The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-08-03 00:00:00, page 3

Snee which the inhabitants have
been in a continual alarm, the Indi
ans shewing themselves al-moll every
day ; and from their daring behavior
it is thought they are in condfierable
v force. A party of them that tock 2
or 3 negro prisoners, were pursued,
overtaken, the prisoners retaken, and
one Indian killed as also one white
man. On Suftlay lart they killed
two white men ot the upper Black
Lick, in Mason County.
PITTSBURGH, June 9.
We are informed from good autho
rity, that on Saturday lad, the zd inst.
a party of four Indians eroded the
Ohio river near the mouth of Racoon
creek,and ftole-fomehorfcs,with which
they immediately made oft—in mean
time a parry of men went in pursuit
of them, and came to the place where
the indians had left their blankets,
on going into the settlements: Suppos
ing the Indians would return, the pat
ty lay concealed, and after some time
sow them approaching; they continued
concealed until the Indians came up,
then fired and killed one of them, and
wounded two, and returned home with
the scalp of the one killed.
B A LTfMOR E, July 18.
A letter from Cape-Francois, dated
Jone 30 informs, that the people of
Port-au-Prince, the Mole, Jeremie,
will not accept the decree of the Nati
onal Assembly. At Port-au-Prine,
they fitted out five cruifers,to prevent
fepplies from being carried into any
of the out-ports ; they likewise lent a
twenty gun ship, and four fmallcr ves
sels, armed, to the Mole, to bring
down a General to command them.
He accordingly embarked with 300
volunteers, 500 Hand of arms, and ev
ery thing in proportion. On his way
do&n he was taken by a seventy-sour
gun ship, and carried into St. Marc,
with one of the sloops, the other three
efcapod. I arrived at St. Marc the
fame day,and the day after the gover
nour of Hispaniola arrived from the
Cape, with another seventy-sour gun
ship ahd frigate, when the captive,
General Borel, was ordered into close
confinement, and all his men. The
governor then received on board 400
volunteers of Sr. Marc, and on the
xzdinft. failed for Port-au-Prince, a
frigate and tw enty-guo ship ;at the
fame time 2000 mulattoes marched
down upon the back ofPort-au- Prince
with tne French commissioner, who
arrived from France, a white general
and the commander in chief of the
mulattoes, in order to enforce the de
c ee. I left Marc the 25 b, and no
accounts from thence had then arrived
but, on the 24th, iu the afternoon, we
heard a very heavy cannonade, for a
bout two hours,which we fappefed was
at Port-au-Prince ; if so, there is no
doubt but a total dettrudion will take
place. We are in hourly expectation
of hearing from thence.—The people
f?em really fighting mad—each port
writhing to deltroy the other; some in
favour of the King ; others for the
nation, the mulattoes,the free negroes
the flaves,&c. What will be the con
sequence God only knows.
This city and its vicinity were
exceedingly alarmed on Sunday last
aboard o'clock P.M. by a tremendous
westerly tornado, which continued
about twenty minutes, twisting off
limbs of trees, unroofing houses, and
tumbling down chimnies in various
parts of the city. Uninured to such
unruly gusts, the citizens particularly
the fair, were thrown into amcmen
tary consternation,- terrible was the
havoc on the water —in vain did the
sabbath breakers cry aloud for mercy,
—in a moment—in the twinklin of
an eye—were they hurled to the bot
tom and melancholy was the scene.
Tt is said that 29 persons loft thejr lives
in this neighbourhood, but we have
not been able to ascertain who they
were for cerrainty. Report fays, that
Mr. Wade, his wife, and two of their
NEWYORK, Joly 5.
TORNADO.
children, his brother, and a young
man, were ail except the latt menti
oned, drowned from one boat near
Yellow Hook, a tew miles from the
city.'lt is also laid a sloop overfet
with 16 perlo n, all but one of whom
were drowned.
DANBURY, [CONN.] July 14.
Lad Tuefday afternoon a melancho.
ly accident happened at New-Milford,
the particulars (if we are rightly in
formed) are as follows : —Mr. Amos
Collins, of that town, between 40 and
50 years of age, who was rendered
blind by the froall-pox in his minori
ty,has been employed for feverai years
in ringing the public bell and taking
care of the clock—finding the bell
rope out of order, atcended the fleeple
to repair it, attended by leveral chil
dren, who were fond of his company.
