The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-09-05 00:00:00, page 2

An ACT to eftabli/h an EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT, to be denomina
ted the DEPRTMENT or WAR.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assembled.
That there (hall be an Executive De
partment, to be denominated the De
partment of War ; and that there (hall
be a pincipal officer therein, to be
called the Secretary for the Departs
ment of War, who Shall perform and
execute such duties as (hill from time
to time be enjoined on, or entrusted to
him by the President of the United
States, agreeable to the Constitution,
relative to 'military commissions or to
the land or naval forces, (hips or war
like stores of the United States, or to
such other matters refpeding millitary
or naval affairs, as the President of
the United States (hall affigh to the
said department, or relative to the
granting of lands to persons intitled
thereto, for military services rendered
to the United States, or relative to In
dian affairs : And furthermore. That
the said principal officer (ha[l condud
the business of the said Department in
such manner, as the President of the
United States (hall from time to time
order or inftruft.
And be it further enabled. That there
shall be in the said Department, an
inferior officer, to be appointed by the
said principal officer, to be employed
therein as he (hill deem proper and to
be called the Chief Clerk in the De
partment of War, and who, whenever
* the said principal officer (hill be re
moved from the office by the President
of the United States, or in any other
'cafe of vacancy, (hall daring such va
cancy, have the charge and custody
of all records, books, and papers, ap
pertaining to the said Department.
And be it further enacted, That the
said principal officer, and every other
person to be appointed or employed in
the said Department, (hall before Ite
enters on the execution of this office
or employment, take an oath or affir
mation well and faithfully to execute
the trust committed to him.
And be it further enabled, That the
Secretary for the Department of War,
to be appointed in confeqaence of this
Aa, (hall forthwith after his appoint
ment, be intitled to have the custody
• and charge of all records, books, and
papers in the office of the Secretary
for the Department of War, hereto
fore eftablilhed by the United States
in Congress assembled.
Frederick A. Muhlenbu^g,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Tice-Prefdfnt
of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved—August 7th, 1789.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Prefdent of the United States.
The son of Gen. Kamenfoy, who
commands the army in Moldavia, ar
rived here yesterday with the news,
on the 27th of April General Derfel
den compelled the Turks to retreat
t, keep the representation fixed at twa
hundred.,
After some debate, was negatived.
On motion of Mr. Sedgwick, the,
words "Qne hundred and feventy-five'"-
were fructo out, and " two hundred"
inserted.— And then the paragraph
as amewd ', was agreed to. Adj.
Congress of the United States.
Begun and held at the city of Newyork,
og Wednesday the 4th da, of March,
SIXTH ACT of CONGRESS.
ST. PETERSBURGH, MAY If.
European Intelligence.
Russia.
If Earl Stanhope is not Juccefs.
ful, he is at least bold in his attempts.
He has been lately instructing the
Primate of England in regard to Re
ligion, and threatens in a Short time to
teach the Lord Chancellor the Laws of
the Land.
A gentleman in the Blue and Buff
interest observed to another in the
House of Lords on Tuefday, that the
crown seemed too heavy for his Ma
jefy's Head. . To which he was an
fwered,it was rather extraordinary that
it (hould be too heavy now, as it was
at least Thirteen colonies lighter than in
the (beginning of Lord North's ad
ministration.
From the 12th July to the end of the
Mourning, they are to wear black silk
clothes,fprigged or worked muslin ruf
fles, fringed,—white buckles, silver
swords, and hats with feathers.
The Ladies, from the 7th inst.
for 12 days, are to wear their robes
made of woolen, black hoods, gloves,
fans, flockings, necklaces, & earings;
the buckles, bronzees.
On the 19th June, they are- to leave
off the hoods, but retain all the rest
until nth of July inclusive : after that
until the 12th of August inclusive they
are to wear black silk dresses with dia
monds ; The remainder of the Mourn
ing, black and white robes, but not
any coloured ribbons. 4
June 13. Whilft-thc Minitter of
England is laying evefrfeltridion on
the Press, the King pf Prussia is ex
tending its use in hja dominions: he
has just issued an offer for a News
paper to be publilhed'monthly, and to
be distributed, gratis to the peasants
thro' Silesia, &c. and has further ea-
Intelligence has been received that
the Grand Vizir, with an army of
100,000 men, has left Rufchuck,& is
advancing towards Cladova,in Servi,.
