The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-12-18 00:00:00, page 3

of the body. ^ Thursday morning my eyes were
saluted with the horrid fight of four grenadiers
hung up at one window; as to the bodies of those
that have been massacred during the night, they
are mostly carried out of publick view before day ;
and these are generally such soldiers of the unfor
tunate garrison, as had concealed themselves in
houfa, and were attempting to escape out of the
town under favour of the darkness.
"The day before yeilerday, in crdffing the
Market Square, I was witness to a scene of horroar
which I hope will never meet my eyes again—
Several folciters Were dragging along another one
belonging to the King's regiment—it being mar
ket day ; when they came there,they said they would
Ihew the people a fight-=The poor wretch prottrat
"ed fyimfalf upon his knees before, them, and with
his hands clasped on his breaft,begged his life in the
mod submissive manner—he then informed them
that he had a wife and children (his wife was
washerwoman to the regiment)—but nothing could
modify these barbarians—when he found he must
die, he tried out, Let m, fallow soldiers kill me !-=
at the fame moment they cue off his head, which
teas the only favour granted him ; while another
of their gang hacked him to pieces— The next
morning there Was another massacre of the fame
kind—these, and limilar instances, have had such
tri effe& upon tne,,hat t have ffiut myfelf up in
my closet, so that I scarcely know what pafed
^ yefterdav ; only I am told the fame enormities con
tinue.—The town is, indeed, quite open to the
foldiersof IVT. de Bouille, to go about and kill any
of the garrison the, can meet with.=And thus are
the, soldiers of France habituated to embrue their
hands id the blood of Frenchmen; and against the \
- guardians Os the nation is the fury of the national
guards direaed.'.
" Strange indeed was the conduct of M.de
fouille# On tne gift of August, he proposed his
terms to the garrison, and gave them two hours to
determine ; and.yet attacked them within a quar
ter of an hour afier; thirty Os bis troops were
killed and wounded, particularly the commanders,
M. Deinange de Vigneu>, and M. Goovion<-----
There can be no doubt that file three regiments as
wetl as thWnational troops at Nancy were in some
° degree culpable, but it arose wholly from an ex
travagant zeal for the Constitution ; and dearly
have they fuffered for it. It is high time thatthid
bloody massacre should cease, aud that Frenchmen
mould no longer disgrace themselves with such un-
I too rf-*^ itift T h ° ? r ^ ° f L N t nc y “*
Irwith unfortunate persons, who have no-
I&#% but antafo.m by HF
Iter,
&«raa if a letter from Nancy, dated ^pt. 4.
'' The thirty firft of Augutt was, indeed, to us
, dismal day !—What an unhappy country do we
live in—three of the fineft regiments of France
Completely destroyed and irrecoverably loft to
their country—to the frjends of the constitution —
for they were absolutely facrificed by their officers,
who, though mistakenly, w§re enemies to that re
.solution to which they always had a didruft. By
their blind and obfiinate management they have
precipated these unhappy men into a galph, from
which it is impossible to extricate them. M. de
Maifeigne in concert with M. de Bouille has ruin
ed the strongest bulwark of the constitution, in de
stroying these 3 regiments & the National Guard
of Nancy. By a fatality not to be accounted for,
the garrison of Nancy was led to believe that they
could make head against the formidable artillery.
Commanded by M. de Bouille. The battle laded
Only one hour, and all was fubaiidlon—cruelties of
the deepest dye have been perpetrated upon the
soldiers as well as the citizens—a woman far gone
with child was ripped open; numbers of others
had their throats cut. The Hussars belonging to
the regiment of Lauzon, were, during the very
time of engagement, fuffered to go about the town
pillaging and ma ffacreing all before them—of
these, however, 36 were killed either by the citi
zens, who fired at them from their windows, in
different quarters of the town, or were destroyed
by* ome soldiers from Metre de Camp, and the
King's regiment, who had taken their stand in the
houses of (he citizens rather againd their inclina
tion. The carcasses of the 36 Hussars were found
in almost as many different Greets of the city (ex
cept three at the gate of St. Nicholas) a full proof
that they were dilbanded for the purposes of pil
lage and massacre. It is beyond the power of my
pen to describe to you the horrors we have been
witnesses to for these five days paft^-apon pain of
Inflant death, not a citizen dares to be seen fn the
rtrees after eight in the evening—in the broad
day itfelf it is even extremely dangerous—nothing
but groans and fchreeches are to be heard in every
quarter— in some streets the soldiers are employed
in strangling the inhabitants—in others you may
fee them putting cords about their necks,and drag
ging them through the street until they are deal,
stabbing (hem at the fame time with bayonets in
the soles of their feet, the thighs and other parts
The rapid growth of the salmon may not be gene
rally kuOTvn: A gentleman of credit at Warring
ton,caught one on the 7th of February, which weigh
ed seven pounds and three quarters: He marked
it on the back, fin and tail, with feiffors, and then
turned it into the rivers , It was taken on the 27th
day of the fallowing morfth, and then it weighed
seventeen pounds and an half,
Among other important articles of Congreflional
deliberation at the era ing session, manupac.
