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of the Treasury, and granting proper al
lowances to the public officers, being mat
ters that are usually tranfaded ar this sea
son of the year, will not, I suppose, pass
unnoticed. , ..
gbe following humourous affair took place,
not long face, at Loudon, in this Sate.
A CROW had been caught by a per
son in said town, and learntto speak
several words ; but straying from liome
one evening into that part of the town
where the fliaking quakers mostly live,
it lit upon the corner of a barn, near
which was a girl milking. Upon his
feeing her, he immediately cried, " I'm
coming, I'm coming." The girl foppofing
ffie had certainly seen the devil, opfet
nD ggi n ' milk and all, and scampered in
to the house with all possible speed“, and
told what ffie had seen. Upon this, they
immediately sent for one of the elders,
and all joined in prayef. ° After which,
the elder undertook to lay him ; and ac
cordingly dared to peep out of the door,
attended by the whole family. The
crow, supposing the devil was coming for
him, immediately hallooed " I'm going,
Pm going," upon which they set up a ge
neral shout, foppofing the devil had no
power over them. The crow hearing
this, retaliated, "Vllcallas F come back."
They hearing this, and fearing they
were rather too quick in their exultation,
have given out warning for fafting and
prayer three weeks, that the devil may be
kept close in his own quarters.
— ANECDOTE. °
A COXCOMB asked a fluttering bar
ber's boy, in New-Haven—did you
ever (have a monkey ? No Sir, said he,
but if you will set down I will 6t<ry.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
House of Reprejntatives, . .
Laws to encourage agriculture and ma
nufaaures—regulations that will tend to
excite a spirit of industry and frugality —
proper attention to the education of the
rising generation, who are soon to come
on the stage of a&ion, to indraft them in
the principles of knowledge and literature,
to implant in their minds, the feeds of
virtue and morality, of benovelence and
patriotism, and the love of justice—will,
I conceive, tend greatly to promote the
happiness and prosperity of the com
munity, which are the ^reat objeds to
which our cares and deliberations ought
to be direded : arid gentlemen, you may
rely on my hearty assistance ana co-ope
ration in evtry measure that will conduce
to the welfare of my fellow-citizens.
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
Concord January 5, 1791.
Intbe HoufeofßepeJen,tatives,Jan.261 791.
WHEREAS the Inferior Court of com
mon pleas, by law to be holden at
Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham;
On the firft Tuefday of Februay next ; will
probably happen at the time of this Court's
fitting, many members of which, & other
persons oblidged to attend here, have busi
ness at fai^Court ofCommonPleas: There
fore, resolved, that the said Inferior Court
of Common Pleas, by law to be holden
at said Portsmouth on the firft Tuefday of
February next, be and hereby is adjourn
ed to be holden at said Portsmouth ; and
all faits and pleas now pending at said
Court, and all writs and processes return
able to said Inferior Court of Common
Pleas to be holden as aforefaid, (hall be
returned to and sustained at said Court to
be holden at said Portsmouth on the fourth
Tuefday of February next ; and that all
persons concerned take notice thereof and
govern themselves accordingly. Sent up
for concurrence.
MOSES DOW, Speaker.
Read and concurred.
J. PEARSON. Secretary.
Voted, That Mess. Plummer, J. Smith,
Abbot, M'Gregore, arid Badger, with
such of the Hon. Senate as they may join,
be a committee to take under considerati
on his Excellency's message this day re
ceived, and report what business is neffa
ry firft to be entered upon and done at
this session.
The feat of the Speaker having become
vacant by the Hon. Thomas Bartlett's
having accepted an appointment ofJuftice
of the Inferior Court in the County of
Rockingham, motion was made for the
choife of a speaker, and the Hori. Mo
les Dow, was chosen to thatoffice.
Voted; That Mess. Abot, Badger and
Sherburne, with such of the Hon. Senate
as they may join, be a committee to pre
pare a refblve, expressing the thanks of the
General-Court, to the town of Concord,
for the offer, made by the feledmen in
behalf of said town, of the building lately
erefted bv them for public use.
