The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-02-11 00:00:00, page 4

Dorcbejler, Gov..
W HEREAS divers evil
disposed persons, have
lately manifefted fediiious and
wicked attempts, to alienate the
affe&ions of His Majesty’s loyal
fubje&s, by faife representations
of the cause and condud of the
persons at present exercising the
supreme authority in France;
and particularly certain foreign
ers, being alien enemies, who are
lurking and lie concealed in va
ribus parts of this Province, act
ing in concert with persons in
foreign dominions with a view to
forward the criminal purposes of
such persons, enemies of the
peace and happiness of the in
habitants of this Province, and
of all religion, government and
fociab order. And whereas it is
highly expedient to repress the
wicked designs and seditious
pradlces aforefaid, and to guard
against all attempts to disturb
the tranquility, order and good
government of this Colony, I
have therefore thought fit, with
the advice of His Majesty’s Ex
ecutive Council, to issue this
Proclamation, ftri&ly charging
and requiring all Magistrates,
in and throughout this Povince,
Captains of militia, peace offic
ers, and other His Majesty’s
good fubjedts, that they do life
PARENT supreme, eternal One,
Os ev’ry being fire
In whom, all reason worlds begun,
To whom they ail aspire.
, Frail though I am, weak child of dust,
Yet creature of thy pow’r,
Beneath thy winga I put my trust.
Thy mercy I implore.
Amidst a thousand snares around,
Thy grace be still my fence,
O may 1 ne’er my conscience wound,
Nor Hain my innocence !
Ne’er my integrity let go,
The balm of ev’ry care,
‘The kind difpcller of all woe.
And med’cine of difpair.
If I have err’d, inftrud to mourn,
To give each fault a tear ;
Hopeless of peace ’till my return,
Hath found forgivnefs here.
To thee, thecentreof my hopes.
My pray’rs, my vows, ascend;
Thou art iny wishes utmost scope,
My la ft, my final end.
To thee, high thron’d above all height,
By his Excellency the Right Hon.
Guy Lord Dorchester,
Captain General and Governor in
Chief of the Provinces of Up
per and Lower Canada, Nova-
Scotia, and New-Brunswick,
and their dependencies, Pice-
Admiral of the fame, General
and Contmander in Chief of all
His Maj efly's forces in the said
Provinces, and the island of
Newfoundland, &c.&c. &c..
A PROCLAMATION.
Let all our voices raise;
And the whole human race unite,
Tn one great hymn of praise 1
A PR AYER,
Written by a Blacksmith —in imitation of
FROM THE QUEBEC GAZETTE,
Poet’s Corner.
Mr. Pope.
Hartford, Jan. 27.
A Correspondent rrqrefts us
to tell Mr. Genet, toconfole him
for his mlftake, the following
ftnry. Some years’ago, when
New-England men were so weak
as to pray in their families, a
gentleman' employed a man to
take care of his affairs, to whose
lot it fell during his Master’s
absence, to officiate as chaplain.
This good man used sometimes
to get stuck L and in order to
extricate himfelf, would repeat
their utmost diligence todUcov
er all and every person who may
hold (editions difeourfes, or ut
ter treasonable wordsjpread falfe
news, publish ordiftribute libel
lous papers written or printed,
tending to excite discontent in
the minds, or kflen the affections
of His Majesty’s said fubjeds,
or in any manner disturb the
peace and happiness enjoyed un
der His Majesty’s government
in this Colony. And Ido com
mand the said Magistrates, Cap
tains of militia, peace officers,
and other His Majesty’s fubjeds,
that they severally do seize and
apprehend or cause to be seized
and apprehended, all and every
perlon so illegally and pernici
oufly acting as aforefaid. And
more particularly all and every
such Foreigners, being alien en
emies as aforefaid, and who now
are, or (hall be found within the
limits of this Province, to the
end thar, by a vigorous execu
tion of the laws, all offenders
may be brought to fuchpuniffi
ment, as may deter all Persons
from the practice of like wicked
and seditious purposes, perpe
trated against the order and
tranquility of his Majesty’s gov
ernment, and the fafety, peace
and prosperity of his loyal and
faithful fubjeds.
Given under my hand and seal
at Arms, at the Cajile of St.
Lewis, in the city of Quebec,
in the Province of Lower
Canada, the 26th of Novem
ber, in the ^^h year of His
Majesty's reign, in the year
of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninety
three. D. Gr.
By His Excellency's Command,
Geo. Pownall, Sec'y.
God save the King;
ExtraS of'a letter from a merchant in
London, to hit friend in thie city, dat-
«It gives me real pleafare as a friend
to America to find chat you are not like
ly to be involved in the European war.
The conduit of your Executive is very
much applauded by all descriptions of
people here; and I hope no' circumstance
will arise to disturb the harmony that
subsists between the two countries.
I believe whatever may be the decisions
in the court of Admiralty, justice will be
done the parties injured by captures.’*
A CHILD, said to be about i z years
old, was on Wedndday commit
ed to goal, for counterfeiting a check up
on the bank, which he had presented,
and for which it is said he had received
about 50 dollars.
ed October i 8«
American Intelligence.
NE W-YORK, Jan. 18.
Extract of a letter from a gentle*
man in Philadelphia, to his
friend in New York, dated
Jan. 14. .
“ Great preparations are mak
ing for Come thing, about which
we must remain in doubt for
some time. 1 . — has received
orders for some thousands of
tents, and ——, an agent for
government, has bought up all
the lead in the city 3 but whether
Baltimore, Jan. 16.
