The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1781-12-15 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[Vol. XXVI.]
SATURDAY, December 15, 1781.
[No. 1311.]
To the Author of a Piece published in the New-Hampshire Gazette, of the 8th Instant, signed "A Citizen of New Hampshire."
SIR,
AS your Answer to my Strictures on the new Plan of Government, convinces me that you have not a wish beyond the general good, I shall venture to submit to your candor the following observations; in which I shall endeavor to explain myself more fully than I did in my former remarks.
My objection to the words "estate clear of debt," arose from their either being without meaning, or that they must imply an examination into the candidate's circumstances prior to his election; as it would be impracticable in any other way, to ascertain whether his estate was clear of debt. I did indeed propose the words "visible estate" to be substituted in lieu of them, not because I supposed that those were the only words which would answer; perhaps, apparent estate might be better than either; and I think that the words seized of an estate in his own right of the value of——would be still less liable to exceptions. I am convinced that upon reflection, you will acknowledge the several modes which you have pointed out for ascertaining whether the candidate's estate is clear of debt, will not answer the purpose. In order to make this evident, I must explain what I intend by the words "visible estate."
If a man is possessed in his own right of a real estate which appears to be his on record, and of a personal estate reputed to be his own, used and improved by him as such, this may in my opinion, with propriety be called visible estate; but it would be exceedingly difficult to ascertain whether such estate is clear of debt, nor can the fact in any case be ascertained by either of the methods which you have pointed out. If a candidate had "just before taken the benefit of the act for insolvent debtors," he would be perjured, or have no estate at all; and in either case would be unfit for any office. If a "candidate's real and personal estates appears on record to be mortgaged," it will be the visible estate of the mortgagee, and not his. But permit me to ask you how an inventory taken by assessors can ascertain whether a person is in debt? Do they examine how much money he owes? or do they ask him upon oath, any thing more than to declare how much money is due to him on interest more than he pays interest for? and cannot he answer this without exposing what sum of money he owes on interest? and may he not declare on oath that he has not more money due to him on interest than he pays interest for, even though he should owe on interest a sum equal to all his visible estate, and leave the assessors totally ignorant of that fact? The valuation to be taken once in five years, will be as far from ascertaining it; as that must be founded on visible estate, and not on "estate clear of debt." I by no means intended by visible estate, such estate as a candidate may "seem to have"; but estate which he really has, appearing to be his on record, and by common reputation. If it is mortgaged, it ceases to be his; if taken in execution it is the creditors. But you say that it may be under attachment, or ready to be swallowed up by debts or executions. Debts cannot be ascertained without exami-
nation; executions cannot operate 'till levied; and if attaching an estate was to have any weight, a person by a feigned action might prevent the election of any man in the State. You have said that "the Senate and County Conventions are to be the final judges of the qualifications of their respective members." Permit me to enquire what method they are to pursue, in case at the first Convention at Chester for Rockingham county, a member from the extreme part of that county should object to a member from his own, or some adjacent town, and assert that though he had an estate of the value of two hundred pounds, yet it was not clear of debt? Can any thing but a full enquiry into the truth of the suggestion, enable the Convention to determine the fact? I acknowledge it good policy to elect only persons of property to fill important offices, and you seem to have pointed out the proper mode for ascertaining this, by saying, that "common reputation in these matters, is more accurate than at first view may be imagined. This I agree, and will venture to assert, that it is the only practicable way by which the qualification of a candidate can be known; and this reputation has no other foundation, but that of estate which the candidate is apparently possessed of in his own right. Your observations upon my second objection, have rendered me diffident of my former opinion, but have not fully convinced me that my objection was founded in mistake. I agree that the novelty of an institution cannot of itself be a conclusive argument against its utility; yet, I think innovations in politics being in general dangerous, should be adopted with great caution. I am unable to say with any degree of certainty, what consequences the mode of representation proposed will have; & I think it is not practicable for any person to determine what will be the effect of adopting any new institution. We are both agreed that local prejudices have their influence, in a greater or less degree, upon every mind; the effects of which, if not properly regulated, will ever prove injurious. I am of opinion that those prejudices will extend or contract themselves in proportion to the object or objects with which the person stands connected; and that the best way to prevent any pernicious effects, is to lessen the objects. You are of opinion, that enlarging or multiplying the objects can have no evil consequences; time alone can discover which conjecture is right. I readily agree that the mode of representation proposed will be less expensive, and will probably furnish members of greater abilities than the present method of election; yet I am by no means satisfied with your reasoning respecting the instructing representatives. Your candor will compel you to acknowledge, that upon republican principles, every person has an inherent right to give his voice in framing those laws by which he is to be governed. Necessity alone has introduced the mode of corporations being represented by an individual: But though this representative is to act agreeably to his own judgment, where he is uninstructed; yet relative to points where he receives positive instructions, he is bound to follow them, whatever may be his private sentiments. If the contrary was to be allowed, representation would be but an empty sound. Let us suppose that a town containing two hundred inhabitants
was called upon to give their sentiments upon an important point, and one hundred and ninety-nine were agreed in sentiment, and the representative differed from them in opinion, and voted in assembly according to his own sentiment, would not the voice of one hundred & ninety nine freemen be lost, and the opinion of an individual govern the whole? If this would be the consequence, your doctrine of separate instructions must fall to the ground; but even if some method could be adopted to cure this evil, there remains another insuperable difficulty as the constitution now stands; which is, that a new Convention must be called to fill up every vacancy: Of course, the choice of a single member will occasion as much expense as the election of all the representatives in a county. I therefore submit to your candor whether it will not be best to supply those vacancies by directing a writ to the districts for that purpose.
