The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1797-10-03 00:00:00

THE New Hampshire Gazette.
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PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE)—PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY JOHN MELCHER, PRINTER TO THE STATE, AT HIS OFFICE CORNER OF MARKET STREET, WHERE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIS PAPER, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE ARE THANKFULLY RECEIVED.
Vol. XLI.—Numb. 2132.]
TUESDAY, October 3, 1797.
[9s. pr. Annum.]
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident and resident owners of land in the town of Concord, county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, who have not paid their tax of three cents the acre, agreeably to an act of the General Court passed June, 1796, and advertisement of the selectmen of said Concord for that purpose, viz.
Joseph Burt, Wm. Symms, Wm. Horfkins, Henry Horfkins, Jona. Burt, Samuel Clark, John Moffatt, Eleazer Burt, Josiah Pomeroy, Elias Wright, Elijah Mattoon, Ebenezer Severance, Samuel Hunt, Eliza Hunt, Wilbard Stevens, Ebenezer Harvey, Aaron Burt, Benjamin Burt, Joseph Wheelwright, Christopher Horfkins, Enos Burt, Oliver Warner, John Smith, Ebenezer Wallbridge, Shammah Pomeroy, Eleazer Pomeroy, Hophney King, Stephen Belding, Daniel Bull, Jonathan Hunt, Arad Hunt, Gideon Lyman, Samuel Wire, Jonathan Warner, Savage Truscott, Silas Hambleton, Medad Pomeroy, Phineas Wright, John Hubbard, Joseph Moseley, Philip Mattoon, Joseph Blanchard, Eldad Wright, Asahel Burt, hon. Mark H. Wentworth, Daniel Warner, Joseph Lyman, Governor's right 500 acres, Phineas Lyman, Elijah Lyman, Hezekiah Elmore, James Matthews, William Lang, Woolston Brockway, Benjamin Sheldings, junr. Timothy Root, Moses Harvey, Nathan Harvey, Maj. Richard Emory, Jonathan Gilman, Samuel Root, James Nevins, William Temple, Reuben Smith, Jesse Young, Robert Young, Samuel Shearman, Jotham Shearman, John Richardson, Reuben Chaffin, Caleb Dexter, Samuel White, Joseph Dexter, Zeanos Dexter, Lemuel Dexter, Learned Walker, Geo. Howland, Timothy Noyes, David Page, David Dayley, Ebenezer Richardson, Rue Aldrich, Benjamin Whetcomb, William Belknap, Bigford Spooner, Thomas Spooner, Geo. Jessiman, Lazrus Spooner, David Jewet, Nathaniel Jewet, Eliphalet North, Joseph Haynes, jr. Reuben Shearman, John Whetcomb, Henry Wilson, David North, James Smith, John Vorbach, John Hasletine, Neal M'Daniel, John Young, Ozias Cawell, Benjamin Streeter, Robert Kay, Josiah Whetcomb, John Jewet, Ezra Cawell, Joab Aldrich, William Aldrich, Moses Chase, Josiah Bishop, Timothy Bayley, Philip Vorbach, Ono Snow, David Young, John D. Young, Edward Marden, Samuel Jamieson, Levi Judd, Joseph Jewet, William Martin, Benjamin Kimball, David Reed, Samuel Martin, Joseph Haynes, Paul Robbins, Henry Ingals,
That unless each non-resident owner aforesaid pay nine dollars , and each resident owner aforesaid pay three dollars with legal costs, at my dwelling house in said Concord, on or before the 21st day of November next, so much of each delinquent's land will be sold at public vendue on said 21st day of November, at the dwelling house of Maj. Samuel Young, in said Concord, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay the same.
Governor's right fifteen dollars. BENJ. WHETCOMB, jr. Collector. Concord, Aug. 30, 1797.
For sale on reasonable terms, A VALUABLE location adjoining Conway, in the county of Strafford, consisting of the following lots of land, viz. No. 1, containing 180 acres; No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 100 acres each, agreeably to a plan of said tract.
Also a House and Land in Durham, pleasantly situated in the crotch of three roads leading to Portsmouth, and will accommodate a trader or tradesman—said house and land is now in the occupation of Mr. Patrick Furniss. For terms apply to Robert Furniss.
N. B. Said Location will be sold together or in lots as will best suit the purchaser or purchasers. Portsmouth, July 22, 1797.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton ss. WHEREAS a taxbill for a county tax, and also a taxbill for a highway tax for the year 1797, of which the following is a true copy of what yet remains unpaid, are committed to me to collect, by the selectmen of Bath, with warrants to collect the same, which taxes are assessed upon the lots as numbered in their respective ranges, according to a charter of said town, bearing date March 29, 1769. This is therefore to notify all the non-resident and other owners of unimproved lands in said town of Bath, that unless the taxes annexed to each lot as therein set forth, should be paid to me the subscriber, at my dwelling-house in said Bath, on or before Monday the 4th day of December next, said lots, or so much of each lot as will be sufficient to pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Stephen Couch, in said Bath, on Monday the 4th day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
   Non-resident highway tax. No. cents.     1st range 500 acre lots 1 59   west side Amonoosuc. 2 59   — 3 59   — 8 59   2d do. 14 59   — 7 59   — 8 59   3d do. 11 59   — 12 59   — 13 59   1st range west division. 17 59   — 18 59   — 23 59   — 24 59   — 25 59   — 26 59   — 28 59   2d range do. half 29 29½   — 30 59   — 31 59   — 36 59   — 40 59   — 41 59   — 42 59   3d do. 43 59   — 44 59   — 45 59   — 54 59   — 59 59   60 acres. 1 35   — 2 35   1st range 60 acre lots 2 35   west side Amonoosuc. 3 35   — 3 35   — 7 35   — 8 35   — 9 35   — 10 35   — 11 35   — 16 35   — 17 35   — 19 35   — 20 35   2d do. 1 35   — 2 35   — 3 35   — 4 35   — 5 35   — 14 35   — 15 35   — 16 35   — 17 35   3d do. 1 35   — 2 35   — 3 35   — 10 35   1st range 100 acre lots 9 59   east side Amonoosuc. 12 59   — 13 59   — 14 59   — 15 59   2d do. 1 59   — 3 59   — 5 59   — 6 59   — 10 59   — 20 59   — 21 59   — 22 59   1st range 60 acre lots 2 35   east side Amonoosuc. 3 35   — 12 35   — 13 35   — 14 35   2d do. 9 35   3d do. 5 35   — 6 35   — 7 35   — 8 35  
