The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-03-28 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &amp;c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful &amp; entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
Second CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 24th of October, 1791.
AN ACT to establish the POST-OFFICE and POST-ROADS within the United States.
[Concluded from our last.]
And be it further enacted, That all letters and packets, passing by sea to and from the United States or from one port to another therein, in packet boats or vessels, the property of, or provided by the United States, shall be rated and charged, as follows: For every single letter, eight cents; for every double letter, sixteen cents; for every triple letter or packet twenty-four cents; for every letter or packet brought into the United States, or carried from one port therein to another by sea, in any private ship or vessel, four cents, if delivered at the place where the same shall arrive; and if directed to be delivered at any other place, with the addition of the like postage, as other letters are made subject to the payment of by this act.
And be it further enacted, That if any deputy post-master, or other person authorized by the Post-master-General to receive the postage of letters, shall fraudulently demand or receive any rate of postage, or any gratuity or reward, other than is provided by this act for the postage of letters or packets, on conviction thereof he shall forfeit for every such offence, one hundred dollars, and shall be rendered incapable of holding any office under the United States.
And be it further enacted, That no ship or vessel, arriving at any port within the United States, where a post office is established, shall be permitted to report, make entry, or break bulk, until the master or commander shall have delivered to the postmaster, all letters directed to any person or persons within the United States, which, under his care or within his power, shall be brought in such ship or vessel, other than such as are directed to the owner or consignee: But when a vessel shall be bound to another port, than that, at which she may enter, the letters belonging to, or to be delivered at the said port of delivery, shall not be delivered to the postmaster at the port of entry. And it shall be the duty of the collector or other officer of the port, empowered to receive entries of ships or vessels, to require from every master or commander of such ship or vessel, an oath or af-
firmation, purporting that he has delivered all such letters, except as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That the postmasters to whom such letters may be delivered, shall pay to the master, commander, or other person delivering the same, except the commanders of foreign packets, two cents for every such letter or packet; and shall obtain from the person delivering the same, a certificate specifying the number of letters and packets, with the name of the ship or vessel, and the place from whence she last sailed; which a certificate, together with a receipt for the money, shall be with his half-yearly accounts, transmitted to the Post-master-General, who shall credit the amount thereof to the post master forwarding the same.
And be it further enacted, That if any person, other than the Post-master-General, or his deputies, or persons by them employed, shall take up, receive, order, dispatch, convey, carry or deliver any letter or letters, packet or packets, other than newspapers, for hire or reward, or shall be concerned in setting up any foot or horse post, waggon or other carriage, by or in which any letter or packet shall be carried for hire, on any established post road, or any packet, or other vessel or boat, or any conveyance whatever, whereby the revenue of the general post-office may be injured, every person so offending, shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of two hundred dollars. Provided, That it shall and may be lawful for every person to send letters or packets by special messenger.
And be it further enacted, That the deputy post masters or agents of the Post-master-General, shall, duly account and answer to him, for all bye or way letters, and shall specify the number and rates in the post bill. And if any deputy post master or agent shall neglect so to account, he or they so offending, shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any person, employed in any of the departments, of the general post-office, shall unlawfully detain, delay, or open, any letter, packet, bag or mail of letters, with which he shall be entrusted, or which shall have come to his possession, and which are intended to be conveyed by post: Or if any such person shall secrete, embezzle or destroy any letter or packet, entrusted to him, as aforesaid, and which shall not contain any secu-
rity for, or assurance relating to money, as herein after described, every such offender, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, according to the circumstances and aggravations of the offence. And if any person employed as aforesaid, shall secrete, embezzle or destroy any letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters, with which he shall be entrusted, or which shall have come to his possession, and are intended to be conveyed by post, containing any bank note, or bank post bill, bill of exchange, warrant of the treasury of the United States, note of assignment of stock in the funds, letters of attorney for receiving annuities or dividends, or for selling stock in the funds, or for receiving the interest thereof, or any letter of credit, or note for, or relating to the payment of money, or other bond or warrant, draft, bill, or promissory note whatsoever, for the payment of money; or if any such person, employed as aforesaid, shall steal or take any of the same out of any letter, packet, bag or mail of letters, that shall come to his possession, he shall, on conviction for any such offence, suffer death. And if any person, who shall have taken charge of the mail of the United States, shall quit or desert the same, before his arrival at the next post-office, every such person, so offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for every such offence. And if any person, concerned in carrying the mail of the United States, shall collect, receive or carry any letter or packet, or shall cause or procure the same to be done, contrary to this act, every such offender shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall rob any carrier of the mail of the United States, of such mail, or if any person shall rob the mail, in which letters are sent to be conveyed by post, of any letter or packet, or shall steal such mail, or shall steal and take from or out of the same, or from or out of any post-office, any letter or packet, such offender or offenders shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death.
