The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-03-06 00:00:00, page 2

FRANC E.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NOV. §.
THE final decision of the grand
question on the property of the Cler
gy, was agitated in no left than nine
different Affembties, and has produ.
ced mod violent debates. The im.
pqrtance of the decision brought back
, ajl ranks of people to Paris, and it
was finally determined in the fulled
meeting that has affembied since the
firft opening of the States General,
there being no fewer than 96$ mem
bers present.
The Count de Mirabeau clo fed the
debate with the foil, oaring pertinent
remarks, tending to (new the revenues
of the Clergy were the property of the
people.
" These- revenues (fays he) have
been given to the Clergy, either by
Monarchs or private persons or pur-
Chafed by them. If Monarchs gave
them, in that case they originally be
longed^ the People; if private per
sons, they bellowed them 01 the Cler
gy for the use of the public worship,
which belongs to the people ; If the
revenues have been parchalfed, it was
done with the faring of money, the|
- Arrived from America, Mrs. Mont
gomery wife to the late Gen. Moutgo.
i^r,, ,nd .filter to the Hon/ R. R.
Living?^, Chancellor of Newyork.
The arr^j o f Mrs. Montgomery to
thscue ,^b annot fail of being flat
tering to Ir&nen r whofe zeal for that
Cause in .which her hefehud gallant
ly sough an! oed on the plains df
Q „ kat and general.
lay e < ^4a6 & revoltiHon,,
gharri! records lie the annuls of
Ir u,, the ,(i mportant in the
< 1^o« of cipi s,d religious liberty,,
F<rationed by he ch^aQer ofMr.
^bntpsm € y, h h to be regretted that'
sis ^I ^as so coFinely ; before he
had teen the temple of liberty raised,
or which he l^d the corner ftone—
before he had ^en the revolution of
the rights of man confirmed —before
he had seen the nations of Europe
reaping the fruits of that harvest, the
feeds of which he had sown. But
tho' the zeal with which he entered
into the ronteft, and the spirit with
which he Supported it; were confpi
cuous—yetjn justice to his character,
die muff observe, that he was of a
mild, conciliatory cast of mind, was
dear to all parties, and was even wept,
pr^ifed, and honored by those agaj„ ft
whom he had drawn the (word ; nay,
the benevolence of his hature was so
great, that he might have brought
about a general reconciliation be
tween the two countries, to their mu
tual advantage. We fympathife wish
Mrs. Montgomery, in lamenting the
toss of so illustrious a patriot —but fe.
fious reflexion on the event of that
great revolution, in which he bled, &
*h cfi (he has lived to fee completed,
mutt give her high confolatipn, and
make her an obje^as iaterefting and
dear to the People of this country,
(whose liberties were eftabliftted by
the event of the American war) as
fie deservedly is among the people
of America— Here, in the native land
of Montgomery, (he will find Iri(hmen
norinfenfible to American merit—ln
Ireland (he will find, that, " Sunt
bic flit fua premia laudi font laebry
„a rerum,^ mentern mortalia tangudi/?
Etyanrt.
LONDON, NOV. g.
AS C0LD was fried at Hicks'
Hall on Monday, and acquit
ted in confeqaende of bringing evi
dence to her character which proved,
that on one day the had been flout for
t<we hours and an half.
_ — —-_„_ _ — I—
Foreign Intelligence.
From a toe Dublin Paper,
NORWICH, FEB. 12.
:Capt. A. P. of this port, several
years fined having in the fame vessel
made a number of voyages to the
Weftindies, add being greatly troub
led with the vast number of Rats
which he had oa board, resolved on
adopting some mettod'to get rid of
those t/onblefom^ adventurers. The
mate was ordered tq draw the vessel
off a little distance from th wa#4
dated Nov. 24, 1789.
In the upper and lower part of
Germany, the citizens are all inarms
cutting one another's throats ;—the
patriotic rage has spread throughout
that country: the Emperor has march,
ed anarmed force to quell them. In
Brabant you know the Emperor has
long been attempting to curb the
.Clergy,and suppress the Convents.