   Non-resident highway tax. No. cents.     4th do. 5 35   — 6 35   5th do. 1 35   — 2 35   — 3 35   6th do. 4 35   Governor's farm, 500 acres, one dollar and ninety-five cents.   Common lands, 1156 acres, six dollars and twenty-eight cents.   Non-resident county tax. No. cents.   1st range 100 acre lots, 1 5   west side Amonoosuc. 2 5   — 3 5   — 8 5   2d range do. 14 5   — 7 5   — 8 5   3d do. 11 5   — 12 5   — 13 5   1st range west division. 17 5   — 18 5   — 23 5   — 24 5   — 25 5   — 26 5   — 28 0   2d range west division. half 29 2½   — 30 5   — 31 5   — 36 5   — 40 5   — 41 5   — 42 5   3d range do. 43 5   — 44 5   — 45 5   — 54 5   — 56 5   60 acre lots belonging to the 4th range of 100 acre lots. 1 3   — 2 3   1st range 60 acre lots, 2 3   west side Amonoosuc. 3 3   — 7 3   — 8 3   — 9 3   — 10 3   — 11 3   — 16 3   — 17 3   — 19 3   — 20 3   2d range do. 1 3   — 2 3   — 3 3   — 4 3   — 5 3   — 14 3   — 15 3   2d range do. 1 5   — 3 5   — 4 5   — 5 5   — 6 5   — 10 5   — 20 5   — 21 5   — 22 5   1st range 60 acre lots, 2 3   east side Amonoosuc. 3 3   — 12 3   — 13 3   — 14 3   2d do. 9 3   3d do. 5 3   — 6 3   — 7 3   — 8 3   4th do. 5 3   — 6 3   5th do. 1 3   — 2 3   — 3 3   6th do. 4 3   Governor's farm, 500 acres, twenty-five cents.   Common lands, 1156 acres, fifty-eight cents.  
MICHAEL BARTLETT, Collector. Bath, Sept. 14, 1797. Books, Blanks and Stationery kept constantly for sale at J. MELCHER'S Printing-Office & Bookstore, corner of Market-street.
State of New-Hampshire. To Ebenezer Thompson, Esq. clerk of the proprietors of the township of Peeling, in the county of Grafton, in said State.
THE subscribers, proprietors and owners of more than one sixteenth part of said township, request you to call a meeting of said proprietors, to be holden at the house of Capt. Joseph Richardson, in Durham, in the county of Strafford, on Wednesday the 25th day of October next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to vote and act on the following articles.
1st. To choose a moderator, and any other proprietary officers they may judge necessary.
2d. To choose a committee to settle with the former collector, and report whether there is any money in his hands.
3d. To settle the accounts, and allow such demands as shall appear due to persons who have done services, or advanced money for the proprietors.
4th. To vote (if they think proper) any quantity of common and undivided land in pay to any person or persons to whom money is due from the proprietors, or for any other purpose.
5th. To see if the proprietors will vote to open any new roads in said town.
6th. To choose an agent in behalf of said proprietors to carry on the law suit with Thornton, and any other controversy in which said proprietors may be concerned.
7th. To vote a sum of money for to be laid out in opening roads, and for any other purpose that may be judged for the interest of the proprietors.
THOMAS COGSWELL, THOMAS PINKHAM, EBENEZER THOMPSON, jr. Durham, September 23, 1797.
State of New-Hampshire. Pursuant to the foregoing request, I do hereby notify and warn the proprietors and owners of land in the said town of Peeling to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes before mentioned.
EBENEZER THOMPSON, Clerk of the proprietors of Peeling. Durham, September 23, 1797.
Grocery-Store. Benjamin Leverett, Informs the public that he has taken Store No. 1, Bow-Street, where he has for sale a general assortment of West-India Goods
And GROCERIES, which he will sell as low as can be purchased in town,
Consisting of WEST-INDIA Rum ; best French Brandy, do Holland Gin.
Sherry, Lisbon and Malaga Wines. London bottled Porter. Molasses; Hysop, Souchong and Bohea Teas; Coffee. Loaf, India and Brown Sugars. Nutmegs; Cloves; Cinnamon; Pepper; Ginger; Allspice. Shelled and unshelled Almonds. Fresh cask Raisins. Best box Muscavett Raisins. Currants; new Rice; superfine Flour. Welsh's No. 2 Chocolate. Rumney's ditto. Sweet Oil in flasks. Basket Salt; Poland Starch. Best English Mustard per lb, do bottled Mustard. Cake & Bar Soap; Hair Powder. Powder and Shot; Elliot's Snuff by the keg or retail. Dipt and Mould-Candles, &c. &c. Constant attendance given and the smallest favors acknowledged with thanks. N. B. To be let, two Chambers in the Brick-store directly over the shop occupied by Mr. Joseph Haven, suitable for a wholesale apartment, school, or auction-room.—Inquire as above. t. b. c.
To Phillips White, Esq. a Justice of the Peace thro' the State of New-Hampshire, and clerk for the propriety of the township of Warren, in the county of Grafton and State aforesaid.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the common and undivided land in the town aforesaid, desire you to notify and warn the proprietors of the undivided land in said town, to meet together at the dwelling house of Capt. William Butler in Warren aforesaid, on Thursday the 19th of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the following purposes.
1st. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting.
2d. To reconsider all former votes, granting land to the propriety of Piermont in lieu of land settled by Mr. Thomas Clark and Mr. Isaiah Bachelor, who were settlers under Warren propriety, but by the last line between said towns, the greater part of their lots fell within the town of Piermont, as it appears there have been several mistakes in transacting the business.
3d. To confirm all former votes and transactions of the propriety, except as above, and those which have been already reconsidered.
