The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1783-10-18 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Vol. XXVII.]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1783.
[No. 1407]
From the NEWPORT MERCURY, of September 20, 1783.
Mr. BARBER, By inserting in your next MERCURY the following observations, you will much oblige
A CUSTOMER.
PERUSING a late publication intitled, "An Inquiry concerning the future State of those who die in their Sins," I was struck with the following paragraph, page 149th, where the author speaking of the eternal punishment of the wicked, says, "The smoke of their torments, shall ascend up in the sight of the blessed, forever and ever, and serve as a most clear glass, always before their eyes, to give them a constant, bright, and most affecting view of the infinite greatness, power, and terrible majesty of Jehovah, and all this display of divine character and glory will be in favour of the redeemed, and most entertaining, and give the highest pleasure to all who love God, and raise their happiness to ineffable heights; this eternal punishment must be unspeakably to their advantage, and will add such immense degrees of glory and happiness to the kingdom of God, as inconceivably to overbalance all they shall suffer, who shall fall under this righteous punishment, and render it in this view and connection, an infinite good."
Nothing but sentiment, so new and extraordinary, could ever have induced me publicly to differ from the author of this treatise, whose education, conduct, and long continuance in the work of the ministry, renders his character respectable; but though far my superior in years, experience, and understanding, it may not be amiss for him, in the words of the poet, to
Lend me for a while his patience, And condescend to hear a young man speak.
Always taught to believe that those pure spirits who inhabit the celestial world cleansed from their sins in the blood of the Lamb that was slain, are entirely taken up in the enjoyment of God and each other and in chanting hymns of praise to the great God, Man, Christ Jesus—to whose intense sufferings, and fervent intercession, they owe their happiness, love, benevolence, and adoration, which our reason tells us are of Divine original, will undoubtedly fill each heart in that world of bliss and glory. Possessed of these ideas of the heavenly state, how must it surprize an unprejudiced mind, to see it represented, as in the passage before us, where a great part of its happiness is said to consist in the entertaining sight of the torments of the damned!! Is it consistent with our ideas of a perfect and complete happiness, to have eternally before our eyes a great part of our fellow creatures suffering the most excruciating torments? Can a feel-
ing heart pain such a heaven as this? And is this entertaining sight to form an essential part of our future happiness? The supposition is horrid, and more so when we consider the joy and exultation of the saints at this most agreeable and entertaining sight, which (says our author) will raise their happiness to ineffable heights. The answer which may be made to this is obvious, viz. "That it is not the punishment of the wicked simply and abstractedly considered, which will afford such ineffable delight to the saints, or in the words of the author, not the glass, but the objects viewed through the glass, which objects are the infinite greatness, power, and terrible majesty of Jehovah, which will be gloriously displayed in the punishment of the wicked."—But that the infinite greatness, power, and majesty of Jehovah will be more conspicuous, in the eternal misery of the impenitent, than in their final salvation, is by no means allowable. Let us fairly and candidly state the matter. 1st, How will God's infinite greatness be displayed?—Let the whole human race be finally saved or damned—let this earth be spoke back again into its original chaos, or ten thousand new ones instantaneously created, it can make no alteration in the Deity. God is the same yesterday, to day, and forever, unchangeably great! uncontrollably powerful! All his works proclaim him so—but none more than the great work of redemption—and in that is his greatness displayed infinitely more than in the thunderings on Mount Sinai, or in the torments of the damned.—2dly, We need no such terrible display of the power of God, to convince us of his omnipotence, it is a truth as universally acknowledged as his existence, and the last of the divine attributes that can be disputed. In a future state the blessed will continually have a constant manifestation of God's abhorrence of sin, in contemplating the sufferings, pain, and agonies, our redeemer underwent to atone for it—Of such an heinous nature that nothing less than the death, and sufferings of the incarnate Son of the Most High God (in the room and stead of the sinner) could satisfy Divine justice! and all must confess that after the amazing work of creation, the many displays of Divine power since, & above all, the stupendous work of redemption, the power of God will be but poorly displayed, in the punishment of a race of helpless, miserable beings, the greatest crimes of some of which, are ignorance and incapacity.—3dly, God's terrible majesty will be displayed—How? After Satan has successfully seduced the human race, and triumphs in the misery he has involved them in—Absurd!—Will not the majesty of our God be concerned to destroy all the works of the Devil, counteract his plans, and overrule all
things to his glory? Certainly! For to him shall every knee bow and every tongue confess his Divinity. But it may be urged, that God's justice is concerned to punish the sinner—Christ hath bowed his head on the cross, and cried out, it is finished , and the scriptures expressly tell us that he hath satisfied every demand of the law, and wrought out a compleat righteousness. The advocates for eternal punishment must have but a mean opinion of the Divine sufficiency of the Redeemer's blood, to confine its efficacy to the salvation of particular sects and distinctions. My opinion on the contrary is (and in this I am not singular) that had every individual of the human race, from Adam to the present time, committed ten thousand times as much sin as they have, yet the blood of Christ would be abundantly sufficient to cleanse them from all uncleanness, and present them pure and unspotted to his Father, as the glorious first fruits of his incarnation—for says the prophet Isaiah, He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed , and again, the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all . Shall then the God of justice, after having so fully punished sin, in the person of our surety, require the debt also at our hands. Surely Divine justice will be more gloriously displayed, in the salvation of the whole world of mankind, through our Lord Jesus Christ who died, for all, and tasted death for every man .
