Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1786-11-18 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,  A N D  GENERAL ADVERTISER.
"WHEN ANGRY NATIONS PART IN LEAGUES OF PEACE, LET PRIVATE FEUDS AND CIVIL DISCORDS CEASE."
PORTSMOUTH: Printed and published by JOHN MELCHER, in Market-Street, where Subscriptions, (at Six SHILLINGS and EIGHT PENCE pr. Ann.) Advertisements, &c. for this Paper are taken in, the favours of correspondents carefully attended to, and the Printing Business carried on at a reasonable rate.—Also—Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c. taken in by T. ODIORNE, Esq. Exeter.
The following Observations and Remarks on the putrid malignant SORE THROAT, which has prevailed for three years past in many parts of the country, and now in this town, being much approved of by the Faculty, is with pleasure handed to the public.
AT a time when a most pestilential and contagious disease is making its progress through a country, marking its way with the most calamitous circumstances, any attempt to investigate the real nature of the disorder, to mitigate its violence, and if possible, to prevent its destructive effects, is not only in itself laudable, but a duty highly incumbent on those who have the lives of their nearest connections, friends, and neighbours, committed to their care: This consideration alone, has produced the following observations and remarks. They were thrown together at a late hour, after the fatigues of a busy day, as well for the author's own satisfaction, as the purpose of adopting some concise and regular method of treating a disease that is so rapidly spreading, and in all probability will become general, amongst us: They were shewn to some medical friends, at whose pressing solicitations they are now, with the utmost diffidence, submitted to publick inspection.
The author is not unaware that he has laid himself open to criticism and censure; but he will as patiently bear the one as be regards of the other, should he stimulate those of superior abilities, and more extensive medical knowledge to improve on these imperfect hints, and favour the public with their opinion, that from the united endeavours of all, some effectual method may be obtained to mitigate the violence of so distressing a disease.
The present putrid malignant Sore Throat, as far as we are able to learn, first made its appearance in Sanford, Coxhall, and several other new settled towns in the upper part of the county of York, & commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the fall of the year 1784, since which it has been slowly spreading, though more rapidly in the back towns than toward the sea-coast.
The three last years have not been marked with any remarkable circumstances as to the weather, or state of the air; the two last winters were not uncommonly severe, and the summers have been remarkably temperate, nor has any great degree of dry or moist weather prevailed, a foggy day or night has scarcely been known in any part of the seasons, and more general health never prevailed through the country, excepting in the summer of 1784; when puerperal fevers were remarkably common through the country in general, and proved fatal to a great number of women.
Whatever then may be the remote or predisposing cause of the present disease, must remain one of those mysteries that baffle human researches. Blindly to puzzle for peccant causes, is oftentimes as futile and absurd, as prescription founded on prejudice and conjecture are unjustifiable.
The author has had an opportunity of seeing a considerable number under the present disease, he has most attentively marked the symptoms, compared them with the disorders that he thought similar, as described by a number of authors; he has taken the opinion of some aged, and formerly eminent practitioners, and on the
whole he is persuaded that the present contagious disorder, is a disease, sui generis ; it differs from that destructive disorder that formerly prevailed in this country known by the name of the Throat-Dis temper , this was a dreadful disease indeed! much more mortal than the present one, often destroying in a few hours after the attack, while the innocent victim was diverting with its toys, and its fond parents unsuspecting of danger. Many were suddenly carried off, when no marks of the disease appeared, more than a superficial pustule or small inflamed ulcer, on a finger or toe: he has not seen, or heard, of any like effects in the present disease; however it may not be improbable, that the former malignant disease may associate with the present one, as they are both disorders of a highly putrid nature, the disposing cause in the air, and constitutional disposition in the habit, may produce them both in the same season; yet out of a very considerable number he has seen, not more than one or two have appeared to have had the real Throat-Dis temper . Nor is the present disorder that which often prevails, and is commonly called the Scarlet-Fever, this is most evident, from numbers that are now under the present disease, who heretofore have had the Scarlet-Fever, a disorder that has not been known to attack the same persons a second time, besides, an efflorescence always appears in the Scarlet-Fever; indeed, it is a characteristick of the disease, but in the present disorder one third, at least, are free from every appearance of eruption.