Stat of Newhampihire.,
Mr. Ranlet,
I OBSERVED in your Paper of the
I2th ini), a piece under the signature
of a sailor, the writer of which pre
tends to be at a loss who was the author
of those suggestions in a late paper, on
the principles of Universal Salvation,
whether it was ;%. or D. — For the gen
tleman's information,(for that he appears
to want) I will inform him, that the ve
nerable author,of those ideas, is now en
tomb'd in Boston, and his memory truly
deserves ''ail honour and efleem'' —But not
the young spark who made the abftra:l
from '' the Benevolence ot the Deity"—
and vainly presumed to impose it on the
public, as the original production of his
own futile brain. I would.like wife in
form the public, that the fame person
who made the abArad, fearful, left he
should loose the public applause, which
is evident he greedily thirled after, was
determined if poflible to make the pub
lic acquainted that D r's sagacious
head produced the ideas alluded to —and
to be his own trumpeter, or rather to re
mind the public that he is "a noble gene^
rous fellow, and deleaves ad honor and ej
;rem''—He likewise wrote the pieceunder
' the signature of the Sailors and lodged
it in the Letter-Box of the Printer.—
O tempora ! 0 mores !-
I DETECTOR.
. cant^T
For the Newhampshire Gazetteer.
Mr. Printer,
YOU have founded and resounded,
echoed and reechoed in favour of
the new Constitution, and now
tell us, the Commiflioners have purchased
two hundred and fev^nty eight thousand,.
fix hundred .and eighty seven dollars of
the Public Debt, for which one hundred
and fifty thousand, two hundred and thir
ty nine dollars in specie has actually been
paid. This, you fay is done ''to prevent
Foreigners from pprchafing under par."
You also tell us, "that it was under the
Old System that (peculators accumulated
property ; but they flag under the new."
—This calls to mind the story of a cer
tain King, who mounted the throne with
great eclat, The Bishop who preached
his coronation sermon, exalted him as it
were to the third Heavens —and under
his adminiftratiort, peace and plenty were
to pervade the land. The conduct of the
Pr/nce, I (hall call avail over, and only
add that the fame Bishop was called upon
to preach his funeral sermon. The con
trail was so great that many attended to
he^r the Bishop extricate himfelf—which
he did by taking for his text these words
-=Let us fog a new Jong.=Therefore, Mr.
Printer, you had better let the operation
of the new Constitution praise itfelf, left
you be called upon losing a newfong.
The purchasing up public securities
while under par to prevent Foreigners
from purchasing, and to make them rife,
while in the hands of the present holders,
is truly a farce—when at the fame time
we are hiring money of Foreigners to
make this fame purchase, and hiring the
debt on interest abroad. Jn (hort, if we
view every circumflance attending it, per
haps we' may fay with the old Adage it is
faving'at'tbe spoil and loosing at the bung.
It is time to fag a new song.
If Government had paid the in'ereff on
the public securities, they would undoubt
edly have risen to what they now are ;
then the public Creditors might with pro
priety have sung a new fong.* But, Mr.
Printer, you tellusy " that Speculators
accumulated Property under the old Go
vernment, but they flag under the new."
—lt is time for you, fir, to fag a new
song. Speculators are so far from flaging
under the new Government, that they of
all men, reap the most advantage. The
property the, accumulated under the old,
has risen under the new from 2/6 to 15/
on the pound, and well may they fag a new
fang. In short, Mr. Printer, you fob of
ten run upon extremes—You have told
us of Dr. Franklin—of his Virtues,
and every thing praifewortby : Yon have
also told us of his WHISTLE, his PO
KER; his FUNDIMENT ; and even if
he let a F—RT, you have echoed it from
one end of the Continent to the other.
It is now time for you, fir, to change
your tune, and' tell us of the old Gtin
ftocks and Locks that he or his nephew
purchafedin France in the time of the
war to fend to America for the United
States to increase their 5 per cent. Per
haps out of them'we may strike op a fire
from which we can all Jing a neWfong.
note.