Thus I think it is plain, that the assertion in the passage before us, is on no principles justifiable, since the exultation and happiness of the saints, at the sight of the torments of hell, cannot be in contemplating the infinite greatness, power & majesty of Jehovah; as the Divine attributes would be more clearly displayed in the salvation of sinners; but must be in the punishment itself, which would degrade them to malicious, and infernal spirits.
Zeal against the doctrine of the final restoration might have induced the author to err on the other extreme.—Having charity towards all men, I cannot suppose but that his design and intention, in this publication, is truly laudable, and heartily wish him success in every undertaking tending to the glory of God and the good of mankind.
Newport, Sept. 15, 1783. C. M.
WORCESTER, September 25 th
Yesterday was committed to prison in this town, a boy about 18 years of age, for the murder of his father.—He appears to be stupid and unconcerned about the consequences attending such a horrid crime—confesses he is guilty of it, and the only reply he makes when he is interrogated as to his reasons for it is, "That his father was a fool."

L O N D O N, July 31.
Almost all the consignments from America at this time, are put into new hands; there are two reasons for this; in the first place, they are afraid to trust those merchants to whom they were indebted before the war, for fear of a stoppage for payment of old debts; and in the second, the merchants who know their principles, decline all further connections.
The Congress's rejection of Mr. Hartley's claim to the proprietary of Maryland, is not embittered by disappointments, as America is at present constituted. Success in such plea could not be expected any where but in Bedlam at full moon.
It seems that the Americans, who revolted rather than pay taxes to the Mother Country, are now averse to paying any taxes; and having overturned the government under which they were born and bred, are unwilling to submit to any kind of government. The sweets of independence do not seem to be within their reach at present.
Last night's Gazette contains his Majesty's order in Council to revoke and make void all orders for the grants of lands in the province of Nova Scotia, which bear date prior to the first of January 1774, and have not yet been carried into execution: It likewise contains an order, that the Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, of Nova Scotia, do forbear to issue any order or survey to the Surveyor General of lands in the said province, or to pass any grants under the seal of that province, in pursuance of any order made by his Majesty in Council, which bears date prior to the first of January 1774.
August 5. Letters from Petersburg mention that M de Samoisowitz hath inoculated several persons for the plague, and that this operation, however singular it may appear, hath had the desired success. It is added, that he cured himself by rubbing the part effected with some pieces of ice. If fresh experiments justify the success attributed to it, this antidote may stop the progress of the contagion of this terrible calamity.
The four great national hobby horses at present are, liberty, suicide, gaming and patriotism . Of the four, the first and last have proved the most pernicious.
All Europe seems now to fix its views on the States of America. All commercial nations vie with each other in forming connections with them. The emigrations there from all parts of Europe are very considerable and augment daily; so that this rising Republic, situated on a soil favourable in all respects, will accordingly to all appearance, soon become one of the best peopled and most flourishing countries of the globe. Already the arts and trades are in full vigour, by the number of artists and workmen who continually flock there from all parts.
August 6. Every thing bears the appearance of war being renewed again next spring: but it is said that neither Spain nor America will be in the contest. The French and Dutch are to be the only opponents to Great-Britain.
August 8. The present negotiations with the House of Bourbon, and consequent preparations for war, which are resumed in our ports, and yet more in those of France and Spain, are owing to the war expected to break out between Austria, Russia and Turkey. The Comte de Vergennes delivered a memorial to the Duke of Manchester; the purport of which was, to tie England down
from giving any assistance to the Russians, & to exclude her from sending any fleets into the Mediterranean. This was insisted upon in so firm a tone, that it put an entire stop to the ratification of the peace. It seems that the House of Bourbon are expressly determined to consider the Mediterranean sea as a lake in their own territories, in which no other power shall swim a cock-boat without their permission. The Empress of Russia rejects the idea with scorn, and turns in her negotiation to us for clearing the way. Mr. Fox is for securing an alliance with the Empress; Lord North, on the contrary, thinks she will be so embroiled, that an alliance with her will be worth little to us. The whole cabinet are full of apprehensions, that France and Spain mean to make this a pretext for renewing the war, if we do not mean to come into all their terms.
