The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-04-04 00:00:00, page 2

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Account of the kfs of the Jhip
Columbia, of Exeter,
late commanded by Captain
Isaac Chauncy.
THE Ship left Liverpool on the
IBth of December iaft for Bof-
Con, laden with about I'ooo Hfi^. of
salt, four hundred crates of earthern
ware, and about thirty bales of dry
goods. She made the land of Cape
Cod on the io.h inllant, and took
her departure from the Race Pornt,
about iz o'clock: The wind being
to the foulard, an 3 thick weather,
it was judged belt to keep shore on
board, and on the weather c'ea,
ing up they found themselves elefe in
with Duxbury &ch, f the (hip then
htald to the wind 0 the northward,
but the wind fhifting to the N. E
m~ could dot Jay clear of the Brant
Rock ; they then hove about intend
ing for Plymouth,, 2ndwould hive
gained that port, but when passing a
ledge es rocks, called High Fine
Ledge, it died away CTl* and a high
sea, setting directly on the reef, obli
ged them to come to an anchor about
5 o'clock P. M. on the Out ffde in
five fathom of wat&, bot iA a Quar
ter of fa hour afterword's the Ihip
struck on the reef; they theft got a
spring. on ttfeirt cable' and; caffing the
(hip's head off, cut fvay thercabfe and
got under fail : Seepning their watet
they came ' tobagain in Sfathoms ; but
the wind hauling, taore to # the east
ward, and the sea ri3 n'g. the lhip
dragged her anchor and- again struck
on the ledge ; fcrtly after the stern
give way, and the fait emptied hfelf
into the sea, they then etc the best
bower cable, and their main and
mizen malts, —i:i Order for getting
on shore on the beach and saving
their lives ; but night coming on,
and after they had beat over tfc reef
Ijaac CbaWKJ, Captain. Cbarley
Roberts Mats. Jofepb Heldrige, Phil
lip Heldridge, Brothers, parfengers of
Birmingham. George Donnells. John
Sidney. Charles Hicks. Daniel
Buffet. Charles Humphreys. Timothy
Harris, Janes Floid, - Harris*
James Weaun: Augfos Jeune,, a
der in many places ; it was danger
ous to pass: One of the Teamen in
endeavouring to get forward was en
tangled in the wreck and was nearly
cut in halves.
The Captain, two passengers. 3
seaman and the cabin boy were for
ward ; in that fixation they remain
ed until about § A. M. when the
seaman prQpofed to the Captain
tr get aft (for the Clip went on
the beach itern firft) and attempt
gaining the Shore, but the captain re
plied that “ he was unable to to at
tempt it," and gave his. papers to
the cabin bey: He then resigned foim
fe)f to his fate : The Teaman and
boy left him, and jumped into the sea,
and had the good fortune to reach the
shore. Wet and fatigued they crawl
edup among the bufrs, where they
would have periled bet for the exer
tion of two Mr, Bargrfo, who early
in the morning found them. The
remains of the wreck were Spread on
the Beach for four miles in length,
negro.
John Charles Martin, seaman and
Jacob Tucker, cabin boy were laved.
Much credit is due to the people in
Caving the things out of the wreck ; a
laudible spirit of emulation appeared
in them to preserve the property.
Their humanity to the little remnan t
and perhaps the mast difind ja^wa^
ever feen.on this coast. The follow-'
iog so the lift of the unhappy crew
that periled in the wreck, and whole
remains were found on the succeeding
Monday and decently buried at Dux
bury meeting house, except the *Cap
tain, two passengers and one of the
feamen,who were buried at Marjh field.
the tide of flood fettingin, they co Id
not effs& it.— Their fixation was
truly deplorable. The vefcl, by the
violence of the sea eras so rent afon-
fared does honor to Cr^r^f Like the
Samaritan they bound up the way,da
of the unfortunate living,and like the
founder of their religion, they wept
for the deceased.
HERE !fa?ebedread fl th of Heav'n's
decrees
Tie,ip Columbia teji by boif'rous
seas,
Nozu downfee plunges, bar< ! the dncid^
set frocks,
Smarts per frong flasks again, tbe mar
ble rocks ;
[town in the vale of death,with peircing
cries,
See thefad fuiains,feudder-ing, roll their
eyes
lUtb wild impair, then one mere JoL
lowing firoke
IVith deep consul,on,rends tbefolid oak.
