The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-05-09 00:00:00, page 4

THE Provincial Representa
tives of the people of Am-
Rcrdam, deeming it of the last
importance to the commerce of
this chy* that the public should
be informed of the state of its
Bank,(tiled the Bank of Exchange
and that the credit of the said
Bank should not be impeached, or
fuffer any* diminution by errone
ous opinions, by artful infinua
tionS, or by the falfe impressions
which rumours circulated relating
to it might occasion, have deem -
ed it advisable, and have resolved
to declare by this present writing,
that, according to the reports made
Oft this fubjeft by the Committees
Os Commerce and Marine, duly
authorized by the Provincial Re
prefematives to examine into the
Race of the Bank-, it appeared, that
terrupted in the middle of a Cur
tain Lecture, by the arrival of a
pair, requesting his assistance to in
troduce them to the blefled state of
wedlock* The poor Priest actu-
A COUNTRY Clergyman,
who in tne Matrimony Lot
tery had drawn much worle than a
blank, and without the patience of
Socrates, had to encounter the tur-
bulent spirit of Xantippe, was in-
ated at the moment by his own
feelings and particular experience,
rather than a fenle of cannonical
duty opened the book and began,
Man that is born of a woman
Hath but a Ihort time to live, and
is full of trouble, &c.” repeating
the burial service. Theaftonifhed
bridegroom exclaimed, “ Sir! Sir 1
you mi (take, I came here to be
married not to be buried Well,
replied the Clergy man, if you insist
on it, I am obliged .to marry you $
bur, believe me, my friehd you
had better be buried*
It appears From these premises plain,
That Osifiom is nothing but folly,
That pleafores a term that means pain,
And that joy is your true melancholy :
That all those who laugh out to cry,
That ’tisfine fii& and fun to be griev
ing,
And that, since we must all of os die,
We will taste no enjoyment while living.
If a mortal would point out a life
That on earth could be nearest to heav’n
Let him, thanking his stars, choose a wife
To whom truth and honor are given ;
But honor and truth are forsre,
And horhs when they’re cutting fotinglr,
That with all my refped to the fair,
Pd advlfe him to sigh and live Angle.
I grant the best bklhng we know,
Is a friendjor true fdendfhip’s a teafure,
And yet, left your friend prove a foe,
Oh taste not the dangerous pleasure ;
Thus friendfhip’s a flimfy affair,
Thus riches and health are a bubble.
Thus there’s nothing delightful but care,
Nor any thing pleasure but trouble.
European Intelligence.
WE bipeds made up of frail clay,
Alas ate the children of sorrow,
And though brHk and merry to day.
We all may be wretched to morrow;
For funlhine’a succeeded by rain.
Then fearful of life’s stormy weather,
Left pleasure should only bring pain,
Let us all be unhappy together.
LIBERTY, sqVALITY, FRATERNITY.
HOLLAND.
Gazette Extraordinary of Amsterdam.
ANECDOTE.
SOUND ARGUMENT.
Poet’s Corner.
FEBRUARY 5.
if the balance last (truck, is cor
tect, which ultimately will be
minutely examined, no deficiency
whatever will exist in the said
Bank, and the debts and credits
will precifdy balance-, with this
exception, that instead of specie,
there have been received into said
Bank, from time to time, as fecu*
sides for large sums advanced by
it, within the last fifty years; a
very considerable number Ot
bonds, viz.
Seventy bonds of the India
Company ot Amsterdam, guarac
teed by the States of that Prov
ince, each being for 100,000 flat
ins Banco, at three per cent intq
est ; besides a fimiiar one of 50,0^0
florins Banco, on which there ft
; due, according tb the calculation
of the said Clerks, the lum of
249 000 florins Banco for inteteft.
On account of which bonds, the
Treasury of the said city is indebt
ed in the aforefaid balance. Ban
co, 6,273,600 florins.
