The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1782-05-04 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[Vol. XXVI.]
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1782.
[No. 1331.]
[The following letter was taken from Rivington's Royal Gazette, of the 3d of April, instant.]
Mr. Rivington,
THE following letter from Mr. Washington to the Count de Grasse, appeared in the Paris papers of the 30th of November last; as I have seen no such publication in any of the prints on this side of the water, I send you a translation of it for insertion in your Gazette. I am, &c. A READER.
Williamsburgh, September 26, 1781.
I AM unable to describe to your Excellency the painful anxiety under which I have laboured, since the reception of the letter you did me the honor to write me, the 23d inst. The motions of the naval force under your command, which your Excellency says may possibly happen, since the information communicated to you by the Baron de Clozen, oblige me to point out the consequences that may follow, and warmly to urge a perseverance in the plan agreed upon between us. Permit me, in the first place, to repeat to your Excellency, that the attempt upon York under the protection of your shipping, is as certain of success, as a superiority of force, and a superiority of measures can render any military operation; that the duration of the siege may be exactly ascertained; and, that the capture of the British army is a matter so important in itself, and in its consequences, that it must greatly tend to bring an end to the war, & put our allied arms in certain possession of the most inestimable advantages.
If your Excellency quits the Bay, an access is open to relieve York, of which the enemy will instantly avail themselves. The consequences of this will be not only the disgrace of abandoning a design on which are founded the fairest hopes of the allied forces, after a prodigious expense, fatigue, and exertion, but the probable disbanding of the whole army; for the present seat of the war being such, as absolutely precludes the use of waggons, from the great number of large rivers which intersect the country; there will be a total want of provisions, unless this inconvenience is remedied by water carriage. This province has been so exhausted by the ravages of the enemy, and by the support already given to our forces, that subsistence must be drawn from a distance, and that can be done only by a fleet superior in the Bay.
I earnestly beg your Excellency would consider, that if, by moving your fleet from the situation agreed on, we lose the present opportunity, we shall never hereafter have it in our power to strike so decisive a stroke. The British will labour without intermission to fortify a place so useful to their shipping; and that then the period of an honorable peace will be farther distant than ever.
The confidence I have in your Excellency's manly spirit and naval talents, leaves me no doubt that the consideration of the consequences that must follow your departure from the Bay, will determine you to use all possible means for the good of the common cause. From the assurances of the most expert sailors, I am persuaded that your Excellency may take such a position in the Bay, as to leave nothing to be apprehended from any attempt of the English fleet; that this position will, at the same time, facilitate the operations of the siege, secure the transportation of our provisions by water, and acce-
lerate our approaches by landing our heavy artillery and warlike necessaries in York river, almost close to our trenches.
The force said to have arrived under Admiral Digby, as the news comes from the British themselves, may not only be exaggerated, but, perhaps, absolutely false; but, supposing it to be true, their whole force united cannot be such as to give them any hopes of success in attacking your fleet. If the position for your ships to lie at anchor, which we agreed upon, has since appeared impracticable, there is still another measure may be adopted, which, though much inferior as to the security and facility it will give to our land operations, may still be of advantage to our affairs: the measure I mean, is to cruise off the Bay, so as to keep the Capes always in sight, and to prevent any English vessels getting in. Whatever plan you may adopt, I am to press your Excellency to persevere in the scheme so happily concerted between us; but if you should find insurmountable obstacles in the way, let me ultimately beg of you not to relinquish the last mentioned alternative of preventing all vessels from the enemy entering the Bay of Chesapeake. The British Admiral may manoeuvre his fleet, and endeavour to draw you from the main object we have in view, but I can never believe he will seriously wish to bring on a general action with a fleet whole force, I will answer for it, is superior to the most exaggerated accounts we have of theirs. Past experience has taught them not to hazard themselves with equal numbers, and has drawn from them, unwillingly, the most respectful opinions of their enemy. Permit me to add, that the absence of your fleet from the Bay may frustrate our design upon the garrison at York; for in the present situation of matters, Lord Cornwallis might evacuate the place with the loss of his artillery, baggage, and a few men; sacrifices, which would be highly justifiable from the desire of saving the body of the army.
The Marquis de la Fayette, who does me the honor to carry this letter to your Excellency, will explain to you better than any other person, or than I can do by letter, many particulars of our present position. Your Excellency is acquainted with his candour and talents, which entitle him to your confidence. I have ordered him not to pass the Cape, for fear of accident, in case you should be at sea; if this be so, he will inclose this dispatch in a letter from himself.
I have the honor to be, &c.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Extract from GENERAL ORDERS.
“Head-Quarters, Newburgh, April 4, 1782.