The ulcerous Sore Throat of Doctor Huxham, the cynanche-maligna of Doctor Cullen, are in many cases a good description of the present disease, the putrid Sore Throat of Doctor Brooks, more accurate; the Scarlatina Anginosa , of Doctor Withering, he has no name. The present putrid sore throat is contagious, more so with children, frequently with those from twenty to thirty years of age, and those of more advanced life do not always escape. It is a disease of a highly putrid nature; this is most evident from the appearance of the sloughs and ulcers in the throat—the offensive putrid smell of the breath so soon after the patient begins to complain; the petechial spots which, in many cases, are dispersed over different parts of the body. The attack is often sudden, and the symptoms increase very rapidly; persons have been perfectly well at noon, in the evening in the most disagreeable circumstances; a most violent fever, pain, and stiffness in the neck; the uvula, and tonsils, so swelled as almost to close up the throat; in others the symptoms advance more slowly, beginning with slight rigors, and sickness, but in all, sooner or later, there is great increased heat, restlessness, difficulty of breathing, with an exceeding full and quick pulse: and very soon the uvula, and tonsils, and in some the whole inside of the throat will be covered with white, or ash-coloured spots, these enlarge and become thick sloughs; the tongue exceeding foul at the basis, and in young subjects, a remarkable drowsiness; all these symptoms increase, and are greatly aggravated towards the evening; on the second or third day an efflorescence of a deep erysipelatus colour appears, more especially on the face, neck, breast, and hands, all which appear to be a little swelled, the fingers more evidently so, and, in many, tinged in a remarkable manner;—
if these parts be accurately viewed, an infinite number of small pimples, of an intense scarlet colour, will be perceived:—But here, different from other eruptive disorders, the patient gains no relief, nor are the symptoms the least extenuated by this large desquamation on the skin, on the contrary, the pain, heat, and anxiety increase; at night a delirium frequently comes on, which generally goes off in the morning, with an abatement of the other symptoms, but returns again with equal violence towards the evening.
The tongue and mouth become more foul; the sloughs in the throat increase so as almost to prevent breathing, these are frequently thrown off in large flakes, and leave deep, painful, and sometimes bleeding ulcers, behind them; from the inside of the nostrils, especially in children, is discharged large quantities of a thin, putrid matter, of a most corrosive nature, excoriating whatever it touches;—in infants this virulent matter often passes down the œsophagus into the stomach and intestines, bringing on sickness, vomiting, and violent purgings; the fine membrane that lines the larynx is corroded off, the epiglottis looses its action, by which every thing the child endeavours to swallow passes the wrong way (as the common phrase is) strangles , and flies back through the nose; a hoarseness and hooping (which by the by is generally a fatal symptom, however mild and favourable other appearances may be) comes on, suffocation and death suddenly take place; about the 5th day, sometimes sooner, and sometimes a day later, all the symptoms become more and more aggravated; the heat, restlessness, difficulty of breathing, and delirium constant;—the pulse small, but excessive quick; the sloughs in the throat thicken, and change to a dark lived colour; the fœtor from the breath intolerable; the efflorescence on the skin disappears, or becomes of a dark crimson colour, with petechial spots dispersed about on the legs, thighs, and sometimes other parts of the body; the difficulty of breathing increases; the patient falls into a stupor, and death suddenly closes the scene.—
Those that have the disease more favourable, generally have an abatement of all the symptoms on the 4th day; the efflorescence on those that have it) for as was before observed, one third of the patients have no appearance of eruption) disappears; the sloughs in the throat separate, and come off; and leave ulcers that readily heal;—in some a hardness and tumefaction of the parotid glands remain, in others a dry hoarse cough, these however soon give way to proper remedies.
(To be continued)
ANECDOTE of Dr. FRANKLIN:
THE Doctor, when he was in England last, walking up Ludgate-hill, with his spectacles on, accidentally jostled a porter very heavily laden. The fellow, irritated at what he supposed an insult, immediately turned round, and in the peevishness of his resentment, exclaiming, "Damn your spectacles !" Thank you, my friend (replied the Doctor) 'tis not the first time my spectacles have saved my eyes; for I suppose if I happened not to have 'em on, it would have been Damn your eyes .
BLANKS of all sorts for sale at this Office, as cheap as usual,

E N G L A N D,
LONDON, July 30. Mr. Cauchois (the French Jurisconsul, who, at the expense of his fortune, so bravely saved the life of Maria Salmon) seems destined by Heaven to be the guardian angel of the innocent condemned. Maria Salmon is the sixth victim he has snatched from the hangman's hands. In the year 1774, he saved from ignominy and death a young man falsely accused and as wrongfully condemned.—In 1779, a poor man ordered to the galleys for a crime his weak state of body could not permit him to perpetrate.—The third, whose life he preserved, was the pretended accomplice of this last one.—A midwife accused of different crimes in her profession, and condemned to be hanged, found in Mr. Cauchois an asserter of her innocence; as did also a surgeon at Dieppe, who was said to have poisoned a whole family. Maria Salmon concludes, for the present, the glorious list of those whose lives he has prolonged. Such an advocate deserves well both of his country and of mankind.
Aug. 1. The Madrid Gazette, of Wednesday the 12th of July, relates, that the greatest rejoicings were expected throughout the whole kingdom of Spain, on account of the manifesto published by the Emperor of Morocco, to give liberty of trade, residence and religion, to the different European subjects. It is, besides, no small consolation to a people long harassed by the piratical cruelties and depredations of the Moors, to consider themselves in a state of amity with those once inveterate foes, who have been plundering their ships and insulting their coasts for above two hundred years. There are computed to be upwards of one thousand Spaniards, of all ranks, now in actual slavery in the dominions of Morocco, many of whom are persons of distinction, whose friends either would not, or could not, pay the exorbitant prices demanded for their ransom. Among these latter, is the count d'Aquile, who was taken on his return from Malta, in a Leghorn vessel, about three years ago. This Nobleman's family offered the sum of ten thousand pistoles to the present Emperor, whose domestick slave he is; but it was refused.—There is, however, no doubt but that the late accommodations will set all the Spanish subjects free, as soon as preliminaries can be settled, and no cause to dread the like disasters for the time to come.