And be it further enacted, That the deputy post-masters shall, respectively, publish at the expiration of every three months, in one of the newspapers published at, or nearest the place of his residence, for three successive weeks, a list of all the letters then remaining
in their respective offices; and at the expiration of the next three months, shall send such of the said letters as then remain on hand as dead letters, to the general post-office, where the same shall be opened and inspected; and if any valuable papers or matter of consequence, shall be found therein, it shall be the duty of the Post-master-General, to cause a descriptive list thereof to be inserted in one of the newspapers published at the place most convenient to where the owner may be supposed to reside, if within the United States, and such letter and the contents shall be preserved, to be delivered to the person, to whom the same shall be addressed, upon payment of the postage, and the expense of publication.
And be it further enacted, That the following letters and packets, and no other, shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage, under such restrictions, as are herein after provided; that is to say: All letters and packets to or from the President or Vice President of the United States, and all letters and packets not exceeding two ounces in weight, to or from any member of the Senate or House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, or Clerk of the House of Representatives, during their actual attendance in any session of Congress, and twenty days after such session. All letters to and from the Secretary of the Treasury, and his assistant, Comptroller, Register, and Auditor of the Treasury, the Treasurer, the Secretary of State, the Secretary at War, the Commissioners for settling the accounts between the United States and individual States, the Post-master-General and his assistant: Provided, That no person shall frank or enclose any letter or packet, other than his own; but any public letter or packet from the department of the Treasury may be franked by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the assistant Secretary, or by the Comptroller, Register, Auditor or Treasurer; and that each person before named shall deliver to the post-office every letter or packet enclosed to him, which may be directed to any other person, noting the place from whence it came by post, and the usual postage shall be charged thereon.
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall counterfeit the hand writing of any other person, in order to evade the payment of postage; such person or persons so offending, and being thereof duly convicted, shall forfeit and pay, for every such of-

fence, the sum of one hundred dollars:
And be it further enacted , That every printer of newspapers may send one paper to each and every other printer of newspapers within the United States, free of postage, under such regulations as the Post-master-General shall provide.
And be it further enacted , That all newspapers conveyed in the mail, shall be under a cover open at one end, carried in separate bags from the letters, and charged with the payment of one cent for any distance not more than one hundred miles, and one cent and a half for any greater distance: And it shall be the duty of the Post-master-General and his deputy, to keep a separate account for the newspapers, and the deputy post-masters shall receive fifty per cent on the postage of all newspapers: And if any other matter or thing be enclosed in such papers, the whole packet shall be charged, agreeably to the rates established by this act, for letters or packets. And if any of the persons employed in any department of the post-office, shall unlawfully detain, delay, embezzle or destroy any newspaper, with which he shall be entrusted, such offenders, for every such offence, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars: Provided, that the Post-master-General, in any contract he may enter into, for the conveyance of the mail, may authorize the person, with whom such contract is made, to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail.
