The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-03-14 00:00:00, page 1

.JANUARY 2, 179.2.
Information is hereby
given to all the military invalids
of the United States/hat the sums to
which they are intitled for fix months
of their annual pension, from the 4th
. day of September, 1791, and which
will become due on the ,h day of
- March, 1792, will be paid on the said
day by theCommiffioners of the Loans
within the states tefpcdively, under
the usual regulations,,viz.
Every application for payment most
be accompanied by the following
vouchers' # ,
Xft. The certificate given by the
slate, fpecifying that the person pof
faffing the fame is in fad an invalid,
and afeertainiog the fam to which as
* fitch he is annually entitled.
2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the
following form: ~
A. B. came before me, one ofthe
Justices of the county of in the
fate of and made oath that he
is the fame A. B. to whom the origi.
nal certificate in his possession was
given,of which the following is a copy
(the certificate given by the date to be
recited) That he served (regiment,
corps or vcffel) at the time he was
disabled, and that he now refines in
the and county of and has re
sided there for the lag years, pre
vious to which he resided in
In case an invalid Should apply for
payment by an attorney, the said at
torney, besides the certificate andoath
before recited, must produce a fpccial
letter of an attorney agreeably to the
following form :
I, A. B. of county of date
of do hereby constitute and appoint
C. D. of my lawful attorney, to
receive in my behalf of my pen
sion, for fix months, as an invalid of
the United States, from the fourth day
of September,one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-one, and ending the
fourth day of March, one thousand se
ven hundred and ninety-two.
- Signed and sealed
in the presence of
} Witnesses.
Acknowledged before me,
Application of executors and admi
nistrators must be accompanied with
legal evidence of their refpeaive of
fices, and also of the time the invalids
died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the President of the
United States.
H. KNOX, Secretarj of War.
Five Dollars Reward.
QTR4YED ° r
D^°' e °> &om
W ''' barn of the
fubfcriber,onihe
night of the 16th
&^£ffi^ffi instant a black
MARE, with a small star on her fore
head, one white hind foot, and one
hip lower than the other, 15 years
old, trots and paces.— ,-Al/o—
A dark brown COLT, with
a star on her forehead, a white spot
on her oofe, three white feet, trots all,
about nine months old. Whoever
will return them to the fobfcriber,lhall
receive the above reward.
/ JOSIAH SHAW.
^Jliampten Feb, 27, 1792^ ___
war'd ep2r tme nt.
EXETER, (New-Hamp(hire) Printed and Published by HENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum.
Newhampfhire
WEDNESDAY, March 14, 1792.]
BEN JOHNSON was a learned brute.
The following irftar.ee of his
brutal incivility is little known, ana
has never appeared in print.
A Mr. Kelly, a gantleman refpefla
ble for his abilities at an author, was
defrous of being introduced to Dr,fobn
fon. David Garrick,who was intimate
with the Doflor, and for whom indeed
Johnson bad a kind of regard, took upon
bimjAf to afe leave so introduce Kelly to
him. According to promise be requeued
the favour.
% Who is this Kelly," said Johnson
in his furl, tone, "that wants to fee me?
I don't Want to fee him, David." "He
ii a gentleman well known in the litera
ry world, who wifas much to have that
honor. '' Well, tell him to come to
morrow morning, at ten o'clock." Kelly
according to appointment was pundual
to a minute, and was Jhewn into a room
without fire, though the weather was
severe. Here he waited upwards (fan
hour. At la/1 the furl, bear came deron;
and putting his bead in at the door half
opened, addressed his victor —" Tour
name is Kelly"—Yes, Si,, much at, our
Service." "Well, good bye,Mr. Kell, ;
I have no inclination to be acquaint
ed with a man who has written there
than he has read.” Wish this tbeDoc
tor retired. Kelly return home, proba
bly better pleased with an acquaintance
™>itb Johnjon's works, than with the
author.
[' HAT whereas I the
A f6bfcriber± on or about the 3p
day of January, 1792, by fraud and
deception, was prevailed on to sign
a Note of Hand to Simeon Ladd, of
Nottingham, for the sum of thirty-two
pounds, feroenteen /hillings —l hereby
caution all persons against purchasing
said note, ' the fame being obtained
through fraud and deception, without
any confederation therefor, as I am
determined never to pay it.
A LL persons are hereby
2 ' cautioned against purchasing of
Joseph GoAdqn, cf Exeter, cord
wainer,< a note for twenty fallings
and seven pence, signed by me, as it
was fraudulently obtained 4 —and lam
determined not to pay it.
S Daniel Smith.
Kington, Feb. 10, 1792. ,
TAKE NOTICE. #
&L L perJons are hereby
2 X cautioned aguinft purchasing of
Abraham Silver, of Chefler,
a note for Seventy Five Pounds, (signed
by the fubfoiber) it being delivered him
en certain conditions which he has not
complied with.
; Stephen Hills.
Chefler, Feb. 14, 1792.
Samuel Emerson.
From the daily advertiser, prin
ted at New,ark.
Original A NECDOT E.
t . To be SOLD,: %,.
#RY Benjamin
Dweilinghoufe
of Ijaac Currier, and
Aljo '1
A piece of Land adjoining
Mr. Ephraim Robinfoh's farm.
