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vol i ' ; the \ numb 47 j j < and general advertiser thursday february 12 1789 we are informed that a perfon haftenirg to the fire on wed nefdaythe 31ft ult was accofted by a man near coenties slip who deiired him to ftop and demanded his money and upon the perfon replying that he was going to the fire and would net deliver his money the fellow drew a piftol wh.ch he difchaiged without effect but having a bayonet or fomething cf the kind affixed to the end of it he made a pafs at the perfon and ftabed him in the arm the affailed on this calling for affiftance,and the robber perceiving fome perfons nearathand made a precipiute retreat mr johngibb,of phillip's-manor weftchefter county on thurfday night 1-ift was robbed of near oool about ic-n m ; les of this city by two cr three villians who aftr *- taking l.*s money fired a piftol at bim declaiing that he ool-*never know who committed the fs-ft bat the viiiians purpofe was bot etfeiled is the gentleman when the pi«tlol was pre:«nted t his body pulhcd if alide and the contents wait through his coat anj he r«*c-.ived no injury by letters from madrid we learn that a total abolition ofthe courts of inq ii-tion in spain is now positively in agitation a'-ri a plan forming or a more rational modoof trying eel r.af.ic.d deunquefics i among tfcc ads of reformation likely to take place in this enlightened age by an arret figned by the king of france d^ted tbe rth of o^olier laft t':e importation of all foreign whale oilar-4 iips - hiaceti into tha kiugdom is intirely prohibited jan j y on mor y the 2th inftant a conference was held betw en the senate and the aflembly or the amendments propofed to the bil for pitting the new conftitution into ope ration alter hatii-.g the matter a whole day rhe alt-iy v iy refolded hai tlv-'y would not agree to the amendments — and the sense refolved that they would not recede in confrq;;ci:cc of which the hii v loft new-york rtje-refcre will liave no agency in c choice ol thof irr.port-nr officers the prefidi-nt andvi.e prefident nor will he be rt-p--efer.t-.-d in that bod wh re h*r m ft important interefts will be at ft^ke — the stnaw ofthe united s-ates a letterfrom dublin dated odtober 20 fays — t the cr*n v'-ns who were ihipped on saturday uft on beard the brig p.c vidftrte cvp t3 iin nf-konhtra bound tn pad p <■>'{ w.ir in nc»"a — scoria erefuarded to the water fide by a fquaaron of horfe and twg companies of foot americ a . qjj e eec december i by a letter from lake ontario to a gentleman in this town we learn that on sunday the and oi november mr fi'fi mons mate of his majefty's vtflel limnade cut his wife's throat and then his own : jialoufy aided by liquor is fuppof ed to have been the caufe of this ralh nfliun he expired im mediately but it isexpsded mrs ti-zurnons will recover boston january i one inftancs of the progrefs of manufactures in this ftate that there are now in it near 250 pot and pearl alh manufacto ries jan 16 we learn that fh«re is now in the prefs in this town a novel dedicated to the young ladi?s which is intended to enforce atte-tion on female education we are infonxd that one of tl-e : incidents upon which the novel is fourced is drawn from a late unt^ppy fulcide we fhall probably be able tc lay before our rtaders forte account of truly fo novel a work upon fuch inteieliing fubj^cls amekican manufact uris specimens cf broadcloth made at the manufa&ory in hart ford have been lately lodged at the printing ofiivs in privi dence icr public infpe-ftion 1 he town of taunton a few years ago wa^the defert of ma fachufctts her ft-tpu yvtas little ax-ire than a inning anc the land would fcan,ely produce a thiftle ; yet he has now a grow ing manufactory : laft year one hundred ions of na ; h bend s agre-jit many articles in a fmailsr way vers wrought in t*iat tf-v r , * . ' ■■'>-■: 1 » the m^nufafture cf iron piste ihovelsj is carried on to reat advantage at br dgewater : they are of fuperior workmar.fhip to any imported from britain and fold at a lower price than can be imported for a glafs and duck manufaflory are eflablifhlng in bofton thsrc iia pconuf.ug cotton m*»nufa*£tory in feyeriy according to tt-e valuation laft taken there were 1 38 prt and pearl