The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-09-16 00:00:00, page 4

'Extra£l t.f a letter to a ferfan in Philadel
phia from his friend in London.
London, June 12, 1794.
I Dear Sir,
Received your obliging and very inter
esting letter of the 11 th of April,—l entire
ly agree with you in fentirnent, on the fub
jedof difpu’e between Great Britain and
America ; and fb molt certainly do nine
tenths of the best people of this country—
and on the whole, I am rather inclined to
ihink, that this Government will (on the
account of the present state of Europe) not
be for going to war with us.
The French at present by land are almost
univerfelly fuccefsful; and the face of Eu-:
rope at this time, exhibits a fpedacle which
no human calculation could ever have devise
ed, or heart conceived, I think the follow
ing is a candid statement of its firuation :
The French on the fide of Spain a?e vic
torious —In Italy they are conquerers—in
the nortb v and on the fide of Germany;,
(tho* more head is made agsinft them there,)
yet they have so gained ground as totally to
have carried the feat of war into the coun
tiy of their enemies—Spain grumbles, and
appears to lay iUU—The King of Sardinia
is driyeo out of his capital, (and I believe,
of his dominion)—The Sovereign Pontiff jr
defended on the papal throne by feritifh
troops —The king of Prufiia has withdrawn
himfelf from being a principal, and let in
the king of Britain from whom he receives’
a fubficy—The Emperor is out of money,,
and has applied to both England and Hol
land for a loan, and it is tho*t mutt next
year be on the lift of the pensioned mon
archs—The Poles have revolted and kind
led a war in' the heart of Europe—Th®
Grand Turk has certainly put several large
, armaments in motion but whether for War,
with Ruflia or the Emperor, or to watch
their motions, is not certain^The Danes '
and Sweedes have armed for the exp/efs
purpose of supplying France with proyiSons
- and military Bores; for they can certainly
have no other fate rest, nor love for their
principles—Holland is sick of the war, And
England is loaded with its burden.
But tenable as this catalogue of truths
must appear, it is but a small part of w|tat
feme call the evil—There has certainly in
the continent of Europe a revolution taken
place in the minds of mcn4“Many things
have at different times occupied themind? •.
of Europeans, so as to make.them objects of
x vigorous pursuit fdf feVeral ages.—The em -
grating and overrunning the Roman em
pire,— The Crusades —The: feudal systems
—and fuccelfions—chivalry,—and tbe re
formation have all had their day—nay their
ages, and (erved in their turn todocupy the
whole attention of this quarter of .the globe
— At present however they seem all .to Ji aye
grven way— to tliat of Liberty, and Tin idea
of^Qovetnnaent by universal fuffrage—l do
not fay that all or even a majority I have (
taken up that idea, but I am mistaken if it
is pot making head— I do not know how '
fit they ate yet for it, but when they chafe
it, they will have it—An attempt to have
more Liberty, as they tho’t was made here .
above an hundred years ago—but like
Wickiiff’s kefofamtion tvas above a hia-
ffyfffHlLE sordid fault are importuning
yy hiav'n,
To grant tb^m riches ne'er to mortal giv'n ;
v While feme are anxious for their future fate,
And wijh to mount the lofty car of fate ;
so Prov.dence I'lloffer one requed,
(For void of this, 1 never can be bled)
Grant me, O Heav'n, an independent mind.
Above the vulgar meanness of mankind :
No haughty tyrants let me ever court.
Nor for their favour with my honour fort.
Let no mean aSion e'er my conduit Hain,
Although by it, I might a kingdom gain.
I'd rather beg my bread from door to door,
Phan be a fawning Jycophant to powr.
Wire all the wealth rs either India mine,
And tho' 1 m’ghl in royal fpltndour Jhine,
fhofe in the Ready /cade of honor weigh'd.
Are lighter than the (hadow of a (hade :
Altha' 1 might he rank'dwilh Dukd& Lords,
And riot on the fpoih the earth affords :
Yet, if with loss of independence gain'd,
Yhere's nothing worthy of a man obtain'd.
O let me then, reitterate my pray'r—
May mental independence be my (bare.
INDEPENDENCE.
Poet’s Corner.
A WISH.