turis and the fisheries, will claim a diftiu
guifhed attention,—Thefe important fubjeda hav-
•Afyddib ate a fort of paper matey, like bank biffs,
M. Mirabeau proposed to issue to the amount o, t-wo
millions sterling, in this manner, and Qen the eflates
of the Clergy were to be fold those affignats were to be
accepted at cajb.
" M. Neckar was agairi seized A few days ago!
with a flight return of his complaint, which he ge
nerally feels when any enfe of grief arises. Not
withstanding which, he was earneffly preparing the
memorial on the fubjed of Affignats* when a mob,
raised to oppose a vote of thanks to the Marquis de
Bouille, and to the Garde Nationals of Metz under
his command, demanded aloud in the Thuilleries,
not only the difmiffion, but a!Co the heads of the
ministers, and more violently that of M, de la Tour
du Pin, and M; Neckar.—Horfe and foot were in
ftari:ly ready to prated them; but the Gen. tho't
it his duty at the fame ti.ne to insinuate. that he
wished they would absent themselves a few hours.
'' Mr. Neckar was in his closet. Several of his
friends came but of breath from the Thuilleries;
telling him he had not five minutes to lose, for the
mob we/e coming. At that moment an Aid de
Camp of M. de la Fayette, came in faying, " I
beg Sir, that you will not be alarmed ; I have fix
hundred then with me, and we will all die before
one hair of your head is- touched." M, Neckar no
longer relifed, and fald, " Since it is fo,l will go,
for were a single bayonet to be used in my cause, I
should never be happy.
" The Aid de Camp said. That iri expectation
of this he had brought a coach—in which Mr. and
Mrs. Neckar, and thd Aid de Camp, having feat,
ed themselves, they drove out of the hotel, unat
tended, to avoid being remarked. 'lt was then
nine o'clock in the evenings The Aid de camp,
directed the coachman through every street which
he knew to be without danger. From that hour
until three o'clock in the morning,, that virtuous
Miaifter wandered in the dark on the high roads/
and acrofi the fields, in a hired coach with two
horfes,attended by his faithful companion, and th^
Aid de camp.
" At two o'clock. M. de la Fayette, who knew
the road he had taken, sent another Aid de camp
to iriform him that Paris was perfedly quiet, and
to in treat liis return. ,'
" M. Neckar reeritefed the gates at three o'clock;
and the fame morning he feat his resignation to the
King, and wrote a letter to the Assembly.
: " M. de la Tour da Pin, Minister of War spent
also the best part of the night out of his house.
" I have some idea that this late tumult, is id
part, owing to the planners of the immense emissi
on of Affignats who dread M. Neckar's opposition;
and seek this method to force him out."
Saturday last the PRESIDENT OF THE UNI
TED STATES. his LADY and Family, arrived
in this chy from Virginia,——
While bappy millions grateful bend the knee,
To that Almighty Power that made them free f
Their ardent prayers, prevailing, (ball afeend,„
For Freedom's Guardian ^the world's best Friend,
" The accounts cf the number killed, I am in
clined to think are exaggerated ; I have it from
the beA authority that tire different churches had
ouly buried 360 on the Ift of September, the grea
ter part of them inhabitants of the town ; no mnf
ter has been yet made, of the soldier , as so few,
comparatively (of those that attacked) are miffing.
