The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-04-23 00:00:00, page 3

Extraa of a letter from Liverpool, Feb. 23.
" By the arrival of on: of oar hips
from the ^eft-lndies this day, we have
the following account.
Extras? of a letter, dated Barbridge, fan.
PETERSBURG, VIRG.FEB.24.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in Meck
lenburgb county, to his friend in Peterfi.
" A MOST extraordinary instance of
enthusiasm occured in this county
lately ; the novelty of the tranfaaion,
the depravity and baseness of the mind
of him who is the fuhjed of it, as also the
detestation that is due from every good
member of society to the surgeon who
performed the operation, makes this a
narrative that ought to be communicated
to the public. A Methods! Preacher,
named Menter, finding his religious
inclinations milch impeded by the impul
ses of nature; and apprehending that he
could aft more Confohantly to the doc
trines of his divine matter, by being de
prived of those parts or concomitants of
the human system which were furnished
him for divine purposes, procured a cer
tain surgeon in the neighbourhood, to
emasculate him. ' In the course of the
Operation, he difccvered the molt evident
marks of religious phrenzy.
" How far his conduct will meet the
approbation of hisbrethren, is not yet
ascertained—But the sisterhood, with ex
treme vociferation denounce vengeance
against him —proclaim him incapable of
communicating inspiration as a— Prea
cher, being well Satisfied chat the Lord
did not intend such charters to teach
his precepts :—They, therefore, have
come to a resolution not to appear where
he holds forth :—And they further hope
that those of their sex throughout the Rate,
who may be acquainted with his condu&,
will treat him with such indignation as
will deter all others of his sex and pro
feffion from similar mutilation of the
works of the Divine Architea."
'' Last night brought in very alarming
accounts from Dominica, receding the
Negroes; several about the North pvt
of the island have taken up arms, and
refufcd to work, particularly, not more
than three days in a week. From many
of the estates all the negroes had defect.d,
and the accounts fay, the consequences
are to be dreaded. It is hoped they will
be quelled, as two regiments, the 13th
and 15th, left this two days ago for that
inland ; and, if necessary, no doubt will
ad.— -So much for Mr. Wilberforce and
the friends to the Abolition of the Slave-
Trade." •
An army of 17,000 fighting men mar
ching with 80,000 bullocks, requiring in
all 50,000 drivers, feeders, See. gives an
idea of war extraordinary in its nature as
well as expence. It forms two columns
of many miles in length ; and the cod
trad for feeding all the bullocks of all
three armies(at ten rapes each per month)
amounts, we underhand, to a million and
half sterling per annum.
Two companies of artillery are to be
immediately sent to India, under the
command of an officer of the rank of
Major. As this number cannot be fear
ed from the regiment of artillery, two
new companies are to be levied forth
with. When they arrive in India,
they are to be paid by the company, but
still to be a part of the RofalTCgiment.
On Monday evening last a duel was
fought in this town, between Mr. Nat.
Hill, late of the Illand of Antigua, and
Mr. Edward Peyton, of Philadelphia.—
They both fired at the fame infant, and
Mr. Hill received the ball of his antag
onist in the right fid% just below the
lower rib, which passed thro' him. He
languished till the next day about noon,
when he expired' .On his decease, Mr.
Peyton surrendered himfelf to justice. A
court of enquiry was held yesterday, by
the Mayor and Aldermen of this boro'
when, after a full hearing, ,of the parti
culars, Mr. Peyton was honourably ac
quitted. It appeared on trial, that Mr.
Peyton was forced on to the unhappy
*vfeni by the impetuosity of Mr. Hill.
ELIZABETHTOWN, MARCH 30,
ON the 20th inst. at 4 o'clock, P. M.
the sloop Betsey, bound from N.ewyork
to Middletown Point, was overfet by a
flaw of wind in Amboy bay ; there
were eleven men and a boy on board, of
Whom John Ward, the owner of the flcop.
Columbian Intelligence.