. In a Circular letter of Gov. Le e , on
the fubjeft of the riots in ' Pennfyl
vahia, is the following paragraph:
Disagreeable as it is to point the
bayonet again#: the bre^ft of a ci
rtizen, it is Hill more so to obey a
! mob, and therefore but one opinion
prevails among all orders of people
in every part of the state from
. which I have as yet heard, viz.
detestation of'the prnnfylyaniain
: fur-gents, of their principles, and
adions^ and determination to com
; pel their fdbmiftioh to legal au
‘ thority. _
. By the GOFERKOR. of the COMMON
• WEALTH of VIRGINIA.
A PROCLAMATION. 1
WHEREAS 1 have received
iriformatidh that a banditti
i from the weftern parts of Pennfyl
; vania, have in defiance of law and
order, pafled into this Common
wealth, and by threat^ and other
evil doings, compelled an officer of
the United States, living in Mor- :
gan Town, in the county of Mo
nongalih, to abandon his home, and
seek personal fafety by flight:—-
AND WHEREAS I have reason
to believ^4har the (aid banditti
a parrbfthat ^eluded combination J
of meq^tQcibed in the PrefidenPs J
Proclamation of the 7th £ay of this
• prefentinonth, who forgetful of all I
obligationsi. humad and divine, |
seem intent only on rapine and
ianarch^,* arid * therefore endeavour
Jby their emissaries, and other ille^’
gal means, to seduce the good peo- |
peace ;, it is opr in tert ft, and u i® the in
terest of Britain—it will fu’t us well—'and
altho’ this Nationis at this time among!!
the greatest of nations, having in the lift of
its pensioners and dependents every grade
of the human race from the beggar to the
monarch,; Yet I believe there are few here
that will not fay that it stands this country
in as much ftea'd to be at peace with Ame
rica at present, as it pofSbly can do us.—
i6th.—P. S. Tbe coming of Mr. Jay has
an aftonilhing effed here—it announces to
all the island rhe cause of complaint and
every thing is as it were on a stand, and
uni ver lai coniternation strikes the mind of
every sober man, pf whatever parry ; I at
firft thought chat the fending an envoy ex
traordinary was unneceflary, but I was mis
taken, it was the best measure that could
have been taken. I was on a visit in the
country to a gentleman who was a consid
erable manufacturer since the news of war
arrived ; While I was there, he difmifled
one thousand poor women from employ
ment,and 1 believe there are ioo luch in
stances now in the island, taken place with*
in a few weeks.”
WE are authorifed to inform
the public, that bn Thurs
day the 20th. inst. the commiflion
ers appointed by the Governor, to
endeavour to restore tranquility
and order in the weftern counties,
conferred with the committee ap
pointed by the Convention at Par
ky nfon’s Ferry, and that there is
a fair profpeft of an honorable
and amicable accommodation. We
are happy to add, that the views of
the Commiflioners ‘appointed by
the President, being of the fame
conciliatory nature, the utmost har
mony subsists between them. And
the State CommiiHoners. ‘ .
dred yeirs toO soon ; .yet thi'day did come
wh*n that fuccecded exactly on his plan— :
whether this is the d|y for the other, future j
events onlymuft tell-us—As to France .1 ;
have co doubt but (he will/dpport her Ac
public and enlighten her peoplemoc grad- *
□ally as we aboiilh slavery, but more
like a sudden stroke of Ekdriuity—She is
in theheartof Europe>and vyho will won
der, that many tremble ?
I hope we shall be able yet to live in
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 29.
Domestic Intelligence.
- - ; j. ... ■
I . SCRAP; v- ■
I THE Excife^has run the:
I gantlet through the Demo
cratic Societies. In a Virginia
I one, that on fnoff and loaf
I fugar;has been flagellated. In
Kentucky and the back parts
of Pehnfylvani^ the Whifky-
I tax has been denounced ;
I while that on coaches and
| chariots has been anathama-
I ti fed by the club of Vermont!
The iubflitute they propose
I is a Aiding tax.
An acient Grecian Philofo-
I pher being asked how he lik
red Democracy answered—
. “ Try it in your own family P
RAGS. '
CASH, Writing-Paper, or
Books given for clean
I cotton and lin^n RAGS at
' this Office.
• ——— * .
Wanted
’ 1 ■
By the printers hereof, Iwa or three
।■ _ hundred green 1 7 '
' Sheep and Lamb Skins,
immediately, as ter the woolis taken off
• Blanks
i OF most kinds, printed on *
good paper, to be fold at this
Oflice.
