New-Hampshire gazette, or, State journal and general advertiser (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1780-10-14 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE; OR, STATE JOURNAL, and GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[ Vol. XXIV. ]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1780.
[ No. 1251. ]
L O N D O N, June 19. T HE debates in the House of Commons on Wednesday last, insensibly turned from particular objects, to the general measures that had been pursued by administration, and the present aspect of affairs. Severe censures fell upon the ministry from several of the members in the opposition, respecting Ireland, the disordered and convulsed state of the nation, and the core of all our distresses, the fatal plan for subjugating America. This attack roused the Treasury Bench, and their friends, and at last brought up Lord North. His Lordship was more warm and explicit than usual. He observed, "that Ministry had often been reproached for the unsuitableness of measures by those very men who had done all in their power to defeat these measures; and that they whose language and conduct upon all occasions tended to weaken Government, and inspire the people with the utmost contempt of it, could yet gravely complain that Government was insufficient to maintain due order and regularity in the kingdom. With respect to Ireland, had Ministry resolved to continue that part of the dominion under all the circumstances of which it so loudly complained, and without any mild concessions, to have drove it to extremities, would these men have acquitted the measure? Would they have employed their eloquence in favour of it? Loudly as they complain of the continuance of the war, would they have justified the concession of thirteen States to be allied with our antient rival and enemy? Our affairs in America, continued his Lordship, wear a brighter aspect. I would not be too sanguine, but we may be allowed to entertain agreeable hopes from the operations of our forces at the Southern quarter. There are other circumstances to encrease these hopes: Many in the revolted colonies, who appeared zealous to throw off their constitutional dependence on this kingdom, have since discovered themselves more attached to their gains than their independence. There are a number of individuals whom the war has greatly enriched. Many, even of these shrink, it is said at the bare mention of any extraordinary efforts to sustain their cause, and do not chuse to lend what they have acquired, to support the paper money, which, frail as it is found to be, is the only instrument by which the revolt can be maintained. Their boasted love of liberty is too weak to support itself against self-interest. Their enthusiasm has abated; they no more contend who shall be foremost in defence of their mad ideas of independence. They begin to quarrel, it is said, about their proportion of the taxes, and each one endeavours to shift as much as he can of this burden from his own shoulders to those of his neighbours, while their army has been unsupply'd. Much has been said of the entire union of the revolted colonies, tho' their confederation is not compleat, and Maryland has not acceded to it. While the Agents of Congress at Paris have given exaggerated accounts of the resources of their constituents they have been obliged to have continual recourse to France & Spain for all kinds of supplies, for arms, ammunition and, cloathing.—Allies so situated must soon become disagreeable to one another. Notwithstanding all the reforms made in the finances of France, it is known that Louis xvi, is obliged to continue all the
taxes of the last war which were to have ceased in 1780: And that Mr. Necker cannot support the military operations of that kingdom, but by the force of loans; which considering the losses its commerce has sustained, cannot long continue."—Upon the whole his Lordship was persuaded, that Parliament would persevere in such measures as must finally establish the honor and commerce of the nation, and the safety and tranquility of its dependencies.
Mr. Burke, Col. Barre, and Mr. Dunning, spoke with great force in reply to his Lordship: So did Charles Fox. One must have heard him to judge of the warmth and force of his speech on this occasion—we can only give a sketch of it. He was severe in his sarcasms on the ministry respecting the affairs of Ireland, and the internal commotions of Britain, both which had rendered the nation contemptible in the eyes of all Europe. He did not dispute the right of Ireland to the advantages it had lately obtained; but all the world knew, they had been gained as much against the will of the ministry, and as truely by force of arms, as the independence of America. What might have been granted as an obligation, and a bond of amity, had been evidently extorted by fear, and conceded with an air of meanness, to become a source of future confusion, & perhaps rivers of blood. He remarked with great piquancy on the diametrically opposite principles upon which the same men had acted with respect to Ireland and America: "In their infatuated conduct, said he, resolution and concessions, ever misplaced, have equally operated to the disgrace and ruin of the nation. The Colonies may boast, that their arms have at once given a free trade to Ireland, and established their own independence: And however the sages conductors of our affairs may hope at a convenient season to take back the former, they never will be able to overthrow the latter. Partial triumphs have been a curse to us; and flashes of success, like an ignis fatuus , lead us on to our ruin. The Americans, driven to resistance by our oppressions, have surprized the world with what they have dared, and what they have achieved: The sound of applause from foreign nations, has reached them: Such spirits are not easily quell'd: They have endured much for independence; they have possessed it a long time; they are proud of it; by all this they are better prepared to defend it.—Their armies, it is granted, have sometimes been unsupplied, and fared hard: What has been the consequence? Have they mutinied? Have they disbanded? Have they gone over to the enemy? Nothing like it. Their General, like Cæsar, has set the example of contentment, and his soldiers, like those of the Roman, have only demonstrated an invincible attachment to their leader and their cause. The succours they have asked, and readily received from France, shew that the cause is common to them both, and the interest mutual; and this being the case, such a kind of intercourse, instead of weakening, must every day strengthen the bands of the alliance. But France, it seems, with little or no additional expence, with all her resources, and with all the abilities of her great financier, must soon be bankrupt: Instead of expecting this, I dread, from the immense disproportion of loans at which we support the war, our own approaching destruction. At the rate we go on, France,