3 NORFOLK, FEB. 26.
JANUARY 26.
18/b, 1791.
and Thomas Fleet were drowaed in the
cabin; and David la/, foin M)rrif)i,
and Hezekiah Bailv, the bo,, periled,
after holding to the wreck iron one to
two hours ; the other seven were t\<en
off about eight o'ei)* in the evenii,
by the exertions of Mr. fofeph Mvh of
Amboy, who came of with his fl)0o 6r
their relief. Too mich cannot be said
for the huminit, and alacrity of Mr.
Mar'll, in taking up and making con
fortable the surviving fafferers, aid at
tempting. to save the wreck at the rikof
his ow 1 cell ; or for '£•.Mn?3 of Sea
ton-Island, who saw the sloop overfet, and
went from Prince's bay to Anbov., for
a vefel co p, although he was difidod
from it by fine persons who lappofed
from the highness of the wind and sea,
all on board must perish before abidance
could be given.
Last Saturday the body of a dead in
fade'was found flowing in the river, ti
ed up in a woman's pocket.,—The Jury
brought in their verdict, Wilful murder by
an unknown hand. On Monday a young
woman was taken upon suspicion of h@r
being the mother and murderer of said
child, but wa§ by a refpedable Coprt of
Inquiry, after a long, impartial and can
did trial, acquitted.
We hear from Staten-lfland, that on
Monday night the 13th inst. were con
funied the barn, barracks, &c. of Mr.
Garrison, an inhabitant of that place, to
gether with a large quantity of h,v and
grain, therein contained, This unfortu
nate accident was occasioned by the deli
rium of a crazy negro, belonging to one
of the neighbours who, during the gust
which happened on the night above men
tioned, imagined an angel came to him,
attended with thunder and lightning,
commanding him to arise and burn, that
the people might.be punished for their
wickedness.
During the devaluations in Rome by
the Germans, under Charles of Bourbon,
in 1527, a soldier who had taken too much
of the good creature, made several fruitlefs
attempts to scale a five bar'd gate :—
Finding all humin efforts proved vain,
the good sod bf Mars fell upon his knees,
imploring the/^rg^'s assistance —^/W%
bis beads till somewhat sobered ; now he
afeends the gate with such alertness that
it brought him neck anil (boulders upon
the opofite tide —exclaimed—o^ ! Mary,
when tbou art good, thou art too good ! !
There are now living in this town,
three brothers,whofe ages added together
amount to two hundred and fe-ventj-eight
years! —
SPRINGFIELD, MARCH gO.
The whooping cough is now very rife,
in this and a number of the adjacent
towns ; in Ludlo% e?ek before laft/Mr.
Gideon Bebee's family was visited by this
disorder in such a manner, as to deprive
himof'fciur of his children in the course
of four days—three of whom died on
Friday morning, and the other, on the
following Saturday.
PROVIDENCE, MARCH gl.
On Friday morning last came an, be
fore the Hon. Superiour Court of this;
state, the trial of David Con&ck, of
Gloucefter,indiaed by the Grand Jury of
this County, for the murder of E. Bacon,
late of said Gloucester, on the 27th pf De
cember last. In order to accommodate
the amazing concourse. of people attend
ing, the Court adjourned to the Bap-',
tift meeting house, where, previous to.
the indiament being read, the Throve of
Grace was addressed in a prayer well a
dapted to the solemn occasion, by the
Rev. Dr< Hitchcock. It appeared by e
'vidence in the course of the trial that the
dispute between the prifomer and the de
NEWHAVEN, MARCHgO. ,
We hear the following melancholly event
took' place at East Haddam on Friday last
— Mrs: Worthington (wife of Col. Wor- 9
thington) a refpedable ,lady, who, had
for several weeks past appeared very un
happy and for several days somewhat in
sane, put a period to her life by cutting
her threat with a razor—Her nurse had
left her but a few minutes, and on her
return into the room, the forrowful Iftion
had taken place, and all -efforts to pre
serve life were ineffectual. A jury ofia
queft was summoned on the occasion, and
brought in their verdid insanity.
