The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-11-14 00:00:00, page 4

THE lite honorable Judge Sewell,
went into a hatter's (hop, one day, in
order to procure a pair of Second-hand
brushes, for the purpose of cleaning
his shoes: at which the matter of the
ffiop presented him 1 with a couple,
' The following ORIGINAL
ANECDOTES,
Oere handed as 6, a Correspondent.
WHEN the Illustrious President
'of the United States was a
bout to take his leave of Portsmouth,
he observed to I private gentleman,
that his inclination, had, for several
days, been at war with his prudence.
That the former, resolutely contend
ed, in favourof his making a more
extensive visit thro' the interior parts
of this Ice ; while the latter, with
equal zeal, required, th^ with the
grateft difpatcb, h fhoulH immedi
ately return to lhe city of New- York;.
But, at length, tr»den<;c hrf)ftf;d
the victory; which led him to rt"°
commend the foHrwng maxim : viz.
That mankind ffiould invariably lif.
ten to the Voice of prudence, rather
than that of inclination, whenever
they happen not prrfrdly to coincide.
Labour awhile suspends his toil,
His debt of gratitude to pay ;
And friendfhip wears a brighter smile;
, And mufick breathes a fiveeter lay.
age,
Shall bigot far, cease it# dreadfulrage.
When ever.fmiiing Concord's golden
" chain
Shall bind each dime through nature's
fair domain;
When man his destiny divine (hall
giv'n,
To find ev'n Eartbihe blessed pOrch
of Heav'n !
(hall burn,.
Nor feeling hearts o'er Slaughter'd
millions mourn ;
And when,malignant fcoarge of every
prove,
By all the tender charities of love ;
When to the child of virtue (hall be
Performed at the Oritorio in the Stone-
BEHOLD the man ! whom virtues
raise,
The highest of the patriot throng !
To him the muse her homage pays,
And tunes the gratulary song.
HASTEN, Great God! the long
prediPed time
When Jesus (hall be known in every
clime;
When the red torch of war no more
AIR.
Illustrious visitant ! design'd
Welcome, thrice welcome to the fpgt,
Where once thy conq'ring banners
wav'd,
O never be thy praise forgot,
By those thy matchiefs valor fav'd.
Thv glory beams to Eastern (kies,
See ! Europe (hares the sacred flame
And hosts of patriot heroes rife,
To emulate thy glorious name.
By Heaven's invincible decree,
T' enoble and exalt the mind,
And teach a nation to be free.
SEAT of the MUSES.
ODE,
May health and joy a wreath entwine,
And guard thee thro' this feene of
ftrife ;
'Till seraphs (hall to thee assign,
A wreath of everlasting life.
From the MesiAH-r-a poem.
—AN EXTRACT—
RECITATIVE.
Chapel, Boston.
ment rising above water, the dragoon
laid hold of it, and handed it up to
the people on the bridge.—He ^er.
wards had the good fortune to save
hoth the father and mother. He
next drew the cabriolet out, having
previously cat the traces, and freed
it from the horse, who by this time
was drowned.
The father, mother and child very
soon recovered, and were perfectly
restored.
JNDL3TED to, or that
have any demands against
the estate of ABRAHAM
PR \S COTT, yeoman, late
of Ktyington, deceased, are
ieque&styj& them in
for an immedi^eqbm rt
to Simon PrAfott,
'(Executor.
Kensington, Nov, <&
In a French Dragoon.
THE magnificent bridge atTours,
over the Loire, having been
broken down in January last, a mov
ing bridge was conftruaed in its
'ftead.
Count de Farquieres, Capt. of the
troop to which Murget belongs,drew
up an account of the tranfadion, and
sent it to Mons. de Aine, Intendant
of the province, who laid it before the
Director- General of the finances ; and
by him it was communicated to the
King.
His Majesty gave directions to the
intendant to give, the dragoon a haodi
some sum of money in his name, to
gether with a silver medal, bearing
an in fcription explanatory of the pur
pose for which it was given.
thus saved by the humanity and reso
lution of the dragoon, made him a
tender of his property, and requested
he would help dimfelf to what he
pleased.
The generous soldier refufed all
pecuniary reward, faying that he was
nobly rewarded, by the pleasure of
haring refeued so many fellow-crea
tures from death, and restored them
to each other.
wife, and a child only four years old,
were crossing this temporary bridge
in a cabriolet. —Whilst the people
were turning the bridge round, the
cabriolet was whirled off, and with
the father, mother and child fell into
the .water.
All the persons present, except one
believed the travellers were irretriev
ably loft. .*
But John Baptist Murge?r{private
dragoon in the regiment carted ™&e
Royal Roufillon, thinking otherwise,
plunged into the river. He firft found
the cabriolet empty. He knew not
afterwards whereabouts to look for
which were become unfit for his
own use. " What is your price,"
fays the judge : “ If they will an.
fwer your purpose," replies the other
" you may have them in welcome."
The Judge hearing this, laid them
down on the plank, and with a grace,
ful bow,dire&ly went out at the door.
At which,the mechanic faith to him,"
“ pray fir, your honour has forgotten
the principle design of your vilit.