The following is, as near as can be collected, the true reason of a further delay of the signing the definitive treaties:—The 4th of last month was appointed for signing, and a general exchange of the several treaties at Paris, and instructions were sent to the British Ambassador on that head. Two days, however, before the time fixed, an account arrived of the capture of New Providence and the Bahama islands, which determined the British Ministers to stop the treaty with Spain, unless that article which respected the giving up the province of East Florida for the Bahama islands was either erased or palliated in a particular manner. It was on the morning of the day on which the last hands were to be put to the treaties, before the courier from London arrived with the dispatches in Paris. The Duke of Manchester was gone to meet the other Ministers, and had the packet delivered to him only one hour before it is probable the whole would have been finished. On a discovery of this, with respect to Spain, all the other powers demurred. An express was sent to Madrid—another courier returned, whose dispatches contained directions to his Catholic Majesty's Envoy to postpone proceedings till it should be inquired if New Providence was taken within the time specified for hostilities ceasing. On this rests the delay of the treaties, and hence the other powers charge our Ministers with being the cause of this delay: but it is such a step as must convince the nation how averse Administration are to giving up any thing that can be saved to this country.
August 9. Russia and the Port are making continual preparations for war; yet neither has courage or honesty enough to declare their intentions, and begin their bloody purpose.
Extract of a letter from Canton, in China, January 31, 1783.
"The longitude is at last hit on, and I am sorry to say by a Frenchman, of the Isle of France, an engineer, his name Sorney—a name immortal. An imperial ship from the Isle of France bro't the instrument here; but I am not astronomer enough to describe it, or comprehend its principles. It is not much larger than a common quadrant; and what makes this instrument valuable, is, a child may make use of it, and the longitude is found with as little difficulty as the latitude. The longitude is found by observing the sun at noon—This great discovery must resound through Europe,—and the name of Sorney will eclipse that of all former astronomers."
Constantinople, June 25. The plague has spread in every quarter of this city and its suburbs, as well as the neighbouring provinces of Asia, and in Bosnia: hitherto, however, the mortality at Constantinople is very inconsiderable.
Hague, July 24. Mr. J. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, lately arrived from Paris, had a conference to day with the President of their High Mightinesses.
PHILADELPHIA, October 1.
At a General Court Martial, held near this city, for the trial of sundry persons accused of being concerned in a late disturbance among a number of soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, Christian Nagle and John Morrison, late serjeants in the third Pennsylvania regiment, were convicted of a breach of the 3d article of the second section of the articles of war, and were accordingly sentenced to suffer death: and John Lilly, Abner Vanhorn, Thomas Flowers, and William Carman, were also convicted of a breach of the said articles, and sentenced to suffer corporal punishment.-----Nagle and Morrison were accordingly on Monday last led out to be executed; but as Congress had been graciously pleased to pardon the offences of all the above criminals, the two unhappy men received this most agreeable news at the awful moment when they expected to be summoned into eternity.
The Assembly of the state of South Carolina have lately passed a law, subjecting all imported goods, wares and merchandises to an impost of two and an half per cent. the produce of her sister states, (save beer and cyder) not even excepted, which they scrupulously exact from the subjects of the United States. [This cannot be consistent with the articles of confederation.]
Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, came on at the Supreme Court, before the Honorable Chief Justice McKean, and the Honorable John Bryan, Esquires, the trial of four Genoeie sailors, for the murder of Captain William Pickles. At eight o'clock in the evening the Jury (one half of which were foreign gentlemen) withdrew, and brought in their verdict at four o'clock yesterday morning, when Francisco Messcar, Pedro Giacabo, and Metreo Brutilli, were found guilty, and the fourth, Pasco Carolo, was quitted.
Since our last arrived here the ship Commerce Capt. Truxton, in a short passage from London. When she left Europe, the definitive treaty was not signed; and there was much talk of an approaching rupture between the Russians and Turks: But the accounts in the London papers of these events are so uncertain and contradictory, that it is evident they are ignorant of the real state of matters; and therefore we shall not trouble our readers with their idle conjectures.
C H A T H A M, October 1.
Monday night some nocturnal incendiaries made a third attempt to destroy New-York by fire. Six of the villains, we hear, are taken.
N E W-Y O R K, October 1.
On Sunday last arrived the Portland Packet, Capt. Anson, in 47 days from Falmouth. From private letters, received by the Portland Packet, we have extracted the following intelligence.
Five English packets are stationed in future to pass in constant succession from Falmouth to New-York: and the Ministry of France have also established five packets to sail in continued rotation from Port L'Orient, near Brest, to our aforesaid port of New-York; and Hector St. John, Esq; of Goshen, in Orange county, is appointed to reside in this city, as Consul to his most Christian Majesty, and also to superintend the five French packets; the whole profits of which, and a salary of twenty-four thousand livres a year, are settled on this gentleman.