August 11. More home strokes at the Pope and the Clergy in Germany!—Joseph seems determined, not only to "rip the lace and fringe off the coat," but "to take coat and all;"—Never did the three hats make so shabby a figure as they do at present.
It is worthy of remark, that in most of the respectable dissenting congregations of the metropolis, a particular thanksgiving was made use of by the pastors for his Majesty's late escape; and also prayers for his future safety.
August 13. Yesterday Colonel Smith, the American charge des affaires, in the absence of Mr. Adams, had a conference with Lord Sydney, at Whitehall, on some dispatches received from America by way of l'Orient.
Lord Dorchester fails for Quebec next month to his government of Canada. His Lordship is to carry out full instructions relative to the disputes that have arisen, touching the forts upon the lakes, within the boundaries of the American empire.
August 15. The following intelligence is received from an officer at Bengal, which was brought by the last advices:—"The Mahrattas are at war against Hyder Ally's country; they sent a carte blanche to the Governor, and requested he would assist them; but we understand here that government has sent to England to know how to act. Mr. Hastings is much wished for, as every body here thinks he would not hesitate sending a large detachment immediately to the Mahrattas, which we are in fact bound to do by our treaty of peace. The French have 7000 troops at Pondicherry, and the Company have a revenue coming in of 40 lacks yearly, upon salt made in Bengal, and have in consequence prohibited any being brought there from foreign ports, and all ships which arrive are searched. A short time ago, a French ship arrived at Bengal, and refused to be searched or come to; a gun was first fired with powder, as a signal for that purpose, but she refusing, a shot was fired over her, and she then came to an anchor. The chief of Chandanagore, the French settlement here, says, we have commenced hostilities by this act, and he has sent to acquaint the Court of France therewith. Indeed, it is highly ridiculous to suppose we can stand still and look on, when the greatest part of the Indian powers are engaged; and it is supposed here, if we do not assist the Mahrattas speedily, agreeable to our treaty of peace they will join the French."
The twenty thousand guineas, brought by the last New York packet to this country (no matter how much clip or sweated, &c.) were put on board in consequence of a vote of Congress, which had passed on the day before, that no gold or silver should be sent out of the country.
"Yesterday a messenger arrived at the Secretary of State's office, with the important advice of the death of FREDERICK the Third, KING of PRUSSIA, which happened on Friday last. Frederick the Great was born on the 24th of January, 1712. He married on the 12th of June, 1733, Elizabeth Christiana, of Brunswick Wolfenbuttle. Frederick IV. was born on the 25th of September, 1744. He married July 14, 1705, first, the Princess Elizabeth Christiana Ulrica, of Brunswick Wolfenbuttle: And secondly, on the 14th of July, 1769, Frederick Louisa, of Hesse Darmstadt, and he has issue by both marriages."
"The death of the King of Prussia will considerably affect the politics of Europe. It is an event for which the nations have been preparing for many months, and which will not be suffered to pass over unimproved. The Emperor will now, perhaps, find other employment for his troops than merely preparing them for war; and he will give an opportunity to the new King to illustrate his character. It is said of Frederick IV. that he possesses the strong features of his Uncle's character: That he has imbibed his politics, and will religiously follow his footsteps. If he does not, what will become of the embarrassed Stadholder?"
The good and humane Howard, who is now gone to Constantinople, to endeavour to put a stop to the ravages of the plague, will have numberless difficulties to encounter, though if any person can surmount them he will; among others, is the custom of the Turks wearing the fur, &c. of the people who die with that distemper, and their firm belief in the Mahometan doctrine of predestination; a doctrine that has brought their empire to its present state, as actuated with this belief, the Turks rush to battle with the ferocity of tigers, and the bravery displayed by some of them in the last war with the Russians is incredible, they have drove on to the very mouths of cannon, though death was the inevitable consequence.
Extract of a letter from Venice, July 20.
"Our situation becomes every day more and more critical to ourselves, and more interesting to politicians. It appears that the Mussulmen are bent on our destruction. Our littleness in the scale of nations, which ought to be our protection against their jealousy, is the very circumstance which encourages them to injure us. In spite of our expeditions against the Tunisians, these Barbarians are now more insolent than ever."
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS assembled, October 20, 1786.
The Committee consisting of Mr. Pettit, Mr. Lee, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Henry and Mr. Smith, to whom was referred the letter from the War Office, with the papers enclosed, containing Intelligence of the hostile Intentions of the Indians in the Western Country, having REPORTED—
THAT the uniform tenor of the Intelligence from the Western Country, plainly indicates the hostile disposition of a number of Indian nations, particularly the Shawanese, Puteotamies, Chippewas, Tawas and Twihtwees.