“The Commander in Chief having returned and resumed the command of the main army, presents his thanks to Major-Gen. Heath and his troops which have been employed under his orders, for having preserved the important posts committed to their charge and covered the country so successfully against the depredations of the enemy, during the absence of the General.
“All the present arrangements of command, and interior regulations of the army will continue in force, unless where alterations are made by some particular order for the purpose.
“The General proposed to review the whole army by brigades, as soon as conveniently may be. On the days appointed for the review, all the men are to be present with their corps, except such as are prevented by detachments, sickness or other sufficient cause. Accurate regimental rolls are to be exhibited on the occasion, and all absentees satisfactorily accounted for.”
From a late London Paper.
The following extraordinary relation has just fallen into our hands. The Rev. Mr. Hagamore of Catthorpe Leicestershire, died the first of January, 1746 possessed of the following effects, viz. 700l. per annum, and 1000l. in money, which (he dying intestate) fell to a ticket Porter in London: He kept one servant of each sex, whom he locked up every night. His last employment of an evening was to go round his premises, let loose his dogs and fire his gun. He lost his life as follows,—going one morning to let out his servants, the dogs fawned upon him suddenly, and threw him into a pond, where he was found breath high; the servants heard him call for assistance, but being locked up could not lend him any. He had 30 gowns and cassocks, 58 dogs, 100 pair of boots, 400 pair shoes, 80 wigs, yet always wore his own hair, 80 waggons and carts, 80 ploughs, and used none, 50 saddles and furniture for the manege, 30 wheelbarrows, so many walking sticks, that a toyman in Leicestershire bids his executors 8l. for them, 60 horses and mares, 200 pick axes, 200 spades and shovels, 55 ladders, and 240 razors.
L O N D O N.
Dec. 21. The wickedness and immorality of our sea and land officers, soldiers, and seamen is so great and alarming, that it is unreasonable to expect victory, or even partial success, by the hands of such depraved instruments. To remedy this evil in some degree, a society has been lately instituted for supplying those classes of people with Bibles. This society, which is not much more than a year's standing, has already furnished upwards of 8000 of these good books for this beneficent purpose. [It is probable these gentry will not find any texts in their Bibles authorising them to burn Presbyterian meeting-houses in North America.]
A beautiful marble urn has lately been erected at Burton Pyntent to the memory of the late illustrious EARL of CHATHAM, executed by Mr. Bacon of Newman street, who is now preparing the statue of his Lordship, for Westminster abbey, at the expence of Lady Chatham, by whom the following inscription, engraved on the urn, has been written.
Sacred to the Affection,
This simple Urn
Stands a witness of unceasing Grief for him,
Who,
Excelling in whatever is most amiable, And adding to the Exercise of the sublimest Virtue; The sweet Charms of refined Sentiments, and polished Wit.
By social Commerce
Rendered beyond Comparison happy
The course of domestick Life,
And bestowed a Felicity, inexpressible's,
on her,
Whose faithful Love was blessed in a pure Return that raised her above every other joy
But the paternal one,
and that still shared with him.
His generous Country with publick Monuments has eternized his Fame.
This humble Tribute
is to sooth the sorrowing Breast of private Woe;
To the dear Memory
OF WILLIAM PITT,
EARL of CHATHAM, this Marble
is inscribed by Hester
His beloved Wife,
1781.
B LANKS of different sorts, may be had at the Printing-Offices in Portsmouth and Exeter.

By the ship Commerce , Capt. West , arrived at Cape-Ann , in 39 days from Cadiz , (as mentioned in our last) we have received a Spanish Gazette , from which we have extracted the following intelligence, viz.
L O N D O N,
January 20. When last war the Duke of Richlieu entered with his army Fort St. Philip (in Port Mahon ) at the sight of the vast quantity of provision and warlike stores then therein, of the great number of casemates, which could shelter from bombs the whole garrison, at sight of a fortress built and cut in the rock, against which the cannon was fruitless, and of a number of large and spacious mines capable of blowing up whole regiments, both the officers and soldiers stood astonished to see what dangers they had undergone, and their little loss and fatigue, made them doubtful whether they were really conquerors.
Since the restoration of the island of Minorca to England, the fortifications of that already so respectable a fortress, have been very much increased. General Murray is more active and brave than General Blake was when the French took it; and what is still more, the garrison have sworn to bury themselves under the ruins rather than surrender. It is easy to guess that the conquest of it will cost a great deal of fatigue and bloodshed to the besiegers, and that they will prudently raise the siege before an English squadron can come to the relief of the island, and take prisoners the Duke de Crillon and carry him to Portsmouth or Plymouth , with the other generals.
M A D R I D, February 19.