without a single victory, must totally ruin us. But what shall we say of the wealth of Spain? All the world knows her revenues were never in better order, and in these the Americans must find a sure support. I smile to hear the noble Lord in the blue ribbon talk of vanquishing them from their want of supplies. They have vast resources in themselves; their fields are covered with plenty; their pastures abound with flocks and herds; their landed interest, even during the war, increases in value every day: Foreigners know all this, and will be ready to lend them. We ourselves furnish them with vast supplies: What an immense quantity of provisions and goods of all kinds have their cruizers captured from the trade and public stores of this nation? But their confederation, we are told, is not compleat. It may not be formally, but it is virtually: We have felt it. And should any thing be wanting on this head, we ourselves shall cure the defect. They may differ among themselves in unessential points while they think they are safe from our power, but press them with arms and they will be perfectly united: That partial success, the expectation of which pleases so much the noble Lord, will only confirm their confederation, and call forth new exertions. Their government is already established, and in most if not all the colonies, appears as well settled as if the revolution had taken place a hundred years ago. What madness then must it be in this nation to continue a war with such insupportable burdens, with no prospect of final success, and only to plunge ourselves into deeper destruction!
P A R I S, January 4.
WE hear from Marseilles, of the 18th ult. that the Marie-Fortune, a Tartan commanded by Captain Anthony Gay, of Bendol, a village near Toulon, coming from Corsica, laden with sundry merchandize, and having only eight men, comprehending a boy and a soldier, a passenger, was attacked within about a league and a half of Marseilles, by an English privateer of 18 guns, & 160 men, who gave chase to him, and got very near; Capt. Gay, seeing no other means of escaping the privateer, run ashore near the island of Rion, on a bank called the Fourde-Chaux, and there made as readily as possible to engage; when seeing the privateer's boat with 25 or 30 men, armed with cutlasses and muskets, coming to board him made so uninterruptedly a fire at the boat, with two small cannon, which were all he had that he forced them to retire; but soon after the boat returning, he could not avoid being boarded, when an engagement began that lasted an hour and an half, which, notwithstanding the superiority of numbers on the side of the English, terminated in favour of Capt. Gay; and he beheld his enemy retire a second time, leaving ten men killed and wounded. It is remarkable that the soldier, passenger, having broke his sword on the head of an Englishman, tore a billet of wood from the ship, and struck down several of the privateer's men, who attacked him. This soldier, brave as the rest of the little crew, was the only one who was wounded, but it is hoped the wounds will not cause the death of this gallant defender of those who gave him his passage. Capt. Gay seeing the privateer (who, from its draught of water, did not dare to approach the Tartan, for fear of running on shore) going off, got his ves-

afloat, and hove off towards Marseilles, which he entered in the night, to the great joy of all who saw him arrive; and were informed of the battle, in which 8 Frenchmen, by an inconceivable intrepidity, had beat off 30 English, and made them take to flight.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
A PARTY from the Sussex regiment of militia, on their return lately from Plymouth, where they had been conducting some deserters, fell in, by accident, with some Americans, who had escaped from prison, whom they took into custody, in pursuance of their duty. With an humanity, however, which reflects honor on themselves and their country, the serjeant and privates instantly set on foot a little subscription, for their immediate relief, and treated them with every other respect, as became their character of Englishmen and Christians. When they reached Exeter, a more liberal subscription was immediately entered into by the officers, and it is with pleasure we can record the following excellent letter of thanks from the unfortunate objects of their distinguished benevolence. It is a tribute sacred to worth and gratitude, and affords a pleasing illustration of the exalted cause of humanity.
(C O P Y.)
"THE American prisoners offer their sincere acknowledgments to the officers of the Sussex regiment, for their gracious benefactions; which, alleviating the miseries of human nature, produced still nobler sensations in the mind, having taught us that the misfortunes of war abolish every hostile idea in the hearts of British soldiers; or, perhaps, the love of freedom is a crime the brave can overlook. An attempt to regain that liberty we have been three years deprived of, unaccompanied with violence or mischief, was surely not unjustifiable; yet if, bound to secure us, you therein did your duty as soldiers; by relieving us, you have distinguished yourselves as men. Valour and humanity have ever marched together; the presence of the one is the surest hostage of the other. The sentiments of liberality, acquired by a superior education, were too well known, for your bounty to excite any emotion of surprize; but when we were so generously relieved by the private soldiers who retook us, our gratitude was suspended between wonder and veneration: The feelings of humanity are alien to no English heart beneath a minister of state; yet this splendid exertion of them, in a rank surely not opulent, must for ever distinguish the SUSSEX REGIMENT with unrivalled lustre. We are not without hopes, that the cause of being taken in arms might be favourably explained; and could truly plead, that we had yet been quiet fishermen, if even that source cut off, had not compelled us to another line. Every ship, when commerce was destroyed, became warlike from necessity—but this need not now be entered into; the appeal has been made to the God of armies, who seems deciding the contest. AMERICA confides in his Justice, and sends no commissioners to sue for peace."
