The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-06-04 00:00:00, page 1

FROM The GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Printer,
Y examples we are constantly taught, that
of all the fubjeds which engross any share of
our attention, there are few on which we
can reason with so little certainty as on the contin
gent events involved in every political system ; or
in the whole train of human affairs, any, in which
we are foun^ to deduce such wrong conclusions, or
where we meet with greater disappointments in the
expectations we may have formed. In the common
occurrences of life, our judgment, assisted by expe
rience, is generally a competent guide in conduct
ing us to the objects we have in view; but the po
litician finds himfelf in a great measure without this
advantage, and is often obliged to confide in mea
sures warranted only by preemption, while he is
frequently mortified in perceiving the result of such
plans a> he thought were conceived in wisdom and
executed with prudence, proves the reterfe of >ll he
had proposed to himfelf.
I was led to these refledions by a View of the pre
sent state of public affairs in thil lcountry,which ap
pear so essentially to contradict the pleasing reveries
of the Philosopher, and the fan,,nine hopes of the
well meaning politician. I v/ill not attempt to
delineate the dark picture which we a short time
since presented to the world —rhe painful traces of
that situation are not yet effaced from the reflecting
wind—l will only revert to the dawn of that day
when America appeared ushering with majeftick
fplendour through the d/Ark clouds which had so
long enveloped her political hemisphere—l will
just recal to memory that; era, so honourable in the
annals of mankind, wh sch gave to her a form of
government, not the offspring of violence, but the
relult of calm arid matu re deliberation, directed by
a view to the general ffood —and to that still more
glorious epoch when t;he hand which had so ably
guided us through a long and perilous war, was
called forth to deftri' jute the blessings of Peace,
Liberty and Indepent fence—Enchanting prolped !
The irradiating beam $ of pleasure broke on us with
a luftre almort too da felling— -the Weftern wilds of
America resounded i ;n echoing her future glory—
and the peaceful wafers of the lakes arose into bil
lows swelled by the / general joy.
The happy una Dimity and liberal policy which
marked the proc ^dings of the firft session of Con
gress were calcul ited to confirm the most flattering
anticipation. 7 fthe second was opened by a speech
from the head <,jf the nation, pure as the fountain
from which it issued, and urging in the most ex
pressive langw Age an early and earnest attention to
such measure would tend to establish public
credit on an .immovable basis, and restore to this
country thatJ jefpedability she had loft iri her for
mer weak a fid confufed councils —To this end and
in conforn ,sty to a prior vote of government, the
Secretary < jf t h e Treasury reported a funding system,
ftampedu nth the capacity of its author, and con
ftzuded r d ithofe great national principles which
will alor ^ j ea d us to national honor—but alas, eve
ry f eat dre of this fair portrait, has been wantonly
distorted, or lays in broken pieces at the several
fhrinf ^ o f ambition, avarice, and vanity ; and the_
Pride /, of gaining a party at home, or of leading one
here, j s found paramount to a generous passion sot
advancing the. public good, which is only seen to
arise ;in the smoke of the incense, burnt at the al
tars, of State policies.—Sad defalcations indeed in
the aspiring hopes entertained from the late poli
& revolution in this country ! The failure of
P' ablic measures is not on.ly to be attributed to the
1 ^capacity of rulers, but to the passions of ambition
and resentment, which are seldom under controul
in men vested with power, and where the /egree of
responsibility cannot by any human contrivance be
made adequate to the confidence reposed.
It is from the misapplication and perversion of
great talents we have every thing to sear—those
splendid abilities which are founded and intended
by Providence to exalt national fame and promote
public happiness, operate in a contrary direaion
when abused ; and instead of procuring honour,
wealth and fecority to society, they involve in
and entail misery and disorder on future generati
ons-
It is to be hoped that the great Neckar of Ame
rica, with' all that superiority which belongs to a
cool and determinate mind, will be found proof a
gainst the barbed fhafts of envy and interested am
bition, and eventually triumph over both, in his
noble pursuit of the public welfare.