Capt. Anson, with the Aug. Mail, left Falmouth in company with the Carteret packet, (and the July dispatches) commanded by Capt. Newman; the former carried another mail of dispatches to Madeira, and last Thursday spoke a Dutch brig for Philadelphia, 12 weeks and 4 days from off the Start Point, the master of which told him, that his Excellency Mynheer Van Berkel, Ambassador from the States General of Holland to the United States of America, was on board, which, if real, contradicts an expectation of the Hercules man of war of sixty guns being appointed for his Excellency and suite. Capt. Anson

also spoke on Friday the Schooner Sally, Capt. Joseph Ashbridge, from Philadelphia to Jamaica, which on the 10th of September over-set, cut away her masts, and under Jury masts was returning to Philadelphia.
A L B A N Y, September 29
Several attempts, we are informed, have been lately made, by some malignant villains, to set fire to the city of New York; but, by the interposition of Divine Providence, their plans have hitherto proved abortive. It, however, would not be amiss for the respectable whig inhabitants of that place to keep a sharp look out, about the time of the final evacuation.
H A R T F O R D, October 13.
A gentleman just arrived from New York, informs us that the evacuation of that place is going on very fast; six regiments of the British troops have embarked on board transports in the course of the last week.
The receiver of continental taxes for the state of Pennsylvania has received 17359 dollars for the month of September, 1783.
B O S T O N, October 13.
Last Friday evening, Mr. George Hamlin was suddenly assaulted by two armed Ruffians, who stabbed him upon the left side of the breast, on which he fell; he was soon after taken up, and carried home, where he now lies dangerously ill.
Just imported from England, by
Gilbert Horner,
And TO BE SOLD , cheap for cash, at his SHOP opposite Mr. Stavers's tavern, the following GOODS , viz.
BROAD-CLOTHS , superfine, midling, and low priced.— Beavers , Duffsels, Ratteens, Serges, Flannels, Swanskins, strip'd lincey Kersey Blanketing, rib'd and plain Worsted Hose, Bed Blankets, Mill'd Caps, Slops of every kind, Worsted Patterns, Silk, Twist and Buttons, Women's Shoes, Men's ditto, Velverets, Jeanets, Jean, Sattinets, Hair Shag, yard wide and seven eighth Irish Linens, Cotton Check, Linnen Check, printed Linnen, Calico, Bed Ticks, Chintz, Patches, ell wide Holland, Napkins, India Dimity, Dutch ditto, Princes ditto, figur'd ditto, Prussian Cord, Mock Quilting, Brocades, Lutestrings, Ribbons, Cambricks, Lady's Swan-down Hatts, Men's Beaver, Beaverit and Felt Hatts, Silk Handkerchiefs, black and figur'd Linnen Handkerchiefs, Cotton Hose, Thread ditto, white Gauze, black ditto, English Saddles, Leather Breeches and Gloves, Ticklinburgs, Oznabrigs, Fishing Nets, Hamburg Lines, Bank Lines, St. Peters ditto, Mackrel ditto, Sewing Twine, Herring Nett ditto, Spike Nails, Deck ditto, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 12d and 20d Nails; Bristol Crown Glass in fides, Shovels and Tongs, Flat Irons, Ironing Boxes, Plain Irons, Augers, Gouges, Chisels, Rasps, Files, Hammers, Steel plate and common Hand Saws, Gimblets, Stock Locks, Chest Locks, Rheme ditto, Cupboard ditto, Pad Locks, Latches and Ketches, Drawing Knives, Scythes, Knives and Forks, Jackknives, Penknives, Scissars, Razors, Tobacco Boxes, Snuff Boxes, Shoe and Knee Buckles, Thimbles, Spoons, Bank Hooks, Quarter ditto, small ditto, Sail Needles, Sheet Lead, Pigg ditto, Shot, Gunpowder, new and common twice laid Cordage, second hand Rigging, English and Russia Canvis, Anchors, New Castle Coals, &c. &c. &c.
Rye F A R E,
WILL begin on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of this instant, October, at the house of ABRAHAM LIBBEY , in Rye.
RAN-AWAY , an apprentice boy named John Stannell Gilman , about 18 years of age from his master Stephen Bean , of Gilmantown : Whoever will take up the said ran away and return him to his master, free of expence, shall have one Spanish pease reward: All persons are forbid crediting said boy on his master account. Oct. 12.
PORTSMOUTH, October 13.
On the 17th of September was held at Dartmouth College, the anniversary Commencement, when thirteen young Gentlemen received the first honors of the University. A numerous auditory, convened on that occasion, were agreeably entertained with the academic performances of the candidates.
A paragraph in a late London paper says, that General Washington's valedictory letter has been received there with universal admiration, and pronounced to be wonderfully well written.
The Piece in Answer to the Member of Convention , cannot be inserted in this Paper for want of room, but will be in our next.