"If our conduct required a vindication, the hour is not yet propitious; the same ministers who lost America, still guide the helm of Britain; nor will the wish of any particular nation suggest a removal. They have been your enemies more than ours, although oppression has been equally extended, and in some points of view our sufferings are of the lighter kind. You have lost your bravest troops, have had your treasures wasted, and your commerce destroyed, without one gleam of advantage to cheer the sad prospect of destruction, whenever invasion threatens the remnant of a dismembered empire. Thro' the same baneful influence we have been massacred and impoverished; but are rising from our former ashes, with a lustre which no success can restore to you. To some these truths would seem harsh; we are speaking to men guileless of the crimes; who have predicted their consequences and opposed their progress; we are missed if all the militia in this kingdom are not the patrons of liberty abroad, as well as its palladium at home;
from their honest lessons a King of England may hereafter learn, that he has no power but what he derives from his people; whatever destroys the cause annihilates the effect; and to circumscribe their rights is to attack his own."
"In a paper dictated by the warmest feelings of the heart, malice itself cannot discern disrepect, even if the heavy hours of a prison should render misery loquacious. We have been prolix in writing, but it was to say how much we thanked you; yet words are the only tribute we had left to offer, altho' gratitude and memory will be coeval with existence."
To the Commanding Officer of the Sussex regiment of militia, Exeter.
PHILADELPHIA, September 23. Extract of a letter from Major General Gates, dated Hillsborough, Sept. 5, 1780, to the President of Congress.
"I think I have it now established as a fact, that more than 500 of the enemy's old troops were killed and wounded in the action of Camden: Inclosed I send your Excellency the report of Col. Williams of South-Carolina, who came here this morning. The REPORT of Col. Williams is as follows:
"Col. Williams, Col. Shirley and Col. Clarke, with a party of South Carolinians and Georgians, in number about 200, marched from the North side of Broad-river on the 17th of August, in order to attack 200 Tories on the Inner, at Musgrove's mills. On the night of the 18th, the Tories were reinforced by Col. Ennis, with 200 regular troops and 100 Tories. Our party meant to surprise them, but were discovered. This obliged us to send a small party of horse to reconnoitre them, with orders if they found the enemy in a disposition to attack us, to skirmish with them and lead them on to our main body."
Our lines being formed across the road, extended at least 300 yards in length on a timbered ridge, twenty horse were ordered on each flank. In this position we waited the enemy's approach. They advanced within 200 yards, where they formed a line of battle, and moved on within the distance of 150 yards and then began a very heavy fire.
Col. Williams gave orders not to fire till the enemy came within point-blank shot, nor then until orders were given. Every man was ordered to take his tree, and not to fire till the enemy was within 80 yards distance, and then to take his object sure. A warm fire began, which lasted about 15 minutes, when our brave friends to our distressed country obliged the enemy to retreat, and we drove them about two miles. We killed on the field 60 of the enemy, the greatest part British, and took 70 prisoners. Among the killed were a Major Frazier of the British, one British and three tory captains. Col. Ennis, of British, is reported to be mortally wounded by two balls, one in his neck, the other broke his thigh.
Our loss in this action was only three killed on the field, and eight wounded, one of whom mortally.
Published by order of Congress, CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'y.
TRENTON, September 27.
By a letter from Elizabeth-Town, dated the 23d instant, we are informed, that "some of Rodney's ships are so out of repair they cannot act, and one is condemned."
CHATHAM, September 27.
On Sunday sen'night four ships of Admiral Rodney's squadron sailed from the Hook, and yesterday, we hear, the remainder were to sail, together with several thousand land forces, supposed to be destined for Rhode-Island, in order, if possible, to destroy or to take the French fleet there.
We hear that General Phillips & General Lincoln, who met at Elizabeth-Town last week, commissioners from the two armies, for the purpose of effecting an exchange of prisoners, have done nothing towards bringing about so desirable an affair. They are to meet again on Long-Island.
FISH-KILL, October 5.
We learn from Head-Quarters, that Major Andre, Adjutant-General of the British army,
received the reward of his dear earned labours, the gallows, on Monday last. His unhappy fate was much regretted; though his life was justly forfeited by the law of nations. From his behaviour it cannot be said, but that, if he did not die a good christian, he did like a brave soldier.—Thus died in the bloom of life, Major Andre, the pride of the British army, the friend and confident of Sir Henry Clinton.