And be it further enacted , That the Post-master-General be, and he is hereby authorized to allow to the deputy post-masters, respectively, such commission on the monies arising for the postage of letters and packets, as he shall think adequate to their respective services: Provided, That the said commission shall not exceed forty per cent to any deputy, whose compensation thereby shall not exceed fifty dollars, nor thirty per cent to any deputy, whose compensation thereby shall not exceed one hundred dollars, nor twenty per cent to any other deputy, except the post-master at the port where the European packets do, or shall steadily arrive, to whom such farther allowance, in addition to the emoluments of his office, shall be made, as the Post-master-General shall deem a reasonable compensation for his extra-services, in the receipt and dispatch of letters, originally received into his office; from on board such packets, and by him forwarded to other offices: And provided also, That the compensations aforesaid shall not exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum to any one post master for all services by him rendered.
And be it further enacted , That if any deputy post-master, or other person, authorized to receive the postage of letters and packets,
shall neglect or refuse to render his accounts, and pay over to the Post-master-General, the balance by him due, at the end of every three months, it shall be the duty of the Post-master-General, to cause a suit to be commenced against the person or persons so neglecting or refusing: And if the Post-master-General shall not cause such suit to be commenced within three months, from the end of every such three months, the balances due from every such delinquent shall be charged to, and recoverable from the Post-master General.
And be it further enacted , That all pecuniary penalties and forfeitures, incurred under this act, shall be, one half for the use of the person or persons informing and prosecuting for the same, the other half to the use of the United States.
And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the Post-master-General, to make provision where it may be necessary, for the receipt of all letters and packets intended to be conveyed by any ship or vessel, beyond sea, or from any port of the United States to another port therein; and the letters so received shall be formed into a mail, sealed up, and directed to the post-master of the port to which such ship or vessel shall be bound. And for every letter or packet so received, there shall be paid, at the time of its reception, a postage of one cent. And the Post-master-General may make arrangements with the Post-Masters in any foreign country for the reciprocal receipt and delivery of letters and packets, through the post-offices.
And be it further enacted , That the deputy post-masters, and the persons employed in the transportation of the mail, shall be exempt from militia duties, or any fine or penalty for neglect thereof.
And be it further enacted , That all the surplus revenue of the general post-office, which shall have accrued previous to the first day of June next, not heretofore appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards defraying any deficiency which may arise in the revenue of the said department for the year next ensuing.
And be it further enacted , That the act passed the last session of Congress, entitled, "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act entitled, "An act for the temporary establishment of the post-office," be, and the same is hereby continued in full force, until the first day of June next, and no longer.
And be it further enacted , That this act shall be in force for the term of two years, from the said 1st of June next, and no longer.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved—February twentieth, 1792.
George Washington, President of the United States.
CONGRESS: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1.
AFTER reading and referring some petitions the House went into committee of the whole, Mr. B. Bourne in the chair, on the Militia Bill.
Mr. Barnwell moved an amendment to be inserted in the clause that mentions the time of mustering, viz. "provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent any of the States from mustering their militia oftener if they should find it necessary." Whilst this motion was under consideration, Mr. Sedgwick brought in a report from the committee of conference on the amendments proposed by the Senate for the frontier bill, and made a motion for the committee's rising, which was agreed to, and they accordingly rose and reported progress.
The Speaker having resumed the chair, the business mentioned by Mr. Sedgwick was taken up, and the galleries ordered to be cleared.
From the Massachusetts Centinel.
Particular account of the loss of the Ship COLUMBIA, of Exeter, late commanded by Captain ISAAC CHAUNCEY.
