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of the accounts between the United States and
individual States. The.^ommittce nearly finish
ed the discussion when they rose, and the Chair
man reported progress. .
• Mr. Madison moved, that the committee Os
the whole Should be difeharged from any further
proceeding on this bill, this motion being adopted,
the bill will be taken up in the House.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
1^,747' a man was broke alive on the wheel at
Orleans, for a highway robbery: and not hav
ing friends to bury his body, when the executioner
concluded he was dead, he gave him to a surgeon,
who had him carried to his anatomical theatre, as a
fubjeft to ledure on. The thighs, legs and arms of
this unhappy wretch had been broken ; yet on the
Turgeon's coming to examine him, he found himre
viving; and by the application of proper cordials
lie was soon brought to his speech.
The surgeon and his pupils, moved by the Suffer
ings and Solicitations of the robber, determined on
^rmptin, his cure • but he was so mangled that
tf^^,; ^^^ ; an d ig this Situation,
the surgeon, by nis own uehre haa him conveyed
in a cart 50 leagues from Orleans, where as he
said, he intended to -gain his livelihood by beg
ging.
His Situation was on the road fide close by a
Wood : and his deplorable condition excited com
passion from all who Saw him. sh his youth, he
had Served in the army : and he now passed for a
soldier, who had loft his limbs by a cannon Shot.
A drover returning from market, where he had
leen felling, was solicited by the robber for chari
ty ; and being moved by companion; threw him
a piece of River. •' Alas !" said the robber, , I
cannot reach it— you fee I have neither arms nor
legs," for he had concealed his arm, which hid
been preserved, behind his back : "so for the
fake of heaven put your charitable donation into
toy pouch.".
The drover approached him ; and as he looped
jo reach up the money, the fun fbining, he saw a
Ihadow on the ground, which caused him to look
up, when he perceived the arm of the beggar ele
vated over his head, and his hand grasping a short
iron bar. He arretted the blow in its descent ;
and seizing the robber, he carried him to his cart,
into which having thrown him he drove off to the
hext town, which was very near, and brought his
,rifoner before a magistrate.
ff ._Qnftarrf ',.:r L Qt/HMUc was round In h^ poc
ket ; which naturally induced a futpicion, that he
had accomplices in the wood • the magiftrdte,
therefore, irfftantly ordered the guard to the place
Where the robber had been seized ;, and they ar
rived within half an hour after the murder of the
drover had been attempted.
The guard having Concealed themselves behind
different trees, the whittle was blown, tb^ found of
which was remarkably fhril and loud : and ano
ther whistle was heard from under ground, three
men at the fine instant rising front the midftof a
buffiy clump of brambles, and other dwarf Ihrubs.
The soldiers fired ori them and they fell. The
bushes were fcarctied, arid a descent was difcoVered
into a cave;where were found three young girls &
a boy. The girls were kept for the offices of ser
vants and the purposes of lust ; the boy scarcely 12
years of age, was son to one of the robbers. The
girls in giving evidence deposed, that they had
lived three years in the cave ; that they had been
kept there by force from the time of their captivi
ty ; that dead bodies were frequently carried into
the c^ve; stripped and buried; arid that the old sol
dier was carried out every dry day ; and fat
by the road fide for two or three hours.
On this evidence, the murdering mendicant was
condemned to fuffer a second execution on the
wheel As but one arm remained, it was to be
broti^ 'p several, fcok.^tfe.veral # places; and a
coupe ri# gfa'ce being denied, he lived in tortured
for near five days. When dead his bod, was burn
ed to affies, and strewed before the winds of hea
ven.
