The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-07-02 00:00:00, page 4

T ^ET us return to our native country, and
with tranquil delight, contemplate that hap
py portion of f eedom,and that rational gov
ernment allotcd to the United States of Ameri
ca. Here the mind of man, as free as the air
he breathes, mayexertall its energy, and by
expanding its powers to diftanc and various
objeds, its faculties may be enlarged to a de.
grce,hitherto unknown. Here the equalizing
genius of the laws difbibutes property to eve
ry citizen : Here all religious opinions are e
quaily harmiefs.and render men Equally good
iubjeds, because there are no laws to oppose
andcontroul them: Here no tithes, no rack
rents, no lordly exadions of gratuities, and
fines for alienation, no arbitrary impo/itions
of taxes, harrafs the cultivator of the foil, and
repress his exertions : Here no beggarly
monks and friars, no princely ecclefiafiics
with their annual income of millions, no idle
court pensioners and titled mendicants, no
spies to watch and betray the unfufpeding
citizen, no tyrant with his train of hounds,
bastards and miftrefles, those vultures of gov.
drnment,pre> upon the poor peasant, and ex
hanft the public treasury of the nation : Here
no commercial or corporation monopolies,
give excluiive advantages to favoured indi
viduals, and extinguish the ardourof national
enterprize ; no sacramental left bars the con-
Icicntous fedary from places of trust and em
olument, or tempts him no diflimulation and
perjury. ; here no monafieries, convents and
nunneries, the retreats of id fen els super.
flition and debauchery ; rtb monkilh prin
ciplesof celibacy; no daily ceremonies of pro
cefDons, and tribck-miracles divert the minds
of men from the occupations of industry, or
check the population of the country: Hee
every man finds employment, and the road is
Open for thepooreft citizen toamafs wealth by
labour and ceconomy, and by his talents and
virtue to raifehimfelf to the higbeft offices of
State : Here the laws provide for the poop,
whom age or infirmity has deprived of the
power o'fobtaining fvbfiftence—and beggary
is banilhed from our doors. Here the chil
dren of the poorest citizen have access to.fchool
at the public expence ; the establishment of
pumerbos parish or other private libraries,
with the universal circulation of newspapers,
pamphlets and magazines, has diffufed a
competent knowledge of religion,arts& gov
emmet among the substantial inhabitants
whileacademies and univerftties well endow
ed and furnifhed with able profeffors, nourish
the faiences, and prepare our youth for the
pulpit, the bar, and the cabinet. Here
population has exceeded all European calcu
lations ; already has the adive genius of A
merica begun manufacturing establishments;
already do her ships traverse the globe, and
colled wealth on the ocean, and the islands,,
from the Straits cA Magellan to the inhospit
able regions oi KamebatJka : and in the Ihort
AN ODE.
U ma y happy if he •will
-IVJL Eve Jaid it often, and I th.nkfo still t
Doctrine to make the million flare t
Know then, each Mortal is an aQual Jove ;
Can oncw what weather he fall most approve,
Or wind, or calm, or foul, or fair.
But herd s the mifchief —Man s an as I fay ;
Iyo fond of thunder, lightning, fiorm, rain ;
He .hides the charming cheerful ray
That spreads a jmtle o'er hill and plain ;
Dark he mutt court the fcull,andjpade andjhroud,
Ihe mistress of bis foul must be a Cloud !
Who told him that he must be curs'd on earth ?
The God of Nature ?-—No juch thing !
Heav'n whifter'd him, the moment of his birth,
“ Dont cry, my lad, but dance andjirg^
“ Den't be too wife, and be an ape —
“in colours let thy foul be dreys'd t not crape.
** Roles ft allJmoot h Life’s journey, & adorn ;
“ Yet mind me—if, through want of grace,
“ Thou ...can'(i to fling the biffing in my face,
“ 7ho u bast full leave to tread upon a thorn,"
Yet fame there are, of men I think the worst,
Poor imps ! unhappy, if they can t be curs'd—
Forever brooding over Mis’ry’r eggs,
As though life's pleajure were a deadly fin;
Mousing forever for a gin
To catch their happineft by the legs.
Ev n at a dinner, fame will be unble/s'd.
How-ver good the viands, and well Arefs' d :
They always come to tab>e with a scowl.
Squint with a face oj ver juice o'er each di lb.