NAVAL OFFICE , Port of Piscataqua, October 18.
Cleared, Ship Triton , T. Lewis, for Nantes.
Take NOTICE.
ALL Persons that have sold LIQUOR within the County of Rockingham, from Octob. 1, 1782, to October first 1783, without being Licensed, that there is Forty Shillings due for every Offence; that we have a List of such Persons in almost every Town in said County, and in the Town of Portsmouth upwards of 50. All Persons of that Description have now another Opportunity given them to settle with the Receivers of Excise for said County, as one of them will attend for that purpose at the House of Captain William Brewster, in Portsmouth, on Tuesday & Wednesday the twelfth and thirteenth of November next. After that Time every Delinquent will be prosecuted without Respect of Persons. John Neal, for himself, James Mc Gregor.
State of New Hampshire. Rockingham ss.  THIS is to give notice, that the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham, by law to be holden at Portsmouth on the first Tuesday of November, A. D. 1783, will be adjourned from that day, to Tuesday the twenty fifth day of the same November, at ten of the clock A. M. at said Portsmouth; when and where all parties, Suits and Jurors, concerned at said Court, and witnesses summoned, or to be summoned to attend said Court, are to take notice hereof and govern themselves accordingly.
By order of Court, October 10, 1783. NOAH EMERY Clerk.
W E the subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the honorable Judge of Probate for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Joseph Clifford, late of Kingstown, wheelwright, deceased, represented insolvent, and six months from the 24th of September last being allowed for that purpose, do hereby give notice that we will attend on said business on the first Monday of November next, and the four following months, at the house of Solomon Wheeler, innholder in Kingstown, from two to five o'clock in the afternoon.
Simmons Seccombe, Solomon Wheeler, Kingstown, Oct. 11.
State of New Hampshire. — Grafton ss.  WHEREAS application hath been made to me by more than one sixteenth part of the owners and proprietors of the town of Stratford, to call a proprietors meeting at the dwelling-house of Mr. James Curriis, in said Stratford, on the second Tuesday of November next, at nine o'clock A. M. to act upon the following articles; viz.—First, to chuse a Moderator to govern said meeting.—2d, to chuse a Proprietors Clerk.—3d, to see if the proprietors will raise a sum of money, or give a certain tract of land in said Stratford, for building a saw mill and grist mill in said town.—4th, to see if the proprietors will lay out and make roads in said town, and to raise money to pay for the same; also, to chuse Assessors and a Collector, to assess and collect the same.—5th, to make and establish bounds round said town.—6th, to lot and lay out the undivided lands in the town.—7th, to see what method proprietors meetings for said town, shall be called in future; also, to lay out three public rights in said town for the use and benefit thereof, and to transact any business of the propriety.
John Holbrook, James Curriis, James Brown, Joseph Barlow, } Proprietors.
THESE are therefore to notify and warn the proprietors of Stratford, to meet at time and place for the purposes aforesaid. Jeremiah Emery, Just. Peace. Northumberland, October 1, 1783.
THE Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Portsmouth, are hereby notified, that the Town Meeting for the consideration of the proposed alteration, in the 8th Article of the Confederation: And also to consider of the Address of the Convention respecting the Constitution for this State, stands adjourned to Monday next the 20th instant, at ten o'clock, A. M. as they are matters of consequence, not only to ourselves but posterity.
A general attendance is requested.
By order of the meeting,
JEREMIAH LIBBEY , Clerk. Portsmouth, October 13, 1783.
State of New Hampshire—Grafton ss.
WHEREAS the Owners of the Township of Haverhill, in the County of Grafton, have been legally notified of a Tax or Assessment of Four Pounds Lawful Money on each Original Right or Proprietors Share of Land in said Township, divided, proportioned, and affixed to, each Division in the following Manner, viz: Meadow or Interval Lot, One Pound six Shillings and eight Pence; House Lot, Thirteen Shillings and four Pence; Hundred Acre Lot, One Pound; Undivided Land, including a Tract laid out into Eighty Acre Lots, One Pound; and very few have paid said Tax—These are therefore to notify those who have not paid said Tax, that unless they pay the same, with incidental Charges, to me the subscriber, at my dwelling house in said Haverhill, on or before Tuesday the 4th day of November next, so much of each Delinquent's Land in the several Divisions of each Right, as will pay the Taxes with incidental Charges, will be sold at public Vendue, at the House of Capt. Timothy Barron, in said Haverhill, at Ten o'Clock, A. M. of said Day.
The Names of the Delinquents are as follows, viz.
