The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1782-10-19 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[Vol. XXVI.]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1782.
[No. 1355.]
L O N D O N, July 27.
B Y an authentic letter received from Madras, by the way of France, and dated the 7th of April, a peace is said to have been concluded between Sir Eyre Coote and Hyder Ali.
Extract of a letter from Geneva, July 4, 1782.
"It was in the name of the canton of Bern, whose troops are commanded by Gen. Lentulus, that this city was summoned to open its gates. This turn was undoubtedly the most adviseable, as it might prevent the people from proceeding to extremities. In consequence, the Berneze General wrote a letter to the Syndics, by which he informed them of his resolution to enter the city with his troops; and he previously required the following conditions.
I. That the Citizens and Burghers should each keep in their respective houses, without coming out, except by permission of the officer who shall command in the district.
II. That the guard put over the negatives, detained as hostages, shall be withdrawn; assuring them that they were out of all danger, respecting their lives.
III. That the councils shall be re established, such as they were on the seventh of April last, before the taking up arms; excluding, nevertheless, such of the representatives as were members thereof, and who shall be so no more.
IV. That twenty of the latter, heads of that party, and specified by name, shall leave the city directly, furnished with passports, and retire to the distance of 20 leagues and wait in their retirement what the public shall please to decree concerning them.
V. Lastly, that no Citizen or Burgher shall be allowed to come near the Town-house, where no body shall enter but the Syndics, the Lieutenant, and the Auditors.
"The names of the famous chiefs of the representatives, whose removal was required, deserve to be known: They are Messieurs Dentand, Ringler, Lamotte, Soret, Auditor, Cloviere, Grenus, Richard, Vieussix, du Roveray, Achard, Guerre, Chanvet, Fournoy, J. M. Chappui, Vernes Pastor, Bonnet, Captain, Lechet, Lazare Rigaud Joannin.
"On the reception of Gen. Lentulus's letter, the Syndics assembled the Council, and demanded a delay of 24 hours; which was granted. In the mean time, the chiefs were greatly embarrassed to know what resolution to take; and those republican heads, so formidable, so courageous, whilst the danger was at a distance, were now wavering in the most despicable uncertainty. In short, after many movements, doubts and perplexities that answered no end, it was proposed, in what is called at Geneva the
political circles, that each division of 130 persons should nominate five, to decide what was to be done in so critical a case: the proposition was accepted, and the persons elected decided finally that we must submit. In consequence, the gates were opened &c."
A grant is said to be preparing to pass the Great Seal, of a pension of 1000 per annum, to Benedict Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold, or the survivors of them on the British establishment.— Hear this Englishmen ! ! ! ! !
From the London General Advertiser of March 20 1782.
To One ARNOLD!
D ID not you know in January, 1781, there was an order that the army should not share prize money with the seamen: and are not the seamen kept from their just rights, at this moment, by your claiming part of the prizes taken at Virginia at that time? Infatuated England! is every creature of a corrupt Ministry to bind thy sons in chains, and thy most valuable subjects in fetters of bondage?
[That nation is surely under the influence of infinite corruption which countenances villains and rewards villainy. 'Tis an undeniable mark of their approaching ruin. A low bred villain is countenanced, rewarded and caressed, while their own honest citizens, who have always been steady to their best interests, are neglected and defrauded.]
THOUGHTS ON SLANDER.
W HOEVER says of himself the good he thinks, is seen to be puffed up with pride, and every body shuns him; but he on the contrary, who praises himself by the evil he says of others, is accounted a charming fellow: he is surrounded by attentive auditors, who share with him the praises he indirectly pays himself, and incessantly applauds the fine speeches which free them from the trouble of offering incense to their own vanity.
The malignity of the world in general, appears to proceed less from a design of doing injury to others, than from a desire of raising an opinion of our own merit. One is guilty of slander, because he is ignorant and lazy; another, because tired of himself, conceitedly fond of saying keen things, and shocked at the least fault in another, he is habitually unhappy: a third, is naturally splenetic; he slanders his friends, because he thinks them his enemies.
