The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-01-16 00:00:00, page 2

Afar a variety of deliberation,heat
and anxiety, the following resolutions
were passed :—That
. 1. The Municipal Officer, (hall be
obliged to declare thaf the military
force is neceffaty whenever they fee
occasion, bat are to answer with their
heads for the issue!
2. On the firft appearance of fe.
dition, those officers (hall enquire in
to the causes cf the riot, & the griev
ances of which the rioters demand
redress. &
1 3. On the declaration being made,
that a Martial Law|is eftabilhed, the
red flag (ha!l be hoisted at the Hotel
de Ville, and carried in form through
the ftptit
4. All the faditions formed after
the red flag is exhibited, (hall be re
pressed by Military force!
5. On the exhibition ofthe red flag,
the Marecbauffe, the militia and every
other military force; (hall be obliged
to colled, all their powers, and to aid
the public interests.
6. The notice to the (editions
citizens to retire (hall be twice repeat
ed.
7. The military force (hall be em
ployed agaioft those who perlift after
these three notices.
g, If the people retire peaceably,
only the leaders of the (edition (hall
be punilhed—with three years imprif.
onment, if unarmed—ifkrmed death!
, The fame punishment to be in.
Sided on those who commit violence.
10. The officers or loldim who re
fufe to aft against the (editions, (hall
be published with three years imprrf.
onment, and degradation, If they
irritate th the feduion-twith
Thus was no other method of quell
ing these riots, but by putting the
city under Martial Law.
The deputies through the day, had
three several audiences of the 4ffem
bfy, to relate the tumults as they oc
curred.
had agitated the capital.
The mob apprehended a Baker,
Whom they accused of hiding his bread
and bore him tumultuously to the
Hotel de Ville.
This mao there fully vindicated
himfelf; he said, '' that he had never
been without Hour—that even in the
time of scarcity, he had regularly if
. sued fourbatches each day."
The Representatives of the Com
mons pronounced him innocent !—.
The mob broke in with furious vio
lence and threats.—Tney took away
the unfortunate citizen, hanged him,
cut off his head, and bore it aboutthe
streets on a pole !,
A party of the National Militia
being called upon, refufed to inters
sere!.
Their purpose was to state the new
troubles which within the left 24 hours
this Commonwealth (hall be veiled in
a High Court of Chancery and a fa
preme Court, the jurisdiction of each
of which (hall extend over the State;
in the Courts of Chancery and of Oyer
and Terminer and General Goal De.
livery herein after mentioned; in a
Court of Common Pleas Orphan's
Court, Register's Court, and Court of
Quarterßeffions for each county ; and
in such other courts as the Legislature
may; from time to time, establish. But
mo' special commission of Oyer and
Terminer or Goal Delivery Shall be
issued.
A Deputation from theCommoni of
Paris prefen,ed themselves at the
bar.
Foreign Intelligence,
MARTIAL LAW.
National Assembly,
(Remainder in our next.)
PARIS, OCT. 21.
France.
" We have # beheld you for this re
nouncing ease and pleasure, and in
the mids tof unquiet and turbulent
multitude, bringing the prbmife of
better days, by restoring concord, re
newing peace, and rallying the Scat
tered strength of this Empire,
" While we repeat the thanks of a
mighty nation, who join in offering
you the tribute or their admiration,
allow us, on our own part, to declare
our zeal for the execution of the laws
and maintenance of your tutelary
authority.
"These sentiments are a debt which
we owe to your Majesty :—They are
those of oar constituents-—they corref.
pond with the wishes of all Europe,
and will be fandioned by the fufiagef
of poftery."
Hit MIJESm Afor.
"I am highly fatisfied with the at
tachment Which you express towards
my person; & while I entirely rely on
your profeffions of regard, the recol
ledion of them affeds me with great
sensibility."
" 'w„
Speed, ofthe Prefideut to the <Qttn.