I SAW in Russia, fays a traveller, three women
buried alive for drowning their husbands : They
had/it seems; crossed the Mufco ina boat, all three
together in search of their husbands, whom they
found all drunk in a public house, arid endeavoring
so persuade them to go home, were severely beaten
by them ; however, by the assistance of some other
people, they, got them at last into a boat, where
they fell asleep ; the wives to be revenged on their
husbands for beating them, when the boat had
reached the middle of the river, threw them one
after another into the water, and after they had
drowned them, they came ashore very unconcern-
Yd.—The matter immediately came to light ; they
REMARKABLE MURDER.
were Seized, tfied, condemned, and ordered to be
put alive into the ground up to their necks, there
to remain until they died ; two of them lived ten,
and the other eleven days; they spoke the firft
three days complaining of great pain^ but not af
ter that ; they had certainly got some sustenance in
the night time, or they could not have existed so
long; the oldelt of them was not twenty years of
age.,
Whereas his Excellency Governor Clinton, some
years ago, by proclamation, recommended to every
p^rfon in this State, to use his utmost endeavors,
to find out and difeover a remedy for destroying the
Infers which do so much damage to the Grain :
I therefore hereby notify, fr^obono publico,
that I have read in a late English Author, some re
medies againlt the infects or vermin, which deflroy
the grain, which 1 hope, if applied will prove ef
fe&ual. r # -
„ ^ ^^re, k-u#fa%#> °f ; ?;& fat— „— <&|tfkM
I led oil the ground- -or with salt and water mate
in:c 2 brine , foae affirm that foot, itrewed on the
ground will kill them while others give the prefer
ence to Stone Lime and Chalk far th,t purpose.
11. That as it is well known by many learned
gentlemen to be a fad, that Brimdoni & White 3nd
Blue Vitriol are a strong antipathy again,ft the vfc
min;. they might be applied with fucteis. These
may be mixed with footer into a brine, and Sprink
led where the infers are 04 the ground.
My hearty desire ;s that every gentleman Prin
ter may be so kind as to insert these hints in their
News-Papers, probono publico.;
JQH. CASP. RUBLE, V. D. M.
& Chymicus.
PRODUCE.
Eleven hundred and fifty-two bushels of Rye,
Wheat Barley, Buckwheat, Indian Corn, Potatoes
and Turnips, twenty tons of Pumpkins, and fifty
tons es Hay, were the product, in one year, of 35
acres of land, exclusive of half of an acre of Flax
—belonging to Mr. William Johnson, of Frankford,
Pennsylvania. Plainer of Paris was the manure
of the above land.
BOSTON, JUNE $.
In alate debate, Mr, Madison Rated, that
the IMPORTS of the United States aririual!y,frdm
Europe, were about 3,039,0001. Herling—from the
Weft-Indies 927,4381.—T0ta1. 3,966,4381. — And
that the EXPORTS to Europe, were 3,202 448L
t0 the Weft-Indies, 941,552!.—T0ta1, 4,244,0001.
Certainly, according to this Hatement, the balance
of trade is considerably in favour of the United
States. - —
Mr. Spellerd for many years Quarter-Mailer
in the 16th, or (Queen's) Regiment of Light-Dra
goons, known by the name of Burgoyne's, and who
was captured with that General and Lord Corn
quallis, in this country, has lately arrived in this
town; from Gibraltar; and is an inllance of the
good effects that the exercise of walking has upon
the health. This gentleman is considered as one'
of the firft walkers in Europe—he has lately walk
ed through every county in England arid Ireland,
through 'France, Italy; Spain, Portugal, And
great part of the BirbirvStates, particularly from
Tangier! to Marquine^c and Fez, in Morocco, and
through the Arab's country— he has also walked
above 790 'miles since his arrival in America —
What is itifft remarkable, that fefrere snowstorms
never deter him from feiting cut upon a journey
on foot, from which he seldom feels the fmalleftin
converiiente—be is perfectly well acquainted with
the fituatiori of out rinhappy'countrymert iri ftavery
at Algiers. , .-
The bAUPEIN of FRANCE,
Who was cal, s^-ar# old the 27th March, a short
time since de tired tc iriouut guard. His request
was granted and the Prince put on the National
uniform. He was placed at the King's apart
ment; arid his orders write to let no one pass.—
The monarch having occaHon to go brilof his room,
the Dauphin obHruded his passage, arid with a
martial air said to 'him, You must net pass Papa ; my
orders are to let no one pass. The Ling smiled, and
returned to his closet. In an instant the child was
relieved, the orders were changed, and his Majesty, ?
in going out, commended his charming boy for
having ftriaiy performed his military duty.
A CERTAIN gentleman, who wastall,& fanci
ed himfelf well made,viewing himfelf ina glass, &
turning to fee the fit of a new coat, observed,
that his body was very long, and that his foul was
as long as his body. A wag, who was present, re-,
plied, that his foul might be long, but certaily was
very narrow;
AMERICAN OCCURRENCES.