O what misery, to live perpetually with the objects of one's terror!—He places his pride in not suffering himself to be imposed upon: he considers every man as a villain, or disguised cheat at best: he cries, "cuckold, whore and knave," at the sight of every passenger, and he frequently applies
the terms properly; but he is sometimes mistaken. Now I should be glad to know if we are not as much duped when we take virtue for vice, as when we mistake vice for virtue; for this, at least, I know, that the happiest age of man is youth, when he is the dupe of his friends, his mistresses, and his generosity.
Woe to him whose prudence is not the effect of experience!—A premature distrust is the sure sign of a bad heart and a weak head. He is certainly the most wretched and most contemptible of mankind, who yields himself a prey to perpetual distrust, that he may escape deceit.
But to return to my subject—Some people desire to shew their wit: and I will not say that such people have no wit; for we have had many instances to the contrary; but how contemptible is that wit, which owes its existence to a friend's dishonor, and whose highest eulogium is a satire on the heart!
ON CHARITY.
I T seems to be the general opinion of the world, that a diffusive benevolence is the sum and substance of charity. But though it is a very commendable virtue, and an essential point of charity, it must not be supposed to center entirely in it; for a retrospect of mankind would convince us, that many people who plume themselves very much upon their liberal dispensations of the gifts of Providence, are very deficient in that more essential principle of charity which the divine revelations inculcate in us with so much energy, when they command us "to live in charity with all men." And instead of exhorting the poor misguided creatures, whom the Lord has not enlightened with the mildness and humility of christians, with all the intemperate enthusiasm of a tabernacle, or a conventicle, denounce eternal perdition on them for differing from us in a trivial mode of worship.
Such a conduct is by no means consistent with the divine principles of the revealed religion; it borders too much upon that insatiate bigotry which is so horridly conspicuous in the Romish church. It is, with presumptuous impiety, prescribing bounds and limits to the actions of God Almighty and incontestably proves that we may be transported too far by an excessive zeal, even in the most virtuous cause. For, as the apostle Paul says, "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."
T HE Constitution or Form of Government, agreed upon by the Delegates of the State of New Hampshire, in August last, may be had at the Printing Office.

RICHMOND, (Virginia) Sept. 21.
By a Gentleman that left George Town, South Carolina, the first instant, we are informed, that a number of refugees, to the amount of two hundred, who came out of Charlestown to that place, were under arms to serve six months (agreeable to the terms on which they were received) at the expiration of which time they were at liberty to retire to their respective homes; those who had committed depredations on the inhabitants of that State, were returned by order of General Greene; that two vessels had arrived at Georgetown, from New-York, with inhabitants, belonging to that State; that several vessels were provided at Charlestown, to convey some refugees to St. Augustine; and that those who chose to stay had passes granted them to withdraw from the town.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.
A Charlestown paper, of the 27th of July last, gives an account of the evacuation of Savannah; after which the following paragraph appears, which may give us an Idea of the Situation of the wretched dependants on the protection of the British forces.
"The distress which is necessarily attendant on events of such a nature, was alleviated as much as circumstances could admit of, by the attention and humanity that were shewn by his Majesty's officers to the inhabitants. But the misery of the people only began at leaving their homes. The rich by disposing of one part of their property, may indeed be furnished with means of keeping the other together, and of supporting themselves; but as to the middling and lower classes, whose first years are necessarily spent in acquiring establishments, by losing these they lose all they possess, and are again thrown into the wide world, as poor as when they first embarked in it, and with the additional circumstances of an increase of years, and the burthen of families; which the reasonable prospect they once had before them of acquiring a competence, if not wealth, had induced them to form. It would be needless to pursue this matter any further, that of explaining what is evident to every one, the miseries the loyal inhabitants of Georgia have already experienced, and must hereafter encounter, from the evacuation of Savannah. We must rest satisfied in the belief, that the sufferings of a part may be of benefit to the whole, and that every piece of information was obtained, every argument duly examined, and the consequences carefully considered before a measure was adopted which necessarily tended to distress so considerable a number of his Majesty's faithful subjects."