The free use b£ th^J^^fLioheJbw^J
THE NEWHAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
Friday, JUNE 4, 1790.]
MISCELLANY.
Published by H. Ranlet, in the Main Street, Exeter.
hOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
THE bill for repealing after the last day of——
next, the duties heretofore laid upon Wines,
imported from foreign ports or places, and laying
others in their stead, was read a second time, and
referred to a committee of the whole house on Mon
day next.
The house then proceeded' to recon flder such of
their amendments proposed to the bill sent from
the senate, entitled, "An act for giving effeft to
the ad therein mentioned, in refpe& "to the State
or North-Carolina, and to amend said aft," as were
disagreed to by the senate; and thereupon the
house Refolded,
That a conference be desired with the senate on
the fubjeft matter of said amendments; and that
Messrs. White, Steele, Foster, Livermore, & Wil
liamson, be ' appointed magnagers at the said con
ference on the part of the house.
Agreeable to the order of the day, the House a
gain resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole
on the report of the committee to whom wds refer
red the petition of the merchants and traders of the
town of Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire. The mo
tion for ftpking out the clause whjch propbfes a
tonnage of too cents on foreign bottoms, was put
and negatived. A motion was then made to insert
75 ; cents in lieu of too. This was also negatived.
The committee rose and reported progress.
Mr. Benson from the joint committee of both
h^-A?, nn-i~ir»e-»J —»T.^r<l^- »- --—-» -I .I. «,.,r»^,
OF all the vices incident to the aboriginals of
this country; that of lying is not the least.—
Some years since, one Tom Hyde, an Indian fam
ous fer his cunning, came into a tavern at Brook
field, and after talking to the landlord that he had
been hunting, and had killed a fine fat deer, and
thatif he would give him a quart of rum, he would
tell him where it was. The landlord did not wilh
to let flip so good an opportunity to obtain his ven
ison, and immediately measured the Indian his
rum. Well, fays Tom, do you know where the
great meadow is ? Yes. Well, do you know the
great Marked maple tree that stands in it ? Yes.
Well, there lies the deer. Away polled, the tav
erner, with his team, in quest of his purchase. He
found the meadow, and the tree, it is true ; but his
ferchings after the deer were in vain, and he re
turned no heavier, except in chagrin, than he went.
Some days after, he meets the Indian, and vi
olently accuses him of the deception. Tom heard
him out, and with the coolness of a philosopher re
plied—Did you not find the meadow, as I said ?
Yes. And the tree? Yes. And the deer? No.
Very good, continues he ; you found two truths to
one lie, vohich was very well for an Indian.
American, which he will not consent to difpole of
for a mess of pottage ; it is the fan which kindled
that spark of liberty in this country, which is faft
spreading over all Europe, and bids fair to illumi-.
nate the whole World.
The whole world , 884,500,000
In the course of thirty years 895,300,000 will be
born and die, arid consequently 81,760 will die
every day.
Calculation of the number of inhabitants exiting on
the earth.
KINGDOMS. INHABITANTS.
Greatbritain, 7,500,000
Ireland,' 2,600,000
France, 22,4000,000
Spain, 7,4000,000
Portugal, 3,600,000
Mediterranean Illes, 2,700,000
Germany, 20,600,000
Holland, or the Republic, 3,200,000
Austrian Netherlands, # 1,500,000
Switzerland and Genava Republic, 3,100,000
Sweden, = 3,300,600
Nbrway, 1,600,000
Prussia, 17,060,000
Hungary, 5,000,000
Poland, a 5,000,000
Turkey, in Europe;' 18,000,000
Thus Europe contains 1 24,500,000
Asa is fuppbfed at 450,000,000
Africa at 150,000,000
America 160,000,000
CONGRESS.
ANECDOTE.
AMERICANUS.
