The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-02-22 00:00:00, page 3

Accordingly, in April, 1796, An
thony Ganelin, an inhabitant of Pott
Vincennes, and a man of good cha
ra&er, was dispatched to all the tribes
and villages of the Wabash river, and
to the Indians of the Miami village,
with a message purporting, that the
United S:aes were deliraus of estab
lishing a general peace with all the
Neighbouring tribes of Indians, and
of creating them in all reipd,, with
perfect humanity and kindness, and
at the fame rime warning them to ab
stain from further depredations^
The Indians in some of the villa
ges on the lower part of the Wabtih,
appeared to liffen to him, others ma
nifested a different difpofitidn, others
confeffed their inability to restrain
their young warrioars, and all refer
red the messenger to the Indians at
the Miami village. At that village
some appeared well disposed, but the
chiefs of the Sha+vanefe, returned the
re-ffages and belts, informing the
m?fcn?er, however, that they would,
after co'nfaltation,within thirty nights,
fend an aofer to Poft-Vincennes.
The promiCe3 answer was never re
ceived. While the messenger was at
the Miami village, two u?groes „cre
brought in from bar settlements, pri
soners ; and upon his return to L'An
guille, a chief informed him that a
party of seventy warrioars, from the
more distant Indians, had arrived,
and were gone against the settle
ments.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen,
Oaober 15.
ON Thursday last the fallor who
had murdered his companions
on ,oard a vessel in the Baltic was ex
ecuted — his hand was firft cut off,then
his head, and his body fattened to a
wheel. His name was Francis rater,
a native of Chester in England, and
gg years of age— he was acquainted
with all the European languages,and
In the mean time the frontier fet
dements were disquieted ,by fre
quent depredations and murders, and
the complaints of their inhabitants,
(as might be erpefted) of the paci
fick forbearance of the government,
were loud, repeated and diftreffing—
their calls for protedion inceffant—
till at length they appeared deter
mined by their own efforts, to endea
vour to retaliate the injuries they
were continually receiving, and which
had become intolerable.
In this Rate of things, it was in
difpenfible for the government to
make some decisive exeition for the
peace and security of the frontiers.
But notwithstanding the ill success
of former experiments, and the in
vinfible spirit of animosity which had
appeared in certain tribes, and which
was of a nature to juftify a persuasion
that no impression could be made up
on them by pacific expedients, it
was still deemed advifeble to make
one more eßay.
endeavours proved as fruitlefs as all
the former.
At a council of the tribes.convened
in 1788, at the Miami river, the Mi
ami and Wabash Indians were pressed
to repair to the treaty with great
earnestness by the chiefs of the Wy.
andots and Delawares : The Wyandot
chiefs particularly, presented them
with a large belt of wampum, hold
ing one end of it themselves, and of
fering theother to the hostile Indians,
which was refufed. The Wyandots
then laid it on the Ihoulders of a
principal chief, recommending to him
to be at peace with' the Americans ;
but without making any answer, he
leaned himfelf and let it fall to the
ground ; this so displeased the Wy
andots, that they immediately left
the council- house.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, NOV. 28.
[To be Continued.]
ALBANY, JAN. 12.
The following singular incident,
we are informed from refpedable
authority, occurred, on the late field
of battle in the ^eft. A young offi
cer at the close of the a&ion secreted
7 himfelf in the hollow of a large tree,
where he remained undifeovered by
the Indians the remaining part of the
day of the battle ; and thro' a small
knot-hole, he witnessed a condud that
would disgrace devils broke loose
from their infernal regions. The
llndians proceeded to strip and scalp
Ithe dead, leaving the unhappy wound
•POUKEEPSIE, NOV. 30.