Having accomplished his purpole, be
gan his defeent, with a child in his
arms and a youpg lad having hold of
his ccat; but unfortunately coming to
a part of the flairs where the hand-rail
was wanting, he flopped off, and drew
the lad after him. There being only
the groundfloor to the fleeple, they
fell forty-four feet. The former in
ftantly expired ; the children were
much bruited, and senseless, but have
so far revived, that we are not without
hopes of their recovery.
66 The war in which the French
nation is now engaged, is a war the
most interesting to human nature of
any that has heretofore been entered
into, ft is a struggle to rescue mil-,
lions of mankind from oppression, and
re store them to the enjoyment of pro
perty, liberty and life. The poor
fubjeds of Germany, whose lives have
heretofore been disposed of to gratify 1
the avarice and ambition of their
Princes, may now have an opportun.
ity of releasing themselves from that
poverty and despotism which they
haver so long laboured under ; and, we
flatter ourselves, that the war will be
conduced with justice, humanity and
benevolence toward those much in
jured people ; that the light of reason
will shine forth amongA them ; that
they will begin to view themselves
as a part of the great family of human
nature, who are entitled to the enjoy
ment of liberty ; and no longer fubjeft
themselves to a servile dependence on
a few ignorant defpets, who hardly
deserve the name of meo;
'Twas reported in Cadiz, that be
tween 14 and 15,000 French troops
were slain in one battle with the Prus
sians and Germans. —This report was
generally credited ; but when the bat
tle took place, or where, or how many
of the enemy fell, were not mentioned.
We therefore hope and troll it will
prove fallacious. It is to be observed,
that no newspapers, or any periodical
productions of a political nature, are
allowed to be publifh'd in Spain.
By the latelt arrivals we also have
accounts of the profped of a most plen
tiful harvest in Spain—all kinds of
provision were very low in Cadiz,
Flour was felling from five to fix dol
lars per barrel, Indian Corn at half
a dollar per bulhel. Beef from seven to
eight dollars per barrel.
Great preparations for War are
making in Spain—a general War ir.
Europe being ftronglyexpeded. That
the Spaniards would aft against the
French.
The following is from a Philadelphia
This morning arrived here the brig
Ann and Mary, Captain Swetnam,
from Cork. Capt. Swetnam failed
from Cork the 26th May, and informs
the Editor that the British Govern
ment were arming—that press-war
rants had been iftued — and it was re
ported at Cork, that the Ruffians and
the French had had an engagement,
in which 4000 of the latter were
killed.
BOSTON, July 19.
paper of 14th instant.
The latest European Intelligence re
ceived in this town, is by the ship
Ann, Capt. Morse, from Dunkirk ;
which is arrived at Bedford. Capt.
Morse left Dunkirk, the 29th May—
and informs, that no material engage-
Iment had taken place since Gen. Di
llon's defeat ; that several persons, ac
ceffary to his death, are held for trial
and are expected would fuffer, as it
was generally believed the suspicion
of his treachery is groundless—That
the inhuman massacre of this officer
was much reprobated, and had greatly
difeouraged the other officers, who
fear a similar fate as they cannot re
frain the licentiousness of the foldierj:
That affairs did not wear the most
pleasant appearance ; and that it was
the prevailing opinion, at Dunkirk,
that no further attempts would be
made to enter the Emperour's Domin
ions, but make it an objed to prevent
the invasion of France.
From a Philadelphia paper of July 2. #
Yesterday will be remarkable in the
hiftory of the climate of Pennsylvania.
At two o'clock, P. Ad. the Mercury
in the Thermometer flood at nicety
one degrees in the shade ; there was at
the fame time a thing breeze of wind
from the N. W.
About half after three, heavy clouds
began to rite from the north and north I
welt, and immediately commenced a
molt tremendous hurricane, which
Tailed for fifteen minutes, with efton
ilhing violence.
One of the large windows of Christ
Church was blown into the rile, which,
though it was during the time of divine
service, did no injury to any of the
congregation' —Several houses were
unroofed, and many flacks of chimneys
blown down.
The river exhibited a mefl awful
feene—the vcffels in the hartcur were
tossed to and fro in every direction,
and many were overfet. A brig was
driven on the bar aid retrains there
aground ; end a fine ship lying near
Vine-Street, was fo;ctd from her
moorings ard ovetfet — fortunately she
had no ballad ; she drifted on her beam
ends with the tide about a mile conn
the river, and then got agiound—it
is 10 be hoped she will be brought oft
without having received any material
injury.
Throughout the whole of this furicus
tempest, we have heard of no lives be
ing loft except a toy who was drown
ed by the cveifettirg of ere of the
boats.
