The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1809-01-31 00:00:00

Hon. Ezra Bartlett Esq.
NEW HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE
[No. 9.—Vol. LIV.]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1809.
[TWO DOLLS. PER ANNUM.]
PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY PIERCE & GARDNER, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
State of New Hampshire, Coos ss.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in STRATFORD, in said county, who have not paid their town, school-house, highway, school, and county taxes for the year 1808; that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling-house of PELATIAH NICHOLS, in said Stratford, on Monday the third day of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M. on said day, unless prevented by previous payment to me the collector.
N. B. The delinquents are as follows, with the several taxes annexed.
Table with columns: Original proprietors Names, Number of Acres, Town tax, School tax, Highway tax, County tax. Lists names like Capt. Moses Averill, George Boyd, Esq., Samuel Beard, etc.
Table with columns: Name, C.M., C.M., C.M., C.M., C.M. Lists names like George Lewis, Undivided, Reynold Marvin, Esq., Stephen Sherman, etc.
EPHRAIM H. MAHURIN, Collector. Stratford, November 19th, 1808.
Laws of the United States.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.]
An ACT to enforce and make more effectual an Act, entitled, "An Act laying an embargo on all Ships and Vessels, in the ports and harbors of the United States," and the several Acts supplementary thereto.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any person or persons, shall put, lade, or load on board any ship, vessel, boat, or water craft, or into any cart, waggon, sled, or other carriage or vehicle, with or without wheels, any specie, goods, wares or merchandise, with intent to export, transport, or convey the same without the United States, or the territories thereof, to any foreign place, kingdom or country, or with intent to convey the same on board any foreign ship or vessel within or without the limits of the United States, or with the intent in any other manner, to evade the acts to which this act is a supplement, all such specie, goods, wares and merchandise, and also the ship, vessel, boat, water craft, cart, waggon, sled or other carriage or vehicle, on board or in which the same may be so put, placed, or loaded, as aforesaid, shall be forfeited and the person or persons so putting, placing or loading the same as aforesaid, and also the masters and abettors therein, shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, and fined a sum, by the court before which the conviction is had, equal to four times the value of such specie, goods, wares and merchandise.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful to put on board any ship, vessel, or boat of any description whatever, any specie or goods, wares or merchandise, either of domestic or foreign growth, produce or manufacture, and the same is hereby prohibited unless a permit particularly stating the articles thus to be laden shall have been previously obtained from the collector of the district in which such ship, vessel or boat may then be, or from a revenue officer specially authorized by the collector to grant such permits; nor unless the lading shall be made under the inspection of the proper revenue officers, nor unless the owner or owners, consignee or factor of such ship, vessel or boat shall, with the master, have given bonds with one or more sureties to the United States in a sum six times the value of the vessel and cargo, that the vessel shall not leave the port without a clearance, nor shall, when leaving the port proceed to a foreign port or place, nor shall put any article on board of any other vessel; and that the whole cargo shall be re-laded either in the port where the vessel may then be, or in such other port of the United States as shall be designated in the clearance. And it shall be lawful for the collectors of the customs to refuse permission to put any cargo on board any such ship, vessel or boat, whenever in their opinion there is an intention to violate the embargo, or whenever they shall have received instructions to that effect by direction of the president of the United States: Provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend to any ship, vessel, or boat, uniformly employed in the navigation only of bays, sounds, rivers and lakes, within the jurisdiction of the United States, which shall have obtained a general permission, agreeably to the provisions in the fourth section of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the owner or owners, consignee or factor, of any ship, vessel or boat, as described in the preceding section, which may, at the time when notice of this act shall be received at the several custom houses respectively, be laden in whole or in part, shall, on notice given by the collector, either discharge such cargo or give bond for the same, in the manner and on
the conditions mentioned in the preceding section; and if the cargo shall not be discharged within ten days or the bond given within three days after such notice, the ship, vessel, or boat and cargo shall be wholly forfeited: But the collectors are hereby authorized to order or to cause the cargoes of such vessels to be discharged for the same causes as they may refuse permission to put any cargo on board of vessels not yet laden in whole or in part. And they are likewise authorized in the meanwhile, and until the cargoes shall have been discharged, or bonds given, as the case may be, to take possession of such vessels, and to take such other measures as may be necessary to prevent their departure.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the customs be and they are hereby authorized to grant, under such general instructions as the president of the United States may give to that effect, a general permission to ships, vessels, or boats, whose employment has uniformly been confined to the navigation of bays, sounds, rivers or lakes, within the jurisdiction of the United States, when it can be done, without danger of the embargo being violated, to take on board at any time such articles of domestic or foreign growth, as may be designated in such general permission or permissions, bond with one or more sureties being previously given to the United States for the owner, owners, consignee, or factors of such ship, vessel, or boat, and by the master thereof, in an amount equal to three hundred dollars for each ton of the said vessel, that such vessel shall not during the time limited in the condition of the bond, depart from any district of the United States without having previously obtained a clearance, nor until the master or commander shall have delivered to the collector or surveyor of the port of departure a manifest of the whole cargo on board, that the said vessel shall not during the time above mentioned, proceed to any other port than that mentioned in her clearance, or put any article on board of any other vessel, or be employed in any foreign trade; and that on every voyage or trip the whole of the cargo shall be landed in a port of the United States within the bay, sound, river, or lake to which the navigation of such vessel is confined.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any ship, vessel, or boat, not having received a general permission, and a general bond not having been first given in the manner provided for in the next preceding section, shall take on board any specie, or any goods, wares or merchandise, either of foreign or domestic growth, produce, or manufacture, contrary to the provisions of the second section of this act, such ship, vessel, or boat, together with the specie and goods, wares or merchandise, shall be wholly forfeited; and the owner or owners, agent, freighter, or factors, master or commander of such ship, vessel, or boat, shall moreover forfeit and pay a sum equal to the value of the ship, vessel, or boat, and of the cargo put on board the same.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the person or persons whose names do or may appear as owner or owners of any ship or vessel either on the certificate of registry, enrolment, or licence of any such ship or vessel, or if neither registered or licensed, on the last clearance or custom house document issued before the passing of this act for such ship or vessel, shall be reputed as the true owner or owners of such ship or vessel and be liable to the payment of all penalties which may be incurred by the owners of such ship or vessel, by reason of any violation of any of the provisions of this act, or of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, or of any of the acts supplementary thereto by such ship or vessel: Provided always, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to release any other person or persons from the payment of any penalty incurred by virtue of any of the acts aforesaid. And in case of any new register or licence being granted during the continuance of the said acts, or in case of the sale of any ship or vessel, neither registered or licensed, a bond with one or more sureties to the United States shall, previous to the granting any such new register or licence, or to recognizing the sale of such vessel not registered or licensed, be required by the collector, in an amount equal to three hundred dollars for each ton of such ship or vessel that such ship or vessel shall not, during the continuance of the acts laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, contravene or infringe any of the provisions of the said acts: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to extend to the owner or owners of any ship or vessel who shall have made a bona fide sale of such ship or vessel, in any port or harbor of the United States, before notice of this act at such port or harbor respectively; nor to the owner or owners of any ship or vessel, in any foreign port or place, who shall have made a bona fide sale thereof, before notice of this act: And provided also, That such bond shall not release the owners and master of such ship or vessel, or any other person from the obligation of giving every other bond required by this act or by any of the acts aforesaid.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where either under this act, or under the act laying an embargo on all ships or vessels in the ports and harbors of the U. States, or under any of the acts supplementary thereto, a bond has been or shall be given to the United States with condition that certain goods, wares, and merchandise or the cargo of a vessel shall be re-laded in some port of the United States, the party or parties to such bond, shall within two months after the date of the same, (unless in the case of a voyage from New-Orleans to an Atlantic port or from an Atlantic
