had rime to tome to* its
fuccour. After this a part of Vhje
irmy of the Duke o*f Parma was -
defeated; by the. trddps of this
States, on the 24th Joly*, which
hafttned the taking of thee Fry.
Nimegutn fbllowbh thb fare df
the other ’ cities W G^ei&rlantj,«■
being taken by s ™ yitnch i n the
rl- I
maintdWb ytars,whyn Ufty^aa- -
doned iv. I the year i7d2»' tq e '
Duke ttf l ßbtgOTdy* MaA 1
Bout f ltrs, commanders M)f tHe
French^ armypmade.an attempt to *
duku it again, but we to defeated l>y
1 a |iarty of Dutch tfoopt; oftdtos;
rhe cotompnd of the Earl of Atfi-i
Hotre. it
The churches of Nirreguen ate
in gttberal hrandfbme (trtttfurefc,
and the tcWn is fSZnarkdble fQr Us
peacty and magnificence. The
Magi ft racy iscompofed of twenty «
4<tor,ot whomtwo are bdfgomaf
kerst changed yeafly On the ill: pf t
। January,and twelVe echeVins »the
other ten from theGommoo Coun
cil* In tots eky was held the <eft
*bnited Congrefsof^ Ptenipdtenda
r ies,of altncft all the powers of EU?
t rope* who concluded a Treriy of
P>ace* the 30th Julyi toygi Wt:
< bc
6th September, between France
cut them in pieces, and publickly
exposed them, until the Marquis
de Varambon Governor of GucL
derlad for the King of Spain, or
dered them to be removed and
kept in a tower. Their remains
after the citv was taken, were de
pbfited in (he sepulcher of the an?
cient Duke of Guelderland With
great pomp,at which Prince Mau.
rice, the nobility, magjftrates^nd
principal officers of the army at
tended.
The inhabitarits were besieged
by Prince Maurice of Naflau,
and ebihpelted to furrehdet on the
drew the bodies out of the water,
- ' . ' ■-i 4 •• . . T * -L
^nd the United Provinces l and
between {heEmperor and Frapce,
and between the Emperor an^
Sweden, in the month of January*
i 67- ' <
Nimeguen is twenty fix leagues
E. S. E. from the Hague ; twenty '
fix N. from Maeftricht; twenty
one E. from Rotterdam; and
thirteen S. E.-from Utfecht.
BOSTON* JAN. 31.
SINCE bur la ft, the (hip Nancys
Capt. Taylor, has araved
here* from Lyfnington, England.
—Papers by her are to the i6di
November j but they contain
nothing of primary importance*
except, that *
It was fep'orted. Maeftricht
capitulated to the French forces,
the sth November, the garrison to
retire to Germany, not to serve a
gainst the French the present
War.
appear to be confirmed. Twelve
thcoftifd Ruffians attacked, or
furprized, Kos'clusko* near the
castle of Matfehoigwitfets, on rhe
lorh October jjand after a vigor
ous and brave resistance on'the
part of the Poles, who twice re^
pulsed their aflailants, defeated
this gallant pupil of Washing
ton. The lob of the Poles* was
6oco killed* anil 130 officers and
2000 privates made prisoners ; a
mongthe latter is Kosciusko, who
was severely wounded. The Ruf
fians loft 1000 men, This ‘ac
count ifi followed by another, of
the defeat.pf the Poles, near Biz
efe, on the ifich September. The
Ruffians/ were rhe afiailants,
who were tfß^imts re puffed by
the Poles, but who finally- obtain
ed the virftory, The battle lasted
eight hours.—The Poles loft a
great number of men, two mor
carß ajjri4 pieces of cannon. The
coofequence Jof these defeats are,
that the Poles have evacuated
£osth Pro^a ¥ * and are drawing
iip round Warfaw.* The source
ofib^ above particulars is Ruffi
ian,; we may therefore hope, that
we fee to them the worst fide of
the picture, und that the reverse
•will be more pleasing.
NIMEGUEN
Iwos closely besieged by the French
agd the Combined Forces whfeh
covered and garrisoned it, are. on
the retreat- s'he^arrifon. on the
4th November* made an attack,
on the French but were ip the if
foe driven back * with the kffs of
100’ ktlle3 and wpunded. The
, b tench, it is said, loft 500. /
-TWAV^RIAm
have noj y^ afife^fed a jup^ion
jwiih - the British and Hanoveri
ans 1 but appear* ss Teague Ays»
to be advancing backwards to
their own country.
v- : ' '"t mentz*
waft besieged by ih^.FrWb*
the armies of the Rhine, Mofclle*
TH&DtttxTS OF THE POLES
foreign Summary^
{Number 32.