The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-05-02 00:00:00, page 4

The Printers in the Union are requeued
to give the following a place tn their
rejpeaive papers.
To the friends of ZION.
THEfcllowing thoughts are hum
bly fu^mitted by some who hope
they may be found worthy to be rank
• ed in their number. To us it appears,
and we hope you will join with as in
the conclusion, Divine Providence
hath cast our lotin a remarkable sera
of the world. Our Saviour upbraid
ed the Pharisees with their Rapidity in
not difeerning the signs of the times
—Let us not thro' inattention to the
great things the Lord is doing in our
day, expose ourselves to the fame re
proach. Will it be thought extrava
gant to affirm, that we live in an age
of wonders ! Great things have been
effected within the compass of a few
years—Greater things are yet to be ef
fe&ed. The wheel of Providence is
manifeftly rolling intoeffed some great
and glorious events. And shall the
friends of Zion in the mean time lie
still as tho' there were nothing special
for them to do ? A new- empire hath
arifec in the weft. The genuine prin
ciples of liberty, born and nursed up
in American constitutions, have pro
duced effects in the new world which
begin to shake the foundations of the
old. One kingdom hath burst asun
der the (hackles of slavery, and her
new free born citizens are emerging
out of darkness into light. Another
hath changed and greatly meliorated
her constitution. The empire of Bri
tain trembles, while Spain and Portu
gal are fortifying themselves against
the light. But as the fun cannot be
extinguished by exerted efforts, so nei
ther can the name of liberty,when the
Lord's time hath come to emancipate
the nations of the earth. Mighty ef
forts are also making both on this fide
and across the water, for the abolition
of the African slave trade, introduced
by the man of fin, and the most nefa
rious trafic ever prosecuted by fallen
men. Touched with compassion for
the many thousands, who have been
annually facrificed to accursed avarice;
societies are formed in various parts!
of Europe and America, at least to
. check, and if possible wholly suppress
the abomination. Mighty efforts for
other purposes, tho' not equally bene
volent, are also making which are for
med and great fams collevied for the
promotion of manufa&ures;and the ac
► cumulation of wealth by funds. The
latent talents of the ingenius are rear-
Should landsmen flatter when we're
fail'd, &
O doubt their artful tales.
No gallant faiJor ever fail'd,
If love breath'd constant gales ;
Thou art the compass of my foul,
Which fleers my heart from pole to
pole.
SEAT of the MUSES.
The SAILOR's ADIEU.
THE topsails Oliver in the wind,
The (hip (tie's cast to sea,
But yet my foul, my heart, my mind,
Are Mary, moor'd with thee ;
For tho' thy sailor's bound afar,
Still love (hall be his leading star.
These are our cares ; but if you're kind
We'll scorn the dating main,
The rocks, the billows, and the wind,
'Till we return again :
New-England's glory rests with you,
Our fails are full, sweet girls, adieu.
fyern /fa Conn s ct l cut Gazette.
ed up and pushed forward to the most
vigorous and laudable exertions. —
Now, amidst all these mighty efforts
and wonderful commotions, have the
friends of Zion nothing in special to
do, to promote the noblest of all in
terests, that of the Redeemer's king
dom ? While so much is done and do
ing in the world with immediate re
ference to the temporal good of man
kind, doth it not become the fubje&s
of faith to be zealous and shew them
selves enterprizing to promote their
spiritual and eternal good ? Did our
Lord exhaust the treasures of heaven,
or,in the language of fcripture,become
poor, that he might enrich fallen
man ; and (hall bis dlciples who par
take of the fame spirit, grudge a little
labor and expence to make some ex
traordinary efforts for the promotion
of the fame cause in so wonderful an
zra ? Al! the friends of Zion,of what
ever denomination, have enqueftion
ably one heart. Why then fbould they
not all unite and make some combin
ed and vigorous efforts as chriflians.
A scheme for a general union hath
been advanced by a refpe^able asso
ciation in Connecticut —The fubjed
hath been considered and very gene
rally approved of by the general asso
ciation.—The General Assembly of
the Presbyterian churches have mani
fefted a desire that some general plan
of union might be adopted by all the
Presbyterian arid Congregational
churches in America. Committees
have been appointed, who have met
and deliberated upon the fubjeft and
agreed upon some friendly intercourse
—Yet the plan seems incomplete and
inadequate to those exertions which
the circurnftanCts of the present day
call for ; and we apprehend was so
viewed by those Rev. Gentlemen. It
is our desire that the plan may be per
feded, and that the friends of Zion
of every denomination rhay be invited
to join. To this end, as the matter
appears to labor and make but flow
progrefs,itis humbly submitted to con
fideraticn, whether it would not be
well for them to meet together in their
refpeaive parishes or towns, & com
municate their minds upon the fub
jed. In New-England the pallors
only have deliberated upon the fub
je&—The churches have not a&ed
upon it, nor even taken it into confi
derationjn a fecial capacity. In the
weftern dates the churches by delega
tion have deliberated and afted.—
Christians are universally in expe&a.
tion of the millenium,are daily pray
ing for the advancement of that hap
py period ; and doubtlels to be con
sistent with themselves fhouid second
their prayers by vigorous exertions,
and Handing upon their watch-tower,
readily fall in with the dispensations
of Providence,manifeftly tending that
way,• .