Fault the poor flejh, and quarrel with the fifth,
Gurfe cook and wife, and loathing,eat & growl.
A cart load, 10, their stomachs fieafi
Yet swear they cannot make a meal.
1 like net the blue devil hunting crew !
I hate t o drop the difeonten edjaw /
O let me Nature’ s simple finite pursue,
And pick e'en pleajure frem a flraw I
EXTRACT
From a late American Publication.
Seat of the Muses.
PETE ^^ND A R.
AN EPIGRAM
OF Generals don’t tell me, of York, and
such boys ;
Nor of Howe—though Imean not their lau
rels to taint; ~,
The General I’m fore that will make the
moil noise, .
If the War should go on—is General Com
plaint. (London Paper.)
A N~E C PTo fE.
A clergyman in New Jersey, owned
a riegro by the name of syafh, who was by
no means fond of working, and one day told
his master he conceived it a hardfiiip, “ dat
he poor negar man mus worke lo hard, and
maffa do noting.’* Youaremifiaken ^yajh,
my labour is. more fatiguing than your’s; I
do head work, and your’s is merely bodily
exercifei This hint was fyfficient for Quash.
The next day he was ordered into the woods
to procure fuel—but Quafb Haying longer than
usual, the parson repared to the woods to fee
what detained him—when behold ? the fiift
obj< ft that prefen'ted itfelf to his view was,
Qydlh astride on alarge maple log in a pensive
attitude. When he enquired the cause, ^ualh
Harting up Sc rubbing his midnight birow, oh!
maffa me—me have been doing head work*
Well let me hear what your head has done.—
Suppose maffa, dere be five pigeons on dis
tree, and you take a gun and shoot too of dem
how many there be left ? Why three you old
iinner.—No maffa, dem toder tree fly away,
* ON INSENSIBILITY.
' dC'HERE are some people who feeii to be
born Stoicks, and who possess all that InoE^si £
jßTiaTYjroninaturr^rhichc^
MR. RAN LET,
Though ourfletpmg thoughts are commonly wild
and extravagant, and seem but the f portings
of fancy, escaped from the band oj judgment ;
yet most of our dreams, if we be in health,
afford us plealure, fame of them contain mo
rality and inftrufiion. Lately vi/sing a
frtend, and being very bofpitably entertained,
I had the following dream. If you think it
worthy of a corner in your ufeful paper, and
that it may excite the able quills in your neigh
hood to communicate waking thoughts to the
public throngh the fame channel, which has
long been our wi/h in the country, by insert
. ing it you will oblige your friend and reader,
SOM N I COLUa.
Deerfield, July, 1793.
eyes, weighed down with the fatigue
of travel,ciofed as soon, as my head was re
clined upon the pillow. I fancied myfelf
again mounted, with a long day and a tedious
journey before me. One while I was palling
a desert of sand, parched with hear ; again
found myfelf on the brow of a mountain,with
an immenie profpeft of the plain at a distance
and a frightful prolpeft of cliffs and precipi
ces under my feet. I next forded difficult
and dangerous itreams,which had lately been
ffripped cf their bridges by f 2 frelhet. - At
length I eatered upon asp&, which smiled
under th^ hand of high cultivation. Delight
ed with the profpeft oh every fide, I paAed 2
©r 3 miles, expetling at every turn that lome
magnificent mansion would meet my eye,
whose grandeur (hould equal to the beauty of
the fields around it. I was in some degree dis.
appointed by feeing at a ple.alant distance
from the road a house of one story high, built
in the simplest stile imaginable. If flood up
on an elevation, parallel with the road, hav
ing in front a traufparent brook, which had
been decoyed from its natural courfc into a
bafon. The margin of the bafon was cover
ed with cloverand (haded with weeping wil
lows. I flopped a minute to gaze on a spot,
which fimphciiy, taste, and originality had
combined to render beautiful. And while I
was indulging the reverie, a boy, drefled in
white, vaulted down the steps from the man
sion, and with a most engaging air, request.
ed in the name of his mistress that 1 would
alight and'become her guest. I accepted
the invitation with pleasure. We were met
upon the last stair, as we afeended, by the ,
lady herfelf, who had invited me. 1 here
was a dignity and sweetness in her afptft,
which commanded reverence and love ; aM
while (lie bade her guest welcome, (he seem
ed grateful for his courtesy in accepting her
invitation. The boy w’hifpered me that
her name was Hofpitalitf * f Stranger,”
said (he, ** you lock furprized and curious,
« andTcem at a loss to decypher the charac
<* tex of your host. Know then, it is her bu
“ (inefs and pleasure, to give rest to the wea.
