Newbern Gazette

              the newbern gazette n e w ii e r n nohtii.cafcdi.ika j printed for j o h n c o s b o r n & co s a t u r d a t flbttvattt 25 1799 vol i n'umfc 47.3 this excellent man died on the 7th of oftol)er 179c m ziniinerman firvs-m tiilotjwas tall well made had afirmand ca fy gait an elegant addrefs a fine countenance anvi an agreeable voicr : his genius fp«rk led in his eyes ; and if the fmall pox tmd left its indehtiom u.>oi him it was o.-.ly in fuch a degree as adds to the phyiiog nomy what it takes from the kin titm of ages of difcord bloodfccd and «•;•<: tchediiefs tcr their country ; a beroti th-v live muraervd wea-knefs and inno r cciu'c rhe infant j and the aged ; the mother ar.d l.cr babe you aflert acoth er fentiuieut for which 1 nlnii it dcip'e you — luvarer fyevk i»ot then it is ihe conquered fkive ot france — ihe wretch ed dupe or republican imrigues you f.-y that france " rrray be juiliy called the g>eat nation u.x it las produced the grc-itirit an.l / sviil ft'tli hvpe rht mc/l be ntfiftai refill ts tiv.cr pioduied by i n u i . , in any period s rime 1 his lentiim nr caft need no comment no contradiction — fk italy — afli s\vitzcrlarid j — aflc zurich what are the beneficial refults oi the at chievtineuts ot thi great nation — sfceilr me die country on earth uiew me tit man on earth to whom their icvolotitm tluir conqtieftsj their princjj)le or ttir r frrenuflijpj have not et been or arc likejy to be bfiieticiai — o.avery ruin uiid delolation ire the ct rtain coutequenies of all and each ot them — vvhiie the re lentkf.s riiptcity of trance excludes yoa rrom all hope ot pity item her you give us a fact that will make the world j ti ti to your cries 5 even ihould mifety accumu late ten fold upon yoa — when the true heroes or your couutry her noble and magnanimous defender patriots of iriv m»rtal glory receive this we;.k tril>ur from a tree american were ttrugglinij againft the holts oi france and the da t;ird degenex^cy ot corrupted switsset land were cmtendiug hi a deadly exer fiou iigaiiiil t)-,e arm ot the muruerer and the trciilon ot the breihrcn what diet ui.ch ? — " jvpphedtbe bnrba>lani wu ctmiion and ammunition !" vox uiis deed lit it bl.iilcu of lic-avtn ant detefted by rnaii — parricide j talk not ofau vemeat 1 lie gh<-its oi jour i..i gl'.n-re.d bre tlirencstlhiioud tor vet geaop thegrortnfi of your enflaved country ilvall evi-r dii turb you let zurich be fvyept from a mong natioiiii — et her besunje del late as a wwdernefs let her habitations betosne lonely rockj a:id the waters turned o blood ; aiici let it be remembered thai fht aided the lie'.iroyers ot bcme and he j will tind not cominiferauon from man • let them learn from it iliat france dk 1 vides todeftroy ; and that thofe who adi her to her ire involved in a comment ; ruin with thole that oppok — no promifiy ' . bind hftr faith no terv ice hold her friend i hip to fcrve france zurich murdeij ed her brethren : zurich it r tk a dagger to her own heart — yet zurich iieiillavrd plundered and dcitroyed france pro ! miles t'nat no french troops lhruld cmrt zurich that not a /'« fliould be demands cd ot her " but the very reverfe hap pened — three millions ot livres are ex acted and troops are marched in without the lealt previous application to exhauffc the country americans ! lie not decri i ed be not divided by the black penmjr 4 ot french piou.ilc let us iia..j n;;nlj together man to man brother to tiro • ther if we then fall it will be with glory and we thall not like zurich be < lunk in niiiimy and humiliation we h.ill noi like her be followed with the cuiicii and contempt ot the human race biograph y thb life of m zimmerman \ hphe life of ii phyiician devoted with a incclfru h)>f)licaf)on to profei'inn.il ptjftice aiiri literary purfuits cannot be -■ kpedkd to a*f.