aflimauuia^ofiei in chis hate there are now it is faio 250 a riew paper mill we hear is about being ere&ed in mil ton another in watcftoun and a third in hampshire coumy lhers is now,'f jys a'corrtfjiondent in th fa'l pariih o1 bridgwater within the fpace of three miles eleven black fmiths fl)-?ps r ><- t 3 nailers do which is a diftin^oiihing proof of their love of induftry as well as tli f promotion ot the nte reft of their country ; and it is reckoned there can be nude daily in that neighbourhood r 52,000 of nails several pieces of falhionable ar.d elegant broadcloths have lately been munufaftured in kecne the texture colour and r'u ration oi which-^ue by no means infetior to european guinea cloths ; and they are afforded for 10s lefs p-r y.~.rd thin xh'i engliflf cloths lambflcins and eeav.r-coating's of equal qua lity and price have alfo b«en nlade tii re and the moft ie fpeetable citizens are clad with thefe valuable cloths sr,ver»l pieces of crape and mufl.n handkerchiefs have been manufa&ured in the town of surry which ha%'e been ar.nounc ej by experienced judgtes to be equal to thofe imporred thus do the induftry and ingenuity of our countrymen take ' eff our foreign lhackles one by one n ew-y o r k jan 8 the following refolution was agreed to in a committee of the whole houfe at albany on the zzd ult viz refolved as the opinion of this committee that a commlrtfe lie appointed to prepare a draft of an application to the legifft ture of this ftate to congrefs rcrjueft.nft them as early as pofli b'e to call a convention for prppofing amendments to tlie con ftituttria for the united states jylieffrs jones hayrifon if livingfton havens and bay . were appointed to s commutes to dralt the faid application . laft sunday alternoun'faifed for bombay cite ihip america indiaman jacob s'arjey fquire commander.~a trade which has evidently for its obje&the profp'irity of thefe ftates is en titled ta the-good wilhes of our fellow citizens an the fpirit ed adventurers to cur particular applaufe may the laudable enterprife be crowned with fuccefs ! — not only ur ir.terefls as a commercial people in fjms decree depends on this voyage but even o;;r reputation with refpeft to fhip building i he ameri ca trae ofthe m<>ft complete vefiels ever coriftrucled in our docks the kill of her effuers ar.d hardy fpirits of h«r honeft tars will convince t*,it chinefe and other eettern nations thr young eft quarter of the world is already capable of emulating the other three ; and as fuccefs may b rationally infered from fuch hap py beginning will moft probably furpafs them t£*jt state of north-carolinaf * newbern dijiritl * * p \ in the court of equity fl-iovembsr term 1788 in the fuit there depending where in francois xavier maisin is com plainant vs thomas davis defend ant — it is ordered that thomas davis put in his anfwer to the com plainant's bill on or before the firft day ofthe enfuing term which will be on the twentieth day of mav next o * m ' and that on the defendant failing in obedience to this order the complain ant's bill is to be taken pro confejfo un lefs caufe fhewn c publifncd by order of the court james ellis clerk & mafter of the aforefaid court dee./io 1788 a3 — a8 ; — fl j — sjfit itfe of nor tii carolina * ••■. ztr 3 as •*/•>/ iti 1 ■1-f in the court of equity november term 1 7c 8 in the fuit therein depending where in james ellis is complainant vs eliphalet ripley defendant — it is or dered that eliphalet ripley put in his anfwer to the complainant's bill on or beforethe firft day of the enfuing term f whkh will be on the twentieth day of may next and that on the defendant failing in obedience to this order the complainant's bill is to be taken pro con eff 0 unlefs caufe fhewn sec , . ■publiflied by order of the court - james ellis clerk & mafter ofthe aforefaid court | dec 10 17s8 . 43 — 48 fr the mail for fayette-ville will in futureben>3d up at the nut'ing-orfici where all letters or that place it is requertod may be left • the poft will leave this town evary thurfday morning at 9 o'clock and arrive at fajjette-vihe the saturday following leaves fay ette-ville every sunday and arrives in this town every wed nefday blanks oftar ious kinds < may be had of the printers hereof [ th above vrff 1 arrived here laft satuiday in 70 days f-ora dublin but how iierpaffengers have been djipcfcd of we h.;ve * not heard ] jan 2 on wrdnefday the 7th inftant the general aflemi b • f c.