The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-03-05 00:00:00, page 2

,OF all the countytain Europe, at this
day; Sweden seems ,6 be that where the
tafatyr,', the most dumeroas as well as
the most, gfeful class of the community,
ate treated with regard due to men.—
, : An account of the opening of a Swedish
diet, as delivered by a cocemporary wri
ter, may give ad idea of the rank which
the peafaptyy,. of Sweden hold with re
fped to that of other nations. .
" The King in all the pomp of royal
ty; approaches the Cathedral, while the
gate follows in froceffion : Divine service
ft .performed so ufoal, except that a
Bifoop always deliver, the teimon.,
''From the Cathedral, the King and
the Rate pats into the Hall appointed for
the receptiori of the Representatives of
the Nation—tlte Alfembly range, itfelf
into order ; the, King is Seated on his
throne— he delivers a speech, to which
the Mar(hall add the Speakers return ari
anfwerty f
"The whole Retie is intefefting and
cap,ivating-rbut ,p,iricipally so is the
appearance of the, peafantr,.—How dt
lightful to infold the labourer in hi,
plain,and tufttefc;habit, setting himfelf
oy the fide ^ fy,, falow-citizeds, ap
proaching the throne with confidence;
and addre ffingthe King without embar
iartmeat—withppt fear!, : , , ,
, " Ye unfortunate. Ruffian rind Polanefe
peasants !=h^v{fo jemoved from yo,
1$ this noble exigence—-you moifteh the
harth With thy fwe#t .of your brows—
with painful exertions.you /race the far^,
LIW^ andn&yer does the cheering idea of
th fe privilege,rethefe advantages which
exalt & dignity human nature, tobehe your
afflictions —fill your dwellings with glad
ness ! ——You havp no poffeffions-^no
country.!" — —r-
LIBERtr OECTHE PRESS.:
LET us far ^moment judge of the
practice of the. Courts as to wards feken,
and to %ysr^f,„r@j7; In the firlt, no
words' are a£li@abfe Which do not apply:
to a fpycifck a&playc^nd time. A man
may be said to be a thief, or a woman
branded with' the infamous term of jfr^-
MI * unleft,a fpecification ^
the approbiops tagnnitMs beep held bya
the Cour, gtoritew .actionwill lie.'
In the Court, GAri&ifaundeed,,th& fcan^
da( may be paniffied by. a maniati,, in
a white faeet; ,ta fc.fe evidently
giro great latitude of speech. x^fo
•written, on the contrary, are .judged at
by a strider ferotin,.' No' man can tell
what is and> what & net a'.libel—it is
truth—it is faldtfod—^ffertidn-r<U
equivoqutyrobMhd^ blpkftace
has proved to be rqa^ c4„'n)iand a text
from the Gofpel falfe and scandalous. We
defy any man',: however learned 1n ; the
'aw, and however praflifed iff theCo&rt),
to give an accurate analysis o's a libel,and
to rate intelligibly hoyfar the fair liberty
of the prefi extends, & where the abuse of
it begins.— : ^ -^ \ - t,^;
TW^W
hereof, are desired to ' bring,it
'mmedi^y,prfononey will be
:xpe&ed in Men of m 10
LONDON, NOV. fy;
ALL hopes pf effffling.a counter-re,_
volution in France, by means of the
arittocrarick party, being at an end, the
National Assembly h^ve leifore to proceed
in fixing the new government and liber
ties of their country, on the firmeft basts.
As to England,^ kingdom &t\has ever
profeHed herfelf the guardian
nefs of liberty, it is really mortifying to
every- honest Briton, to fee so, many of
her sons employed in abusing the glori
ous efforts of that nation, which has had
the spirit to re-instate itfelf in its natural
rights against all the machinations of des
potism. At the head of those calumnia
tors of the glorious French revolution we
are sorry to place the once celebrated
Edmund Burke.—Mindes fen,feeds partitur
pbantafi^ (fays Gerfon) " the noorld h'd<
got into its dotage^and has become qjifionar,.''