A gentleman who arrived in town, who left Fort Pitt on Wednesday the 18th ult. informs, that altho' the Indians have been much more quiet lately than for some time before, yet an attack from them was expected at Fort Wheeling on the Ohio, some distance southeast of Fort Pitt.
FISH-KILL, October 10.
On Saturday last Major General Gates arrived in camp, and took the command of the right wing of the army. Major Gen. St. Clair is also on his way to join the army.
By letters from the southward, the melancholly account of the death of Lieut. Col. Laurens is confirmed: he fell bravely fighting for his country as has been reported.
We learn from Long Island, that the enemy have evacuated their post at Lloyd's Neck the 22d ult.—That the loyalists on
that part of the Island had the indulgence offered them of emigrating to Nova Scotia, on certain terms of encouragement—That many of them chose rather to risk the forfeited mercy of their country, than accept so precarious a prospect of emolument—That upwards of thirty of the militia who refused the gracious offer, were disarmed.
We hear that Major Gen. Charles Lee died very suddenly, a few days ago, at Philadelphia.
B O S T O N, October 17.
Friday last Capt. Jacobs arrived at an out post, in 50 days from Cadiz, by whom we learn, that when he left that place they were in daily expectation of hearing the surrender of Gibraltar; as the garrison were almost wore out with excessive fatigue and were short of provision; and had petitioned General Elliot, setting forth their inability to defend the place much longer: and that the Duke de Crillon, commander in chief of the troops before that place, had wrote the Count d'Artois, brother to the King of France, who was at some distance from the Spanish camp, 'That if he inclined to see the British standard on the walls of Gibraltar struck, he must hasten immediately to camp.'
We hear an expedition is intended against the Indian towns on the waters of Lake Erie, the people in the neighbourhood of Fort Pitt having been extremely irritated with the injuries received from those savages.
Extract of a letter from Fort Pitt, Sept. 3.
"From the middle to the last of July, the Indians have been very troublesome on the frontiers of this country—Hanna's town was burned, several inhabitants killed and taken, and about the same time Fort Wheeling was blockaded for several days; for two weeks the inhabitants were in such consternation that a total evacuation of the country was to be dreaded; but since the beginning of Aug. matters have been more quiet, and the people have again in a great degree got over their panic."
Information received by a letter from Philadelphia mentions, That the King of Sweden has proposed a treaty with the United States of America, and powers are said to be forwarded from Congress to enter into it.
We have received the Leiden papers to August 20. The substance of what they contain, besides what has been published, is—
That the French reinforcement for the East Indies had arrived there before Commodore Johnstone: that the force of Count d'Orves was superior for some time to that of Admiral Hughes, and that he had landed at Pondicherry a fine body of European troops, to join Hyder Ali; that he had taken in his way the Hannibal, an English ship of war, of fifty guns, on the eighteenth of January: that on the sixteenth of February a large detachment of British forces, under the orders of Col. Braithwait, was attacked by Tippoo Saib, one of Hyder Ali's Generals, that the action lasted eight hours, and that on the eighteenth he surrendered himself and his whole army, consisting, according to the British account, of fifteen hundred Sepoys, a company of European troops, and a train of artillery with twelve cannon; that all the British officers, except one, were either killed or wounded; that the British reinforcement, under Commodore Bickerton, had fared no better than that under General Meadows, having got, by the last accounts no further than Brazils, and having lost by sickness more than half their number, since they left England. Letters from India mention how much the British forces have
been weakened there by sickness and many actions. Calicut, on the coast of Malabar, where was a Dutch factory, was taken by Gen. Abingdon on the thirteenth of Feb. By the last accounts, the army of Generals Coote and Munroe were not in a condition to face Hyder Ali, after his reinforcement by the French fleet.