Captain Griffith, of the sh jp Sally, ar
rived here yesterday in 6y days ,from
Amsterdam, gives the following agreea
ble intelligence The capture of Oft.
end by the republican army of France,
together with the whole of the military
(lores and chest, and the difgraceful flight
of the Duke of Forb was old news at the
time of his departure. By this veflel we
have a confirmation of the intelligence
of the defeat of Co I ourg and Clair fay t, and
the total rout of the little despot of Sar
dinia—his being hemmed in, in Pied
mont, and the probability of his capture
—the panic-struck ^uiiards, their three
Camps of Perpignan annihilated, and the
standard of equality, liberty, and justice,
unfurled, for the firft time, in the Span
ilh province of Catalonia. He. heard
nothing of the French lines near W?if
femburg being forced. Confirms the
information of the people of Great-Bzit
ain, with the militia, being determined
to obtain a reform in the government,
that has for its basis annual elections; and
demand peace in a tone in unison with
their feelings.
ExtraS of a letter from Poiladelpbia t
dattd Jan. 21.
•* A Wealthy Planter of St. Domin
go, arrived here^hree days ago from Ha
vana, declares, that 6,500 Troops, of
the Spanish line, had arrived at that port,
two days before he left it, and that he
saw the whole of them disembark.
These forces are destined to co-operate
immediately, with their Allies, the Brit
ish, against the French, on the Island of
St. Domingo,
By an official dispatch from
Brigadier-General Mulgrave, at
Toulon, it appears that the
French having by a desperate at
tack gained the important post
of Faron, a precipice, whose
craggy lides are almost perpen
dicular, an attempt was made
to retake it, which, by a well
planned manoeuvre, was attend
ed with the most unlooked for
success—-the Sans Culottes fled
ill confuflon, and many hund
reds were precipitated headlong
from the rugged cliffs. Anoth
er account of OH. 30, fays that
nothing material has transpired.
Coptain Haftile, of the friends good
will, arrived in the river from Faro,
spoke off St. Vincents, the brig Sally,
of Portsmouth, New-England, then in
pofleffion of the Algerines; the Com
mander said, that several other Ameri
can yeffels were taken.
a certain-sentence two or three
times. The gentleman had a
little lon, a fad rogue, who lis
tening one night, difeovered the
old man’s confufion, and when
he had said the lame thing three
times, and still did not get a
head, could not restrain his feel
ings, but called out —“ That’s
right Uncle Joe, over with it
again/*
BOSTON, Jan. 3 d.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
TOULON. '
London, Nov. 16.
VI THERE AS Mary, wife
• \ V of me the subscriber, has elop
ed from my bedand board,and otherwise
behaved very unbecomingly, tHn is to
forbid all perlons* trailing heron my
accoanr, as I will not pay any debts of
her contra&ing after this date.
JOSEPH FULLER. •
C^/er,Sr/M7Bz.
May next, a FRAME., of about
Seventy-five feet long, thirty-fix
feet wide, and twenty-five feet
post, are desired to apply asfooir
as may be to
JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN
OLIVER PEABODY,
BENJAMIN ABBOT,
NATHANIEL GILMAN.
Exeter, Jan. 27th. 17944
SINCE ourlaft, the House of Repre
sentatives have been engaged in the dif
cufllcn of the important fubjed of fund
ing the remainder of this State's debt*.
On this fubjeftthe Treasurer was direc
ted to report—and his repoit being „
committed, the committee thereon re
ported, in favour of reloaning the debt
at four percent, per annum interest. This
report occasioned a considerable debate ;
when it was’finally agreed upon by a
majority of two thirds of the house, that
in Ite ad of four, the remainingdebt fhouid
be funded at five per cent, per annum.
The Committee on this fubjed are still
in ceflion, and it is expected they will
speedily report on the ways and means to
dfcharge the whole debt of the Com
monwealth—an objed molt devoutlyto
be wiflied.
The Answer of the General Aflembly
of the State of New-York, to Governor
Clinton’s f peech, commences with
the following patriotic paragraph -
“ We contemplate with high fatisfac
tion, the general felicity and growing
prosperity of our country ; while the na
tions of Europe are involved in the de
flrudive, ravages of war, we acknowledge
with gratitude the distinguished favours
of providence, and refled with pleasure
thar, under the aufpecies of a wile and
efficient government, the people of the
United States have, hitherto, been able
to preserve the inviolable blessings of
peace, and the uninterrupted enjoyments
of their liberties. We cannot but high
ly approve of the mealures di reded by
the general government to effed those
lalutary purposes, and of the punduality
and decision with which, it appear?,
those measures were executed on the part
of your Excellency : We trust that a
Heady perfeverence in the principles of
neutrality, and a faithful obfervancn of
its laws, will enable us to escape the
threatening calamities of war, and con
dud us faiely through the critical peri
od of our national concerns.”
N, B. Tbe Committee will want
a quantity of Pine and Hem
lock Boards, Clapboards, and
Shin He.
it is to make cisterns in Wash
ington, or bullets for Europeans)
1 will not dare to determine.”
* HE time draws nigh when we
(hall again be called to give oar votes
for Governor,— Therefore permit me to
mention for your consideration, the Hon.
John Taylor Gilman, Esq. as a candidate
for that office. Mr. Oilman’s integrity
and abilities are so well known, through
said State that there needs not any thing
said in his recommendation —I think
then, we Ihall derive great advantage
in having such a charader at the head
of our government.
Port/mouth, Jan. 1794.
AN Y perfoqs de
sirous of cpntrading to deliver
in Exeter, by the firft day of
Fellow-Ci tixem oj Nevj-HampJbire.
Legijlature of Maffacbufetis.
A CITIZEN.