port to New-Orleans, in either of which cases, four months shall as heretofore be allowed,) produce to the collector of the port from which the vessel had been cleared with such goods, wares, merchandise or cargo, a certificate of the re-lading of the same from the collector of the proper port; on failure whereof, the bond shall be put in suit; and in every such suit, as well as in every suit instituted on a bond given for a voyage from or to New Orleans judgment shall be given against the defendant or defendants, unless proof shall be given of such re-lading, or of loss of the vessel at sea. But neither capture, distress, or any other accident whatever shall be pleaded or given in evidence in any such suit: Unless such capture shall be expressly proved to have been hostile, and such distress or accident originated by no negligence or deviation, nor unless such vessel shall have been from the commencement of the voyage wholly navigated by a master, mate or mates, mariners and crew, all of whom shall be citizens of the United States, nor unless such mate or mates, mariners and crew, shall all, if living, (and the proof of their death shall lie on the defendant) be produced on the trial, and sworn as competent witnesses, nor unless such master, mate or mates, mariners and crew, shall have signed a shipping paper in due form of law, and a copy thereof designating specially the master, mate or mates, mariners and crew, and their permanent places of residence, shall have been lodged with the collector of the port, to whom the bond aforesaid shall have been given, before the commencement of the voyage, and subscribed and sworn to by the master before such collector; and any master who shall falsely, wilfully, and corruptly swear as to the facts contained in such copy, shall, on conviction, suffer the pains and penalties of perjury. And in every suit instituted on a bond given as aforesaid, the defendants shall pay all costs, if they shall not within the limited time have produced the certificate of re-lading to the collector of the proper port.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That no registered or sea letter vessel, although in ballast, shall receive a clearance, or be permitted to depart from any port of the United States, unless the same bond shall have been previously given which is required from vessels licensed for the coasting trade, before they are allowed to depart. And if any such ship or vessel shall depart without bond having been given as aforesaid, the said ship or vessel shall be forfeited; and the owner, owners, agent consignee, factor, and master or commander of such ship or vessel, as well as any other person concerned in such prohibited departure, shall be liable to the same penalties imposed by law in the case of vessels licensed for the coasting trade departing without bond having been given, or without clearance, as aforesaid.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the collectors of all the districts of the United States, shall, and they are hereby authorized to take into their custody specie or any articles of domestic growth, produce, or manufacture, found on board of any ship or vessel, boat or other water craft, when there is reason to believe that they are intended for exportation, or when in vessels, carts, waggons, sleds, or any other carriage, or in any manner apparently on their way towards the territories of a foreign nation, or the vicinity thereof, or towards a place whence such articles are intended to be exported; and not to permit such articles to be removed until bond with sufficient sureties shall have been given for the landing or delivery of the same in some place of the United States, whence, in the opinion of the collector there shall not be any danger of such articles being exported.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the powers given to the collectors, either by this or any other act respecting the embargo, to refuse permission to put any cargo on board any vessel, boat, or other water craft, to detain any vessel or to take into their custody any articles for the purpose of preventing violations of the embargo, shall be exercised in conformity with such instructions as the President may give, and such general rules as he may prescribe for that purpose, made in pursuance of the powers aforesaid; which instructions and general rules the collectors shall be bound to obey: And if any action or suit be brought against any collector or other person acting under the directions of and in pursuance of this act, he may plead the general issue, and give this act and the instructions and regulations of the President in evidence for his justification and defence. And any person aggrieved by the acts of any collector in either of the cases aforesaid, may file his petition before the district court of the district wherein the collector resides, stating the facts of his case, and thereupon, after due notice given to the district attorney and the collector, the said court may summarily hear and adjudge thereupon as law and justice may require, and the judgment of said court, and the reason and facts whereon it is grounded, shall be filed among the records of said court; and if restoration of the property detained or taken in custody, or permission to load as aforesaid, shall be decreed, it shall be upon the party's giving such bond with sureties as is or shall be required to be taken in similar cases by the collector, and not otherwise; but if the said court shall adjudge against such petition, the collector shall be entitled to treble costs, which shall be taxed for him, and execution awarded accordingly by the court.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces or militia of the United States, or of the territories thereof as may be judged necessary in conformity with the provisions of this and other acts respecting the embargo.
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for the purpose of preventing the illegal departure of any ship or vessel, or of detaining, taking possession of, or keeping in custody any ship or vessel, or of taking into custody and guarding any specie or articles of domestic growth, produce, or manufacture, and also for the purpose of preventing and suppressing any armed or riotous assemblage of persons resisting the custom-house officers in the exercise of their duties, or in any manner opposing the execution of the laws laying an embargo, or otherwise violating, or refusing and abetting violations of the same.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act, unless herein before otherwise directed; and all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of the act entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States," or by virtue of the several acts supplementary thereto, may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered by action of debt, or by indictment or information, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding; and if recovered in consequence of any seizure made by the commander of any public armed vessel of the United States, shall be distributed according to the rules prescribed by the act, entitled "An act for the government of the navy of the United States," and if otherwise, shall be distributed, and accounted for in the manner prescribed by the act entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and made perpetual by an act passed the eleventh of February, one thousand eight hundred, and any officer or other person entitled to a part or share of any of the fines, penalties or forfeitures aforesaid, may if necessary, be a witness on the trial thereof, but in such case he shall not receive any part or share of the said fine, penalty or forfeiture, but the part or share to which he would otherwise be entitled shall revert to the United States.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted. That the President of the United States be and he hereby is authorised to hire, arm and employ thirty vessels not exceeding in tonnage one hundred and thirty tons each, belonging to citizens of the United States, and so many seamen as shall be necessary to man the same for immediate service in enforcing the laws of the United States on the sea coast thereof, and to dismiss the same from service whenever he shall deem the same expedient. Provided however , That such hiring, arming and employment shall not be for a term exceeding one year. And the said ships or vessels when so hired and armed shall be employed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That the powers given to the President of the United States by the seventh section of the act of March the twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and eight, to grant permission to citizens having property of value in places without the jurisdiction of the United States, to dispatch vessels for the same shall henceforth cease.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be in force from and after the passing thereof, during the continuance of the act, entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States," and no longer.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Jan. 9, 1809 APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Law of the State of New Hampshire.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight. An Act to determine who shall be legal voters in town meetings, and to secure to the inhabitants of this State their rights of suffrage.
