The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-08-27 00:00:00, page 4

Monday, may 17. . ,
IN the bill for extending the Judiciary to
the State of N. Carolina, a clause was inferr
ed by which the Diftrid tourt of the state of
Newhampfhire was to have been holden only at
Portfmootb, instead of Portsmouth and Exeter al
ternately as in the aft passed last feffidp. This
clause was amended iri the House by inserting
«' Exeter."—The Senate disagreed to this amend
ment—a conference was held, and the joint com
mittee proposed that the House ihould recede from
their difagreemeut. This was moved in the Houle
accordingly—and the motion supported by Mr.
Livermore, and opposed by Mr. Gilman and Mr.
Softer' %
' Mr. Gilman called for the reading of re
port of the feted committee on the memorial from
Portsmouth—which being 'read, ~ j
Mr. Livermore observed, that he had no doubt
the fads stated in this report were true, and that
a ship of two or three hundred tons had been at
Exeter; but that he. was intruded to lay, that
the ship was only built there ; that she was towed
down the river light, without masts, or loading or
any kind, hawled by ropes over mud and flats
down to Portsmouth, and has never been at Exeter
since, and will never go there again. That Exe
ter never was or can be a place of greater mari
time trade than several other places in the hate,
at which it never was contemplated to rod any
court, there being but 3 or '4 feet of water in the
winding creek or river which leads to it. ^Courts
have been invariably held at Portsmouth The
Maritime Court was always held theye—it is in
disputably the best place for the Diftrid Court,
; a^d t hope; said Mr. Livermore, it will never be
held any where else. , .
Mr # Gilman replied to Mr. Livermore : He
observed that there was a majority of the repre
sentation from Newhampihire, in favour of a
hearing to the original arrangement : He thought
Tome regard Should be paid to, their opinion- that
a majority of the Legidature of thst state, it was
to be prefilmed were also ih favour of it. He fur
ther observed he had no doubt his hon. Colleague
was inftrufted to fay what he did ; but he beg d
leave toobferve, that the gentleman's information
was falfe reffeng the depth of , at ,,n t^ na
vigation to Exeter —so far from this being a meer
m^d-creek, there was, from 8 to 10 feet water at
high tide, and at spring tides 11
that vessels from §0 to 70, n s „, %%
and brute their cargoes to that place. The dtf
nure is a mere scramble between two towns, ,d
If Congress thould agree to the alteration, other
a rerations will be found nectary whe % i the Ex
cfe law ihall be paffed-for in the neighbftod
of Exeter more thin three fourths of the whole ,-
% will be colloacd-and there are no places be.
Tbr following fptcimen of literary abilities is copied
from a paper which was fuck against the wall of
the Change at Briflol, England, * %
"MpO all marchants, traders, arid others A
youn^man about 30 yeeres of age who un
derstands the bakker bifnefs, and husbandry would
be glad to go to A merry-ka or any outlandish
places as a horet seer and the like of that Enquire
rfthe Change Keeper N B has no objecfhun to go
to Botiomley Bay as a Skool Meaner on condition
his life can be insured to the wild favvages. ,^
The TRANSFORMATION.
A MONKEY once (an odd petition !)
Begg'd Jove to alter his condition :
“ 6 Jupiter, to th' form of man,
Change me, I pray, and let me know
Each human virtue, which below
Completes the creature so approv'd,
And by the fairer sex belov'd ;
fir fare as lawfully we may
Aflume the shape of men, as they
Copy from us each charth and graces
His pugfhip, who does now begin
To dress, talk nonfence, and to grin ;
And is in mind and outward show,
The very creature call'd a BEAU.
On the proposition for holding the Difiria Courts of
Newhampjhire, in PortJmouth, inflead of Portsmouth
and Exeter, alternately, the following deoatejook
place in Congress :
Conspicuous in the monkey race."