“ry ; food to the hungry ; a cup to him
«« that thirtieth ; clothing to the naked ; a
“ ftaff to the feeble ; and to pour joy and
“ gladness into the heart, which is full of
“ sorrow. I have two fitters within, who by
<» this time are impatient to contribute their
“ quota to your happiness. I hasten to in
<{ troduce you.” ■
For the American Herald of Liberty.
[We wish Sow nicol us •to continue his favours.']
flower s
Selefted from the Garden of Mr. DODD,
being a collection of Refteaions Sc Maxims
from that, celebrated divine.——To those
who have had the perusal of this little
work, no comment is necessary—it needs
on y reading to be p'ftly esteemed.
ALL perlons indebted to^or have
demand* on the Eflate of H A L E
STEVENS, late of Ltd, deceased, are
desired to fettle the fame immediately with
the fubferiber- . Wm. .MORRILL, Adm r.
Brintwood, July 1, 1793*
WHEREAS DEBORAH, the wife of me
the fubferiber, hath eloped from my
•bed and board, and behaved herfelf very un
becomingly—l therefore forewarn all per
sons harboring or trailing her on my account,
for I do certify that I will not pay any debt
contrasted by her after this date!—
..... rUS
• This name distinguishes this inftitutionfrom
a similar, one in New-Hampshire, called
et Phillips' Exeter Academy,” founded solely by
the Hon. Doctor PHI L H ps, the funds of which
are said to exceed ten thousand pounds currency.
—ln addition to these foundations, this gentle
man has been by far the mos munificent ber.e
fafior to Dartmouth Vniverfity. Such wife
and pious dfiibutioriof property in the life
time of the pffrffor are the moji honourable air
play of genuine public spirit and difnterefted
patriotism ; £5 the man who thus nobly triumphs
over the sordid dictates of .avarice or a mi {ta
ken felf-inhered, has surely a better title to be
canonized, than a whole hojt of legendary faints
and martyrs.
The above quotation is. ma.tje with a view
to hold up to just applause and imitation the
truly illustrious examples of munificent bene
volence therein mentioned—scarcely to be
paralleled in this or any other country.
How much superior is the honor which a
waits such infcances,of giving patriotic boun
ty, to the inferiptions on marble which cele
brate those legacies that are only ratified by
the seal of death !
ver. ’*
The appointments of this femjnary are li
beral. A preceptor, an afiiftant preceptor,
and a teacher of writing and praftical mathe
matics, are at present well fupponed, and
the funds are said to be in a growing (late.
Within its orginal design feme higher bran
ches of learning may be taught as ability and
opportunity (hall arise.
ASSING over the river, we enter An do
ver, divided into two parishes. The ge
neral appearance of this place is thriving,
and, for an agricultural town, the buildings,
public and private, are in a style of uncom
mon neatness and elegance. The land is of
an excellent quality, and under handfoms
cultivation ; particularly that part of it
which is watered by Shawfheen river, a con
siderable stream which takes its rife in
Bedford in the county of Middlesex, and,
palling through Billerica, Tewkfbury and
Andover, difeharges itfelf into Merrimack
river, at this latter place. In thefou:h par
iih are a powder.mil! and paper-mill. From
the former of these, large fupplles were
furnilhed to the army, duiing the late war.
The paper-mill, is yet in its infancy, but
has already exhibited specimens of its man«
ufafture of an excellent fabric. Theie are
both owned by the Hon. Mr. Phillips,
President of the Senate, a native inhabitant
of this town, whose unwearied attention to
the political, manufadlural and literary in
tereftsofhis country are too well known to
need an encomium here, and have endeared
his name to the citizens of the Commonwealth
in general, and especially to those of the
County of Eflex. Under his auspices, and
by the liberal benefactions of his father, the
late Hon. Samuel Phillips, of Andover,
and of the Hon. John Phillips, L. L. D.
of Exeter, in the State of New-Hawp(hire.
an Academy was instituted in this town, in
the year 1778. and in the year 1780 an aft:
patted the Legislature, incorporating the
gentlemen above named, with sundry other
refpeftable charafters, by the name of** The
Trustees of Phillips’ Academy in Ando-
From the Im pa rti al He ra l d— a new pa
per lately established in Newbury-Port—Mas
sachusetts.