Since writing the above account,
we further learn, that a beat hem this
city to the Jei>y (here was overfet
within fifty rods of Samuel Cooper's
wharf. There were in the boat Capt.
Scott, Mr. Blake, his wile and lour
small children, a joung ueman, and
Mr. Betis, in all nine perlons, nene
of whom could swim but Capt. Scott.
The Captain, by the molt astonish
ing and praise- worthy exertions, was
able, providentially, to save themall.
He foam adhere with one child hang
ing round his neck, and to each arm ;
and he returned to the boat amidll the
boisterous waves, ragirg in a furious
and frightful manner, and brought the
others, who had with much difficulty
held by the boat, fafe to the land.
For the honor of Captain Scott, an
old and valiant Soldier, a Son of Maf
fuchufetts, this circumflance should be
handed down to poflerity.
Those who revere the virtues of the
benevolent Howard mul lever re
member, with veneration, those fuc
cefiful exertions of Captain Scott.
[The above mentioned hero.is Capt.
Wm, Scorr, of Groton, in this com
monwealth ; and an invalid officer of
rhe United States.—At the commence
ment of the late war in the battle of
Bunker's Hill, he received several
wounds, was taken prifo.ner, and con
fined in goal in this town, when in
possession of the British—and fuffcred
much mal-treatment.j
DIRECT, FROM FRANCE.
Cap. James Hells of Delaware
State, pt a pried to in exigence a few
days ago. He uas in th- .rcctuuing Jer
lice and tad raided bis company, hat
;baling tratygr^ a the limits J h:s
allcuar.ee, uas involved in debt cn th
company's account, to tie amount of about
two hundred dollars. He readied or
ders to repair to the rendezvous ctFitfr
burgh ; but cuing to this embuir/fncht
l uas detained : he affhed, ft ted his
i case, and rc^uejea relief : his cp
plication proved unjuccej fol. In the
I preface of his lieut. he u rote a letter,
fating the cauje of the aft heu ns about
I to con.mit,f died it, dire£?ed it to tl.elieut.
; andfepped into an adjoining room and
foot himfelf; the lieut. hearing the re
port of the pistol run in andfound him
iifelejr
— Mrs. - HALL,^/. 75-h
<oa, Jeized with aft oj the palsy the day
before—and remained in a jen/eiejs flute
'till she expired. —
— Miss Polly Lamson, <w, daugh.
ter of Mr. Joseph Lannen,jr. ^t 16,
of a conjumption, in which she lingered
for two months—(he endured her feknefs
with patience and fortitude, and died <u it,
a comfortable hope of future red. —
JUST OPENED,
AND FOR SALE AT
John Dean, jun's
STORE—
A general assortment of
English, India & Weft-
India
GOODS,
Cheap for Cash or low
and Linen Cloth.
Exeter, July 26, 1792.
WEBSTER'S
SPELLING BOOK,
To be fold at this Office.
Exeter, August 3, 1792.
DIED] — Lately at 1 an.ptcnfalls, Mr.
Nehiblah Cram, ^z. 58 Lie
I.as an active and ufefto minder of feciety
—a neat and induftious hcfaiamcn —
and a cheerfulJuffcrtcr of the gojpel—he
was cue of jeven brethren unci his death is
tbefrji breach made upon them, —
Last veek at the fame place, Mrs.
Hannah Cram, A_t. 53, reda of the
above,and within ten days after bis dtf
ceaf —they lives together in the married
fate amoj; 36 years,and have left 6 Chil
dren—l bey were ho:b worthy members
of the church and jocitty tiers and are
universally lamented.—
"They were lovely and pleasant in their
lives and in their death they were not di
vided."—
MARRIED? — tn Georgia, Mr. I. !-
IILIEL Eridge, aged 55, to Miss
OSUT, aged 17 Copt. M'Lanf, to
Miss Hutching, after a ccurtfip cf
9 hours.
- —ln dis twin Mr. PETER Fclscm,
&t. 78, after a few days (cifneirent
with a jewr — he<uas long a metier cf
tkefr, church of Chrijt in this twin —
he lived and adorned the religion which le
poiefed, and enjoyed its cumulations.—
fie teas the affectionate and tenaer parent
—the conpofyiunaie and /aithjulfiend—
she bereveient and good nan, —He has
left 10 Children, and a numerous train
of relatives and jriends who aeefctyjeel
ana lament their loss.— /,
— In Nmhr),crt, Mrs. I UFTP,
Cenfort of Mr. Samuel Tuf's.
EXE I EK, August 3.