Jove heard his prayer—and what is Grange,
That instant to a man did change
SEAT OF THE MUSES:
fide, in the vicinity, which can accommodate
^courts, but Exeter. He wished therefore that .the
House would adhere to the original arrangement,
Mr. Thatcher hoped the House would not a
gree to the report of the joint committee,, but
,woyld insist on their amendment,—lt seeped to
be a party matter between the towns of Ports
mouth and Exeter ; and the former only has been
heard before this House.— Some gentlemen from
Portsmouth have come forward and prayed Con
'grefs to grant them a particular privilege, to the
injury of Exeter. The setting of Courts in a
'place is effeemed by the inhabitants thehof, a
considerable privilege; but Exeter<has not yet
been heard—He therefore hoped this House would
not agree to, remove the Courts from Exeter to
Portsmouth, till time enough has elapsed for the
gentlemen in Exeter to come forward and state
their reasons why the Courts should be continued
as they now are. Aad this undoubtedly would be
done by next session of Congress.—No injustice
can accrue to Portsmouth till that time. There
will not be more than one or two feffidns o^the
Court before Cokgrefs meets again. He could
not help observing, that the Senate, in this case,
had not a&ed with their usual liability, but seem
to have attempted to change the place of holding
the Courts in New-Hampshire without due corfi
deration. They hate attended to the prayer of
the gentlemen from Portsmouth, and h>ve not
given tree 'gentlemen of Exeter an opportunity of
shewing why that prayer ought not to be granted.
It is a fad that Portsmouth and Exeter. are, in
some refpefr, rivals—and this House ought not id
favour one to the injury of the other. Portsmouth
has many natural advantages fol carrying on trade
and commerce; while Exeter labours under every
inconvenience; and therefore Congress will db well
to extend.to her every thing that may promote
Ind encourage her trade ^The ftnileman firft up
from New-Hampshire, (Mr, Livermore,) fays,
that he has been informed there is not more than
3 or 4 feet of water leading to Exeter; but ano
ther gentleman, from that State, (Mr. Gilman,)
who lived many years in Exeter, and ha: been en
gaged in Commerce there, declare, there is a
^epth of water of 8 or to feet leading to that town.
It is to be presumed the latter gentleman, is bell
acquainted with this fad, I therefore mail take it
for granted the depth of water 13 much greater
than has been represented by those who advocate
the removal ofthe Court. .
It has been said the petitioners are referable
merchants in Portfmouth —he doubt# not but
many of them were very refoedable merchants—
but he had reason to believe some of them were not
in the mercantile line —it is said the mratime
courts were never held at Exeter; but during the
war were eftabliihed, by the legislature of that
State, at Portfmouth—ihe reason was because the
maritime courts were then ereded solely for the
purpose of trying captures —and at that time.there
was but little, or no commerce carried on at
Exeter, wlich if he had been rightly informed, is
not the case now. If the law for. eftabtilhing the
diftria courts be iafpeded, it will appear; that in
fevCral inft^nces, they are appoin ed to be held at
places where they were never held before ; ,e be
lieved that was the case in the diftriftof Main—
the court is now held twice a year in that diftrid,
at Wifcaffet, which begins to be a flourilhing
place, though' but a few years ago there might be
nd commerce there. This he took to be the case
with Exetef. ,
It has beedfaid, the gentlemen at Forfmeuth
are willing the circuit court ffibdld be he|,daber
nately at Portsmouth and Exeter, and he conceiv
ed there was the fame reason why the di (trig court
should be held at Exeter also. He thought his
reason would be much stronger when the Excise
laws were contemplated as a source of judicial bu
siness:; [
He said he had orfe observation to make on the
method the Senate had taken ?o effeft the removal
of the court from Exeter. A clause is tucked in
at the Very close of a bill for establishing the ju-~
dicial courts in the State of North-Carolina—lt
is of great importance to have the courts eftablifh
edj as soon as possible, in that State, and without
doubt the Senate presumed the House under this
imprefflon, would consent to- the clause refpeaing
Exeter, rather than retard 'he passing of the more
essential parts of the law. But he hoped the House
would persist in their orignal amendment, and if
at the next session it should appear necessary to re
move the court from Exe er to Portsmouth, it will
then be time enough to do it, and a law may pass
for that purpofe.' 1 ,
Mr. Sedgwick said that some obfervvions had
been thrown out against the Senate, which he did
not conceive their conduct merited ; and from the
known candour of those gentlemen who had used
Ithem, he did not doubt that on mature /efleaion
they ^ouid confider them in the fame lighthe did.
;The fubjed now before the House has been can
^ANECDOTE OF DR. FRANKLIN.