Respecting the third, I am far from being convinced by your arguments. I did not suppose it probable, that a Governor altogether as whimsical as Don Quixote, would be elected; but I conceived that the electing one whimsical in some degrees, was at least possible; and if this should be the case, some evils might take place. You ask whether there are no checks? Where would he find money? Where do those grants originate? Who holds the purse-strings? To these several questions, I answer—If the Constitution means that he shall erect no fortifications but such as he receives grants for, it means nothing at all; for a grant of money to erect a fortification is tantamount to an order for erecting it: But suppose for a moment that the Governor was to enter into a contract with individuals to erect a fortification at great expence, and those persons were to apply to the Assembly for payment, and produce that article of the constitution, could the Assembly constitutionally refuse to discharge the demand? Or should he undertake to demolish a fortification of great value, which every person in the State, except himself, (supposed of importance)—in this case, both grants and purse-strings would be out of the question, and recourse must be had to impeachments, which at best would afford but little satisfaction for an important fortification, even if he should be convicted upon a supposition that the constitution which leaves it in his discretion, meant the contrary, of what it holds forth. But what would an impeachment avail, provided your plan of rotation was adopted, and the injury should take place only a few days before the time of this magistrate was to expire? You seem surprised that I should object to this power, and not complain of the Governor's being authorized to assemble & march the militia against an enemy: The difference is easy to conceive—a number of men cannot command an army, but many may advise about erecting fortifications. I am far from objecting to a Governor's having power to erect temporary fortifications—this he must have as Captain General; even a Colonel commanding a regiment in actual service, may order them to entrench every night, and demolish those entrenchments the next morning, if he thinks proper. My objection is to the empowering him to erect permanent and costly forts and castles, and

to demolish at pleasure every species of fortifications erected within the State.
Your remarks upon my fourth objection, are still less satisfactory. The cases put by you, of a bankrupt, and one under thirty years of age, offering themselves as candidates, in my opinion, proves nothing. We are both agreed that some estate is necessary, and therefore the case of the bankrupt is totally out of the question. But you take it for granted that a candidate under thirty years of age, though universally approved by the people, ought not to be elected; this is begging the question. Are you perfectly convinced that the Convention are right in this article, even to a single day; is there any magic in the number thirty; may not thirty-five be as necessary, and may not twenty-nine answer as good a purpose? In order to point out the difference between the effects of popularity and antient and modern times, I observed, that "the danger of popularity arose in Greece and Rome from the people's being judges in the last resort;" you rejoice that they are so in every resort; but I must ask you, are they so at this day in any well regulated government? They can indeed at any time assume the reins of government; but when they do this, it is either because the Constitution is defective, or because the principles of it have been departed from by those in power. The people in Greece and Rome sat in a judicial capacity for the trial of important causes in the last resort, which is unknown in modern republics. I said at this day "judges uninfluenced by the blaze of popularity, and guided by fixed and permanent laws, try and pass sentence upon every subject accused; and that the people are taught to acquiesce in their determination": Of this, the instance of Arnold, instead of being unfortunately cited, is a striking proof; his conduct in Canada, rendered him so exceedingly unpopular in the year 1776, that he was detested by the whole army; having no opportunity in 1777, to exercise his speculative faculties, and behaving bravely in the field, he began to regain his popularity; but upon his taking command at Philadelphia, in 1778, he began to swerve from the line of rectitude, and immediately became unpopular; was impeached by the Council of Pennsylvania, brought to trial, and was with difficulty acquitted; but his popularity, which had long before began to diminish, had almost ceased to exist, before he absconded. You suppose that General Lee never deviated from the line of virtue; if this is the case, it furnishes a striking example of the people's acquiescence in the determination of their judicatories. He was condemned, and with all his former popularity immediately sunk into oblivion. I observed that "if a man renders himself popular by his virtues, no danger can arise to the State." You acknowledge that this observation would be just, if the people could always see the deviation; but that owing to particular causes they cannot; if this conjecture is right you can best explain why you thanked God that they were the judges in every resort. In order to confute my arguments against the rotation, and to support the reasons assigned for it by the convention; You ask, whether there are not as many as three men of superior abilities in this State; this question I am not able to answer; but I can easily conceive that some future period, New Hampshire may be fortunate enough, to elect as the first magistrate a person whose abilities may shine with unrivalled lustre. This is not impossible. Rome produced but one Cato, and one Scipio. France has produced, but one Turenne and one duc de Sully. England, but one Pitt, and one Marlborough. Prussia, but one Frederic, and America, but one Washington: And should New Hampshire ever be fortunate enough, to elect a person of equal qualifications, I should lament, if an arbitrary, and anti-republican constitution, should deprive the public of his services. I observed, that by this plan, "every incitement to acts of fidelity, and public virtue, is