A FEW days ago, some men were
digging for marle, in afvamp
oo the Wall Kill, in Uifter county,
wh^rc they found a bed of large Rib
Bones. They were found fix feet un
der ground, and at the bottom of the
Strata of marl. Some of the larged
of the Ribs were accidentally broke
with the spade, on the firft difeovery
of them. One of the entire rib bones
is now in he possession of a gentleman
in this town, and is four feet four
inches in length, by measuring on
the' out fide of the curve—tit must
have been one of the firft rib bones
of the animal, because the fame gen
tleman who has been on the spot,
fays chat one of the other ribs which
was broken by the spade, was one foot
longer than this. This information'
we communicate as of unquestiona
ble authenticity. Bones of the lame
marvellous size have been frequently
found in various parts of North A
merica, and in Siberia in Alia, and
are usually ascribed toihe Mam mouth,
a Ibpendous animal, whose race mod
have perilhed in some remote period
of the world, and who has left only
those relics of his exiftance, buried
deep in the earth, to excite our sur
prise and admiration.
possessed much information in mathe
matics & medicine—he difeovered to
our admirality the secret of failing
against the wind, and that of preserv
ing Blips from being worm eaten.
Chance hasat length bro't to light
some accounts of the couft on which
the Cato, commanded by admiral Sir
Hude Parker was wrecked—the fol
lowing information we underhand was
yesterday laid before the lords of the
admirality—'A Capt. Borne an En
glithman, who commanded a vessel in
the service of;he Nabob of Arcot,and
who is employed to convey the pil
grims on their annual visit to the
tomo of Mahomet at Mecca, when
there last season, was going on shore,
and fax a boat belonging to a Malay
vefful then lying at therfame place,
with a man in her, bailing out the
water. From the make of the buck
et, he knew it must have belonged
to a British ship. He accordingly
rowed along fide of her, and saw the
Cato's name painted on the bucket.
Struck with the light, he immediate
ly enquired of (he Malay,how he came
by the bucket? Who told him, that
some years ago, a large ship was
wrecked upon the Malabar coalt, and
most of the people got fafe on fhore—
but,that by otder of the Maylayling,
the major part of them were immedi
ately put to death. Capt. Burne, af
ter receivingthe information,went on
board the Malay ship, and there saw
the Coto's in ainfail,and a quantity of
Briciih cordage, and ocher fails, that
had formerly belonged to the above
unfortunate ihip. The Malay vessel
was almoil entirely rigged with Cato's
stores— Capt. Burn when on board the
Malay, made some enquiries relative
to the number of the Cato's (hip's
company that had survived the maffd
cre, but could obtain no fatisfadory
answer.
American Avices.
ed languishing under the double tor
tures of body and mind, till they had
glutted their savage vengeance on
the dead; after which they dispatched
all the wounded with their toma
hawks. Under the friendly veil of
the succeeding night, the officer made
his way thru' pathiefs forefts to re
join his surviving comrades.
The Legislature of New York, has
palled an A& for a loan of money, to
enable the proprietors thereof to car
ry on the Cotton and Glass Manufac
tories.
The finances in the State of New-
York are in a very eligible situation—
By the report of the Treasurer, the
income of the Treasury, in 1791, was
102,57,1. —and the expenses 49,6191.
—The surplus of which with that be
fore in the Treasury, made a sum of
81,1661.
The State of New-York possesses of
the funded debt of the United States,
no less a sum than Two Million One
Hundred Tboufand, One Hundred and
Ninety. Seven Dollars —which, with a
sum yet to be received from the Loa
n will produce an annual income
of 52,820 dollars,until the year 1801,
(the year the interest on the Deferred
Stock becomes payable) and after that
year, 100,808 dollars yearly.
Lieat. Greatun of the 2d United
States Regiment, arrived in this town
since cur last from the Weftern Terri
tory. This gentleman was wounded
in the unfortunate adion at tbeMiami
Village, on the 4th of November—and
his accounts of it agree with those
heretofore published —except in a few
painful particulars of individual fuf.
ferings.
Perhaps a more insolent account was
never published than that contained
in a letter said to have been received
from&e6zc^,and which has been pub
lished in feverat papers. Its rank re
fugeifm is so Ihonglj marked in its
every feature, that it cannot possibly
obtain -credence—and the left handed
reflexion, cast on our' gallant troops,
who in the Miami action exhibited
bravery almost unparalleled in thean
als of warfare, must fill the mind of
every true American with contempt
and indignation.