That these nations are now assembling in the Shawanese towns, and are joined by a banditti of desperadoes, under the names of Mingoes and Cherokees, who are outcasts from other nations, and who have associated and settled in that country for the purpose of war and plunder.—That they are labouring to draw in other nations to unite with them in a war with the Americans.—That it is expected, one thousand warriors will soon be collected in the Shawanese towns, from whence they have already dispatched parties to commence hostilities.—That from the motions of the Indians to the southward, as well as the northward, and the exertions made in different quarters to stimulate the various nations against the Americans, there is the strongest reason to believe, that unless the speediest measures are taken effectually to counteract and defeat their plans, the war will become general, and may be attended with the most dangerous and lasting consequences:
That the committee therefore deem it highly necessary that the troops in the service of the United States be immediately augmented, not only for the protection and support of the frontiers of the States bordering on the western territory, and the valuable settlements on and near the margin of the Mississippi, but to establish the possession and facilitate the surveying and selling of those intermediate lands, which have been so much relied on for the reduction of the debts of the United States: Whereupon
Resolved, That the number of one thousand three hundred and forty non-commissioned officers and privates, be raised for the term of three years, unless sooner discharged; and that they, together with the troops now in service, be formed into a legionary corps, to consist of 2040 non commissioned officers and privates.—viz. Massachusetts 660; New-Hampshire 260; Connecticut 180, and Rhode-Island 140, infantry and artillery—and two of the Southern States, 60 cavalry each,
P R A N C E.
PARIS, August 10. Corn this year will be cheaper perhaps than has been in France these three hundred years past; so abundant is the present crop, that, notwithstanding the great wages that are offered, it is not possible to procure hands enough to make up the harvest. His Majesty was applied to for leave to let the regiment of pioneers, quartered in the environs of Paris, work for the farmers about Versailles, &c. and was graciously pleased to give his consent. The exportation of corn is permitted, as long as the sack costs only eighteen livres. The rich proprietors of land say, that it is a great misfortune when corn is so very cheap, and their argument seems to have some weight in politicks. It would be cruel to impede the exportation of what a nation possesses in abundance; such a desire could not originate with a civilized people; but when one reflects that the permission to export a valuable commodity gives an opportunity to the ill disposed rich man to engross that article, and wait for a time of dearth, in order to prey on the vitals of the poor, by selling it to them at an exorbitant rate; too great a plenty is not always attended with a blessing! The greatest enemy to man is man!
P E N N S Y L V A N I A.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23. On Wednesday last a court of Oyer and Terminer, and a court of Nisi Prius were held at Morris town, for the county of Montgomery, before the honourable William Augustus Atlee, and George Bryan, Esqrs judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
A bill was presented against Philip Hoofnagle, for burglary, who was convicted by the traverse jury, on the clearest testimony. He was, after a very pabettick and instructing admonition from the bench, sentenced to five years hard labour, under the new act of assembly. It was with some difficulty that this reprobate was prevailed upon to make the election of labour instead of the balter; a convincing proof that the punishments, directed by the new law, are more terrifying to the idle wagabonds, than all the borrows of an ignominious death. As soon as the criminal was removed to the jail, his head was shaved; and he will, when clothed in the criminal's dress, be put to public work.
B A L T I M O R E, October 24.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Cork, to his correspondent in this town, dated July 25, 1786.
"At the time I last wrote you we were absolutely prevented from proceeding to sea, though the ship was not seized, but every effort made by a very rascally attempt for that purpose; and I verily believe if it had not been for the fear they had of the respect the passengers evidence would carry on trial, they would have detained her although there was nothing illegal on board.—It is at present reduced to a certainty, that all vessels, guilty or not, are taken into possession, and proof of smuggling made, if possible, by a Mr. Gahan, surveyor-general of Munster, and his banditti from the West part of this coast, who are ready to swear the vessel was smuggling, if they can but get on board her, or find out that she came very near the land. They have at present seized 11 or 12 ships, amongst which is the Liberty, Mr. Hartley's ship, and now on trial, for taking up at sea one hog head of tobacco, which was sold for 6l. 6s. The fact is acknowledged, and though trifling, I think the expense of defending the suit will cost at least £. 1000, provided he recovers his ship, which is doubtful.—They have already been four weeks on this trial, and the witnesses not yet all examined. The decision of Mr. Hartley's ship will determine the fate of many more.—Indeed some owners who are here, have declared they will not, nor can they defend their property, seeing to what an expence the trials will run to. This is too severe a law to last long, and lately made here in Ireland, knowing how much had been run by ships formerly; and if prosecuted to its utmost rigour, which seems to be the case just now, it will be fatal to many merchants, the innocent as well as the guilty. Pray inform all Captains of vessels, for the sake of their own and owners property, not to touch at Cork, if possible, or at any rate, not to suffer any boat to board them; if they do, the consequences may be fatal."
N E W-Y O R K, November 1.
Extract of a letter from an eminent mercantile house in Lisbon, to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated August 16, 1786.
"We are extremely happy to acquaint you, hat by a letter from Tangiers, of the 15th July, we are informed, that a few days before Mr. Barclay, the American Ambassador, had concluded his negotiation with the Emperor of Morocco, to his entire satisfaction, having made a treaty of peace on the very same terms as that between the Emperor and the King of Spain. This intelligence you may depend upon.—The negotiation at Algiers has not proved so successful."