Sec. 1. It is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court convened. That every male inhabitant of each town and parish, with town privileges, and places incorporated in this State, (being a natural born, or naturalized citizen of the United States) of twenty one years of age and upwards, excepting paupers and persons excused from paying taxes at their own request, shall have a right at the annual and other meetings of the inhabitants of said towns and parishes, to vote in the town or parish wherein he dwells and hath his home: Provided however that no person shall be considered as an inhabitant in any town or parish in this State, for the purpose of voting, unless he has resided in such place six months, or has become a freeholder.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That no person, not being a citizen of this State or of the United States shall be entitled to vote at any town meeting for the choice of State, County, or town officers, unless he shall have resided within the State two years, and shall have made oath before some Justice of the Peace or other person authorized to administer oaths; that he will bear faith and true allegiance to the State of New Hampshire, and to the United States, and will support the Constitutions thereof. Provided however , That no person, not a citizen of this State or of the United States, shall be considered qualified to fill any county or state office.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That if any person shall threaten another with harm, thereby to induce him to vote according to the wishes of such person so threatening; or shall, either by himself or any other person, purchase a vote, by paying any person for voting; such offender shall be liable, on complaint and conviction before any Justice of the Peace, to pay for each offence a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and costs of prosecution.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That no vote shall be received and counted, on the back of which is written or otherwise marked, any character or sign whereby to distinguish the vote or voter.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That during the day on which a town meeting shall be held, no inhabitant of any town or parish in this State, who is entitled to vote therein, shall be liable to any arrest on any civil process.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the town clerk in each town to provide a suitable box for the purpose of receiving ballots, which box shall have a hole cut in the lid thereof, through which the votes shall be passed by the voters; and no ballot shall, on any occasion, be received or counted, unless put into said box in such manner as to make it evident to the Moderator and Selectmen that there is but one ballot put in at a time.
Provided however , That nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize any Moderator or Selectmen, to examine any ballot as to discover or expose the name or names of any person or persons voted for on said ballot.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the moderator, in all meetings for the choice of state and county officers, to declare, in public, at the close of the poll, the state of the vote or votes; and no vote shall be received or counted after the state of the vote or votes hath been declared as aforesaid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That the return of votes for any county or state officer, shall be made out, and be signed by the Selectmen attending, and by the town Clerk, and shall be in the form following:—
"At a town meeting, legally notified, and held in the town of _____ on the _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____ [then fill up the blank by an accurate statement of the votes] which votes have been declared in open town meeting; and we now certify the foregoing to be a correct return" Approved, Dec. 21. 1808. JOHN LANGDON, Governor.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND. BY ALGERNON SIDNEY.
PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND, IN the name of every thing that is dear and valuable, your happiness, the fame of your ancestors, the recollection of your revolutionary services, your sectional and national honor, and the duty you owe your country at this crisis, I invoke your attention to its present condition. I entreat you to reflect seriously on the following view of our public affairs, and of the conduct of government, in particular, as it relates to those things which at present interest your feelings.
It is offered to your consideration by one, who was born, educated, and lives among you: who is not elevated above, nor depressed below a participation in your sufferings and enjoyments: and who knows the high importance of your commerce, which he will never cease to cherish.
He asks your confidence for your government, which is your shield and protection and without which you must experience all the evils of discord and civil war. He asks it, not when you are called to declare a preference for a favorite candidate; but after an important election, which has decided for years the course of government. At a time when the two great powers who rule three quarters of the globe, are threatening this republic with destruction; and attempts are made to subvert the institutions of civil order, to humble your government, or to dissolve the union, and introduce all the evils which have afflicted Europe for centuries.
While foreign and civil wars have for seventeen years marched over Europe carrying death and desolation in their train, while nation after nation has been overturned, and tyranny on tyranny generated—while not a nation of the Old World has escaped these incalculable calamities, we have remained a quiet, prosperous, and happy people.
But the day of our adversity has arrived; our example has excited hatred, our happiness, envy; and those warring powers, who never united in any thing else, have manifested a unity of sentiment in their desire to destroy our republic.
France, guided by a policy which threatens the independence of all nations, and ruled by a chief, whose law is power, whose reason pride, and whose object universal empire, has forbidden our trading with England; has squandered and confiscated the property of our merchants; burned their ships; and insolently, though indirectly told us that we must go to war for, or against her.
Will this nation submit to their insults and injuries? Will it bend to those decrees which to us are as impotent as they are insulting? It will not. What then shall be done? We cannot levy war on her, for with her we cannot come in contact. She has no commerce to seize, no adjacent territories to conquer.
It only remains for us to suspend all intercourse with her, and to deprive her of the benefits of our commerce.
England, humbled by our independence, and revengeful in her temper, has never ceased laboring to promote disunion, to check our rising importance, and to destroy our happiness. To her other passions has been added, by our commercial prosperity, that of jealousy.
Next to averting the evils inflicted and threatened by France, her first and most unremitting endeavours are, and have been, to cripple our navigation.
Before the treaty of 1794, she harassed and pillaged our commerce on the high seas, she retained our posts on the northern frontiers eleven years, and instigated the savages of those regions to war; supplied them with provisions and ammunition, with the rifle and the tomahawk, and by them desolated our infant settlements. Since that period she has invariably pursued a system destructive to our commerce, unheard of in other days, and unknown to the law of nations. By issuing decrees of blockade where she had not even a pretended force to support them—By laying invidious taxes on her manufactures for our consumption which were not extended to other nations; and by unjust seizures and condemnations. She has seized thousands of our citizens while under our protection; and at the point of the bayonet, forced them into her service, to fight her battles, and to assist in plundering their own neighbours and kindred. She has violated our rights of sovereignty, by seizing our merchantmen in our waters; by blockading our bays, ports and harbors; and in one of them, by destroying the life of a citizen. Our demand of "satisfaction for the past and security for the future" proved fruitless. Our merchants petitioned for protection and redress. A partial non-importation law was passed, to take effect at a day then distant, that time might be allowed her to reflect on the consequences which must result from her continuance in this unparalleled system of aggression. The ministers of this nation were directed to assure her of the continuance of our pacific disposition; and if possible to reclaim her from the course of aggression, to an observance of national law. A treaty was formed, its merits I know not, but the signature on her part was accompanied with a reservation of the right to destroy our trade if we did not resist the decrees of France in a manner to her satisfactory; and it was rejected by our executive.