<nnciticut appointed rhe following gentlcnien electors of apr-jidcnt and vice-prelidnt of he unittd states viz his excellency the governor his honor the lieutenant go vemcrj h n rlthard law hen matthew grifwold hen i'.r i tu wolcott j-idediah huntington efq thadeus burr efq from undoubted authority we ean affjre our readers that the p.iitifri government of the bahama's has letely fent ah caufed to be landed on a certain point in georgia a fr^lh fuppiy cf n wdqr arms and afew fn%a field pieces which ftores h.~,vc n delivered to the creek ender the fafeguarj of fome iciu tt — m^gilvray has at the fame ti'.ne received the moft pofij tiv(j affurances of further affiftance fliould he continue to lir rafs the ftate af georgia whilft under the garb of good pa tri t will take upon themfclves to keep up and feed the mif underft*nding between that ftatc and the cr;ek nation fro kentucky we are inform d alfo that offers of a fir.i'ar nature fro.m canada have been m.de to the moft influential charters in that count y fliould they thir.k of aflerting andde oiar'ne thtir indtpen-icncy wcuthout waiting for the content of " ! congrefs propofals sre published in bofton for printing a freneh rf paper to he entitled " lk coi r ui nr boston it will an pear as foon as a fufficient number oi fr fcrihers re oht in d lo d'fray the exp-jneo ; and will be empikd and eon ducted by hat celebrated literary chara-fter monf p j g de nan'creds a french gentleman well known among th liter of f-d^ep-s and america lor his ftrcng aua.hment to the liberties and »> vf.rnm nt of this country of which he has hteiv become a de '.' . n.zen by a cornubial ie with an amiable young lady of a very j i rcfpv&able family in that town jan 29 accounts from havre de grace in france dated nov xi mention that accounts had been received there from . london mentioning the death of his bri anic majefty we learn from albany that a bill had paffed both houfes pr - e fcribins the time and manner cf choefing reprefentatives to thd congrefs of the united states ; by this bill the ftate is divided , into lix dillrifts each diftri-ft is to choofe one repnftntative hut the electors are not confined in their choice to a pcrf on re fi . dent within their own ciftrict — that on wednefday week a . bill dire-fting the mode of choofmg senat-rs which had h.;eri brought in by mr jones paffed the houfe of aff-mbly ] x . cept in the recital there is no difference between this bill snd '' the former one which gave rife to the late conference between the two houfes and occafioned the lofs of the whole ekclicn i •' bill
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Title | The Wilmington Centinel |
Masthead | The Wilmington Centinel |
Date | 1789-02-12 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1789 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 47 |
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United States North Carolina New Hanover County Wilmington |
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Description | The Thursday, February 12, 1789 issue of The Wilmington Centinel [sic] and General Advertiser a newspaper from Wilmington North Carolina |
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Title | The Wilmington Centinel |
Masthead | The Wilmington Centinel |
Date | 1789-02-12 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1789 |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 47 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 2750200 Bytes |
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Creator | Bowen and Howard |
Date Digital | 2009-04-06 |
Publisher | Bowen and Celeb D. Howard |
Place |