We further learn, that the truly infamous Arnold, through whom this unfortunate gentleman lost his life, has lodged information against sundry persons in New-York, supposed friendly to our cause; in consequence of which, upwards of fifty of them were imprisoned.
PROVIDENCE, October 5.
Friday last arrived at Newport, his Most Christian Majesty's frigate le Gentille, from Brest, but last from the West Indies, it is said, with dispatches for their Excellencies General de Rochambeau, and Admiral de Ternay.
Saturday last passed through this town on his way to Newport his Excellency the Chevalier de la Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of France to these States.
THE BOY AND THE HORSE.
Or an Appendix to the King of England's Speech, at proroguing the British Parliament, July 8th.
A Horse had flung a boy, and set off to a field being caught. The boy, overcome with heat and passion, was running, sweating and broiling, to overtake him, and sometimes got pretty near, when off sets the horse again, and the boy cursing & swearing after. Every now and then the horse stop't to feed and look about him, but, as soon as he saw the boy's hand approaching his muzzle, he cut another caper, and led him a dance of two or three hundred yards more. In this manner they continued for at least an hour. Sometimes the boy, out of all hopes and patience, would pelt him with stones as far as he could throw, and then stand still to rest and curse him. Sometimes he tried to put on a face of good temper, and use kind words; such as, "Come my poor fellow, come then;" but the moment the horse set off again, away went the stones and the curses after him. O-d-n you, at last, said the boy, let me get upon the back of you once more, and I'll sweat you for this. Come, come, my poor fellow, and away went the horse again, and a fresh volley after him.
There, thought I to myself, is the true picture of the disposition of Britain; let her once more get a side of America, and if she don't ride her to the devil, Whig and Tory without distinction, my name is not
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B O S T O N, October 12.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman, dated, Tappan, October 2, 1780.
"You will have heard before you can receive this, of the infernal villainy of Arnold. It is not possible for human nature to receive a greater quantity of guilt than he possesses. Perhaps there is not a single obligation, moral or divine, but what he has broken through. It is discovered now, that in his most early infancy, hell mark'd him for her own, and insus'd into him a full proportion of her diabolical malice."
"His late apostasy is the summit of his character. He began his negotiations with the enemy, to deliver up West-Point to them, long before he was invested with the command of it, and whilst he was still in Philadelphia; after which he solicited the command of that post, for the ostensible reason, that the wound in his leg incapacitated him for an active command in the field: It was granted him on the 6th of August last. Since which he has been assiduous as possible in ripening his plans, but the various positions the army assumed, prevented their being put into execution."
"On the night of the 21st ultimo, he had an interview with Major Andre, the Adjutant General of the British army. This gentleman came on shore from the Vulture man of war, which lay not far from Teller's Point, to a place on the bank of the river, near to the Haverstraw mountain, where he met Arnold, who conducted him to the house of Joshua Smith (the white house) within our lines, and only two miles from Stoney Point. They arrived in the house just before day, and stay'd there until the next evening, when Major Andre became extremely solicitous to return by the way he came, but that was impossible, for the two men who Arnold and Smith had seduced to bring him on shore, refused to carry him back. It then was absolutely necessary he should return to New-York by land. He chang'd his dress and name, and thus disguised, passed our posts of Stoney and Verplank's Points, on the evening of the 22d ultimo, in company with the said Joshua Smith, brother to Wm Smith, Esq; Chief Justice within the British lines; he lodged that night at Crane's Pond, with Smith, & in the morning left Smith, & took the road to Tarry-Town, where he was taken by some militia lads, about 15 miles from K. Bridge. He offered them any sum of money & goods, if they would permit him to escape, but they readily declared and inflexibly adhered to it, that 10,000 guineas, or any other sum, would be no temptation to them. It was this virtue, as glorious to America as Arnold's apostasy is disgraceful, that his abominable crimes were discovered."
"The lads, in searching him, found concealed under his stockings, in his boots, papers of the highest importance, viz"
 1. Returns of the ordnance, and its distributions at West-Point and its dependencies.  2. Artillery orders, in case of an alarm.  3. Returns of the number of men necessary to man the works at West-Point and its dependencies.  4. Remarks on the works at West-Point, with the strength and working of each.  5. Returns of the troops at West-Point, and their distribution.  6. State of our army, &c. transmitted by General Washington to Arnold, for his opinion, which state had been submitted to all the general officers in camp, for their opinion. 
"Besides which it appears, that Arnold had carried with him to the interview, a general plan of West-Point, and its vicinity, and all the works, and also particular plans of each work, on a large scale,—all elegantly drawn by the Engineer at that post. But these were not delivered to Major Andre, and from their requiring much time to copy, it is supposed they were not to be delivered until some future period."