The same papers mention, that the Court of London looks serious upon the situation of Gibraltar: that Gen. Elliot had written in the most pressing terms for a reinforcement: that the Spaniards had begun a work near the rock, which, in spite of all the labour and cost, they intended to bring upon a level with his own.—Eighteen hundred of the garrison were in the hospital.—Salt provisions and bread were not wanting there, but an extreme scarcity of live stock and refreshments, and the men worn down with continual duty and fatigue, and many not off from duty affected with the scurvy and dysentery.—The Spaniards will have in the Straits nine ships of the line, which joined to twenty seven ships of the same force, under Admiral Cordova, and twelve French ships of the line, will form a force sufficient to face Admiral Howe, should he attempt the relief of Gibraltar. It is added in these papers that should Admiral Howe succeed in throwing succours into the place such is the plan of the Duke de Crillon, as not to be much retarded even by that event.
The following is extracted from a letter received lately from a correspondent. "General Carleton has mentioned to General Washington in his letter, his full expectation that the Tories should have their lands restored—Is not every Tory that is under arms in battle against us, a murderer actually in design? and GOD, in Num. 35. 31. 32. peremptorily respects this holy command, that no pardon be given nor satisfaction taken for a murderer. May GOD save the Congress from breaking this law in this case!—Shall we dare to hire the men with lands who have left them, joined our inveterate enemies, and themselves the most inveterate who fought against us for years past, and repeatedly fired on the ranks where stood their fathers, brothers and beneficens neighbours?—Some lenity might be given to those who fled through fear, and who bore no arms nor aided our enemies."
State of New Hampshire.
IN COMMITTEE of SAFETY, Sept. 26. PURSUANT to an Order of the General Court, the Excise on Spirituous Liquors in the Counties of Hillsborough, Cheshire, and Grafton, will be farmed at public Vendue for the Term of one Year, from the first day of October last, by the Committee of Safety for said State, on Thursday the 24th day of October next, at 2 o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the House of Col. Samuel Folsom Innholder in Exeter. The Excise in each of the said Counties will be sold separately.
Articles of Sale may be seen at Time and Place abovementioned. By order of the Committee. M. WEARE, Presid't.
The delinquent Proprietors of the
Township of Piermont, are hereby notified, that the subscriber attended this Day at the House of Capt. John Weeks in Greenland, to receive their Taxes or make sale of their Lands agreeable to Notification, but as few purchasers appeared, and the Collector thinking it for the Interest of said Delinquents to postpone the sale of their Lands—Notice is hereby given, that the said sale is postponed until Wednesday the 13th of November next, at the House of the said Capt. John Weeks at Greenland, of which the concerned are requested to govern themselves and pay said Taxes, or so much of the said Delinquents Rights will then be sold as will pay said Tax and charges, at two o'clock in the Afternoon. JONA. MOULTON, Collector. Hampton, October 14, 1782.

S A L E M, October 17.
A Cartel arrived here last evening in 12 days from Newfoundland, and brought in 92 American prisoners, among whom are the crews of the Junius Brutus and other privateers from this port, lately captured by the enemy.
By the above Cartel we have the following interesting intelligence, brought by a frigate, with dispatches for Admiral Campbell, in fourteen days from England, viz. That the British man of war Royal George, Admiral Kempenfelt, of 110 guns, being heeled to leeward, for the purpose of repairing a cock on the opposite side, was, by a sudden gust of wind, overset and sunk; she was laying, when this accident happened, at Spithead, and, including women and children, had on board between twelve and thirteen hundred souls, about eighty of whom only were saved; the Admiral, with near twelve hundred men, women and children, being lost:—That Lord Howe had sailed with a fleet for the relief of Gibraltar:—And that the important news from the East Indies, of the French having captured three British men of war of 74 guns each, and all the English company's ships, was confidently said, by the British themselves, to be true.
The news from England, by the above frigate, is said to be as late as 42 days ago, from this time.
The Cartel abovenmentioned, on her passage, off Halifax, spoke with the British ship Renown, which had in tow the brig General Greene, Capt. Bacon belonging to Philadelphia.
The Printer hereof has been favored with a paper of August 7, printed (in the French language) at Cleves, in Germany, from which the following articles have been translated, viz.