"The firft with of the National
Afrembly, on its arrival in the capital
was to present to the Sovereign the
tribute of their refpeft and affection.-
Having done this, they cannot let flip
an occasion that so naturally occurs
Os also approaching hit - Royal Con-
Martial Law was this day proclaim
ed in all the streets in Paris. The
people are desired by proclamation
offers rewards from 1,210, to 2000
livres, for information against any one
on whom it can be proved, that he
has any wav contributed to the
present difturoances, or is concern
ed in plots and treasons against the
liberty and fafety of the Govern%
MENT.
The chatlet has already had occa
sion to exercise the power delegated
co them by the National Assembly.
They have this day found guilty,con
demned to death and caused to be
executed, according to Martial Law,
two of the leaders concerned in the
riots of Wednesday.
If, The Municipal Officers Ihall
prepare the Process Verbal in all these
casel ~
12. On the re-eftalifhment of peace
the red flag (hall be taken down, and
a white flag substituted, which
(hall be exhited through all the Greets
of the capital for eight days fuccef
tively.
The Assembly ' (huddered, whilst
they passed this awful decree, which
is instantly to be taken to the King
for his assent.
i" Henry IV. obtained that appell
ation from a city which he (pent part
of his youth ; and we learn fromhif.
tory, that with an Imparable affabili.
ty, he concluded a letter to them with
this expreflion.
, " This, Sire, is also yoar indispu
table claim. The whole Nation has
seen your Majesty firm and tranqil in
the midst of danger, running every
hazard, for the good of the state, and
supporting & encouraging a beloved
people by your presence and protec
tion. .-
" The National Assembly having
Voted themselves infeperable from
your august person, they are your
Majesty, and offer to you the homage
of their immutable attachment and
refped.
" The love of the French people
to their Monarch has been unbound
ed ever (ince that day the public voice
hailed you "The Restorer of Liber
ty!" it remains only on you, Sire,
to acquire the endearing title of
" The best faiend to the Nation,"
OCTOBER, 26.
Speech of the Pref drat of the National
Affemb, to the King.
"sire,
'' Permit me Madam, in their name
to express to your Majeft, the warm'
ar.d sincere regard they entertain to
wards you.
,It is with a lively fatisfaftion
that they,behold for a moment in vout
arm that illustrious child, whom the
.inhabitants o f the capital wall hence,
forth regatd as their fellow citizens.
That Prince, the descendant of so
many Sovereigns, adored by the peo
ple, the heir of Louis IX. and Henry
IV. & of him in whole virtues France
now relies. Be assured that neither
he nor his Royal Parents, can enjoy
so much glory and prosperity as we
wish them.
A vessel arrived here yesterday, in
34 days from O/ft„z/.-~ HOSTILI
TIES have commenced in the Ar
flrian Netherlands, between thefa
trials and the Em,er car's troops—se
veral bloody anions have taken place
in which the Patriotshave gained the
advantage.'
Some of the particulars are— that
one action was in Gbm—it larted /?
<ven (fours; the troops were obliged to
take (belter in the Citadel from
whence they failed out in patties—
killing, burnings and destroying—at
length the ,%> besieged and carried
the Citadel, Staking all Who were not
killed, prisoner's.
In one account an engagement is
said to have happened near Roug
ftralen, between the Patriots and the
Imperial forces, in which the latter
were defeated with considerable loss.
The Leyden Gazette Rates different
ly," Ehat the Patriots being igno
-rant of the firft principles of the mi-,
litary art, were easily defeated and
dispersed.
TO^^
Rbodeifland.
PROVIDENCE, DEC. 10.
A complete revolution of the cha
racter and confeguence of this Rate,
of its further degradation, remarks a
correspondent, must rest with oar ge
neral assembly, at their session in Ja
nuary, [Now convened nt Providence.]
The rule of conduct now to be ob*
served, is plain as though written by
sunbeam. Q that region and found
policy might determine the import
ant question ! —then should we be u
nited under a government which bids
fair to make Americans the happiest
of human kind, and having for its
''l am charmed beyond ali expref
fion with the sentiments of the Nati
onal Assembly. If I had known their
intention,! ffiould have received them
in a manner more worthy of such an
illustrious body.