MIDDLETOWN, APRIL 2.
WINDHAM, MARCH 26.
NEWYORK, MARCH 22.
e^, originated from Comlock hav
ing fold Bacon Wjjd from 1 lot which
he owned, to make coal of— That some
time after the sale, and while Bacon was
catting the wood, he was forbidden by
Comdock to cut certain trees, which he
(Con(tock) said he referred for his own
ofe, in the original bargain—and which
Bacon denied. The parties had met se
veral times,and high words had frequent
ly paflfed between them, and that Com
ftock had threatened Bacon, " that if
he perilled to cut those trees it would
not be healthy for him"---with others
of the like import—-that on the morning
on which Eicon was killed, they met at
a neighbour's houfe---Comftock having
been out cutting wood, and had an axe
with him—after conversation they went
from the hoofe together ; and that soon
after they left the house, Comftock killed
Bacon with the Ax which he had with
him, by catting him in a number of pla
ces—l 4 wounds were found on the body
neither of several of which would
have destroyed him.
The Council of the prisoner (the Hon.
fudge Sullivan, of Massachusetts, and
Dr, Bradford, of this state) rested the
defence upon a plea, of his being at times
delirious To prove which several
witnesses were sworn.
The English pare crow article of the
mighty army of Pruffians,Germans and
Ariflocrats, which is to effect the Counter-
Revolution in France, will serve as an
excellent appendix to their hiftary of the
hanging of the Duke of Orleans, and
of the unpopularity of the Marquis de la
Fayette.
Mir. Burke, for his “ Reflexions" on
the French Revolution, has been carreffed
by all the Rayali fts in Great Britain-and
has been honoured with Degrees in the
several Universities ;and his many confer
rences with Mr. Pitt, carry with it, a
"longing" for his quondam office, of Pay
mafler of the AID,.';
Extrad of a letter from, Newport, April 11.
Speculation is at a dead stand, since the
interest on the debt of the United States
has commenced paying at the several
Loan-Offices., Os course, real estates
and lands will rife in value ; money will
be more plenty—Enterprize will be
encouraged—lndustry will be rewarded—
and Manufactures, Commerce, and Agri
culture promoted. These being fare and
certain, one might ask, without the charge
of exaltation, "WHAT THINK YE
OF THE CONGRESS NOW ?"
; The trial lasted till half past eight in
the evening, when the case was commit
ted to a jury—-who, after a (hart consul
tation, brought in their verdid---GUIL
TY.---And on Saturday he received sen
tence of death ;---To be executed on
Friday, 13th of May next, between the
hours of 12 and 3 o'clock in the after
noon, -1
" The Captain of ayeffel, arrived here
from Spath-Carolina, informs, that the
villain who assumed the name of pur be
loved President, was executed some days
before. ", He confeffed at the gallows,
that his real name was Welfo. Before
his trial, he feat 100 guineas to Mr.
Pinkney, an, Attorney, to appear in his
behalf in Court; but Mr.PinknEY, sent
the mory back, and would not advo
cate the villain's cause.. At our Supreme
Court, lag week, at South-Kingfen, two
fellow, received sentence of death, for
Burglary, to be executed the 27th May.
One goes by the name o's Johnson, an
Irishman ; the other is named Mount, of
New-Jersey. Several other persons were
convitied of forgery, horse stealing, &c.
—One Church of Hopkinton, was con
vided of both forgery and horse dealing
---and was sentenced to receive I 17 lashes
at three feveral : ti.mes---to be pilloried,
branded, pay a fine of 106 dollars, for
feit all his estate, and be banished from
this State, not to return on pain of death.
Irife has petitioned the Court three times
to admit him to bail,which they have re
fund" him---but have allowed his Coun
cil [Dr. Bradford, and Hon. Mr.
Bourne, to visit him in goal, as often
as they please---As also his friends."
