The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-12-26 00:00:00, page 2

Extract, of a letter from India, b,
the Dublin East Indiaman, to Mr.
Wi Ilian Jonen
"We left Pathst, December (§,
Z 787, and went to Decca and arrived
there after a passage df gßeen days,
Juli as we arrived,there vfta famine,
and it was really a fhookrog light td
behold ; you could not rcove out of
your hod but the corpses lay in your
way, and the wild dogs and jackalls
eat them at noon day.. The Hindoos*
never bury their dead, but bare them
to allies, if they can afford it ; if dorf,
throw them into the rivers I have
lately seen a man brought to the river
fide, & laid down at low-water mark
before to was dead; and when the
tide flowed, it carried him off. If a
man, woman, or child dies at night,
the corpse is eat by the morning;
This I have been an eye witness ; for
as I always rode out on horse back
every morning, I had an opportuni
ty to fee more than those that did
set, . In the course of fit months I
became fa much used to it, that I
took no notice of it. I was there'
yjen a dreadful conflagration <ook
place, and burnt upwards of seven
miles without intermission, and many
fouls perilled. Now consider, firft
on inundation ; second, a famine ; &
third a conflagration. How much
the place mult be distressed, I leave
you to think, [left Decca the firft
of December left, and arrived at Cal
cutta, after a passage thro' the Sons
derburns (in 17 days) hearty and well,
thartk God.'
• If,on recoiled, Igave,w an account
Jf a woman that was burnt alive with
er bujband ; but tbofe are the high cast,
Alinoft eyery,letter from America,
so full of the poverty, distress, & mif
efry of her citizens, and several well,
informed Republicans do not scruple
to assert, that one the firft ads of the
Federal Goverrinrent must and will
certainly be, an eatrteft application to
Great-Britain for fonte fatal! share id
the Weftindia commerce, the loss of
which the Americans no# feel, with
the moftpainful regret,
(A lie---,didfoJ
* ; Wednesday being court day their
Msjefties received the foreign Minis
ters in the palace. The King look
ed uncommonly dejefted, the Queen
was in tears the whole time, & only
talked with the ImperialAmbaffador.
The fight was uncommonly gloomy,
and the Court broke up after a Ihort
•440 it Serf, two league from Parts
to the city; wri filled with the armed
citizens from Paris, as on his former
entry of the 16th of July—bat the
deception, tho' cold enough at that
time, was now marked in still more
mortifying charafters.
THE measures taken by the court
•f Spain, may for a time prevent the
Eime of liberty from breaking out in
that kingdom ; but the torrent can
not be long refilled. The Spaniards
will think.
Great Britain has now its turn of
peace and prosperity ; and nations
that prospered by means of the em
barrassment in which this kingdom
before the peace of 1785, was involv
ed, feel now the disadvantages & ca
lamities of war.
WE have strong assurances that a
Very considerable number of Catholic
diflfenting farmers and peafaritry of
Ireland have it in contemplation to
try the ex periment of a French hem
isphere as soon as the prefeat troubles
ihall in that country subside, and the
National Assembly are enabled to
complete the grand fabric of a free
Constitution.
LONDON, OCT. 16.
BVPLIN, SIFT. 1%
Ireland.
England.
WE are gravely told, that a
meeting of all the Ambaf
fadours, at the house of our
Secretary of State, was held for a
con falta tion on the affairs of France ;
that the licentious & unruly behaviour
of the rabble,fets all order at defiance
which never can be restored, but thro'
the aid of foreign troops ; tha: the
question now turns on the narrow
principle, whether the farroraQg
powers will benefit or not by the e
mancipation of Prance ; and agreea
ble to whatever they apprehend on
the point, the French are to be or not
to.be assisted.
Now what have we to do with the
unruly behaviour of a French mob or
rabble? Nothing at all, certainly!
That is the concern of the exiting
Government of France, which we
could not affront worse than by'our
meddling with their internal affairs.
That Government, which has not
strength and spirit enough to quell an
unruly mob, is not worth fapporting,
nor yet worth oppoling. This unru
ly mob, it seems, sets all order at de
fiance, which never can be restored,
but through the aid of foreign troops.