Besides these; there are fifty
That there is due from this city
to the said Bank 227,264 2 8 for
whid^ bonds were originally giv
en ; that the Clerks’ statements
have been burned, but for which
the city pot withstanding paid inter
cft annually to the Bank.
That it is nevertheless obvious,
that the city is responsible for the
sum as well as for this whole, as
it ought to be considered with re
fpeft to it, not only as a guarantee,
but as actual debtor to the Bank.
That moreover, among other
things in the laid book* there has
been found in substance all the
Ipecie for which accountable re
ceipts have been given, agreeably
to the lift made out and delivered
to the Committees of Commerce
and Marine, by the Calhiers of
the Bank, and which can in con
sequence, be at all times drawn out
by the holders of the said receipts,
in exchange for them, when it shall
please them so to do.
The aforefaid Provincial Rep
resentatives have, therefore, not
only taken the requisite and most
efficacious theafures, that hence
forward there shall not be deliver
ed from or advanced by the Lid
bonds, each for 24,000 florins,
on account of the province of Hol
land and Weft-Enefland, belong
ing to the Loan-Office of this city,
oh which, according to the infor
mation of rhe Clerks, the bank'
has advanced, agreeably to the a
forefaid balance, the fvm of 838,
857 florins Banco, on which there
will be due for intcreft 30,000
florins.
In addition to which, the Loan
Office owes to the Bank* confor
mable to the fame information,
the sum of 1,715,000 florins Ban
co.
That farther* if every thing
shall appear as has been Rated
by the said Clerks, and sterling
being converted into Rock, the
Treasurer of this city will, in
addition, owe to the Bank, for
which it was made debtor, at the
closing of the accounts above al
luded to.
The sum of F. 38,352 2 o
And what is owed at
the adual closing of
the accounts 155,314 6 8
IF ever the long pull, .the itrong
pull, and the puli altogether, was
necefTary for the salvation of the
country, it is at the present impor
tant crisis, which calls for all our
exertions, and demands ourutmoft
abilities. The fate of England
dependson the con du ft of the hour.
The most ferocious, the most
numerous, and the most formida
ble nation this day existing, has
entered into a solemn league and
covenant to extirpate the whole
English nation —to annihilate our
king and constitution, —to confif
cate the eitates of the noblesse, and
to melt them down into the Can
aille—to guillotine our bishops,
and to equalize, that is, to seize all
the property of the kingdom. Is
notthis a most awfulconfideration?
and will it not awaken our ardour,
and rose our resentment ? Shall we
tamely bow down, like Dutch
men —become spontaneous Haves,
like Dutchmen, and sue for peace ?
Shall we hail and feaft, and carets
this infernal banditti of profefled
robbers at London, as the Dutch
have done at Amsterdam ? Shall we
admit them into houses, as Dutch
men have done ?—permit them to
ravish our wives, to deflour our
daughters, and accept of our prop
city, as Dutchmen have done ?
Shame to the advisers of such an
ignominious measure 1 Curse on
the thought ’ Sooner may the o
cean, hitherto our guardian mound,
our kind proteftrels, burst its
boundaries, and deluge the rfland
in one great mass of ruin, than that
Britons should become the sponta
neous ftaves of France, and kite the
rod of despotism, as Dutchmen
have done.
A- ■ J ‘ —MM*
Bank, contrary th its original in
stitution, any specie soever, by a
ny authority, either as a loan, or
in any other illegal manner ; but
also, that the laid bonds, lodged
in the laid Bank as fecurittes, as
aforefaid, (hall be liquidated as
soon as possible ; and generally,
that this city as a debtor tb the
Bank, (hall with all practicable
dispatch, difeharge in Ca(h, the
balance of its account with the faid'
Bank; which being done, the
Provincial Repfelentadves declare
that there can then exist no defici
ency of any kind soever; and
that they will, without delay, take
in to their serious confidera’tion,
and will carry into immediate ef
fect the means to obtain this end.