destroyed, and the idea of rewards for imminent services, totally lost. But I am unable to comprehend, how you could conceive that I was for bartering away the first offices in governments, in discharge of debts; especially as through the whole of my strictures, I considered superior abilities essential: What I meant by a reward for eminent services was by no means pecuniary; you say, and I agree with you most cordially, that whoever fills that department & faithfully discharges all the important, and weighty duties of it, will confer an obligation, rather, than receive a reward, from the people. But have you no conception of the value, persons set upon the approbation, of their country; is it not common for men, to sacrifice their lives, in search of this reward; while they dispise every pecuniary consideration? This is the recompence before which all others must divindle into nothing. Every worthy citizen in public office, will search for it, as for hidden treasure, and it is due by the laws of gratitude, to those whose superior talents and faithful services, have proved the propriety of continuing them in office. And every constitution which prevents the people from giving, and the faithful servant from receiving this reward, is not founded on republican principles. You suppose that the observation of continuing a person thro' tenderness, & that of a Governor who knows his time is expiring, growing neglectful of public affairs, are too far fetched to have any weight. The former may be determined by an examination of the human heart; and the latter, by consulting our own experience. This will prove that almost every person who knows his term is near expiring, will be inattentive to the object he has in charge. The officer whose term is expiring, will grow neglectful of the barracks and fortifications entrusted to him. The tenant on a plantation, and the proprietor in a saw-mill, will endeavor to rub out their turn (as they express it) and leave repairs to their successors; and this will be the natural consequence of such an institution as you contend for, whether introduced into the civil or military department. I can by no means agree, that the case of limiting the number of years for which a member of Congress can be eligible, is more in point than that which I put, of the Commander in Chief of the American army; unless I could conceive it possible, for a single officer to be divided into parties. For that institution was calculated for no other purpose but to prevent members from forming dangerous combinations in Congress.
To your candor and good sense, Sir, I submit this reply to your observations; in full assurance, that a want of explaining myself more clearly in my strictures, has occasioned a much greater difference in sentiment, than will subsist between us in future.
A TRUE REPUBLICAN.
PHILADELPHIA, November 24.
By a vessel which arrived here yesterday from Cadiz we have advice that Port Mahon was reduced by the forces of his Catholic Majesty, which, except the castle of St. Philips, completes the conquest of Minorca.
The British fleet have sailed to the southward; the most probable conjecture is that they have in view the evacuation of Charles-town; a measure that would be very prudent. It is not unlikely however, that it will be done under the direction of the Count de Grosse.
Yesterday arrived Capt. Paul, from the West-Indies, who says, "That on the 7th instant, in lat. 35. 7 long. 72. 30. he was brought too by a French ship of war, who informed him, that the fleet then in sight were the French fleet from Chesapeake, and that they were in chase of a fleet supposed to be English. The headmost chasing ships of the French fleet were the Isis and Herminie."
Extract of a letter from Cape May, dated November 19. On Saturday last was wreck'd on the Bar of Carlton's inlet a sloop, supposed from York-Town in Virginia, to New York. There were 13 dead bodies (11 men, one woman and a negro lad) taken up at Ludlow's Beach the next day and buried. It is supposed they were prisoners of war, as parols were found with most of them.
FISH-KILL, December 6.
We hear from New-York, that the Hessians and other German troops are called home by their respective Princes.
HARTFORD, December 17.
Rivington's paper of the 2d instant, announces the arrival at New-York of Earl Cornwallis and his suite, in the ship Cockram, from Virginia, with a number of the officers of the army, on the 20th.
BOSTON, December 14.
The latest accounts from the southward inform us that his Excellency General Washington, with his Lady, arrived in Philadelphia from Virginia, on the 24th ult. That the French troops which assisted in the reduction of the British army in Virginia, are quartered at Hampton, York Town, Gloucester, Williamsburg, and Newcastle, in the above mentioned state. That Major Gen. St. Clair, and Brigadiers Gen. Wayne, Muhlenburgh, and Gist, with about 3000 Pennsylvania, Virginia & Maryland troops lately marched from the vicinity of York Town, to join Major Gen. Greene in South Carolina. That on the 13th ult. died at Abingdon, near Alexandria, shortly after his return, from the siege of York and Gloucester, JOHN PARK CURTIS, Esq; step-son to his Excellency General Washington.
