The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-12-25 00:00:00, page 3

This is the day appointed for the meeting of
Congress, in this city. Many of the members are
arrived in town ; but it is not expeded there will
be fufficieni to form a quorum.
The public building assigned for holding the
session is now ready for the reception of both Hou
ses, and fully competent to the objed. In the
Ball, appropriated for the Representatives, a very
1 capacious gallery for the auditors of the debates,
Lis built, which will, it is supposed, independent of
Rhe accommodations on the floor, without the bar,
about 300 persons.
[Under the old confederation, the people of the
Bnited States now and then used :o hear from Con-
Erefs by the way of a solitary straggling resolution
the newspapers : How altered is the state of
' things ! So far from being that strange scare-crow
, of an unknown fometbnig, called a Conclave, the
whole nation, from the ciftrid of Maine to the
(Ute of Georgia, it more fully informed of the
" The person who brings this account left De
troit the 23d of October. He fays the Indians at
tacked the army two or three times on their march,
%ut were always rep%lfed with some loss."
Why should we lament the degradation of Pub
lic credit in many Rates, and in most kingdoms,
fays a correspondent, when we relied that Itamp
ped leather and other infignificant fubftaric^s, have
been obtruded on the people, as gold and silver?
That paper properly authenticated, has served,
and flill conduces to, all the real benefits of' com
merce, is a truth, which daily experience evinces.
But paper money (or bank-notes) unless supported
by merchants, traders, and (that very refpedable
part of society) inductions manufacturers, most
.dwindle into insignificancy. To this foaice we
may trace many of the evils, which now distress
&ur former allies, the receded French nation.
Spain, notwithstanding her fertility of foil, and
her foreign mines, cannot be called rich, and has
more than once heen deficient in public faith. The
northern parts of Europe are, with refped to cre
dit, by no means worthy of praise, Denmark ex
cepted. Genoa, Venice, Britain and the United
Netherlands, have preferred the dignity of public
faith; and even the humble republic of Lucca, is
entitled to honor, resulting from credit, as well as
the genuine spirit of liberty. Free dates, without
they are honelt, cannot long endure ; their politi
cal exigence must soon cease, and liberty expire
beneath §he preflure of despotism, fuffered to rage
by the deficiencies of public credit. But we, uni
ted Americans (Concludes our correspondent) look
forward to an acre, to be introduced by us in this
quarter of the globe, when liberty and credit shall
be eftabliihed on the solid basis of virtue.
Some there are, observes a correspondent, who
ffiake their heads with solemn motion, and pretend
to wonder what can be the reason of the new.fec
elements ox the Miffopi, and adjacent to the Not
ches. This is a ' wiidernefs," they fay, " mr
rounded with savages and the Scalping knife :"---
and if a people are bent on making new settlements,
lit them fettle "in the most cultivated parts of
the United States ; and the curse will not be di
minished by encountering nature in her most rug
ged form." What can Such men design !—What
do their grave observations amount to, but this,
" that man, absolutely regardless of his own hap
piness and welfare, Should resign himfelf, with
ferune Cupidity, to the tender mercies of every
wealthy lord and master, who chooses to command
him?" Fbefe men imagine they perform ail the
offices of life, if they endeavour to add to their pre
lent wsalib, p^wer and credit, without any fort of
rcfpeftofr tenderness for the ''mafs" of that Society,
under the protection whereof they live, who ifthey
can make any immediate advantage to themselves,
in raiding the value of their own property, " in
the cultivated parts of the United States,"
fore no language or efforts to depreciate the most
promising Settlements of other,places.
Let not, however, the dreary description they
present us, discover the flattering profpeds of the
adventurers on the M ffifippi& Let it be remem
bered that this place itfelf, this emporium of
America, now Shining with all the arts and cus
toms of policed life, was once a wilderness, in
hospitable like the defarts by the Miffifippi. Ra
ther let these friends to mankind feel happy on the
occasion in being a means of forming a fettle
meat, where the people may live free as nature,
which is before them, where every sensation, fa
vourable to happiness, may be indulged, and where
there is nothing to remind them of the tyranny of
man!
Extras of a letter from PittJburgb, dated Nov. 18.
"U7E have this day had intelligence by a nalf
vV blooded Indian who is come in from the
Indian country, that General Harmer has taken
the Miami town without residence.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 6.
Rockingham ff.
TN pursuance of an Ac? of the Ge-
A neral Court of said State, 1 do hereby give no
tice that so much of the land belonging to George
W:lfcn lying in Windham, in said County, will be
fold at Public Vendue on Tuefday the 15th day of
March next, at one o'clock P. M. at the House of
Peter Duftine innholder in said Windham, as will
be fufficieut to pay the refpe&ive taxes for the year
1788, and charges which may arise by the sale
thereof.
miter Tax - - - 0 9 4
Continental ditto - - © 14 5
State ditto . - - - 14 1
Eliphalet La DD | ~/^f„,. CT
I ledor of Windham.
Windham. Dee. 21,. 17^)0.
©PEELING-BOOKS, PRIMERS,
O and WRITING-PAPER, exchan
ged for clean linen and Cotton Rags
at Ranlet's Office, Exeter.
1 £
proceedings of Congress than 'they are. of their
own particular ifote legislatures; and this is j^y
to be aiciibed to the editors of newspapers, '.ho
under the auspices of the Federal Legislature, have
been indefatigable in incur exertions, to bring
governmental uanf&aions home 10 the door of
every citizen.>
EXETER, (Saturday) Dec. 2s.
Federal Referefcntatiim —sor —New-Hampfeire.
Merrimack—Mr. Smi.h 51 —Mr. Gilman 48—
Mr. Sherburne 3.