>r>l much incidem to ek vate or fucprife the reader i:i rrutb beteislinlc inr^rc iu tiiis fiaalj t ricjr j than a piclur f.iiihtuilj drawn it is fair i ly to be prefuineti by a i.i.niiiar irie.nj i jiud cofrofpon.'eat o m zimmcnnan ( he is exliihirrd to us as a m i i of extra j ' ordinary benevoicuce and urbanity ; in i the aftive cxeicife of alrnoll every vir tue bui through the greater part of his lite the prey ot an hyrtqcondriae malady . clf the death of this worthy man we have the following account : •' l^euly imprefl'e'd with the import ance of his caufe zinirneriiian gave him felf up to labours that rapidly ucit roved | his health ; noc only in'afmuch as an u:i remitred occupatioi ot il e mind hurts it • rtiore than any tiling ciu un alfo be caufe when lie w;:s cnip'kiy'ed i any work bis manner of living was chafed in a yety prejudicial manner ; hburofe early in the morning and wrote a long while before he bsg.ui his vifits and in the eve ning after having finifhed theprofefljoh i bufmefs of the day inftead of caling and divcrtir.jr l,i mind i,i inciety he a gain avcnt to work uid remained at it treqjuently till a very late hour his mind was thus in continual ad ion and his body had not the repufe it required ; he bore up however very well for feve ' fal years ; and on the fourth of oc'iober t 79 1 , he wrote me a letter in which there is tin feme ttrongf'h ctf cxprdffibii the fame jullncfb ot thought and the fame i j'recifion of arrangf ij ut as in thoie pre i ceding ; he there cjcariy pointed out the ' progrefs of the sooict which became daily rriore dangerous " iil»e l mii-refs i of aim oft every prvfs ofever ixiokfeller ! o ft very german journal and of all the ■ couris the cuui'es oi the difuiteib of j this laft campaign arc the fame . s thofe ! of the events at chalons in i - t i — this i letter alfo contained the molt lively ex i prrftjot of his joy at hearing el my cure ; yet there was one i'entence iir.irintj traces of the nv.ic profou<)i tuclam'h'jjy whicvi gave me the gre<itclt pain : '« 1 run a rifk | yet of becoming this year a poor emi grant forced to abandon his houfe with the dear companion of his life vjtbout lnoving inhere to diveiit hi cauife or where to fir a bed to die on thein valion or the electorate the facking of 1 hanover and the neceffity ofabnndoning ' i r . was certainly *\ that time ro be fear j ed if thenegociation.had not faved what j the ar.aics dul not defend ; hue zimmcr i nian's manner ot cxpreiling hts fears an \ nounccd the greatcft deprerlion i faw i veri-in a mind u-hofe fpri"gs ivgaiv to ' fail and which dared no longer to fay : <-)= it could h.ivej;i.,1!y done / any tvtrj ' • "■■'■*"■•'■ ■■'. i rieglecled iiot!;;:,g in order to i-aifti hi fpirits and entreated him tn come to ir.e with his wife to a country that wan his own when he : wottld have remained in the morl perfect fecuritv and enjoyed all tie fweeta of peace and friendjhip he anfwered me in drcember and one part of his le;r;:r relembled thofe of ot'.u ; times ; but ne hmch'oly was hil more ltrongly marked and rke illnefs of his wife which he un fortunately thought more ferious than it ally was evidently op pre ted him : lie iv>d been obliged to uke three days to write me detail's which at another time wxuld not have occupied him sn hour and h concluded bi ' r with icon jureyoo perhaps for the laft time ac the idea chat lie lhould write no mote to bis friend and unfortunately the event jiihtiied hiiii the difficulty of writing a iew i.;,gei the till fixed idea of being * tie illuminated ttga'mfi tuh'tch he had fa ftremo*jly r.v.v«v,a--rbv f orced to leave ilanorer ahinofth the face of affairs ha.l c:>t rely charged ; all all indicated the lofs i was about to fuf tr.in " from the month of november he had loll his ft-cp his appaite bit urrvigth a.a became fcntfibl thinner and ihi ilat of decline comin.icd to i.i er'.'