THE Ship left Liverpool on the 18th of December last for this port, laden with about one thousand Hhds. of salt, four hundred crates of earthen ware, and about thirty bales of dry goods. She made the land of Cape-Cod on the 10th instant, and took her departure from the Race Point, about 12 o'clock: The wind being to the southward, and thick weather, it was judged best to keep the south shore on board, and on the weather clearing up they found themselves close in with Duxbury beach, the ship then hauled to the wind to the northward, but the wind shifting to the N. E. she could not lay clear of the Brant Rock; they then hove about intending for Plymouth, and would have gained that port, but when passing a ledge of rocks, called High-Pine-Ledge, it died away calm, and a high sea, setting directly on the reef, obliged them to come to an anchor about 3 o'clock, P. M. on the outside in 5 fathoms of water, but in a quarter of an hour afterwards the ship struck on the reef; they then got a spring on their cable, and casting the ship's head off, cut away the cable and got under sail: Deepening their water, they came too again in 8 fathoms; but the wind hauling more to the eastward, and the sea rising, the ship dragged her anchor and again struck on the ledge; shortly after the stern gave way, and the salt emptied itself into the sea; they then cut the best bower cable, and their main and mizen masts, in order to getting on shore on the beach and
saving their lives. But night coming on, and after they had beat over the reef, the tide of flood setting in, they could not effect it. Their situation was truly deplorable. The vessel, by the violence of the sea was so rent asunder in many places; it was dangerous to pass: One of the seamen in endeavoring to get forward was entangled in the wreck and was nearly cut in halves.
The captain, two passengers, a seaman and the cabin boy were forward; in that situation they remained until about 3 A. M. when the seaman proposed to the captain to get aft (for the ship went on the beach stern first) and attempt gaining the shore, but the captain replied that "he was unable to attempt it," and gave his papers to the cabin boy: He then resigned himself to his fate: The seaman and the boy left him, and jumped into the sea, and had the good fortune to reach the shore. Wet and fatigued they crawled up among the bushes, where they would have perished but for the exertions of the two Mr. BURGESS, who early in the morning found them. The remains of the wreck were spread on the beach for four miles in length, and perhaps the most dismal that was ever seen on this coast. The following is the list of the unhappy crew that perished in the wreck, and whose remains were found on the succeeding Monday, and decently buried at Duxbury Meeting-House, except the captain, two passengers and one of the seamen, who were buried at Marshfield.
Isaac Chauncey, Captain. Charles Roberts, Mate.—Joseph Heldridge, Philip Heldridge, Brothers, passengers of Birmingham. George Dunnells. John Sidney. Charles Hicks. Daniel Buffit. Charles Humphreys. Timothy Harris. James Floyd. Harris. James Weaun. Augustus Jeuney, a negro.
John Charles Martin, seaman, and Jacob Tucker, cabin boy, were saved.
Much credit is due to the people in saving the things out of the wreck; a laudable spirit of emulation appeared in them to preserve the property.
Their humanity to the little remnant saved, does honor to them as men, and as christians, and will no doubt be returned them double fold, by that being, who, the father of compassion himself, admires the imitation of this exalted attribute in his offspring:—Nor were the living alone the objects of their kind solicitude. No! they became interested in depositing with reverence and respect the remains of the unfortunate crew—with a sympathy which none but the virtuous possess, and none but the good will imitate, they paid the last sad offices to departed nature.—Like the Samaritan they bound up the wounds of the unfortunate living, and like the

founder of their Religion, they wept at the tomb of their deceased friends—for friends they esteemed them.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 18.
By a letter from St. Augustine , dated 30th ult. we are informed that Gen. BOWLES, with a Major CUNNINGHAM, from New-Providence , at the head of about 74 reneged Indians, have taken possession of the stores or Messrs. Panton, Leslie, and Co. at Appalache , and sent the white people off in a canoe. They have as yet had no molestation, but it is believed they cannot reign long, and will soon meet with their deserts. Mr. SEAGROVE has taken his departure for the Indian nations in his new capacity.
NORWICH, March 13.