Londonderry—Mr. Gilman 34 —Mr, Smith 34
—Mr. Sherburne s—Mr.5 —Mr. Foster 5.
Hawke—Mr. Gilman 25 —Mr. Smith 25.
Hampstead—Mr. Smith 47— Mr. Gilman 44=
Mr. Sherburne 2 —Mi.Fofter 1.
Amherst— Mr. Smith 56 —Mr. Gilman 38—
Mr. Sherburne 18.
Deerfield—Mr. Foster 51 —Mr. Smith 38 —
Mr. Gilman 16—Mr. Sherburne 2.
Darrington—Mr. Gilman 129 —Mr. Sher
burne 94 —Mr. Smith 13.
Nottingham—Mr. Sherburne 52—°2r. Sraith
52—Mr. Gilman 11—Mr. Foster 2.
Greenland-—Mr. Sherburne 34---Mr. Smith 27.
Stratmam—Mr. Smith 56— Mr. Sherburne 41
---Mr. Gilman 9— Mr. Foster 3.
DurhAM---Mr. Sherburne 6i---Mr- Smith 45—.
Mr. Gilman 12—Mr. Foster go.
Rte, Barnstead, and Newington, unani
mous for Messrs. Smith and Sherburne.
Died, on Monday the 13th infant, at Londonderry
Afz/j Hannah Prentice, eldeji daughter of the
Hou. John Prentice, £fq. of that place.
(^ The Brethren of the Ancient and
Honourable Society of Free and Accepted M ASONS,
are informed —that the Feast of St, JOHN, 'he E
vangetift, wll be celebrated, by the COLUMBIAN
LODGE, at Brother Benjamin Butler's,/#
Deerfield, on Monday the 27th infant. —'The Brethren
are requeued by the Right Worfliipful JOSEPH
CILLEY, to attend at 11 o'clock, A M.
By order of the Mafler and Wardens.
NATHANIEL WEARE, Sec'rj.
Deerfield, Dec. 15, 1790.
der from Exeter to Centerharbour, Informs the Pub
lic and his Old Friends, that he intends to continue
his Route another year, provided pundual payment
is made for (he present year.
Exeter, December 24, 1790.
^H^%HO ( »#%OO@WHH#O§
ALL perlons having demands a
gaintt the eft^eof the Rev. WOODBRIDGE
ODLIN, late of Exeter, deceased, are desired to
exhibit them—and those indebted, to make im
mediate payment, to
ELIPHALET HALE, Administrator —
','"' Dec.' 1790, [de bonis hen.
A LL persons having demands a
gainst the eftate-of ABIGAIL ODLIN, late
of Exeter, Widow, deceased, are desired to exhibit
them—and those indebted, to make immediate
payment, to ELIPH'T HALE, Adm'tor.
Exeter, Dec. 1790.
Sett be her bed, her slumbers kind.
And all her dreams of joy to come.
In this town, Mrs. Mary Robinson, ajd 58.
^EBENEZAR CRAM, Post Ri-
State of Newhampshire,
MASONRY.
THE Subscriber being desirous to
fettle every matter he has now
open, before the dole of the ensuing
winter, earnestly requests ALL per
sons with whom he has accounts
open,to embrace the earliest opportu
nity of calling to fettle —and those
perlons indebted to him by Note of
Hand, are requested to make immedi
ate payment, otherwise they will be
put in suit.•
JOHN P. WILLIAMS.
Nottingham, N0u. 179°., *
Weatherwife's
ALMANACK,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD.
i79 i:
@be Sold at this office, by the Groce,
Dc&£n@rSirgfc,
TAKEN up by the Subferibef,
the firl tinftant, a Gelding HORSE, about
17 rears old—and 14 hands high—trots and pace:
=-of a red grey colour--with a dark brown inane
and tail.—The owner may have him again, prov
ing his property and paving charges, by applying
to HENRY MARSHALL.
Brintwood, Dee. 21, I79°° _____
HEREAS Sarah, my Wife, has
behaved in a very unb coming manner, and
threatened to injure, and run me in deb:, this
is to forbid all persona trolling her on my account,
as I am determined not to pay any debt the may
contrast after this day.
JOSEPH GORDON.
Exeter, December 245, 179°
State of Newhampshire.
Rockingham ff.
IN pursuance to an aft past by the
General Court of laid State, notice is hereby
given that so much of the Land belonging to George
Wiljon, lying in Windham in laid County will be
fold at Public Vendue, on Tuefday the 15th day of
March next, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the houie of
Peter Duftine, Innholder in laid Windham, as will
be fufficient to pay the refpe&ive taxes for tho
year 1787, and charges which may arise by the falo
thereof.
Continental tax, . - -1 2 11%
Minister ditto - - - - 0 7 9i
State ditto - - - - - 0 6 ,10
County ditto - - - - 0 1 8^
f Constable and
PHLLIP HESELTINE, j Called, of
Windham, Dec. zift >79°' ( if indbam.
PROPOSALS
For Printing by Subscription a book
to be entitled,
DIVINE HYMN S,
or
SPIRITUAL SONGS;
for the use of
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES,&PRI
VATE CHRISTIANS.
By Smith, Preacher cf the
Gospel.
The work will consist of between
twenty and thirty devout hymns and
contain near eighty pages. It will
be printed on a good paper and deli
vered to Subscribers at the moderate
price ,of one Shilling and fa Pence.
Those wlio fubferibe for fix shall be
entitled to a seventh gratis ; and in.
that proportion for any larger num
ber. It will be put to press as soon
as'a fufficient number of fubferibers
can be obtained to defray the expen-,
ces of pulication.