The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-12-19 00:00:00, page 3

. Taefddy last, the firft Federal Court
erf this Mate, was opened at the court
boufe in this town before the Hon.
L Judge Sullivan. After adminifteripg
the neceffiry oaths to the refpedive
officers, &c. there being no business
-fyd before them, th., adjourned ac-
I Cording to law.
I A large pond in the town of Brook
field, Mass. has lately ftagn^ed, by
Which means cartloads of fii'h have
t died and floated ashore. T< 'i is a
real calamity to those people- living
L near its who depended chiefly upon
F Aiding For subsistence.
F >ft" D ° RS ' w ^° lately failed in Pa
ris, had registered in his book, all the
, women of ill fame in that city, who
lived by proftitution^ He seldom had
fewer, names at one time of this def
—A eriptio# of parforts than 40,000!
d A ilte Virgina paper fitytthat
th? noted M'qHto„, has it in view
to eftablith an independent govern
ment of his own, and that he will not
treat with the United States, unless
.;he obtains permission from them for
B that purpose. It is said, the Creek
, nation: of which'he is head, are well
'armed and accoutred, and have lately
been furnished with a fufficient fop,
ply to enable them to make a formi
dable defence. From whence this
^ sup dy has been obtained, we cannot
pretend to fay, but is generally sup
% posed, it came fro, a quarter sot ve
£- „ friendly to the peace and prosperity
' of our Brethren.
An ©ttraodmry hand-bill has late-
I, been touted ribout London, by
> youth who has left his fight ever
+h e was five yean 014, After
.MAJORITY, 118
This intelligence was received at
Edenton, by express, on the evening
g the 30th -November. The hext
„L morning the colours belonging to the
town, and on board the (hipping,
were hoisted. At st o'clock Twelve
cannon were discharged, in honour of
? the Several States in Union=and a
collation provided for the fpeftators.
At , o'efek, an elegant dinner was
provided at the Merchant's Coffee-
Houle, and after dinner the following
among other toasts was 'drank :
„ May the State of Rhode Island fol
low the example of ear late Conven
tion.
[The abroe agreeable inicUigczcc wen
received at Be,on the i\tb is,ant, by
Capt. Josiah Bacon, ma,er es the
Petersburg Packet, in FIVE DAYS
fr&B Nertbcareltna.)
-I"? u
OF NQRThCdRQLINA,
'felTQ Saturday, Dec. I§,
Twelfth Federal Pillar.
NORTHCAROLIN&
With the greeted fatisfadion we
announce to the public,,the RATI.
FICATION of the CONSTITU
TION of the UNITED STATES,
by the refpedable State of NORTH?
CAROLINA. The particluars are;
The Convention of Northcarolins
met at Fayetteville, the ift November
—and after debating the Constitution
throughout, on the 27th November
the question of Ratification was put,
Bad passed in the affirmatives
YEAS, i 93
MAYS, 75
\ The hiftory of this State, now the
^ftiQre Hiterefting, as it has became a
Member of the Union; is less known
than that of any of the other States.
It was fettled in 1716,^ 750 miles in
length, and "° in breadth—inhabi-
J^mt^^/poo, 3f_,hich 6q.qq, are.
ftegrOei. The Northcaroilmans are
meftly Planters—their exports tar,
pitch, turpentine, ronin, Indian corn,
?eltry, lumber, tobacco, ginfcpg,
sake root, &c. &c — Agreeably to
the Constitution, Northcarolina will
fad five Representatives to Congress.
mentioning that elr<tiMfta&;fa
begs leave to inform his friends and
cartomers that he mends and repairs
household furniture, pulls down and
puts up bedheads, &c. does jobs' al
carpenter's work on the molt reason
able terms ; and Batters himfelf to
the fatisfaQian of his employers. This,
ingenious person made a loom, with
all its appendages, in miniature, whfß
about 10 years of age, and soon after
maintained himfelf bj e making a.,a<
nety of wooden toys, he only feels an
objed before he undertakes to imitate
it. His mechanical powers have late
ly extended so far, that he has engag
ed to make a final! press, fa. for a
printer in that city. % ; „ : .
COPY es a PAINTER'/ BILL,
,rejected to the Vestry, #/ Christ
mas, for work dene to tht painted
walls of a.well kaewN Ctoch in\'
Ireland..
TO filling up the chinks in the
Red Sea, and repairing the
damage of Pharaoh's Host.
To a new Thiefon the Cross.
To cleaning fix Apofties, ,nd ad
ding an in rite new Judas Ifeariot.j
To a new pair of hands for, Daniels
in the lion's den, and anew set of
teeth for the lioness.
To a new alteration in the Belief. 1
, To mending the Commandments,;
and making a new Lord's prayer.
To repairing Nebuchadnezzar's
heard.
To mending the pitcher of jacob/s
(fighter. ':
lua pair of sleeves for Spfanhah'?
ih<tt, and repairing the btcccr.es of 1
e^of £ c Bides. ;,- -^ , ?
To cleaning the whale's belly, ver*
niftuog J^W# fa:e,vand sending<
.bis left arra.. °... :,$&,. 'i
To a r^w skirt to Jofeph'i garment,'
and lascivious eye for Potipnar'a wife,j
To a (heetanchor, ajury.mafandl
along boat for Noah's-Ark.-
To making a new head for Holi. I
ferne— & cleaningJudkh'a handsel
To making perfect the Eunuch at- ?
lending pp Eitheri
To giving a blulh to the cheeks of ;
Eve, on prefentiag the apple to &
'dam. '
To mending the net in the miracu
lous draught of fifties.