Saturday evening last, we had a violent storm attended with hail, rain and lightning. The sharpness of the lightning, and the tremendous roar of the thunder were not only uncommon (at this season of the year) but truly alarming. Capt. Zachariah Huntington had a cow and two swine killed at about twelve rods distance from his house. The most probable conjecture is, that the lightning struck in a number of different places, at the same instant—the ground, roots and rocks being torn by its violence for about the space of one acre, in a great variety of different directions. In one place a limb of tree was broken off and carried about 10 rods, and lodged in another tree 4 or 5 feet from the ground. The different sprays seem to have nearly concentrated in one, at the tree where the broken limb was lodged being about ten rods from the places where they first struck, and afterwards to have diverged again. By one of those divergent sprays the cow was killed, by another the swine at about 30 feet distance from the cow. Three other swine confined in the same sty were unhurt.
WORCESTER, March 22.
We are informed that the friends of Lieut. William Taft, who lately removed from Uxbridge, in this county, to the State of New York, have received the melancholy intelligence, that as he was passing, with his team and family, up the river Hudson, in company with nine other teams, which were mostly or all loaded with families, and some of them from this Commonwealth, they all fell through the ice, and perished in the water.—Mr. Taft's family consisted of himself, his wife, and five children.
The last season an ear of corn, not seven inches in length, which grew in the field of General Porter of Hadley, yielded 1288 sound kernels, which measured nearly a pint, and weighed one pound.
BOSTON, March 24.
Port-au-Prince exhibits a scene of unparalleled distress—the negroes have got many strong holds
in the mountains—and continue to treat the white inhabitants with the greatest severity when in their power, we have an account of one man in particular, that was so unfortunate as to fall a victim to them; he was active in the execution of some of the blacks, at the commencement of the disturbances in that place, they set a mark on him, and by stratagem made him their prisoner, immediately he was lashed to a pole, and raised into the air, about seventeen feet—where he continued without meat or drink for 12 hours, exposed to the scorching sun. He was then taken down, and confined in a loathsome cell, without the comfort of life, and none to yield the least succour or relief; occasioned by his being lashed with the cords to the pole, his hands became useless, he was unable to feed himself with what these wretches allowed him and had no other way than to lay on his face and eat his scanty pittance, this he did for some days, 'till at length being exhausted and finding nothing but increase of trouble, with the increase of his days—his heart sunk beneath the burden and he fell asleep. Who can read this and not drop a tear.
Accounts from Georgia , mention, that the Creek Indians , convinced of the perfidy of Capt. Bowles, had banished him from that nation He has since been picarooning in in the Spanish settlements.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.
STEAM JACK.
THE new-invented Steam-Jack does honor to the genius of a citizen of Massachusetts —Mr. JOHN BAILEY, of Hanover , in the county of Plymouth .—He, by a happy thought, first conceived the idea of applying steam to propel a Jack, for roasting meat;—and after a variety of experiments has completely carried that idea into effect.—He has perfected the machine in a style extremely well calculated for the convenience of families; as the manner of using it is so simple, any body can do it. The machine consists of a set of wheels, inclosed within an iron case, of about two inches broad, and nine inches diameter, defended by an iron rim—This wheel acts on an axle, passing into the centre of the case, and which gives motion to the wheels within. There is an iron globe attached to the machine, capable of containing about three quarts of water, with an aperture at the top, of half an inch diameter, into which the water is poured—and when the Jack is set agoing it is loosely covered over with a piece of lead that has a spindle entering the aperture. There is also a short tube, through which the steam passes from the globe to the boxed edge of the exterior wheel, and gives motion to the machine. One end of the spit fixes into a hole in the iron case, and is taken off or put on in an instant, and
with ease.—The whole stands upon three iron legs, in form like those of a stand-table; and at the top is a handle, by which it is easily transported from place to place. It is so portable that it may be carried to any chimney in a house by a boy; and after being used may be put out of the way in a moment. It needs neither weights, lines, or other appendages. It wants no regulating or winding up. It requires only to be placed in a corner of the fire-place; two quarts of water to be put into the globe, and a few coals under it, with the spit and meat annexed and, no farther attention is requisite to roast the largest rump of beef, or any thing else that is desired. The machine will take up little more room at the fire-place than a large chafing dish. It is by no means liable to be put out of order, and the whole work is so well defended, that it is not in the least degree exposed to injury. With very little additional work, he makes them capable of carrying two spits, and the strength of motion is sufficient to roast any thing required in the largest family—For the simplicity of the machine, it well deserves the attention of the curious, and for its utility, Mr. BAILEY merits the thanks of the public. He has obtained a Patent from Congress to secure to himself the benefits arising from his ingenious invention, and he is now entering largely into the manufacture of them.
