The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-05-09 00:00:00, page 3

city, in the United States, be a culiick
foot to be called a bushel;
That each bushel be divided into ten
pottles,
Each pottle into io demi pints,
Each demi pint into ten meters ;
That io bushels bb a quarter,
And io quarters a laft,or double ton.
7. That the unit of weights of the
United States, be a cubick inch of
rain waer, to be called an ounce, and
to be measured and weighed in a cellar
of uniform natural temperature ;
That the ounce be divided into io
double scruples. ..,
The double scruple into 10 carats,
The carat into ten minims or demi
grains,,
The minim into to mites ;
That 10 ounces make a pound,
10 pounds a done,„
10 stones a kental, ;
10 kenule a hoglheal
The con fideratibn of this report was
postponed until the next session of Con
gress. . .
verdu&{Bwkc,] jan.B.
ADISASTEROUS event lately
occurred htereM— ^M. La Fayette
passing through the town,was received
by the regiment of the Dragoons de
Conde,and an immense crowd of Na
tional Guards and Citizens, under
arms. The battalion of grenadiers
of Toiten in garrison, remained in
their barracks. The officer, who had
no doubt feedred the soldiers, refufed
to imitate the example of the officers
of dragoons in paying their -effects to
the General. Towards evening, the
grenadiers, worked up for that pur
pose, infillred the dragoons; they fell
to blows, and some were killed ; the
quarrel became universal, each regi
ment flew to their quarters,and armed
themfdves/and attacked each other
wherever they met; these combats
lasted, without intermission, from four
till ten at night. > ;
The interference of the Munici
pality, the National Guard, and of
ficers of the Dragoons, who ordered,
all their men to their quarters, made
the night pass tolerably quiet. But
judge of their surprise, in the morn
ing, on finding that the grenadiers
purposed erecting a cafemate, .with
2 pieces of cannon to bear upon the,
dragoons' quarters. This was no soon.-
er, known, . than the dragoons burst:
from their quarters, ip spite of their
officers; the two parties attacked
each other by platoons. The offi
cers of dragoons attended, with a
number of their men mounted, en
deavoured in n 4ram to separate the
Cennbatantsj rirey~wrth difficulty fa-!
ved two \of the grenadier officers
from being torn to pieces by the peo
ple. The alarm guns were fired,the
bloody flag hdifted, and afl the citi
zens ordered io retires The Nation
al Guards, Volunteers, and Dragoons,
united together, determined $0 bring
the affair to amfl<. The grenadiers
retreated to a for^ and prepared theal
felves for a regular sieges "
Juft.as the Municipality had begun
to' publish the mantaiaw, M£a&y
e'tse (Itiformed during the' night of
this unhappy' afifair) 'arrived;^ The
General put hitofelf at the head of the
fairish; hh&ibhfched up to the fort;
his presence had the defined effect—
though f%e canton - were loaded with
grape, arid printed, they drew dow n
their arris on~th^ a PT r °^
neral, arid furfendtred, without refin
ance..
At the requeftof the Municipality;
M. Li'Flyettefent'the regiment oat
of town od the inftanfywith a promise
to puhiffithem as they deserve.— — -
The num her of killed and wounded
is not as y«!rfcertfaW
'7===r" or /C
LONDON, FEB! 27. , ;
^ The ravages made by thaP„ U ,
during.the last year, were ,!,<%%
credible; atClaira, in Egypt,6oo,ooo
Foreign Advices.
fell a facrifiee tbit/and^pon an ave
rage, every fifth perfoa throughout
the Turkish Empire. e '
Count Maternick the Imperial Am
bassador at Braffells has written to M.
Mehan'the Burgo Mafter'of Lego, to
provide for the service of the Empe
ror, buildings, fufficient to hold pro
vision for twenty thousand men. This,
statement may be positively dependedl
upon. , „ |
Dispatches received lift night,fpeak
of serious and immediate attempts to
effed a counter revolution in France.l
That two powerful armies, an Austri
an and a Ruffian ope, had marched
towards the French frontiers, with the
intention,of supporting the cause of
the emigrant Princes of the House of
Bourbon— : tbat the Kiegs of Prussia
had refufed giving audience to M se
gur, the French Ambassador, who in
coufequence thereof had left Barlin
abruptly—and that a Prussian arm,
iconfiding pf loo,ooomen, likewise in
I motion, and expected to join the Im
perial force,—in which case this con
federate army would amount to more
than 35§,c00 effe&ive men.
The, mob of Marseilles have torn
down the arms of Spain from the
town,houfe, and suspended them on
the pillory.