The Colonel of the Hussars, fays he has lofts 160
men, and yet we only know of 36 that are certain
ly killed. OCTOBER 5.
Extras of a letter from Paris, Sept, 7.
" The manner of doing bofinef; in this king
dom is now such, especially with Foreign Ambassa
dors, that no absolute certainty of measures can be
come at. Mirabeau, for the moment, does every
thing ; but it is to be hop:3, his power will not
lass. The dodrine of war is his ; the negociation
with foreign Ministers is directed by him. The
King has no more power than an infant. His mi
nisters are iniignificant. Every thing centers in
the Assembly—and there half a dozen men govern
absolutely. Things are coming faft to a crifis—
which must end in a civil or foreign war. Perhaps
this devoted country may experience the horrible
consequences of both.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. I.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given;
, that a petition hah been preferred :c the Ge
neral Court, by the Selectmen of A^.e;d, fating
forth that said Town has a large fha^ of Roadsan±
Bridges to fupport,—Therefore they prayed that a
tax of two pence per Acre might tle.laid on all the
lands of the non-refidents' in said Town, for the
perpofc of repairing said Roads through the lands
of the said nonrefidents'.
Upon which petition the General Court order
id, thatthey may be heard thereon before them on
the Second Tuesday of the next session, and
that in the mean time they cause the substance of
this petition, and order of Court thereon, to be
published hree weeks successively in some one of
the New-Hampshire News-papers, prior to the
fitting of said Court, that any person or persona
may then appear, and shew cause, if any they have,
why the prayer thereof (hould net be granted.
Attest: JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'r,.
Gerard, ^ane iy£ ^QO. '
Votes for Federal Representatives.
New-Hane;;birg.
EXETER—N. Gilman zBo—J. Smith 22;—
A. Foster 5 —J. S. Sherburne 2,
DOVER—N. Gilraan 152 —J. Smith 124 —
J. S. Sherburne 58 —A. Foster ;.
PORTSMOUTH—J. S. Sherburne 234—J.
Smith 234 — A. Foster 23 N. Gilman 19.
BRINTWOOD—N. Gilman no—J.Smith no
E'P'NG —X Gilman 130 —A. Foster 105 —
J. Smith 37—J. S. Sherburne 7.
EPbOM-N. Gilman 48 —J. Smith 27 —J. S.
.Sherburne 11 1. Fofter 7.
KENSINGTON—N. Gilman 83—J. Smith 86
—J. S. Sherburne I—A.1 —A. Folbr 1.
, NEWMARKSrr—J, Smith 77 —N. Gilman
63 —J- S. Sherburne 39-^A. Fuller 9.
RAYMOND—X Gilman 104 —J. Smith 104.
"James Eaflman, about 5 feet 10
inches high, with black hair x beard,
James Rowell, about 6 feet hgh,
dnd brown hair,
James Robinson, about 6 feet.-hjgh,
black halt and beard.
Robert Trefam, about 22 years of
age, ihort, thickset man,
William Engtifo, an Irishman, a
bout 5 feet 10 inches high, much
pock broken; light complexion.
Martus Planteur, a Frenchman, a
bout 5 feet 6 inches high.
John 'Tallent, about 5 feet 10 inch
es high, dark complexion.
Whoever will take up said prifon^
ers, and return them to either of the
goals in Portsmouth or Exeter, Dial!
receive the above reward—or in
proportion for either of them.
JOHN PARKER, Sheriff.
Porffm. Dec. 14. 179°. .
Fifty Dollars
REWARD.
BROKE out of the Goal in Exe^
ter, on the night following the
13th iiiftant, the following ,iion
efs, viz.- ,
O"A Prayer for Indifference" „ receiv'd; but
mus unavoidably be omitted 'till next week.
" Curious Anecdote" m# be attended to at a
more convenient time.
?*s^^>&sb^&< A&>&^ >*S>«
I D.N E NrS
Married at Dover, on Sunday lass, Mr. David
Boardman (formerly of this place) to thcamia
bie Miss Nabby Waldron of that town.
ing been fperia"v retried to the-corfiderat'on «
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary
of S:ate, to report thereon, # . ;
Exeter, i„6 Dec.
EXETER, (Saturday) Dec. 18.
To be SOLD reasonably, by
SAMUEL TENNEY.
State of New-Hampshire.