The fame may be laid of this famous
orator. He views ever/ tranfadion of
the Assembly through a medium of the^
grossest prejudice, and in order (for rea-,
dons belt known to himfelf) to defend the"
rights of the corrupt clergy of France
(who, “ by fixing their engines on another
world," could afef years ago wield the
nation at their pleasure) he has in effeQ
exhibited himfell to Europe as an enemy
to the rights of man, and the advocate of
defpotifin and ecclelialtical tyranny.
{ SWEDIS'^
Foreign Intelligence.
" It is' i'mpofTible for me to* give you a
just idea of the diftrety into' which this e
vent has thrown the inhabitants,especially
those of the but fettlemenrs. I have for
some time been of opinion, that the spring
would open with a general attack on the
frontiers, in which event I did not expea
we (hould efcage,unl'efs government Ihould
timely fend t/bops for bur proteaion,which
I was in hopes would be the case. Butit
seems the enemy are determined td take
advantage of our defencelefs situation. I
;collfider this as the forerunner of other at-
;tacks of a more serious nature, and which I
may involve ui in complete ruin; unless
prevented by government taking immedi
:ate meafutes for our ,rdteaion. To their
protediod f conceive we always had an
l indisputable cUim; which claim is in,
|creafed, if possible; by the circumstances
Ithat have brought us under the resentment
pf the Indians, and at least in some mea
,fate produced the mifeliiefs we feel.".
; ,., The above letter, farther ftatei, That
:the fettldment at Marietta con fills of a
bodt ^o houses— That at a place zz mile's
up the Mufkirigunrithere are so families
I fettled—tl|at on Is,ack-Creek, 4 miles dif
tanh, a^d at another place z miles up the
Mu&irigam , three gristmills are ere&ed=
that at Woff-Creek there sire 4 families
fettled, arid grigmills at work —that the
inhabitants at Melgs-Creek, 6 miles frciiri
the fcerie of the late carriage; have all left
the fetiletferit—that at Bellpree, 12 miles
down the Okie: from the mouth of the
Mu'ffife^fy ,° families' are fettled—that
fort Harmar, opposite Marietta, is unpro
vided with artillery, and but 2§ men' in
cluding officers in the garrison—that the
Militia in all the settlements, including
civil and military officers, amount to 287 ,
men'—man'y pf tfem without arms: That
in confeqyence' of the late attackthe^c^/j
and Pro,rirtori of the Ohio Purch'afe, at
Marietta, affem^fed, & after deliberating
on their fitriacrorif&itcred into the folfow
irig Refolutipn:
1 " THE^Goyfrnor and Seek far, being out
rf the territory the Militia of Kirginid and
^ennJjl^dma cannot /, '@4 to oar dffift
ante —no reUYffrom the general government
fan be exftaed under federal months—oar
fat&mentfcdri therefore in the titmoft danger
tf^^fy^yted np r before an, foreign
ail can, be, &dined; nnlejs immediately fere
^e',dby^ra^ng in part ofour fettlemeitts,
teeing our military strength drawn to cer
("'. ^ fe°i ^ > 'gi#, articular fyflem of defbice
'JWWMI^ therefore Refolded, That the
ty^abitants 0/ all the out fatlements be, and
the, bereb, dire afyifed to remove their wb
^en o^4 Mildren (, the down of Marietta,
4, &# .fa.,poffible—that faib d&ittaal
i% r p 4$ (wenectyury firfydefeb&tfthe
tfwp, of Marietta, one fort at Belph&a^d
another at Wolf-Creek Msßs, be-imhtidiat^,
Jet about; and that Lieut J^ql. faty^ndfa^
Sprout be requeued to dei&b 60 privates,re,
,m^%^^% ft.
PROVIDENCE, FEB. 10.]