4th. To grant land to the propriety of Piermont, in lieu of land settled by Mr. Thomas Clarke and Mr. Isaiah Bachelor, which falls in Piermont.
5th. To receive any demands which may be offered against the propriety, and to act upon it as they may think just.
6th. To receive the report of any former committee, and to act upon it as they may think best.
7th. To vote lot No. 69 in the 3d division, to the right of Silas Nowell, in lieu of lot No. 20, which is said to be of little value.
8th. To vote in what manner the meetings of said propriety shall be warned in future.
David Currier, Daniel French, William Hackett, John Calef, Gilman White, Samuel French, Hannah French, for the estate of Eliza French, deceased.
State of New-Hampshire. Southampton, Sept. 7, 1797. Pursuant to the above request, I do hereby notify and warn the proprietors of the common and undivided land in the town of Warren, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes above-mentioned.
P. WHITE, Justice Peace and Clerk for Warren propriety.
THE commissioners appointed by the hon. Samuel Tenney, Esq. Judge of Probate, &c. for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of William Gerrish, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that they will attend that business at the house of Abigail Gerrish, widow of said deceased, on the fourth Wednesday of this and the five following months, from six to nine o'clock, P. M.
EDWARD SARGENT, Com- NATHAN TREADWELL, } mis- SAMUEL HUTCHINGS, } sioners Portsmouth, Sept. 26, 1797.
FOR SALE on reasonable terms,
A FARM
IN Rochester, containing nearly 200 acres, with two houses and two barns thereon, about 200 apple trees, 12 or 15 acres of said Farm is interval, of an excellent quality; said farm has an excellent growth of wood, and is exceedingly well watered, is a good stand for business, situated only 5½ miles from Norway plains, on the great road leading to the upper Coos; for further particulars apply to Ebenezer Twombly or Ephraim Twombly, jr. living on the premises.
N. B. Said Farm will be sold together or divided. Rochester, Aug. 22, 1797.

PARIS, July 30.
Office of the Marine, August 4.
The privateer Le Petit Diable, (the Little Devil) Capt. Salvat, has taken after a fight of three quarters of an hour, and carried into Delfzil, an English packet boat named the Dolphin, bound from Yarmouth to Cruxhaven; it had on board a courier charged with dispatches, and 18 passengers.
The privateer Intrepid, of Nantes, has taken a ship under American colors from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with a cargo of salt, coals, tin, and copper sheathing for three frigates.
The privateer Le Decide, of Bourdeaux, Capt. Lausone, has taken and carried into Corunna, the Portuguese ship the Duke of Praganza, of 600 tons, laden with cotton, rice, coffee, cocoa, &c. from Maraganal to Lisbon.
The privateer Le Chasseur Basque, Capt. Dariban, has carried into Bayonne, a fine English brig, called the Jean, from Quebec, laden with planks, skins, pot ashes, &c.
The privateer Le Coureur, of Rochelle, has captured and sent into that port a Portuguese ship, called the Bento, of 400 tons, from St. Salvador, to Oporto, laden with sugar, coffee, &c.
The privateers the Constance and Cheri, of Nantes, have taken and sent into Minden, the Betsey of Yarmouth, of 150 tons.
The Sauvage of Boulogne, has carried into that port an English lugger, laden with Geneva.
The Adventure of Bourdeaux, has taken and sent into that port, La Sainte Therese, a Portuguese vessel of 150 tons, laden with cotton, tobacco, &c. and valued at 400,000 livres.
The Intrepid of Dunkirk, has taken an English brig, laden with 42 heavy pieces of cannon.
The Cheri and Constance of Nantes, have taken an English vessel named the Lively, from Antigua with rum and sugar.
The Dragon has sent to Paimpol a vessel, said to be an American, laden with sugar, coffee and cotton, and an English sloop.
Maffena's division has addressed the Directory. The following is the substance of it:
"When a peace has arrived to put an end to our labors, it is our duty to look towards our country. What a heart-rending picture does it present! The constitution violated, the government degraded, the emigrants returning, the priests rebels to the laws, protected and honored, the faithful and upright republicans proscribed and murdered, the poignards of the royalists stained with the blood of the defenders of their country. What! do these monsters imagine, that 8 years of sacrifices, of battles and of fatigue, have exhausted our courage? Do they imagine we have not enough left to defend the constitution we have sworn to maintain? —Let them tremble! Yes—Let these conspirators tremble! We will keep this formidable oath. The swords which have exterminated the armies of kings, are still in the hands of the conquerors of the Rhine, of the Sambre and Meuse, and of Italy. Does the road to Paris present more obstacles than that to Vienna? No: it will be opened to us by the republicans who have remained faithful to liberty. United we shall defend it; and our common enemies shall have lived."
AUGUST 2.
Before we shall see the addresses from all the divisions we may be able to form some opinion of the spirit which will prevail in that of the division of Angereau, from the speech of that general on the celebration of the federation of the 14th July, in which is the following remarkable passage:
"May," says he to the soldiers of "his division, may a spark of the sacred fire which animates you, warm the souls of those young Sebarites who have neither virtue nor patriotism and in whom effeminacy and egotism have extinguished the voice of honor. And you my comrades persevere always in the sentiments which associate you to their glory. If rash factions have dared to attempt our rights; if the constitution you have chosen has been violated; if your victorious hands have been threatened with chains; if their audacity has been carried so far as to attempt to raise again either the scaffold or the throne;—you soldiers know your duty—there will be nothing remaining for you but the alternative of Liberty or Death." —L' Eclair.
AUGUST 4.
The troops under Hoche, on the road, added to those which surround Paris will form an army of 40,000; 8000 of which will be cavalry. These troops being within 15 leagues, can march there in one day; and they can starve it by stopping the subsistence.
AUGUST 5.
It is said that Gen. Hoche, displeased with his retrograde orders had insisted upon resigning his command and retiring.
All kinds of bad people are marching towards Paris, in order to effect a great stroke.
LONDON, Aug. 8.
KING JOHN.
