The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-08-26 00:00:00, page 4

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In all filiations as man may be glad.
He ne'er was created for woe ;
Let bimfek and be'llfad tlhre is bliss to be
Let us look at our neighbors of ev'ry degree.
And all their misfortunes review,
Ten tboufand unfortunate creature's you'llfee,
More wretched and friendlefs than you !
Then let us not fall in an ertor so wrong,
But t,uf to a power above ;
Re cheerful and gay with afrieud and a song,
And live with couteutmeut and love.
Too oft me are carelf of what out enjoy,
Aid fidom contented a da, ;
ITefofcr each pctfon our peace to annoy,
And trifle our moment's away.
'I 'HE comforts of Imay h clearly de
fin'd,
And each may come in for bis Jhare ?
Al! trouble is merely a freak of the mind ;
Alas how we are apt to de,pair !
Pronounced by Hon. fudge Paine, on Ed
mund Fortis, a negro, coavtSed of a rape
and murder, at the Supreme Judicial Court
in Hallowell, the bib fAy.
“ UNHAPPY prisoner at the bar,,
Edmunu Fortis ! you have been charged
by the Grand Jury for these counties, with
the crime of wilful murder, the murder of
Pamela Tilton : To this charge, yon
freely, deliberately, and repeatedly
pleaded, that you were g^fj, art
this after due information ft< in the
Court of the legal effect of this plea on
your 1 fe ; and leatt there (h uld be any
mifapprehenlions in your mind, or mistake
receding this matter, the Court have at
tended to the evidence of credible witness
ca on oath, by whose tedinony in you/
presence, the truth- of your plea is abun
dantly confirmed: You therefore now
Band convicted by your own voluntary
confeffion, of the horrid crime of murder :
And now the Attorney General in compli
ance with the duty of his office, moves to
the Court that the fenence of law raay
be pronounced agaiuft you, far this crime
whereof you thus Hand convicted. Thi^
sentence, when executed, will remote
you from this world, where you h^ve
proved y^rfelf so unworthy an inhabitant,
to a state of exigence where you must reap
the fruits of your pall life ; where you
must appear before the awful tribunal of
that hol, Being, who cannot be deceived
and who will net be mocked, and who
will judge you for this and all the other
fins of your life, and which may have
lead to it and ended in it: ft therefore
well becomes you, with the sincerest re
pentence and deepen condition of heart,
to cal! to mind all the finful dispositions
and tranfa&icns of your part life; listen to
the admonitions ofyour conference, that
faithful witness in your bosom, and it will
tell yru, how yen have call off the fear of
God from your eyes, and all restraint of
reverence to him from your thoughts,
words, and actions, till your unbridled
loft and malicious di/pofition had arrived
to full ripeness, and urged you to the
bommiffion of crimes, at your own rela
tion of which, nature revolts and the hu
man heart is rent with agony. To what
a pitch of brutal left mult you have arriv
ed, that a person of your nation,your age,
having wife and children in the neighbor,
hood, fhguld so inhumanly assault and vi
olate the challity of that young girl in
spite of her entreaties] and remonstrances,
and then with all the lavage cruelty of a
ruffian and aJaffin, deaf to those cries and
Applications which would have melted
any heart but one loft to every humane
feeling, vou barbaroufty strangled to death
the inoffenfive ^iflim of your lawful
crime; thus in &hort space of time de
stroying life, the firit right of all mankind,
and chajlit,, the second right of woman.
By these detestable crimes you have ren-|
dered yourfelf*unworthy of any connec
tion with the human race, unfit to live,
and,without the sincerest repentance and
renovation of heart ; unfit to die; ob-j
bad,
And plenty of comfort belovo.
SENTENCE of DEATH.
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M 0 N ITO R.
CONTENTMENT.
noxious to death by the law of the land,|
and lying at the mercy of an omnipotent'
Being wnorules all worlds in righteouf-|
nefs, and renders to every man according!
to his deeds done in the body. Humble
yourfelf therefore before that God who
of one blood hath made all nations that
inhabit the earth, who is no refpeder of
perfens, who rejoiceth rot in the death of;
a finncr.but rather that he fhoufd repent &
live, who in testimony of his great love,
to a loft world, hath feet his son Jesus
Chrft to proclaim the glad tidings of for
givenefs on faith, repentance and refor
mation, and through whom be is reconcil
ed to all repenting fanners ; that so, al
though your aggravated crimes mull bring
you an untimely and difgraceful death,
yet that you may efrape that weeping,
wailing and gnawing of teeth, that de
fkuaion from the face of the Lord, that
bitterness of misery that cannot be de
scribed nor conceived,which will be inflic
ted on all the enemies of the hcly Cover
nor cf the Universe, and that your foul
may be happy forever in the heavenly
world. And new the court pronounces
the sentence es law agai»ft you, which is,
you shall go from hence to the prison frera
whence you came, and from thence be
carried to the pace of execution, and
there be banged by the neck till you are
dead! And may God Almighty have mer
cy on your sous."
