The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-09-02 00:00:00, page 3

[For the authenticity of the follo^wmg arts- .
de of intelligence, handed us by a lor re f
fancient, we will not vouch— But at it it
enough in the Jpiril of the prejent genera
tion of grumblers to be probabie^ wt insert
it, wibout any further comment. ]
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BY a gentleman from the Southward
we are informed that the grand jury cf a
certain county in the a ncze nt di min ion,
nt a late session of their supreme judicial
court, had much converfaticn on the fobjeft
cf Public grievancies. Ofthefefome
members had prepared a formidable lift.
Among others of iefs consequence were
the funding Jyflem, the recovery of d bit
due isonr American Citizens to the Subjects
of z the Britijh K ng, the fur elementt, and
To •he funding system it wasobjeft
ea, by several jurors, chat by means thereof
many people in the middle and eaßern
States, who were born to little or no in
hcittAPCe, had amassed fortunes, which
enabled them to live in a style iuperior to
th 4 of a Virginia planter, who owned four
or five hundred slaves ; and this Without
anticipating their income or mortgaging
their eßates. But this, it was said, was
not al’. This flood of wealth, they as
serted, had converted its poffeflbrs into
great anftocrats, or, in other words, had
ftroogly at ached them to the Federal Gov
ernment. Aga mH the payment df Britlfh
debts it was objeded that the Creditors had,
for fifteen or sixteen years, considered them
as dilebarged—and that it was cruel and
unjust for government to oblige them to
pay them over again. Be fide:, the credit
ors were all aristocrats and the debtors
democrats— -and, as these two fpeciesof rats
were naturally mortal enemies to each oth
er, it would be highly; impotyc.' in the lat
ter to increase the power of the former to
injure them—lt would be much better, it
was affected; to irhpoverifh them, as much
as pollible ; by which mean they might,
perhaps, be converted into demccrak. —A
gainfl the elements it was objected that they
were the cause of innumerabie ills—To the
air. w'e are indebted for S orms and Hurri
canes, which are fa defttuftive to life and
property—that fire occifioned conflagra
tions, and Water innundaiions—To fup
' port the charge against earth it was said
that of all taxes a, land-tax was the most
vnequl and oppreflive ; that land was com
peted of earth, and that without land there
gold, be no land-tax# In regard to light
it wd said, that, altho’ it might be meceffa*
ry for some purpbfes, yet, the works of
mankind being generally v^orks of darfc
nefs, light was neither neceffarynor con
venient for the operation ; that it was ia
jurious to fine complexions, to delicate co
lours, and to cider; and that it was to 6
dazz.ing for the optics of beetles, cats and
cwls. '
These fubjeds were debated federally,
Separately and conjointly. Much learning
Was expecded-imuch finefle exerted, much
patriot)fm evaporated, and much ignorance,
by condenfaticn, rendered vifime. But
how difficult it is, remarks our informant,
to find twelve men, who think alike I
When theforeman calledfor the votes of the
pannel on the several propositions, one of
the number who had taken no part in the
debate, observed with refpeft to the fund
ing system, that, in his opinion, the United
States were indebted to that alone for the
restoration and firm eflablifhment gs public
credit of the United Slates ; which he af
firmed to be such as enabled Government
to hire money, even of rhe cautibus Dutch,
at a lower premium than any crowned head *
in Europe, and would procure them an un-.
limited credit with their own citizens for
which they might, on any emefgenceNiave
occasion. This Juror (who by the way
was fofpe&ed of being an aristocrat) dis
senting, no presentment took place. The
objeflions against the elements were unan
imously allowed to be very weighty i some
' indeed were difooted to think them neces
sary evils, and that it would be prudent
to'fubmit to the mifehievous effects pro
duced by them, in consideration of their
being requifiie to the very existence of a
democracy, the most perfeft of all forms
of government—as without citizenff^te
cm be no democracy, and no Citizens
without earth, to subsist on, aif to breathe,
fire and water to render their existence
worth fecuriog by asocial com pa ft. ’I is,
however, uncertain whether a prefoptnient
would not have takeh place, had not a
juror, possessed of rather more thart his'
Ihare of Capacity, suggested a doubt whether
even the fivreign people hid a power to a
bolifo them. The fame obje^ion lay a
gainst presenting light. Betides, as f<*ai
cators, adulterers, thieves, burglars, beetles,
bats and owls, were the people principal
Ureter,
TUESDjr, SEPTEMBER 2, 1794.