The venerable shrine of this monarch was open on Monday last, in consequence of a general reparation of the Cathedral Church at Worcester. The remains of the illustrious personage appeared entire, in his robes in which he was interred; they are undecayed, but the colour, through length of time, is undiscernible. On one side of him lay a sword; the bones of his left arm lying on his breast; his teeth quite perfect; his feet stood erect; the coffin, which is of stone, lay even to the surface of the floor of the church; his remains measured five feet five inches, being his stature when living.
It is somewhat singular, that after lying there 582 years, the body was not more decayed.
This preservation is the most ancient one extant in England, of the lineal ancestors of his present Majesty. That of Henry I. which is the only one known of earlier age, lies in that chaos of ruins the Abbey of Reading. King John died at Newark, in Lincolnshire, October 10, 1215; and was buried, according to his own desire, in the Cathedral Church at Worcester.
CADIZ, July 17.
Yesterday Admiral Jarvis sent a flag of truce, reclaiming from Gen. Massaredo, 9 officers, among whom was his nephew, whom he thought prisoners; but it was discovered from the wrecks driven ashore, that the chaloup on board of which was his nephew, had gone down during the last action, which was very brisk.
WINCHESTER, Sept. 15.
One day last week the hon. Senator Blount's Dear Carey was conveyed thro' this town to Philadelphia. It is to be hoped the committee of Congress, before whom he is to appear, will obtain from him some precious confessions.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 14.
To the Editors of the Columbian Mirror.
Gentlemen,
In your paper of the 7th inst. is inserted a paragraph, (taken from another paper) which states, that the differences in the western country, betwixt Spain and the United States, were settled; that the commissioners had proceeded to run the line; and that the Spaniards had a force of 10,000 men in the provinces.—You very justly observe, that this information does not agree with the spirit of the proclamation which you annexed; and the probability of its truth is further to be questioned, by its being stated that the same person who gave the information, brought dispatches to Philadelphia from the representatives of two different powers—a thing in itself absurd. However, leaving the wide field of conjecture, I will come to the facts. I am but this moment arrived from the Spanish dominions by the way of Natchez, which place I left about the middle of July, and I assure you that then there was no more probability of the differences being settled than there was before, things remained in the same state they had done for some time; in fact some short time since, there was not so much as an appearance of a pacific disposition: for the inhabitants of the district of the Natchez, enraged at the delay of the Spaniards, in not delivering up the forts, rose en masse, and kept the Governor close confined in the fort for the space of 12 days, and he was afraid then to venture out until he had signed articles of capitulation drawn up by the inhabitants, in which they secured to themselves many valuable privileges, until the differences between the two powers should be settled. These articles were sent down to the Baron de Carondelet, for confirmation, and the dispatch bringing the ratifications, arrived at Natchez, the day I left it.
With respect to the Forces of the Spaniards in that quarter, they are
precisely this: At New Madrid, (the first settlement on entering the Mississippi from the Ohio) there are between 30 and 40 men without any fort; at Chickasaw Bluffs, there is a serjeant and 12 men; at the Walnut Hills, I cannot precisely tell the number, as I did not stop there; at Natchez, there are between 30 and 40; and at New-Orleans, there are so few as not to be able to do the duty of the garrison, so that the inhabitants are called upon to perform that service—a task, of which they complain bitterly. These are the mighty forces which the Spaniards have on that river;—however, I can easily conceive how the information came. If I am not mistaken, it was brought by one Thomas Powers, who has brought dispatches lately into the United States, but for whom no one knew when he left the Natchez. He is the same person who was stopped on the Ohio about 12 months ago by lieutenant Steele, by command of the late General Wayne, and his papers seized. He was suspected of coming with a design to alienate the affections of the inhabitants of the western counties from the Union, and to attach them to Spain; it is supposed that this second trip to our country has in it something of a similar design—he might have political views in representing the strength of the Spaniards much greater than it really is.
As to the present amicable disposition of the Spaniards, and their wish to carry the treaty into effect, I will give you two recent instances. Mr. M'Cluney, of Washington, in Washington county, (Pennsylvania) lately went down the Mississippi with a cargo of flour: at Walnut Hills, when he went ashore to shew his passport, the commander of the place told him that he wanted the flour that was in his boat. Mr. M'Cluney told him, that if he would give him 14 dollars per barrel, or the rise of the Orleans market for three months, he might have it. The commandant returned for answer, that the flour was there, and he must and would have it; and with respect to the price, he (Mr. M'Cluney) must settle that with the proper officers at New Orleans, and immediately sent down some soldiers to seize the boat, in direct violation of the 7th article of the treaty, which declares that "the subjects or citizens of each of the contracting parties, their vessels or effects, shall not be liable to any embargo or detention on the part of the other, for any military expedition, or other public or private purpose whatever." When he came to New Orleans, he procured certificates from the different merchants, of the price of flour, being 14 dols. per bbl. and he presented these to the proper officers, expecting to receive that sum; but what was his surprise, when, contrary to every principle of honor and honesty, and in open violation of a solemn treaty, he found they would only give him 12 dols! !
In vain did he remonstrate on the occasion; in vain did he plead the treaty, or his being an American citizen! He discovered too late, that the common principles of rectitude were not to be found in the bosom of a Spaniard; and all the satisfaction he had (if a satisfaction it may be called) was, that he was not the only one, by many, who had been duped in the same manner.