Advice has been received from Mol
davia, that the Ruffians have aban
doned their recent acquisition at Gal
laczi and have burnt that town to the
ground, ^
His Excellency Marquis de Lu
zerne; the French Ambassador, has
had an audience of their Majesties and
the Royal Family, formally to notice
the death of the young Dauphin, eld
est Son of their Moll Christian Majes
ties; for whom there will be a Court
mourning.
French Mourning, for the Dauphin.
Sunday lad, the French Court went
into Mourning for ten weeks, viz.
From the 7th of June to the nth
of July, inclusive.
The Gentlemen are to wear a
full fait black cloth, with buttons of
the fame, plain fringed ruffles—black
fwoids and buckles, and hat without
feathers.
A second courier arrived this day
from General Kamenfkoy, with an ac
count that on the 30th of April Gen
eral Derfelden had attacked the ene.
my in their camp near Galaz, on the
Danube, and that after an obstinate
engagement of more than three hour^
he had totally defeated them. Fif
teen hundred Turks were killed,and a
Pacha of three tails, with a confidera
ble number of officers, and above 1000
men taken prisoners. The camp with
the artillery,(land ards,&c. fell into the
hands of the conquerors, whose loss
amounted only to 60 men killed, and
100 wounded) •
to within twenty werfts of Baraila,
near Mackfunene, on the river Sireth.
Im this action four hundred of the en
emy were killed, and a considerable
number drowned. A Pacha of two
tails, who commanded in Moldavia,
was taken prisoner, with about too
men, one piece of cannon, and three
Standards._
LONDON, JUNE 11.
VIENNA, MAY JO.
Germany.
England.
JUNE 12.
On Saturday the ill inst. there hap
pened at Carlisle '' the melt violent
hurricane, tempest or thunder dorm"
that was ever known in that borough,
by which the Presbyterian church and
other public buildings with the Rev'd
Mr. Davidson's new brick house and
several other private buildings were
unroofed, and otherways much dam
aged. —
joined, that in each diftria^every
Schoolmaster shall read and explain
the contents of the paper to such of
his neighbors as cannot themselves
read. It is to contain a journal of the
progress of agriculture throughout his
dominions ; prescriptions for the cure
of various disorders incident co man
kind, cattle, (heep, dogs. &c. &c.
A body of 15,000 foot, and 2,500
horse, part of the Ruffian army un
der Field Marlhall Romanzow, have
marched to join the Prince of Saxe
Cobourg : when this junction is effect
ed,- he intends to sweep the Tucks
from Moldavia, and begin his opera
tions in Wallachia.
A letter from Ancona mentions,
that the Ruffian fleet has deft oyed the
Grit division of the Turkilh beet near
the port of Warna.
Last monday being the yearly meet
ing Os the Potpwmack Company, the
members of that truly patriotic un
dertaking,affembled at Mr. John Su.
tor's, after arranging the business for
the ensuing year, they proceeded to
the choice of officers, when the fol
lowing gentlemen were elected, viz.
Thomas Johnson, Esq. is in the
roodi of his Excellency the President
of the United States of America ;
Thomas S. Lee, George Fitzgerald,
George Gilpin, Notely Young, direc
tors.
It gives us infinite pleasure we have
it in our power to inform the public,
that through the indefatigable perfeve
rance of the Potowmack ompariy,pro
vision has been made to carry on the
works with great expedition, the en
suing year,fo that we may flatter our
selves with the pleasing idea of soon
feeing the produce of our weftern
country at 300 miles back, brought
by water to our own doors.
Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman in
Halifax, in Northcarolina, to his
friend in Pcterfurgh, Virginia, dated
'July 27.