The Provincial Reprefentativts,
nevertheiefs, declare that this no
tification is only made co maintain
duly the credit of the Bank of this
city, and to tranquilize the minds
of foreigners and the commercial
part of its inhabitants. Bur they
desire by no means to be consid
ered as approving or confirming
the use that may have been made
of the deposits in the Bank, and
much less of difeharging, by any
thing in this proclamation, those
who may be responsible on that
fubjedt.
Given and publiftied this
15 hos Feb 1795, the firft
year of Batavian liberty.
By order of the aforefaid
Representatives.
Tune cede malii, fed centra audentier ito.
VIRG.
To the People of England.
G. Brender A Brandis* Sec^ry.
found
BY me the subscriber, in Exeter near
cheftore of Meffers Gilman andX.am
fon,an ox chain some time in last fummcr,
but thinking the owner would loon call for
it I left if in laid store ; tire owner may
have it again by proving property axt
paying charges.
BENJ. 2. SHERRI^
Ext ter. May I, 1794 _
R A GS7~
CASH, Writing-Paper, or
Books given for clean
cotton .and linen RAGS at
this Office.
LAND
SITUATED in Pittsfield;
in the centre of the Town, near the
Meeting Houle, on (he main road leading
from Gilmanton to Portfinouth and New
bury-Port, under good improvement, witli
a House and Barn, and a young bearing
Orchard, having about JOO trees ; allo a
new C.der Mill and press, a convenient
Tann Yard, and a Bark Houle which is 25
feet by 40, likewise a Carrier’s and Shoe
maker’s Shop, a good Well near- the house,
and a living brook rudninf through
land, near the tan-yard.
For further particulars enquire of
WILLIAM GORDON,
on the premifea.
Pitt ifeld, April 21, 1795.
Containing 150 acres of
Land, under g rod imp- ovementas
to Mowing, Pafturin^ ar.d Tillage, a good
Orchard, and a good new Duelling Houle,
well finished ourfide, and three room* fin
ifhed in fide, with an excellent stack
Chimneys, with a good Cellar, a good Well
of water at the door, and large Barn, with
a Saw-Mill and Grist-Mill in good repair,
(landing on the main Winnipefiekee riveri
within 20 or 30 rods of the building, and
is an excellent place for bufineL io the
mill way Any Gentleman who inclines
to purchase the (aid premises, may depend
on having a 'good bargain by applying foon^
to ABRAHAM FOLSOvi,
owner of the fame.
AL L Perlons who have
claims against the Eftau of L.eut-
EBiiNEZER EASTMAN, late of Gil
man ton* in the County of Stafford, deceal.
ed, intestate, a-e desired to present the
lame to Mary Eastman, ot (aid Gil
maoton, Adminiftratix of rhe Estate of laid
deceated. And all Perlons, who are in
debted to said Eilate are tetpefted to make
immediate payment, totheatuicfaid Adm’x.
AL L Persons indebted to
the Estate of CALEB i OWLE,
iaie of Hawke, Inholder, deceased, are
requetted to make immediate pay ment $
and all who have any demands againff said
Estate, are desired to exhibit their account*
properly vouched, in order for an imme^
diate Settlement.
AL L Persons who have
claims again ft the Ettate of DoSor
OBaDIAH PaRRISH, ia.cof Gilman km
in the County of Stafford, deceased, in;ett
ate, are desired to prelent the famc ( to Han
nah Parrish of laid Giimancon, Admtn
iitratixof the Eit ate of laiu deccaied. Aad
all Persons who are indebted to laid Eftacc*
are reqjetted to make immediate paymett
to theaforefaid Adminitttaiix.
Merrlditbf March 27, 1795.
Jere mt Towle Execxf^
Hanjoke April zotb,
AFA R M
Take Notice I
13th April, 1795.
13th April, *795-
Thirty acres of good
TO BE SOLD
By tie Subscriber,
70 BE SOLD
in Mirriditb,