The other case respected myself; one Joseph Vidal, the secretary of the government was indebted to me a sum of money, for which when I went to demand the payment, he tendered me as a discharge some Spanish certificates which bore an enormous discount, there being no money at that time in the treasury,—these certificates are a species of paper money drawn by the commandants of the different forts on the treasury at New Orleans, and paid away to workmen, &c. for wages; and are received by the merchants at a rate proportionable to the degree of confidence they can put in them. Vidal wanted me to receive them at their nominal value—I refused, and as he would not pay me in the current coin of the country, I brought the case before Gayoso the governor. He (who has so often assured Mr. Ellicott that it is the sincere wish of Spain to carry the treaty into effect)—this same man decreed (contrary to the knowledge of every inhabitant of the place) that it was the custom of that country to receive the certificates as cash, and that (even depreciated as they were) they were a legal tender. I refused myself on the treaty, and begged that agreeable to the provision made in the 7th article the case might be decided ac-
cording to the authority of LAW ONLY, and not according to the custom of the country, with which, as a stranger, I was not supposed to be acquainted, and further, that the law (if there were any which would affect the case in point) might be pointed out to me; on which OUR FRIEND GAYOSO, pointing to his own breast, had the effrontery to tell me, that HE was the law; and that as HE said, the law was to be decided. As the governor had none but his own sycophants about him when he made use of this assertion, I thought it necessary to call in some one to be witness to so extraordinary a declaration; and as an authority for so doing, I pleaded the 7th art. of the treaty, which declares, that "The citizens and subjects of both parties shall be allowed to employ such advocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors, as they may judge proper in all their affairs, and in all their trials at law in which they may be concerned before the tribunals of the other party; and such agents shall have free access to be present at the proceedings in such causes, and at the taking of all examinations and evidences which may be exhibited in the said trials." But even this—this very evident privilege was refused by the same evasive answers, and every avenue to obtain justice completely shut up. From these circumstances it is evident there is no greater security in navigating the Mississippi, since the treaty than before it; nor will there ever be, till that nest of harpies, who prey upon the American citizens, is completely rooted out:—what dependance can be placed in a treaty, which the whim or caprice, favor or folly, of a petty commandant of a Spanish garrison is able to set aside; and to substitute his own will as the law which is to govern a free citizen, risking his property under the faith of solemn treaties.
Representations of these two cases have been forwarded to the secretary of state.
FRANCIS BAILY.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.
A French agent at Havannah is the partner of Santhonax in most of the privateers from that place.
Capt. Paul from Curraoa informs, that an insurrection of a very serious nature had been plotted at Laguire, which was upon the point of a successful completion, when the government, acting with all the energy and impetuosity of the French character, marched out a superior force, and, after a very obstinate and bloody engagement, made many prisoners. A large party were, however, still embodied in the country, who had demanded the release of their companions before they would lay down their arms.
Capt. Paul further informs, that no American vessel is permitted to remain at Laguire more than five days, and no person from them allowed to go on shore.
SEPTEMBER 22.
Capt. Cunningham from the Havannah, informs, that the usual infamous conduct towards the Americans continues; and that six privateers carry from 10 to 14 guns each and full of men, are destined to cruise on the U. S. Coast for European traders.
[Phila. Gaz.]
The brig Betsey, Capt. Art, coming in with a very valuable cargo, was, on Sunday last, captured by a French privateer, within three miles of the Capes of Delaware! Vessel and Cargo were the property of Messrs. Thomas Harrison, John Evans, and John Cox.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Big-Tree, on Genessee River, dated August 28, 1797.
"The Indians were yesterday in Council, when a message arrived from the Indians, who were lately hostile to our government, informing that the Spaniards were sending amongst all the Indians, requesting they would unite with them, which the message desired the six nations would not do. The message was immediately taken into consideration, and the council determined, they would not have any thing to do with the business. Similar messages are gone to the Indians about Canada, and I hope, may meet the same fate."
NEW-YORK, Sept. 22.
Capt. Rogers from Curraoa states, that on the 26th Aug. a vessel arrived there from Laguire, with news of an insurrection on the Spanish Main, and that the fort at the above
place was taken. The insurgents demand permission to trade, similar to other Europeans' Colonies.
[N. Y. Gaz.]
SEPTEMBER 23.
The British soi-disant letter of marque sloop Victory, of Cape Nicholas Mole, mounting 10 six pounders, most unfortunately overset on Thursday going out at the Hook, by trying to keep up with a New-England built vessel, which was in company. No lives were lost. She has since been towed to the ship-yard.
PORTLAND, Sept. 27.
Arrived since our last—barque John, Capt. Moses Freeman, from Aux-Cayes—left there August 15, brigs Olive Branch, Etheridge, of Portsmouth; Friendship, Cutter, do; Eliza, Townsend, of Salem; Eliza, White, New-Haven; —, Bartlet, Baltimore; —, Johnston, Newbury-Port; schooners Diligent, Bufferton, Salem; Harmony, Nichols, Philadelphia; Fanny, Gunnafon, Newbury-Port; Peace and Plenty, Wait, Boston; Sloop Sally, Watts, Philadelphia, and a number of other vessels from different ports.
SALEM, Sept. 29.
Capt. Young, late of the brig Nathanial, has arrived at Newbury-Port from Port-du-Paix, where he was carried in, and his vessel and cargo condemned. He informs, that Aug. 25, an embargo was laid on all vessels in that port, in consequence of Santhonax being arrested by Gen. Toussaint, at the Cape, and put on board an armed ship to be sent to France. This ship came too off Port-du-Paix, pressed some sailors, and failed for Europe. The next day the embargo was taken off.—On the 22d, the brig Harriot, Campbell, from Baltimore for Port-au-Prince, was bro't in: the master died on his passage. She was taken and retaken three times, the last of which she had one man killed, who was an Englishman.
The brig Recovery, Vernon, of Boston, on the 10th Aug. was risen upon by the crew, and was cruising off Cape Anthony—had taken a schunder Danish colours, and brought her to anchor under the Cape. The Recovery had been armed in Jamaica for her own protection.—A number of French privateers are cruising on our coast to the southward, and have detained and taken several vessels—There are 6 cruisers at the Havanna, carrying from 10 to 14 guns each, and full of men, destined to cruise on the American coast for the fall European traders.
20 American vessels are carried into Port-du-Paix, 14 of which are condemned.
A fleet of 17 sail of Indiamen were seen off the Cape of Good Hope on the 10th of July, homeward bound.
Last Saturday a Cape-Ann fishing shallop, with 3 hands, attempted to go over Newbury Bar just before low water, but unfortunately drifted on the breakers, where she filled, and two of the men were drowned. The other continued in the water nearly two hours, and was then taken up by a boat which went from Newbury-report for that purpose on seeing her distress.
A CURIOUS LETTER.
Dear Father,
I write to you this day, which is Monday, and send it by a messenger, who goes from here on Tuesday; he will be in London Wednesday, and you will receive my letter Thursday; you will please to let me have the money Friday; if not, I shall quit this place Saturday, & be with you on Sunday. Your Son.