S A V A N N A H, October 4.
The Creek Indians have lately received large supplies of ammunition from Pensacola, which with their having warned the settlers to remove from the Oconee lands by the first of October next, leaves little or no room to doubt of a war taking place immediately.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, Nov. 3.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at the Falls of the Ohio, dated September 20.
"In my last letter I informed you that the state of Virginia had formed an expedition against the Indians, and now I can say that the troops consisting of 1700 men, actually took up their march on the 15, 16, and 17th instant. Two field pieces and 100 men will be sent off to-morrow from Fort St. Vincent. What the results will be, God only knows. Captain Carbury goes out as Adjutant-General to the detachment from Virginia."
Extract of a letter from Halifax, Nova-Scotia.
"The people here exult in every scrap of intelligence that conveys a glimpse derogatory or unfavourable to your side; and, with acrimony disgraceful even to Satan himself, reprobate the motives and measures of your government. I lament your want of energy and unanimity myself, and it leads the world to conceive you are destitute of spirit and justice; circumstances which Britain will not fail to spread and circulate, and felicitate herself upon."
N E W-Y O R K, November 4.
The violent commotions in Holland prove, that, however phlegmatic and dull we may esteem the Dutch, they do not always want spirit. Heavy substances, it has been observed, when once put in motion, move with the greatest velocity.
Intelligence from the Western Country.
Published by order of Congress.
Extract of a letter from Captain T. Hutchins, dated Camp, at the Junction of Wheeling Rivulet, and the Ohio, October 12, 1786, To his Excellency the President of Congress.
"The last letter I had the honour of writing to your Excellency, was dated the 13th of September, eleven o'clock at night. I am now to inform your Excellency that in the afternoon of the 18th of the same month, when I had progressed almost 43 miles, as I was superintending surveying the eighth range, I received from Major Hamtramck, by express, the intelligence respecting the hostile intentions of the Indians, contained in the enclosed papers, No. 1 and 2."
Westmoreland County, N. H.
THE deposition of George Brickell, of the county aforesaid, taken the 13th of September, 1786—deposeth and saith, that he left Ottaway River, about 50 miles below the Lower Sandusky, the 5th of this instant, September; that there were 1700 Indian warriors assembled at the Shawanoes towns, and that their number in a short time would be 2000; that their intentions were to strike first the Wheeling settlement, and lower down the Ohio; that all the nations were joined, and held a treaty on the 5th at Lower Sandusky, which was early in the morning, and lasted till after dark; that they had lately brought into the Shawanoes towns 13 or 14 scalps and four prisoners, two of whom were women, whom the Indians burnt before the men's faces; the men were to share the same fate in a few days; that the women's names were Moore, one the wife of a Captain Moore, the other her daughter; that Samuel Bealer, who had his summer removed to the Indian country from Wheeling settlement, and his family, were all killed; that a Captain Cladwell read his papers among the Indians, particularly land warrants, as he told this deponent;—that this deponent believes from these and other circumstances, and from the information given him by every person in that country, the whole of the Indian nations are determined to strike in the fall, when they get their corn secured, excepting the Cornplanter, who has refused to join them as yet; that there has been a reinforcement of troops at Detroit this fall, in three vessels, but does not know the number; that one Williams, a half-blooded Indian, told this deponent and the others with him, that if the Indians knew they were informed of what was going on, they would be killed before they got home; and further this deponent saith not.
(Signed) GEORGE BRICKELL.
Sworn and subscribed before GEORGE WALLACE.
THOMAS CIRTY, of Pitt townships, who was in company with the before mentioned George Brickell, deposeth and saith, that the before mentioned Williams told him, that the Indians were going to war; that Williams had this information from one Abraham Kuhn, a white man, who is married to an Indian woman, by which means he is made a Wyandott chief; that this deponent went into the council house on the 3d instant, and saw the Indians sitting in council, and upon being
informed who this deponent was, they were silent: that this deponent was often frequently if Hutchins was gone to run the line, which the deponent denied, and was told at the same time that the Indians meant to cut him off and all his men; that the Cherokees and Shawanoes chased Cayasuta, when he went to Mingo town with a speech to the Indians, desiring them not to go to war against the Americans, and would have killed him had he not made his escape; and further this deponent saith not.
(Signed)
THOMAS CIRTY, mark.
Sworn and subscribed before GEORGE WALLACE. N O V E M B E R 8.
BY the last accounts from the Combined American fleet, we learn, "That after having put to sea with a fair wind, and a glorious prospect of a successful voyage, some dispute arose on board of several of the ships. The officers and part of the crew refusing to obey the directions of the Admiral and Commodore, resolved to steer their own course, the ship York leading the way; by this imprudent conduct, they were driven towards a lee shore and embayed—the Hampshire had near been lost amongst the breakers but for the spirited conduct of the Captain and some of his officers who nipt in the bud a dangerous conspiracy of the crew for destroying the ship."
The Boston, the eldest ship in the fleet, is, by the mutinous conduct of the crew, land locked amongst rocks and sand banks; and is not like to get clear, unless the officers and men see their common danger and inevitable ruin, and join hand in hand to warp the ship in the main channel again, or assistance is sent for that purpose from the other ships.
