The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1788-11-26 00:00:00, page 3

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Commaonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS.
dn SenaTi, Now. 19, 1788:
RESOLVED, That the Common
. wealth be divided into eight
dutricls, for the purpole of chooling
eight perions to represent the people
thereof in the Congress of the United
States—ecach district to choose one
representative, who shall be an inha
bitant of such district, and that the
diltricts be as follows, viz.
The county of Sufois be one district.
The county of Eféx one diftriét.
The county of Middlejex one diftrick.
The counties of Hamp/hire and Berk
tire one diftsi®t. The counties of
Plymomt and Barnflable one dikriét.
The counties of York, Cumberiand and
Lincoln, one diltri€t. ‘The counties
or Bristol, Dukes County and Nantucket
- one district. The county of #orcefler
onc district. :
And be it further Refslved, 'That
the Seleétmen of the refpeétive towns
and diétri@ts, in the several diftriéts
before mentioned, shall in manner as
the law direés; for calling town
meetings, cause the inhabitauts thereof
duly qualified to vote for representa
tives to the General-Court of this
" Commoawealth, to aflemble on Thurs
day the eighteenth day of December
next, to give in their votes, for their
refpe&tive Representatives to the
Sele@tmen, who shall preside at such
meeting : And the Scletmen, or the
major partof them, fhallin opentown
meeting, fort and count the vetes, and
form a lift of the persons voted for,
with the number of votes for each
person, againf his name, and shall
make a publick declaration thereof in
the said meeting, and shall in the pre
sence of theinhabitants, seal up copies
of the said lift, and tran{mit the fame
to the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, on or before the firft
Monday of Fanuary next : And the
Clerk of each town and diftri&t, {hall
make and fairly transcribe, in the
records thereof, the lift aforefaid ; and
the Secretary shall lay the fame before
his Excellency the Governour and the
“Council. And in cafc of aa eleétion
for any diftri& by a majority of all
the votes returncd, his Excellency the
Governour is hereby requested forth
with to transmit to the person so cho
sen a certificate thereof. And in case
no person thall have a majority of votes,
the Governoar is hereby requested to
eaufe precepts to iflue, accompanied
with a certificate of the names of the
two persons who had the greatest num
ber of votes in the firft return, to the
Sele&tmen of the several towns and
diftri@ts within the difinn& for which
no person shall have beea chosen as
aforefaid, to assemble the inhabitants
of their refpeétive tow.:s and diftritts,
qualified as aforefaid, onaday, infuch
precept to be appointed, to give in
their votes for a Representative, and
the like proceedings thall be had there
on, asare herein before direfted ; and
the Seletmen shall make return there
of, in manner as aforefaid, to the
Secretary’s office, on or before a day
in such precept to be prescribed.—
And the Secretary shall lay the fame
before the Governour and Council ;
and in case any person shall have a
majority as aforefaid, the Governour
is requested forthwith to transmit to
the person so chosen, a certificate
thereof : And in case no person shall
have a majority of votes, the Govern
our is requelted to issue like precepts
as often as the case may require.
And be it further Resolved, That the
inhabitants of the several towns and
diltriéts, qualified afor~faid, shall be
assembled on the said eighteenth day
of December next, they shall also give
in their votes for two persons who shall
be inhabitants of the diftriét in which
such town or diftri€t may be as candi
dates for an Eleftor of the President
and Vice-President of the United
States, and a lift of the votes so given
in, as aforefaid, shall be by the Select
‘men of the several towns and diftriéts,
or the major part of them, transmitted
to the Secretary’s office, ou or betore
the firk Monday in January next.
And on the Wednesday next follow
ing, the General-Court, then in ses
sion, shall examine the said returns,
and from the two who shall be found
to have the greatest number of votes
in each diftri&, the members of the
two Houses aflembled in one room,
shall by joint ballot, elet one, who
shall be the Ele&or for the diftriét to
which he belongs ; and in cale it
fhosld so hdppén, that more than two
persons voted for as Eleétors, should
have an equality of votes among the
highest voted for, then the members
of the two Houses as aforefaid shall
out of such number choose the Elettor.
—=And if in any cale the afore(aid re=
terns from a diftri¢t (hall not be re
ceived at the Secretary’s office on or
before the firft Monday in Fanuary
next, the members of the two Houses
of the Legislature shall, on the firft
Wednesday of Fanuary next, appoint
some person being an inhabitant of
such diftri€, for an Ele&tor cos Presi
dent and Vice-President.
And be it further-Refolved; That the
members of the two Houses of the
General Court, shall in manner as
aforefaid, appoint at large, two Elec
tors for the President and Vice-Presi
dent, not voted for by the diftrits as
aforefaid.
