The Freeman's journal, or, New-Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth, N.H., 1776-12-24 00:00:00, page 4

®OETs CORNER: ~
: AUTUMN. AnOpet.
ALAS with fwift and silent pace,
£ X Impatienttime rells on the year;
The seasons change, and nature’s face
Now {weetly {miles, now frowns severe,
“Twas spring, "Twas summer, all was gay,
- Now Autumn bends a clouddy brow,
The flowers of {pring are swept away,
And summer’s fruits desert the bough,
The verdant leaves that play'd on high,
- And wanton’d in the western breeze,
Not trod in dust negleéted lie,
As Boreas strips the bending trees.
The fields that wav’d with golden grain;
_ As-ruflet Heaths are wild and bare,
Mot moist with dew but drench’d in rain,
ot health nor pleasure wanders there.
No more, while thro’ the’'midnight shade,
~ Beneath the moon’s pale orb 1 firay,
Soft pleasing woes my heart invade,
As Progne poresthe melting lay.
From this capricious clime she soars,
O ! would some God but wings supply !
70 whete each morn the {pring reflores,
Companion ot her flight, I'd fiy :
Vain with mie fate compels to bear
- The downward fealon’s iron reign;
Compels to breath polluted air,
And shiver on the blafied plain.
What Llifs to life can Autumn yiefd,
_ I glooms, and fhow’rs, and florms prevail,
And Ceres flies the naked field, ;
And flow’rs and fruits, and Phoebus fail ?
Ol | what remains, whit lingers yet,
.. To cheer me in the darkening hour?
The grape remains ! the friend of wit,
In love and mirth of mighty power.
H:iﬁé, press the clusters, iill the bowl
. Apolio shoot thy parting ray ;
Fhis gives the sunshine of the foul,
This God of héalth and verse, and day.
Still still the jocund firain shall flow,
_ The pulse with vigorous rapture beat,
?ﬂy Stelia with new charms fthall glow,
And every bliss in wine {hall meet,
| (contiriusd from the firft page.) |
¢he Alfred and Prize Ship got clear of the
Enerny, and the Alfred arrived fafe in Nan
¢afket Rodd the 16th current, having on
Board cne Hundred and Forty Prisoners; a
triong whom are; the Atcorney General of
Canada, with Lady and Family, and several
Officess and Soldiers—she had only two
Day’s Provision left, and left Rhode Island
with no more than one Hundred 2nd Forty
©fFicers and Men. ——The Quebeck Tran
sport s called the MeLLian—{he was Jately
£ Fomb in the Englifth Service, 8¢ was then
fiatned the THUNDER. : |
By a Gentlemman arrived frofiv Philadek
.ghid; we are affured,that alt Parties are drop
ped there 5 that the only Contention now is,
#7tio shall be most forward & do the best for
¢he Detence of his Country ¢ All without
PifiinGion are sensible of the Mileries that
#int atiend a mean Submission to cur cruel
savaders - Great Exertions have been made
ari wre (ill making in Pennsylvania and the
{é\ﬁ‘-‘i«f’d?& Provinces tor the Reinforcement of
General Wathingion. This has already
been done in such a Degree asto enable him
¢aacvance from Trenton towards Brunswick
wheoce Geaeral Howe was with his Army,
whote Dispositions, it is fatd, {feemed to in
cdeate a Retreat to Amboy. Notwithftand
%4 the Fxpiration of the Time of Service
“sc ine flying Campin the Jerfies, and the
o skuet ot our Army forie Weelss palt,he
ser advanced farcher than Brunswick,
+ore he.has had the Advantage of Water
- s Boats, &e. & Spirit of Defence, at
"R TSMOUTH : Printed bty BE NAMTN D) EARBOR N, near the Parade, where this Papef
~ hai « Eighe Shitlings L. M. per year, ong half at entrancé. The Printing-Business, in " it's different brauches
A with eare and fidelity, i ‘ ‘
this critical Scafon, instead of abating, every 1
whete tifes in this Quarter. Mapy of our |
Brethren are marching with great Alacrity,
and a Roman Spirit, towards Providence, &
the more Southern Parts, where there Ser
vice is needed. Such Exertions as are now
making by the American Militia, and by all
Orders for the Re eftablithment ot the Con
tinental Army, as may soon by the Blcffing
of Heaven, restore Safety and Tranquility
to these States. |
On the 3d. Instant; December, General
Wathington had retreated toTrentown trom
Hockenfack, his Army being reduced very
considerable on Account of the Expiration
of the Flying Camp, but was quickly rein
forced by-the New- Jersey and Pennsylvania
Millitia, (with a considerable Train of Ar-.
tillery from Philadelphia,) as to enable Gen.
Wathington to advance towards Brunswick,
Gen. Lee with his Army was at Morris-
Town the Ift. Instant. Gen. Gates from
Ticonderoga was within a few Days March
of General Wathington’s Army,
The Resolve of Congress, declaring these
States Free and Independent, * is published
in London the -t7th of Augult.
Insurance from England to Cadiz, and
other Ports of Spain, was, not long since,
12 Guineas per Cent.
It is said chat the Spanidrds are raising an
Army of 40,000 Men, but for what Pur-_
pose, we cannot learn,
It is said that an Eoglith Fleet are at
Spithead, waiting the Motons of the French.
It is said, that an American Privateer,
which was cruizing off the Coatt of England,
has lately had a smart Engagement with a
large outward- bound Guineaman, in which
the latter blew up, and all on board perished.
