The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-04-30 00:00:00, page 2

from a too Danbury (Cat.) Pate.
A gentleman has favoured ns with
fie following method of preparing
land for Wheat, which experience
lias proved to Be the fareff and best of
any ever practiced in this country.
In the Winter season carry on a
Efficient quantity of manure, and as
soon as the froft is out of the ground
plough icover Smooth, furrow it and
plant it with Potatoes. When they
ire grown to the height of two or
three inches go with a plough and
turn a farrow on them each fide, hav
ing st person to follow and weed the
. kills. About the lad of June turn a
cross furrow upon them, and let the
perfan following the plough mould
the hills ; and about the 20th of Au
gust you will find that the tops die ;
—then pull them,for the longer they
remain in the earth, the more water
the, will collea in their fubfamce.
From morn to night, thro' London's
buly streets.
New fubjeds from your pen in
Crowds are feta,
At church, in taverns, ball), or birth
day treats,
Sir lofeph Banks, Os England's
breeding Queen ;
How happy you, whom fortune has
decreed
Each character to hit=where all will
read#'
PETER, methinks you are tke hap
piest wight
That ever dealt in ink, or fharpen'd
'Tit fours on every rank of fools tel
write—
Some prompt our pity, feme with
laughter kill ;
On /bullions or on Dukes ybt riin
your rigs,
And value George no more than
Whitbread's pigs.
Bat, Peter, quit your Dukes arid lit
tle Lords,
Young Princes, full of blood and
scant of brains,
Our rebel coast some fitriilies affords.
And many a fubjeft for your pen
contains—
Preferv'd as fuel for your comic
rhymes,
(Like Egypt's gods) to give to fu
ture times,
^itm—=■=
TAMES the Ild. when he was Duke
J of York, made a visit to Milton,
the course of their eonverfation,
the Duke asked Miltoe, " Whether
«' he did not think the lots of his fight
•'was a judgment upon him for what
“ he had written against his father,
•' CHARLES the Ift. I" Our immor
tal Bard made this reply=" If your
"' Highness thinks that thecahtoi
" ties which befal us here, are indi
'' cations of the-wrath of Heaven, in
«' what manner are we to account for
•' the fate of the King, your father ?
•' The displeasure of Heaven must up
•' on this fuppoGtion, have been much
•' greater against him than me ; for
" I have only loft my eyes; but he
" has loft his head."
We, too, hare had your Monarch by
the nose,
And pull'd the richest jewel from
his crown-
Half Europe's Kings are fools, the sto
ry goes,'
Mere simpletons, and ideots of te
nown,
Proud, in their frahtfck fits, man's
blood to spill,
'Tit tithe they all were traveling
down the hill^ .
EPISTLETO^EEER PINDAR,UQ.
From The [n. y.] daily adv'r.
MISCELLANY.
OF JAMES IL
THE Bill for the relief of certain
officer: therein defcrebed, was read
A second time, and referred to a com
mittee of the whole House.
A memorial of Joseph Henderson
The Bill or Crimes and Punifomehts
was again difcuffed—'and finished.
The committee rose and reported the
Bill-&which was taken into confede
ration by thi Houfe —and tomorrow
assigned for the third reading.
A message was received from the
Senate with the bill for further sus
pending part of 'the Collection Law,
passed with amendments, in which
they request the concurrence of the
House.
Mr, Smith, (S. C.) moved, that a
joint committee be appointed to con
fider and determine at what time the
committee be appointed to confider &
determine tt what time the commif
fions of the members of the twoHodfes
(hall expire—motion laid on the ta*
ble#, d
Mr. Ames of the committee of con
ference, on the disagreement between
the Houses, reflecting a clause in the
bill for the mitigation or remission of
fines, penalties and forfeitures in cer
tain cafes,re ported thit the committee
had attended that Service—•but had
come to no agreement.
The amendments to the bill for fur
ther suspending part of the Collection
Law were read, and agreed to by the
House.
As soon as your potatoes are ga
thered, turn in your hogs and let
them remain there until the i2of
Odober. They will by that time
hare torn up and mixed the ground
better than fix times ploughing.