Col. Don Pablo Sangro , one of his Excellency the Duke de Crillon's aid-de-camps, has brought hither the important and agreeable news of the surrender of Fort St. Philip the 4th of this month, and that all the garrison were prisoners of war.
The 4th instant Gen. Murray hoisted a white flag and sent articles of capitulation, which were rejected by the Duke de Crillon , who sent some new ones, which were received, and follow: —
ARTICLE I. Proposed by the English General.
As the Duke de Crillon , by positive orders of his Sovereign, cannot receive any terms of capitulation but under condition that the garrison shall surrender prisoners of war, Mr. Murray agrees to surrender; but he expects that his Excellency will allow that the garrison shall go out with all the honors of war, which will contribute to his Excellency's glory, as it is manifest that no troops have ever given greater proofs of heroism and courage.
Answer. The garrison shall be prisoners of war: but in regard to the constancy, valour and great defence of Gen. Murray , and the garrison, the said garrison shall go out, holding the firelock on the shoulder, drums beating, match lighted, and flags flying, until it be filed off in the centre of the army, where they shall lay down their arms and flags; — and wishing to give a proof of my high consideration to the General, a covered boat is granted to him.
ART. II. Gen. Murray demands that the garrison return to England prisoners of war on board of ships furnished by the King of Spain, and paid by the King of England; that provisions be given to the troops while on the island, and that the transport ships be provisioned from the stores of the place and with the same quantity they used to be allowed; and besides, they shall be permitted to take in their beds. Granted.
ART. III. The Corsicans and the Greeks, &c. shall be carried to Leghorn ; they shall be furnished with provisions from the place, and the freight shall be paid by England. Granted.
ART. IV. Gen. Murray relies that the officers are subject to the same conditions as the soldiers, and that it shall not be allowed to any of them to go home by land, those excepted whose health requires it: that his own being unable to bear a tedious passage by sea, he hopes he shall be permitted, as well as his family, to go to Marseilles , and
from thence to England; to which purpose a pass from the King of France will be granted by the Duke de Crillon . Granted.
ART. V. The Duke de Crillon may depend upon it, that the garrison of Fort St. Phillip shall not serve during the war, 'till exchanged as customary, or 'till a cartel takes place between the belligerent powers.
Answer. The confidence I have in the honor of the garrison of Fort St. Phillip , leaves me no room to doubt of the execution of their promise not to serve against Spain and its allies, 'till exchanged man for man, or by the way of a cartel, if any takes place between their Catholic and Britannic Majesties: the officers will be prisoners on parole of honor given and signed under their own hands; as to the soldiers a list will be made of them, and the officers shall explain to them the obligation they have contracted not to serve during the war 'till exchanged; & warn them that if they are so bold as to forfeit the said obligation they will be punished by death.
ART. VI. Gen. Murray does not question the well known humanity of the Duke de Crillon , who will permit that greens, vegetables, and other provisions of the same kind, be purchased in the markets of the island, to forward the recovery of the sick. Granted.
ART. VII. Gen. Murray expects further from the Duke de Crillon's generosity, that the officers, soldiers and artificers belonging to the garrison, shall not be searched, nor ill treated by the Spanish soldiers; to prevent which they will immediately be put in possession of the Marlbo' or the Queen's redoubt, and of the Moon of the Kane . Granted.
ART. VIII. The English garrison shall keep possession of the other out works 'till the day of their embarkation, and they shall not be insulted by the Spanish soldiers.
Answer. The whole garrison shall to morrow in the morning evacuate the place, and be conducted to Aleyor , where they will remain 'till their embarkation, and all attention due to their valour will be paid to them.
ART. IX. Hostages shall be given on both sides for the faithful execution of the above articles.
In Fort St. Phillip , February 4, 1782, eight o'clock in the evening.
Answer. According to the second and third articles, which mention the transports that are to be furnished by Spain, his Excellency Gen. Murray shall name some officers to remain as hostages 'till the return of said transports.
Mahon , Feb. 4, to o'clock in the evening. No return of the prisoners or ordnance is yet come to hand; as soon as received, it will be published.
So soon as the King received the news of so glorious an event, he ordered immediately a public Thanksgiving to the Lord of Hosts; and a Te Deum was sung in the King's Chapel, and a general illumination was exhibited during three nights.
H A G U E, January 16.
We learn, that on the report made in the Assembly of the States General by M. Vanden Sandheuvel , on occasion of the strong instances made by Mr. Adams , Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, for a categorical answer to his memorial, the Deputies of all the Provinces had taken this requisition de referendum , in order to demand the necessary instructions of their constituents.