The partial non-importation law was suspended. Again the olive branch was offered, and again it was trodden under foot. What followed? In June, 1807, your national ship was unexpectedly attacked in your waters, your mariners were killed, while in the service of their country, your Frigate lowered its flag—and from it were taken your seamen. The act was disavowed, but mark!! One of your seamen acting under the authority of your government, in contempt of it, and of this nation, was afterwards deliberately put to death.
Is there a point beyond which a nation ought not to bear? And did we not then reach that point? Still our love for peace prevailed. Once more we tried negotiation, and once more we met insult and contumely.
Believing we feared war, and governed by no principle other than misguided self interest, she resolved to annihilate our commerce, except with herself.
In November, 1807, she, by her orders in council, resolved
to seize and condemn all our commerce bound to any port, except Sweden, of the continent of Europe.
In short, in the language of that instrument which pronounced us a nation, "the has taxed us without our consent, cut off our trade with most parts of the world, plundered our seas, and destroyed the lives of our people."
Between these powers I will not hold the scales of an apothecary, to decide whose offences outweigh by a grain or a scruple—Nor will I detain you to refute those suggestions in favor of either which are offered by their partisans, or arise from jealousy.
In this situation, your executive recommended, and congress established an embargo. Of the orders in council he had certain, though not official intelligence, and the suggestions of opposition to the contrary, are founded at best in error. Here was presented that case in which politicians of all parties have agreed that an embargo is both proper and necessary. A government informed of facts which clearly proved that the interests of commerce were exposed to imminent hazard, yet so circumstanced that it could not with propriety communicate this knowledge.
In a similar case, Washington recommended an embargo, and Jefferson followed the example.
This example presents itself in two lights. First—As a precautionary measure; to save our merchants from the evils of seizure, condemnation, and confiscation; to bring home our wealth, our navigation, and our sailors; that their energies might be applied, when necessary, in support of the nation; and for the moment to withdraw from that element, where alone we can be materially annoyed, that the aggressors might review their conduct, and its consequences, before a final appeal to war. The wisdom of the measure for these purposes is incontestible; and it has received most universal approbation.
Secondly—As an act of coercion: by the privation inflicted, to teach aggressors to treat this nation with respect. In this light it is to be considered as a political experiment, not as the forerunner of the annihilation of our trade.
If it proves successful, the afflictions of your commerce will cease, and never be renewed to an alarming extent. Every man will applaud the measure. Its preference to war is incalculable. One gives a temporary check to our prosperity; the other introduces almost every evil incident to human nature. One can be removed when the nation wills it; the other continues during the pleasure of a foreign nation. One hazards not the institutions of civil liberty, the other increases the power of government, and lessens the rights of the people. If it fail, it will be for ever abandoned as a means of coercion; and more efficient measures adopted to maintain our commercial rights.
It is said that our prosperity and happiness ought not to be interrupted to try a political experiment—nor have they been—they were interrupted, and, as far as they depend on foreign concerns, destroyed by foreign powers; and the experiment was tried to restore them: not at their hazard. Every act of government, every improvement in arts, sciences, and the ordinary pursuits of life; and every effort to open a new trade, is an experiment. So was the settlement of this country, and so was your confederation, the declaration of independence, and the constitution.
What is the course opposition would have pursued? Would they consent to pay tribute? Tribute! from whom? America!! to whom? England? Is it impossible! You settled this question when you were colonies, at the edge of the Hessian sabre, and the Indian tomahawk, and the mouth of the British cannon. You were then few, poor, and infantile: without arms, without resources, and without a government. And on what question? whether you should pay a tribute of six cents on a pound of tea; a luxury of foreign growth. It was the principle, not the tax, that roused your passions, called your hidden energies into action, and in view of the astonished world, led you to triumph over the most powerful nation then on earth. And will you now, a numerous, powerful people, with the best government, replete with resources and arms, whenever you wish to sell a cargo of your own products to an European power, pay tribute for permission? If you would not then pay it for a single luxury of Asia, will you now on all the products of America? On your cottons its full value, and one fifth on all other articles?
If you will! act up to the principles that govern you; a the loss of your and your country's honor and independence. Save as much as you can. As England's law stands you have to pay, going and returning, double freight and double charges. You convey your products, and the return cargo, to England; land and store them; pay florage, lightage, wharfage, and tribute; and then, & then only, you may reload your vessel and sail for the destined port. You had better petition his Gracious Majesty in tender regard to the ease and happiness of his American subjects, to appoint proper officers at his ports and harbors in these United States, to receive your (not our) contributions; and to allow you to sail direct to the ports of destination. The saving will be great in money, and greater in feelings; and his Majesty may grant the request, if his tide waiters, wharfingers, bakers, victuallers, deputy collectors, tavern and store keepers, alarmed at the loss of their profits do not object. I absolve the opposition from the most distant thought of such baseness. In conjunction with the republicans they have voted "That the United States cannot with "out a sacrifice of their rights, honor and independence, submit to the late edicts of Great Britain and France." What then remains? War or intermediary measures.
My principal object is, to convince you beyond a reasonable doubt, that the national government merits general confidence; that it ever has been, and is attentive to the rights of commerce; that it is your interest, as well as your duty, to yield it every support; and that the separation of New England from the other states would to a certainty terminate in the ruin of that part of the nation.
Proceeding to elucidate these points, it will not be useless to consider for a moment the three great interests of agriculture, commerce and manufactures. They are sisters. Agriculture is the parent of wealth, strength, and virtue: without her commerce cannot exist, and manufactures cannot flourish: without her, in modern, if not in ancient days, no nation has become great and powerful, except Holland; and the circumstances which led to her prosperity, have long ceased to exist.
The wealth of the farmer is fixed; it cannot be removed or destroyed. It is visible; it is tangible; it possesses an inherent power of producing wealth; and it for ever remains a corner stone and pillar of national security. This employment gives health and energy; he knows no country, other than his own; and he and the manufacturer are ever at their posts, ready to defend the nation.
The wealth of the merchant, as well as himself, may be here to-day, to-morrow in Europe. They may be withdrawn the moment they are the most wanted. This wealth is fleeting and transitory. It has no country, no home. It seeks all climates; and for all it has nearly an equal respect; laboring only for self multiplication. But agriculture flourishes most when commerce is most active; and the manufacturer thrives better when aided by both, than when deprived of either.
The principal of the four reasons which induced the formation of our constitution, was to give life to commerce, and through it to derive a revenue. [To be Continued.]