Qpery, which is the aggressor ? Who
began firft to break through all order,
the mob, or the Ministry, who, af
fe& to be called theGovernment/The
question, whether the surrounding
powers will benefit or not by the e
niancipation of France, is premature,
rude, and, in the present stage of the
bufiaefs, absurd: it prefappofes that
order cannot be restored without the
aid of foreign troops : yet at therfame
time, supposes the emancipariofy^f
France practicable, which cannot,
be without restoring order in the
state.-
For the last 24 hours the King has
not eaten an ounce of food, & great
apprehensions are entertained that
his health is in great danger, to fay
no more.
In the evening the diffrictfprrffir
passed a resolution, that the regiment
of the King's body guard Iheuld be
immediately broken, and never more
revived-^and that in future, his Mi,
jefty Ihoald be guarded by citizens,
instead of soldiers.
What the Emancipation of France
may be, no mortal call tell, until that
event (if ever) takes place—Whether
it will emerge from the present con
fa(ion, whole and entire,, or dismem
bered and deranged—campad or dis
located—strong of weak—unanimous
or devided-^haw disposed and inclin
ed to the different powers—perhaps
friendly to some, koftile to others, if
not as formerly, the common disturb
er of all Europe and Asia too ! How
vain then to take fach an aggregate,
complicated question into coufiderati
on at this time refpefting an event so
remote, fubjed to so many contingent
c'ies, which every furroanding power
may fee in various lights, different &
opposite views, according to their re
fpeaive interests, affeaions, plans and
defigns!l
Os alt the powers of Europe, what
have we to do with the commotions of
France, unless it be to foment and in
crease them, according to, the ex
ample set us by the present LOUIS
XVI. himfelf, is par ftaripltyi;
merican bufiuefs , It is a minor, in
capable of governing his own fubje&,
after having taught other Kings fub
jeas rebellion, arid protested them in
it; and to this day glories in the con
sequence / If he were a minor, are we
Iris guardian or protestor ? Have pot
he and his ancettors perpetually (hewn
themselves the hereditary enemies of
this iHand on all occasions, at every
opportunity, with or without cause,
on the mefffrivoloas pretences/Have
we not had quarrels enough, serious
and fatal, with France, but we must
foul our fingers by taking part in their
domeftick quarrels and civil ftrife?
Would not this be the dired why to
ABRIDGMENT of the STATE if
POLITICKS for last week.
fall foul of their common ancient he
reditary enemy ? Would not this tend
to kindle a great war all over Europe
and set euflelves in the midst of the
conflagration ? Here we must discon
tinue our pursuit of this fubjeft for
the prefect, refundable, however by
and by.
ever loads they think proper to lay
upon them, without ever considering,
whether the back is fitted for the
burthen, or whether the legs are able
to Hand under the beast and its burth
en, The consequence must be, eith
er the oppressed animal must fink un
der its incumbent weight or cast its
burthen, and turn#pon its oppressors
with unbaring futy.
This seems to be the case with di
vers European States at present. It
is as true, that a people driven by me
ceffity, opp+effiod and despair, to right
therafelvel, don't perform' that mighty
talk very tenderly, but when they un
dertake to regulate the great machine
of Government, they cause many
In the London Gazette of the 29th
of August, the Revolution at Liege is
thus related— " Hague Aug. 21. Ac
counts have been received here from
Liege, that, on the 18th instant a tu
multuous assembly of the inhabitants
of that city and its diftrid, had sur
rounded the Palace of the Prince Bifh.
bp, and extorted his assent to different
demands; one of which was, that the
States- General of that principality
Ihould be forthwith affembled.”—We
believe this representation of the case,
inadvertently made io be ftrialy true.
His Highntfs' assent to their demands
was extorted from him : and therefore
the people rauft take Special care
that he do not extort these thingsback
again from them, which he has now
assented to so relu&antly, at a time
when they may be unprepared to re
pel the attack.
It is a great pity, but it is true,
that Princes seldom or never relax the
power they obtained over their fub
jefts, by fair or foul means, of their
own accord, as volunteers in thelaufe
of freedom .and virtue. Tney never
think they have power enough. They
or at least their Ministers, the idols
they set up, are always grasping at
more power or more money, & never
think, much less fay, It is enough.