In general, it is agreed, that the step taken by the American Minister, could not have been better timed. For in fact, the capture of St. Eustatius raises obstacles to the project of a particular peace with England, which are very favorable to the forming of political connections with a state, with which we bear such strong resemblance, and can contract the strongest ties of interest.
L O N D O N,
January 24. Sir John Irwin is confidently talked of to succeed Sir Henry Clinton . Sir John is lately arrived at his house in Picadilly , from Ireland, being sent for previous to the above appointment.
January 26. The following requisition was delivered on the 9th inst. by Mr. Adams , the Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, at the Hague, to the President of the Assembly of their High Mightinesses:
"Sir, on the 4th of May I had the honor of a conference with the President of the Assembly of their High Mightinesses, in which I informed him that I had received a Commission from the United States of America, with full powers and instructions to propose and conclude a friendly and commercial treaty between the United States of America and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. In the same conference I had the honor of demanding an audience of their High Mightinesses, for the purpose of my presenting my credential letters, and my full powers. The President assured me, "that he would impart all that I had said to their High Mightinesses, that the affair might be transmitted to the different members of the Sovereignty of his country, to undergo their deliberations and decisions." I have not yet been honored with an answer; and on that account, I have now the honor of addressing myself to you, Sir, to demand of you, as I now do demand, a categorical answer, which I may transmit to Congress. J. ADAMS.
January 29. Whatever ideas our own ministers may entertain of the colonies, the French officers taken by Ad. Kempentel , and now in town, remarked they had already got Lord Cornwallis , and should certainly have Sir Henry Clinton in the spring; they lament the loss of liberty only as the loss of honour they expected to acquire at the investing of New York , by the united troops of France and America.
Neither Lord Cornwallis or Mr. Arnold have been yet at Court; but they both attended a private cabinet, which was held on Thursday last at Buckingham house .
Edinburgh , Jan. 7. A considerable number of citizens of note having assembled last evening, and having taken into consideration the alarming condition to which this country is reduced, the immense loss of blood and treasure, which Great Britain has met with, and the distresses thereby occasioned, as well to our American brethren, as to ourselves: Penetrated with these sentiments, affected by the decay into which the manufactures and commerce of this country have fallen, from a train of unhappy differences, which having long subsisted between Great Britain and North America, consider it as their duty to represent to their fellow-citizens, that their humble opinion and ardent wish is, that this war be immediately terminated; that this war, whether at first right or wrong, cannot be continued without wholly destroying the bands between them, of consanguinity, language, religion and commerce.
A commercial intercourse between Great Britain and North America, being therefore the great object which should interest the designs of this country, this meeting is unanimously of opinion, that every necessary and possible measure be taken to establish a federal union with North America. Being all of opinion, we have resolved to publish in the Scotch and English news papers, that whoever is possessed of the same idea of national distress and public danger, may join with us before it be too late, in making every legal and possible attempt, to put an end to these horrid calamities; to this ruinous and destructive system of policy, which has been for a long time unhappily pursued, and the continuation whereof must lead to certain destruction.
We are likewise of opinion, that declarations like this, made by the various communities and societies in Scotland, will in many respects, be productive of the most salutary consequences. (Signed) JAMES DEWER, Chairman.
William Stanwood wants a Boy of about 14 Years of Age, to serve as an Apprentice to the Perruke Making and Hair-Dressing Business . Portsmouth , May 3, 1782.

RICHMOND, April 6.
By accounts from the Southward, of the 20th ult: we are informed, that our army is still in possession of every part of the country except Charlestown; that nothing very capital had happened since the battle of Bunker Hill, though the enemy had lately made a stroke at General Mavran, and killed & wounded 20 men of his command.
Advice from the Westward, mentions, that the Indians had lately made an attack upon the settlements of Monongalia, and had killed and taken a number of the inhabitants. Government, however, we are informed, have ordered out a sufficient force to oppose them, which will be able to put a stop to their further attempts.
We hear that Gen. Greene has detached a body of Carolinians and Georgians, reinforced by a party of militia from Washington in this State, with a view to destroy the settlements of the unfriendly Indians upon the head waters of the Mobile.
We are informed that one of the enemy's privateers that has for some time infested the Chesapeake Bay, was lately taken by a French frigate, who, having her guns stowed, was taken by the privateer to be a merchantman, when she did not find her mistake till too late. After exchanging her crew, it is said she was immediately sent off again on another cruise.
BALTIMORE, April 9.
A letter from a settlement near the Allegany mountains mentions, that advice had been received of 50 savages having been lately put to the sword at the Moravian town, about 90 miles from Fort Pitt, by a body of the militia, headed by Col. Williamson.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18.