At length afun 'er tornfarframe divides
And cri, reg ftrea"s in ruin o'er the
tides;
Here !fee ! these mournful fpe3acl?s of
'grief,
Cndtcb'dfromtheir parents' arms, witb
; out relief,
In prime of life ami of the briny main,
Death the grim tyrant of the flags hath
HYDROPHOBIA CURED BY
VINEGAR.
Extraa e, a letter from Venice.
" T' y°° Were here, you would be
1 much pleased with a discovery
made at Udine, the capital of Friuli,
a final! province belonging jo, this
republice. The discovery is this: A
poor min, lying under the frightful
tortures of the hydrophobia,was cored
by some draughts of vinegar, given
him by miftake,inftead of another por
tion. A physician of Padua, called
Count Leaiffa, got intelligence of this
the better. . 6
There are so many ways of pruning
trees, that I forbear giving my opi
nion on the fubjea ; but would advise
those who tranfplent young trees from
nurseries, to affix them in a richer foil
—they will then much improve, or
on the contrary pint away. A. G.
ACCOUNTS have been fre
quently published the year past
ofthe ravages of theCankerWorms, &
knowing of no persons undertaken
to point out a method to preserve
fruits from* them, I Shall offer the fol
lowing advice on that fubjeft.
In the winter Tcafon or early in the
spring, hoe round the root of each
tree of considerable Size, about two
feet from' the body, smaller trees a
propotionable distance, making the
sod mellow, and turning it over.
Scrape all the dirt from the stem of
the tree, two or three inches deep,
carefully avoiding cutting the roots.
This method, if taken before the free
zing of the ground is over, kills all
the nits which lie round the stem of
the tree. —Where this method- is ne
glc&d, the millers which hatch from
the e nits, after the weather becomes
warm, afeend the trees and deposit
their eggs —arid from them the Can
ker Worms^are supposed to hatch.
I have pradifed the above method
for many years,& found it did prevent
the worms from destroying the fruit.
I believe it to be otherwise of service
to the trees making them much more
productive. The season being far
advanced,the sooner this work is done,
fare,
Whe* this tyranic awful King appears,
•
Then go we mu,for be regards no tears;
From benee this leffin learn, that all our
joys
Are but delufae, vain and empty toys,
ret 'tie allow'd the fympatbetic ttar,
Mu, drop, and yield to nature's tender
care.
* Captain Chauncy's lemainr
were taken up and carried to Bo,on and
entombed. ', ,
From the Conneaicut Gazette.
''l have diffufed through Italy this
difeovery, by means of a periodical
paper that 1 am writing ; and I hope
that you will make it known in Eng
land, by means of your public papers,
and 1 am fore this afcnifhjng remedy
will have as happy.an effect there, as it
had here, so I ffioold be glad to be ap
prized of it,that I may relate it in my
hid paper. Asyou have more ramb
ling dogs in London than we have
here, it is probable that the experi
ment' will soon be tried, and please
God, with good focceftrYour humanity
assures me that you will not delay a
moment to acquaint your countrymen
with this, as 1 have done mind."
By accounts from Savannah, it ap
pears that General Bowles has taken
a small fort belonging to the Spani
ards, in consequence of which, the
Governor of East Florida has offered
' a reward of two thousand dollars for
his head.
Wednesday last 47 Chiefs and War
riors of the Seneca Nation of Indians
arrived in this city from the North
ward. They landed at Market-street
wharf, from whence they were escor
ted by a detachment as light infantry
to belter's Hotel, saluted by adif
charge of cannon, and received by the
event at Udine, and tried the fame re
medy upon a patient that was brought
to Padua hospital, ad ministering him
a pound o£ vinegar in the morning,
another at noon, and a third at sunset,
and the man was fyeedily perfectly cu
red'
Penafyvani^d
" When we entered the Ouabache
'river it was full of floating ice, Maj.
Hamtramack, with whom I came,had
50 men—we had 176 miles to afeend
the river in this Situations and we had
.but ten days provision. About ecb
Pyankefhaw Indians, who had heard
of the defeat of the arroy, and that
their prisoners were hanged at Fort-
Washington, fell hi with us: we hap
pened fortunately to have two Indians
with us who had been up to Fort-
Walhingron to fee their friends, who
'were taken by Gen. Scott and Gen.