 Ephraim Bagley, James Philbrick,  Reuben Mills, John Hazen, jun.  Edmund Colby, David Hall,  Lemuel Tucker, John White,  Benjamin Moors, William Hazen,  Robert Peasee, Timothy Beadel,  Jasol Herriman, Jacob Kent,  Ebenezer Hale, Samuel Hobart,  John Hale, Maxi Halletine,  Thomas Johnson, John Mills,  Abraham Dow, Uriah Morse,  Enoch Hall, Jacob Hall,  Benoni Wright, John Page,  Josiah Little, John Taplin,  Jonathan Foster, Joseph Blanchard,  Richard Patee, Moses Foster,  Enoch Heath, William Page,  Joseph Kelly, Aaron Horlemore,  John Herriman, John Lamson,  Stephen Knights, John Hall,  David Hobart, Simon Stevens,  John Moors, William Toburn,  David Page, James White,  Benjamin Merrill, Nathaniel Merrill,  John Church, James Nevins,  John Nelson, Theodore Atkinson, jr.  Nathaniel Barrell, William Symms,  George March, John Hastings,  Richard Emery, Nehemiah Love well,  Henry Sherburne, John Wentworth,  Samuel Wentworth, Byfield Lyde,  Gov. Francis Bernard, Moses Hazen,  Governor Benning Wentworth, two Rights,  Eight Pounds. Asa Porter, Collector.   Haverhill, Oct. 13, 1783.
Warrantee & Quit-Claim Deeds &c. may be had at the Printing Office.

TO BE SOLD. For one quarter part cash, the remainder in Corn, Rye, Beef, Pork, Boards, Flax Seed or State Securities.  AT  PUBLIC AUCTION, On Tuesday the 28th Inst. at 3 o'clock P. M. At the House of Samuel Pickering Innholder in Greenland.
Sundry valuable lots of land, one in Northwood, containing about 200 acres, being lot No. 9 in the 10th range, one in Canan, one in Gilmantown, and one in several other valuable townships. Octo. 10.
T O be sold at public Vendue at the house of Hannah Dalton in Londonderry, on Thursday the 30th day of October next at three o'clock P. M. One half of the following lots of land viz. No. 82 in the great division of lots in Sanborntown,-- Nos 25 and 26 in north range Society Land--No. 7 even in south range in the Gore adjoining New Durham. The above is to be sold by virtue of a licence from the Judge of probate, towards paying the debts of Michael Dalton of said Londonderry, trader, deceased, represented insolvent. At the same time and place (if agreeable to the purchaser) the owner of the other half of said Lots will sell his part. Also, the lots No. 113 & 114 in Peterboro' of 200 acres--Likewise that fine tract of land called Holland's location, containing about 250 acres, adjoining the town of Thornton; and about 20 rights in the State of Vermont, lying near Connecticut River, Onion River, Otter Creek, &c. For further information enquire of JOHN NEAL of Londonderry. Conditions of sale will be made as easy as possible, and seen at time and place. September 30, 1783.
State of New Hampshire.  WHEREAS a petition hath been preferred to the General Assembly by Benjamin Evans of Salbury, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esq, administrator to the estate of Jabez Tucker, late of Salbury, aforesaid, Cordwainer, deceased, setting forth, that the said Jabez, by his last will and testament, devised his real estate to and amongst his children, as well his real estate in the State of New Hampshire, as elsewhere; and likewise bequeathed his personal estate as by the tenor of said will it may appear: That many, & some large debts were owing and due from said Jabez, to divers persons, the whole of which debts exceed the amount of the appraised value of the personal estate of the said Jabez by a considerable sum. That the personal estate consisting of live stock and furniture, is indispensably necessary for the comfort and convenience of the family of the said Jabez: that, that part of the real estate of the said Jabez lying in Gilmantown was purchased of one Joshua Bean, to whom, for said purchase, a large debt is due, and by whom, for the recovery of said debt, a suit is now pending against him the said Evans as administrator as aforesaid.
And whereas the heirs of the said Jabez are desirous that the real estate in said Gilmantown may be sold: Therefore he prays that he may be legally authorized to sell and convey the said real estate late of the said Jabez, consisting of about 130 acres, & lying in Gilmantown aforesaid, he consenting to give bond to the Judge of probate for the county of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire, to apply and dispose of the net proceeds of said sale as personal estate of the said Jabez undisposed of.
Upon which petition the General Assembly ordered, that the petitioner may be heard thereon before them on the first Friday of their next session, and that in the mean time he cause the substance of the petition and order of Court thereon to be published in the New Hampshire Gazette three weeks successively, that any person or persons may then appear and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted. Exeter, June 25, 1783. Attest, J. PEARSON D. Sec'y.