They consider the great multitude as
mere beasts of burden, to carry what
rough, many rude jolts, to the no
small terrour and amusement of the
Lordly Riders in the State Coach.—
Kings and Princes of Earth ! and ye
Minifterof State ! the Meteors of Go
vernment !—be wiser—be taught by
those things palling before your eyes,
in your neighborhood.—Do not make
the fatal experiment, to try how much
they can bear, without recourse to
one of these alternatives.
Whatever the Emperoo rhas got or
loft by his headlong war, he has cer
tainly loft his health, and got a broken
constitution, and decayed body, for
which there seems to be but small
hope's of a perfed recovery on this fide
the grave. ,
What great fatality could draw him
into this causeless, useless, uneceffary
war ? What else but pride, ambition,
avarice, and left of dominion, beyond
all bounds of cfafon, prudence and
discretion ? How poignant mutt,be
his dying groans,, whenever the awful
period arrives,- footer or laterl The
whole world would then be given up
for that one inestimable jewel—Peace
of Mind.
The boasted neutrality of Denmark
becomes every day more problemati
cal than another.—The contest be
tween the Swedes and the Czarina
grows warm, personal & rancourohs,
which may protra& the quarrel be
yond the termination of the Turkish
war.
AT the Court of Requests at Bir
mingham, a man was sued upon a pro.l
miffory note given by his wife. The )
COURT of CONSCIENCE
spoke as follows :—
" The debt may be just, and wel
believe it is, for we are too well aq
quainted with the plantiff's power tJ
doubt it ; but he cannot recover 011
this note.-
" The giver has no power to give.
'' The debt may stand without ir;
but not with it.
"It appears by this note how dif
ficult it is to keep that adive thing,
within due tompafs,
'' But few women know their own
sphere, and but few men dare teach
them ; the full liberty of the female
pen is dangerous.
" Though the laws allow our wives
but narrow latitude, yet the dear
creatures know well how to wind
round our hearts, to direct oar passi
ons, influence! ° ur c on dua, and in
duce us to aft under their direction.
" Give them an inch and they frill
take an ell. *<
" But if they were allowed to a&
for themfelvea, they might quickly
Jign away their fortunes.
" The china-lhop and the haber#
dasher would divide the profits of the
weak ; their notes would be negcciat
ed through the hands of milliners &
mantua-makers, until there would
be tfe&s, and the notes would like
this, be loon returned with a protest
for non-payment.
" The' use of the tingue is the pro+
vince of the woman, not the ten ; the
firft is a bubble, which begins and
ends in air ; let it alone and it hurts
nothing ; but the black,cloven, lower
end of Satan, were it not prevented
by power, might deal out deftruaion
without mercy;
" Our love for the sweet little
dears, will oblige us to set bounds <0
their conduct ; we boner them, though
we cannot honor their notes."
'Judgment for the defendants
. A FEW COPIES OF THAT
Excellent P^rern for Children, 'W^
©economy #/ HuomiLify
a, 4s bad at ^ Ranlet'j $?.
NEWYORK, NOV. 1{
.THE present war between the W
fians, Austrians, Swedes, and Turks;
exhibits a most degrading pidure of
human nature—how humiliating the
confederation that to gratify thelfpleen,
caprice, and ambition of a few in
dividuals,whom a fortuitious concn,*
rence of events, have placed in a par
ticular fitnation, that whole regions
Should be d<populated=that human
creatures should be classed together,
eloathed in particular manner, wear
ing the livery of death, and marched
through ex ten five regions ; leave their
wives, children, and habitations, all
the delights of domestic enjoyments,
to be flaughiered for the acqoifitioa
of an objea in Which the, are not in
tereited. Can it be possible that id
great a proportion of our fellow men
will much longer submit to fach vafi
fallage ? —Oppreffion over the bodies,
and estates of men in a time of pace,
may well rouse the fufferers to resist
ance ; but the cruel depredation com
mitted by the tyrants of the earth up*
on the rights, the freedom and tran
quility, the prosperity, not only of
their enemies, but theiryi/jm if a
time of car, fill up the measure of
human misery and degradation.
NORFOLK. R< x5.._
THIS day arrived from London,
at Lindsay's Hotel, Thcmas
lirmsoN, Efquire,our late embafc
lador at the Oort of VerfaiUes, and
now Secretary of the United State#'
of Americas
American Advice#.
*n,,^&^'
Newyorh.
Virginia.