"From some circumstances it appears, that it was not Arnold's intention to have deserted, but that he meant to be taken at his post,"
which, from his distributions of the troops, it was very easy to have seized.
"His Excellency the General, on his return to camp, determined to visit West-Point, and in pursuance of that plan, was viewing some redoubts which lay in his way to Arnold's quarters. He had sent our servants there, and Major Shaw and Dr. McHenry had arrived, and were at breakfast with the traitor, when he received intelligence by letter of Andre's being taken. His confusion was visible, but no person could devise the cause. He hurried to his barge with the utmost precipitation, after having left word that "he was going over to West-Point, and should be back immediately." This was about 10 in the morning of the 25th ultimo."
"The General proceeded to view the works, wondering where Arnold should be; but 4 o'clock in the afternoon he was undeceived, by an express with the papers taken on Andre. The apostate at this time was on board the Vulture, which lay about 5 or 6 miles below Stoney and Verplank's Points."
"Major Andre was brought to the General at West-Point, and from thence has been brought to this camp. A board of general officers have examined into his case, and upon his own most candid confession, were of opinion that he was a spy, and according to the custom and usages of nations, he ought to suffer death; and about two hours ago he was executed."
"This gentleman was in the highest degree of reputation in the British army, of the most polite and accomplished manners, extremely beloved by Sir H. Clinton. His deportment while a prisoner was candid and dignified. He requested no favour, but to die the death of a soldier, and not on a gibbet. Rigorous policy forbid granting a favour, which at first flash seems immaterial. Our army sympathizes in the misfortunes of this Chesterfield of the day : But if he possessed a portion of the blood of all the Kings on earth, justice and policy would have dictated his death."
"The enemy, from hints that some of the officers dropped, appeared to be inclined to deliver Arnold into our hands for Major Andre: But they have since declared it was impossible. If it could have been effected, our desire to get Arnold would have rendered the exchange easy on our part."
"The British army are in the utmost affliction on the account of Major Andre, and have sent repeated flags on the subject. Yesterday they sent General Robertson, Andrew Eliot and William Smith, Esq's. the two latter were not permitted to land. General Greene met General Robertson; he had nothing material to urge—"but that Andre had come on shore under the sanction of a flag, and therefore could not be considered as a spy." But this is not true, for he came at night, had no flag, and on business totally incomparable with the nature of a flag. He also said they should retaliate on some people in New-York and Charlestown; but he was told that such conversation could neither be heard nor understood. After which he urged the release of Andre on motives of humanity, and because Sir Harry Clinton was much attached to him; and other reasons equally absurd."
"I have been particular in this narrative, well knowing what strange stories you will have on the subject."
The following is a Copy of a letter from Major Andre to his Excellency General Washington.
SIR, "Burn'd above the fear of death, by the consciousness of a life spent in the pursuit of honor, and fully sensible that it has at no time been stained by any action, which at this serious moment could give me remorse—I have to solicit your Excellency, if there is any thing in my character which excites your esteem; if aught in my circumstances can impress you with compassion; that I may be permitted to die the death of a soldier.—It is my last request, and I hope it will be granted."
I have the honour to be, &c.
E X E T E R, October 14.
Extract of a letter from an Officer in the Army to his Friend in this Town, October 2.
"My last was concerning the plot; since which, Major Andre, Clinton's Adjutant-General, has been condemned, and was to have been executed yesterday, but a flag concerning him prevented—Governor Robinson, with two able attorneys, landed with a letter from Arnold, provoking and insolent, and insisting that Andre was not a spy, but meant to meet him within the British lines, and that if he was hanged, the severest retaliation might be expected. Andre himself says, that notwithstanding the subtle arguments of his friends, he deserves death by the law and usage of nations, as he was taken within our lines.—'Tis plain he was deceived by Arnold; 'twas not his intention to come within our lines.—He is a man of an elegant form, education, sense and honor; has done no more than any friend to his country would.—Some speak of him as a villain without discrimination; but such as possess liberal sentiments, act in heart, and with for some pretext to save him.—He begs no questions may be asked him, except of his personal conduct. The poor wretches in York, who have acted as spies for Arnold, are all in confinement by his information! Is not this worse than treason?"
"Four o'clock. P. M.—Poor Andre is gone.—You have read of Martyrs, &c. but cannot figure to yourself more fortitude in any man.—He was hung in his uniform, and shew no more discomposure than if going to a ball."
On the 20th ultimo was held at Dartmouth College, the Anniversary Commencement, when the following young Gentlemen received the first Honor of the University, viz.
John Barrett, Amos Chase, Noah Miles, William Patten, Absalom Peters, George Pierce, Peter Pohquannopet, Edward Longfellow, John Ralph, Joseph Steward, Daniel Storey.