EXETER(Saturday)y^r/7 23
AMONG the unfortunate passengers,
in the Charlemont Packet; (as mention
ed in this paper of the 9th inst.) were
twelve. Ladies (all drowned) feme of
whom, in expedition of assistance, and
under the horrors of impending death, in
the most terrible of all forms, clung round
the Reward of the ship, who being then
prevented from making the least effort
for his own preservation; pfrifhed with
them io their embraces .
BOSTON, APRIL 160'
And the said Commissioners shall cause
the times and places of their meeting to
receive such accounts, with the nature
and kind of accounts to be received, the
vouchers to be pro duced, ^c. &c. &c. to
be adverxifed throughout this state by
causing the fame to be published in all
the public papers printed in this State.
And the said Commissioners shall by
the tenth day of June next, elefe the ac
counts so by them received ; and shall
prepare a petition to Congress to have
the said sums allowed, or submitted to the
board of Commissioners appointed by
Congress, notwithstanding the time li
mited by law of the United States, is ex
pired. And the Towns.and Individu
als shall receive from this state the bene
fit of all such allowances as shall be made
to this state by Congress on account of
such demands of such individuals so al
lowed.
And the said Commiffioners.appointed
by this Resolve as Aforefaid, shall certify
the Towns or individuals preferring such
accounts of all such sums as they shall
think well vouched.
In Senate, 14th Feb. 1791, read and con*
THE Subferibers, perfuant
to the above Refoluticn of the Ge
neral Court, give public notice that one
of them will attend at Exeter and the o
ther at Claremont, from the 16th of May
to the 25th inclulive—and at Concord
from the 27th to the gift inclulive, to
receive and examine such accounts as
(halt bd presented by. any Towns or In
dividuals in this State, for such services
done or losses sustained in the late War,'
as are proper charges against the United
States, and for which no allowance has
been trade by this State or the United
States'.;; . ^ : e /
The accounts muff be accempanied by
proper vouchers. In case of service done
on alarm, a muster roll and certificate of
the Commanding Officer of the company
or regiment will be expected — The losses
must be those sustained in a&ual service,
such #4 the left of guns, clothing, h^fo,
&c. &c. The best evidenc that the na
ture of the thing will admit of must be
produced., , ;:
And it shall also be the duty of the said
Commissioners, firft above mentioned, to
receive from any Towns or any Indivi
duals in this State, all accounts for any
such services done, or losses suffered in the
late war as would have been, (in case
they had been presented within the time
limited by Congress for receiving them)
proper charges by this State against the
United Sca:es.
In the House of Representatives Feb.iz 1791;
Aid for this purpose, they shall have
access to all papers and documents in
any public Office in this State.
And the said Commissioners, shall as
soon as may be, forward all such accounts
and demands of this State against the
United States as are proper charges, to
be laid before the Commissioners appoint
ed by Congress to fettle and adjust the
accounts between the United States and
Individual States,
Resolved, That JOHN t. Gil,
Man,Sanford Kingsbury and
James Macgregore, inquires, be and
they hereby are appointed commissioners
to state the demands of this State against
the United States.
SANFORD KINGSBURY, J .
JAMES MACGREGORE, j 8
Exeter, April 16, 1791.
'r>7° fo several printers throughout ff
State are desired to infrt the foregoing i^
their papers until the firft of June next.
tyHEREAS MARY, my
wife, hath eloped from my bed and
board, and behaved otherwise in a very
unbecoming manner This is to cap-;
tion-all persons from crediting her on my
account; as I shall not pay any debt she
may contrast after this date,
His
SILAS X HOAG.
> MARK.
Newton, April 11th, 17QI. ^
Erratum---The last word in the 2d line,
zdoerfe of the id piece of poetry in the 4''
page--.inflead of hid read hy'd.
JOSIAH BARTLETT, President.
A True Co,:.
A-test: JOSEPH PE ARSON, Sec'ry.
Sent up for concurrence,
MOSES DOW, Speaker.
State of New-Hamp,tire'.
rurred.