However they have profited of the
lessons from their neighbours the
French, embrace the prefeno moment
to fykeoff the yoke—3'ooo men call
ing themselves patriots, are in* the
field ; three daysago accounts featby
ed us of an engagement between
them and zoqo ; regular troops the
Emperor had sent to disperse them ;
to burn and destroy every thing be
fore them, and hang every man found
in opposition ; thby met and came to
action, between Ghent and Bruges,
violent was the coafli<ft, and great
the loss. —The Patriots defeated to
tally the Imperial army, and took
theif commander, General Dalton,
with mo,ft of his field officers prison
ers. The National Assembly have
the confidence of the people ; they
now set in the Calais de Louvre, and
have lately made two or three funda
mental strokes towards liberty and
freedom of conference* :—A law has
palled that the Convents IhaMbefuC
pended; and the property of the
Clergy is declared the property of
the Nation ; liberal and fixed annui
ties to be given to the mixites of
religion; Committees of correfpon
deuce &fafety,are eftablilhed through
out the kingdom ; and we know no
law in Bourdeufy but what comes
from the National Assembly or the
ninety Eledors of the city."
amount of which EHongcUte^rß+T^
ple."
The qteftien was then carried in
the following words :
First," That all the Ecctefiaftical
property is at the disposal of the Na
tion, at the Charge of providing in a
proper manner for the propagation of
religion, to maintain its Ministers,
and ease the poor, under the intpedi.
on,and conformable to theiaftruaions
of provinces.
Art. 11. " That in fit difpofiti-
Ons to be made, for mainlining the
Minister sos Religion, no Curate
(hall have left than 1200 livres per
annum, xxclufive us his lodging ^nd
garden."
4 In favour of the Decree, 578—
against it, 346— majority, 23a.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman fort
Boura'eux, to his friend in this town.
American Intelligences
Virginia;
FREDERICKSBURG, JAN.2I.
ABOUT a fottaight since, a deacf
cow/fuppofed to be drowned by
the preceding sudden frefh, was cast
alhore alittle below Falmouth on this
fide the river ; (he was Tinned,
opened, and four perfect calves'
of abobt a foot long, were taken front
her.
GEORGETOWN, FEB. ~
Conne^icuf.
Maryland*
oh 'very slowly from the vessel on to
the wharf and from thence under the
store— rhe people preftnt (there being
1 number of gentlemen who saw it)
■ wefe hack with amazement at be
holding this lingular refpeft fhswn
by ''iff bfute animals to their aged,
decreed anceftdr, which was notex
cdedel even by the famed Eneas of
did.
A HIGH-WAY ROBBERY,
We hear,was committed a few e
venihgs fin'ce, near Tewksbury, on a
Mr, Wilson-who was robbed, by
two fellows, of about 100 dollars.
The danger of Pots of CHARCOAL
in confined places.—
La^ Monday evening, a seaman by
the name of Nehemiah Tinker, of
Norwich (Conn.) belonging to the
fliip Mary, Capt. John Leach, going
t bed in the steerage of said veffcl, in
which was a pot of Charcoal, was
found dead in the morning. The
Coroner'a Inquest brought in their
verdid, " That be died of fufficatien."
TO FARMERS.
Eaf, and effeSuul mode of defttaing
so, WORMS.',
T, URY she belly or paunch of a
Wether newly killed, with all
its contentsp in the centre of the place
infefted by them. Within two days
they will gather there, and may be
killed with ease.
■al»lr■■l■».l— ■ ■'■*■'l''■''l 11 'lllTii■■ ■'l ij-1,.
AFEW
Weatberwife M Sewall's
ALMANACKS,
May be bad at this office.
end of me wharf on'to the gunnel ot
the velG i,Thin with some corobufta.
bles to make as large 4 smoke as pof
fib:e in the hold of the veffd — this
meihodof proceeding produced the
daAred rffe&Hle rats in great num
bers leaving the hold of the veffel—
went of by the plank to a store on
the wharf; among the number that
left the vessel there was one who
from his appearance had arrived at a
very great age, he being blind, as the
bystanders judged, with both eyes,
his hair on almost every part of him
Saving turned white—this .venerable
rat held across his mouth a flick about
batches in length ; two other rats,
one on each fide of him having hold
of each end of the stick, led him qut
with the most attentive circumfpedi-
Op Wednesday, the debate on this
interring fubjeft seemed to be car
ried on with an unusual warmth ; but
on Thur^ay the house got into a l et.