AUCTION.
To-Morrow WILL BE SOLD At Public Vendue
At 10 o'clock, A. M. at Abraham Isaac's Auction-Room,
SEVERAL casks Raisins; several boxes Lemons; a number dozen plain and ribb'd white superfine cotton Hose; a number dozen Porter Glasses; 2 dozen Damask Table Cloths, different sizes; dressing Glasses; several pieces Lasing; a few Watches; Tables; Chairs; and a feather Bed; several pieces different color'd silk Ribbon; a number bbls. Bread made of superfine flour, &c. &c. &c.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.
"HORRID! HORRID! if fact."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Liverpool, to his friend in New-York, dated June 10.
"We have just been informed by a gentleman, who said he heard his friend say, that he had received a letter from a Mr. Leister, now in St. Domingo (who from his situation had a very favorable opportunity of prying into the secret transactions of Santhonax and the administration of that island,) who mentions that Santhonax, not contented with the villainous ravages and cruelties committed on the devoted Americans, by Fire on shore and plunder at sea, has hired a number of incendiaries, and sent them to the different populous towns in the United States, for the purpose of inoculating the inhabitants with the Yellow Fever ; that finding his attempts proved so successful in the years '93, '94, and '95 by that fatal disease, and by the innumerable fires during the last winter, he is still determined to prosecute his infernal designs till he has spread devastation throughout the American continent."
BOSTON, Sept. 21.
We understand, a Schooner was seized yesterday by the Custom House officers, for a breach of the laws of the Revenue. It is said she has upwards of 50 casks of sugar, entered into her manifest as Rice; she is from North Carolina.
SEPTEMBER 26.
Capt. Pillsbury who arrived yesterday from Guadaloupe, informs us, that HUGHES treats Americans who come there to trade in a very polite manner; and is punctual to his contracts with them.
Capt. Billings of N. London, from Turk's Island, was attacked by a French privateer, which he beat off with ballast stones . She followed Capt. B. into St. Thomas, when the privateer Capt. was arrested.
SEPTEMBER 28.
A British Gentleman writes from Port-au-Prince, August 1.
"I was taken the 9th, off the Mole, on my way to America, and brought in here; I am on my parole, and hope soon to be exchanged, as a change of conduct for the better is expected;—Santhonax having failed from hence for France on Saturday last in an Indianman."
Dumourier, late general in chief of the French army of the North, is now engaged in conducting a Literary Journal at Hamburg.
SEPTEMBER 29.
Several articles of information make it almost certain that Santhonax has heard of his recall, and been forced on board an armed vessel and sent home to France.
An arrival at Newburyport from Port-de-Paix, corroborates the intelligence of the departure of Santhonax from Hispaniola.
YELLOW FEVER.
Deaths in Philadelphia, Sept. 20, seventeen. Sept. 21, ten. Sept. 22, seventeen.
The number of Burials from Saturday noon the 23d, to Sunday noon the 24th—23 From Sunday noon till Monday noon—33.
A letter from Philadelphia, of Sept. 23, states, that the yellow fever had considerably abated in its violence: that there were but few persons sick, and it was supposed the fugitive inhabitants would return to the city again within a short period. The writer conjectures that about three fourths of the inhabitants had deserted the city.
The Baltimoreans aver that their city is in health, they state the number of deaths for 7 days, ending Sept. 17, at twenty-two; and by no means an uncommon number. Fell's Point is not included in this calculation.
Baltimore is much troubled with house-breakers, and foot-pad robbers.
A Letter from Charleston, S. C. of Sept. 8, mentions, that owing to the weather, the fever which had raged in that city, and been in many instances fatal, had nearly subsided.
Bath, in Virginia, has been so infested of late with Gamblers and Swindlers, that the Sheriffs have had recourse to military aid, and been forcibly opposed in reducing them.
At a Court held lately at Albany, Simeon Brandt, was sentenced for life to imprisonment and hard labour for passing, knowingly, two counterfeit quarters dollars.
At a trial held at the Old Bailey, England, in May, Benj. Kitchen, for stealing a quantity of hair from his Majesty's cream-colored horses, was convicted of Felony.
IMMIGRATION.
144 passengers arrived at Baltimore, last week, from Galway.
OCTOBER 2.
Latest from EUROPE.
On Saturday last arrived here the ship Galen , Capt. Mackay, in 35 days from London. Papers by her are to 12th of Aug. only.—The Captain having given his latest to the Captain of a French frigate, who boarded him, examined him and treated him politely.
By what we can learn from verbal information, and from the Morning Chronicle of the above date—we are enabled to state, That the city of Paris was in complete tranquillity on the 8th Aug.; no disturbance of consequence had taken place; harmony was restored between the Executive and Legislative bodies. Their affairs in fact, appear as brilliant as ever.
The Negotiation at Lisle, which had been suspended for a considerable time, it is said was renewed again on the 4th August; Private letters, however, we are informed are in town which mention the Negotiation as being entirely broken off.
The Dutch Fleet were not out. We have no accounts of Jarvis's Fleet; it is probable they may yet be cruising off Cadiz.
No accounts neither from the Spanish Fleet.
It is reported that letters have been received from Mr. Cabot, giving very flattering accounts of the success of the spoliation business.
The Minerva, Turner, failed in company with the Galen ; she may therefore be hourly expected.
Extract of a letter from the North of Ireland, dated 7th July.