SERMON POLITICAL.—No. 2.
Inflame the mutiny, and underhand Blow on their discontents, till they break out Unlook'd for, and discharge themselves on Cato.
TEXT. II KINGS, XVIII. 31. "Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria: make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me; and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his own fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern."
In the chapter from which our text is extracted, we are informed that in ancient times, there were men as there are in this our age, whose hearts were so desperately wicked, that they eagerly embraced every opportunity of doing injury to their fellow men, regardless of every principle of justice. Of this character was Sennacherib king of Assyria. The history of his detestable conduct, calculated to excite rebellion among the peaceable subjects of Hezekiah king of Judah: must be viewed by every friend of equal liberty, with the utmost indignation and abhorrence.
In the fourteenth year of the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, Sennacherib king of Assyria made an assault on the fenced cities of Judah, and sent messengers in his name to persuade the subjects of Hezekiah to rebel against him, saying unto them: "Hearken not unto Hezekiah when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the Gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hands of the king of Assyria? Thus saith the king, who are they among all the Gods of the countries, that have delivered out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of my hand; neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of Assyria."
After the messengers had thus menaced, they endeavored to persuade them to make an agreement with the king of Assyria by a present, and to come out to him, after which every man might eat of his own vine, &c. And lest they should not be able to effect a revolution: Sennacherib offers to deliver them two thousand horses, if they were able on their part to set riders thereon. But the people according to the command of Hezekiah, held their peace, and answered not a word. Hezekiah was troubled because the king of Assyria had blasphemed and reproached the living God! He sends his servants to Isaiah, to give him information respecting his situation, and Isaiah said, "Thus saith the Lord, behold I will send a blast upon Sennacherib king of Assyria, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and it came to pass that night, that the Angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians, an hundred fourscore and five thousand. So Sennacherib departed and went and returned and dwelt in Nineveh."
APPLICATION. If we take a view of the situation of the United States at the present day, when Great Britain is endeavouring by every means she can resort to, to dissolve the bond which unites the States in one commonwealth: we shall observe no small resemblance of Judah in the days of Hezekiah, when Sennacherib king of Assyria endeavoured to overturn that kingdom. Great Britain has assaulted our independence, and after murdering our countrymen, as well as committing many aggressions on our neutral rights, is endeavouring by all possible means to overthrow our government, by stimulating our citizens to revolt. She promises protection to all who will contract our laws! She has her emissaries among us to encourage REBELLION! She has her partisans among us, to approve of her measures, even in our public councils! She has her hirelings among us, to disseminate sedition—to applaud her conduct—to menace us with her power—telling the people, as the servants of Sennacherib did the subjects of Hezekiah, that none was ever able to withhold her. She has her votaries among us, who thirst insatiate for diocesan splendor to aid her in the accursed transaction! She has her subjects among us, who would persuade us to submit to her depredations—to acknowledge her right to rule us—who tell us our councils are corrupted—our laws unconstitutional, and that opposition to them is virtuous! They tell us, as Sennacherib's servants told the subjects of Hezekiah—"Let not Jefferson deceive you, neither let Madison make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us; hearken not unto them, but hearken unto George the third: and make an agreement with him, to pay him tribute, and come out to him, and he will give you liberty! Yea, he will let you, every man eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig-tree, and drink every one of the water of his own cistern, and hearken not to your Rulers!" Her plan is systematized; and as Sennacherib offered two thousand horses if the men of Judah would on their part set riders thereon: so has she her forces at Halifax and Quebec; to co-operate whenever the horrid scene commences!
This conduct is viewed by every lover of real liberty, as a reproach on the living God. We do not altogether forget his goodness in preserving our liberties thus far. LIBERTY! LIBERTY! this is our Summum bonum . Then let us trust in God, and do good; and the machinations of our enemies will be frustrated. Let us answer not a word when we are invited by our enemies to rebel! Let us be resolved to be firm, and mark the detestable wretch, who would countenance the direful project! GOD will defend and save us, and not an arrow shall be shot at us, nor any come before us with a shield, nor cast a bank before us: but he will send a blast upon our enemies, and they shall hear a rumor, and shall return to their own land, and he will cause them to fall by the sword in their own land. EPSILON.
Suffering of insulted Americans.
The enemies of your government are also the enemies of your reputation abroad. They proclaim to the world, that you have had the weakness to choose fools or rogues to administer your government, that you are starving in the midst of plenty, that you are railing in rebellion against laws of your own make, that you are ready to barter your honor for a commerce under tribute, that you can be so divided, and so ungrateful to your country as by sophistry to yield her independence. [DUCIM.]

National Legislature.
TENTH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE—JANUARY 12.
Mr. Bradley asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill making further provision for the corps of Engineers...
A bill reported by General Smith of Md. for the establishment of a Marine Militia was passed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13.—Mr. Nelson presented a memorial of sundry late officers of the revolutionary army...
The bill from the Senate supplementary to the act for establishing an uniform militia, was read twice...
SALT.
Mr. Burwell from the committee appointed on the 23d ult. presented a bill authorizing the President of the U. S. to grant permission to vessels to depart from the ports of the U. S. for the purpose of importing Salt.
NEW DUTIES.
Mr. G. W. Campbell from the committee of ways and means, presented according to order, a bill for imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares and merchandise...
EQUIPMENT OF THE NAVY.
The house was engaged for the remainder of the day in committee of the whole on the amendments from the Senate to the navy bill—Mr. Macon in the chair.
ESTIMATES.
SATURDAY, JAN. 14.—The "Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Estimates of Appropriations for the support of government, during the year 1809," was laid upon the table in a printed form.
Table with 2 columns: Department, Amount. Rows include Civil Department, Miscellaneous, Intercourse with foreign nations, Military Establishment, Indian Department, Naval Department.
Total amount, 4,803,576 18. DISTRESSED SEAMEN.
The House took up the bill on this subject. It provides for the appropriation of 200,000 dollars, for the relief of the sick, disabled and distressed seamen, who stand in need of the asylum of the Marine Hospitals.
The Country is in danger. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given—That a general meeting of the REPUBLICANS from every town in the county of York, will be held at Capt. Hobbs' Douris falls, on Monday the sixth of February next...
Those who feel the importance of supporting the laws now threatened with prostration; of rallying round the standard of our government, menaced with OPPOSITION, INSURRECTION and REBELLION. Those who are opposed to a CIVIL WAR, which our enemies are endeavoring to enkindle; and to a SEPARATION of the STATES, which they are now artfully contemplating...
pledging their PROPERTY and their BLOOD, in the cause of their country.
PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 31, 1809.
Late Foreign News.
LONDON DEC. 2.
It was on Wednesday stated at Lloyd's that intelligence had been received of Bonaparte's arrival at Madrid, on the 17th ultimo.