Then draw off the potatoe tops, and
harrow the ground for sowing wheat.
The advantages hereby derived,
are, that the potatoes kill every fpe+
cies of weeds and turf, and the hogs
by rooting and turning the foil in
search of potatoes, effeaaally destroy
all kinds of vermin which were left
in the ground ; besides a confidcra
ble faring in their keeping.
tary of the Treasury,
In committee of the whole House,
on the ria for the feunifoment of certain
crime: againf the U. State:.-—The mo
tion for linking out the clause re
(peding the bodies of murderers be
ing delivered to surgeons after execu
tion, for diffedion, was further de-
bated—a number of gentlemen spoke
on each fide of the question— The mo 4
tion being put was negatived, and
the clause retained.
Several other motions for amend
ments were negatived ; bdt the com
mittee rose without finishing the dis
cussion of the bill.
Hon. Timothy Bloodworth, mem
ber from N. Carolina, appeared, pro
duced his credentials, and took his
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, APRIL 6.
feat.
The Bill providing for the pudifh.
ftent of Certain crimes against the
U. States, was difeuffed. The clause
which enacts, that counterfeiting the
Securities of the U. States, or utter
ing counterfeits, Ihould be punished
with death, was moved Should be
ftrack out, to admit a less punishment.
This occasioned a debate ; and the
motion was finally negatived.
was read, and referred to the Secre-
Sundry petitions, &c. read & coma
mittedi - ^
The Bill on Crimes and Punifomeitts
was again discussed, in committee of
the whole.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL ,#
CONGRESS.
Thursday, APRIL 8.
FRIDAY, APRIL 9.
Extrafl of a letter from Lifoon, Jan.lj.
" THEY write from Alcobaca that
on the 27th of November in the
morning they heard, io the Hamlet
Os Sc. Giaon, near Pederneira, a noise
proceeding from the sea ccatt, which
led them to imagine that fame large
fifh had got on Shore, and On their ar
rival at the place they -adualfy found
a Whale, which was three yards long,
and Give quarters and a half in thick
ness; the Skin of it was black on the
back and white under the belly, but
had no fins ; in the upper part of the
head, above the eyds, was a fq?re hole,
and two other fmail openings ; its
meziie was pointed and pretty large,
and was forniffied with 44 large teeth
fepsirated from each other ; above the
back bone, and towards the tides,
where there Should have beed fins,
there were thick rough membranes.
This whale was taken and brought
to St- Giaon,where it lived two days;
when differed the fleSh was found ve
ry white. Numbers of people flock
ed to view it, but none could describe
the species of this fith, and the fiSher#
men of Pederneira, declared they ne
ver saw one of tire kind."
A Short time since, a weaver of
Ctowfiurti, in England, went out
after some debts that were owing him,
and having colluded about ten pounds
he retired to an ale-house, Catsfreld
green; and in the course of the night
101 l all his money in gaming,
except three pence. Early in the
morning he returned home asd went
to bed, but there he had not laid long,
before he began to reflex so deeply on
his folly, that he got up, wentdown
Hairs into an out houle, and there
huti^ himfelf, where he was soon af
teiwaids difeovered, b< # t too late for
human (kill to afford any assistance.
VIENNA, FEB. 20.
On Thursday morning last died,her
Royal Highness the Arch Duchess
Elizabeth, after having been delivered
of A daughter, who is Hill alive;
A Duel <will be fought next week
between the Right Hon. Earl Sian
h>pe, and Mr, Rurke. The former
having the choice of weapons, has
preferred pamphlets, and to this Mr.
Burke has agreed, having a perfect
knowledge of that weapon.
The Viscount Mirabeau has fought
another duel ; his antagonist is a De.
poty for a town in Bretagne,—They
fought at the defparate distance of
four paces only.—Happily the Vif
couet escaped with the lots of one of
his curls, and a piece of his ear I
parnaw ; and having made a fpiriwd
attack upon .he robbers, he killed 76
and committed above 60 to the pri
sons df Montauban and Moiff/c; Se
veral of the officers and Soldiers of
the United Corps weie dange/Sully
wounded among, whom is Mr. Du.
prant, the Mayor ; and Tieuzal, n
officer of the Militia Moiffac, was un
fortunately killed.