MARINE JOURNAL.
The brig—, Capt. Pillsbury, of this port, is cast away, near Plymouth; vessel and cargo lost.
Capt. Grozart, of the Neptune , who arrived at New-York , on Thursday the 8th inst. spoke on 23d January, in lat. 50, 37, long. 21, 0; the ship Maria , from Kennebeck , bound to Bristol , 40 days out, all well;—also on the 24th Jan. in lat. 50, 41, long. 21, 58, spoke a snow from Portsmouth , ( N. H. ) bound to Liverpool , 23 days out, all well.
Arrived yesterday, the brig Bee , Capt. Cowell, from Charleston , S.C. in 11 days.—On the 14th inst. spoke the brig Hope , from Cape-Francois , for Charleston , the Capt. of which informed him, that two ships of war with troops had arrived at the Cape.
PORTSMOUTH, March 28.
THE harvest of speculation in paper being past, the gentlemen of the Alley have lately turned their attention to landed property, and it is said, that as great specks have been lately made in New-York and Philadelphia , in real estate, as were ever made in public paper; in consequence of which real estate has had a very sudden and most astonishing rise in those governments. Some riders, from the honorable fraternity of land jobbers in New-York , have lately attempted to make large purchases of wild lands in this State. The owners of landed property should learn
caution from the fate of those who sold public securities on their first beginning to rise, and not be in too great haste to part with their interest, because they are offered more than they could obtain when money was scarce, and the objects of speculation numerous—they should remember, the scene is now reversed—that money is plenty, and real estate now almost the only object that affords a prospect of reward to the speculator—Landholders should therefore be on their guard against the swarms of Southern Speculators.
From a Philadelphia paper of the 9th inst.
The Secretary of the Treasury, we are informed has directed all the collectors of the revenue to receive no other notes but those of the Bank of the United States, and to pay all the monies they may receive into that Bank, and its branches. Measures are also taken to make that institution and its dependences the depository of all the public monies and the channel through which they are to flow in all payments from the public for the interest of the debt, salaries to officers, &c. which will add immensely to the specie capital of the Bank as the public money will lie frequently uncalled for, a considerable time, while the arrangement will afford a convenience to the government, and to its creditors. The Secretary has likewise subscribed for the five thousand shares allotted to the government.
Proposals are advertised to be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until Wednesday afternoon the 21st for a large quantity of cloathing for the troops in the service of the United States.—viz. 4608 coats, 4608 vests, 8668 wollen overalls, 9216 linen do. 18379 pair of shoes, 18460 shirts, 7956 pair of socks, 4608 blankets.—ditto stocks—ditto clasps—ditto to pairs of buckles.—For the Cavalry—320 caps, 320 coats, 320 vests, 320 pairs of leather breeches—640 pairs of boots, 320 ditto spurs, 640 ditto stockings, 1280 shirts, 320 blankets, 320 stocks, 320 stock clasps—also 1200 rifle shirts to be made of Russia sheeting.
STRATHAM, for President:—His Excellency JOSIAHBARTLETT, Esq. 105 SENATORS.
 James Sheafe, Esq. 78  Christopher Toppan, Esq. 76  William Plummer, Esq. 75  Phillips White, Esq. 68  Abiel Foster, Esq. 43  Nathaniel Gilman, Esq. 37  Daniel Rindge, Esq. 13  John Bell, Esq. 2 
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SCRAPS, from various Authors.
