The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-04-18 00:00:00, page 3

The following melancholly accident
happened at York-Town, on Saturday
last: The driver ofthe stage to Hamp
ton having waited the usual time for
the passengers to take their breakfaft,
was preparing to take his feat on the
box, when the horses were suddenly
affrighted, and immediately ran off
with the stage. The driver not having
time to fix himfelf properly, fell ta
the ground, the wheels ran over him
and put a period to his life. The hor
se, continued their route to & the Half
way-houfe about 12 miles diftaot from
York, where they had been ufaally
YESTERDAY arrived in town a
bout one hundred and forty re
gular troops, under the command of
Capt. Hughes, on their way westward.
On the iith of February, after
Col. Wilkinf* had left Fort-Jeffcrfon,
it appears that Capt. Sha,ler,the com
manding officer, Lieut. Effd, Mr.J&-
son, Mr. Kibbery, Mr, Fables, cith
Capt. Shayler's son, ,and, a folder, be
ing about half a mile diftanr from the
Fort,fearching for tome hiccory wood,
for the purposes of the fort, were fud
deoly fired upon by a number of In
dians, dressed in blue coats. M r Ma
fen and young Mr.Sbayler w^e killed
on the fpot—,the Captain, cfcaped to
Fort- Jr fferfon, with an arrow flicking
in him—Lieut. Biffil, and ttoo, others,
(not named) escaped to Fort-Hamil
ton, and one was still miffing. Cipt.
Shafler is arrcfted,and will be tried at
Court Martial, for leaving his garri
son contrary to orders.
~ Much time was spent in the House
of Reprefe natives on Saturday,before
they could agree on a proper device
for the Federal coin#. But instead
of the emblematical figure of liberty
which they adopted, how Nipple and
apropos it would have been,finee they
have retained the Eagle on one fide,
to have placed fifteen emblematical
pigeon# on the other—A device
which perhaps (all things considered)
would be much more in character.
were three moons in coming'to join
them. After his arrival at Detroit
several Indians came in, among whom
was Capt. Blue 'Jacket, their comman
der in chief, in General Butler's uni
form, and was much carreffed by the
officers of that post, and is of the par
ty at the grand balls;
The conductors of Mr. Turner were
loaded with scalps, which, from hurry,
were taken off with the fpungy flefh,
&c. adhering—which although provi
sions were plenty, they scraped into
their kettles of soup and ate.
[National Gazette.]
The Eagle the arms of the United
States, is a device of the old Cotf
grefs ; the symbol of office borne by
the Serjeant at arms to the piefent
Congress has an eagle on the top —so
that it appears both old and new
Congress had a latent design against
the pigeons !
LANSINBURGH, MARCH 2g.
Enjign Turner, who was in the me
morable defeat ofGec. St. Clair,and
who stands on the lift of the slain, is
fafely returning from captivity and
now on his way to hi, friends inMa
ryland : He fays,after the action he ex
perienced no ill usage otherthan drip
ping ; he was conduced from Miami
to Detroit by a pait% of iz, where, by
the friendly assistance of a merchant,
he purchased his ransom with goods to
the amount of §ol. —Mr. Turner be
ing detifhed from the main body at
the time of his capture, was kept so
much alone as to be precluded ftom
any knowledge of the fate of the other
prisoners, and never after had fight of
One of his countrymen. He cannot
estimate the number of the fivages nor
their loss. From his conductors he
could learn nothing material, except
that fume Indians, as they expressed it,
RICHMOND, MARCH X.
CARLISLE,[%„/.] FEB. ZQ.
By the last MAIL.
A Letter from the Havanna,March
13, fays.—•'' Yefterda, a most extra
ordinary Order was issued by the Go
vernor, relative to all foreign vessels
in port; the most of them are ordered
away in fix days, and the remainder
in 8, so that nd yeffel can stay longer
than that time in harbour.——This
your ova judgment will cell you is
the fame as a prohibition to all strange
vessels ; and there is another circum
stance that makes the Order doubly
hard, which is,—That all. Foreigners
who arrive must value themselves on a
Spaniard; and all their bulinefs trauf
aded by him and in his name. Such
unexpected proceedings will certainly
knock up this trade,, and make the
Royal Cedala of no effect, as the steps
now taken by Government are as op
pofne to it, as they are to justice. .