The Degree of Master of Arts was conferred on the following Gentlemen educated there, viz
Joseph Mackeen, Caleb Jewet, Asa Burton, Zacharias Colly, Daniel Foster, Joel Foster, David Goodall, Walter Lyon, Winslow Packard, and Daniel Simmons; also on the Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, Jonathan Searle, Josiah Potter, William Conant and Lyman Potter; and on Nathaniel Goddard, and Noble Everett.
The Degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred by the University, on the Rev. Doctor Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College, the Rev. Doctor Nathaniel Whitaker of Salem, and the Rev. Joseph Huntington, of Coventry in Connecticut.
A numerous auditory from the neighbouring and distant Towns, were agreeably entertained in the forenoon with the following exercise of the Candidates, viz A Latin Oration on the Arts and Sciences, pronounced by Mr. Pierce; a Forensic disputation on Church Government; a Syllogistic disputation on the principles of Beauty; an Indian Oration pronounced by Mr. Pohquannopet; an Oration on Rhetoric in the Greek language, by Mr. Patten: And in the afternoon, with an Oration on Government, by Mr. Colly; Syllogistic and Forensic disputation and dialogues; a dialogue in the Hebrew language was spoken by Messrs. Storey, Peters and Mills, personating Saul, David and Jonathan; and a valetudinarian Oration by Mr. Steward concluded with music.
And the day following, the Rev. Daniel Simons of the Narraganset tribe of Indians, was ordained to go on a Mission to a number of friendly Indians, now residing in the country of the Six Nations, who have requested him to come among them—may the habits of cruelty, become dwelling places of righteousness, and the wilderness of this western world flourish more and more as the garden of God.
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SIX Thousand of Hemlock Boards, six thousand of Merchantable Pine Boards, three thousand of clear ditto, fifteen thousand of the best Shingles, and three thousand of good Clapboards. Any Person having any or all the above Articles to dispose of, may hear of a Purchaser, and a generous Price.
By enquiring of GEORGE GAINS, Portsmouth, October 10, 1780.

The following is the RETURN of the Shipping that fell into the Enemy's Hands at the Surrender of Charlestown, as made by Admiral Arbuthnot to the Admiralty of Great Britain; his Letter to which it was annexed, being lengthy, and of little Moment to the Public, especially as General Clinton's (which was inserted in our last) contains the Essence of it, must give Place to Intelligence of more Consequence.
A list of the Rebel ships of war taken or destroyed in the harbour of Charlestown.
 The Bricole, pierced for 60, mounting 44 guns, twenty-four and eighteen pounds, funk, her Captain, officers, and company prisoners.  The Truite. 26 twelve pounders, funk, her captain, &c. prisoners.  Queen of France, 28 nine pounders, funk. ditto.  General Moultrie, 20 six pounders, funk, ditto. Notre Dame (brig) 16 ditto, funk, ditto.  Providence, 32 guns, eighteen and twelve pounders, taken, captain, officers and company prisoners.  Boston, of the same force, taken, ditto.  Ranger, 20 six pounders, taken, ditto. 
FRENCH SHIPS.
 L'Adventure, 26 nine & six pounders, commanded by the de Brulot, Lieut. de Vaisseau, taken, ditto.  Polacre, 16 six pounders, taken.  Some empty brigs lying at the wharfs, with other small vessels were also taken, with four armed galleys. M. ARBUTHNOT. 
In CONGRESS, August 26, 1780.
RESOLVED, That all and singular the creditors of these United States for supplies furnished the army, or the transportation thereof, shall be entitled to receive the just value of the sums due to them respectively, in the bills of credit emitted pursuant to the act of the 18th of March last, the value of the sums due to be ascertained according to the current value of continental bills of credit compared with specie at the time the money became due, at the place where the supplies were furnished; provided the same do not exceed the prices fixed for such supplies by the act of the 25th of February last or a proportionate value for services done and articles furnished, not mentioned in the said act but if the nominal sum of continental currency contracted for when reduced to specie value as aforesaid shall exceed the fixed prices aforesaid, the creditor shall be entitled to receive the amount of the supplies furnished or services done at the said fixed or proportionate prices in the new bills aforesaid, or the nominal sum contracted for in continental bills of credit, and no more, at his election.
That the accounts being duly examined and adjusted by the rule aforesaid, by commissioners that may be appointed agreeably to the resolution of the 12th of June last, to settle accounts of officers of the staff department in the several states or by the officers who made the contract, or by whom the payment is to be made, the same shall be paid, or a certificate given for the sum justly due, certifying that the same hath been duly examined and adjusted agreeably to the directions aforesaid, and if paid in the new bills, the interest on the said bills shall be computed to the date of such certificate.
That all debts due to the United States for money received for their use or otherwise, within any of these states shall be paid according to the just value of the money when it was received or became due, to be ascertained as aforesaid.