EXTRACT '
From Topographical Sketches of the County
. Moral Reflections,
. o k
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for Sale by
LAMSON & ODIORNE,
At their Book Store, Exeter., wholesale
and retail, a Pamphlet, entitled
ot ESSEX.
AL L persons having demands
against chc EHate of ISAAC WIL
LIAMS, jun’r, deceased, are requeued to
render them in for settlement—and all in
debted to said Estate are desired tomakeim_
mediate payment to
ISAAC WILLIAMS, Adm'r.
Exeter, July I, 1793.
£^The Members of the Eastern
Diltrift of the Mew-HampseireMedjcal
Society, are hereby notified that a Statute
Meeting will be holden at the house of Ben
jamin Lamfon, Innholder in Exeter, on the
third iVcdnefaay of July next
ON THE DEATH OF THE
Rev. Mr. JOHN MURRAY, a.m.
Late Pajior of the Prcjbyterian Ghurch in Newburyport,
—ALSO 4
A FEW COPPIES OF AN
answer ■
TO THE PUBLICATIONS Os
Messieurs THURSTON, WOODMAN andCOE,
RESPECTING THEIR PRETENDED H;
DIVINE RIGHT M
OF I
INFANT BAPTISM.
by SAMUEL SHEPARD. J
School-Books—Picture-Books—
Books for Little Children—-and Writing
p per by the Ream or Quire* f°ld at
Ran let’s Office as cheap as can be pur
chased in New England.
Exeter, June, 1793.
Calh^ Writingpaper ■
given in exchange for clean Concn & Linen A
RAOS at H, Ranlet^s Printing-Office. ■
BLANKS of various kinds may I
be had at H. Ranlet’s Officer I
Exeter, June n. »795- - I
At Public Vendue, for which a lease will be
given for the term of years, on Widnef.
day the l^tb of August next, at One o'Clock,
P. M. at the houje of Joshua Bangs,
Innholder in Sandbornton—
'TTHE Right of LAND in said
town, containing about 450 Acre?,
which was granted for the use of Schools,
except 50 Acres thereof.
The conditions of sale may be known by ap
plying to the Jubfribers fourteen days previous
and at ibe lime and place of sale.
Rockingham,jf. 7 Y the Hon. SAMUEL
.5 JLj TENNEY, Eiq.Judge
of the Probate of Wills, &c, for laid {Coin v
—Notice is hereby given, that George Froff,
of Northwood, in said County, Trader, hath
petitioned laid Judge, representing that the
said Froji is tenant in common with foftah
Gilman, Esq. and others, of a lot of Land in
Chiehefter, in laid Councv, containg about
fifty acres, being Lot N°* 91, in the 6th
Range in the 3d Division—that he owns 20
acres of the lame, praying said Judge to
came his said part thereof to be fetoff to him
according to the law in such case provided—
whereupon the said Judge has ordered that
he be heard at the Probate Office in Exeter,
on the 19th day of August next, at 10 o’clock
before noon, when the laid Gilman and others
may appear and shew cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petition should not be
granted. Dated the 29th day of June Anno
Domini 1793* Bv order of the fudge
Wm: PARKER, Reg,
Just Published,
By the Printer hereof, and to be fold at his office,
a few Copies of C J he
Rev. Mr. MILTIMORE’s
By order of the President,
Levi Bartlett, Recording Sec’ry.
King ft on, June 2^, 1703. *
WHEREAS RACHEL, wife of John
Fellows, if Chi ch est er, by an agree
ment made by n e the fubferiber, to support
her during her natural life, on conditions of
her living and bearding mith me —and said
RACHEL, having eloped and left my houle
and board- This is therefore to forbid all
perlons from harbouring, or trotting heron
my account from this cate, as I am deter
mined not to pay any debt fhe-mav contrast.
JESSE DOW.
Chicbefter, May zy, 2793.
Samuel Lane, JS*
MosesTomson, C $
Jonathan Chase, j ?
Sandbornton, June 11, 1793.
Sermon Oration
Public Vendue.
TO BE SOLD,