The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-03-07 00:00:00, page 4

The JUG of RUM.
^^^ITHIN theft earthen avails ten-
The ruin lurks of human kind:
More mifchiefs here united dwell,
And more diseases haunt this cell
Than ever plagu'd the Egyptian fo&>
Or ever curs'd Pandora's box.
Within these pri/on walls repofc
• The feeds of man, a bloody nose,
The chat ering tongue, the horrid oath,
The firft for fighting rashing loth,.
The nose worth diamonds glaring red",
The bloated eye, the broken beat !
For,ver faften'd be this door—
Confin'd within, a tboufand more
Defruflive fends of hateful foape
Even now are planning an escape :
Here, only by a cork controld '
And fender walls of earthen mould,
In all their pomp of death ref de
Revenge, that ne'er was fattsfed, ,
The tree that bears the deadly fruit
Os maiming, murder, and depute.
AssAVLT, that innocent cifoils.
The Images of gloomy jails, ,
The giddy thought, on mfbieflent^
The evening hour in.folly spent—
All these witbin this jug appear,
And-—Jack, the hangman, in the redr!
Thrice happy he, who earl, taught
By Nature—qe'er this poison fought ;
He, with the purling fream content,
The beverage quaffs char Nature meant ;
In Reafonefcale bis addons weigh'd,
Hit Spirits Want no foreign aid —
Long life is bis, in vigour paps' d,
Fxtfance welcome to the lad—
Afpring that never yet grew sale ;
Such virtue lies in EDAM'S ALE. .
Philadelphia, January 21,
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[Concluded from the second ,u,.]
It is now too late to enquire, whether
the war was originally undertaken on
the principles of justice, or not :—we
kre actually involved in if, and can
not recede,without exposing numbers
ofinnocent persons to be butchered
by the enemy : for,, though we should
determine to discontinue the wan can
it be said that the savages will also a
gree. to a cessation of hostilities ?—it
is well known that they arc averse to
peace—and even the warmest advo
cate of pacific meafares must therefore
allow that the war is a war of neces
sity, and muff be supported—we can
not, without impeachment both to
our justice and our humaniiyyabandon
our fellow citizens on the frontier to
the rage of their savage enemies; and
although the excise may be somewhat
unpopular, although money, may Rill
be wanted what is the excise ? what
is money when put, in competition
with the lives of our friends and
brethren.
A fufficient force ffiuft be railed for
their defence—and thei only question
new to be considered, is, what
that force /ball be—experience has
proved, that the force employed in
the last campaign,was inadequate—it
is trbe the eftabliihment was not com
plete —but who will venture to assert,
that, if it had been complete,it would
have been fufficient for the intended
purpose ? are gentlemen who assert
this, so well acquainted with the cir
cumstances of the enemy,as to be able
to give an accurate statement of the
amount of their forces on the frontier?
there are higher opinions in favour of
an augmentation of the army, than
could be adduced against it, opinions
given by men of judgment and expe
rience, who have themselves been on
the fpot,and are well acquainted with
^^^^
' WOT '
SEAT of the MUSES.
the filiation of affairs in that quar
ter—.^fc gentlemen, who mart be
allowed to be competent judges, are
decidedly of opinion, that th^prefent
eftabliihment, though completed to
the iatt man, will not farniffi an ade
quate force to carry on lac war with
cff.a ; and chat it will tty a hopelcfs
attempt, to.open another campaign,
with let's than aboutiive thousand re
gular troops, the number contempla
ted in the Bill. •
such was the oppufition then contera
plated—but it is impossible to ^cer
tain what acceffioni of strength they,
have since received,or even what force,
they had engaged in the late unfortu
nate adion; the very men who were
in the engagement, do not pretend to
form any just or accurate climate of
the number pf their assailants—but
there is good reason to iuppofe, that
they had previously entered into an
association with various, tribes, that
have not as yet come within our know
legc —the bows & arrows,ufed again#
cur troops, on that occasion, afford a
convincing proof, that they had foes
^moog them, a young man cannot
make his appearance in company, till
he has fignaiized his valor by some
martial achievement ; — whence this
powerful incentive, a new fbmulus h
added,by the trophies obtained in the
late action,it is presumable that num
bers will crowd to their stand
ard—and it strongly behoves us to
prepare in time for a much more vi
gorous effort, than any we have as yet
made against them.