"Our unhappy country still continues in a state of distraction; persecution, distress, and dismay, are the order of the day.—Government put the country to a great expense in raising a militia to keep the people in awe;—these becoming suspected of disloyalty, a large armed body, called yeomanry, was raised to ensure the implicit obedience of the militia—now both these bodies are suspected, and the country is covered with an other army, composed of English and Scotch regiments, to keep the former in obedience. Thus we have to maintain three armies of about 30,000 men each, raised to watch one another, and the whole meant to watch and overawe the people! Although government has an equal suspicion of both the Presbyterians and Roman Catholics, yet it levels all its most pointed vengeance on the former, pretending to confide in the loyalty of the latter; accordingly, every method is taken to dragoon the devoted inhabitants of Ulster, "the factious republicans of the north. One instance will suffice to shew the nature of the system—Our governors have taken a prodigious aversion to green; besides searching every place for arms, and anything of the proscribed colour, they examine meeting houses in time of divine service, and woe to the girl, or old woman, who has a green ribbon, or even a green garter!—A few Sundays ago, a Capt. B. with a party of soldiers, suddenly surrounded a meeting-house, in the county of D. whilst the congregation were celebrating the holy sacrament; the valiant Captain burst open the doors, and marched in his men with fixed bayonets, overturning the tables at and sacred utensils then in use; and drawing up in front of the pulpit, he began a general search for arms, or anything green, all the time his drums and fifes loudly beating and playing the most profane tunes that his gross imagination could suggest! The congregation had the wisdom to support this unexampled outrage with a firm calmness, which seemed to disappoint the magnanimous Capt. as he was heard to say at his departure from this glorious fair, "Damn them, they won't rebel!"
The recal of Santhonax from St. Domingo, is, we hope, the precursor of the recal of Victor from Guadaloupe. But persons from the latter place say, the Directory will call in vain; as Victor has remitted too much of his ill-acquired wealth to
the United States to induce him to leave it, and run the chance of a Parisian SHAVING.
The Hon. Thomas Pinckney, late Ambassador at the Court of London, is unanimously elected Federal Representative, in the room of his Excellency Wm. Smith, Esq.
Marine Intelligence.
About the second week in Aug. 16 American prizes lay at Port-de-Paix, condemned; and 4 waiting for trial. Among the former was the Redress of Boston; among the latter the Lucy and Hazard, of do. About the same time, a Philadelphia brig was condemned at Jean Rebel; and a Schooner of do. at do. on trial.
From ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 19.
The Schooner Maria , Capt. King, of this port, was captured by a French privateer, on her homeward bound passage from Antigua. The ship Polly and Nancy , Capt. M c Knight, also of this port, from St. Ubes, was captured by a row-boat belonging to a French privateer, on the 4th inst. in soundings—the two mates were landed at Cape May, and have since arrived in town; The ship was ordered to Porto-Rico.
[Alex. Gaz.]
The ship Catharine of Newburyport, which failed from this place for Rotterdam, has been taken, and carried into Nantz.
Arrived since our last, Ship Eliza , Capt. Barnard, from Batavia, 130 days; sloop Prudence , Capt. Hammett, 58 days from Guernsey; schrs. Sally , Jackson, Philadelphia; Lark , Miller, Waldoborough; Hannah , Martin, Marblehead; sloop Sally , Martin, do.
Vessels spoke.—Aug. 23, a Schooner from Boston, to Trinidad. A brig from Liverpool to Carolina, has been spoken with.
Capt. Chelebrough, has arrived at New-London, from Grenada, 24 days. A few days before sailing, a privateer brig of 16 guns, belonging to Grenada, ballasted with money taken from the Spanish, with 140 men, besides prisoners, &c. on board, upset in a flaw of wind, about 5 miles from land, and sunk instantly; by which melancholy accident all on board perished, excepting two men, one of whom swam to the nearest shore, and the other continued in the water nearly 24 hours, when he landed in the harbour, about 15 miles distant.
DIED —In Ireland, DANIEL BULL MACARTHY, Esq. Æt. 112. He was married to 5 wives; he married the 5th, who survives him, when he was 84, and the 14, by whom he had 20 children, she bearing a child every year.
SALEM, Sept. 29.
The brig Hope , Capt. Bright, bound from Alexandria to Martinique, was taken some time since by a French privateer, and carried to St. Domingo, where vessel and cargo were condemned. Capt. Bright has returned to this town. He says that he and his people were personally well treated; that all their private property was presented to them, and his expenses while in port defrayed by the prizemaster.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 3.
A Mrs. Jenkins of Lee, lately apprehended in this town for passing counterfeit ten dollar Salem bank bills, was on trial before the Superior Court last week at Exeter, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of three hundred dollars and costs of court, which amounted to one hundred more; she is committed to gaol and is to stand committed until sentence is performed.
Riches of Essex. —On Monday arrived at Danvers, from the Grand Bank, schrs. Sally , 86 tons burthen, belonging to Capt. Samuel Page, Gideon Rea, master, with upwards of one thousand quintals of fish, and 24 bbls. of oil. In the year 1792, the same schrs. landed 1176 quintals at one fare, and in 1793, she landed 1046 quintals at one fare, from the Bay of St. Lawrence. These are the three largest fares we have ever heard of being landed.
FROM PHILAD. Sept. 21.
"It appears most evident that the Fever is declining—although the mortality has been great, and the alarm general—yet the countenances of those citizens who have remained,
begin to brighten; business, which has been almost totally annihilated, is quickening, and the city assuming fast its former population."
A letter from Charleston, S. C. of Sept. 8, mentions, that owing to the weather, the fever which had raged in that city, and been in many instances fatal, had nearly subsided.
DIED —On Thursday last, Doctor HALL JACKSON, in the 58th year of his age, after a short and painful illness, occasioned by a fall from his carriage the preceding week, and on Friday his remains were committed to its kindred earth, preceded by the Grand Lodge of Masons and St. John's Lodge in ample form, over which he had presided a long time as Grand Master; with the Fire Society, of which he was a member, followed by a large train of relatives and friends whose countenances bespoke the loss of a dear friend and valuable acquaintance.—He was celebrated both in Europe & America for his skill in Surgery, as well as in the Medical art. In the obstetric and inoculating branches of the profession he was unrivalled.—His genius was brilliant; his knowledge profound; his practice extensive; his success uncommon, and his diligence and benevolence unbounded. The blessing of many ready to perish fell on him.—His merit alone will be his best panegyric, and will erect the most durable monument to his memory.
On the death of HALL JACKSON, Esq. a distinguished Physician, and Grand Master of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons, in New-Hampshire, a gentleman who not only shone eminent in his profession, but also for his philanthropy and private virtues.