PHILADELPHIA, AUX?. 21. *
AT a meeting of the commit
tee (of twenty-one) of the town of
Pittsburgh, on Monday morning
4th of August, 1794, Report was
made to them by the committee
of battailions on Braddock’s fields,
the «d inttant. That in commit
tee ors Braddock’s fields, it was
stated oh the part of the commit
tee of four, that the three preferib
ed persons of the town of Pitd
burg, viz., Abraham Kirkpat-
R^pK, James Brisson, and Ed
ward DaY, were expelled the
town arid had disappeared.
It was then taken into view what
other, perlons we^e obnoxious as
being fufpeaed of being friendly
to the excise law as might appear
from letters by them written, or
otherwise, and on certain letters
being read which had been inter
cepted in the mail from Plttfburg
; to Philadelphia, viz. One from
’ Col. PreSßy Nevjloe to his fath
er, containing jo U certain para
ly aggrieved by the kitflence of ligjjt, one
of the jury flirewdly hinted that. Were they
to present it, some might wickedly and ma
liciously aflert that there were none but
fornicators, adulterers, thieves, burglars,
beetles, bats and owls on the jury. The
learned and highly i^terefting debates of
the day, therefore, terminated in a vote to
present as a grievance, the recovery of
Britifli debts—of which the public has al«
ready been informed. u 1
■ 111 —I in
General statement of the Treasury of this
State, as exhibited the beginning Os June,
r 794> by the late Treasurer.
• r ~ .r-
SPECIE bit hand, i0,2£0 o o
Specie loaned on interefl, I i ,000 O o
Balances due on Exci/e
bonds Exclufinse of
- .-‘I 3,5^° °
Stock in New»Hamp- ,
Jhire Bank 5,120 O O
Due on bandt given by
Mufanian proprie- . s
tors, eicclufive of id- ‘ — 5
tertftsff.fof icf. 3,131 1 o
Specie Taxes outjiand
in g^ 5>77S 17 o
Paper Taxes outfanditig
from including
deficien es for Soldi
er h Gf.for zdf, 6,755 3 5
. 1 4 C'
total , 45},9391 .6
Stocks in the funds of the United States, in the
name of the ^tate of New-Hdmpfhire.
Dots. Cents.
Six per cent 49 >59 85
Three per cent 53
Deferred Stock 24*67 9 93
YeW 149,5 O 5 31
- . & , £*
Amount of Slate Hotei
outs anding, and in
ter est thereon to May
^fti 1794, andflats
Certificates out fl and
f d- 34,599 4 8
Dias of the nezv emission
outstanding, 4 o
The debts due from fe
v ral per font, Jro'tn \
ionfiscat. d est dies, if!
intere/i thereon for
Depreciation orders,
Zfc. cannot be afeer
taihedat theTreafi
ry, as ibofe accounts
are not kpt fEer^
but may be e&imated
at about . 5,000 O Q
Bills of the fir (I emiffiox
in theyear
(landing : 83 3 3 0
Total 62,222 11 8
From a Carre fpondent at Shrewfburj.
, Lately paAed through this town, on their
Way, ; from the State of New-York to the
Province of Maine, a man with three chil
dren, the youngest of whom was only two
yeav« and eleven months old. This child had
ridden alone, on horseback, 150 miles, and
guided his horse, which was loaded with the
moveable effefts of the family. The others
Were on foot. A cifcumftance so Angular
is thought to he worthy of notice in the news
papers. . ' , -
Yesterday arrived at the Water
ing Place, the Britilh frigate Huz
zar, Capt. George,- in io days from
Halifax. Gen. Bellegarde, and
hh two Aid-de-Camps, which
were taken in the fleet from the
Delaware, bound to France, and
lent into Halifax, camepaffengers
in the frigate. '
The American veffcls which
were Under French convoy, and
1 latejy captured by Admiral Mur
ray’s squadron, and sent into Hali
fax, we are informed have been
J cleared, and are on theft return to
■ the ports to which they refpefti ve
' ly belong, in ba! last:. They retain
ing' their cargoes as legal prizes.
* The freight of the veffcls will be
paid by the captors.
Yesterday drived in this port, the Ihip
Washington, Capt. Thomas Randall,' from.
Canton in China, Capt. Randall failed
with Rn Englilh fleet under the command
of Sir Eralmus'Gower. >
The polite attention of Admiral Gower
and his odliging behaviour while on his
passage, to promote the navigation end
welfare of the ihip Washington, demands
t|e.particular acßnowledgments of the con*
. ctrned, and particularly (JapL Randal),
who publicly declares himfelf much ln
debted to the Admiral for favors rendered
•him. f Assisi- ■ :
j 'From; the Governor of the iftand of St.
Helena, where the ship had occasion to
flop, Capt. Randall also received every
mark of refpeft i befidcs the Governor’s if.