The late# accounts from Morocco
are, that the new Emperor is on the
point of being overpowered by the
party of his brother, fomented |ind
Supported by Spain. Should this e
vent take place,we shall have ap ene
my, instead of an ally, on ih&Moorilh
throne.
BY a letter received in town from
the Rock-Landing, weare in
formed, that on information of Mr.
Bowles's having taken poffeflion of the
store of Messrs. Panton, Leslie and
Co. the Indians haddifpatched a party
to put him to death, but were pre
vented by the Spaniards, who pre
viodfly had fentdveffcl with 2 number
of fdldiers ;on their approach, the
boat wds sent on shore, to inform
Bowles that the vessel was from the
Weft Iridies with goods for him. ifn
conference of this information he
came on board, when they seized him.
and immediately made fail for St.
Augustine where Mr. Bowles is now
confined b the eaftle..
Gen.M'Gillivray has wrote to Mr,
Seagrove, that he will be at the Rock
Landing about the beginning of May,
with 3000 of the Creekwin order cq
confirm the treaty and run the lines.
By a gentleman lately arrived here#
we learn, that General Bowles, who
hrs figured some time part as an In,
dian chief# is row on his way to
visit Old Spain. He had commenced;
his passage from New-Orleans pa
board a government cutter, attended
by a military escort. ;; ^„f
^,,. =-*—==—_- CT,T.,.^ cs
: PHII,ADELPHIA, APRl^ig.
^Captain Ho^el,„pf the (hip Sarpp
fon, Qn hi&paffage from this port tp
China, picked up a wreck in the
Chinese fe^with fourteen natives of
that coon try, being all that remained
out of sixty-nine that were on bp,rd
the v/ffcl when the differ happened
to them. Thpfe fived by the Samp
son had been thirty dayfr upon the,
wrecks when the Chip fell jn with
them, having fubfifed, all that time:
on boobies and barnacles, with xhp
pittance; of frefh water that was sap.
plied from the,clQudc. Two, pf,tbefq
persons died of joy, soon after, beigg
taken op.bp^rd ; the rest .were landed
fafe at Macao, in China.
Ori the 11th of March, the;insur
gent French negroes rose nt Leoga*
(weft end of Hispaniola) marched into
the town, and fetit on .fire $ but for,,
tbnately it was extinguished, with the
loss of only 3 or qhoafes/j An attack
then commenced, when the megrQCT
were beat off with the iofs;of about
1500 men, and of the whites andmu
dittoes about 500. : The Degro^burr
CHARLESTON,(S.CJ APRIL 16.
American Advices.
. On trie ULinftanta boat in crossing
Christiana creek(Qear Wilmington,
Delaware) unfortunately dverfet—
when through the inattention of a Mr.
Crawley, the condudor, the boat 0
verfet and filled with water. Mr.
Crawey was drowned, as were also
four young ladies (the Mils Patterfons)
• who were all filters. ? .
The regency .of Algiers have fyed
their price of peace with Sweden at
forty thousand :ducat:— Mr. Skolde
brand, intended Swedish coriful for
that State, is now about fettirig out co
negociate a peace with these Barbari
ans. ''
Extr^a of a letter free Fort Wafting
ten, February loth 1792-
" ''Nothing very material has occur
lid face my last. In ?cocfequtence of
difpattfes, received nn Saturday last,
from the War-Office, the major part
bf the fmal! force at this place are or
dered to be in readihefs ta march at
the fhofteft notice—Geti. Wilkin
son has requeued a 'reinforceri^nt of
60 riflemen from the nearest. settle
ment—volunteers will appear oh the
firft sum irons in his name ; hispopu
larity is great, is well with the mili
tary as With the militia 4 -he is belov
ed by citizens and soldiers. Notwith
standing the object of the meditated
expedition is perkily secret, Wil
kinson has only to put oh his hunt
ingfhirt, shew his tamahawk, and
cry " War^Haykj" and the militia
are ready to a man." -'
nod m,ny plantations on the plains,
likewise on the night-bf the i6ch se
veral large fires were teen about, four
miles from Port-au-Prince, and the
inhabitants were daily afraid of the
mula'toes taj<iry„^
Lift Evening's Mails inform ns.
That the Savages on the frontiers
have commented anew their murders
and devastations— near 50 persons
have already been butchered.