ter Humour, and very facetious re
marks were made by two worthy gen
tiemen who adori the refpeaive
Courts in their several counties. At
a Fate hour, Mr. Gardiner proposed
an adjournment until the afternoon,
as he supposed fefae gentlemen's din
n'ers were waiting; he however had
two articles of Excise, which he with
ed to introduce into the Bill, and
which he doubted not would prove
very productive; he would mention
them, that gentlemen might turn
theuf ffihto their minds daring the
Ihort adjournment—they were no
other than OLD BAtCHELDORS
and ty'deft dogs —this occasioned much
laughter, and the house adjourned
until j o'clock, P. M.
Yesterday the Hon. Supreme Judi
cial Court of this ft ate, was opened in
Chis town.
THE EXCISE RILL.
Boston, fib. 17.
Maffachufetth
FEBRUARY 20.
ExETEK,SJtarday;Maren &'
A certain COBLER in the Parish
having had for feme time path a
Krong predilection tb be PARISH
CLERK,yet thelittle chattering fobof
Chrifpen did lot conceive Reading or
Writings was in the least meceffary,
, or he knew little or nothing about
either—but his inclination was so
strong for promotion,that he spent hft
time chiefly, thro' the winter, fai
iriding, vifi ting, and ringing hie little
bell to persuade the people that he
was the best man for that office, and
said if he could riot obtain it without
he would spend b:s great Awl —or
that he would have it at the last——
And at the annual meeting he was
nominated accordingly. When the
Sages rose up and requeued a pole
against the motion, ailedging that he
was by no means a suitable person,
yet on the trial he bridled so well,
that the younger fort of people (mere
ly for the joke fake) went on h.s fide
(as he terms it) —He counted th,
poles himfelf several times.—proclaim-,
ed the vote to be in his own favour—:
The oath of office being administered
he proceeds—
the peaple met this 30 Day of No.
member 1789 oCaredtag to Natipea.
tion
I Chose Lewt. Danil page Mode
rator
2 vated pew No 23 forfit to the por. °
gly vated to Chafe a Committey to
fell P pew 4
4 moses Bamord Bent Samborra
Danil Currier be Committey to Sell
' P ew
the fourth Artical in ttoworrotkt
vated out
vated to Sel Range way Menhonedi
l am, at all tinge,, ,
Dear Tom,
Tour obliged bumble Serv'd,
Squantom, March 1, 1790,
Dr. Thomas Tram, 1
Swam,foot, j °
At a legal meeting of the inhabit
tacts of this town on Monday rhe rt
irift. the following votes were giveo
in fer PRESIDENT.
Hon. Jofiaß Bartlett, Esq. 141
Jolhua Wentworth, Esq.., ,3
fohn Pickering, Efq.§
Nathaniel Peabody, Esq. f
REPRESENTATIVE.
Capt. Dudly Odlin was unanimous
ly ch^en (by 181 vote^) to represent
this town in General Court the ensu
ing year.
For the Newhampfhire Gazetteer.
M{. RANLBT,
Four puhlifoing the following in ,oud
next will oblige Tours, ^c, M. B,T.
Dear Tom,
IN compliance with your last re
quest (having nothing else) I fend
you here (enclosed) a (Kort Narrative
and the proficiency of a PARISH
CLERK, merely- for your amufemeng
and (peculation —and knowing you to
be fond of curiosities, could with you
to lay it before your curious friends
for the purpose of having it dicipher
ed. ' , • #
SENATORSyor the Count, rs Roch
ingbam.'
Oliver Petbody, Esq. 181
Joseph Cikey, Esq. 167
Nathaniel Peabody, Esq- 1)6
foams Sheafe, Esq. joo
Peier Green, Esq. jo§
fames M'G'regore, Esq, 42
Jolhua Wentworth, Esq, 32
fohn M'Clar,, Esq. 29
Willian^Plammef, Esq. 22
Nathaniel Regers, Esq, xa
Jahn Bell, Esq. > ; 3
John Pickling, Esq. jz
George Reid, £fq.n
Dudly Odlin, Efq.g
Christopher Toppan, Essy
John Prentice, Esq% 4
ELECTIONEERING.