The crew on board the Rhode-Island, are all in an uproar, the officers having introduced paper tickets in lieu of gold and silver as pay notes; this is like to cause a dangerous mutiny or a desertion of part of the crew, if persisted in.
Notwithstanding there has long subsisted a difference between the officers of the Philadelphia, a very fine ship, yet the Captain being an old experienced veteran, knows so well to play his card, as to keep in with both parties, and to prevent that difference from being detrimental to the voyage. It is said to be his wish, and also of most of his officers, that the Admiral and Commodore be obeyed; she and most of the other ships are come to an anchor, waiting to observe the conduct and fate of the York.
It is said that the man at the sounding line and lead, has often called out veer ship, the water lessens, gravelly bottom and breakers a head, without being heeded by Rough-hewer the master pilot; many of the well wishers to the fleet hope that a surge of the sea may take that pilot overboard, as it has been suspected that he means to run the ship ashore. But most people entertain sanguine hopes, that at the stated meeting of the officers, they may resolve to put the ship about, before any of the fleet are totally lost on the coast of France or Holland.—The news farther is, that the Lion and Unicorn ships of observation, belonging to the unnatural enemy of the American fleet, are watching every manœuvre of them, anxiously expecting that part of the fleet will get ship-wrecked, and the others separate, when they mean to take the advantage of their situation and commence hostilities—May they be disappointed, is the wish of
TOM BOWLING.
Extract of a letter from Charleston, October 10.
"Should the intelligence prove true, that is so generally reported, and indeed publicly asserted in the Georgia Gazette, that the Spaniards have assisted the Creek Indians with military implements, a war with Spain will inevitably follow, unless this ungenerous assistance has been given to the Indians by private individuals. Indeed it would appear as if Congress had some weighty affairs to adjust with Spain, from their having withdrawn Mr. Adams from the English Court, and sent him to Madrid, notwithstanding this able Minister's presence was certainly necessary at the British Court, in order to facilitate the negotiation between Great-Britain and America."
B O S T O N,
November 11. On Wednesday evening last arrived in town, from New-York, the Hon. NATHAN DANE, Esq. one of the Delegates from this Commonwealth to Congress—And on Thursday afternoon, agreeably to desire, Mr. Dane, made an oral communication to the Hon. Legislature, of information on several important points. As far as we can recollect the substance of this communication, was, That all the states, had acceded to the requisitions of Congress, respecting the Impost, except two, who, it was expected would immediately accede to the same. That all but two states had empowered Congress, so far to regulate commerce, as to prohibit the importation of foreign goods in British bottoms:—That had it not been for the hostile appearances in the Indians, 7,000,000 acres of the land belonging to the United States would now have been surveyed, and ready for sale, purchasers for which
being numerous—But that about half that number of acres were now actually surveyed, and when sold would greatly reduce the Continental domestic debt.—That Congress had quieted several of the hostile tribes—but a spirit of opposition yet appearing in others, to protect the Surveyors in the execution of their business, and the inhabitants, Congress had thought proper to augment the federal forces.—And that the insurrections in this Commonwealth had given much uneasiness to the United States, all of whom considered themselves interested in the preservation of our constitutional rights—and who could not be tame spectators of their overthrow by an armed banditti.
Extract of a letter from Savannah, dated Sept. 15.
"The Indians are coming down in a large body, to attack this place; they seem bent upon the destruction of all our settlements and towns. The people in general are in great consternation, for their lives and property. However, we have now about 15 or 1600 men in arms, that are marching to oppose their progress, who will be able to give some account of them."
P O R T S M O U T H, Nov. 18.
The commonwealth of Massachusetts, at their late session, we hear, complied with the requisition of Congress for raising men to go against the Indians in our western frontier.
We learn from North-Carolina, that the idea of a separate government, in that State, is done away, and that they have displaced their governor, and voted in delegates to represent them in the General Assembly.
By a singular regulation in the laws of Florence, if a criminal, in his way to execution, is demanded by a maiden in marriage, he receives immediate pardon, and the wedding is solemnized at the foot of the gallows.
It must give every lover of his country pleasure to be informed, that the nail manufactory is brought to such perfection throughout the United States of America as to stop the importation of that article; and there remains not a doubt but this and many other branches of manufacture, if countenanced by government, would soon rival the British.
Died, since our last, a child of Mr. John Abbot's, of this town.
N A V A L - O F F I C E,
PORT OF PISCATAQUA, November 18, 1786.
  E N T E R E D.  FROM.    Ship Hero,  Wardrobe,  Tobago.    C L E A R E D,  FOR.    Brig Sophia,  Roberts,  I'Orient,    Ship Atlantic,  Trefethern,  West-Indies.    Schooner Union,  Tibbetts,  Demarara.  
HIGH WATER at PORTSMOUTH, From Saturday Nov. 18, to Saturday Nov. 25.