And be it further Rejolaéd; Thit the
said Eleftors be, and they are hereby
direted, to meet on the firlt Wednes
day of Febraary next, at ten o’cleck
in the ’forenoon, at the State-House
in the town of Boston, for the purpose
of voting by ballot, for two perlons,
for President and Vice-Préfident of
the United States, agreeably to the
Confltitution of said United States :
And that for their travel and attend
ance, they shall receive the fame com
pensation as members of the Senate
are entitled to.
Sent down for concurrence,
SAMUEL PHILLIPS, jun.Prefident.
In theHouse of Repre/entatives, Nov.zo.
1788. Read and concurred.
Now, 24. Our Legislature have not
yet made choice of Senators to repre
sent them-in the new Congrefi ; the
Honourable Senate an¢ House of Re
presentatives disagreeing in their
choice. The House having appointed
the Hon. Caleb Stremg, and Charles
Farwis, Esquires, sent their vote up
for the concurrence of the Senate.
That Honourable Body agreed in the
appointment of the former, bat nega
tived that of thelatter and made choice
of the Hon. Foba Lowell, E{q. 'The
House non-concurred the choice of the
Senate,& re-appointed Charles Farwis,
E{q. The Senate again negatived the
vote of the House, and made choice of
the Hon. Azer Orne, Esq. TheHoufe
again non-concurred the choice of the
Senate, and adhered to their firft ap
pointment. The Senate continuing
to negative the vote of the House,
made choice of the Hon, 7iffram Dal
ten, Esq. The House again non-con
curred the choice of the Senate, and
gave their fuffrages for the Hon. Na
than Dane, Esquire. Here the business
ended last Saturday evening. This
day is appointed by the Senate to con
fider of the vete ot the House.
We are authorifed, from indubita
ble authority to contradiét the account
given in the INpEPENDENT CHRO
nt cLE of last Thursday, of a terrible
hurricane, felt in the islands of Mar
tinico, Grenada and St. Lucia, and
of an Farthquake in the latter place,
which had made horrid devaftation,on
the 12th of last month. Letters re
ceived in this place,from those Islands
of the 13th, zoth and 26th ult. men -
tion nothing of the matter.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.
Samuel Breck, E(q, one of the Mem
bers of the Hon. House of Representa
tives for this town, appeared yesterday
in his feat with a complete suit of
American manufallured broad cloth,of an
elegant fathionable colour. An ex
ample worthy imitation.
"SHIP - NE WS.
On the 27th ult. Lat. 27. 30. Long.
6;, Capt, Gill, of the Charlotte from
London; who lately arrived at Phila
delphia, {fpoke with the brig Mary,
Capt, William M’Lellan, from Port
land bound to Port-au-Prince,all well.
Same evening at about 11 o’clock,
the brig Phenix, Capt. Wallace, be
ing out from Vannes, in France, 44
days, struck on the Hardings (a ledge
of rocks situated uear the entrance of
Boston harbour)—between 1 and 2 o’-
clock the next morning she got off,and
came toanchor about onemile from the
place where the firuck,and at 6 o’clock
every exertion of the crew to keep her
free of water proving abortive;fhe funk
in about 14 fathom of water.—T his
enfdrtunate accident, as it is supposed
was occasioned by the compafl’s not -
traverling freely, or being otherwise
out of order.
Arrived, yesterday, brig Mercury;
Capt. ———, in 5 weeks from Que
bec, and 8 days from Manchester, in
Nova-Scotia, with Quebec papers as
laze as the 16th ult. but they contain
no important intelligence.—~==Same
day arrived, brig Joseph, Capt. Tho
mas Difmore,in 49 days from Malaga:
Schooner Raven, Capt. lfrael Trafk,
in 4z days from Vannes, in France.
Capt. Trafk left there the brig—————-
Capt. Thomas Collier,bound to New
bury, who expefted to fail the next
day, having all her cargo on board.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26,
Governor Chittendon, by advice of
Counci, has appointed Thur{day the
27th inst. to be observed as a day of
Public THANKSGIVING and Praise
throughout the State of Vermont.
His Excellency William Livingfion,
is re-elefted Governor of New-Jersey.
The hon. Thomas Mifflin is ap
pointed President, and the honorable
George Ross, Vice President of the
State of Pennsylvania. _
FEDERAL REGISTER.
SenaTORS of the United States
2o alreadjfghofen.
New-Hampthire.—His Excellency
John Langdon, and the hon.
Judge Bardlett, Elquires.
Pennsylvania.—Hon. R. Morris,
- and W. Maclay, Esquires.
Conne&ticut.—Hon. W.S. Joliinfon,
and O. Elsworth, Esquires.
Delaware,——Hon. George Read,
and R. Bassett, Esquires.