Wilkinson—these two informed their
brethren, that their prisoners had not
been hanged, As has beert told them,
but were well treated, this pleased
them. But flill we apprehended they
might wiffi to take fume prisoners,
which they coald offer in exchange for
their wives and children, and there
were three or four of them to one of
us, To account for it, I cannot, but
the faa isphey were very kind tsos,
gave us plenty of frefh meat, andall
the affiance they could in coming
up. God grant they may always con
tinue in this difpofitiom
A number of patriotic gemTemenra
Albany, have fubferibed considerable
Turns of money, for the p,pofe of pro.
mowing the progress andimprovement
of the manufaaaring ofMaple Sugar,
particulaly the graining of it; So that
it may be brought to market in a mer
chantable Bate, The monies which
have been fubferibed, are to be drf
tributed as premiums, in the follow
ing manner. For the largest quanti
ty, not left than 600 weight, 75 °° -
lars— 400 weight, 50 dollars 200
weight, 2 ; dollars. The sugar to be
of the bedt quality, and grained—
to be exhibited on or before the iftof
July.
ON Saturday evening last, be
tween the hours of to and 12'
o'clock, a fmtrt Clock of an earth
quake was felt in this town, Monte
go-bay and Falmouth.
PHILADELPHIA, MARCHI Ifo
Extract of a letter from a gentleman,da
tedPoft Vincennes,January 4^,1792,
to his friend in Montgomery county,
KINGSTON, [Jamaica,] Dec. 24.
American Advices.
Governor of the State. It is report
ed, that they are come to offer affiit
ance in the war now carrying on be
tween the United States and the south
ern Indians.
The bells were kept ringing allthe
evening—This is the fiilt time we
have heard of joy bells being rung &|
the approach of savages.
Front a Rebeck Paper of March 8.
We are informed that berfoos iron
the American States are now in this
town, buying up the paper-money
certificates or other publick securi
ties Os the U. S. particularly .hose
give hi the winter 75—6: We
mention this that the prefons holding,
fech claims may get paid for their
faithful {^evicts, and at the fame time
that they may not dispose of. them,
under value.
Account from Frederiefburg .in
form that Gen. Wilkinson had been
appointed to the command of the fe-
Cond United States regiment,at uhofe
instance a fergeaat and four men were
sent to reconnoitre the scene of Gen,
St. Clair's defeat. The bodies were
found naked and scalped. Gen. But
ler's corpse however, could not be
founds Ma battle had taken pJ#ce,a>
lately reported by feme idler, be
tween Geo. Scott and the Indians.
NEW-YORK, MARCH 17.
A little time fiace,fays a correfpon
dent, the fup-jed of genreal converfß
tion was the eleaianecring business ;
but now this is fupeteded, and eve
ry body's mouth isfcll Os Governor
DOER.
MIDDLETOWN, MARCH 24,
Last Monday night, between the
hours of 12 and one, a fire broke out
in the dwelling house of the widow
Esther Wetmore, of this city. The
fire had made such progress before it
was discovered, that it was impoffiblc
so extinguish it. The hoofe, princi
pal of the furniture, and Mrs. Wet
more's wearing apparel were soon re
duced to ashes. Mrs. Wetmore and
a negro girl (the only persons who u
finally lived in the house) were absent
on a visit, at CoL Phillips' and had
been there three or four days. The
fire broke out in a part of the house
where none had been kept for fix week#
These circumstances induced a belief
that some abandoned villain had bro
ken open the house arid set it on fire'
to conceal the burglary. A mullatto
fellow who called hirafelf Dick Goold
from New-York, and who had lived a
Short time as a servant in Col. Phil
lips' faraily, having been out that
night, was fofpe&ed and examined.
He confeffed that he had, the day be
fore,taken five dollars from the house,
and that he,with two others had that
evening formed the design of making
further plunder—sthat they proceed
ed towards the house with a hnthorrr
concealed —that he flopped a few reds
short and refufed to go any farther—
that the others went in, took what,
they tho't proper and fat fire to the
house. On Wednesday three mem
were apprehended and brought before
authority .for examination, Put the
circumstances appearing again ft the
others,two being iufufficient to corro
borate Dick's account of their being
concerned in perpetrating the crime,
they were difeharged. . But Dick was
bound over to the Saperiour Court,
and committed to goal, to afrait hi!
trial at this town in July next.
LEW-LONDON, MARCH 8.
The following accident happened
in this city last Saturday—A loaded
raufket being.left Banding in the cor
ner of a room in the house of Mr.
Charles Jeffry, jun. a neighbouring
boy came in and took the musket to
the door, where he difeharged it ; a
girl of Mr. Jeffry, about seven years
old, at th, fame instant coming into
the door, the charge went through
her arm. which it took off.