The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-11-13 00:00:00, page 4

Extras of a letter from Philadelphia.
" On the building to be appropri-'
ated to the use of the House of Re
presentatives in this city, it was tho't
by some artists that a dome covered
with strong glass ought to be raised
in imitation of the dome Cupola
in your Federal Hall at Newyork.
.One of the projectors being asked
his reason for wishing to put the city
to this extraordinary, and apparently
useless expence, answered that his
whole view in proposing it, was, that
it might throw a better light on their
proceedings."
SEAT OF THE MUSES.
POOR TO M,
OR, THE SAILOR'S EPITAPH.
HERE, a sheer bulk, lias poor Tom Bawling,
The darling of our crew,
No more he'll hear the tempest howling,
For Death has broach'd him too.
His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and foft ;
Faithful below he did his duty,
And now he's gone aloft..
Tom never from his word departed,
His virtues were so rare ;
His friends were many and true hearted,
His Poll was kind and fair.
And then he'd sing so blyth and jolly—
Ah ! many's the time and oft ;
But mirth is turn'd to melancholy,
For Tom is gone aloft.
Yet (hall poor Tom find pleasant weather,
When HE, who all commands,
Shall give, to call life's crew together,
The word to pipe all hands.
Thus Death, who Kings and Tars dispatches,
Tom's life has vainly doff'd ;
For though his body's under hatches,
His foul is gone aloft.
NEWYORK, OCT. 9.
AS an instance of depravity and
wickedness of the human heart, we
mention the following: A few
days since, a young woman at Mor
ristown, was committed to gaol for
the murder of her bastard child, of
which she was delivered alone, and
then in a most brutal manner, bar
barously killed it, as appeared to the
inquest which fat on the body. Her
pregnancy was fufpe&ed by the fa
mily in which she lived, and she had
been frequently taxed withthe fame,
but she utterly disclaimed it ; how
ever, the, morning of her delivery,
some circumstances gave rife to a sus
picion of what she had been about,
and being very urgently prefled to
declare the truth, she acknowledged
the crime, and informed them where
the infant was concealed. It was
pierced above one of its eyes as if by
a nail, and marks of violence, which
she made use of in strangling it, ap
peared all around the throat. The
grand inquest of the- county has
fouhd a bill against her, and there is
no doubt but the Mosaic dispensati
on, in this instance, will be verified.
AMERICAN ADVICES.
We are sorry to mention the un
happylffe of the ,of Shelburne,
Capt. Cook, who left this port last
week, laden with ftaves and horses.
According to the account given by
the crew who escaped this dreadful
disaster—they, soon after leaving San
dy-Hook, luffered fcfr some hours a
very severe gale, in which they were
thrown on their beam ends ; and
while in this situation the windward
cattle, &c. left their station, and fell
to the leeward, which not only de
terred her from righting, but brought
her so low as to admit the water in
at her cabin door —she quickly filled;
and in that situation the crew left
her. All the hands were saved ex
cept Capt. Cook, who was asleep in
the cabin —of whom they can give
no further account.
The 23d ult. the wife of one John
Fetheringham of Portland, county
of Cumberland, was found dead in
his field. A jury of inquest fat on
her body, and have brought in their
verdict, Wilful Murder. —Marks of
violence Were observed upon her—
fuch as having an arm broke, some
of her hair pulled out, one of her
eye-brows, and one of her ears bit
ten. It was generally believed, that
she was murdered by her husband,
who has been apprehended, and com
mitted to goal, and who has since
put a period to his own life with a
penknife ; exclaiming just before he
expired, that " a bottle of Rum was
the cauje of bis Ruin."
WANTED Old and New-Emission
MONEY Likewise, New-Humpjbire
State Notes and Certificates,
—For which the Calh and a generous price will be
givea. S. WIGGIN.
A letter from the captain of a ves
sel at Aux-Cayes, of August 3, in
forms, that there has been a Shock
ing tumult among the people of that
island. Some intercepted letters from
the general at Port-au-prince, to
monsieur Codere, late major of the
Cape Regiment, railed a suspicion a
mong the people, that some secret
plan was laying for their deftrudion.
They immediately took Codere, and
seated him in a chair in the public
market place ; and about 7 o'clock in
the evening one the rabble fobbed
him with a bayonet, another leveled
him to the ground with a cutlass,
while others discharged the contents
of their muskets into his body—his
head was then cut off and kicked a
bout the market place with the most
savage barbarity—all his bones were
broken, and his body cut and man
gled in a manner too shocking to
relate.—He was an opulent planter,
and has left an amiable wife and se
veral children to lament his fate.
CONCORD SEPT. 24.
BOSTON, NOV. 4.
OCTOBER 12.
ALL persons indebted to, or have
demands on the estate of Doctor
Ebenezer Hills, late of Chester,
deceased, are requested to fettle the
fame immediately with the subscriber,
Executor to the last will of said de
ceased. ISAAC HILLS.
Cbefler, Nov. 4, 1790.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By Hrnry Ranlet, and to be fola
at his office, in Exeter, by the groce or dozen.
ALMANACK,
Brides tie commwi Calendar Pages,
ECLIPSES and Common Notes
for 1791 —A valuable Table to
turn Cents into Shillings, Pence and
Farthings, ,in the currency of the se
veral dates of the Union where the
Dollar is rated at 456. 6s. 756. Bs.—
Superior and Inferior Courts, and
Courts of General Sessions of the
Peace, in N.-Hampfhire —Supreme
Judicial Courts, and Courts of Gen.
Sessions of the Peace, in Maffachu
letts —Supreme and County Courts
in Vermont —Probate Courts in the
County of Worcester, Mass.—Probate
Courts in the County of Rocking
ham,New-Hampfhire —Yearly Meet
ing of the Friends in N. England—
A few choice Sentence- —Anecdotes—
Roads to the principal Towns on the
continent from Portsmouth, &c.
T'HE Subferiber now calls in gene-
A ra l terms, without diflinflion, favor or affec
tion, on all Retailers, Tavern-Keepers and others,
(liable to pay Excise in the County of Strafford)
that they immediately bring in >heir Accounts, re
gularly made out, of each Quarter's Excise due to
the firft day of October 1790, for settlement. And
as the subscriber wishes to Ihew all the indulgence
in his power, he will give thirty days more from the
14th day of the above mentioned October, and at
tendance will be given the whole of said time at his
house for the fame bufiaefs ; but, as the number of
persons have had Efficient notice, they cannot think
bard if called upon in another way, in a shorter
time. ABRAHAM WALDRON, Excise Mafler.
Barrington, October 14th,.1790. 1
Kingstown, 20th Off. 1790.
—7HEREAS Margaret, wife of
rhe the subscriber, has eloped
from my bed and board —This is to
forbid all persons from harbouring
or trusting her on my account, as I
will not pay any debt she may con
trast after this date. Samuel Turrey.
Deerfield, October 23, i„o.
A. LL persons indebted to, or have
demands against the Estate of
William Sweat,late of Kingstown,
blacksmith, decealed, are requested to
fettle immediately with the subscriber,
Adminiftratrixof said estate.
ELIZABETH SWEAT.
Newhampshire, Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD,
Weatherwife's
Take Notice.
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CONTAINING,
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