. ■ -s'" & ; - $
pie of this Commonwealth, inhab
iting the country bordering on the
State of Pennsylvania, to unite with
them in schemes and measures,
tending to destroy the tranquility
. and order which fohappity prevails,
and thereby tbconverc the blessings
we so eminently enjoy under our
free and equal government, into
the molt afflicting miseries which
can pofflbly befal the human race.
Toarreft these wicked designs-,
to uphold the Majesty of the law-,
to preserve our follow citizens from
evil, and our country from dis
grace, I have thought proper^, by
and with the advice of the Council
of State, to issue this my Proclama
tion. calling on all officers civil and
military, to exercise with zeal,dili
gence and firmnefs, every legal
power vested in them refpedtively,
for the purpose of detecting and
bringing io. trial every offender or
offenders, in the premises. And
I do moreover, specially require
and enjoin, that all persons coming
into this Commonwealth, from that
part of our filler State, at present
so unhappily diftradted, be particu
larly watched ; and if they shall be
found disseminating their wicked
and pernicious dodtrines, or in any
way excitinga fpirkof disobedience
co government, thereby violating
the peace and dignity of this Com
monwealth, that they be immedi
ately apprehended and dealt with
according to law.
GlVENunder my band, as Go
terror, and under the Seal of
the Commonwealth, at Rich
(seal.) mond, this twentieth day-of
Auguji, in the year of our
Lord, cne thoufand[even hun
dred and ninety-four, and of
the Commonwealth, the nine
teentb.
HENRY LEE.
<J*• ■ ■ ‘ > C ■ ■ 7 „W• ' • . “w ■» s • • ■ ' "
TWENTY acres of good
LAND with a HOUSE,
Barn and ORCHARD, lying
in Epping about one mile from the
old meetinghouie>— The house is
■ 2 story high double in wedth and
• single in length. For further far^
titulars enquire of
: ’ 1 Samuel- Prescott.
EppingSept. I, 1794.
ALL persons indebted to, or
that .have any demands a
gamli<he Estate of Noah Louge,
la re of Exeter*, .Marrfnef, deceased,
are hereby refuelled, in order ft*r
fettlemenc, to apply to ”
Jonathan F. Louge,
Adrrfr to said Estate.
. Exeter, September a, 17^4.
———————————^—4—-r— — —
ALL persons indebted to, or
.that have any demands a--
gainftlhe Estate of Capt. Caleb
Sanborn, late of Hamptonfalls
deceased, are reqpefted to exhibit
their accounts for settlement to "
: ’., ? Mes he ch San bor n , Ex'r.
' , .Hamptanfalls, Auguji 31, 1794.
■ I —j —j ——>-■> ■ - .I. yr rr —- T■ ■ —
War Department,
| Aug. 1, i 7 ^4.
Inform a tion is hereby ^iv
en to all the Military {nvalidfof
• the United Slatest that, the funis to
■ which they at e ^hLitled fir their an
-4 nued penfton^ ^hich will become due
|on the fifth day of September, 1794, *
। will be paid on the said day, by the
[ Commijfioners of Loans within the
States irefpt^ivtdy, under the ufiiah
regulations.
i Applications of Executors or Ad-.
; ^imftrat orsmuft be accompainedwith
: legal evidences of their refpebltve of
ficers, and also of the time of the de
ctqfe of such Invalids whose pensions
- they may claim.
By command of the President of *
the United States.
H. Knox, Secretary oflPar.
THE highett price given for
good clean Barley, by
Gilman Boyer— or
Daniel Connor,
at either of their stores in Exeter.
September, 1794.
CHAIS E,
with HARNESS compleat.
Exeter, Sept. 2. 1794.
for &ale.
On very reasonable Terms,
A Printing Office,
But little worn;
GonCfting of
I Font of Burgeoife, - weighing, 300,
1 ditto. Pica, , , 320,
1 , , Double Pica, , , 48,
I , , Pica Black, , , 26,
I , , Gredt Primmer, , , 52,
A good Assortment of Flowers, a good Prels^
6 doz. good ink, Stands and Cases, Compos
ing Sticks, &c. Os which this Advertifenient
is, in part, a Specimen;
Those who wijh to purckafe. are desired tn
apply Jeon to
THOMAS ODIORNE, funr.
Exeter, 1794.
John Dean,
A New Standing Top
BARLEY WANTED.
so be fold by the fubfeiber.
A Bargain.
To be fold by