The objections, drawn from the en
creafed expense, must entirely vanish
from before the eyes of any man, who
looks forward to the consequences of
One more uofuccefs ful campaign—=
such a difafler would eventually in
volve the nation in much greater ex
pense, than that which is now made
the ground of opposition :—better
therefore at once to make a vigorous
and effectual exertion to bring the
matter to a final issue, than to conti
nue gradually draining the treasury,
by dragging on the war, and renew
ing hostilities from year to year.
If we wish to bring the war to a
speedy and happy conclusion, and to
secure a permanent peace to the inha
bitants on the frontiers,we tnuft em
ploy such troops, and adopt such mea
sures, as appear best calculated to en
sure success := — —if we delay our
determination, until the force of the
enemy be afeertained, we can make
no provision at all—for the nature &
circumfiances of the case preclude us
from the very possibility es obtaining
a knowlege of their strength Renum
bers— but are we, mean while, to re
main inactive and irresolute, and
make no effort to repel their intend
ed attacks ? No! Whatever their
number may be, prudence calls a
loud for provision of some kind—and
if experience is to have any weight
with us, & example of the French
and of the Britilh points out the true
mode of Securing our frontier, arid
Irendering it invulnerable lo an In
dian fo€—let us occupy polls in the
Nor ought that number to be deem
ed extravagant, under an ides, that
we have only a contemptible handful
of banditti to contend wit—their
numbers were,laft year, from authen
tic documents, stated at about 1200
warriors, from 23 different tribes
,0 encounter from distant nations, as
yet unacquainted with the use of-fire
arms— nor does the account of the
bows and arrows depend, for its au
thenticity, on ntwfpapcr evidence
alone—gentlemen of unqueftibnEble
veracity,who were personally engager
in the a&ion,have declared, that they
had themfelvcs noticed the ajroWs fly-
When we consider the warlike dis
position of.jhe Indians in general,and
the .alacrity with which the vic
tors are ever sure to be joined,by nu
merous allies we have every reason
to expert a much more formidable op
pefuion in the next campaign—it.is
*ell known, that the savages place all
heir glory in deeds of war ; and 'hat
vicinity of the enemy ; let them be
properly garrifoaed, and well provi
ded ; and the buifnefs is done.
These will afford an opportunity of
trading with the friendly tribes, and
will prevent all intercogrfe between
the whites anil Che Indians except^
under proper regulations—should hos
tilities be meditated-by any tribes,
who are not in amity with us,early in
telligence of their movements, ca.n be
obtained,their marauding parties may
be either beaten offon their approach,
or intercepted on their return —op-
portunities may be taken of separate
ly attacking the hostile tribes—their
old men, their squaws, their children,
will be expefed a.great part of the
year, whi|R the others arc out hunt
ing—in short, if fear, hope, interest,
can be supposed to have any influence
on the Indians, this mode of defence
must be allowed 10 be preferable to
any other, as giving the fulleft scope
to the operation of all these motives.
A different mode; has been long
purged in Virginia, and adopted by
the inhabitants of Kentucky; but its
lucecfs has not been such, as to offer
any inducement to the general go
veramcar to follow the fame plan—
Rangers have there been employed
for a number of years to fcoor the-fron
tiers ; and those rangersjtoo,were ex
pert noodfmtn perfedly inured to the
Indian modeof warfare-—yet notwith
standing their otmoft vigilance, the
savages ilill found means to commit
all the murders and depredations al
ready ehemerated—'tis true,however,
that a frontier militia man, trained
up in the woods; may be,in many're
ipeds, preferable to a regular soldier,
who has not the fame knowlege of the
country,and of the mode of fighting—
but, with equal experience f and pro,
per men, polfeffed of that experience,
may be enlisted on the establishment)
regular troops will be found infinitely
superior to any militia upon earth.