  Forenoon.  Afternoon.    Saturday, 30m after 9  52 - - - 9    Sunday, 14m after 10  37 - - - 10    Monday, 1m after 11  25 - - - 11    Tuesday, 49m after 11  - - - - -    Wednesday, 14m after 0  39 - - - 12    Thursday, 4m after 1  29 - - - 1    Friday, 55m after 1  19 - - - 2  
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Principles of POLITENESS,
AND OF
Knowing the World,
By the late Lord CHESTERFIELD , to which is annexed
A Father's Legacy to his Daughters, By the late Dr. GREGORY , of Edinburgh. The whole admirably calculated for the improvement of youth, yet not beneath the attention of any.
A work published for the improvement of youth in useful and virtuous knowledge, is an object worthy the attention of every friend to the interest of learning and morality; to those this volume is presented as most excellently adapted to the important design expressed in the following
INTRODUCTION to the PORTSMOUTH EDITION.
The two parts of this work, which have heretofore been printed separate, are now offered to the Public in one volume, as a system of polite and moral instruction for both sexes: This edition is critically corrected, with the special design of furnishing english schools, at a small expence, with a proper book for reading and parsing their own language, that the teacher may be provided with suitable means for mending the manners of his pupils, while he informs their understanding, by analyzing the grammatical construction, and pointing out the beauties of the most approved style.

Parnassian Spring.
On the Honorable Emanuel Swedenborg's UNIVERSAL THEOLOGY,
IN this choice work the curious eye may find The noblest system to reform mankind, Old truths confirm'd, that sceptics have deny'd, By most perverted, and which some deride.
HERE, truths divine in heavenly visions grow From the vast influx on our world below, Here like the blaze of our material sun, Enlighten'd reason proves, that GOD IS ONE ;— As that, concentr'd in itself, a sphere, Illumes all nature with its radiance here, Bids tow'rd itself all trees and plants aspire, Awakes the winds, impells the feeds of fire, And, still subservient to the almighty plan, Warns into life the changeful race of man, So, like that sun, in heaven's bright realms we trace
One power of Love, that fills unbounded space, Existing always by no borrow'd aid, Before all worlds, eternal, and not made ; — To that indebted, stars and comets burn, Owe their first movement, and to that return : Prime source of wisdom, all contriving mind, First spring of reason, that this globe design'd, Parent of ORDER, whose unwearied hand Upholds the fabric that his wisdom plann'd, And, its due course assign'd to every sphere, Revolves the season, and sustains the year ; Pure light of TRUTH ! where'er thy rays com- Thou art the substance of the power divine ! Nought else on earth that full resemblance bears, No sun, that lights us through our circling years, No stars, that through yon' heavenly mansions flay,
No moon, that glads us with her evening ray, No seas, that o'er their gloomy mansions flow, No forms beyond us, and no shapes below.
THEN slight, ah, slight not this instructive page For the low follies of a thoughtless age, Here, to the truth by reason's aid aspire, Here the gay visions of the blest admire ; Behold that heaven, in these neglected lines, In whose vast space perpetual day light shines, (run, Where streams of joy through plains of pleasure And night is banish'd from so bright a sun.
PLUNG'D in that gulph, whose dark unfathom'd wave
All tongues and nations to destruction gave,— Here, man no more disgrac'd by death appears, Lost in dull slumbers through a waste of years— No empty dream, or still more empty shade ;— Remains the substance, but the form decay'd ; Sees what he saw, knows what before was known, The same ideas, but more perfect grown.
WHERE parted souls with kindred spirits meet, Rapt to the bloom of beauty, all complete, In that celestial, vast, unbounded sphere, Nought there exists but has its image here ! All there is MIND !—that intellectual flame, From whose vast depth Platonic visions came, In which creation ended and began— Flows to this abject world, and beams on man.
State of New - Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resi- dent owners of land in the township of New-Bradford, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1785, that unless they pay them to me the subscriber, on or before Monday the 27th day of November next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said township, at ten o'clock A. M. as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevent- ed by previous payment, the number of lots to be sold are as follows, viz No. 35, 40, 61, 79, 87, 91, 102, 72, 78.
WILLIAM PRESBURY Collector. New-Bradford, October 20, 1786.
THE commissioners appointed by the hon. judge of probate, to receive and examine the claims on the estate of James Hickey, late of Portsmouth deceas'd, represented insolvent, here- by give notice that five months from the 19th October last, are further allowed by the judge for the creditors to bring in their claims.
JOHN SPARHAWK, } Commissioners. SUPPLY CLAP. }
Portsmouth, November 13, 1786.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands upon the estate of William Jen- kins late of Lee, deceased, are desired to present the same for an immediate settlement to
WILLIAM JENKINS, } Executors. and JOHN JENKINS, }
Lee, November 15, 1786.
( GRAFTON. )
State of New - Hampshire,
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resi- dent proprietors and owners of land in the township of Grafton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1784, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, so much of their lands as will pay the same together with incidental char- ges will be sold at public vendue on Thursday the 21st day of December next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Hezekiah Bullock, innholder in said town, unless prevented by pre- vious payment.