United States North Carolina New Hanover County Wilmington |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, February 12, 1789 issue of The Wilmington Centinel [sic] and General Advertiser a newspaper from Wilmington North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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vol i ' ; the \ numb 47 j j < and general advertiser thursday february 12 1789 we are informed that a perfon haftenirg to the fire on wed nefdaythe 31ft ult was accofted by a man near coenties slip who deiired him to ftop and demanded his money and upon the perfon replying that he was going to the fire and would net deliver his money the fellow drew a piftol wh.ch he difchaiged without effect but having a bayonet or fomething cf the kind affixed to the end of it he made a pafs at the perfon and ftabed him in the arm the affailed on this calling for affiftance,and the robber perceiving fome perfons nearathand made a precipiute retreat mr johngibb,of phillip's-manor weftchefter county on thurfday night 1-ift was robbed of near oool about ic-n m ; les of this city by two cr three villians who aftr *- taking l.*s money fired a piftol at bim declaiing that he ool-*never know who committed the fs-ft bat the viiiians purpofe was bot etfeiled is the gentleman when the pi«tlol was pre:«nted t his body pulhcd if alide and the contents wait through his coat anj he r«*c-.ived no injury by letters from madrid we learn that a total abolition ofthe courts of inq ii-tion in spain is now positively in agitation a'-ri a plan forming or a more rational modoof trying eel r.af.ic.d deunquefics i among tfcc ads of reformation likely to take place in this enlightened age by an arret figned by the king of france d^ted tbe rth of o^olier laft t':e importation of all foreign whale oilar-4 iips - hiaceti into tha kiugdom is intirely prohibited jan j y on mor y the 2th inftant a conference was held betw en the senate and the aflembly or the amendments propofed to the bil for pitting the new conftitution into ope ration alter hatii-.g the matter a whole day rhe alt-iy v iy refolded hai tlv-'y would not agree to the amendments — and the sense refolved that they would not recede in confrq;;ci:cc of which the hii v loft new-york rtje-refcre will liave no agency in c choice ol thof irr.port-nr officers the prefidi-nt andvi.e prefident nor will he be rt-p--efer.t-.-d in that bod wh re h*r m ft important interefts will be at ft^ke — the stnaw ofthe united s-ates a letterfrom dublin dated odtober 20 fays — t the cr*n v'-ns who were ihipped on saturday uft on beard the brig p.c vidftrte cvp t3 iin nf-konhtra bound tn pad p <■>'{ w.ir in nc»"a — scoria erefuarded to the water fide by a fquaaron of horfe and twg companies of foot americ a . qjj e eec december i by a letter from lake ontario to a gentleman in this town we learn that on sunday the and oi november mr fi'fi mons mate of his majefty's vtflel limnade cut his wife's throat and then his own : jialoufy aided by liquor is fuppof ed to have been the caufe of this ralh nfliun he expired im mediately but it isexpsded mrs ti-zurnons will recover boston january i one inftancs of the progrefs of manufactures in this ftate that there are now in it near 250 pot and pearl alh manufacto ries jan 16 we learn that fh«re is now in the prefs in this town a novel dedicated to the young ladi?s which is intended to enforce atte-tion on female education we are infonxd that one of tl-e : incidents upon which the novel is fourced is drawn from a late unt^ppy fulcide we fhall probably be able tc lay before our rtaders forte account of truly fo novel a work upon fuch inteieliing fubj^cls amekican manufact uris specimens cf broadcloth made at the manufa&ory in hart ford have been lately lodged at the printing ofiivs in privi dence icr public infpe-ftion 1 he town of taunton a few years ago wa^the defert of ma fachufctts her ft-tpu yvtas little ax-ire than a inning anc the land would fcan,ely produce a thiftle ; yet he has now a grow ing manufactory : laft year one hundred ions of na ; h bend s agre-jit many articles in a fmailsr way vers wrought in t*iat tf-v r , * . ' ■■'>-■: 1 » the m^nufafture cf iron piste ihovelsj is carried on to reat advantage at br dgewater : they are of fuperior workmar.fhip to any imported from britain and fold at a lower price than can be imported for a glafs and duck manufaflory are eflablifhlng in bofton thsrc iia pconuf.ug cotton m*»nufa*£tory in feyeriy according to tt-e valuation laft taken there were 1 38 prt and pearl aflimauuia^ofiei in chis hate there are now it is faio 250 a riew paper mill we hear is about being ere&ed in mil ton another in watcftoun and a third in hampshire coumy lhers is now,'f jys a'corrtfjiondent in th fa'l pariih o1 bridgwater within the fpace of three miles eleven black fmiths fl)-?ps r ><- t 3 nailers do which is a diftin^oiihing proof of their love of induftry as well as tli f promotion ot the nte reft of their country ; and it is reckoned there can be nude daily in that neighbourhood r 52,000 of nails several pieces of falhionable ar.d elegant broadcloths have lately been munufaftured in kecne the texture colour and r'u ration oi which-^ue by no means infetior to european guinea cloths ; and they are afforded for 10s lefs p-r y.