C L E V E S, August 7.
It is now asserted, that the last revolution in the British Ministry was in consequence of his Britannic Majesty's own private opinion, with respect to his colonies, to which he is resolved never to renounce his pretensions. The firm determination of this Monarch will appear by the language which he expressed to Lord Shelburne after the death of the Marquis of Rockingham.
"I will be sincere with you (said he to this Minister:) The point which I have most at heart, and which I am determined, whatever may be the consequences, never to relinquish but with my crown and my life, is to prevent a total and unequivocal acknowledgment of the independence of America. Support me on this head, and I will leave you free and quiet on every other, with the full power of Prime Minister of this kingdom."
The Minister easily consented, and the arrangement was settled.
After this formal declaration, we may judge that peace is not very near, and that scarcely any dependence is to be placed on the negotiations, which are said to be still continued, for effecting it. On one side, no peace without the acknowledgment of the independence of America;—on the other, no peace on so hard a condition.—What will be the end of the misfortunes in which America has involved our continent?
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber are hereby informed that actions will be commenced against them, after the middle of November next; unless previous payment be made. Joshua Asberson.
PORTSMOUTH, October 19.
Last Wednesday evening, a Ball was given at the Assembly Rooms, by a number of the principal gentlemen of this town; at which were present General Count Vauclercil, and Officers of His Most Christian Majesty's Fleet and Army in this Port.—The company was brilliant and numerous—harmony, politeness, and cordial friendship, seemed visible in every countenance. A cold collation was provided, which was neat and elegant, (altho' not costly)—plenty was mark'd with propriety and economy. The whole was conducted with ease and politeness; and the band of music belonging to the troops, gave a most pleasing cast to the whole entertainment.
Extract of a letter from an officer of distinction in the northern army.
"The following may be depended on as fact:—A man by the name of John Cavenaugh, 91 years of age, is now a soldier in the New York levies, and is possessed of all the activity and military abilities of a young soldier; his captain prefers him to any man for celerity of marching, and difficult enterprizes, such as marching on the flanks in a rough country, carrying dispatches, and the like. He personally gave me the following account of himself: That he was born in Ireland, in the year 1691, and was for some years of his minority a servant to an officer in the army; at 17, enlisted a soldier, and became a footman to the Duke of Marlborough for 7 years; was at the siege of Carthagena and Porto Bello; afterwards 7 years in the navy; was at the battle of Fontenoy in Flanders, and with the Duke of Cumberland against the rebels in Scotland; at the taking of Cape Breton, Quebec and the Hayanna, &c."
besides (while with Rogers) being repeatedly tomahawked, of which he shewed me a sufficient receipt. In 1762, was at his own request discharged, came to this continent and settled at Lebanon, near Salutory Spring, which he thinks tended to prolong his life and abilities. In 1775, went with General Montgomery to Quebec, and bore all the fatigue of a winter campaign. In 1777, was with General Harkimer, in his bloody battle; afterwards, one campaign at the White Plains, and is now a soldier for the present campaign."
JUST PUBLISHED, And now selling at the Printing Office, in Portsmouth—[Price Four Shillings.]—
U N I O N, Or, a TREATISE of the CONSANGUINITY and AFFINITY between CHRIST and his CHURCH.
By JAMES RELLY. For as the Body is one, and hath many Members, and all the Members of that one Body, being many, are one Body; so also is Christ. 1 COR. xii. 12.
Search the Scriptures for yourselves like the noble Bereans of old, to see whether those Things are so, and then according to the Testimony of GOD you shall find in whom you have eternal Life.
Cash given for Old PEWTER, Or one Pound of New for two Pound of Old.
By John Gooch.
To be sold, cheap for Cash, SEVERAL good second-hand Chaises, and also a good Sulkey, with Harnesses. Enquire of William Marshall of Portsmouth.