THE PRESIDENT.
THIS splendid Truth let every page adorn, That WASHINGTON for all the world was born." ANON.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT.
—HAST thou not seen Mount Atlas? Though storms and tempests thunder on its brow
And oceans break their billows at its feet, It rests secure! ADDISON.
THE SECRETARY AT WAR.
"ENVY will merit, as its shade pursue; But like a shadow prove its substance true;
The great Alcides every danger past, Had still this Monster to subdue at last." POPE.
THE SECRETARY of the TREASURY. HEAR him debate on Commonwealth affairs, You'd say it had been all in all his study. Lift his discourse of War, & you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in musick. Turn him to any point of Finance The gordian knot of it he will untie, Familiar as his garter. SHAKESPEARE.
GEN. ST. CLAIR.
"The bravest actions are but born to die, While pure Misfortunes live immortal."
STATE SOVEREIGNTY. My soul doth ache, To think, when two authorities are up; Neither deem'd supreme, how soon confusion
Must enter, 'twixt the gap, and both destroy. SHAKESPEARE.
THE GRUMBLING SCRIBLERS. It cannot be. Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo,
The number of the fear'd. SHAKESPEARE.
THE PATRIOT ARMY. Gentlemen,
You have been Soldiers, therefore are not rich, And thanks are greatly due you. Your living
Is amongst the dead; and all the lands you have Lie in the pitched field. SHAKE.
TO BE LET,
ON reasonable terms, for one or more years, the Globe Tavern, on Portsmouth Plains, together with 40 acres of land, more or less, belonging thereto—to be entered upon on the 15th day of next month;—For particulars inquire of the subscriber. HALL JACKSON.
March 8, 1792.
JUST PUBLISHED
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Usher's Grammar,
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PACKERSFIELD. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the owners of the following lots of land in Packersfield, that the same is assessed the following sums, agreeable to an act of the General-Court for raising a highway tax on the non-residents lands in said town, passed January 17, 1791; therefore unless the same is paid in labor on said highway, at three shillings per day, within six months from the date hereof, so much of the lands as will pay the same, with incidental charges, will be advertised for sale, agreeable to law.
SAMUEL GRIFFIN, SOLOMON BUCKMINSTER, AMOS CHILD, } Selectm.
Highway tax.
   No. R. Q'ty. l. s. d.     Peirce & More, 4 100 0 16 8   John Wentworth 3 200 1 13 4   East of Beamus, unknown 3 12 0 2 0   Wm. Tolford 2 250 2 1 8   John Tolford 2 250 2 1 8   Alexand. Rolstone 2 300 2 10 0   N. W. branch, unknown 1 40 0 6 8   Capt. J. Minot 2 35 0 5 9   Isaac Griswold 1 93 0 15 6   Thomlinson and Mason, half paid 1 200 1 13 4   Samuel Heaton 1 100 0 16 8   William Parker 1 90 0 15 0   Josiah Flynt, 1 100 0 16 8   Joseph Brown 2 30 0 5 0   Sam'l Chandler's heirs 1 95 0 15 9   Jere. Kittridge 2 69 0 11 6   N. W. quarter, Tho's. Smith 1 100 0 16 8   Benj. Severance 1 50 0 8 4   Thomas Packer 1 1800 15 0 0   N. E. quarter, Aaron Felt 1 55 0 9 2   Unknown 2 100 0 16 8   John Dane 3 100 0 16 8   Unknown 5 60 0 10 0   Unknown 2 100 0 16 8   Unknown 3 100 0 16 8   Isaac Appleton 3 100 0 16 8   Deacon Kindal 4 60 0 10 0   B. Tenney's heirs 3 40 0 6 8   Harris 5 70 0 11 8   Lt. James Wilson 1 20 0 3 4   Lieut. Jacobs 2 150 1 5 0   Unknown 3 100 0 16 8   W. Upton's heirs 1 50 0 8 4   Benjamin Adams 3 100 0 16 8   Comfort Day 4 70 0 11 8   Josiah Kitteridge 2 72 0 12 0   S. E. quarter 1 100 0 16 8   Timothy Foss 1 63 0 10 6   Abel Twichel 1 450 3 15 0   John Minot's heirs 1 450 3 15 0   Samson French 1 70 0 11 8   Cyrus Baldwin's heirs 1 100 0 16 8   Oliver Farwill 1 100 0 16 8   John Cummings 1 70 0 11 8   John Spinney's heirs 1 50 0 8 4   Abraham Shelden 1 60 0 10 0  
RICHARD STODDARD, Collector. Packersfield, March 8, 1792.