T O be sold at public vendue on Monday the twenty-seventh of October instant, at one o'clock P. M. at the dwelling house of Captain Samuel Doughty, Innholder in Raby, by us the subscribers, collectors for the town of Raby for the year 1782 so much of the following lots or tracts of land as will pay the taxes assessed thereon, with necessary charges, unless sooner paid. Brown's list. State tax. Rum tax. County tax. Sower's list.
   l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d.     Jonas Cutler 0 10 2 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 10 1   Peter Cumings 1 8 2 0 2 0   Blood farm so called 1 13 6 0 9 3 2 1 2 1 2 2   Land N. Patten lives on 1 3 0 2 2 11 2 1 2 1 2 2   Russ Lot so called 5 3 0 4 2 0   Benjamin Nutting 3 4 2 2 0   Common land north of the Pond 2 2 6 1 3 6 2 1 0 2 10 2   Common land south of the Pond 0 5 8 4 0 1 3   and east of Sower's meadow.  
CLARK BROWN, Constables. ROBERT SEVERS. Raby, October 7, 1783.
State of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss.  THE Commissioners appointed to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of the Widow Mary Tilton, late of Portsmouth, deceased, notify said creditors that six months longer from the 24th of September last, is allowed by the Judge of probate, to receive and examine their claims, on which business they will continue their attendance at the office of the Recorder of deeds in Exeter, on the last Monday of this, and the five following months, from two to six o'clock P. M. Those creditors that had accounts open with the deceased, are requested to settle and adjust them with the Administrators as soon as may be, that their claims may be laid before the Commissioners. All the claims to be well made out and properly attested, otherwise they must not complain if no notice is taken of them. Exeter, Octo. 4, 1783.
TO BE SOLD.  A GOOD FARM, in Loudon, containing 170 acres, with two houses and two barns, a tan-yard, a shoe-makers shop, a good orchard of 250 apple-trees, and plenty of maple and beech wood thereon; 25 tons of hay can be cut on the same of a common season. Five years will be given for payment of the principal. Enquire of Jeha Sanborn, of Newmarket.
State of New Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Goffstown on the north side of the river, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue on Thursday the 30th day of October next at two o'clock P. M. at the house of Robert McGregore, Esq; innholder in said Town, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. R. Q'ty s. d. d. s. d.     Benjamin Stevens 57 14 140 4 4 2 2 1   James McKnight 5 9 100 11 8 8 4 7   Thomas Parker 5 12 72 2 5 1 1 0   Peter Herrymann 2 1 100 7 3 2 3 0   Ditto 6 R 140 14 6 4 5 11   John G. He, jr. 2 6 100 8 7 3 4 0   Job Kidder 6 11 70 5 6 1 2 7   Thomas Packer 3 6 100 8 7 3 4 0   Sampson Stoddard 6 5 100 8 7 3 4 0   Benjamin Richards 1 7 100 11 9 4 5 2   John Jewel 1 9 100 7 3 2 3 4   John Goffe, Esq 3 10 50 4 5 1 2 2   Ditto 4 13 102 7 3 2 3 0   James Kennedy 5 10 20 1 10 1 10   Ditto 3 13 140 8 7 3 4 0   James Walker 3 13 90 7 3 2 3 4   Matthew Patten, Esq 1 6 100 7 3 2 3 4   Thomas Fermer 4 12 68 3 3 1 1 6   Thomas Folsom 6 12 70 2 5 1 1 0   Solley and March 5 13 120 7 3 2 3 11    ISSACHAR RING, Constable. Goffstown, September 29, 1783.
State of New Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Hopkinton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Wednesday the 22nd day of October next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Joshua Bayley, innholder in said town, as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   War tax. State tax. War tax. State tax.   No. l. d. q. l. d. q. No. l. d.     5 2 9 3 1 0 3 24 2 9   7 3 1 0 11 2 0 25 1 5   8 4 8 1 17 0 0 26 2 4   9 2 9 2 10 3 0 28 1 5   13 1 10 2 6 9 2 29 4 8   14 1 10 2 6 9 2 30 1 8   19 1 7 2 5 10 1 37 3 3   20 2 9 2 10 3 0 38 1 8   21 1 11 1 7 0 0  
Ezekiel Straw, Constable. Hopkinton, August 14, 1783.
State of New Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Hillsborough, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 23rd day of October next, at two o'clock in the afternoon at the house of John Dutton, innholder in said town, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
William Hill, No. 25 & 50, in 1st div -- No. 16, 13 & 48, in 2d div -- No. 2, in 3d div -- No. 12, 6, 25 & 50, 1418 acres, State tax, 8l. 19s. 9d. County tax, 4/3d. War tax, 6l. 7/10d. John Hill, No. 14, 2d div. No. 6 & 32, No. 3, 3d div. No. 23, 8, 40, Farm 244, acres, Total 1424 acres, 9l. 0/6d. County tax, 4/3d. War tax, 6l. 6/8d. Garvin Brown, No. 41 1st div. No. 42, No. 56, 2d div. No. 15 & 61, No. 5, 3d div. No. 13 & 44, Total 2 acres, State tax, 4l. 15l. 8d. County tax, 2/3d. War tax, 3l. 7/11d. Sartori Belcher, No. 2, 2d div. No. 24, 25, 52, 57, 55, 63, No. 1, 3d div. No. 9. Half of No. 14, No. 22, Part of No. 26, 1422 acres, State tax, 9l. 0/6d. County tax, 4/3d. War tax, 6l. 8/2d.