State of New Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Plymouth, who have not paid their taxes for several years past, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue on Thursday the 7th day of November next, at the house of Colonel David Webster, innholder in said Town, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. R. Qty. 1780. 1781. Silver.   Old Emis. new emis. Old Emis. new emis. Old Emis. new emis.   £. s. £. s. £. s.     Benjamin Taylor 100 17 8 10 11 5   David Wilton 100 13 4   Abner Keys 5 3 50 10 7   Moses Merrill 7 3 50 10 7   Oliver Lawrence 12 1 50 20 14   Joseph Blanchard 6 12 3 10 1 7   William Reed 6 12 3 11 1 8   William Nevins 6 12 3 10 1 7   Onesiphorus Marsh 6 12   Samuel Cummings, Esq; 6 12 3 11 1 7   Samuel Hale 6 12 3 10 1 8   Elnathan Blood, junr. 6 12 3 11 1 7   Richard Peirce 6 12 3 10 1 8   Jonas Keys 6 12   John Phelps 6 12   Matthew Patten 6 12   Francis Powers 6 12 3 10 1 7   Peter Hobart 6 12   Jacob Hildeth 6 12   James Underwood 6 12   Stephen Ames 6 12 3 10 1 7   William McClure 6 12 3 10 1 8   Abel Webster 6 12 3 10 1 7   Benjamin Parker 6 12   Zechariah Parker 6 12 3 10 1 7   David Wright 6 12 3 10 1 7   Samuel Cummings, Dunstable. 6 12 3 10 1 7   John Brown 6 12   Oliver Parker 6 12   Meshech Ware, Esq; 6 12   David Nevins 6 12   James Nator 50 4 10 3   James Hobart 3 10 1 8   Benjamin Taylor tax for 1779, is 4l. 17s. and 5d. old emission.   Plymouth, July 15, 1782. SAMUEL STEARNS, Constable. September 9.  
R A N - A W A Y from his master, Jonathan Warner, on Sunday night, September 8, a NEGRO MAN named Prince; had on when he went away, and carried with him, one pair of buff coloured leather breeches, white linnen and check'd shirts, two coats and waistcoats, one made of white fustian, and another of light cloth, with a light great coat, and sundry other articles: he is a strait limb'd fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high, and speaks bad English; has lost two lower fore teeth, and was a house negro.—Whoever shall take up said negro, and return him to his master shall receive as a reward, 20 Spanish milled dollars, by JONA WARNER. All masters of vessels, and others, are forbid carrying him off as they would avoid the penalty of the law.

PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS.
S TILL round the world triumphant discord flies, Still angry kings to bloody contest rise; Hosts bright with steel in dreadful order plac'd, And ships contending on the wat'ry waste; Distracting demons every breast engage, Unwearied nations glow with mutual rage, Still to the charge the routed Briton turns, The war still rages and the battle burns; See man with man in deadly combat join, See, the black navy from the flaming line; Death smiles alike at battles lost or won— Art does for him what nature would have done.
Can scenes like these delight the human breast?— Who sees with joy humanity distress? Such tragic scenes fierce passions may prolong, But sited reason says, they must be wrong.
Curs'd be the day how bright soe'er it shin'd That first made kings the masters of mankind; And curs'd the wretch who first with regal pride Their equal rights to equal men deny'd; But curs'd o'er all, who first to slav'ry broke Submissive bow'd and mov'd a monarch's yoke, Their servile souls his arrogance ador'd And basely own'd a brother for a lord; Hence wrath and blood, and feuds and wars began, And man turn'd monster to his fellow man.
Not so that age of innocence and ease When men yet social, knew no ill, like these; Then dormant yet, ambition (half unknown) No rival murder'd to possess a throne; No seas to guard, no empires to defend— Of some small tribe the father and the friend, The hoary sage beneath his sylvan shade, Impos'd no laws but those which reason made; On peace not war, on good not ill intent, He judg'd his brethren by their own consent; Untaught to spurn those brethren to the dust; In virtue firm, and obstinately just, For him no natives rov'd from shore to shore, No slaves were doom'd to dig the glittering ore; Remote from all the vain parade of state, No slaves in diamonds saunter'd at his gate. Nor did his breast the guilty passions tear, He knew no murder and he felt no fear.