.ife in ! inuary he was lliil able to 111 \ •'. a few vifit in his carriage ; but hr fif.juen'.lv f.iintcd on the ftaits : it was phiutui for him to write a prescription : he tometiincs complained of a . con fu lion in hibhejd and at length jjavc over nil b'.i finff this was at hrtt taken for anetfect of hypocontiruj but it was foon pctceiv ed that his deep melancholy had deitroy eti the chain of his idea what his happened tofo xnanv iiitn of genius be tel him giie it rung iiiea mai i w other and fubducs rhe mind tn.ii is i7 longer able either t drive it away or to lofe fight of it preferving ail his pre fencc of mind afi his perfpicuity and juitnefs of thought upon ther fnbjcfts but no longer defiroun of occupying l.i.n feif with them iio longer capable of bufi iki.i nor giving advice but with pain he had uneealingly before his eyes ihe tnt my fitumiering his houfe t as l'alcal always fa w n globe oi tire near him bonnet his friend robbing liiin and spinclio the devil oj-pofitc to him in february he commenced t.ikir.g medicines which were cither prefcrilvad by himfelf or by the phyficians whom he consulted i the beginning of march hedefircdmy advice but he was no lo.iger a!)le hitnfclf to c cribe his didirder and his wife vro;e me the account of it i anfwered hes iuir.ic diatdy but of what avail can be jit dif&ctirinj of an abftvit phyn:i»n in j dif order whole progrefs is rapid when tlv.rc mult ncceflarily be an inti.-ri.ii oi near a month between the advice fk>:d and tiw • iredions received ? his hcailh decayed fo fait thac m wichman who attend ed him thought a'.j6urne and change of air woul.l n.ix be the beft remedy ku t a place in the doc.'in i iiolilwio wi ■ .-. xed ii(.'.n ior hi refid."nc in go ing through luncburgh on his w.w thith er vi le'.itin one of the phyiiciar.s in whom he placed much confiiienccj w'ai consulted but zimmerrr.jn who tho fool ten uaeafy on siccou'ii of he lli'i hid notwilhitiinding had the wiutoin r o rake fev medicine and who aid iv-.t like them always had a crowd ot objection to make againft the beft advice and did nothing arrived at euiii an old acquaintance of his family hvifhed on him all the careifos ot his fnen iihip tiis reception highly pleated hirn a iind he grew rather better m henilcr came from kiel to fee him and gave him his advice which was pr«>'vib!y very go v but became ufclcfs as it was very irregularly followed at lalt after i refulence of three months he defued to return to hanover where he t.aiori'd iii.-i liuut vv'iih tlie'iiia kv,i with which he left it he thought it plunder ed and imagined hirnfclt rjntsflly ruined 1 wryre j entreat him to goiocarifpad he was no longer capable ol bearing the journey difguft want of ll'-ep and weaknefs incrc f 1 rr.i ; he took fcarccly any rouriihmcnt either on ac ecu it of insurmountable arrrlion orb cuufc it wa»x>uinlu to lum or perhaps as m wichman believed btcaiife he irtlagincd he had not a farthing leit in teiile application the troublemit his mind hi pains want of flecp an<l uftly as i have jull faid wa»t of fufficient nourith mint l'ikl on him ali t'c rfr.ij nl t uc and iiaftencd 01j age ; at fixty iie u in a flp.te of complete decrepitude and his body was become a perfect iktleton h cleatly forefaw the iflue of his diforder ; nnd above fix weeks before hi de.i he faid to this fame phyiician " 1 thai die ilowly but very painfully and four teen hours bctorc he expired he faid " leave me alone i am dyini this mull have been a fwect fencmon f r a man in the midit of fo many iucurajjlc tiui ai\i who had lived is hfl iwh'dbae obsbrvationi o.»l.avater's utmonliravce it tie exccu ti\ve diretiory the lamentable cries of livater to the grea^hiflnon have excited nothing in iny mind but ridicule andt.ontcuipt — nothing of pity mjothi'tib ot commiu ratjon — no thiiijt ot frit it'iliip or j,ood wiqies q l'.vuer you llave grcmtly iuilt::ken the piiiliogio.ny of the great nan on if you can believe that either t!ie pompous and abfi.t.i flattery the pitiful moan or the inc'hvctual thre.jfs of a degraded siv,/s •'.