At Aw York there have been
Riots —^he objed, prefonal injury to
Col. Dugs!, and others. Several 1
persons hive been apprehended? and
the Mayor has called upon the peacea
ble citizens, in the publick papers,
tb assist thweivit officers in feftorirg
peace.j : ~ •
The Viet President of the>
United State:, from his own bad flat#
of health, and that of his family, has
obtained leave of absence from the
Senate. - ' , j
The Hon 1 . Richard HiskrLet;
Bfd, is appointed Piefident, fro ren
,ore, of the Senate of the United
Stated'''
FROM CAPE FRANCOIS
— q,ia Philadelphia—
; March 24. Three days sines the Na
tional troops about 6oq of them,among
whom were two white commanders
...Two thousand more troops arejyft
,arrived^and more are.hourly looked
for: " - 1
A,veffel arrived here yeflerday
from Port-au-Prince. A, the time&
her departure, hostilities between ,he
whites and pcople.of colourcontinued.
The damage to th, plantations, op
the plain, has not been, very confidera.
ble—and was made principally by the
encampments, of tbefevpral,; parties.
All the ftrii&veffels of war onth,
Halifax, station— together wiih ihe
troops, have been ordered, and have
failed, for Jamaica— So fearful is the
ißritifh government of the spreading
of the St. Domingo infurreflion.
A, oung clergyman, whofegarb
&l nil dejignbte ibbo be wus, &
fill very ,cinxious do. he know?, re
quested ^company to.guefs at bis
occupation they all happened to
be on the wrorg fide'. Netted at
their-stupidity, he exclaimed, I am
the voice of one crying in ,be wjli
dekittfs.' T th?,fo,fays a wag
^f^^^^^Elf
BOSTON, MAY 2.
EXET^^r ^%9 e 4^)
TheFk e. ident otihcUnited^
States, has hfyi pleated to ap
poini—DAvtp Rittenhouse,
Esq. of Philadelphia,Director of
the MINT of the United States.
5" Notice is htteby given to the
Fellows of the Newhampshire
Medical Society; that their ''
Annual Meeting for chceftng (ffi
scerj,&c till be held a Col Amos
Cogfwell',, in Dover, on the Je-r
cond Wednesday in 'June next at
to o'clock A M.
Wm. Parker jr. Rec.Sec'ry.
MeV.' T-702.; " '
s<^^>^,<<,^^^^^'^^^^^^o^
WILL CvVhR,
THE enfo^
l' ing season,.
at|he ft able.of
&^d&^¥^ thelubtcribtfy
A likely JACK, at the mo
derate price ot One Dollar a
leap, or Two Dollars for the
; feafun —-Twenty Dollars a pkt€
will be given for likely Mules,,
at twelve months old. 1 x
,DANIEL WATSQN.,
Epping, May Bih, 1792. . , ,
•— „I\. jr- i;.;.;.-], I I[, L
WANTED immediately,
A Quantity belong Horlt ^r*
.Cattles' H AIR, for which
Ca^h will be given, by ",
S. S. BENNETT.
Exeter, B<h May, 1792.'
Fo cdJor the mind oj the Fair and Virtu^ut
JUST PUBLISHED,\
Anri to be,C 6, ibfprWCT of tbitya, tr,
'SOME.. - t
ARGUMENTS -
AGAINST WORLDLY-MINDEDNTSS;
AND NEEpLESS CARE AND T,fc6UL
b'le; with sOMfoth er tif t/t
instructions ; ft fep"R evented
feY WAX OF A L'iALOGUE OR DIS
COURSE BETWEEN Martha
and Mary: '
—— —... h ~>, I .-^-T
Just Publifad —price 6d.
By the printer hereof, and Jo. be fold at
,- h ^' ,7 Ahn Office -y. ^,^ ^,
A Letter from an eminent Mi
n'ifter of the Church of Sepiland:
written to a Miulfter of hfe atqu@inc
arite at some distance,- ia~th< fame
Kingdom: ^giving-ari aced>u,& ofchia
'Convex lion and Wonderful change in
'his Preaching, after he had beearnf
: fomeyteart landing in the minift %r
t"'** - *-- t‘‘."‘l-, ** 11 *Y* •• 11 *
I ^ ^ Juftßubl&drx^
1 B) theprintethftof&df4ld.&^ $,•
; A Nafrative of the .extraurdi
f± W, fafferings of Mt.R&
ForbA Ms Wife aid five Children,
During in unfortunate: joarnev^hto
the Qildernefs, front Canada to^ny
beck River, in the year ,1784.— Ja
which 1 dir&tof their children flawed
td death."'" .^.^^^ ;.
;il^tt^CTzlQ I fj 3 ✓!" hritiOi-.,
Accounts from New York
fay, that the failures in that city \
may be fairly stated at three mil
lions of dollars.r-Tne city Rill
a langui/hingcondition—veftels
laying at the wharves without,
any one to receive their cargoes
—the fpecula ors either jail, ru
minating over bushels of loose
papers, locked up ip garrets, or
fled into remote and delolate
parts efjerfey !— Peril,.brethren
ye ought to have forejeen these
things and avoided them.