IN an out plantation upon the Bor
ders of Potuxtn, a river in Maryland,
there lived a planter who was master of a
great number of negro Haves. The in
crease of these poor creatures is always an
advantage to the planters,, thrir children
being born (laves ;. for which reason, the
owners are very well pleated when they
marry.
Among these negroes, there happened
co be two who had always lived together,
and c^taaed an intimate friendship
h ch went on for several years in an un
mr.rrupted course. Their joys and their
griefs were mutual ; their continence io
each other we e entire ;. distrust and suspi
cion were passions they had no notion of.
Phe one was a bachelor, the other marri
ed to a Have cfh^s own complexion, by
whom he had several children. It hap
pened the head of thi> small family, rose
early one morning, on a leisure day to
go far in the woods a hunting, in order
(□entertain his wife and children at night
with ft me pavilions better than ordinary.
The bachelor Have it fcems, had for some
time entertained a paifion for his friend's
wife ; which from the f<quel of the llory,
ho had endeavored to (title, but in vain
The impatience of his desires prompted
him to take this opportunity cf the huf
band's absence, to practice upon the
weakness of the woman, which accord
ingly he did, and was fa unfortunate a$
to succeed in his attempt. The hunter,
who found his, prey much nearer home
than usual, returned some hours sooner
dhan was expected, laden with the spoils of
the day and full of the pleasing thoughts
of feafting and rejoicing with his family,
over the fruits of his labor. Upon his en
tering his ihed, the firft object that
ftreck his eyes Were his wife and
friend asleep in the embraces of each oth
er. A man acquainted with the paliions
ofhuman nature, will easily conceive the
ahoniihment, the rage and the despair
that overpowered the poor negroat o-c?;
his cries and broken accents awakened the
guilty couple of whose shame and confu
(ion were equal to the agonies of the injur
ed hulband. After a considerable ptufe
on both ftdes, he expostulated with his
friend in terms like these : " My wrongs
are greater than lam able to express ; and
far too great for me to bear. My wife !~
—but 1 blame not her.—After a long
and lading friendship exercised under all
the severities of a modirkfome captivity ;
after mutual repeated inthnces of affec
tion and fidelity ; could 1 fufped my
friend, my bosom friend flwuld prove a
traitor ? I thought myfelf happy even in
bondage, in the enjpyment of such a friend
and such a wife; but 1 cannot bear the
thoughts of life with liberty, after having
been so basely betrayed by both. You
both.are loft to me, and Ito you ; [ soon
(hall be at rest; live and enjoy your time.
Adieu." Having said this he turned away
land went out with a refolurion to die im
mediately. The guilty negro followed
him, touched with the quickest sense of
remorse for his treachery : " 'Tia I alone
; (said he) who am guilty ; and I along
THE GENEROUS NEGROES.
A TRAGICAL HISTORY.
am not fit to live. Let me entreat you to
forgive your wife who was overcome b,
my importunities. I promise never to give
either of you the lead difquiat for the fu
ture : Live and be happy together, and
think of me no more. Bear with me for
this night, and to morrow you shall be
Satisfied." Here they both wept and part
ed. When the hufoand went out in the
morning to his work, the firft thing he saw,
was his friend hanging upon the bow of a
tree before the cabin door.
A FEW nights ago, a gang of
young robbers, was apprehended in a
huufe of ill fame near College green.
Moll of them were apprentices, who had
reforced to this traffic in order to keep up
the expences of gaming and tippling
houses, and to supply them with buc
keen fineries to cut a uallu
la England were the influence of gnoa
conduct in youth and conicquent proiperi
ty in life is well underwood, apprentices
even to the molt reputable famines anu
large fortunes, who bring hundieds or
pounds apprentice fee, do not feel them
feives demeaned by audretiing their mas
ter by that name, Sweeping the Ibps oj
the (hep door, going an errand, carrying
a bundle or parcel to a cuttomer, and do
i#g every thing in tne way of their bub
nels with promptness and honed,. —Their
dress is plain and clean, their behavior
modelt and humble ; h/if; and . economy
characterize all their actions; and eari>
punctuality and exadhefs leafs to future
prefperit, and independence.
In Ireland apprentices are too much the
reverse cf thole in England,—Here, the
^oung^er taken from the plough, perhaps
from a parish Ichool, immediately forgets
ais indentures, and changes place with his
nailer, being alhamed to acknowledge
that he had one. Extravagance and cox
ombry arc his firlt principles ; his trade
but a Secondary confederation. At 17 he
s all cravats, boots and insolence, which
wither the folly of bis parents or the till
f his master, must support. At 21 ; full
,f conceit and imprudence, he launches
boldly into the world, ignorant of every
thing be ought to know, too conceited to
feel his deficiency, and two idle to correal
it—and debilitated by pride, vice, and
drunkeunefs, he becomes useless to him
fclf, and a burden to society.