   State tax. County.   D. N. R. Q'ty s. d. qr. s. d.     Capt. Aaron Varney 1 9 1 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 1 10 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 2 10 50 0 9 2 0 2   Capt. Stephen Smith 2 10 3 50 0 9 2 0 2   2 11 3 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 18 1 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 19 1 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 12 3 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 21 4 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 22 4 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 24 8 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 22 13 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 24 13 50 0 9 2 0 2   Constant Barney 1 9 2 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 6 3 50 0 9 2 0 2   2 13 1 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 16 6 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 25 7 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 24 12 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 25 12 50 0 9 2 0 2   Benoni Williams 2 7 1 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 21 2 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 22 2 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 24 11 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 25 11 50 0 9 2 0 2   Benjamin Martin 2 7 2 50 0 9 2 0 2   2 2 2 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 10 3 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 21 5 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 22 5 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 10 8 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 18 12 50 0 9 2 0 2   1 19 12 50 0 9 2 0 2  
Gov'r Cushion's Right 4 9 1 James Otis's Right 4 9 1 SETH MARTIN, Collector. Grafton, November 1, 1786.
Coffee-House-Tavern, William Brewster
BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has removed from the house he lately occupied as a Tavern in Congress-street, to that large and elegant house in Court-street, in which President Langdon lately lived, and which is com- monly known by the name of PACKER'S HOUSE, where he has opened a
COFFEE-HOUSE and TAVERN, for the accommodation and entertainment of townsmen and travellers.—The elegance and commodiousness of his house (which, perhaps, surpasses any of the kind in New- England) with the convenience of its situ- ation, induces him to hope, as well for the favors of his former customers, as for the company of strangers, whom he assures, that neither attention or expence shall be wanting to render their situation pleasing and agreeable.—His Stables are large and airy, with suitable coverings for Carriages.
He would likewise inform such Gen- tlemen as wish for private Lodgings, that he has appropriated one part of his house to the accommodation of Boarders, so that those gentlemen who may wish to take Lodgings with him, may be as retired and free from interruption, and be entertained with as much elegance, and as cheap a rate, as in any private House whatever.
Portsmouth, Oct. 25, 1786.
TO BE EXCHANGED For Merchantable Pine BOARDS, Several Orders on the State Treasurer. Enquire of the Printer.
( Tamworth. )
State of New - Hampshire,
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resi- dent proprietors and owners of land in the township of Tamworth, who are delinquent in paying their taxes for the year 1785, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber at my dwelling-house in said town, on or before Monday the 27th day of November next, so much of their lands as will pay the same together with inciden- tal charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock forenoon on said day, at the dwell- ing-house of William Eastman, in said town, un- less prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. Q'ty. s. d.     Simeon Whitman 3 E 50 1 0   Benjamin Chamberlain 4 E 50 1 0   Silvenus Laffell 6 E 50 1 0   Arthur Harris 5 W 100 2 0   John Boston 9 E 50 1 0   George Freese 12 W 100 2 0   James Quimby 8 18 42 1 0   Edward Colcord 1 11   Victorous Smith 111 1 11   Ebenezer Byram 5 50 1 0   Thomas Philips 18 2 W 50 1 0   Mathew Ganet 6 W 100 2 0   Nathaniel Merrill 40 0 11  
Original rights.
   John Webster 252 4 8   James Cockran junr. 4 8   John Merrill 4 8   George Abbot 4 8   William Rogers 4 8   John Moore 4 8   Andrew M'Millea 4 8   Samuel Osgood 4 8   William Cockran 4 8   John Webster junr. 4 8   Jonathan Stickney 4 8   Thomas Stickney 4 8   Josiah Miles 4 8   Joseph Hall junr. 4 8   Samuel Moore 4 8   Daniel Stickney 4 8   Walter Bryant 4 8   Jonathan Merrill 226 2 4   John Cockran 4 8   Samuel Cockran 4 8   Alexander Lesley 4 8   Stephen Holland 4 8   Abel Lovejoy 4 8   Joseph Emery 4 8   Jonathan Cockran 4 8   Moses Barnet 4 8   James Wallace 4 8   Abel Chandler 4 8   Isaac Cockran 4 8   John Davidson 4 8   Hamilton Davidson 4 8   Jonathan Morrison 4 8   Thomas Cloug 4 8   James Head 4 8   Walter Bryant junr. 4 8   Peter Coffin 4 8   Robert Fulton 4 8   William Coffin 4 8   Robert Barnet 4 8   John Kimball 4 8   John Noys Esq. 4 8   Thomas Wallace 4 8   Robert Rogers 4 8   Moses Coffin 4 8   Phineas Virgen 4 8   Samuel Dickey 4 8   John Barnet junr. 4 8   John Webster Esq. 4 8   James Dwyer 4 8   Enoch Coffin 4 8   Israel Gilman 4 8   Samuel Gilman 4 8   Col. Todd 4 8   Lt. Cato Barr 4 8   Jacob Fowler 4 8   James Cockran 4 8   Enoch Webster 4 8  
JACOB EASTMAN, Collector. Tamworth, October 19, 1786.
TO BE SOLD
By George Doig, a new and elegant
Fall-back Chaife,
for Cash, Country Produce, or West-India Goods; and as the season is far advanc'd, any person wishing to purchase, may find an easy bargain.