The Honorable House of Assembly of this Commonwealth, have voted their thanks to Captain Barney, and the officers and men of the State ship Hyder Ally , as a mark of the high sense which that legislative body entertains of their brave and intrepid conduct, in the late action with the British sloop of war General Monk ; and have also ordered, that an elegant sword be presented to Captain Barney.
The drawing of the last class of the United States Lottery was completed on Tuesday last. The prize lists are now preparing, and will be soon published.
Last Monday morning the Brigantine Friendship , Capt. Hall, arrived here, after a passage of 14 days from Port-au-Prince. This vessel brings us advice of the arrival of 17 Spanish ships of the line, with 12 000 troops, at Cape Francois from Cadez. These forces are no doubt destined to act in conjunction with those of His Most Christian Majesty in the attack on Jamaica, which, in all probability, must be subdued by so powerful an armament.
CHATHAM, April 17.
Last Friday a Capt. Hurdy, who was taken by the refugees in the block house at Tom's river as lately mentioned in this paper, was brought on shore near Squan, by a party of the murderers, and hung. His will was found in his pocket, and a paper purporting the occasion of their executing him, which was in retaliation for a refugee who, being under guard, attempting to make his escape, our people had shot.
Arous'd, my countrymen! And suffer not this black act to pass with impunity; but let full atonement for his hapless life be made on those hell-hounds we have in our possession.
FISHKILL, April 29.
Since our last, a fleet of forty odd sail of vessels, with some troops on board, mostly invalids and officers, arrived at New-York from Charlestown.
BOSTON, May 2.
Extract of an authentic letter from St. Pierre (Martinique) dated February 28, 1782.
The Marquis de Bouille is appointed commander over all the French islands in the West Indies. Ten ships, with a numerous convoy of transports, and about 8 or 10,000 troops, are hourly expected here from France. With these and the fleet already in these seas, the Marquis de Bouille is to join the Spanish forces arrived at St. Domingo, and to co-operate with them in the intended attack of Jamaica.
SALEM, May 2.
The following, from Marblehead, is related as fact.—On Friday last a small vessel entered that harbour, and stood to the upper end of it; and though she was not known, yet, appearing as a coaster, she remained unnoticed. Late in the ensuing night, a person, who had occasion to be out, saw 16 men, in a body, walking the streets; and one of them, he observed, had a hanger; and tho' no weapons were seen about the others, yet, as each of them had on a great coat, it is probable that they carried arms concealed. They all wore fur caps.—These circumstances being related in the morning, occasioned a look-out for the strange vessel, which arrived the preceding day; but she was not to be found. A shallop, owned in the town, was also missing, and it is supposed was carried off by her.
It is much feared, by many, that this and other seaport towns will not attend to the danger they are exposed to, till they are aroused by some capital losses.
PORTSMOUTH, May 4.
Thursday last, GEORGE GAINS, Esq; of this Town, was Married to Miss SARAH PICKERING, of Newington, a Daughter of Mr. THOMAS PICKERING.
A F A R M, TO BE SOLD, On Wednesday the twenty-se-
cond day of May next, at the dwelling-house of Lt. Benjamin Hall, in Keene, the Farm in Keene which belonged to Dr. Josiah Pomeroy, late of said Keene, Absentee, consisting of four house lots, with a dwelling-house, two barns and an orchard thereon, pleasantly situated within about half a mile of the meeting-house in said town, and several tracts of meadow land, pasture, and wood-land, containing in the whole about three hundred acres: also two valuable lots of land in the township of Marlborough (partly under improvement) and about sixty acres of land in said Keene, which belonged to Elijah Williams, Esq; late of said Keene, absentee; will be sold at public vendue for hard money or public securities of the state of New Hampshire; one half of the payment to be made on the said twenty second day of May; the other half, by the twenty second day of November next.—The sale to begin at ten of the clock in the forenoon, by
Daniel Newcomb, Trustee.
Keene, April 22d, 1782
State of New Hampshire.
Notice is hereby given, that the Sale of Non-residents Lands in WAKEFIELD, for the payment of Taxes, which was to have been sold the 24th of April last, at public Vendue, at the House of Capt. David Copp, Innholder in said Town, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, was adjourned to Monday the 10th Day of June next at the aforementioned Time and place; when said Lands will be sold, unless said Taxes for 1781, with incidental Charges, are paid to me the subscriber, SAMUEL HALL, Collector. Wakefield, May 2, 1782.
THE VENDUE of non-resident's land in the Gore, stands adjourned to the 13th day of May instant, at two o'clock afternoon, at the house of Joseph Roberts, Esq; in said Gore, May first, 1782. EPHRAIM ROBERTS, Collector.