" By no means," replies the Judge,
if you will please to set your price, (
stand ready to purchase : but ever
since it has fallen to my lot to oc
cupy a feat on the bench, I have
kudioufly avoided receiving a (ingle
copper, byway of donation, left in
some future period of my life, it
might have some kind of influence in
determining mv judgment."
the people ; but the child at that mo-
DISINTERESTED HUMANITY,
The man, whose whole family was
A little time ago, a man with his
MISCEL LANYc
ALL PERSONS
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT/hw hundred acres
of LAND, in Sanborn
ton, contiguous to the Great
Ba, in thattown (so called.
Said land is pleafentlyfi
tuated—well watered—con
venient to make two farms
—adjacent to several settlers
—and within half a mile of
a Grist-mill.
l^Stock and Country Pro
duce will be received in pay
ment, —For further infor
mation apply to
.JOSEPH HOIT.
Exeter, Sept. 25.
'An ACT to explain and amend " an aa
for registering and clearing veffib, re
gulating the coafing trade,and for o~
ther purposes,"
[Sec. i.]
BE it enabled b, the Senate and House
of Reprefentatiroes of the United
States of America, in Congress affimbled.
That when any goods, wares or mer
chandize of foreign growth or matiu
failure, (hall be unladen from any
(hip or vessel, in virtue of a permit
obtained for that purpose, and (hail
be put into a craft or vessel, with in
tent to be transported to a landing
within the fame didrid, it (hall be
the duty of the infpejor, or other of
ficer attending the unlading of such
goods, wares and merchandize to de
liver to the maker or commander of
every such craft or vessel, a certificate
of such goods, wares and merchan
dize having been duly entered, and a
permit granted therefor ; and such
certificate (hall contain a description
of all the packages, with their mark.,
and numbers, and fhalfeauthorife the
transportation & landing of the fame,
at any Irnding within the fame dis
trid, without any further fee or per
mit, any thing in the said recited sd
to the contrary notwithstanding.
[Sec. 2 ] And be it further enabled,
That so much of the twenty fetond
fedion of the said recited ad, as ex
empts vessels of less than twenty, and
not left than five tons burthen, em
ployed between any of the dif
trials of die United States, in
any bay or river, and having a license
from the colleaor of the diftrid to
which such veffel_belongs, from en
tering and clearing for the term of
one year, extended to veff-ls not ex
ceeding fifty tons : Provided such ves
sels (hall not have on board goods,
wares or merchandize, other than such
as are actually the growth or produce
of the United States.
[Sec. 3.] And be it farther enabled,
That so much of an act, entitled " an
Aft to regulate the collection of the
duties imposed by law on the tonnage
of (hips or vessels, and on goods,
wares or merchandizes imported in
to the United States," as hath rated
the ruble of Russia at one hundred
cents, be, and the fame is hereby re
pealed and made null and void.
Frederick A. Muhletiburg,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentatiles,
JOHN ADAMS, Kice Pref dent
of the United States, and
Prefdent of the Senate.
Approved—Sept. 20, 1789.
GEO. WASHINGTON.
Prefdent of the United States.
A BARGAIN!
Congress of the United States.
Begun and held at the city of Newyork,
on Wednefda, the q.th da, of March,
^789.
Sixteenth ACT of CONGRESS.
A generous price is given for
clear. Linen and Cof/cn RAGS,
at this Office—at the Paper Manu
factory, in this town —at Mr. Green
leafs Store, in Epping-at Mr. Phil
brick's Store, Pittsfield—and atMeffrs.
Wood's Store in Loudon.
"WHEREAS Unice the
wife of me the sub
scriber has refufed to bed
and board with me, and has
absented herfelf—This is to
caution jall persons not to
trust her on my credit, as I
am determined not to pay
any debt she may contrast
after this date.
John Swain.
Gilmantown, 30th Oa. 1789.
WHO have any demands
" against the Estate of
Job Judkins, yeoman, de
ceased, are desired to bring
in their claims to Job Jud
kins, of Meridith, Adminis
trator, or Daniel Smith, of
Exeter,—And those indebt
ed are requested to make
payment to the fame,
Exeter, OR. 1789.
Gilmantown, O& J . i; 1780.
(VE the fubferibers being
" appointed Commissi
oners by the Hon. Judge of
Probate of Wills, &c. for
the county of Strafford, in
said state—To receive and
examine the claims of th©
several creditors to the estate
of Jonathan Thing, -late,
of Gilmantown, gentleman,
deceased, represented insol
vent, give notice—that we
will attend that business on.
the firft Monday of January
next and the firft Mondays
of the three following
months, from I to 6 o'clock.
P. M. on laid days, at the
house of Capt. Noah Dow,
innholder in said town —
fix months beino ;allowed by
the said Judge for that pur-,
pose, from the 14th October
A. D. 1789.
Ebenezer Smith,
Ezekiel Hoit.
" State oj NeTikarttf.be.
Linseed-Oil and Snuff, f
EXCHANGED FOR (
FLAX-SEED,I
Boardman & Son,
EXETER. OCT. 1789.
RAG S.
^OBSERVE.
ALL PERSONS