To a perfpeClive glass for David
viewing Bathlheba, and mending bit
right eye. t
To painting a new City-in the
Land of Nodi'
;To cleaning the Garden es Eden
after Adam's expulsion,
To finishing the Tower of Babel,
and furnithing mod of the bgdres with,
new headed'<
To painting a shoulder of mutton,
and thin of beef, in the months pf
the two ravens feeding Elijah.
""—■ragUß^rre.r ,
Ffa &Bouq,st #,& Mafete
setts Mag azine fer O&eber. «r
A Number of gentlemen and la
dies mere td fpeud ft fotiaf ftn
iug. Soon after. apples Were lfarided^
about. A gentleman, taking aleed
of an apple, flapped ft atalady on
the opposite fide of the rooih, which
the lady observing, returned another,
and struck him on his forehead. The
gentleman, femewhat mortified, by
miffing his aft .fed her, •* why
dare you contend with toe ?" '' Be^
^t%,xs
fallfaw the pr,m% tod^
At Haverhill, on Thankfgiving#
day morning, the Rev, Mr. Parker,
in a good old age—formerly pallor
of the church in that town.
DIED] Since our last, ar Briata
wood, the Rev. Mr. Tratk—for ma.
ny years paflor of the church in that
town.
✓ PAINTERS bill.
f^SONNEt|
—-TO WINTER , 1
T^ALL'N are the honours of the |
r glories ,W,
y Faded the- verdure of the, waving |
grove,
Nought but the ravages of time ap.l
"°^-ptrt '1
^^ Where meek-efd contemplationJ
lov'd to rove,l
Save that amidst the defohted feenel
Yon lofty pine its cowling branch-I
ertean,
Whafe head, adorn'd with neverfsd-1
ihg green,|
The dreary profyea of the sorest |
cheetsi
Thus, wh,n corroding earns dffiurbl
vt'^oar M, -I
And aggravated sorrows rend the|
'hreaft.
Fair hope can heal the angdilh of I
the heart,
With magick pow'rdeparted peacel
reflore,l
Forbid Defyair—inftrda us to adore, 1
{„Anl im
part. ./-
ANECDOTESfrra a London Paper. l
AMERICAN INQUISITIVE.|
^ • ' NESS. /
A GENTLEMAN till
lias travelled through
*6ft part, of North America,
Merces, that wherever you.
bradtar c our f e i to whomJoe
^r you address yaurfelj, you
are injenfibi, Jubjed to a good
humoured, ineffective, but ve
ry troublefeme, inquisition. Do
you inquire your road, you art
anfaered ^ a qyefan--" I
jubpofe you come from the Eaf
'^ar'd, don't d
with latite Hungerytmathirft
and drenched, perhaps with\
r^in, you au/wer /bortl, in the
affirmative, and repeat your
inquiry^ " Methinks „u are
in a mighty ba/le^-ichat news
are' there to the Ea/hvard?"
This is the only /atisfaCiion you
^^t@^^ until you have 0-
;famed your real or pretended
badgtf of mews, and gratify
the demander's curiojit,: At
an Innfthe fautin, is more
minute :T name, quality,
land place of departure, arid
'object of your journey, mufl all
be declared to the family in
Jome .way or other (for their
credulity is equal to their cu
rafa)- befott.^ you Lean fit
down in convert to the necef
jar, refreshment.
Ibis curious spirit is into
lerable in the Ea/lern States ;
tend the gentleman who ba,
favoured its with, this article,
"bps heard tbeedebrated Dn
Franklin, Who is himfelf 4
with great
.pteafimtry, that in travelling,
:<fefe w^s young, the firfl
ty&@feta tremquitii,
:„te&ain immediate atttri
.tion af;tyejn%^ an
teifeute inguiry, ty%%,
%
liketrat of the ele^ent^can
endure but for a season.—t
Time fmoothes the furrows
of misfortune : for hope di
vefted„of a darling object,
like a bird deprived of one
friendly fpra), flies to an
other ; and looks forward to
new sources of enjoyment--^
Happy temperament of hu 4
man nature, that- like^tfe
yielding ffaTk? bends to the
rough blaits of misfortune,
and again refuses its wont^
ed station, prepares for new
incidents, to compleat the
varied checquered fetne.—
So true are the words of in
spiration, Sorrow my con
tinue for a night, bus fol
cometh in the morning.
ALL perfofis indebted
to, or that have any
demands against the es
tate of John Thompson,
late of Exeter, deceased,
ate requeued to exhibit
them for settlement, to
Benjamin Boar DMA#,
{adminifruter.
Enter, 18/6Dzr. .1789.
1 ^ '> >!■■*■■■ y.nein ^i.,^ * Q,
3 WANTED^
^N^L^fe
recommended for fteadintf and foefo.
wll ms4l vilb ncamptot,/
Qin of th, PQ tr b^f.
j^fctalroihs. o£^tat.
a ©ratat l@to@©Mldr,i\thte ^
Oecoitomy of Human Life,
%wta6% d@i&.
Debtors & Creditors.