THE PRINTERS want their pay—
and they would thank all those
who are indebted to them for Papers (anc
who have never paid one farthing) if the)
would now advance a little.—Werre fer
ry to be under the necessity of dunning
but it is that which compels is; there
fore we hope our request will be attended
to. —The PAPER-MAKER, calls °loud ;
and if the call is not norite:;.perhaps tht
next will be a CheJb?r{'gTO —" Ihofe cf
our Patrons who receitfefosheir •Papers of
Be?jamin.Ellis, are fullcited to pay some
regard to this call, his receipt for Its will
be a discharge to them, for whatever they
pay. We return our thanks to those who
have been pundual, and to the Public for
their encouragement ; but unless punctu
ality is attended to, the Press quill run
heavy. HENRY BLAKE, & Co.
The latitude of matters, now a days
cowards their apprentices, is a moit repre
herdive fouice of vice and foily, iu those
whom they are bound, both by law and
religion, to bring up with a fatherly vigi
lance and firid cituprine, in the paths of
humility, modelly, lobriety and induthy.
The ufrge oi England, on this point,
forms a (tilling contrail with that cf Ire
land.
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.
THE Copartnerfhip of ALEXAN
DER RALSTON, & Co. is this
day, by mutual consent dissolved. AU
Persons indebted to said Company, and
all persons indebted to the late Co. of
MACCARTY and DUN3AR, are Ve
quefted to fettle the fame immediately,
with THADDEUS MACCARTY, who
is empowered by said Co's to receive the
fame.
K^ene, Aug. Tub, 1794,
WANTED by the i^th August next, a
Journeyman CURRIER, fa one who
is a good workman, generous wages and 3,
months employ will be given. Enquire of
WILLIAM LAMSON.
Keene, July 21st, 1794.
TAKE NOTICE !
DUBLIN, MAY 20.
APPRENTICES.
Now Publilhing at J. Trumbull's
Printing-Office in Norwich.
A COURSE of LECTURES cn the PRO
PHECIES that remain to be fulfilled.
ALL persons within the County of
Cheshire in said Dillrift, who arc retal
ers&fcither cf the articles abovemtetiori
ed, are hereby notified, that Licenses
will be granted agreeable to law, at the
^Office of InfpeHior—and all perfans ap
plying for Hcenfe muff produce the ap
probation of the Selectmen of the tnwa
where the, dwell for retailing, conforma
ble to the laws cf New-Hamplhire.
BY an Ad nf Congress all SNUFF and
refined SUGAR are charged with a duty,
after the 30th day of September next—•
Therefore those persons within this Dif
trift, who are concerned in the manufac
ture of either of those articles, are desired
to comport with the Law, to avoid the]
forfeitures.
HE Public arc hereby refpeaferf-.
1, informed, these Legares which have
been patronized by a refpedable body cf
the Clergy in London,where thy were at
firlt delivered, and whole name, are pre
fixed to the work ; must be Efficient to
establish their veracity, and flamp their
value and importance.
They have been much fought far in
this country by those gentlemen who have
had an opportunity cf the perusal of them ;
and we presume only ware co be read ts
meet with a rap'd circulation and be uni
ve/Llly applauded.
The Author fays—'' I humbly con
ceive, the matters that you shall be in
formed of, in the following course of Lec
tures, are ail cf them tending to pra&ieal
improvement. I would not, on any con
fider*.ion, lead you into vain (peculations,
or puzzie your minds with things cf no
conf.-quence ; but [ would with to engage
masked to attend to those serious snd
ver, important matters: for if God had
net th-ught them of importance, he would
not have pronounced a tiefling upon him
that readtth, and they that hear tie words
of this prophecy, a:@ keep those things
which arc written therein.''
Attendance for the above purposes,
will be given at the Office of Infteflion
in Charleftown, every day in the month
of September next, (Sundays excepted)
from 9 to iz o'clock, A. M. and from
3 to 6 o'clock, P. M.
ALL persons within the County dt
Cheshire in said Riftrid, havjr,
or keeping a Carriage or Carriages, z^
hereby notified, that entries fed ^aymenr
of the Duties on Carriages, will be re
ceived agreeable to law, at the Office of
Infpediun..
NOTICE is hereby given that licence,
will be granted at the Office of Infpctiion,
authorifing persons to fell a: Auction a
greeable to Law, within the County <f
Cheshire, in said dillritt.
The Publishers earnestly request all
Gentlemen who have Subfeription papers,
to fend them to J. Trumbull in Norwich,
•s soon as may be.—Thcfe who wiffi to
Ge in peffedinn of so valuable a work, wiib
pleafc to leave their names with the Prin
ters hereof. — Where they may fee the
Proposals and view the conger >;t large.
The Lectures will be read,^ deliver to
fubferibers (in numbers) by the 20th cf
Augflft, and the firft volume will he com
pleted by the firft of October next.
Duty on Carriages for the con
veyance of Persons.
Duty on licenles for retailing;
Wines, or foreign diltilled
Spiritous Liquors.
/rincAedter6 feciarej.
'Augif ,b, 17941.
Dih Rrci%=Ao&:)in^
By ELHANAN ' WINCHESTER.
By Order of the Supervisor.
SAMUEL CROSBY, Lilli &r , Cel
ledger of the Revenue for
the Count, if Cbejbire,
Licenses for Auctioneers.
Supervisor's Office, July gift, 179,
Notice.