Rr„er, Feb. 10? b, 1792. ,
TAKE NOTICE,
: J hope, said he, the alteration will
not be agreed co — when this bill went
up to the Senate,! am informed it uat
committed to a committee confining
of a member from each slate—that the
alterations were made in chat commit
tee,and afterwards agreed to inSenate
without much debate. In that com
mittee thii fubjeft was very -unfairly
represented, and gentlemen whoyere
then in favour of the amendment, are
now On further enquiry, decidedly a
gainst it. This I think,^a good rea
son why the House ought not to con
cur. But, fir, I beg leave to offer
some reasons why an office should be
established in Exeter—lt is a compact
town of confioerable trade, and lone
navigation — it has a direa trade with
Bofion, and vends considerable quan
tities of dry goods—this trade would
be greatly facilitated by having the
stage pass through the town—But what
is of more importance and more ex
tenfie in its operation, arises from
the necessary communication which is
kept up between that town and other
parts of the f^t< —this will be per
ledlly undurflocd,whcn the gentlemen
are informed that the records of the
state, the Secretaries end treasury of
fices are kept there —that the records
and treafory of a large county, com
prehendirg both Portlm.outh &Exeter,
and extending fifty or sixty miles into
the country are also kept there—and
that the judicial courts of the county,
the Hate ord the United States, set
there at appointed periods.—lt is there
the governor convenes his council to
consult on public affairs— and it is
from that place a communication
should be kept up between the state
and the general government— from
these circumstances it appears that it
would be very convenient not only for
Exeter, but for a considerable part of
the state to have an office eftabliihed
there ; and as the necessary communi-!
cation between that and other towns I
would afford frequent opportunities tQ
fend and receive letters by private
conveyance, a doubt can hardly exist
that such an arrangement would be
productive to the revenue—this I be
lieve to be the opinion of the poft
m after general. Sir, the distance from
Boston to Portsmouth does not exceed
seventy miles, and that perhaps the
best road within the United States of
equal extent —the objection therefore
that the stage cannot pass thro' in a
day, can h,ve no weight, it is too ab
surd to deserve a serious refutation—
the difference in the diflance between
the present route of the mail, and the
one proposed through Exeter is, pass
ing through Kensington, about three
mil-, or by Hamptonfalls about five
miles—the road thro' Kensington is.a
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1792.
The amendments of the Senate to thePofl
°F" Bill were taken into corfidera
tion by the House, , &
ON E of the amendments was to
strike out Exeter from the gene
ral route of the poll.
Mr. Gilman rose in opposition to
this amendment.
THE
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good carriage road, the stage ran that
way about five years ago, before the
proprietors contrasted for the trans
portation of the mail— it was then a
pretty good read, since which it is
much improved—it was therefore a
falfe assertion th fay that the road thro'
Kensington orHampton-Fallsis bad—
and lam persuaded thatthe mail pass
ing that way could not be injurious to
Portsmouth. But, fir, the opposition
to this measure arises from a rivallhip
between the two towns — Before the
war, the courts and offices just now
mentioned, were held exclusively at
Portfmcuth—on the commencement of
hostilities, it was found convenient to
remove them to Exeter, where it has
been thought expedient to continue
them—but this has excited a degree
of jealouty in the minds of feme per
sons, to theiatcreft of Portfmubth,
who ate perpetually on the watch to
oppose any public measure calculated
to promote the intcreft or conveni
ence of Exeter—ls this alteration
takes place, letters going to Exeter
will be liable to a pollage of 20 or 25
per cent more than by the prelent ar
rangement, and as the crofsfoft will
set off but once a week, letters may
lie fix or seven days in the office at
Porrfmouth—this will preclude the
people of Exeter from the benefit of a
poll, they will be obliged to fen'd their
letters by private conveyance as they
now do.—By the original conftruaion
of the bill, the expence of transporting
the mail would be lefa than by the
proposed alteration, as by extending
the route of the principal mail about
three miles further, the travel of the
crols-pcft is shortened fourteen. I
therefore Lope the people in that par:
of the date will not be deprived of
rights naturally arifirg from their fi.
tuation, by the prejudice and mifre
pefentarion of thole who wiih to in
jure them, and that the amendment
will not be agreed to.
Mr. Livermore —l shall agree to
the amendment made by the Senate
in this bill to strike cut Exeter, and
to carry the mail by the accufiomed
route, thru' Hampton, which is the
nearest way, as gentlemen have here
tofore flated,by about five miles ; and
it is also the bell road, mere especial
ly in the winter, when the foew is
deep, being a read more used, and
confeqaebtly the paths better kept
open. And that a bill provides that
a mail shall be carried from Ports
mouth to Exeter, to the interior parts
of the ftate,l think the town ofExeter
will be well accommodated without
the deviation of five miles before men
tioned. As the Ilage carriages that
carry the mail three times a week,
between Portsmouth and Boflon,in the
Summer season, carry many paftengers
from Portsmouth and from Boflon,and
other places, a deviation of five miles
and' in a worse road, would be a very
great inconvenience to such passen
gers. The diflance from Rollon to"
Portfmouth,by the ufoal route,is about
65 miles; This is a pretty long jour
ney to be performed with a stage wag
gon in one day, which is the case in
the summer season ; but five miles ad
ded, may induce the necessity of tra*
veling Sometimes after the night,
which would be attended with incon
veniency to the passengers, besides
hindering the mail from arriving at
the appointed hour. The inconveni
ence would also perhaps be greater in
winter, in proportion to the number
[Numb. 37 of Volume 6.