Was this the patriarch sage? Then turn thine eyes, And view the contrast that our age supplies; Touch'd from the life, I trace no ages fled; I draw no curtain that conceals the dead; To distant Britain let the view be cast, And say the present far exceeds the past; Of all the plagues that e'er the world have curs'd, Name George the tyrant and you name the worst!
What demon hostile to the human kind, Planted these fierce disorders in the mind? All urg'd alike one phantom we pursue? But what has war with happiness to do? In death's black shroud the gem can ne'er be found; Who deals for that the life destroying wound, Or pines with grief to see a brother live, Thas life dissolving which he cannot give?
'Tis thine, Ambition!—Thes their horrors suit: Lost to the human, she assumes the brute; She deadly vain or insolently bold He heart revenge, her eye intent on gold, Sway'd by the madness of the present hour Mistakes for happiness, extent of power; That shining bait which dropt in follies way Tempis the weak mind, and leads the heart astray!
Then hopeless! I still sought but never found, We, in a circle chase the shadow round! Mistake we kind is different forms to bias Which yet still sing, we no more possess;— Thus far remov'd and painted on the eye Smooth verdant plains seem blended with the sky, But when they look in feign'd contrast join In vain we trace the visionary line; Still as we chase the empty circle flies, Emerges new mountain or new ocean rises.
O F the Monies required by Congress from this State, for defraying the charges of the war this present year, I have yet received Nothing .
Portsmouth, W. WHIPPLE , Rec'r Oct. 1, 1782. of Continental Taxes, for New-Hampshire.
Wanted one or two Yoke of Fat Cattle, for which Certificates for the Pay- ment of this Year's State Taxes will be given in pay. Inquire at the Printing Office, Portsmouth.
A good Horse, suitable either for Saddle or Chaise, to be sold; enquire at the Printing Office, Portsmouth.
The Song of SIMEON, Paraphrased, By the Rev. Mr. MERRICK.
'T IS enough,—the hour is come! Now within the silent tomb Let this mortal frame decay, Mingled with its kindred clay; Since thy mercies, Lord, of old, By thy chosen fears foretold, Faithful all, and steadfast prove; God of truth, and God of love! Since at length mine aged eye Sees the day spring from on high, Son of righteousness, to thee Lo! the nations bow the knee, And the realms of distant kings Own the healing of thy wings. Those whom death had overspread With his dark and dreary shade, Lift their eyes; and from afar Hail the light of Jacob's star; Waiting till the promis'd ray Turn their darkness into day. See the beams, intensely shed, Shine o'er Sion's favour'd head! Never may they hence remove, God of truth, and God of love!
State of New-Hampshire. W HEREAS by an act of the General Court of the State of New-Hampshire, for repairing and making passable the road through, and from, Woltsborough to Conway; and through Conway to Northumberland, a Committee was appointed to see the same effectually done: The said Committe hav- ing employed hands to perform the labour on said roads, accounts whereof they have exhibited to the owners of land, through which the road passes; or published the same in the New-Hampshire Gazette, agreeably to said act, as may appear by their advertisement dated February 16th, 1780: And whereas Capt. Thomas Thomas of Newbury-Port, by his agent appeared be- fore the 31st day of May, (which was the day appointed by our advertisement for the sale of delinquent's lands) and promised pay- ment of forty three bushels of wheat, which are equivalent to twenty five pounds sixteen shillings, lawful silver money, for labour performed on a tract of land granted to Major James Gray, through which the road passes; nevertheless, he the said Capt. Thomas still neglects to pay the same. These are there- fore to notify the owner, or owners of said Gray's location, that so much of said land, as will discharge the above mentioned sum, with incidental charges, will be sold at pub- lic vendue, on the fourth day of November next, at two o'clock P. M. at the house of Andrew M'Millan Esq; in Conway, in the county of Strafford, unless prevented by pay- ment to said M'Millan, before the day of sale.
Edward Barkham, Andrew M'Millan, Conway, Oct. 1, 1782. Thomas Merrill.