Extract from the minutes, CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'y.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
To be Sold by William Whipple, Woodbury Langdon, and John Peirce, a Committee of the Proprietors of Mason's Patent, by public Auction, at the House of Widow Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on the 26th of October next, at 10 o'Clock A. M. sundry valuable Lots of Land in the following Tracts, Siz. — Twenty Lots in the Tract called Bradford, twenty Lots in the Tract called Cammill's Gore, Twenty Lots in the Tract called Kyah Sarge's Gore, said Gore lying North of, and adjoining Perry's Town, each of said Lots contains 100 Acres. Also, that Tract of Land in Frances Town called the Crooked Mountain; all which Tracts are within Mason's Patent, in the State of New Hampshire. — Also to be Sold, by said Committee at private Sale, Several Parcels of Land in other Places, within said Patent, if Apply'd for soon. Portsmouth, Sept. 29, 1780.
STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. Public Notice is hereby given,
That a Petition hath been preferred to the General Court by ISRAEL MOREY, Esq; in behalf of the inhabitants of the township of Orford, in the county of Grafton, setting forth, That as the lands of non-resident proprietors cannot by law be taxed by the inhabitants of the towns where such lands lay, towards the support of the Gospel, and the making and repairing of high-ways; and as the majority of the proprietors of the said Orford, are non-residents, the expence of building a house for public worship, and settling and maintaining a minister, and the making and repairing high-ways, will fall very heavy on the inhabitants towards the defraying whereof, the non-resident proprietors of said township utterly refuse to contribute a farthing; that there is great need of a road or roads being made from the river road in said township, to Wentworth line, but said inhabitants cannot do it without assistance.
Wherefore, in their behalf, he prays that they may be authorised and empowered to levy a tax of two pence per acre, at the rate of wheat six shillings per bushel, on each original right and lot in said township, for the space of four years, for the purpose of building a house in said township for public worship, and maintaining the gospel there; and also a tax of two pence per acre (at the rate or value aforesaid) for the space or term aforesaid, on each original right and lot in said township for the purpose of making and keeping in repair a road or roads from the said river road, to Wentworth line, and that he may have liberty to bring in a bill accordingly.
On which petition the General Court ordered that the petitioner be heard thereon before them, on the third Wednesday of their next session; at which time, any person or persons may then appear and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Attest. J. PEARSON, D. Sec'y. June 29 1780.
State of New-Hampshire, Rockingham ss. WHERE the Subscribers being appointed by the Honourable PHILLIPS WHITE, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the County aforesaid, Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; late Governor, an Absentee from this State (and six Months only from the Date hereof being allowed the Creditors for bringing in and proving their Claims) hereby give Notice that we shall attend said Business at the Dwelling-House of Mrs. Mary Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on the third Monday and third Tuesday in October, November and December next; and at the Dwelling House of Mr. James Thurston, Innholder in Exeter, on the third Monday in January, February and March next, ensuing.
EPHRAIM ROBINSON. } Commissioners. JEDIDIAH JEWETT. } JOHN T. GILMAN. } Exeter, September 27, 1780.
State of New-Hampshire, Strafford, ss. THE Non-resident Proprietors or Owners of Land in that Tract called the GORE, adjoining Gilmantown and Wisnepisseke Pond, who are delinquent in paying the Taxes assessed on their Lands for the Year 1779, are hereby Notified, that unless they pay to me at my Dwelling House in said GORE, the Taxes that are due, according to two several Lists committed to me to collect, so much of their Lands will be sold at Public Vendue, at the House of Joseph Roberts, Esq; in said Gore, on the 24th Day of October next, at one o'Clock P. M. as will be sufficient to pay their said Taxes, with incidental Charges. — The Names of the delinquent Proprietors or Owners, with the Sums due from each, are as follows, viz.
 Thomas Bell, Esq; 220 Acres, part of Lot No. 5. 2d Range, 2d Tax, £. 4 12s. 4d. half penny.  Thomas Bell, Esq; 220 Acres, part of Lot No. 11. 3d Range, 2d Tax, £. 4 12s. 4d. half penny.  Walter Bryant, Esq; 206 Acres, part of Lot No. 11. 3d Range, 2d Tax, £. 4 6s. 8d. half penny.  Walter Bryant, Esq; 206 Acres, part of Lot No. 11. 3d Range, 1st Tax, £. 2 9s. 5d.  Theodore Marston, 150 Acres, part of Lot No. 14. 3d Range, and No. 8, 2d Range, 1st Tax, £. 1 16s. 0d. 2d Tax £. 3 3s. 0d.  Samuel Sally and Clement Murch, Esq; 550 Acres, half of Lot No. 12. 4th Range, 1st Tax £. 6 12s. 2d Tax £. 11 11s. 0d.  George Melerve and Benjamin Hart, 480 & half Acres, part of Lot No. 11. 4th Range, 1st Tax, £. 5 15s. 0d. 2d Tax £. 10 11s. 7d. 