Every man who has ever seen mi
litia in the fidld, cannot but know,
that a very trifling difafter,or a flight
cause of difeohtent, is fufficient to
make them dillrond, aid forget all
fubordihaiion,fo far as even to negled
the means of Self-defence ; —whereas
regular troops,under proper discipline
and anting with greater fttadinefs and
concert, are much more to be depend
ed on, efpeciall, when the object of
attaft is distant, and great fatigue is
to be undergone. The militia in
whatever mode the) may be called out
wilUiardly farnilh teen of the proper
description—is I'rge pay be offered,
the temptation will equally prevail
upon those who are unfit for the ser
vice as it will upon good effective
men—besides fame of the states have
no militia laws ; and even in those
Rates which have such laws, they are
pone into disuse* — no dependence can
therefore be placed On militia, under
any lavs now exiting there is in
deed,a general militia law now before
the home; but if it ever paffes,it cer
tainlv cannot be passed in due season
to answer the purpose of providing for
the immediate defence of the frontier
regular troops must be raifcd,or no
thing effectual can be done—and ifto
avoid the expense we refufe the only
aid that can prove of any real fervicc,
we render ourselves refponfibte for the
consequences of this parsimonious po
licy, which may be attended with the
ruin and destruction of our fallow citi
zens in the weftern country.
The Corn planter's speech was again
mentioned, and called for—but, as it
had been confidentially communicated
by the President, an objection was
made to having it read,without clear
ing the galleries whereupon,
An honorable member arose, and
mentioned his having read it in one of
the public newspapers of the state of
New-Jerfe,
To this it was anfwered,that if any
gentleman had the ne tefpaper to pro
duce, the speech might be publicly
read from that otherwise, altho'
it might be very proper that the speech
itfelf were publicly read,yet, as it had
been confidentially received f/orn the
executive, there would be a manifeft
trespass on propriety and decorum, in
having it read with open galleries
it was therefore wished that the galle
ries might be cleared.
The parliamentary etiquette requir
ing that this Should be done by the
.house, and not by a committee, the
committee arose for the purpose; and,
Mr. Speaker having resumed the
chair, the motion, for clearing the
galleries, was renewed.
An objeaion was here ftarted,by an
-honorable .gentleman in favor of the
.augmentation, who said, that, as feme
±c..tlemen had spoken on the
popular fide of the question,whilft the
galleries had been open, it was unfair
to prec lude 1 those of. opposite ferti
m,nts from an 'opportunity ofanfwer
ing their Arguments in thefane pub
lic manner, and proyirg to the people
the jullice, and-neceflity of the war.
The motion, however,was perffled
in, and the galleries were cleared.'
J^ie Dollars Regard.
' >4t QTRAYEDcr
) ftolen,fom
1/ the barn 4# the
fubferiber,onihe\
right of the 16th
&ttl|3&¥il§re^i;inftant a black
MARE, with a Imall star cn her fore
head, one white hind foot, and cne
hip lower than the other, 15 years
old, trots and paces.- — Af —
A dark brown COLT, with
a flar on her forehead, a white Ipot
on her nose, three white feet, trots all,
about nine months old. Whoever
will return them to the fobfcriber,fhall
receive the above reward.
• JOSIAH .SHAW.
Hampton Feb. 27, 1792.
TohSOLD,
^RY ^ e "J 4m " 2
X> Xamfa,the late
Currier, and
—Aljg—
A piece of Land adjoining
Mr. Ephraim Robinson's farm.
fßYe+er, Eeb.,O?b, 179 Z.
A LL perlons .are hereby
' = cautioned against purchasing xf
Joseph Gordon, of Exeter, cord
wainer, a note for twenty Shillings
and fiven pence, signed b) me, as it
was fraudulently obtained—^and lam
determined not to pay it.
Daniel Smith.
King flon,.Feb. 10. 1792.
' T^KE IVOTICE,
THAT whereas I the
fubferiber, on or about the 50
day of January, 1792, by fraud arid
deception, was prevailed on to sigh
a Note of Hand to 'Simeon Ladd, ci
Nottingham, for the sum of thirty-tLo
founds, fever teen /hillings —I hereby
caution all persons against purchasing
said note, the fame being obtained
through fraud an^ deception, without ,
any consideration therefor, as lam '
determined never tp pay it.
<Samuel Emerson.
Public Vendue.
TO BE SOLD
At public Vendue, by licence
from the Hon. Oliver Peabody,
Esq. Judge of Probate for the count,
of Rockingham, at the late d'welling
house of Stephen L. Creigh
ton, deccafed, in Exeter, on 1 uefda,
the lyh da, of March next, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon —
TWO thirds of the Real
Estate ofthe said Creighton
with the Reversion of the other Third
—the whole containing near TEN
ACRES of good Land, lituate in
said Exeter, with the Buildings
thereon.
Conditions of sale will be made
known at time and place.
Hannah Creighton, Adm'x,
Exeter, Feb. gtb, 1792.