Whether an extensive union of the
friends ofZion,for the purpose of mak
ingfome joint efforts against thatflood
of infidelity, that seems to be pouring
in upon us, would not be advifeable,is
humbly submitted to their serious con
sideration. It is worthy of observati
on, that the progress of science and of
empire hath from east to weft—This,
with other considerations induced a
general belief that something wonder
ful is to take place in America—The
progress of freedom began amongst us
hath already extended across the At
lantic, and bids fair to produce a re
volution of the world. Why may we
not also hope, that some mighty efforts
in the cause of heavenly freedom, are
firft to be made here and then to ex
tend their influence in succession eaft
ward,ti 11 all the nations of the earth,
after being politically, Ihall also be
spiritually regenerated.
THE Doctor walking in his gar
den at Welwyn, in company
with two ladies (one of whom he af
terwards married) the servant came to
tell him a gentleman wished to speak
with him. "Tell him,"fays the Doc
tor, "I am too happily engaged to
ANECDOTE of Dr. Yo V ng.
change my situation." The ladies in
sisted upon it that he should go, as his
vifiior was a man of rank, his patron,
his friend ; and as persuasion had no
effea,one took him by the right arm,
the other by the left, and led him to
the garden-gate ; whert finding resist
ance was vain, he bowed,laid his hand
upon his heart, and in that expressive
manner for which he was so remark
able, spoke the following lines:
Thus Adam look'd wbenfrom the garden
er turn,
And this disputed orders Cent from heaven;
Like him 1 go, bw yet to go am l:th ;
Like him I go, for angels drove us both.
Hard was hi, fate, but mine dill more
unkind ;
His Eve went with him, but mine flays
\behiad.
Quest ions ofked by EnfignMorgan,answer
ed by Col, Darke, in the Court of En
quiry now held in Philadelphia.
6zd.—Would,o* have deserted Ma
jor Butler, wounded as he was, in the
manner Gen St. Clair did ?
1 Ans. — I could not have done so.
68ch — Did Major Clarke, with his
battalion cover the rear as stated in
Gen St. Clair's letter ?
, Answer— He did not —ror had the
army any cover, except the wounded,
the lame, and those of least adivity.,
71st— Was you witness to any exer
tion whatsoever, in Gen St. Clair du
ring the engagement, November 4T.
Or was you witness to any decisive
order from him to you or to any other
officer ? If you was, do be pleafedto
mention wherein.
Answer.—F saw no exertion what
ever made by General St. Clair, ncr
did i receive a single decisive order
from him during the adion : Nor was
I witness to any decisive order to any
other officer.
73d —Was not General St. Clair in
your opinion, as in mine, a perfect
blank ; Qr worse than a blank, be
cause he did not make the proper dis
positions, and did not give the necessa
ry orders on the occasion, as a capable
officer would have done ?
Answer—General St. Clair was in
such a situation, in my opinion as no:
to be capable of any exertion, or to
give the necessary orders upon that oc
-Icafion : and [ think the army would
have fuffered less if he had not been
there, as the officers expeded orders
from him.
A Certain cobler fitting in his ffiop,
singing merrily, his song was
this, " Tamerlane was,and he was,"
and continuing so singing for feme
time, a gentleman that passed by took
notice of, and said to the cobler,'pri
thee friend, what was he ? ''Why'
said the cobler, 'as great a fool as
yourfelf, for aught I know.' 'Sirrah,'
fays the gentleman 'you're a rascal ;
come out and I'll kick you/ 'No
fir,' fays the other, 'you need not
trouble yourfelf; I thank you for your
love as much as if I had it, for I don't
want kicking.' ‘Sirrah,’fays the gen
tleman again, 'come out and I'll give
you a kick.' 'No fir,' said he 'tis
no matter now, I would not come if
you'd give me two.'
W E the fubferibers being
appointed, by tbe Honorable
Judge of Probate for the County of
Rockingham, to receive and examine
the claims of the several creditors to
the Estate of ABIGAIL ODLIN,late
of Exeter, in said couuty. Widow de
ceased, represented infoivent—hereby
give notice that we will attend upon
that business at the house of Dr. Will
iam Parker, on the last Monday of this
and the five following months, from
3 to 6 o'Clock, P. M.
JOHN HAVEN,
SAMUEL TENNEY,
WILLIAM PARKER,jr.
Exeter, March 20, 1792.
FROM PHIL ADELPHIA.
ANECDOTE.
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T AST night delerted from
my detachment now on their
march to Fort Pitt, the following
soldiers of the 2d. United States Re
giment, viz.—JOHN CROCKER,
22 years old, § fee: 8 inches high,
frefh countenance, gray eyes, dark
short hair, flout built man, rather
round shouldered, an inhabitant (as
he fays) of Kittery, Maffachofetts—
alfo MERRILL LADD, 19 years
old, 5 feet 7I inches high, lignt com
plexion, light eyes, light hair, born
in Haverhill, Massachusetts, redded
of late in Hopkinton, New-Hampfhirc
—also, JOSEPH GREEN, 30 years
old, 6 feet high, born in S rath&m.
New-Hampfh ire;BARTHOLOMEW
ALLEN, 22 years old, 5 feet 10
inches high, born in Medford, Mas
sachusetts, light complexion, light
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man—WINTHROP LEAVITT 18
years old, born in Stratham, New-
Hampshire, five feet 6| inches
high, dark eyes, dark hair, dark
complexion.—They had on when
they deferred the uniform clothes of
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public's most humble servant,
JONATHAN CASS.
Captain of the 2d U. States Regiment.
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