The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-11-13 00:00:00, page 3

Authentic^ particulars of the dreadful affair at Nan
cy, f r om M. Bouille's letter to the National Af
jembly, dated Nancy September 1.
" Since my entrance into this city I have not
had a minu e to spare, to fend a regular account of
my condu£l, dnd of he prefeat date of things here,
do the 31st, I assembled th? troop destined to
quell the rebellion of the three regiments at Nan
cy. I re^d to them the decree of the National
Assembly ;. and from their manner I fawl might
depend on their difpofitiori and order to executed
degree.'J,
" At ten o'clock, on the road from Font a Mouf
fon to Nancy, 1 was met by a deputation from the
Municipality and the Garrison of Nancy. My
anfiver was positive, that the <arrifun must quit the
city, and Messrs. Denoue and Mafti^ne mull be let
#t.liberty, I continued my march, and at two o'-,
cloak in the afternoon I arrived within a league and
a half of the city. ,
Here I was again met by deputies^ to whom T re
— peated the conditions, and added besides, that they
mug deliver to ihefaet of the I,oft culpable of each
regiment,whom I Ihould fend to the National Assem
bly. A delay of one hoof was desired. 1 granted
it: At four o'clock [approached the City ; I made
my troops halt at thirty yards from the walls.
A deputation from the Municipality, and frpm
the King's regiment informed me, that the soldi
ers were departing according to my prders. I ran
to my advanced guard, to prevent an adion.=
While the soldiers were going out ofthe other gates,
one only was guarded by the soldiers from each of
~ the three regiments. I marched to the gate wit|i
my van guard'; 1 summoned the gate to be sur
rendered ; I was answered by the discharge of
cannon and musketry. The National Guard re
turned the fire, burst open the gate, and it was no
longer possible to flop my men ; they killed all that
encountered them.. 4<
When arrived at the Great Square, I formed my
troops in order of battle.—They fired on us from
there, is, as it were, natural to men, carried to rc
cefs that approaches to savageness. Wit and judg
ment reign there, and perhaps more than in any
other country whatever : but they' produce a cer
tain air of pride, which considerably diminishes
their merit, ft is there, one may fay, that for
tune distributes her favors abundantly.; but these
islanders are ignorant of the use they ought to
make of them to Strangers, as the courtiers, and
1 their State, are the only objects of their liberality..
Their language is an odd mixture of almost all
the tongues of Europe, but with this advantage,
that it expresses itfelf the belt of all of th m. In
WHILST Europe is convulsed to her centre,
the United American dates rest on the.firm
balls of liberty and security. A government has
been eftablilhed in our country, which has at length
received general approbation.
Candor must allow that much has already been
effected. Credit begins to emerge from the
abyss in which She seemed ready to fink for
ever ; Commerce, her infeperable ally, superintend
ing laborious industry, direds the plough and
pervades the various departments of national econo
my.
Rejoice, therefore, ye American citizens, in
humble confidence: that if ye partake not of the
luxuries which some parts of Europe or Alia eojoy,
we Shall long be exemp cd from the calami
ties which they fuffer that nature spreads her
bounties before ye—that moderate industry will
enable you to gather them into your (lores —that
beneficial commerce begins to invite ye to foreign
Shores, because ye have wifely eftablilhed manufac
tures at home—that your. National Government is
Supported by Liberty who has fixed her feet on the
rock of Reafon —and that Religious Toleration is
Bur glory ! (Fed. Gazette.)
An Engllh paper fays, another life of Voltaire is
advertised for publication. This is the fifth life
bfthac celebrated writer which has been given to
the world since his death.
short, it is a nation where nothing is wanting to
its happiness, but to know how to enjoy ir. Her
natural restlessness and extreme jealousy for liberty
and property, have very often plunged her inb
civil wars which have laid her desolate.
The three journics I made there have led me
into their manners. I venture to affett, that it is
the most delightful country in the world for young
gentlemen to be amused in, provided they are mas
ters of the language, and able to support the ex
pense : and, if the high road to hell be sown with
delights and pleafares, you must necessarily pal's
through England to it.
CiriL WAR \n FRANCE
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 28.
By Yesterday's Mail.
Monday last the following melancholy accident
happened at Hamptbnfalls.-=Mr. Timothy Eaton, of
that town, went into an orchard to cut down a
hollow appre-tree for fuel-—After he had cut i; half
off on one fide, he notched it on the other—and
then took hold of a limb in order to pull it down,
which fell so suddenly, that before he could get out
of its way if fell across his towels, broke one of his
On Saturday morning last, a young
woman, who calls herfelf Perfam,
committed a singular robbery on her
cousin, who is also a young woman,
belonging to Colchefter, in Connecti
cut, by the name of Hufey. Perkins
inticed Huflefto leave her father's
house, and with an infant child, of 3
months old, to travel to this town,
in quest of her husband, who Perkins
said was there. On Saturday morn
ing Perkins requeued her cousin to
let her carry the child to a house which
file named ; and wentoff with the in
fant—Carrying with it, all its mo
ther's and its own clothes, and has
not since been heard of. The mo
ther is in great distress, and begs that
information where she can find her
infant and clothes, may be given her,
at Mr. Joel Holden's in Fore-Street,
who has been so humane as to give
her shelter. Her clothes consisted of
two short gowns, linen and woolen,
an apron, a cap, a gold ring, and a
pair of sleeve-buttons let in gold 1 —•
The child had some decent clothes,
and was wrapped in a white flannel
blanket, edged with-blue, and has had
its right foot scalded. —An hundred
miles from home, without money,
without friends, and more, without
her child, this female's lot calls for
commiseration.,
It is a remarkable fad, in favour of the utility
of moral character, in human affairs, that the three,
personages who appear to conduct or to sustain, by
their influence and abilities, the government of
three great nation), are all men of fair private
character. It is hardly neCeffary to mention that
these men are, WASHINGTON, in the United
States—FAYETTE, in FRANCE—and PITT,
in Great-Britain. # .