■■■'/;■ — degraded by hi own confent by ins own ajjency — can move their inexo rablc purpofe ol iiniverfal domination and rapine d'dft tliwu look for redrefs trotn liieir jujiice f follow with thine eyes a iar a thine eyes can carry thee the botindlcfs courl'c of blood and devaf tation which they have paff.-d over i;i a few years in a mite of time and you may then indeed exclai'i witli lceling of horror and not i;i the vile hunuliati o:i oi a jlave's flattery " whit itberna cm u ic ten t or m'hii-rn bits performed the r.-ti',i:i mibitb it bris dine but you mu!t hope ior nothing for poor zurich fro\i its jufliee do you hope fora rcf toration of your imrnolated liberty and phmderca property from the pity of the grtut na'ion > lake the whole range of t r eight years — tske ill the vn aud in nii.itera'blc cene both at home and a broat in which they have been engaged and point me a finglc inftancc where t!ie cries ol humanity have arrefted the hand of bloo or the teats ol pity has gliftcn l.1 iii the eye of a frenclioian no — they lave thrown off the authority of heaven ; they have broke down every obligation of morality ; — they have ex tinguilhed every charafteriftic of huma nity every tender attachment between mm and man ; th'v rmqucr toplnvdrrand rvjtcevt ,■ a;id bz conquered and cnjlaved cry tor mercy in vain m-ei the ro'.iber at the th remold i and refulutely defend the entrance of your dwelling if you fly before him vt if delude by his per tidious oftors of triendlhip aiid benefits you open your arms io wclco:ne him ou are indesd loft ib ir not credible that in the year i 79s au man ilio.ild make an appeal totiie jvjlice and pity of france where have you been lavatcr ? are you " ignor.int ot its deeds ?" or have you lolt the faculty <>|' horror ? — oo tlv-ir awful crimes paf in along fuccfjcoil lie fore you without any impression ? if thou cotild'il applaud while they fa eked the world an i opened rivers of innocent blood learn ai trail , u tohik ra r-<ffo-i to knrw them from the fate of swiriot iaud but the desolation ot a nri.jhbor ing canton a filter flat c wa too rernnte to open thine cye t expofc the bloody tflaflin the infatiafo robber look then to zurich io ihine own z.uricli and how c.vi!t iou b deceived or hope for juitice or mercy from fr«t»ce but ynu would iooth them with thy ii.ictery be lieve me they ill laugh ycu to fcorn the flattery of a conquer c voluntary fine i dull v.yi 1 vi,e and ridiculous they are iiic r'ut natl'th the match left ii(!!iun alas ! poor zurich has fou'.d them matchlef indeed in perlijy crue - ty and villainy you fay " many ot the molt ab'c and ci'.lightcncd lifat'i ad mire the ntciiicvements of this | e.-pie conudcred as pniinr6p"hcrs politiciaut and heroes " a pbibjiphtrs they h.ivc si ted the world with vice difcord and uiu exam;!cj mifery ; as pou.'iciajh lliey have gpycrneid by falfffhood pc fijy and force ; and have kid the certain tou;;da the commissioners appointed by an at of the laft general aflvmbly for the purpole of felling t life palate lots in ihe loun of ncwbefn c.ife notice that the f;iic of faid jots will rom r.ffncc on the i id day of march next at im i u-jiids with appro\'ed fecurity will be required of one third the purchafe money at ttu end of one yenr and the re iiduc at chc end of two years |. c bryan k lewijs bryan 1 , w m . johnston f comrs jas carney j january iz b lank s of allkir.v foi fair t this cflutf i