A curious deception was a few days
since praftifed on the citizens ofSebo
baire, near Albany, by a knowing vil
lain. He put up at Ingolt's tavern,
and in converfa ion with young Ingolt,
told him he would give him fix new
dollars for three old ones—A bargain
was, of consequence, immediately
struck. This was soon noised about,
and brought many people together, to
trade with this extraordinary man for
his new dollars —and he exchanged
with them to theamount of some hun
dreds, all real good dollars— telling
them at the fame that he coined the
new dollars himfelf, and that he made
a great profit in giving two for one,
and that rif they would furnilh him
with any number of dollar, he would
give the receipt therefor, and in three
weeks return to every one double the
sum they had given him.—His con
dud so infatuated the people of Scho
haire, that some of them mortgaged
their lands to borrow money, others
fold off their hodfes and oxen —and,
it is said, a merchant adxanced him
eighty pounds—others fifty, twenty,
ten, five, &c. to the amount of about
£ 500. He then hired a sleigh, grid
gave the man a dollar for evrty fix
miles, to drive him to the Hudson,
wherewith to purchase some things
of the apothecaries, in order to make
his dollars—Here the story ends, and
the citizens of Sebobaire are left to
repent, when too late their unprirral
lelcd credulity-
EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.
Boston, feb. 15.
QTRAYED or
A Jftolen fiom he
°'° of <he fub
£^&e^^ scriber, on or a
itfbout the twenty
fifth of January
hft, a black gelding HORSE witha
white face, one white foot, if f re
member right, and about fourteen
hands high. If any person will find
said horse, and return him to the fub
fcriber,he shall receive the above re
ward, when he can get it.
JOHN HOPKINSON.
Exeter, February 1792.
Dr. Watts' Plain and Ea/y
CATECHISMS/orC^LDREN,
]uft publijhed ana ready for Jale at
this Office.
^A' Friend to the Public' is re
ceived—but the Editor mould nrjh to
have an interview wie. the author pre
vious to its in tertton.
DIED] —At Rcwmirfet, Mr. Sa.
muel Baker aped 66.
*ss€>§§G>§<g osssss^
Three Dollars Reua; d.
The gallant General Sstarks, in
the former Indian wars, cemmanded
a company of Rangers, composed of
hardy Huntsmen who could edure
cold, wet, and fatigue,and knew how
to fight the Indians in their own way.
When he was toldtha he had fuftdin
ed a heavy loss in the late defeat of
our frontier army, he, replied, that he
lamented the fall of fomany excellent
officers, but could not think the coun
try sustained any loss by the killing of
Two-Dollar-Men.
nr HAT whereas I the
" fubferiber, on or about the 3d
day of January, 1792, by fraud and
deception, was prevailed on to sign
a Note of Hand to Simeon Ladd, of
Nottingham, for the sum of thirty-two
pounds fe^enteen /hillings —I hereby
caution all persons against purchasing
said note, the fame being obtained
through fraud and deception, without
any consideration therefor, as 1 am
determined never to pay it.
Samuel Emerson.
Feb. 16, 1792,
ANTED, one or two
' ' BOYS a the printing business
—None need offer, cnlefs they, have
a tolerable education, and are will
ing to be bound.
, —Enquire of the printer hereof.
From a Cbarleflon(S C.) paperDec.zS.
Yesterday landed from on board
the ship Juno, from Philadelphia, a
company of Federal troops, under the
command of Captain Mills, of the
2d United States regiment. We un
derstand they are to join Capt. Fo
bert's company, raised in this city,
and proceed to the Rock-Landing,
on the frontiers of Georgia.
A LL persons having any
" Claims against the Ettate of
David Lawrence, late of Epping,
in the county of Rockingham, Esq.
deceased, are desired to exhibit the
fame to the fubferiber, Executor to
said Eftate—Ard all persons indebt
ed to said Estate are requested to fet
tle the fame immediately^
DAVID LAWRENCE,
Epping, Feb. Btb, 1792.
CASH, or Writing- Pdper,
given for clean Linen,or Cotton
and Linen RAGS^at this Office.
Exeter, fan. 1792.
EXETER, February 22.
TMKE NOTICE,