JACOB CHAMBERLIN, Collector. GORE, Sept. 18, 1780.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE, On Thursday next, the 5th Day of October, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon, about five or six Acres of good Pasture LAND, adjoining Lands of Mark Hg. Wentworth, Esq; and Col. Samuel Sherburne, on the Cross Road leading from the Newington Road to the Mills on Illington Creek. The sale to be on the Premises. Portsmouth, Sept. 28, 1780.
Notice is hereby given to all Persons that have any Demands upon the Estate of SAMUEL DICKEY, late of a Place called the Society Land, in the County of Hillsborough, deceased, to bring their Accounts immediately to the Subscribers for a Settlement.
ROBERT FOYD. } Administrators. ALEXANDER PARKER, } September 6, 1780.
TO be Sold TWO COPPER STILLs, one of twelve Gallons, the other of 30 Gallons. Inquire of the Printer at Portsmouth.
The new SHIP ALEXANDER,
Commanded by THOMAS SIMPSON,
Mounting Twenty Carriage Guns, on one Deck nine Pounders, her intended Complement, One Hundred and Fifty Men; is as well constructed for a Cruiser, as any Ship that has been built on this Continent, for that Purpose, and will be in every Respect compleatly fitted, ready to receive her Officers and Men on board, by the first of November next. Any Persons who may be inclined to engage for a Cruise, by applying to the Commander on board the Ship, at the Wharf of Woodbury Langdon, Esq; will have an Opportunity of perusing the Articles, in which they will find every customary Encouragement.
Portsmouth, 29th September 1780.
WATCH LOST.
Saturday, September 16th, 1780. THIS Day lost on the Road between Dudley Davis's in Barrington, and the Subscriber's House at Portsmouth, by the Way of Furber's Ferry, a WATCH; the outer Case black Shagreen; the inner Case Pinchbeck; the String black braided Worsted, holding a Key without a Seal. Whoever finds said Watch, and will return it to the Owner, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble by me LEVERETT HUBBARD.
State of New-Hampshire.
APPLICATION being made to me the Subscriber by the Owners of more than the Sixteenth Part of the Township of Dorchester, (claiming under the old Charter) requesting a Meeting of said Proprietors to be called, to be held at the Dwelling-House of John Atwill, Innholder in Hollis, in the County of Hillsborough, in said State, on Wednesday the 11th Day of October next, at one o'Clock P. M. to act on the following Articles, viz.
 To choose a Moderator to govern said Meeting.  To choose all Proprietary Officers that are wanting, and to raise such Sums of Money as shall be necessary; also to choose such Committee or Committees as shall be necessary to settle and adjust all Accounts, and to see what Method the Proprietors will take to compleat the Settlement of said Town, and to act upon any other Matter that shall be thought necessary for the Benefit of said Propriety. 
IN Consequence of said Application I do hereby notify and warn said Proprietors to meet at Time and Place and for the Purposes aforesaid.
NICHOLAS GILMAN, Justice Peace. September 15 1780.
State of New-Hampshire.
THE non-resident Owners of Land in the following Towns, viz. Rochester, Gilmantown, Nottingham, Epsom, Loudon, Canterbury, New-Hampton, Sanborntown, Goffstown, Francestown, Washington, Effingham, Stoddard, Packersfield, Marlborough, Wolfborough, Parrystown, Wentworth, Dering, Antrim, Society-Land, Jeffrey, Sandwich, Dorchester, New-London, Cockermouth and Orford, are hereby notified that their Lands in said Towns are taxed for the Year 1780, and if not paid within eight Weeks from the first Publication of this Advertisement, they will be notified for Sale.
THOMAS ODIORNE, Receiver of Non-Resident's Taxes. Exeter, October 2, 1780.
Stray'd or Stolen a Horse,
of an Iron grey Colour, from William Ham of Portsmouth, last Thursday Week, about 14 Hands high, a natural Pacer, goes lame in one of his Fore Feet. Whoever brings said Horse to said Ham, shall be well Rewarded. Portsmouth, October 5, 1780.
BENJAMIN DEARBORN, HAS FOR SALE,
Opposite the Printing Office, in Portsmouth, A SMALL ASSORTMENT OF HARD-WARE;
Such as, Hand and Pannel Saws; Box Irons; Brass Knob Locks; Pad Locks; Chest and Closet ditto; Brass Knob Latches; Iron Bolts; Thumb Latches; Wood Screws; Steel Tobacco Boxes; Rat Traps; — Pewter Plates, Basins, Porringers, Funnel, &c. Portsmouth, September 20, 1780.
Ranaway from the subscriber
in Berwick, on Saturday the second Instant, a Negro Man named Boston, about 34 years old, about five Feet eight inches high; a thick set Fellow; speaks good English. Whoever will apprehend said Negro, and convey him to his said Master, or commit him to any Goal, and give Information to the subscriber, shall receive One Hundred Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid. Noah Ricker, Berwick, Sept. 8, 1780