VENDUE.
THE completion of the vendue of the real estate of Mebitable Odiorne, widow, deceased, held at the dwelling-house of Col. William Brewster this day, is adjourned to Monday the second day of April next, 3 o'clock, P. M. same place. Portsmouth, March 12, 1792.
ALL persons who have demands on the estate of Henry Sherburne, late of Kittery, merchant, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same to the subscriber for adjustment. JONA. SHERBURNE, Administrator. Portsmouth, Feb. 22, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given, that an appeal has been claimed by virtue of an act of the General-Court, passed in January 1791, from the decree of the court of probate, held at Exeter, in July or August last, appointing Dr. Nathaniel A. Haven, administrator, with the will annexed, of the goods or estate of JOHN TUFTON MASON, Esq. late of Great-Britain, which was granted, and said appeal will be prosecuted at the next Superior Court of Judicature, to be holden at Portsmouth, within and for the county of Rockingham, on the fourth Tuesday of April next; of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice. THOMAS MARTIN, Agent to the Executrix. Portsmouth, March 26, 1792.
THE heirs of Samuel Dame, late of Dover, in the county of Strafford, husbandman, deceased, are hereby notified, That the account of Joseph Hicks, administrator, de bonis non, and of Sarah Hicks, administratrix, de bonis non, of their administration of the estate of said deceased is to be examined by the Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, in order for allowance at the Probate office, in Exeter, on the Monday preceding the third Wednesday in April next, when and where they may be heard thereon. By order of the Judge. WM. PARKER, Reg'r. March 21, 1792.
WHEREAS RACHAEL, my wife, behaves herself in a very unbecoming manner, by needlessly running me in debt, greatly to my damage;—this is therefore to forbid all persons trusting or harbouring her on my account, as I will not pay any debt she may contract after the date hereof. ADAM MORRILL. Chester, March 28, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Chichester, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 5th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Col. Cram, in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day. No. R. D. s. d.
   No. R. D. s. d.     Unknown 28 5 1 8   John Sanborn 8 3 1 8   John Cushing half of 8 1 2 4   John Frost 85 6 3 8   John Tuck 36 3 3 8   Shubel Sanborn 1/3 paid 83 6 3 5   George Frost 55 4 3 8   Andrew Wiggin 65 9 4 4    THOMAS JOHNSON, Collector. Chichester, February 23, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Bradford, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 10th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of William Presbury, in said town, at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day. No. R. D. Q. d. q.
   No. R. D. Q. d. q.     Thomas Packer, Esq. 3 2 2 60 5   Charles Barrett, 1 1 2 47 4   Capt. William Proctor, 50 3   John Rindge, Esq. 13 8   ditto, 70 8   ditto, 76 5   ditto, 93 5    JOHN BROWN, Collector. Bradford, Feb. 16, 1792.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, about the 18th day of February last, a stray MARE and COLT.—The mare is black, about 15 hands high, has one white foot, marked with some white in her forehead; the colt has three white feet. The owner is requested to take them home and pay charges. VALENTINE PICKERING. Newington, March 8, 1792.