On Tharfday the 4th current a
band of robbers, to the number of
500, repaired in a body to the CafUe
of Camparnaw in order to pillege and
set fire to it. The Lord of the Cas
tle having got notice of their ap
proach, dispatched a courier to re
quest immediate assistance of the Na
tional militia of Montauban, <nd
went in person to Moiffac for further
aid. Mr. Duprant, thf Mayor of
the new Municipality of Montauban,
Having assembled 2^o National Vo
lunteers, and a Company of the Re
giment of Languedoc, he put him
ielf at their head,and fetoat in quell
of the robbers; He was joined by
the detachment from Montauban fme
minutes before he arrived at Cam
Toulouse, (france) Feb, 10.
EUROPEAN MATTERS.
DUBLIN, MARCH If.
LONDON, FEB. Ift
DUELS.
There is now in this town a cowl
belonging to a widow Lady, which is
the Space of 31 months and 27 days,
has brought forth into existence hi
calm!.
A certain lady, lately took occa
sion in the course of conversation to
speak of the poor, and the many ia-
Itances in which file had very liberal
ly bellowed the tokens of her bene
voience. A young lady who was pre,
feat, rather doubted her varacity, and
was refoived to put her charity tu the
tell — Die accordingly disguised herfelf
in the habit of a beggar, and appears
ed at the door of the lady, (he beg
ged a morsel of meat to flay her flora
fainting. ' Will naught but meat suit
your ladyship ?' said madam, 'I have
no meat to accommodate fach bag
gage.' However ffit ordered Bet to
give her the fragments of the Codfifh
boiled for dinner, but took care to
point out the quantity, which was
very fmall—' Take that, and don't
et me fee you at my doer again.
N. B. This calculation is made for
a woman who brings 50001. to her
fortune, so that the penalties muftbe
increased according as the fortune CX
ceeds or falls Short of the above.
On Wednefoay afternoon, the fol,
lowing phenomenon happened at Wy
monch^m in Norfolk :—A partof the
garden of Mr. Mileham and of the
pail are adjoining,in ftaataneoufly funk
about ten feet in a circular form,abode
20 feet over. It was attended with no
nolle, and we are happy to hear with
no damage of consequence: no reafoa
can yet he aligned for this extraordi
nary accident.
NEWPORT, MARCH 9.
A tax is soon to be laid on all Fold
ing wives, as it is lately discovered
that the innumerable batchelors every
where to be found, remain so, more
through fear of being scolded to death
than from any mercenary cwnfidera
tion, The shrews and vixens are to
be rated as follows: Scolding every
morning, zol. per annum—twice a
day, 301. —three times, 40I.—every
other day, 161.—once a week, if not
on Sundays isl.—on Sundays, lol.—
Scoldingahufband into a consumption,
the jaundice, or any lingering disor
der, idol.—Scolding a husband to
death, 5001. —Scolding herfelf into a
fit of hysterics, 000
IF due rewards for virtuous deed#
are found.
Let liberal virtue with each joy be
crown'd.—
The Ainty hearts who fee the famiSh'd
April ij.
Yesterday Jacob Cooper, a free fe#
gro, belonging to this city, who had
lived some time with Mr. Thomas
Dorie, merchant of this city put an
end to his own life; This negro had
for a considerable time past been em
ployed by Mi.Durie as a confidential
domestic, till at length it being dif
eovered that he had Stolen and embez
zled goods to a considerable amount;
finding his villainy detected, and be
ing charged therewith.be immediate
ly cut his throat, and, upon being
Seized by the constables, made his es
cape from them and threw himfelf
into the east river, and was drowned-
before he could be rescued.
tious store.
May they have plenty, may each day
and night,
€rbwfi their tables with some new
delight—
As Dives did; they taste their good
things now ,
And mult with Dives take their doom
poot
With empty stomach leave their plen^
PITTSFIELD, (mass.) MARCH Zfr
AMERCAN AFFAIRS.
NEWYORK, APRIL 3.
MARCH 10.
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