Major General Lincoln and Brigadier General Knox arrived at Philadelphia, from Virginia on the 24th ult.
We hear that the Hon. Major Gen. Lincoln is by Congress appointed Secretary at War. The appointment of this gentleman to that high office gives universal satisfaction.
Since the capture of Earl Cornwallis, his Lordship has been heard to say, The Americans need not doubt now, but that their independency will be established.
On Monday last arrived here on public business, the Marquis DE LA FAYETTE, Major General in the army of the United States. As soon as it was known that the Marquis was in town, all the bells rung to welcome his arrival. Only the name of the Marquis de la Fayette immediately calls to our mind without a recapitulation, a series of various and important services rendered by him to the cause of America besides his late brilliant ones in Virginia.
It is laughable enough to see how concerned Rivington, and our dear friends the Britons in New-York affect to appear for the safety and happiness of the United States, and the honour and authority of Congress. "We can assure the public, says this eminent news writer, that the whole Continental army is in the actual service of his Most Christian Majesty." What a pity it is that they are not at this moment in the actual service of his Most Human Majesty the king of Great Britain, to glut his revenge by burning all the dwelling-houses and cutting the throats of the inhabitants of these States from Georgia to Hampshire; for that this is his wish rather than we should not become his slaves, is evident from the whole conduct of the war. But France has lent money to Congress to pay our army to the great distress of Mr. Rivington and his employers, who have repeatedly told us, that our allies had neither the ability nor inclination to give us any assistance: And now in the moment of victory, Congress is dethroned, we are all become Frenchmen; & yet, we are all to be destroyed says Rivington, by the Frenchified Mr. Washington. What would his employers have given that they might have said the Anglified Mr. Washington?
Extract from a subsequent Gazette of Rivington. NEWS EXTRAORDINARY.
We can now assure the public from recent information, that the whole army and navy of France is at this time in the actual service of the United States. The army is commanded solely by the Rebel Washington, and the navy totally under the direction of Congress, by which rebel body Washington is also removable at pleasure. Thus every military officer, every soldier and seaman of France is now become in every sense an American. His Most Christian Majesty, to the astonishment of all Europe, has sold himself and his kingdom to Congress. He is to be paid in waste lands of America, to which he is preparing to remove with his Court, and such of his subjects as choose to follow him. The ancient, the renowned power of France is now, alas no more: She ceases to be a nation; and her boasted lillies are henceforth to be forever covered under the stripes of America. Even a Briton might find a tear to shed upon so sudden and melancholy a reverse.
Poor Rivington and his friends seem wondrously beset with woes from which it is impossible to extricate them; for they are truly and equally distressed, whether the American army be in the actual service of his Most Christian Majesty; or the navy and army of France in the actual service of the United States.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, Nov. 28. A vessel from the Chesapeake bound to New York, having on board British officers on parole, was cast away last Sunday night near Egg-Harbour, and every soul perished. It is reported the number is near forty.
ALL PERSONS indebted to, or that have demands on the estate of James Steedley, Esq; deceased, are desired to settle the same with William Steedley, one of the Administrators of said estate, or with Nathaniel Folsom, Attorney to the other.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8.
The Congress of the United States, the Assembly and Council of the State of Pennsylvania, and a number of principal gentlemen of various orders, having been invited by the Minister of France, to be present at the praises offered to Heaven in the Catholic church, upon occasion of the late glorious success of the allied arms; the Abbe BANDOLE, Almoner to the Embassy of His Most Christian Majesty, ascended the pulpit, and addressed to this august Assembly the following discourse; after which a Te Deum set to music was sung.
[The occasion was in this hemisphere singular and affecting: And the discourse itself is so elegant and animated in the French, so warm with those sentiments of piety and gratitude to our divine Benefactor, in which good men of all countries accord, and so evidently dictated by the spirit of that new friendship and alliance from which such important advantages have been derived to the rights of America, as must give pleasure to every serious and candid friend to our glorious cause]
Gentlemen,
A Numerous people assembled to render thanks to the Almighty for his mercies, is one of the most affecting objects, and worthy the attention of the Supreme Being. While camps resound with triumphal acclamations, while nations rejoice in victory and glory, the most honorable office a minister of the altars can fill, is to be the organ by which public gratitude is conveyed to the Omnipotent.
Those miracles which he once wrought for his chosen people, are renewed in our favour; and it would be equally ungrateful and impious not to acknowledge, that the event which lately confounded our enemies and frustrated their designs, was the wonderful work of that God who guards your liberties.