By the post arrivedyefterday from
the westward, we learn, that the
commissioners f eht by the government,
had met some delegation of the injur
gents, who agreed to appoint a com
mittee of seventeen to meet the com
miffioners^Lt Pittfburgb, on the fub
jett of their mif/ion.
graph j words unfavourable to the
oppofers of the fxciie law, though
no persons in particular were nam
ed, but this being considered a fuf
•icient evidence of his enmity to
the cause, it was rejplved that he
Ihould be expelled the Country
within ten drys.
Also, one letter from Gen. John
Gibson, to the Governor of Penn
fylvanh, which in certain, para
graphs evinced alike difpofitioh by
a misstatement rp^e by him in
information, which information
was thought not to be ex ad, and
which he had too hastily credited,
it was refolded, that he should be
fubjed to the like sentence, and
that the committee of Pittiburgh^
ihould carry intpeffed these mta
fures necessary for the’ public
fefety#
RefolveH, Therefore, that the
notice pf their refpedtiye sentences
be forthwith given to these per
sons,. and that they depart accord
ingly, and that a guard be drder
ee for each of them to conduct
'them to a proper distance.
..Rcfplvidy Also that a coppy of
this minute be given rp each of
those persons, as a passport from
thiscountry. 1 '
the laji accounts from the Weft,
ward, we learny that the iHfurgents
in thai quarter do not confine their
views to an unlawful opposition to
the excise, but aim at independence
from the Atlantic fhbre. They will
not be so mad, it is to be hoped, as to
make an attempt to attain that ob
by the /word. A clear naviga -
tion of the Miffifippi is another objebl
with them-
For behalf of tfie committee^
JAMES CLOW, Chairman.
NEW-YORK, AUG. 25.
August 22.
♦ Died at Hampton, yeftekdaic
JOSIAH MOULTON, hjfr,
aged about 45.
To be fold by
John Dean,
A New Standing Top’
CHAISE,
withHARNESS compleat.
Exeter, Sept 2. 1794
7*o be fold by the fubfeibefi
| TWENTY acres of
1 LAND with a HOUSE,
BaRN and ORCHARD, lying,
in Epping about one mile from the
old meetinghouse —The house fe
2 story high double in wedih ard
single in length. For further par-i
ticulatrs enquire of
Samuel Prescott.
Epping Sept, i , 1794.
LATEO FkOM GUaDALOUF^. ’
By a gentleman who yelterdaV
arrived in town from the illand of
Guadaloupe, Ive learn, that the
French continue in poffciffofi of
Point-Petre 5 and that the Eriglini
(till hold Basseterre, and a port irt
the vicinity of Point*Petre • shat
each appeared fearful of the Others
and that it was the general opin
ion that whatever party was rirff
reinforced, would be matters of
the whole island ; That Adrifiral
Jervis was efuifing to and frotri
Martirtico; arid that the French
planters ot the ittands subdued by
the English, were ill treated *, be
ing forced todo the duty of private
soldiers.
ALL persons indebted to, or
that have any demands a
gainst the Eftare of N6ah Louoe,
late of Exeter, Marriner, decealed^
are hereby requefled, in order for
fettlemen:, to apply to
Jonathan F. LouOe,
Adm’r to said Eftatt.
Exeterj September 2, 1794.
War Department,
- [ Aug. r, 1794.
INFORM A TION is hereby grit.
en to all the Military invahas of
the United Statesthat the fams to
which they dr e entitled for ft tit an
nual pension, which will become due
on the fifth day of September, (794,
will bepaid on the said day, by ihe
Commfjjionets of Loans within the
Statts refpefl^ely, Under the ufaal
regulations,
Applications of^xecutofs of Ad*
ntiniftratofs must be ac comp ained with
legdl evidences of their refpebitve of
ficers, add also of the time of the de -
cease of fueb Invalids wbofe pensions
they map claim. z
By command of the President of
the United States.
H. Knox, Secretary of War
fiftance ill proefirieg thkin every accomtnc*
dation.
Cape. Randall.tons bearded by ihe'En
glifti trigate Blaise on the American coaft^
by whose officers, it appeal, he was treated
with a degree fcf infall, which teems to de
grade the tharafter of Engliffimen on this
Ration, and which the Capt. remarks,
forms ah unbecoming contra ft with the
conduft of others of the fame nation.
So alarming has the mangriahc
fever, which exists in New-Haven, 5
been confideied at the Southward^
that Governor Mifflin of Pennfyl-
Vania, has issued a proclamatiori
to prevent its introduttticn ^here.
A Bargain.