The report of the committee on the memorial of
the officers of the late Navy of the United States
was read. This report was in favour of granting
the prayer of the memorialifts, viz. That they
should be placed on a similar footing with the officers
of the late army of the United States, and be allow
ed five years pay. Laid on the table.
Amount of the duties received on tonnage from if Sep
tember tog if December, 17^9.-
States. Foreign American Total amount
tonnage. tonnage. of tonnage.
N. Hamp. 469 50 339 30 808 80
Maffa. 4,829 371 3,855 60 8,684 971
Conned. 618 8 722 47!, 1,34° SSI
New-York 8,73 g 87% 1,496 66| 10,236 54
New-Jersey 83 50 224 31 , 307 81
Pennf. 11,587 64 1,515 6 13,102 70
Delaware 603 123 96 726 96
Maryl. 4,94 5% '1,728 88; 6,722 94
Virginia 11,210 93% 1,423 30; 12,634 24
S. Caro. 4,630 59 433 24 5,064 43
Georgia 2,600 17 126 65 2,726 82
56,366 72 11.990 5 62,356 77
FRIDAY, MAY 14.
_ INCREASED TONNAGE REPORT.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
This report was again difeuffed—And on motion
of Mr. M Adison, the following additional clause
was added— Ayes 28— Noes 19 ; viz. That from
and after the da,"of next, no such vef
fel be permitted to export from the United States an,
unmanufaaured article being the growth or produce
thereof. , ,
The second Resolution of the report which pro
vided that 10 per cent, additional duty should be
4<?rt,rt"=—4#*„^R^^ 7-r^ # —m^
On the increased TONNAGE REPORT. After
debate, the following Resolution, as amended, pas
sed — Ayes 32—Noes 19.
Resolved That the tonnage on all foreign built bot
toms,belonging to nations not in commercial treaty ivitb
the U? States, be raised to the Jum of One Dollar per
ton, from and after the,firft day of January next. The
committee rose and reported.
That it will be advifeable for Congress to pass a
law, or laws for determiriing, agreeable to' the pro
vision in the firft fedion of the second article ofthe
Constitution, the time when the electors fhall,in the
year which will terminate bn the 3d of March,
1793, and so in every fourth year thereafter, be
chosen, and the day on which they shall give their
votes, for declaring what officer shall, in case of
vacancy, both in the office of President and Vice-
President, ad as President; for assigning a public
office where the lifts mentioned in the second para
graph of the firft fedion of the second article of the
Constitution, shall; in case of vacancy in the office
of President of the Seriate, or in his absence from
the feat of government, be in the mean time depo
sited; and for direding the mode in which such lifts
shall be transmitted.
THURSDAY, MAY Ij;
After a number of petitions, &c. were read, the
House went into
'' That the terms for which the President, Vice
President, Senators and Representatives of the U.
States were refpedively chosen, did, according to
the Coriftitution, commence on the 4th of March,
1789, and so the Senators of the firft class, and the
Representatives; will hot, according to the Confti
tion, be entitled by virtue of the fame elfflion by
which they hold feats in the present Congress, to
feats in the next Congress which will be assembled
after the third day of March, 1791. And further,
that whenever a vacancy shall happen in the Se
nate, or House of Representatives, and an election
to fill such vacancy, the person ele&ed will not,
according to the Constitution, be entitled by virtue
of such election, to hold a feat beyond the time, for
which the Senator or Representative in whose stead
such person shall have been eleded; would if the
vacancy had not happened, have been entitled to
hold a feat.
on the question " When according to the Confti.
tution, the terms for which the President, Vice
President, Senators and Reprefehtatives, have been
refpedively chosen, shall be deemed to have com
menced" and also to consider of and report their
opinion on such other matters as they shall conceive
to have relation to this question, made a report,
which was read, and is as follows.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
LATE NAFr OFFICERS.
[Vol. IV.—Numb. 200