And who but he could so combine the circumstances which led to success? We have seen our enemies push forward amid perils almost innumerable, amid obstacles almost insurmountable, to the spot which was designed to witness their disgrace; yet they eagerly sought it, as their theatre of triumph!
Blind as they were, they bore hunger, thirst and inclement skies, poured their blood in battle against brave republicans, and crossed immense regions to confine themselves in another Jericho, whose walls were fated to fall before another Joshua. It is he whose voice commands the winds, the seas, and the seasons, who formed a junction on the same day in the same hour, between a formidable fleet from the south, and an army rushing from the north, like an impetuous torrent. Who but he, in whose hands are the hearts of men, could inspire the allied troops with the friendship, the confidence, the tenderness of brothers? How is it that two nations once divided, jealous, inimical, and nursed in reciprocal prejudices, are now become so closely united, as to form but one? Worldlings would say, it is the wisdom, the virtue, and moderation of their chiefs, it is a great national interest which has perform'd this prodigy. They will say, that to the skill of the generals, to the courage of their troops, to the activity of the whole army, we must attribute this splendid success: Ah! they are ignorant, that the combining of so many fortunate circumstances, is an emanation from the all perfect mind; that courage, that skill,
that activity, bear the sacred impression of him who is divine.
For how many favours have we not to thank him during the course of the present year? Your union, which was at first supported by justice alone, has been consolidated by your courage, and the knot which ties you together, is become indissoluble, by the accession of all the States and the unanimous voice of all the confederates. You present to the universe the noble sight of a society, which, founded in equality and justice, secure to the individuals who compose it, the utmost happiness which can be derived from human institutions. This advantage, which so many other nations have been unable to procure, even after ages of efforts and misery, is granted by divine providence to the United States; & his adorable decrees have marked the present moment for the completion of that memorable happy revolution, which has taken place in this extensive Continent. While your counsels were thus acquiring energy, rapid multiplied successes have crowned your arms in the southern States.
We have seen the unfortunate citizens of these States forced from their peaceful abodes; after a long and cruel captivity, old men, women and children thrown, without mercy, into a foreign country. Master of their lands and their slaves, amid his temporary affluence, a superb victor rejoiced in their distresses. But Philadelphia has witnessed their patience and fortitude; they have found here another home, & tho' driven from their soil, they have blessed God, that has delivered them from the presence of their enemy, and conducted them to a country where every just and feeling man has stretched out the helping hand of benevolence. Heaven rewards their virtues. Three large states are at once wrested from the foe. The rapacious soldier has been compelled to take refuge behind his ramparts, and oppression has vanished like those phantoms which are dissipated by the morning ray.
On this solemn occasion we might renew our thanks to the God of battles, for the success he has granted to the arms of your allies and your friends by land and sea, thro' the other parts of the globe. But let us not recall those events which too clearly prove how much the hearts of our enemies have been obdured. Let us prostrate ourselves at the altar, and implore the God of mercy to suspend his vengeance, to spare them in his wrath, to inspire them with sentiments of justice and moderation, to terminate their obstinacy and error, and to ordain that your victories be followed by peace and tranquility. Let us beseech him to continue to shed on the councils of the King your ally, that spirit of wisdom, of justice, and of courage, which has rendered his reign so glorious. Let us intreat him to maintain in each of the States, that intelligence by which the United States are inspired. Let us return him thanks that a faction, whose rebellion he has corrected, now deprived of support, is annihilated. Let us offer him pure hearts, unsoiled by private hatred or public dissensions, and let us with one will and one voice, pour forth to the Lord that hymn of praise, by which christians celebrate their gratitude and his glory.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any demands on the Estate of Elizabeth Banfield, late Wife of Charles Banfield, deceased are desired to render the same in immediately, in order for a speedy settlement to Richard Pitsgerel, Administrator.
Portsmouth, December 13th, 1781.
TO BE SOLD, By Public Auction,
On Tuesday the 18th Instant, 10 o'Clock before Noon, at the new Auction Room, lately opened by REDMOND LYONS, near the Long-Wharf, Portsmouth,
AN Assortment of superfine Chintzes, Callicoes, black Mode, figur'd and spotted Gauzes, Gauze Handkerchiefs, a few Pieces of painted Callicoes for Beds and Window Curtains, a large Quantity of fine Holland, & Cambric Threads, several Patterns of Pins and Needles and other small Articles. — Mr. Lyons proposes to sell by AUCTION every second Tuesday during the Winter and Spring, and by private Contract other Days.
At the same Time will be sold a FARM, containing Five Hundred Acres, under good Improvement, situate in the Town of Lempster, with several Lots of wild Land. Particulars of which may be seen at the House of Mr. James Hickey, in Portsmouth, (or at the Time and Place of sale.)
Portsmouth, Dec. 17, 1781.
A very good Winter COW To be sold; enquire of the Printers.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. In the House of Representatives,
November 23, 1781.