It is really difficult to forefee what
will be the result of them, I mean as
to the vessels that are now in port ;
for after this news reaches the conti
nent, Ido not expeft a single vessel
will make her appearance here, at
least till there is some alteration for
the better, that can be depended on.''
[Philadelphia Paper.]
v A letter from Philadelphia to the
Editor of the Eaflern Herald, at Port-,
land, fays, " Thirty or forty Chiefs
of the 6 and Other nations of Indians
are now in this city. They arrived
last week. 1 saw a dozen of them this
morning in a stage waggon with a
couple of waiters attending them, and
they appeared to be highly pleased. —
fed, without injuring any p^rt of the
stage. It is remarkable that the fame
driver had one ofhis thighs broke last
summer, by the stage overturning and
falling on him.
From PORT-AU-PRINCE,Marcb 14,
qua Newbury-Port.
Extraß of a letter fromPort-'au-Prince,
to a gentleman in this town, stated
March iph, 1792. _
"By Capt. -— I have tp inform
you the melancholly pews of tbe re
volt of the negroes at Logane,. The
gang from Trod Cassie came down on
the night of the 11th instant, and at 4
o'clock in, the morning of the 121 b
they entered the town of Leogane. —
The inhabitants b^at the General,—
The Commilracy,theD at LoganeJe^t
an express on board the frigate ; the
note Captain and crew were on ihore
in a few minutes, end, headed ,by so
good a man, they fpon made the ene
my retreat—one party rap off and be
gan to set fire to the plains-the # ne
groes immediately revolted andjoined
the Troo Cassie gang in great numbers,
and continued fighting all day in the
favannah out of to+n. The mulattoes
of the town and the free negroes of the
town fought like brave men,to defend
the town,& kept it all day—the 13th
atq o'clock in the morning the enemy
attacked the town again, but the town
party repulsed them and killed great
numbers—it is said that 2000 or up
waids of different colours, as well as
parties, are killed, and the greater
part of the plantations burned.
" The Commissary had feat here
two d^ys before, for ±SO men, but
the jealousy of the people here is so
great, they could not agree, and as
yet none have, gone,but 1 suppose they
will go to night, is preparations are
making, and cannon and stores e.m
bailing—that the Lord has forfaken
the people of this island is mod Cer
tain, and the devil has put his priests
and friars at the head of thf. murder
ers and defrayers of the people and
country; we may look only for a
revolt on the plains, and down the
north shore—a few small boules are
now burning on the fide of the moun
tain on the opposite the American
tiarhour."
FROM THE HAPANNA.
BOSTON, APRIL 14.
The Cornplanter's son was on horse
back ! and was laced off from head to
feet. He resembled a Knight of the
renowned order of La Mancha.—
This is the most advantageous mode
of fighting the Indians, and it is my
opinion, that ten thousand dollars laid
out in corrupting them,will be of more
service to the United States than half
a million in paying officers and fol.
diers to fg^i them.—lt the Chiefs and
principal men of the present hoftiie
tribes can only be induced to vifi:
Philadelphia once a year, I fhalljhink
a most important point is gained—
and the war with them will be at an
end." ——
The Royal, Capt. Clement, from
Philadelphia, is arrived at Oftend ;
the Caph relates, that on the 2.oth of
Dec. last, befell in with a long boat at
jea, withfeven Tailors on board, who
were hearing about, when be took them
up ; the, informed him, that the, be
longed to the Diligence, an American
barque, from Gaudaloupe to Nantz,
tyho bad been at sea fineethe 26th of
Ofiober • ,that fee sprung a leak about
the 14th of the fame month ;that the
Captain and four of the crew wafoed
overboard two days after in a gale of
wind, and high sea ; that the,
kept in the Jhip as long as they could,
when they took to the beat, and about
an hour "after, the ship foundered ;
that the, bad been without provfons
seven days, and being so much reduced
with hunger they caf lots for one to be
butchered, and the da, the above sap
400 k them up, be was to have been kil
ledfor their fubjifence.
EPIGRAM —on Elegies on Lap. Dogs.
POOR Dogs,whom Rival Poets strive
To celebrate in plaintive ftraine;
If ye had howl'd so when alive.
Ye had'ft been beaten for your pains.
DIED]—-At Philadelphia,joffi ult.