Mr. Munro, one of the kings messengers, who arrived yesterday with the Coruna mail and brought dispatches from Lord Wm. Bentinck and Mr. Frere...
It appears by dispatches received from Corrunna dated the 23d, and from San Vincents de la Barquera, dated the 10th ult. that the account of Gen. Blake being defeated is confirmed.
The French had occupied St. Andero and Santana—the former on the 16th, and the latter on the 20th. But by the exertions of General Leith, all the provisions, ammunitions, and stores lent by this country had been removed.
It appears that part of the army at Estromadura had been defeated near Burgos by the French—but there are no accounts of their having advanced beyond it.
[The above, it will be perceived, comes through an English channel, and directly from the English government, and there can be no doubt but that the fate of their party in Spain is much more disastrous than is here represented.]
We have often said, and said it because we were convinced of its truth, that the language and conduct of the federal party had been the cause of the continuance of the embargo to the present time...
Mr. Whitbread says, that we "held out." Which is as much as to say, that it is yet a matter of doubt, which country will hold out longest. But, the American newspapers, of which I have some now before me, clearly convince me, that if they attempt to hold out for the whole year, their Federal government will be overturned.
It is evident, from letters sent by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the several ports, that the embargo law has been evaded, that numerous vessels have failed out laden with lumber and provisions, and that, in short, the law is obeyed by those only, who are unable to fland the risk of disobedience.
The people in Vermont carry on a trade across Lake Champlain, with Canada. They have set the embargo law at defiance; they still carry on the trade, and carry it on they will in spite of ten thousand proclamations from Thomas Jefferson.
The way that the American States will get out of their embarrassment with respect to us, will, I should think, be this: Mr. Thomas Jefferson and his party will be ousted, and then the new president will disclaim all their hostile acts.
NOT BE LONG BEFORE THEY JOIN US AGAINST FRANCE. That this may be the case, I heartily wish; but, I am sure, it never will be, if we make the first movements toward it.
True Spirit of '76!
At a meeting of the citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, held on Monday the 23d inst.—the following patriotic resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas Great Britain and France in their fury to destroy each other, have mutually set at nought the obligations of justice and the law of nations...
And whereas, the government of the United States has, on every occasion, manifested a sincere desire to preserve peace and honest friendship with all nations, by maintaining in all their intercourse the principles of justice and neutrality...
Resolved, That these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States—that we will pay millions for defence, rather than one cent for tribute...
Resolved, That the embargo is a measure of prudence, policy, and patriotism—has our entire approbation; and that, in our opinion, had it been rigidly observed, it would have produced all the good hoped for by its friends...
Resolved, That congress in their late measures to enforce the embargo law, and to establish a system of non-intercourse between us and our enemies, as well as in making preparation for the defence of the country, and for giving energy to the nation by preparing for war, have done their duty to their constituents.
Resolved, That we will strictly, and faithfully, and willingly obey the laws which the wisdom of congress has devised, or may devise as means to restore to our country the free navigation of the ocean...
Resolved, That our government, being a government of the people, it is the duty of every citizen to see that the laws thereof be duly enforced; particularly those which are intended to operate against the enemies of our country...
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be given to those members of both houses of congress, who constitute the majority that have faithfully discharged their duty, by their unremitting endeavors to promote the best interests of the United States.
We never before witnessed [says the editor of the Aurora] such an immense body of our fellow-citizens collected together, as were assembled on this occasion—it is said, by those who had opportunities of calculating, that they exceeded by two or three thousand, the number which met at the same place on the affair of the Chesapeake...
It was consolatory and gratifying in the highest degree, to every American, to witness such an immense body of the hardy sons of Columbia, the men who will have to bear the brunt of battle, pledge themselves to lose the last drop of their blood, and expend the last cent of their property, rather than submit to pay tribute to any nation on earth...
The following Circular Letter, has been received by His Excellency the Governor, from the Secretary of War.
War Department, January 18th, 1809. His Excellency the GOVERNOR of NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
SIR,—The pressure of the Embargo, although sensibly felt by every description of our Fellow Citizens, has yet been cheerfully borne by most of them under a conviction that it was a temporary evil, and a necessary one to save us from greater and more permanent evils...
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your Excellency's obedient Serv't. H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War.
As the known friends of Britain in this country, bellow against the embargo and non-intercourse, depend upon it we have hit the right nail on the head—and when they praise the measure, it will be time to remove it.
The Governor and Council convene in this town on this day.
DIED—In this town, Captain STEPHEN SEAVEY, late of Kittery, aged 97 years—he retained his reason in a remarkable manner...
Departed this life on Tuesday last, Mrs. SALLY PHILLIPS, aged 36, consort of captain Richard Phillips—after a long and tedious sickness...
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership hitherto subsisting between the Subscribers, under the firm of JOHN H. GODDARD & Co. is by mutual consent this day dissolved...
JOHN GODDARD. JOHN H. GODDARD. Portsmouth, January 30, 1809.
New Hampshire Turnpike Road.
THE Proprietors of the New-Hampshire Turnpike Road, are hereby notified that their annual meeting will be held in the east chamber of the State house, in this town, on Tuesday the 14th day of February next...
AUCTION, on Thursday next, at 12 o'clock, in front of the Subscriber's Store—
20 chests first quality Souchong TEA, for approved notes at ninety days. Also for Cash, 3 kegs best Richmond Tobacco, and some other articles. Jan. 31. S. LARKIN, Auc.
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, On Saturday, February 4th, at 11 o'clock, at the N. H. Fire and Marine Insurance Office—
7 Valuable House Lots, situated on Wentworth-street (so called) leading from Pleasant street to the mill pond. Also, 3 Lots of Land in the town of Tamworth, 100 acres each—with buildings on the same.—And 10 Shares in the Newhampshire Turnpike Road. The above House Lots may be viewed and a plan of the same may be seen any time previous to the sale—on application to S. LARKIN, Auc.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber administration to the estate of JOHN ROBERTSON, late resident of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, will exhibit his administration account for settlement, to the Judge of Probate for the county of Rockingham, at the Probate Court to be held at Portsmouth, on the third Tuesday of February next...
Portsmouth, 31st Jan. 1809. SAMUEL PEARSE.
State of New-Hampshire—Stratford Jt.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of MILTON, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1808; that so much of their land as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Joseph Plumer's innholder in Milton, on Monday the 3d day of April next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon...
Table with 5 columns: Original proprietors Names, No. of Lots, Acres, Town tax, State tax. Rows include John Hall, Rich'd Ward Esq., John Drew, John Ronald, Samuel Willey, Eben't Varney, Nicholas Hartford, Ephraim Tabbets, John Williams, John Willey, Samuel Dame, Samuel Hayes, Morrice Fowler, John Buzzell, Benja. Bickford, Nathaniel Lamos, John Buzzell, Daniel Horne, Benjamin Mason, Richard Hammet, Ebenezer Garland, James Conner, George Walton, Henry Tabbets, Peter Varney, James Durgin, Joseph Roberts.