RESOLVED, That the Treasurer of this State be, and hereby is directed to issue his extents against the several Collectors, or (in cases where the Collectors names, with the Sums they are to collect &c. are not returned agreeably to orders of the General Court) against the Selectmen of the several Towns and Places in this State on or before the first Day of January next, for all Taxes which were due prior to the first day of January last past, which may be then unpaid: That said Taxes be liquidated agreeably to the Scale of Depreciation, and Extents issue accordingly for Specie: That the same be paid in Specie, or Bills of the new Emission at the rate of Three Pounds in said Bills for One Pound in Specie; and that the several Towns and Places be requested to settle all Accounts for Bounties Travel Money, &c. which may particularly respect the aforesaid Taxes previous to the said first Day of January 1782.
Sent up for Concurrence;
WM. WHIPPLE Speaker. P. T.
In Council, November 28th, 1781.
Read and Concurred. E. THOMPSON, Secy. Copy examined by
JOSEPH PEARSON, D. Sec'y
TO BE SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE, on Wednesday the 26th Instant, at the House of Noah Emery, junr. Esq; in Exeter, a Number of valuable WAGON HORSES, belonging to this State—Payment to be made immediately on Sale in Specie Bills of the New Emission, or other public Securities of the State.
New-Hampshire. Dec. 4. 1781.
To be sold by public Vendue, by order of the Hon. Thomas Sparbawk, Esq; Judge of Probate for the county of Cheshire, at the house of John Atwell, innholder in Hollis, in the county of Hillsborough, and State of New-Hampshire, on Tuesday the 29th day of January next, at one o'clock, P. M. a small F A R M, lying in said Hollis, containing 63 acres, consisting of good mowing, pasture and plow land, with a small house and barn, and a young orchard thereon, belonging to the confiscated estate of Bread Batchelder, Esq; an absentee, and was once owned by Mr. John French, to be entered upon the first of April next. Conditions of sale to be known at time and place, or of Nathaniel Breed, Trustee.
Packerfield. Nov. 28, 1781.
STRAYED away from the Oak-Land in Exeter, a blackish Yearling HEIFER, with some white on her rump and under her belly. Any person who will give information where she is, so that the owner may have her again, shall be handsomely rewarded for their trouble, by
Ebenezer Swain.

State of New-Hampshire. Exeter, Nov. 22, 1781.  Pursuant to an Order of the General Court , will be farmed at Public Vendue, by the Committee of Safety for said State, at the House of Col. Samuel Folsom, Innholder in Exeter on Tuesday the eighteenth Day of December next, at two o'clock in the Afternoon; the Excise on Spirituous Liquors for one Year from the first Day of October last, agreeably to an Act passed the first Day of September 1781. The Excise in each of the several Counties will be sold separately. Articles of Sale will be seen at the Time and Place above-mentioned.
By order of the Committee,
JOSIAH BARTLETT, Chairman.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given, to the non-resident owners of Lands in the town of Barrington in the county of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, that so much of their Lands as will pay the taxes annexed to their names with incidental charges will be sold by Public Auction, on Wednesday the 19th of December next, at the House of Capt. Joshua Foss in said Town at 10 of the clock before noon, unless paid before said time.
   Names. No. Acres. £. s. d. s. d.   State & Beef Tax. Silver Tax.     Joshua Pierce 156 700 4 18 0 3 1   John Hucker 157 96 0 9 8 0 4   John Harderson 166 108 0 12 8 0 5   Samuel Penballow 167 235 1 10 0 1 0   Richard Foss 168 36 0 6 4 0 3   Epbraim Jackson 170 100 1 0 0 0 7   Widow Maston 172 120 0 14 4 0 5  
5th Range.
   Capt. G. Walker 181 115 1 4 0 0 9   John Sparks 186 36 0 3 8 0 2   Benjamin Crofts 189 120 0 12 0 0 6   James Pitman 203 60 0 7 8 0 4   William Brown 213 54 0 6 4 0 5   Richard Swain 214 72 0 9 0 0 4   John Gowel 215 84 0 9 2 0 5   William Ross 216 72 0 7 4 0 3   James Sherborn 217 50 0 5 0 0 3   John Sherborn 218 120 0 12 0 0 6   John Melcher 219 72 0 7 4 0 3   Thomas Perce 220 210 1 8 7 0 8   Henry Sherburn 224 182 1 2 0 0 8   Antony Row 226 47 0 4 8 0 3   James Stoodley 229 60 0 7 4 0 4   Joseph Berry 232 60 0 7 4 0 3   Jacob Tash 234 90 0 9 4 0 4  
6th Range.