Though (hallow politicians still may brawl,
That public; charade! isall in all,
'Tis falfe as gamfter'ioaths—or air—or hell:
Who errs in private, never cah rule well.
Within the„fhort period of eighteen months,
not less than four mighty Soveriegns (three Empe-,
rors and a King) have bid adieu to this world, and
all its pleasures. A Earning to all, that all
human grandeur is fliort and precarious.
the windows. I iSwedtafy advanced through
different Greets, to the arsenal, and the quarters of
the regiments._ Here a furious combat commenced
—which lifted three hours, I had more than
2400 regulars, and 6 or 700 Nath- ™guards ; and
We were attacked by 10,000 ; fort infergents
were joined^y the lower part of the inhabitants.
At seven o'clock, the Swiss regiment of Cha,
teauxvieur, being part cut to pieces,and part taken
prisoners, the regiment of Meftre-de-camp being
fled out of the cig, the King'j Regiment sent to
me that they would surrender. I ordered them to
march out of th, ~city "to their destined quarters,
and then I repaired to the town-house.
To day order is entirely re-established, and the
citizens are fatisfied. We have loft a great many
men ; I cannot at present exactly fpecify the num-'
ber of the dead, but I believe they amount to at
least three hundred.
Mons, Malfeigne has rejoined the fcarabineers,
who have returned to their duty, and have deliver
ed up twenty of the ring-leaders of the infurreftion.
EXETER, ( Saturday,) Nov. 13.
BOSTON, NOV. to.
A SINGUL AR ROBBERY.
CAME into the enclosure of the
~ Subscriber, sometime in Septem
ber last, A reel Yearling HEIFER—
The owner may have her again, pro
ving his property and paying charges,
by applying to ' J. GILMAN.
Exeter, Nero. 13.
DIED]—In ibis town, Miss LYDIA Lamson,
daughter of Mr. Benjamin Lamfon, in the 17th year
of her age. We cannot better paint her character, and
• the feelings of her acquaintance on this mournful occa
fon, than by inserting and inferibing to her memory the
following Epitaph from a Britijh writer, sent us by
A Friend to the deceased.
"This humble grave tho'no proud ftru&ure grace,
Yet truth and goodhefs fan&ify the place :
Yet blameless Virtue, that adorn'd thy bloom,
Lamented maid, now weeps upon thy tomb.
Efcap'd from death, O fafe on that calm shore,
Where fin, and pain and passion are no more !
What never wealth could buy, nor power decree,
Regard and pity wait sincere on thee !
Lo ! foft remembrance drops a pious tear,
And holy friendship fits a mourner here."
On the Death of Miss MATTY LAMSON, ana
LYDIA LAMSON, Twins--—1 hefrf of whom
aied on February 1788, the other 7th Nov. 1790.
TWO beauteous flow'ret, on one stem.
In one fair garden grew,
Smil'd at th? invigorating beam
And fapp'd the foft'ring dew.
Not woodbines thro' the fragrant air;
Did balmier scents disclose,
The Lilly was not half so fair,
Nor half so sweet the rose.
, At Salisbury, Mrs. Mary Board
man, aged about 40,
^A " Love Letter," and a Piece from a Cor'
respondent, were received too late for this day, which
will be attended to next week.
A perfed cure for the small-pox, is difeoverec
by a physician in Lisbon. This medicine is ex
tremely simple, being no other than 58 grains 0
musk —He has since his firft difeovery praftifed thii
remedy upon a great number of his patients, an<
finds it to be the most efficatious medicine in that
disorder. This is a proof that there is no disease
incident to the human frame, but what Nature
has provided an ample remedy for, could we but
difeover it ; unkfs we except some of those diseases
which are brought on by intemperate and de
bauched habits ,-
[DIED —At Boflon, the Honorable
JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq. aged 64.
[Hit character will appear in our next,]
~ The HARVEST,
Throughout the United States, the latter as wel
as the former, has rewarded the toil of the Hus
bandman with a rich abundance; both for man ant
beast. Pomona has not been less profufe of hei
favours than Ceres of hers; plenty of that fede
pal beverage, Cyaer, will, we hope, by rendering
the use of that antifederal liquid, Rum, less ex
cufable, make it less common.
thighs, and bruised him in such a manner, that hi
expired on Wednesday following.
Farewell sweet heav'nly plant ! ah fay
How will thy partner mourn !
Snatch'd from thy lov'd embrace away,
Ah, never to return!.
But fee the tender sympathy
-Pervades the widowed flow'r !
The lovely mourner, left by thee
Pants for the final hour !—
It comes !—adieu, sweet flow'rs adieu !
Forgive thele streaming eyes,
I fee you (wrapt from mortal view)
Now blooming in the Skies !—
Each eye beheld the matchiefs pair,
With admiration mov'd.
And wonder'd how they grew so fair,
They wonder'd—prais'd and lov'd.
But ah! one lovely flbwer declines !
How lanquifhingly.it lies !,
(What art can fruftrate heav'ns designs!)
• It droops—it fades—it dies !—
[From a friendly Correspondent.]