^ Yesterday evening a tremendous
cloud rose to the north weft of this
place, which in the space of half an
hour, began to discharge itfelf with
violent gutts of wind, amazing cur
rents of rain, and aftonithing quanti
ties of hail of unufoal diameter,which
nearly covered the face of the earth.
The trepidation which this war of el
emants produced amongst the inhabi
tants of this town and its vicinity, is
beyond the pencil's power to delineate
—no real damage however endued to
the perfo oal fafety of any one; the
evils attending man, exifled only in
fearful apprehensions. But the destruc
tive effects of this difalter or visitation
on the vegitable tribe are very great.
." And on the night be fore last, the
house of Mr. Burkidale, in this town,
was (hud by lightning in the weft
end of the second story : the weather
boarding was torn off, fame of the
duds were Shivered, and yet the win.
dew glass which was in the midst of
American Occurrences^
GEORGETOWN, AUGUST 12. _
BALTIMORE, AUGU PT 11 6
NEWYORK, AUGUST 22.
Maryland.
Virginia.
Newyork.
After having received from my feb
low citizens in general the most libe*
ral treatment —afar having found
them disposed to contemplate, in the
molt flattering point of view, the per.
formance, of my military services, and
the manner of my retirement at the
close o£the war, I feel, that I have a
right to console myfelf, in my present
arduous undertakings, with a hope,
that th~ r will dill be inclined to put
the favourable conftr unions on
the vhich may influence me
in my üblick tranfadions.
Ihe clion arising from the
indulgent % ion entertained by the
American people of my condud, will,
I truit, be'fome security for prevent
ing me from doing any thing which
might justly incur the forfeiture of
that opinion. And the consideration
that human happiness and moral duty
are in fepeiably connected, will always
continue to prompt me to promote
the progress of the former, by incul
cating the practice of the latter.
On this occafioq it will ill become
me to conceal the joy. I have felt in
perceiving the fraternal affedionwhich
appears to incredfe every day among
the friends of genuine religion. Il
affords edefying profpeas indeed to
fee chriftians of different denominati
ons dwell together in more charity,
and conduft themselves in refyed to
each other with a more chriftian.like
spirit than ever they had done in an,
former age, or in any other nation.
I received with the greater fatisfac.
tion your congratulations on the es
tablishment of the new Constitution
of Government, because, I believe,its
mild, yet efficient operations, will
tend to remove every remaining ap
prehension of those with whose o
pinion it may not intirely coin
cide, as well as to confirm the
Samuel Holden Parsons, John
Cleves Symmes, and William
Barton, to be Judges.
Ato —Hon Benjamin Lincoln, 1
Hon. Cyrus Griffin, and David
Humphreys, Esq.; as Coromiffion
ers to be employed to negociate a
treaty with the southern Indians.
Ebenezer Tucker to be Surveyor of
Little Egg Harbour in the State of
New-Jersey, and
William Gib, to be Collector of the
port of Folly Landing, in the State
of Virginia.——To which nominati
ons the Senate did advise and consent.
The late appointment of commissi
oners for managing negociations and
treaties with the southern Indians,
may justly inspire the fuileft confi
dence that this important business
will be so conduced as to insure peace
and Security in future to our harraffed
and distressed frontiers.
-On Wednesday lad, a very refpeft
ful Address of the Biffiops, Clergy,
and Laity of the Protettant Episcopal
Church in the S ates of Newyork,
Newjer fey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, and South-Caro
lina, convened at Philadelphia, 7th
August, 1789, was presented to the
President of the United States—to
which he returned the following an
fwei:
Arthur St. Clair, esq; to be
Governor of the Weflern Territory.
Winthrop Sargent, to be Se
cretary, and,
I SINCERELY thank you for
your affectionate congratulations, on
my election to the Chief Magistracy
of the United States,
the damage was not even cracked—
feveral perlons were asleep in that end
of the room,and none of them receiv
ed any injury, and only one felt the
(hock—Philofophyl account for this—
or io silence adore that being, who
rideth upon the clouds, and holdeth
the elements in the hollow of his
hand.'
To the BISHOPS, CLERGY, and
The President of the United States
has been pleated to nominate
gentlemen,
LAITY, &c. Uc.