   William Fellows 238 240 1 8 8 0 10   Samuel Brown 239 7 0 8 8 0 1   Edward Ayrs 246 120 1 9 8 0 10   John Sherborn 253 24 0 2 6 0 1   George Ayrs 262 96 0 15 4 0 6   Harcoulous Hunkin 263 22 0 3 4 0 2   Joseph Mead 271 108 0 10 8 0 9   Lazrus Noble 274 60 0 6 0 0 2   Lazrus Holmes 275 42 8 4 4 0 2   Abraham Senter 276 96 0 0 8 0 4   Jeremiah Calf 277 72 0 7 4 0 3  
The hundred Acre Lots.
   Epbraim Jackson 6 105 0 12 4 0 5   Benning Wentworth 8 84 0 9 6 0 3   Joseph Brewster 9 105 0 12 4 0 5   Jethro Furbur 15 105 0 12 4 0 5   Samuel Foss 16 105 0 12 4 0 5   Stephen Greenleaf 19 105 0 12 4 0 5   James Libby 20 105 0 12 4 0 5   John Jones 29 105 0 16 8 0 6   Timothy Waterhouse 30 50 0 8 0 0 3   Joshua Pierce 37 105 0 12 4 0 5   Nathaniel Peverly 40 105 0 12 4 0 5  
Two mile so called.
   David Jeffrey, Esq; 0 216 3 4 8 2 0  
N. B. said tax is for the Year 1781.
Daniel Rowel, Collector.
Barrington, Nov. 24, 1781.
To be sold at public Vendue,
To begin at two o'clock at Col. Samuel Folsom's in Exeter, on Tuesday the eighteenth Day of December Instant, a convenient Dwelling-HOUSE and Garden Spot, in said Exeter, if not sold before at private sale: said premises are now in the Occupancy of Benjamin Thurston. The Conditions of sale will be known at the above said time and place. Exeter, Dec. 4. 1781
NOTICE is hereby given to the delinquent proprietors of Moultonborough, who still neglect to pay the Taxes due on their several Rights or Lots of Land in said Town, that on the 13th Day of November Instant, at a Meeting of said propriety held by Adjournment at the House of Lieutenant Jonathan Leavitt's, Innholder at Hampton, said propriety voted that the Collector should demand lawful Interest 'till paid, on all and every part of said Taxes which are yet unpaid; said Interest to commence three Months after Date of the Warrant delivered the Collector to collect the same:—These are therefore to notify all delinquent proprietors, that unless they pay both the principal and interest in Silver or Gold by the 27th Day of December next, at my Dwelling House in said Hampton, so much of their Lands will be sold at the House of Lt. Jonathan Leavitt's at Hampton aforesaid, at three o'clock in the Afternoon, as will pay the same with incidental Charges: The Time above fixed for the payment is the same Time that the Vendue stands adjourned to for the sale of so much of the delinquent proprietors Land in said Town as advertised in the New-Hampshire Gazette No 22019 &c. Hampton, Nov. 27, 1781. Jonathan Moulton, Col.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the delinquent proprietors of Orford are desired to pay all the past Taxes and the Interest on the same, agreeable to the Vote of said proprietors, to me the subscriber, by the first Monday in January next, otherwise so much of their Land will be advertised for sale as will pay the same with incidental Charges. Hampton, Dec 8 1781 Jonathan Moulton, Col.
State of New Hampshire.  THE Subscriber being appointed Collector of Taxes for the Propriety of the Township of Wentworth, in the County of Grafton, in said State, doth hereby give Notice, that the Assessors of said Propriety have committed to him a List and Warrant to collect a Tax of Five Silver Dollars on each original Right in said Township; and that unless said Tax is paid to me at my House in South Hampton, in the County of Rockingham, in said State, by the sixteenth Day of February next, so much of the undivided Land of each Delinquent's Share, as also so much of the five hundred Acres reserved (or granted) to his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq; called two Shares, will be advertised for sale to pay said Tax and Charges, as the Law directs.
PHILLIPS WHITE.
South Hampton, Dec 8 1781.
State of New Hampshire.  THE Subscriber being appointed Collector of Taxes for the Propriety of the Township of Warren, in the County of Grafton, in said State, doth hereby give Notice, that the Assessors of said Propriety have committed to him a List and Warrant to collect a Tax of Four Silver Dollars on each original Right in said Township, and that unless said Tax is paid to me at my House in South Hampton, in the County of Rockingham, in said State, by the sixteenth Day of February next, so much of the undivided Land of each Delinquent's Share, as also so much of the five hundred Acres reserved (or granted) to his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq; called two Shares, will be advertised for Sale to pay said Tax & Charges, as the Law directs.
PHILLIPS WHITE.