~.rd thin xh'i engliflf cloths lambflcins and eeav.r-coating's of equal qua lity and price have alfo b«en nlade tii re and the moft ie fpeetable citizens are clad with thefe valuable cloths sr,ver»l pieces of crape and mufl.n handkerchiefs have been manufa&ured in the town of surry which ha%'e been ar.nounc ej by experienced judgtes to be equal to thofe imporred thus do the induftry and ingenuity of our countrymen take ' eff our foreign lhackles one by one n ew-y o r k jan 8 the following refolution was agreed to in a committee of the whole houfe at albany on the zzd ult viz refolved as the opinion of this committee that a commlrtfe lie appointed to prepare a draft of an application to the legifft ture of this ftate to congrefs rcrjueft.nft them as early as pofli b'e to call a convention for prppofing amendments to tlie con ftituttria for the united states jylieffrs jones hayrifon if livingfton havens and bay . were appointed to s commutes to dralt the faid application . laft sunday alternoun'faifed for bombay cite ihip america indiaman jacob s'arjey fquire commander.~a trade which has evidently for its obje&the profp'irity of thefe ftates is en titled ta the-good wilhes of our fellow citizens an the fpirit ed adventurers to cur particular applaufe may the laudable enterprife be crowned with fuccefs ! — not only ur ir.terefls as a commercial people in fjms decree depends on this voyage but even o;;r reputation with refpeft to fhip building i he ameri ca trae ofthe m<>ft complete vefiels ever coriftrucled in our docks the kill of her effuers ar.d hardy fpirits of h«r honeft tars will convince t*,it chinefe and other eettern nations thr young eft quarter of the world is already capable of emulating the other three ; and as fuccefs may b rationally infered from fuch hap py beginning will moft probably furpafs them t£*jt state of north-carolinaf * newbern dijiritl * * p \ in the court of equity fl-iovembsr term 1788 in the fuit there depending where in francois xavier maisin is com plainant vs thomas davis defend ant — it is ordered that thomas davis put in his anfwer to the com plainant's bill on or before the firft day ofthe enfuing term which will be on the twentieth day of mav next o * m ' and that on the defendant failing in obedience to this order the complain ant's bill is to be taken pro confejfo un lefs caufe fhewn c publifncd by order of the court james ellis clerk & mafter of the aforefaid court dee./io 1788 a3 — a8 ; — fl j — sjfit itfe of nor tii carolina * ••■. ztr 3 as •*/•>/ iti 1 ■1-f in the court of equity november term 1 7c 8 in the fuit therein depending where in james ellis is complainant vs eliphalet ripley defendant — it is or dered that eliphalet ripley put in his anfwer to the complainant's bill on or beforethe firft day of the enfuing term f whkh will be on the twentieth day of may next and that on the defendant failing in obedience to this order the complainant's bill is to be taken pro con eff 0 unlefs caufe fhewn sec , . ■publiflied by order of the court - james ellis clerk & mafter ofthe aforefaid court | dec 10 17s8 . 43 — 48 fr the mail for fayette-ville will in futureben>3d up at the nut'ing-orfici where all letters or that place it is requertod may be left • the poft will leave this town evary thurfday morning at 9 o'clock and arrive at fajjette-vihe the saturday following leaves fay ette-ville every sunday and arrives in this town every wed nefday blanks oftar ious kinds < may be had of the printers hereof [ th above vrff 1 arrived here laft satuiday in 70 days f-ora dublin but how iierpaffengers have been djipcfcd of we h.;ve * not heard ] jan 2 on wrdnefday the 7th inftant the general aflemi b • f c. |