Flatbush june I.
To the PUBLIC.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
:„. .Friday il'^+. , ',
The house tent yp to the Senate the names of
the honourable John Pickering, and Josiah Bart
lett, Efqires, as candidates for the presidency
Several private petitions were read, and com
mittees appointed the,eon. ; ^
Saturday, Junefr f
0n motion of Mr. Dow, the, allowing vote pas:
fed without a divifion—Th<t it is the opinion of
this house, that an attorney of the United Stated
for the diftrid of NewhampShire^is anfitutionaiy
c/to'6/e to a feat in the Legislature Q , .
Rule and order for the government of the houte
were agreed to#
Seem strenuously bent upon keeping out the air
of liberty from their dominions by the fevered
edifts against the freedom of the press, and the
freedom of conversation ; well convinced of that
maxim, that where the press-is free, the people
will be free also. The frontiers cf Spain and Por
tugal are in a manner lined with armed men to
prevent the increzfe of French liberty. For a time
their purposes may perhaps be effe&ed, but it would
seem that her gradual, ptogrefs through Europe cad
hardly now be prevented; Spain may, it is faf
peded, in Short time, justly fay to her despotic go
vernment, what the girl in love said to her jealous
old governed :—
Mother, with watchful eye you J?rive
My fancy td reflrain,
But know, unlejt I guard myfelf,
- Your guard oill be in wain.
My freedom can he check'd no more,
Your choicest guards are fled;
With bands of wool foe opes the door,
Myw„,+ , , _
l ^if I do not puard rtvftlf.
Year guard yill he in wain ! —
On Saturday the sth inst. a refpefhble commit
tee, confiding of Mr. Page, Mr. Barret, r.
I. SMITH; Mr. Macgregore, and Mr. East
man, from the House—and Mr! Webster from
the Senate-— set out from this town „%
to wait on his Excellency JOSIAH BARTLETT.
Bfg. Ind-tetorxAim of hit-^^&i^ *° tl^
of President of this Hate : and on Monday evening,
at fix o'clock, his Excellency arrived aCthc 'trry,
escorted by a detachment of light-horse from Col. "1
Green's regiment ; where he was received with 1
great politeness by the hori. Senate and House of ■
Representatives, and a number of refpeQable pri
vate gentlemen ; who escorted him to ; hi s lodgings
in a very judiciously arranged proceffian. Every
movement was conduced with the greatest order
and propriety---and a general joy seemed to ^ri
fufe itfelf through the whole.
fo—■—— ~b . ; '/ ^
Fhe PRESIDENT'S SPEECH,
To the Honourable Legislature.
Gentlemen oj the Senate, and & fc
Gentlemen of the Houle of Reprefehtativet,
YOUR committee having very politely notified
me, that I have the honour to be appointed Presi
dent of this state the current year : I mow wait on
the two faoufes, tb return, my sincere thanks, for
this , additional mark of confidence.
As I have ever considered it to be my duty, evert
in the most trying feenes, not to decline any Servi
ces required of me by my fellow-citizens, if it was,
in any degree, in my power to difehar^e the du
ties u? them ; so I 4&&*-A* this ^^c^'
this arduous, but very honourable appointment----
arid shall use my utmost endeavours to oimharge
the duties of the office, with zeal, and fidelity ; in
doirig which, Lffiall mike great dependence on
being fuppofted by you, gentlemen, of both bran—
chris of the Lrigiftature find shall rely much 9,
the advice and assistance of the Council, to be by
you appointed. „ ~
When you consider tlirit my time and attention,
for years past, have been wholly absorbed in dis
charging the duties of a different department, I
doubt not but your candor and politeness will ex
cuse any little errors or omissions, that may hap
pen in the course of my administration. ~.
Gentlemen^ I now attend,land am ready to take
the oaths direded by the Constitution.
JOSIAH-BARTLETT.
b
Given at the Council-Chamber, I
Concord, %tb fune, 1790. J
FNGLISH NEWSPAPORIALS.
SPAIN 'and PORTUGAL
CONCORD, JUNE Is.