NOTICE is hereby given, to the delinquent proprietors of non-resident lands in the township of Peterborough, in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, for their State & Continental and other taxes, as assessed by the selectmen of said town, for the year 1780, that unless they pay the several sums annexed to each lot with incidental charges to me the subscriber collector of said taxes, on or before the 3d day of June next, so much of said delinquents land will be sold at public vendue on said 3d day of June, (sale to begin at the house of Isaac Mitchel in said town, at 10 o'clock before noon on said day) as will pay the taxes and charges thereon. John Gregg, Collector. Peterborough February 25, 1782.
   Names. No. War tax. Cont't tax. County tax.   £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.     Jere. Gridley, 79 18 19 6 9 4 0 3 0   103 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 8   78 18 19 3 9 4 0 3 0   82 13 18 2 7 0 4 2 0   69 6 6 5 3 1 4 1 0   51 5 9 6 2 13 4 0 10   113 6 6 6 3 1 4 1 0   114 6 6 6 3 1 4 1 0   115 6 6 6 3 1 4 1 0   drawn to the right of John Hill 20 2 2 2 1 0 5 0 4   15 9 10 10 4 12 0 1 6   John M c Fadden 18 9 10 8 4 12 0 1 6   Mat. Livermore 27 12 12 11 6 2 8 2 0   28 12 12 11 6 2 8 2 0   Nat. Meserve 5 8 16 8 4 4 0 1 4   6 8 16 8 4 4 0 1 4   Not known to 29 12 12 11 6 2 8 2 0   whom drawn. 24 9 10 4 4 12 0 1 6   106 12 12 11 6 12 8 2 0   56 9 10 8 4 12 0 1 6  
WHEREAS I the subscriber gave to Doctor GEORGE WOOD, of Stratham, my note of hand, dated May 28th 1781, for the sum of one hundred and fifty Spanish milled dollars:—I hereby caution all persons against purchasing said Note, as 'twas given without any valuable consideration; for I hereby declare, that I am determined not to pay said sum. SAMUEL LEAVITT. Stratham, May 3, 1781.
TO BE SOLD. At PUBLIC VENDUE, At Capt. ROBERT PARKER's wharf, On Tuesday the 7th inst. The SCHOONER P E G G Y, Burthen about 15 Tons.
LOST, in the Town of Portsmouth, or on the road between there and Thomas Packer's, in Greenland, a red leather pocket book, with a brass clasp, and in which was a Certificate signed by Nicholas Gilman Esq; treasurer, for eighteen pounds eleven shillings and eight pence in specie; a note from Ebenezer Smith to Thomas Packer, and a number of Continental bills of the New Emission: Whoever has found, or may find said book is desired to leave the same with Mr. John Poor, innholder in Greenland, or with the subscriber and he shall have two hard dollars reward, and the favor will be gratefully acknowledged, by GEORGE PACKER. Greenland April 30th, 1782.
To Joseph Gilman, Esq; Clerk of the Proprietors of the Township of Sandwich, in the County of Strafford, in the State of New Hampshire. Greeting
W E the Subscribers owners of more than ten whole shares or rights in said township, desire you to call a meeting of said proprietors in manner as the law directs, to be held at the house of Samuel Folsom, Esq; in Exeter, on Monday the 13th day of May next, at three o'clock, P. M. for the following purposes, viz:
 1. To see if the proprietors will recognize and receive a plan of said township, with the divisions of the same into lots, thereon made and done by Daniel Beede, Esq; agreeable to said Beede's report thereof, recorded in the proprietors book of records, as a just and true plan and allotment by which to ascertain the boundaries of said township, and of the several lots therein, that have or may be drawn by said proprietors.  2. To see if the proprietors will confirm and establish the draught and division of said lots made by and among the said proprietors, at a proprietor's meeting held the 4th day of February 1781 as recorded in the 35th page and following pages of the proprietors book of records; and all former acts and votes of the proprietors as any former meetings.  3. To see if the proprietors will appoint one or more agent or agents to appear for said proprietors in any action or actions, commenced or to be commenced by or against them; and the same to prosecute to final judgment and execution.  4. To see what sum of money the proprietors will raise by tax to discharge their debts, and to defray the charges of any actions commenced or that may be commenced by or against them.  5. To see if the proprietors will sell any of the common and undivided land for the purposes mentioned in the preceding article.  6. To choose assessors and a collector.  7. To see if the proprietors will grant to Col. Samuel Folsom the one half of Lots No. 10 & 11 in the 6th long range, to be taken off the south end of said lots, in exchange for one hundred acres of land granted him for settling a right, which hundred acres includes a part of said lots lengthwise. 
Nathaniel Folsom; Nicholas Gilman, Samuel Folsom. Exeter, April 2, 1782. THE Proprietors of Sandwich are notified to meet at the time and place and for the purposes mentioned in the above request. JOSEPH GILMAN, Proprietors Clerk Exeter, April 3, 1782.