•fhe'Reader will confider that most of the
Public Securities ate [in the bands of S/e
--tuiators.
" ^ ..T/.Z -I—4=
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12.
MR. SEDGWICK presented petitions
from a number of officers and sol
diers in the Mkffachufetts line of the late
army, which were read and referred to
the Secretary at War. , ^•
Mr. Fitzfimons predated a petition
from a number of, tradelinen employed in
.the various branches of (hip-building, in
the city & liberties of Philadelphia, pray
ing that, they may have some ipeedy re
medy for recovery of their debts in their
branches of business, by instituting faits in
the federal courts, which was read and
laid on the table.
The bill for granting lands to the in
habitants and,fettlers of the town pf
Viucennes in the Illinois country north
of the Ohio, and confirming them in
their possessions, was read a second time,
•and referred to a committee of the whole
House this day week.
Petition from Capt. Jo/hua Barney, and
other officers of the late American navy,
praying for compensations, &c. were read
and committed.
A petition of the public creditors of
Monmouth county, Newjerfey, praying
an attention in theFdtiding-Bill,was read.
! On motion, the House expunged the
following from the Rules of the House :—
1 " That no Bi 3, amended by toe Senate, Jhall
¥ be committed:'.,
The Senate communicated a Bill for
ertding Kentucky into a (operate State,
and for admitting the fame a member of
the Union — to which they desire the con
currence of the Houfe^
EXCISE BILL, ^k
In commit ee of the whole, this Bill was
difeuffed as far as the 45th bdion, when
the committee rose and reported progress.
THURSDAY, JAN. 13..
Mr. Sedgwick laid on the table the
following motions : "That a committee
be appointed to bring in a Bill, to autho
rize the President of the U. S. to cause
the principal of the debt due to foreign
officers, the interest whereofis now paya
ble in Paris, at 6 per cent, per ann. to be
difeharged.
" That the Attorney-General be direct
ed to report to this House, 4 Bill, making
a temporary provision for the Clerks, Jur
ers, & otherofficers of the federal Courts :
And that he also report to the' next session
a Bill making a general provision for the
officers and jurors of the Courts.
EXCISE BILL, ^c..
in Committee of the whole. ,
The Bill declaring what officer (hall, in
case of vacancy of the office of President
and Vice- President," exercise the office of
President of the U. S. was further difeuff
ed, Mr. Smith's motion for filling up
the blank with " The Secretary of State
for the time being" was read—which oc
casioned a renewal of the debate of Mon
day on the fubjefl. ..The comittee ap
peared as much divided as before—there
fore no decision was had, when the com
mittee rose and reported progress.
Mr. Livermore gave notice, that he should
move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter
the time of the annual meeting ofCongrefs.
PITTSBURG, DEC. 2§.
Extraa of a letter from lieut. E. Froth
ingham, of the if U. S. Regiment, to a
brothor officer, dated Fort Pitt, 23d June
las.
IH AD determined to write to you ve
ry particularly from this place, but
you' will excuse me when you know thd
grief and pain of heart I now feel. I
arrived the day before yesterday ; Mr.
Ernest informed me that he had the even
ing before received a packet of letters
for me from home ; my heart gladdened
in expectation of hearing from my wife
and friends ; but O ! the aftbnifhment of
my foul. !when on opening my letters I
found my dear wife was no mbre—My
faireft, my brightest profpeds on this fide
eternity are blasted in the very bud ; she
died suddenly, only five days illcefs ;
went off in a fainting fit without a groan.
The most comfortable assurance that she
passed to her Saviour's arms, is my only
cOnfolation in this my hour of grief and
woe —Why was she removed so soon, e
ven whilst my fond heart was anticipat
ing the help and advantage I should re
ceive from her virtue arid piety ? But
should I complain, when she is such an
infinite gainer ? Yet [ feel- as though
my loss was irreparable. May my foul
ibe well prepared to go and soon to join
AMERICAN ADVICES.