   State tax. County tax. War tax.   No. l. d. l. d. l. d.     John Ford, 75 0 7 7 0 2 5   Ebenezer Flint, 50 0 6 5 0 2 4   Paul D. Sergen, 28 0 6 5 0 2 4   Col Huntington, 1300 8 5 1 3 11 5   Jere. Green, Esq; 1600 10 3 5 4 10 7   Ebenezer, 100 0 12 9 0 4 0   Widow Nesb, 0 15 3 0 5 0    Lot Jennison, Constable. Hillsborough, Sept. 19, 1783.
Stray'd or stolen out of a pasture near Portsmouth, on the twenty first of September last, a Black MARE, with a small white spot on her Forehead, three years & half old, and about thirteen hands high, somewhat poor, and paces mostly. Whoever may apprehend said Mare, and return her to the subscriber, shall be handsomely rewarded therefor. Portsmouth, Oct. 4, 1783. Samuel Langdon.
ALL Persons intitled to any part of the Prizes taken by the Continental Ship Ranger, and carried into France, are hereby desired to call on the subscribers and receive their respective balances.
SUPPLY CLAP, } Agents. W. GARDNER, } Portsmouth, October 4, 1783.
TO JOSEPH GILMAN, Esq; Clerk of the proprietors of the township of Sandwich:  WE the subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of said township, desire you to call a meeting of the proprietors, to be held at the house of Samuel Folsom Esq; in Exeter, on Wednesday the 22nd day of October next, at one o'clock, P. M. for the following purposes, viz. 1st. To choose an Agent, or Agents to appear for said proprietors in any action or actions commenced, or to be commenced, by or against them, and the same to prosecute to final judgment and execution. 2d. To choose a Committee to settle all the proprietors accounts. Nathaniel Folsom. Exeter, Sept. 23, 1783. Samuel Folsom. Josiah Gilman, jun.
Pursuant to the above request, the proprietors of said township of Sandwich, are notified to meet at the time and place, for the purposes therein mentioned. Joseph Gilman, Proprietors Clerk.
N. B. The vendue for the sale of common and undivided lands, belonging to the aforesaid proprietors, which stands adjourned to the first Wednesday in October next, will be further adjourned to Wednesday the 22nd, at two o'clock, P. M.
State of New Hampshire, Strafford, ss.  APPLICATION having been made to me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace, in the county of Strafford, and State aforesaid, by the proprietors, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of Effingham (formerly called Leavitt's Town, in said county) to notify and call a meeting of said Proprietors, to be held at the dwelling house of Captain John Leavitt, innholder in said town of Effingham, on Wednesday the 29th day of October next, at one o'clock P. M. for the following purposes, viz. To choose a moderator, proprietors clerk, assessors and collector, and vote to raise by a tax upon each proprietor share what money shall be thought needful to open and repair roads, and also to support the preaching of the Gospel in said town; and choose a committee, and entrust them to appropriate the money that shall be raised, to the purposes aforesaid; and adjust and settle all accounts open with said proprietors: In consequence of said application, the said proprietors are hereby notified to meet at the time and place aforesaid for the purposes aforesaid. Effingham, Sept. 8, 1783. Thomas Parsons, J. P.
State of New Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Acabad, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1781 and 1782, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 23rd day of October next, at two o'clock P. M. at my house in said town, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   New Empt. tax. Specie tax.   1782. 1783. 1782. 1783.   l. d. l. d.     Nathaniel M c Juer, 1 18 7 0   Benjamin Bellow, 4 17 10 1   Jonathan Moulton, 1 18 7 0   Isaac Fallow, 12 4 0 2   White, 6 2 1 5   Lott No. 10, 5 5 1 3   Lott No. 5, 8th range, 1 18 7 0   Col. Chapman, 5 5 1 3   Lott No. 13, 5 7 1 3   Nath'l Gower, No. 3, 6th range, 1 10 11 6   Josiah Eaton, 15 6 3 5   Neab Carpenter, 19 4 4 3   Paul Chase, No: 2, 4th range, 2 9    Simon Brooks, Constable. Acabad, Sept. 2, 1783.
In the Advertisement of non-resident lands in Dublin, which was inserted in this Gazette of the 6th, 13th, and 20th ult. for Elijah Greenwood, Constable, read Eli. The Vendue is to be on Monday the 10th of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M.
A hundred acre lot of land in Gilmantown, and several lots in other towns, to be sold on easy terms; the pay will be taken in State securities, beef, pork, butter, cheese, and cash. Enquire at the Printing Office in Portsmouth.
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