State of New-Hampshire, Hillsborough ss. N OTICE is hereby given to the non-re- sident owners of land in Weare, that have not paid their taxes for the year 1781, that unless they pay them to me the sub- scriber, by Monday the 4th day of Novem- ber next, by 10 o'clock in the forenoon, that so much of their lands will then be sold at public vendue, as will pay the taxes with in- cidental charges, at the house of Obadiah Ea- ton in said town.
   N. R. Specie.     Joseph Jackson, 4 2 0 10   Samuel Prescot, 60 3 5 6   Thomas Packer, 65 3 5 3   James Prescot, 17 4 6 1   George Hull, 22 4 2 4   Capt. Sam. Prescot, 75 7 6 1   Thomas Packer, 7 gorc 3 3   Nathan Green, 62 3 5 6   Benjamin Sweat, 30 1 2 0   SAMUEL WORTH Conf.    Weare, September 28, 1782
WANTED IMMEDIATELY;
One Thousand Bushels of good
PEACE.
For which the CASH will be paid on delivery, at Portsmouth. JOSHUA WENTWORTH. October 10, 1782.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD,
B ROKE out of the Goal in Exeter, on the Night following the twenty second Day of September ultimo, Henry Tufts, and John Smith Sanborn, the former about thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, of a light Complexion, wears his own Hair, is under conviction of Theft; the latter about forty two Years of Age, six Feet high, of a light Complexion, wears his own Hair, was committed on suspicion of Theft: Whoever shall take up, and return them to the said Goal, shall receive the above Reward, or ten Dollars for either of JOHN PARKER Sheriff.
State of New-Hampshire. N OTICE is hereby given to the non-re- sident proprietors, and others, owning land in the town of Henniker, that have not paid their taxes for the year 1781, that so much of their land as will pay said tax with incidental charges, will be sold at pub- lic vendue, to the highest bidder, at the dwelling house of Timothy Gibson, Esq; in said town, on the fourth Tuesday of October next, at ten o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
   Lot R. s. d. N. Emist.     Hugh Willson, half 3 3 0 5 9   Robert Rogers, half 18 8 3 0 5 9   George Duncanson, half 19 9 3 0 5 9   Jno. M'Collom, half 18 9 3 1 7 11   Rob. Wallace, half 12 11 3 2 8 0   Dav. Archbald, half 15 3 5 10 11 6   Daniel Lesley, 14 1 5 10 11 6   John Duncan, 11 1 6 0 12 0   Joseph Willson, 3 2 5 10 12 0   T. Wallingford, Esq; 11 2 7 3 15 0   Ditto 10 5 7 3 15 0   Alexander Craige, 13 2 5 10 12 0   John Barr, 17 2 6 8 13 3   Ditto 9 5 6 8 13 3    Henniker, Sept. 27. JOHN PUDNEY, Coni.
A LL persons indebted to, or that any de- mands on the estate of Richard Moul- ton, late of Hampton-Falls, yeoman, deceas- ed, are hereby desired to bring in their ac- counts to Redman Moulton, of said Hamp- ton Falls, in order for a speedy settlement. Hampton Falls, Sept. 28, 1782.
L OST on the 9th instant, between Widow Knight's, innholder in Newington, and Mr. John Ham's, in Dover, a LEATHER POCKET- BOOK, containing a Note against the State of New- Hampshire, of £:21 10 8—and two silk Handker- chiefs. — Whoever has found the same, and will leave it with the subscriber, at Rochester, shall have a handsome reward, paid by JOHN ROBERTS. Portsmouth, October 9.
W HEREAS Elizabeth, wife of me the sub- scriber, has eloped from my bed and board, and refuses to live with me—and has, and still may, run me in debt: This is therefore to forward all persons trusting her on my account, as I will not pay any debt she may contract from the date hereof. JOSEPH BURNHAM. Dover, October 1, 1782.
Wants a place, a woman who well understands her needle and would take the care of a family, for particulars enquire at the Printing Office. Portsmouth, October 11th, 1782.
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