‘The noted David Matthews, Elg; late
Mayor of the City of New York, who was
(ome Months since taken from thence, on
being charged with high Crimes against the
American States, but on giving his Parole
was admitted to certain limits, has most
basely & petfidioufly delerted, A Reward
of Fifty Dollars is offcred for apprehending
him,
Tuesday last atrived sass in this Port, a
Prize Snow, taken by Capt. Wheelwright,
in a Privatecr Brig belonging to this Town
{hie was from Philadelphia bound for some
Part of the Welft Indies, laden with Fish
and Oil.
Same Day atrived here from Salem, on
theit Way to join the Centinental Army,
the Company of Volunteers, who turned
out vpon receiving Information from the
Gen. Court, that every fourth able-bodied
Male Inhabitant was €ither to be inlifted or
drafted. They are as grand a Set of Men
as any without Exception, that have appear
ed under Arms, in this Town, f{ince its Re
storation. They are commanded by Ben.
Ward, Efg. |
Williamm Pearne,
Has to fell at his Store in Portsmouth,
A Few hogtheads of Weft-India Rum,
. Sugar and Molasses ; some New-Eng-
Tand Rum, Cotton, Coffee, All-spice, Rice,
Ship -Bread, —Also, a few European Goods,
viz. Looking-Glasses of various sizes, Japan
Ware of different kinds, Men’s worsted and
mill’d Caps, and Dutch Caps, Felt Hats,
Men’s Cotton and Thread Stockings ; some
Childrens Worsted diito.— Clasp Knives and
Curttoes, Silk Knee Garters and Twist, Chest
and Box Locks, Writing Paper, and sundry
other Articles. ——He has also to fell at
wholesale or retail some good old Madeira
Wine, ' 1-—3
20 BE SOLEB AT
PUBLICK AUCTION,
Oa THURSDAY the 26th DECEM:
BER inst. at TEN o’clock A, M. at
Mefl. DANIEL & SAMUEL SHER.
BURNE’s wharfein PorTsMou TH,
the following Articles, viz.
About 20 hhds excellent SUGAR.
15 hhds high proof Jamaica RUM.
Thiee ANCHORS: -~
Two CABLES. ‘
Sundry SHIP SAILS.
Eight Mahogany CHAIRS,
Together with a number of other small
articles, which may be seen any time before
the sale by applying to
| Geo. WeEnTwWORTH, Audtioneer,
Poitfmouth Dec. 17, 1776.
B
7FYHE Pubiic are hereby cautioned againtt
F purchasing an Almanack for the yeat
1777, under the signature of Ifazc Bicker—
ftaft, Printed by E. Russel of Salem, tor they
may rest aflured that the subscriber has gran
ted no copy to the atoreiaid Printer.
T I~AAC BICKERSTAFF.
N. B. The above impostor in his preface,
has the impudence to cavil at my 2@ year's
Almanack, which 1 now submit to the judg
ment of the impartial public—The Almz
nack, publifbed in my name for the preiont
year, does not contain so much maiter for
entertainment s the other Almanacks which
are now extant, altho’ it is cne third dearer.
Diniel Fowls, .
¢ . . .
Original Printer of the New-Hampshire:
Gaz:tte and Historical-Chronicle, having re
moved bis: Printing-Office out of the Town
of Portimouth, about a Year ago,and publifts=
ed that Paper till the beginning ot February
last, now proposes carrying on the Piinting
Business, at his Office in Portimouth, in the
pav'd Streer, leading to Spring- Hiil. %
State of New-Ham; shire, _
\ LIBEL being fi ed before m¢,againfl the (choa-
A ner called the Hope, her cargo ang appurte
nances; of the burthen of about fifty tone, lately com
manded by Rober: Caldwell ; which S:hooner, carge
and appurtenances, are alledged, to oelong to some
inbhatitant or inhabitants of Great-Britain, or {eme
fubje&t or fubjels thereof, o:her than the inhabjantg
of the Bermudas and Baliama Islands, and taken and
brosght into the county of Rockingham,
Nosice is hereby given, agreeable to the law #f
said Rate, that the maritime court; ereéed to try and
condemn all veflzls found infefing the fza coilt of
America, &c. taken and brought ino any pornt or
place within this slate, wi ! be hield at theCoart-houfe
in Port/mouth, on Thur{day the gth day of Jaraary
nexe, attea o’clock forenoon, to try the i .slice of fzid
capture, that a'l pe fans concerned, may sppear and
shew caule, if any they have, why {aid veiTsl her cyp
go ard appurtenances fHovld not be Condemnped.
JISHUA BRALKETT, Judge of said court,
Portsmouth 16th December, 1776: . O=-2
POR CSALE
NOW on the flocks at York, 2 new ship
, of the followinhg dimensions, viz. 86
iect keel, and 29 feet beam, well seasoned;
in the opinion of those who are judges, as
well calculated for a prime sailer, as any ship
built for that purpose : the materials and
workmanthip will recommend themselves 3
the main deck is laid, and can be finithed
on short notice——Any Gentlemen inclin=
ing to purchase, may be made acquainted
with particulars by applying to
JOHN STONE.
York December 19. I—3
N. B. The owner is on a journey, and will
not return 'till the last of this month,
, LL Persons indebted to, or that have
A any demands on the estate of Wiiliany
Horne, late of Dover, yeoman, deceas’d, aré
defir'd to bring their accounts in to Margaref
Horne, sole executrix to said estate, for im<
mediate settlement. R