ALTHOUGH many Persons esteem the Notes and other Securities of the Public, to be of no intrinsic Value, yet the subscriber will dispose of a number of valuable lots of different quantities of land in well settled towns within this state, for such Notes or any other securities, agreeable to the scale of depreciation, to any industrious persons who will settle the same; and if they are not possessed of any notes, a credit will be given equal to their greatest expectations, By JOHN WENDELL , of Portsmouth.
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The PLAINTIFF and DEFENDANT.
T WO parties had a difference, and the cause Did come to be decided by the laws: The bribing plaintiff did the judge present With a new coach: other with the same intent Gave him two horses; each with the like design To make the Judge to his own side incline. The cause being try'd, the plaintiff's o'erthro'wn: O coach! said he thou art the wrong way gone! The judge reply'd, It cannot but be so, For where the horses draw, your coach must go.
A remarkable Account of an unfortunate MIRACLE, at Macon in the province of Burgundy.
A BOUT thirty years ago, two men being digging a grave in the town of Macon, perceived a skull, which they had thrown out, to move; on which they ran in a great hurry to acquaint the Curate, who, without delay, repaired to the Church-yard; where being arrived, and quite surprized with this prodigy, he cried out aloud, 'A Miracle!' And, in order to shew the utmost respect to so precious a relic, he ordered the Cross, Holy Water, his Surplice, and square Cap, to be brought; he caused the bells to ring, and called together the parishioners; he then gave directions for a dish to be brought, in which he put this skull, covered it with a napkin, and carried it in procession to the Church, during which time there were warm debates among the the people, each claiming kindred to the skull. As soon as they came to the Church, and had placed it upon the high altar, the Curate began to sing 'Te Deum,' in the midst of it a mole was observed to run out of the skull, which had been the cause of its motion; whereupon the Curate desisted, the people retired, and the skull was buried again.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the following lots of land in the town of Chesterfield, and State of New-Hampshire, have been assessed in the several taxes for the year 1780, as follows, viz.
   No. Lots. Range. Acres. State Tax. Cont. Tax. Paper Tax.     Benjamin Landaff 5 & 6 5 16 2 2   Moses Gould 1 10 8 1 1   John Kendall 2 & 3 16 2 2   John Armes 16 8 1 1   Samuel Field 9 8 1 1   Joanna Weatherbee 7 & 7 4 & 5 16 2 2   Oliver Willard 7, 11 & 12 2 & 3 24 3 3   Simon Stone 7 8 1 1   Simon Hunt 5 8 1 1   Wilder Willard 10 8 1 1   Zacheriah Field 9 8 1 1   Ebenezer Scott 1 8 1 1   Heirs of Sam. Hunt 15 & 15 8 & 9 16 2 2   Moses Fay 3 8 1 1   Peter Stone 2 8 1 1   Common and undivided land. 4 1 10  
   Lots No. 5, in 4th range Acres. State Tax. Cont. Tax. Paper Tax.     5 4 1 10   12 4 1 10   7 4 1 10   12 4 1 10   6 4 1 10   13 4 1 10   14 4 1 10   13 4 1 10  
1 house lott No. 1 in 11th range 4 1 10 And as none of the above taxes have been paid, public notice is hereby given to said delinquents, that unless they pay the same and other incidental charges to me the subscriber, on or before the 5th day of June next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Paul Eager, innholder in said Chesterfield, as will pay the same. The sale to begin at 10 o'clock, before-noon. James Robertson, Constable. Chesterfield, April 1.