DURING the adminifttation of Sir Robert Wal
pole, the transportation of convicts to this
country was regarded as , very great grie
vance, br.FRANKLiN wrote to the miniffer the
thanks of the colonies for the maternal care of
Britain to this country, so flrongly manifefted in
thi^ inEance ; and a as fatisfadory proof of Ameri
can gratitude,fent him a collection of rattle-snakes,
which he adviced him tp hav^ introduced into his
Majesty's gardens at Kew, in order that they
might prorogate, and increase—assuring him they
would be as beneficial to his Majesty's Englilh
dominions, as the Britilh rattlfoakc convias had
been .to America. < <- • - •. •
KT OTICE is hereby given, to the
' ' owners of the Lands in a place called Pe/er
borougb-Sli,, in the county cf hWlJborougb, that pur,
fuant to an Aft of the General Court, passed the
nineteenth day of June, 1789, a Tax of one penny
per Acre is assessed on all the lands in (aid place,
for the sole purpose of rapairing the publicroads and
building necessary bridges in said place—and that the
fame must be paid to me the fubfcriber,~in said Pe
terborough-Slip, within eight weeks from the d^tte.
hereof, or the lands of delinquent owners will be ex
posed to fide agreeably to said Aft.
ROBERT MtNAY, Constable.
, Peter borough-Sli,, July ,otb, 1790.
A LL persons indebted to, or that
have demands on the estate of TIMOTHY
ICHAMBERLAINJate of Exeter, Baker, deceafedj
are required xo.fatle with the fubferiber, Execu
trix to the last Wilf and Testament of the deceafed*
ESTHER CHAMBERLAIN.
Exeter, August 9^, 1790, __ ______
O EADY Money given for LAMB
IN SKINS, with . the wool on, and Shear'd
Lamb's Wool, at the house of Theodore Moses,
near Col. Gi-ddi kgb's, in Exeter. ,#fy If
THE MODERN FUNERAL PILE ; OR
BURNING OF THE BRITISH DEAD.
: RL-ENIPOS,,. .^
SOME, days since, walking near a church-yard
in the vicinity of the metropolis, I perceived
the grave digger carrying away several pieces of
coffins and human bodies.. Upon questioning him,
as to their disposal, he very gravel, told me, that
they were intended tp boil the pot for his dinner !
" What make a fire with the bones of the dead !''
I exclaimed. , Why yes mafier, (replied he)
coals are how so dear, that a poor man cannot pur
chase them—besides, these here homes make the beh
fire-wood — I have burpt nothing but coffins,fally,
legs and ar%s, for these ten years.—my church-yard
is fay ;oal-,it —and I assure you master, path is a
very good ore—they burn much better than your
common wood fire% gs your New-Cfe^le coal eith
er—Good b'ye, matter'!" and off this cannibal
raffed by a committee of both hoafes ; every mem
ber of which had been made— they are gentlemen
of undoubted integri y, they had the fulled op
portunity of inveftigatihg the fubje&, a much bet
ter opportunity than the house can possibly have—&
if the reports of fuci committees are not to be arule
to the House, their utility is destroyed. He had
formerly been in favour of the court's being
he'd at Exeter, as a majority of the mem.
bets from that Stae, had represented it as eligi
ble fut since it has become a fubjeft of dispute,
and the mater hzs been carried to such lengths,
and the result has been the report now #ead, he
was in favour bf receding. ,
, Mr. Foster observed that the gentleman from
Maffachufets wa, mistaken, as there were two
.members of that committee against it— he added
some observations which he did not hear.
. The question for readings being put, was loft
—and the house voted to adhere to their amend
ment.
went. . . ;
, I was so Locked at the circum^ance,that I could
make him no reply whatever. But should fuqh
mongers be fuffer^d to exist in the metropolis of
England? *HAMLET.
Hints to Americans who own lands or other real ejiate
- „ in England. .
PERSONS born in the United States since the
Independence of America, are incapable of
holding lands in Britain, as they are not natural
born fubjeds of that Kingdom, The treaty of peace
secure, the present holders, but it does not secure
their heirs, consequently ,rhcfe eftatps will be 101 l
as soon as the present proprietors die. Does not
prudence require that such estates be immediately
fold? A COUNTRYMAN:
FROM THE [L^^] PLENI POTENTIARY.