CALEB WINGATE, Collector. Milton, January 2nd, 1809.
State of New Hampshire, Grafton Jt.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of LYMAN, in the county aforesaid, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1808; that so much of their lands in said Lyman affixed to the names of the original proprietors hereafter mentioned, as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, on the first Monday of April next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Lockart Wright, inn-holder in said Lyman...
Table with 5 columns: Names of the original proprietors, No. of Lots, Acres, Town tax, State tax. Rows include Joseph Root, Amos Perkins, Gideon Lyman, Unknown.
DAVID DODGE, Collector. Lyman, Dec. 19th, 1808.
List of LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office Portsmouth, N. H. Jan'y 14, 1809.
A. Ebenezer Adams; B. Richard K. Burnham; Catherine Boyd; Thomas Burnham; James Brown; C. Enoch Carter; John Crosby; George Cutts; John Curtis; Thomas D. Cutts; John Carroll; Darius Chichester; Joseph Chase; Joshua Curtis; Eleazer Colman, Newington; D. Daniel Dearborn; William Drake; F. Richard Flood; Jonathan Foster; Ezekiel Folsom; G. Henry Gilles; William Gray; Olive Gerish; Asa Grosvenor; Sally Gooden; Nehemiah Green; Peter Goff; H. Joseph Howland, jr.; James Hindle; Joseph Hutchinson; Nabby Hollis; I. & J. Randall Jenkins; Kittery; Lydia Jon; Henry Johnson; Levi Johnson; Richard Jones; K. Moody Kent; L. Thomas H. Lewis; Richard Lee; Daniel Loud; Thomas Lang; N. Thomas Nesbit; Samuel Nutting; John Nelson, jr.; Henry W. Noble; Elizabeth Nutter; P. John Palmer; Charles Putnam; Prince Patterson; Thaddeus Perkins; R. George Rogers; Daniel Rand, Rye; John Rye; Joseph Richardson; Mary Roberts; Zebulon Robinson; S. Joseph Sanderson; John Staple; Benjamin Smith; Alice Spiney; W. John Windlor; Jonah Webster; Theodore Walls; N. B. Those Names with no towns annexed are for Portsmouth. M. SIMES, P. M.

Law of the State of New Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight. An act to authorise William Webster, Noah Robinson, and Abraham Burnham, Esqrs., to establish the jurisdictional lines between the towns of Sandwich, Tamworth, Eaton and Burton.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, that the said William Webster, Noah Robinson and Abraham Burnham, Esqrs., be and hereby are authorised and empowered as a Committee to run and establish by just course and careful admeasurement the jurisdictional lines between the towns of Sandwich, Tamworth, Eaton and Burton, or as many of these lines as they may find necessary to obtain proper information, and establish said jurisdictional lines in such a manner, as justice, the convenience and welfare of said towns may require.
And be it further enacted, That the said committee shall agree on the time when they will attend to said survey, and give thirty days notice thereof to the Selectmen of the aforesaid towns, and also cause the same to be published in the New Hampshire Gazette three weeks successively, the last publication to be six weeks before the time of taking said survey.
And be it further enacted, That if it shall appear to said committee that the towns of Sandwich and Tamworth have more than their just measure, by careful admeasurement, then the Selectmen of the said Sandwich and Tamworth shall pay the expenses of the survey, and costs of sitting, the accounts to be adjusted by said Committee and recovered by the Selectmen of Eaton and Burton; but if the aforesaid Committee should see no cause of alteration in the lines of those towns then the Selectmen of Eaton and Burton shall pay the expenses of the survey and costs of sitting, the accounts to be adjusted as before and recovered by the Selectmen of Sandwich and Tamworth.
And be it further enacted, That the said committee shall make a report of their proceedings, with the courses and distances of all the lines by them run, to the Legislature of this state, and if accepted by said Legislature, shall be binding and conclusive on said towns respectively.
Approved, Dec. 23d, 1808. JOHN LANGDON, Governor. State of New Hampshire. PURSUANT to an application in writing made to me the subscriber by the proprietors of more than one sixteenth part of the township of PIERMONT in said state, the proprietors of the common and undivided lands in said township are hereby notified and warned to meet at the dwelling-house of David Carr, innholder in said Piermont, on Monday the twenty-seventh day of February next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles, viz.—
 1. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting.  2. To choose a clerk pro tempore.  3. To assign to any original right or share which has not had its equal proportion in the divisions heretofore made in said township so much of the common land as to supply such deficiency. 
Dated the 16th day of January, A. D. 1809. NATHL. A. HAVEN, Proprietors Clerk. To the Proprietors of the Hampton Causeway Turnpike Corporation— GREETING. YOU are hereby notified to meet at the house of Ebenezer Lawrence, Esq., in Hampton on Wednesday the first day of February next, at two of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes—
 1st. To choose a clerk, and other necessary officers.  2d. To adopt a method of calling future meetings and to transact any other business that may be thought proper at said meeting. 
Given under our hands at Hampton, this seventeenth day of January, Anno Domini 1809. BENJAMIN SHAW, EDMUND TOPPAN. State of New Hampshire—Coos County. ALL persons interested take notice, that Samuel Halkins, late of Colebrook, State and county aforesaid, had a school tax legally assessed on him for the year 1807, in the sum of nineteen dollars, seventy three cents; also, a school tax legally assessed for 1808, in the sum of twenty three dollars and seventy seven cents, making the sum of forty three dollars and fifty cents. That the goods and chattels of the said Samuel Halkins are concealed, and his body cannot be taken; and whereas the law in such case makes provision that the real estate of the delinquent may be sold for the payment of taxes. This is therefore to notify the said Samuel Halkins that unless the said sum of forty three dollars and fifty cents, with the cost of advertising and other incidental charges, be paid to me the subscriber at my dwelling house in said Colebrook, on or before the fourteenth day of March next, so many of the following lots or parcels of land, being given into the list in said town of Colebrook, by the said Samuel Halkins, will be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder, on the fourteenth day of March next, between ten o'clock in the forenoon and five in the afternoon, on said day, to wit:
 Range 1, Lots 6, 9, 15, each 100 acres.  Range 2, Lots 6, 8, 9, 12, Ditto.  Range 3, Lot 11, Ditto.  Range 4, Lot 5, Ditto.  Range 5, Lots 5, 8, 12, Ditto.  Range 6, Lots 8, 10, 12, Ditto.  Range 7, Lots 5, 6, 11, 14, Ditto.  Range 8, Lots 6, 8, Ditto.  Range 9, Lots 2, 4, 10, 12, Ditto.  Range 10, Lots 10, 12, 15, Ditto.  Range 11, Lots 1, 2, 14, Ditto.  Range 12, Lot 6, Ditto. 