^,Tbe Printer is sorry to
trouble bis patrons with an, more apologise
far half fleets —ln Jhort, be intends in a
few weeks to give them afull Jbeet, and as
mor, extra half fleets, as Qill shake the
whole number good.
* ^ < < ©^ ©©©o©©©©©©© © *
" My dear Sir, do not place your hap
piness on calculations in this world,where
grief and disappointments await us. May
your hope and mine be beyond the reach
of all transitory things."
Lieut. Frothingham being on the late
expedition against the Indians,was killed
in bottle; his friend thought proper to
publish the above extract, in order to
shew the great piety and Chrilban de
pendance of Mr. Froihingham, and how
fearlcfs he muff have met death.
CROCKERY WARE, of a
foperiour kind, with a few other ar
ticles, to be fold at the Shep, opposite
Mr. John Dean's, Hatter, on Tower-Hill#
near the Bridge,Exeter —for which Coun
try Produce will be taken in pay.
her spirit above, where fin and sorrow
are known no more.
A General estimate of the Expenses of
the Federal Government, for 1791 (in*
eluding roo, coo dollars forGen.Harmar's
late expedition,) is,as Rated in a report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, 740,232
dollars and 24 cents.
EXETER,(Saturday)FEB.I9.
ON Friday the 6th of July latl, as
some workmen were cutting turf on a bog
near Donadea, Ireland, the feat of Sir
Fitzgerland Aylmer, Bart, at about 17
feet from the furf-ce, they difeovered a
vault of a quadrangular form, which
femed to baffle ail the efforts they could
make with spades and fhoveis for an en
trance ; but applying to a neighbouring
fmith,he furnilhed them with some fledges,
which answered the purpose so well, that
in less than a quarter of an hour a breach
was made about four feet in length and
three in breadth : One of the peasants
in the mean time entering, beheld to his
astonishment, a large stone coffin suppor
ted by short pillars, about two feet from
the floor of the vault ; affrightened at so
melancholy and unexpected a difeovery,
he ran out and immediately fainted away.
This circumstance quite disheartened his
companions, .who immediately went to
Sr Fitzgerland Aylmer, informing him
of what had happened. He, accompa
nied with some gentlemen and servants,
repaired thither withou delay, carrying
some torches with them to examine the
vault the better. >.
The coffin and consents were brought
on a car to Donadea, amidst the accla
mations of a numberltfs crowd, where
they remain to be seen by the curious ;
those who have [vifited it, cannot conjec
ture by whom, or at what time this body,
was placed at so great a distance from
the furface of the earth.
That it is the remains of some Irilh
Chieftain, is probable—and that it re
mained there untouched for upwards of
1400 years, is beyond all manner of
doubt ; from the urns 'and Pagan figure,
found engraved on them, it is clear that
they were deposited there before the in
trod &ion of Christianity into that Island
We bear from Amherst, that the wife,
of Mr. D. Hopkins of that town, was late
ly delivered of twins weighing upwards
of frurteen pound.-—What is very re
markable iri the birth cf these twins,
wps the union of one body from the pit of
the flcmach to the bottom of the bowels.
The vau't measured 6 feet 3 inches in
height, 12 in length, 8 in bredth, and
the coffin was 10 feet 4 inches in length,
although the Skeleton and bones
which were in great preservation) were
but 8 feet 3 inches ard an half in length
—the spear was 7 feet long, but the han
dle immediately mouldered into dull
when touched.
As soon as they came to the place, they
lighted the torches, and William Coates,
Esq. entered the vault firft, holding a
large torch in one hand and a hammer in
the other; Sir Fitzgerland and the other
gentleman followed some little time after,
and opening, wi h much difficulty, the
coffin, they found the Skeleton and bones
of a man,of more than ordinary size, a
fpe@r by.his fide, aud two small urns or
vessels of brass (both empty) having the
figures of the fun and moon engraved on
them in a most curious, though antique
manner.
BOSTON, JAN. 31.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.