''Allow me to present my Son to
you.".
The Queen on this took the dauph
in in her arms, and carried him along
the folon de Jeu, in which the assem
bly had been introduced.
CHARLESTON, DEC. §.
YESTERDAY the Federal Dis
tria court for this state was for'
mally opened at his Honour Judge
Drayton's chamber, in Tradd greet,
when the oath required by the jadi
cial all, was administered to his Ho
nor the judge.
The oaths of office were severally
taken, after which, no business hav
ing been instituted, and the judge be
ing indisposed, the Court was ad
journed until Saturday next.
Domestic Affairs.
Her MAJESTY'S Afor.
NEW-YROK, DEC. 28.
South Carolina.
Newyork.
Particulars ofthe demolition Dartmouth
Collegehall.
On Thuridayhhe third instant, a
compact was formed by the major part
of the fludents, members of the Sem
inary, then on the plain in numbers
seventy five, in which they mutually
pledged their mo# sacred faith & hon
or, that they would assist in tak
ing down the Hall and (hare the con
sequence— accordingly at seven in the
evening they convened at a place up.
pointed, furnifoed with neteffary im
plements for the speedy prosecution
oftheir p#rpv^.--The WI raa^ w J
token of impending fate to the fen.
cient building, which was venerable,
not so much for elegance as its former
utility, and the students moved! in a
kind of falemn, fiknt proceffiota to
wards the destined objea.—Che of
the Profeffors of the Univerfi^y who
happened to be passing heard' One bell
ring at that unseasonable ho far, and
flopped to know the cause, jwhen he
observed the body advancing) near the
building—their implements^ (poke
their meaning. With evertf expres
sion of tenderness and Authority
did he (who undoubtedly p,lTeffes the
moftdutiful elteera of e,ery of the
party) in vain remonftuate againff,
and urge them to defifyfrom the un
warrantable proceed I%=" was too
hie.— The^gnal w/as given- in an
inflant the Hall trembled to its foun
dation and less ithad twenty minutes
ta^wity theffoit that antique
BOSTON, JAN, 6.
The public are requested to be ware
of counterfeit certificates, of those
generally denominated Barber's ; of
which we are informed, shat several
gentlemen in the city of Albany have
been imposed on with large sums.
They are very artfull, executed, and
it is next to an impossibility todifco
ver the deception.,
We hear from Weftford, that a few
days since one Hiidrick cf that place
unman'd himfelf.
millions revere, and almost adore, at
the political father and faviour of his
country.;
A London paper of Nov. 5, fays:
The advices from France Yesterday
are more ominous than hitherto ar
rived. There seems to be arising a
spirit of contradiction in various pro
vinces. Britanny, Languedoc, Dau
phine, Abjou, all threaten to convene
their assemblies, and seem indi r r&d
to &dt cordially with ih< Na4ic&al As
sembly ^
The Legislature of this ft ate, will
we are informed, rife next week.
In a severe derm of fro* and hail,oa
the 30th of October lall, upwards of
200 Jail of vessels were loft and dif
mafted between Yarmouth Roads and
Shields, and on the coast of Suffolk,
in Europe, several hundred fai.
lors perished ; the innumerable dead
bodies driven on shore; brought tears
into the eyes-bf all the beholders.
A number of the most refpeftable
merchants, traders and inhabitants of
Alexandria, have formed an affociatL
on io prevent and detea smuggling,
and other -violations of the revenue
laws of tbe United States.
The tim^ of the Legislature of this
slate has been principally taken up
in attending to petitions, of which
there has been a great plenty.
DIED] At Salem, on Saturday the
2d inst. Mr, JOHN NCURS% of
Boston, one of the Printers ty the Ge,
neral Court, and junior Editor to the
Independent Chronicle.—The fuavi,
ty and benevolence of this young
gen leman, his gentle manners and
agreeable deportment, endeared h;m
to his friends and embalm his memo-
Exeter, Saturday, Jan. 16.
Mafeebufetts.