DANIEL HARVEY, Collector. Colebrook, Nov. 12, 1808. (6w.) One Dollar Reward. LOST the 22d inst. near the south part of the town, a small black BITCH, (short hair)—no particular mark—her diminutive size is the only thing remarkable. Whoever will give information of the same and leave word with the Printers, shall receive the above reward and the thanks of the subscriber.
FOR SALE. A VALUABLE and pleasantly situated Lot of LAND in Greenland, near the Meeting House, on the road leading to Boston containing about 10 acres. On the premises are two HOUSES, one nearly new, a well of excellent water, near the door and under cover, a Stable, Wood and other out Houses—Said Land is well adapted for tillage and is favourable to the cultivation of Garden Vegetables and Fruit Trees. This situation commands one of the most varied and beautiful rural prospects of any in this part of the country. Also,
Nearly opposite, 100 feet of Land with a one story dwelling House on the same—likewise 2 acres of good Peat Ground, lying in the neighbourhood, and a pair of Hay Scales on the Parade—For further particulars apply to JOHN MEADER. Greenland. Jan. 23.
State of New Hampshire, Grafton ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of GRAFTON, and county of Grafton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1808; that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public auction at the house of Capt. John Kimball innholder in said Grafton, on the last Saturday of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. of Lots No. of Acres Town tax School tax Highway tax County tax   C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M. C.M.     1 11 10 50 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 0   1 12 19 48 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 0   1 13 15 50 2 12 8 10 4 2 5 5   1 1 6 50 0 0 6 8 1 6 1 5   1 1 8 7 50 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 1   1 1 8 10 45 1 6 3 8 3 8 3 8   1 1 13 17 80 3 18 1 6 5 4 4 4   1 1 3 40 19 0 0 1 8 1 6 4 4   1 1 2 20 50 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 1   1 1 2 17 50 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 1   1 1 5 16 5 3 7 6 1 1 5 1 5   1 1 9 5 8 3 8 6 6 1 6 1 6   1 1 10 10 12 1/2 1 2 2 2 5 5 1 2   1 1 11 8 12 6 1 1 2 3 3 1 3   1 1 11 9 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 4 25 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 6 23 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 7 24 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 9 23 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 6 5 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 7 16 50 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1    Lot originally drawn to Capt. Aaron Barney, land in 9000 acres, not given in John Cushing's gore 1000 37 83 74 12 FRANCIS SMART, Collector. Grafton, Nov. 28, 1808.
State of New Hampshire, Coos ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in NORTHUMBERLAND, in said county, who have not paid their county, school, road and town taxes for the year 1808, that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling house in said Northumberland, on the twenty-ninth day of March next at 10 o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber. N 3. The delinquents are as follows, with the several taxes annexed.
   Original Grantees Names. No. of Lots No. of Acres Town tax School tax Highway tax County tax     Edmund Morse 16 1 75 15 0 45 0 39 16 0 0   ditto 32 3 108 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Peter Morse 63 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   John Webster 41 2 100 10 0 30 0 26 11 0   ditto 80 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 6 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Joseph Moulton 77 3 50 2 5 7 5 6 3 0   Mark Rogers 29 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 6 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Wm Marshall, undivided 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   James Jewett ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   James Pierce ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Isaac Johnson ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Moses Bartlett ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Thomas Burnside ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Caleb Tappan 128 2 50 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Edmund Moulton 39 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   George Gains 82 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   J. Stillaber, jr. 37 2 100 10 0 30 0 26 11 0   ditto 10 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   John Noble 47 1 75 15 0 45 0 39 16 0 0   ditto 74 2 100 10 0 30 0 26 11 0   ditto 7 3 50 2 5 7 5 6 3 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Thos Martin, undivided 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Jonathan Duffin ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Enoch Moulton 64 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Joseph Peeverly, undivided 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   James Burnside ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   John Parker ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Daniel Spaulding 98 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Undivided ditto 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   James Paul 21 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Samuel Burnside 8 3 100 5 0 15 0 13 6 0   Peter Porter, undivided 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0   Reuben Herriman ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Caleb Johnson ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   John Kennedy ditto 24 6 2 2 6 6 0 0   Out of Theodore Atkinson's location, supposed to belong to Israel Chase 63 0 1/2 0 5 1 4 1 6 0   Out of the Treadwell farm supposed to belong to Samuel Lummus 55 11 0 33 0 29 12 0 0   JAMES ATHERTON, Collector.   Northumberland, No. 8, 1808.  
State of New Hampshire, Grafton ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of COVENTRY, in said county, who have not paid their highway, town, school and county taxes for the year A. D. 1808;—that so much of each delinquents land will be sold at Public Vendue, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Daniel Davis, innholder in said Coventry, on Wednesday the 29th day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon; as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   Names of Grantees. No. of Lots No. of Acres Town tax School tax Highway tax County tax     Theoph's Fitch Esq. 1 7 M 17 14 8 1 1 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Daniel Stephens 1 107 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 46 17 14 3 1   Samuel Weed 1 3 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 34 17 14 3 1   Benjamin Weed 2 50 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Josiah Waterbury 2 98 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Hezekiah Weed 2 3 R 1 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Samuel Cresse 2 55 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Gideon Leach 2 97 G 17 14 3 1   Isaac Ammidale 1 25 M Gore 76 61 15 2   Undivided 2 48 17 14 3 1   Samuel Belding 2 65 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Ephraim Smith 3 46 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   James Smith 1 82 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 90 17 14 3 1   John Bettes 2 38 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Samuel Bowton 2 2 R 2 G 9 7 2 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Zebulon Hullet 1 109 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 38 17 14 3 1   Charles Smith 1 110 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 99 17 14 3 1   Nath'l Loundsbury 1 36 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 24 17 14 3 1   Reuben Weed 2 103 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Admer Stephens 2 82 M 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Obadiah Stephens 1 106 G 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 17 17 14 3 1   Eliphalet Scaley jr. 1 5 M 43 39 10 2   Undivided 2 9 17 14 3 1   Sylvanus Scaley 2 47 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Daniel Benedict 2 76 G 17 14 3 1   Undivided 7 5 1 1   Joshua Ambler undivided 7 5 1 1   David St. John undivided 7 5 1 1   Joseph Ambler undivided 7 5 1 1   Nathaniel Hoit undivided 7 5 1 1   Theophilus Hanford 1 60 G 63 51 13 2   Undivided 2 71 17 14 3 1   Nathaniel Waterbury 1 83 G 63 51</