State of New Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non resident proprietors of unimproved land in the town of NEW HAMPTON, in the county of Strafford, that they are taxed the following sums in the rate lists delivered to me to collect:
   Names of Original Proprietors. No. Range Acres. For 1781. For 1780. Beef & Cows. Cont. & Paper Tax. State and Continental Tax.   State Tax. Cont. Tax. State Tax. Cont. Tax.     William Parker, Esq; 2 1 170 12 4 8   Thomas Wallingford, Esq; 13 1 175 12 5 9 17 17 6   Joseph Garland, 19 1 50 3 6 3 3 12 0   Simon Nudd, 20 1 50 3 6 3 3 12 0   Ebenezer Lane, 21 1 150 10 6 6 10 16 0   Joshua Moulton, 25 1 250 17 5 11 17 17 6   Joshua Towle, 15 2 250 17 5 11 17 17 6   Richard C. Shannon, 16 2 50 3 6 2   Benjamin Mason, 20 2 250 17 6 11 17 17 6   William Vittum, jun: 23 2 100 7 4 7 4 0   Benjamin Sanborn, 24 2 150 10 5 6 10 16 0   Jeremiah Mason, 6 3 150 10 5 7 10 16 0   Christopher Toppan, Esq; 2 4 200 14 0 9   Jonathan Moulton, Esq; 5 4 60 4 3 3 3 16 0   Philip Hacker, 6 4 100 7 0 5 7 4 0   Benjamin Batchelder, 1 5 200 14 0 9 13 12 0   Joseph Sanborn, 2 5 40 3 4 2 3 0 0   Ebenezer Blake, 17 1 250 17 6 11 17 17 6   Nathaniel Towle, 19 2 50 3 12 0   Jonathan Shaw, jun. 29 2 100 7 0 4 7 4 0   Thomas Brown, 4 4 150 10 16 0   James Philbrick, 9 3 150 10 16 0   Anthony Emery, Esq; 12 3 174 15 6 0   John Garland, 8 4 150 10 16 0   Benjamin Batchelder, 1 5 200 13 12 0   B 4 60 4 16 0 6 0 0   C 4 50 3 12 0 11 6 0   E 3 100 7 4 0 10 0 0   G 6 180 16 0 8 13 0 0 14 0 0   H 6 80 10 0 8 13 0 0 14 0 0  
If the above taxes and intervening charges are not paid to me the subscriber, on or before Wednesday the 22d day of May next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. John Pain, innholder in New Hampton, at Senter Harbour (so called) on said day, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay the taxes and charges aforesaid. ELIHA CUMMINS, Constable.
N. B. As it may be more convenient for some of the owners of the aforesaid land, to leave the money at Hampton, to the care of Col. Moulton, by the 18th day of May, who is desired to receive it—his receipt shall answer equal to mine. Hampton, March 28. 1782.
State of New-Hampshire.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE, at the house of Stephen Prescott, innholder in Deerfield, on Tuesday the 14th day of May next, at ten o'clock before noon, so much of the following lots of land in Deerfield, as will pay the first and second taxes of silver and new emission, for the year 1781, with incidental charges, unless paid before that time.
   Fellow's List. No. Range Acres First List. Second List. Silver. Paper.   Silver. Paper. Silver. Paper.     Richard and Stephen Brown, 1 4 600 16 0 1 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0   Samuel Durant, 15 4 4 6 0 0 0   Samuel Shackford, 12 5 11 11 1 8 5   Abigail Folsom, 2 6 3 6 2   Samuel Penhallow, 8 6 1 7 16 9   Samuel Jones, 20 6 7 6 19   William Sandborn, 20 7 4 6 10 6   John Woodman, 23 7 12 1 7 8   Jeremiah Calfe, 23 8 11 11 1 8 5   Thomas Odell, 24 8 11 11 1 8 5   Rawlins and Stevens, 7 6 17 9   Prescott's List.   John Calfe, jun. 27 1 150 1 4 1 7 0 0 13 6 0 8 6   Mary Wheeler, 29 1 223 1 8 1 12 4 12 1 7 8   Hannah Melcher, 1 2 1 2 4 6 2 6   William Pentle, 5 3 5 4 6 3 7 9 1 12 11   Nathaniel Ward, part 10 3 125 1 11 8 11 10 10   Eliphalet Webster, 25 1 40 1 4 1 4 3 12 6 4 1/2   Jeremiah Folsom, 8 6 9 3 11   Nathan Merrill, 35 1 6 16 7 2 6   William and Josiah Hook, 30 4 5 4 1 8 1 8   Josiah Batchelder, 10 9 6 10   Mary Wheeler, 29 1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6  
Adonijah Fellows. } Constables. Jacob Prescott. }
Deerfield, April 9. 1782.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given, that so much of the following lots of land in Washington, will be sold at public vendue on Tuesday the 14th day of May next, at one o'clock in the forenoon, at my house in said town, as will pay the taxes for 1781, with incidental charges, unless they are paid before that time.
   Names. No. Range. Div. Quan. Beef. War. Interest State.   Silver. Paper. Silver. Paper. Silver. Paper. New Emission. State.     Thomas Packer, 3 2 2 1 4 9 1 3 1 3 4 0 0 0   1 1 3 150   Thomas Wallingford 13 2 1   1 2 2 150 1 0 10 0 8 9 2 8 2 11 7   Benjamin Hart, 3 0 0 150   2 1 2   3 2 3 150 0 18 9 0 14 4 2 1 1 19 9   Solly & March, 4 0 0 150   5 2 1   5 2 3 150 1 5 4 1 3 8 3 5 3 3 7   Jotham Odiorne, 10 0 0 150   Hollands part 0 0 0 0 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 11  
Washington, April 10, 1782.
DAVID DANFORTH, Constable.