'ExtraA of a letter from a gentleman high*in
Office» i" ^ Weftern Terrfer,^tda Mem
ber of Congress, dated Marietta; on the
Mufangum, Jan, 6, I„I.
'' Qur_profpeds are much changed.—
Instead of peace and friendship with our
Indian neighbors, a horrid savage war
Hares as in,toe face ; the Indians, instead
of being humbled by thedeftrudion of the
Shawanefe towns,and brought tp beg for
-peace, appear determined an a general
war, in which our feeelements are already
"involved. On the eveningtofih"e zd inst.
they fell on afettlement about forty miles
up the Md&ingum, furprized a Block
hpufe, killed fourteen persons, and carri
ed off three others. The perfoni killed
are, John add. Philip Stacy, sons to Cdl%
William Stacy, from New-Salem, Ezra
Putnam, lon to Major Ezra Putnam, from
Middleton, in Massachusetts, John'Camp,'
from the fame place , Jonathan Farewell,'
and -Caih,and — —Patten,from New-
Hanpfhire, Zebulon Throop,from Barre,
William James from Connecticut, fofeph
Clark, from Rhode-ffland, a man by the
name of Meeks, with his wife and two
children, from Virginia. Tnefe were all
killed id and at the block-house. Francis
and Isaac Caoat, from Leicester, and one
those, Indians who till lately used co visit
our settlements every day withdrawing
themselves entirely from our light, ever
fioce the expedition against theShawanefe,
there is little reason co doubt but the De
lawares & the Wiandots, as well as others,
Shaw, who kept at a hut about 50 rods
from the block-house, were not found by
the party who went out; and it is hoped
that they are prifoders.—What number of
Indians were concerned in this mifetiief,
or from what tribe ye know not, but from
have had a hand in this business.
AMERICAN ADVICES;
„ BOSTON, MARCH 2.
Extract of a letter from Wifcafr
set, dated iytb ultimo.
, " Last month I happened to
be at Broad-Cove, in the town
of Briflof; and there saw the
most distressing fight that is
possible to defcride ; —I there
met with about 30 Indians,
who came there the last fall,-
just at the time the, winter fat
in—which immediately depri
ved them of filh arid clams,
their usual food when Upon the
sea coal —The rivers arid the
coast were frozen for miles,
which prevented their return,
ing home. , They have been
obliged to feed on horie flefh &
cattle,which have died thro' the
intense coldness of the winter-—
They have been twice, at Wif
c#/,applying for relicfc-when
I afforded theffi all the assis
tance in my power—got some
clothes for their old men, and
gave them what proviffion I
could spare—and all the peo
ple here did what they could for
them. They complain that the
white people hunt on their
lands, and that government
has taken from them part of
these lands, which prevents
their getting a living from
them. This I fear has too
much truth iff it. I think go
vernment Would do well to
take the matter into their con
fideratioh, & render these poor
distressed people some redress
in the Spring—or relieve them
as they shall think proper."
SINGULAR MURDER.
We have an account from
lludfon, that a short time since,
the conduct of a perlon, who
visited a store in that city, was
such as to raise suspicions in
the mind of the owner, of some
intentions to rob the store. Ac
cordingly three perlons were
desired to watch therein. Du
ring the night the watch heard,
as they fuppoled, two or three
perforis endeavouring to cut
thro' the door. The robbers
Were fuffered to proceed, unpl
a hole was- cut, through which
one of them thrust his artn to
unbolt the door, which the
people within immediately
seized arid confined.—ln this
situation both parties continu
ed for some time, those inside,
from' bbitig ignorant of the
number otrtfide,not chufirig to
go out. At length twoot the
robbers fat up the cry of murder
several times—after which there
wd< nothing heard for some
time, when those infidefinding
the hand ^hith ffiey still held
confined grow cold— opened
the door, arid Were shocked
We learn from undoubted authority
that the noted DANIEL SHA?S, com
monly called General *Shays, who was so
recently at the head ch riotous:bifeditti;
in the state of Maffachufutts, is. now con
fined in the jail at Bennington, for a debt
under 101 due to a farmer of Little White
Creek, in the State of Vermont.