South-Hampton, Dec. 8. 1781.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non resident owners of Land in Bedford, in the State of New Hampshire, that so much of their Lands as will pay the Taxes annexed to their Names, will be sold at public Vendue on Tuesday the 25th day of December next, at the House of Zachariah Chandler, Innholder in Bedford, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment: The Names are as follows:
   No. Range. l. s. d.     Henry Timberlake, ten Acres 7 7 15 6   Samuel S. d. ten Acres 25 4 8 13   Richard Abbot, 15 Acres 16 4 14 15   Jacob Gregs 17 4 49 5   Edward Dorr 10 3 49 5   Job Holbrook 10 2 49 5   Lot unknown 5 2 39 4   John Tucker 3 11 49 5   Benjamin Langdon, 82 3d div. 100 10   Samuel Henry 27 4 22 0  
Joseph Houston, Constable for 1780. Bedford, November 21, 1781.
SAMUEL BOWLES,
Informs the Public, that he has for sale, at his shop in Portsmouth, a little below the State House, a Variety of English and West-India Goods, viz.
Scarlet and other colour'd Broad Cloths; Sarge; Fustion; Drawboy; Durants; Russels; Shalloon; Tammy; striped Camblet; Linnens; Chinces; Lutestring; Persian; Alemode; Sarinet; Gauzes; Cloak Trimings; Worsted and Yarn Hose; Pepper and Spices; Die Wood; Copperas; Alum and Indigo; Rum, Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Chocolate, & Cotton; Bohea Tea; Men's and Women's Shoes; Raisins and Currants; Powder, Shot and Flints. And a Variety of other Articles, all which he will sell cheap for Cash.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non resident owners of land in Marlborough, in the State of New-Hampshire, that so much of their Lands as will pay the Taxes annexed to their names, will be sold at public Auction on Tuesday the 8th day of January next, at the house of Lieut. Moses Tucker, Innholder in said Town, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay said Taxes with incidental Charges, unless prevented by previous payment: Their Names are as follows:
   Beef tax for 1780. County tax for 1780.   No. Ran. l. s. d. No. R. l. s. d.     James Lyons 92 4 6 7 0 92 0 10 6   Ditto 9 2 2 2   William Gilmore 93 1 1 2 3 4 0 10   Ditto 3 4 6 7 6 4 4 0 10   Ditto 4 4 6 7 0   John Wason 1 5 5 15 4 1 5 0 9   Helbert Morrison 1 4 5 7 10 1 4 0 9   Isaac Cochran 2 2 5 4 9 7 4 0 5   John Gilmore 10 1 3 16 6 10 1 0 6   Robert Allin 13 7 3 16 6 13 7 0 4   James Moore 81 7 3 2 81 0 12 3   John Morrison 84 2 6 5 84 0 4 8   Ditto 69 7 1 1 69 0 11 8   Ditto 13 5 2 16 5 13 5 0 4   John Wilson 3 1 3 17 0 3 1 0 6   James Morrison 11 6 0 2   John Moore 78 2 2 4 78 0 3 6   Thos Morrison 10 2 1 6 2 10 2 0 1   David Morrison 8 3 4 4 8 8 3 0 7   Robert Clark 6 5 6 7 0   Samuel Cochran 6 5 6 7 0   Ditto 25 4 4 8 25 0 7 0   James Wilson 9 3 0 9   John Cochran 10 5 6 7 0 10 5 0 10   Hugh Montgomery 1 8 4 4 8 1 8 0 7   Ditto 90 0 15 7  
Abijah Tucker, Constable.
Marlborough, Nov. 14. 1781.
WHEREAS the owners of the following Lots of Land in Stoddard, in the State of New Hampshire, have not paid their Beef and County Tax for the year 1780, this is therefore to notify said owners that unless they pay said Taxes with incidental Charges to me the subscriber by the 25th day of December next, that so much of said Land will be sold at my dwelling house in Stoddard at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said day, as will pay the Tax with Charges. Rated to Col. Stoddard's Heirs.
No. 12 in the 16th Range, 4 in 15th, 8 in 15th, 12 in 15th, 10 in 9th, 12 in 5th, 15 in 5th, 16 in 5th, 17 in 5th, 3 in 4th, 4 in 4th, 6 in 3d, ten pounds sixteen shillings and seven pence each, new emission.
Moses Kenney, Constable.
Stoddard, November 28, 1781.
ALL PERSONS indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of Capt. Tobias Lear, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, are desired to bring in their accounts to Mary Lear, administratrix to said estate, in order for an immediate settlement.
TO BE LETT, and entered upon immediately, on good terms,
A FARM, lying in New-Castle, about 130 acres, all under improvement, well stocked, with a good Dwelling-House and two Barns, and every Utenstil necessary for such a Farm, completely fenced, and well situated for water-carriage, only one mile from town. For particulars inquire of the Printers.
ALL PERSONS indebted to, or having claims on the estate of Richard Jones, late of Madbury, yeoman, deceased, are desired to settle the same with the subscriber, administrator on said estate.
Lee. Nov 23.
Hercules Mooney.
PRINTED AT PORTSMOUTH.