Peter Otfiquete, a Sachem of the
Oneida na ion. .He arrived there
but a few days before, on business
with the General Government ; and
the next d;y he was buried with the
honours of war. Some years since he
was taken to France, and educated
at the expense of the Marquis de la
Faye trE. — He returned about three
years ago and landed in this town —
from whence he revisited his native
woods. ,He was about 26 years of
age, of an. a&ive genius, and very
friendly to the United States.
DOVER, APRIL 4.
On Wednesday laft,was found float
ing in the river in this town, the
body of Mr. Abraham Preble late of
Offipee who has been miffing ever
since lal lNovember court ; a jury of
inquest Was summoned uqon the body,
who brought in their verdid " that
he came to his death by drowning
in Cochecho river, and that by acci
dent or misfortune."
Col Wilkinson, in his late visit to
the field of a&ion of November 4,bu
ried Major Furgufon^o other officers
and 300 soldiers—He would have bu
ried more, but the depth of the foow
prevented. He brought off one piece
of artillery,and articles to the amount
of 3006 dollars. s ,
, A description of the spectacle
which the field presented, though co
vered with zo inches of inow, would
be offensive to Humanity."
. " Not a tree or bush, or scarcely a
twig, could be found on the left, be
tween the lines of the army, which
had not been marked by a ball."
, We hear from Marblehead, that oh
Wednesday evening last, a fire broke
put in that Town, which confirmed
five dwelling houses and two barns.
Two children, it was supposed pe
rifned in the flames, as they have
not been found at the date of our
accounts. & ,,,
, SHIP NEWS.
Downing flmt f Pernf. jDec.go 179!.
I AST night delerted from
' my detachment now on their
march to Fort Pict, the following
soldiers of the 2d. United Stares Re
giment, viz —JOHN CROCKER,
22 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high,
frefh countenance; gray eyes, dark
short hair, stout built man, rather
round shouldered, an inhabitant (as
he fays) of Kittery, Maffachufetts—
alfo MERRILL LADD, 19 yea-s
old, § feet 7| inches high, light com
plexion, light eyes, light hair, born
in Haverhill, Massachusetts, resided
of late in Hopkinton, New Hamplhire
—also, JOSEPH GREEN 3 o years
old, 6 feet high, born in S ratham,
New-Hampfhire;BARTHOLOMEW
ALLEN, 22 years old, § feet 10
inches high, born in Medord, Mas
sachusetts, light complexion, light
eyer, light hair, straight well built
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
the United States. Whoever will
take up said deserters and deli ver
them to any continental officer, or
secure them in any of the goals in the
United States shall receive § dollars
reward for each deserter, from the
public's most humble servant,
JONATHAN CASS.
Captain of the 2d U. States Regiment,
C ASH,or Writing-Paper,
given for clean Line,>or Cotton,
and Linen RAGS, at this Office.
We hear from Philadelphia, New-
York, and Hudson, that many peo
ple have of late been poisoned by
using molasses. It is supposed to be
done designedly by the negroes who
are well known to be {killed in that
fa.al feienceof poisoning people.
Why should we fifk the poison &
filth of the Weft-India negroes in our
(gar and molasses whe n we can have
the pure ju^ce of the maple for no
thing ?
A Mr. Hague, in the Tcr-i+or,
of the United states /oath ojthe Ohio,
has invented and finifhed a Carding-
Machine, which will card ico pounds
of Cotton perd# with only the <f
fiffatree.of one hand—He has a {pin
ning machine with fifty spindles.
Cotton is raised in considerable
quantities in that Territory— Some
farmers the last year raised 1000 wt.
each—which upon a moderate, calcu
lation is the produce of an acre.
11/ E the fubferibers being
, ▼ appointed, by the Honorable
judge of Probate for the County of
Rockingham, to receive and ex mine
the claims cf the several credi r— tb
the Estate of ABIGAIL ODL!N,late
of Exeter, in said couuty, W,do^ de
ceased, represented infolven —he eby
give notice that we will attend upon
that bofinefs at the house of Dr. Will
iam Parken. 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 ±O, 1792.
A person in Rhode IJland has in
vented an Air Gun, which can be
difehatged, to do execution,2o times,
each time it is loaded.— As nothing
is cheaper, and easier to be trans
ported, than the ammunition for the
above pieces ; and as favirg much
expense, they recommended them
selves ftrpngly'to the Secretary at
War, to be used in the approaching
campaign against the Indians.
EXETE R, April 18.
25 Dollars Reward.