SPRINGFIELD, FEB. 2.
The legislature of this state
•has granted a bounty of nine
foillingr for every hundred wt.
of Hemp railed within theftate.
—Has chosen Hon. John T.
Gilman, Sandford Kingsbury,
and yames M'Grtgore, Efq'rs,
Commiffionbrs to receive the
claims in New-Hampjbire, a
gainst the United States :—
Has chosen Jo/iah Bartlett,
Ammi R. CutterJojhud Brack
et, Enquires, and others, a
Society by the name of 'The
New-Hampfcire Medical Socie
ty : —Has voted the salaries of
the State Officers; as follow—
Pre/ident 2pol.—Secretary gol<
Attorney-General 6oL Irea/urer
24.0/. —Has passed ari Ad for
ceding, to the U. S. the Light-
House and Land belonging
thereto, at Newcaft/e—and an
A& empowering the Prefi
denty Chief-Juftice and Trea
surer, to fund the^ Old Conti
nental Money, amounting to
4,000,000, of dollars, and the
Final Settlements and Indents,
amounting to 40,000 dollars,
now in tne Trealury, pur
suant to the Ad of the Uni
ted States.
Q^Tbe ptinter of the Gazet
teer prefects bis compliments to the writer of
an address to him inserted the igth ult.=
He ejieems it a misfortune that his labours
Jhould be anfatisfaaor, to any of bis readers;
but confeffes that be does not know bow to ri
void it. It is bis buJinejs,^ will ever be bit
endeavor, to communicate to bis readers an
agreeable mixture of information and
amusement. In doing this he must con
sult the tape of the PUBLIC, and not that
of an individual. If he is bapp,
enough to jutisfy bis judicious cuflomers in
general, be fall ever think be has gained bis
point.
In regard to the new conftitutibn and its
general operation^ he takes the liberty to ap
peal from the sentence of bis correspondent to
the opinions and feelings of the community ;
being well afured that they are entirely on
bis fide. Whenever they fee a new song,
she printer, provided be Jball think it a good
one, expels to join in it. At prejent be is
full, Jati jied with that in common use thru'
United States ; not only because it accords
with bis own feelings, but because be has
re ason to believe that, with a few excepti
ons, the whole mass of enlightened citizens
join in the CHORUS~,
" Deteaor" and his " Problem" are
received, and fhal| have a place in our
next. "Z. ?' came too late— We will
attend to him next week.
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State of Nt<w ^ am,Jhire — Hillfbuougb, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given to the
Non-Resident owners,of land in
the town of New-London, who have not .
paid ther Taxes for the year 178.8, that
iinlefs they pay the fame to me the fubt
scriber, on or before Thursday the 31st
day of March next, between 10 o'clock
in the morning and five in the afternoon,.
so much of their, land as will pay said
taxes with incidental charges, will be
fold, at Public Vdndue, at the dwellings
house of the fubferiber in said tpwn.
.SiLu. Ind. State,
Robert M'Murphy No. f. d. f. d. f. d.
—-—3 B Acres 69 0 2 05 q 6 ,
- 22 Acres 129'0 1 01 0 3
——44 Acres 35 0 3 °6 0 8.
10h.8ag1y,45 Ac. 131 0 2 05 0 7.
John Russ, 52, Ac's . 23 0 3 06 0 io
C Apt: Jonas Minot
—-133 Acres 104 0 4 08 1 0
—=l3l Acres '.1,4 0 6 10 1 4
-JOHN MORGAN, Conftabit
with the fight of the robber,
with his throat cur from ear
to ear. A- deed which it is
fuppof^d his companions per
petrated, to effect their escape,
and prevent detention.
EXETER(Saturday )Marcb 5.