A letter from Point-Petre; Gua
daloupe, dated O&ober 8. fays,
“ this port is to be shut against Ame
ricans and Englith, on the 2oth of
this month, but the port of Befleterre
. ;
1s to be opened to them. [t'is but
5o miles from hence, and the post
comes from thence to this place
twice a week.”
On Tuesday the rlthinft. died that
venerablelady, MADAM WARNER’
of this town, reli¢t of the late Hon.
DANIEL WARNER, Esq. formerly
one of the kings conncil for the pro
vince of New-Hampthire : On the
Friday following her remains were
committed to the tomb, attended by
avery refpe&table body of diftinguithed
citizens,and hernumerous decendants :
The burial {ervice was performed, and
a sermon preached in the church, by
the Rev: Mr. Ogden ; from Fobn xi.
25w am the refurrection_and the life.
This much revered and universally
beloved personage, was descended from
the family of Governor Eaton, of Con
ne&icut ; by a daaghter who married
Mr. Hill, of Boston. She had lived
to the age of gl, and retained her
mental faculties, and preserved her
vivacity beyond most instances in the
world ; age not appearing to have
experienced those decays, which are
the common portion of human nature.
To an elegant majesty and dignity
of person, she had added, that ease
and affability, that knowledge and
sentiment, which always command
veneration and affe@ion ; and led
the learned, the pious, the old and
the young, to seek her acquaintance,
society, and notice.
A chearful and uniform piety to her
God and Redecmer, was always a
most diftinguithed part of her charac
ter,—Religion was her choice in early
life, and was her business in every
period of it. This was a support,
and confidence that during her last
illness, eased her pains; calmed her
mind, animated her resolution, and
armed her for the last duty we must
all pay to mortality ; until like a
taper that had gradually waisted away,
{fpark succeeding spark, and every
r:vival appearing to be the last pre
lude to her dissolution, she expired
without a struggle, sigh or groan.=—
The smile and devotion on her coun
tenance; shewed that her last thoughts
were employed in her soul’s concern -
and with her God 3 while she winged
her flight to the society of faints and
angels in heavea.
Of her it may be said with truth,
that the hoary head was a crown of
glory, because it was formed in the
way of righteousness.
When her numerons acquaintance
recolle& her many virtues, they will
join in the general testimony, that
the was one of human natures firlt
models of perfetion. v
N4V AL-OFFICE.
CLEARED Sfor
Schoouner Polly, Currier, W, Indies.
Brig Katy, Marshall, Ditto.
REETES TS OB U S AR RSO SBN TW v R
E tlie subscribers being appoint-
W ed commiflioners by the Hon.
Charles Johnson, Judgeof Probate far
the county of Grafton, to receive and
examine the claims of the creditors to
the estate of TIMOTHY BEDEL,
Esq. late of Haverhill, in the State of
New-Hampthire, deceafed,reprefented
insolvent, and nine months from the
thirteenth day of September last being
allowed us for that purpose : We hereby
give noticé that we will attend onfaid
business at the dwelling-house of Mrs.
Mary Fisk, innholder in said town,
on the last Monday of November next,
and the firt Tuesday of the fix follow
ing months, from tén o’clock in the
forenoon to four in the afternoon of
said days.
ASA PORTER, - 3
AMOS KIMBALL, R
JAMES WOODWARD;, § ~20 ™l~
JOSHUA HOW ARD, g
AND’W S. CROCKER, |
Haverhill, Oé&tober 27th, 1788.
N. B. And all persons that are
indebted to said estate, are likewise
desired to make immediate payment.
MOODY BEDEL, Adminifirater.
TREASURY OFFICE.
State of New-Hampshire,
ALL persons who have given
Impost Bonds, that are now
due, are requested to discharge the
fame on or before the 15th day of
December next. :
J- T. GILMAN, Trealurer.
Exeter, November 24, 1788.
TO BE SOLD
By virtue of a licence
from the Hon. Phillips White,
Esq. Judge of Probate for the coun
ty of Rockingham, one right of land
in the townthip of Brittonwoods and
a number of acres of valuable unim
proved land in the township of
Rochester, situate on the road leading
to New-Durham, for further parfi
culars enquireof MARY NELSON
Executrix to the eflate of MARK .
NELSON, late of Portsmouth,
deceased. - 0 S
TT7OB THURSD AX,
The 18:h day of December next,
BY virtue ofa licence
from the Hon. Judge of Probate
for the county of Rockingham, will
be fold at Public Vendae, at the dwell
ing-house of Capt. William White,
late Portsmouth, deceased ; the dwell
ing-house and land of said deceased,
wich the incumbrance of the widow’s
thirds, fitvate in pleasant street; at
the fame time and place will be fold
the houthold furniture of {aid deceased,
confiting of beds, tables, chairs, &c.
Portsmouth, Nov. 25.