Ye sons of science, and of freedom mourn, Relentless death from you a gem has torn! In sable weeds, ye poor, your loss deplore; The great Physician, & your friend's no more! Enshrine his urn, each orphan with your sighs.
Whose aid & bounty, hush'd your infant cries. Ye from whose eyes, his hand has wip'd the tear Of keenest sorrow; drop one o'er his bier. Genius, and merit, quit your sacred dome, With flowers & willows, deck your favorite's tomb.
His every action, merits nobler praise, Than sculptur'd honors or poetic lays. His deeds shall shine on Fame's refulgent page.
For emulation to each rising age. Within his bosom, virtue fix'd her throne, In him each grace, with brilliant lustre shone.
The tender parent, and the husband kind, The friend & patriot were in him combin'd. Prepar'd for Heaven, his soul has wing'd its way.
To scenes of glory and eternal day. There unconcern'd bliss, the thoughts employ, There springs the fountain of eternal joy. There deathless virtue, meets a great reward.
On Saturday last, Mr. JOHN STAVERS, in the 83d year of his age, his remains were yesterday, preceded by the brethren of the Masonic order, of which he was a worthy member, with the pall supported by brethren of the craft, followed by a large train of mourning relatives and friends, into St. John's Church, and the funeral solemnities were performed by the Rev. brother Willard, after which the body was deposited in the silent grave. His death was sudden, occasioned by a fall from his carriage, while he and one of his daughters were riding out, some boys playing with a drum affrighted the horse, who took a sudden start, upset the carriage and threw them both out, by which means he received a wound in the temple, which terminated his existence in about an hour after, his daughter was very much hurt, but we are happy to say is likely to do well.
"A wit's a feather, an honest man's the noblest work of God."
MRS. MARGARET JONES.
At Philadelphia, Mrs. ELIZABETH OSWALD, widow of the late Col. Eleazer Oswald, Printer.—This lady has fallen a sacrifice to the prevailing disease. She took the infection in fulfilling the tender duties of a mother, and nurse, to her unfortunate son. By the death of this amiable lady, society, is deprived of a valuable member, and her children of a tender and affectionate mother.
Portsmouth Marine List for Sept. 1797.
Sept. 1. Arrived sloop Polly , Shapley, from New-York. Do. Arrived brig Betsy , Curtis, from Cape Francois. Sept. 2. Arrived brig Blossom , Moor, from Alexandria.
Sept. 8. Arrived Schooner Cloe , Clark, from Passamaquody. Do. Sailed Schooner 3 Friends , Trethethan, for Philadelphia.
Sept. 10. Arrived brig Adona , Prescott, from St. Ubes.
Sept. 13. Sailed brig Betsy , Turner, for Guadaloupe.
Do. Sailed ship Adolph , Billings, for Amsterdam.
Do. Sailed Schooner Cloe , Clark, for Passamaquody.
Sept. 14. Arrived Schooner Anity , Shapley, from Lisbon.
Sept. 15. Sailed sloop Anna , Huntress, from Philadelphia.
Sept. 16. Sailed Schooner Argo , Butterworth, for Halifax.
Sept. 18. Arrived sloop Nancy , Wiggins, from Philadelphia.
Sept. 19. Sailed brig Olive , Stoodly, for Guadaloupe.
Sept. 21. Arrived ship Apollo , Jones, from London.
Do. Arrived brig Nancies , Tibbetts, from S. Carolina.
Sept. 24. Sailed Schooner Thomas , Damerell, for New-York.
Sept. 28. Sailed brig Polly , Lindsay, for Surinam.
Sept. 30. Arrived Schooner Cloe , Clark, from Passamaquody.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE District of PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
CLEARED FOR Brig Polly , Lindsay, Surinam. Brig Betsy , Blunt, Curacoa.
THE
ELEPHANT,
ACCORDING to the account of the celebrated BUFFON, is the most respectable animal in the world. In size he surpasses all other terrestrial creatures; and by his intelligence, makes as near an approach to man, as matter can approach spirit. A sufficient proof that there is not two much said of the knowledge of this animal is, that the Proprietor having been absent for ten weeks, the moment he arrived at the door of his apartment, and spoke to the keeper, the animal's knowledge was beyond any doubt confirmed by the cries he uttered forth, 'till his friend came within reach of his trunk, with which he caressed him, to the astonishment of all those who saw him. This most curious and surprising animal is just arrived in this town, from Bengal, East-Indies, where he will stay but six days. He is only four years old, and weighs about 3000 wt. but will not come to his full growth 'till he shall be between 30 and 40 years old. He measures from the end of his trunk to the tip of his tail 15 feet 8 inches, round the body 10 feet 6 inches, round his head 7 feet two inches, round his leg above the knee 3 feet 3 inches, round his ankle 2 feet 2 inches. He eats 130 wt. a day, and drinks all kinds of spirituous liquors; some days he has drank 30 bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trunk. He is so tame that he travels loose, and has never attempted to hurt any one. He appeared on the stage, at the New Theatre in Philadelphia, to the great satisfaction of a respectable audience.
He is kept at the convenient new store of Mr. Thomas Simes in Ladd-street, for the reception of the those ladies and gentlemen who may please to view the greatest natural curiosity ever presented to the curious, which is to be seen from sunrise 'till sunset, for this week only, and there is no probability of his ever being seen in this part of the country after Saturday next, positively.
The Elephant having destroyed many papers of consequence, it is recommended to visitors not to come near him with such papers.
Admittance one Quarter of a Dollar—Children Nine-Pence.
Portsmouth, Oct. 2, 1797.
NOTICE is hereby
given that unless prevented by previous payment, with incidental charges, two shares in the New-Hampshire Hotel and Portsmouth Pier, owned by Samuel Sherburne, Esq. will be sold at public vendue, at the New-Hampshire Hotel, on Wednesday the 25th inst. at 3 o'clock P. M. for an assessment of fifty dollars assessed on each share, by order of the President and Directors, on the 22d of October last, being the 14th assessment, and ordered to be collected by the 1st of November last, which assessment on said two shares still remains unpaid.
NATHAN HAVEN, Treasurer of the Propriety. Portsmouth, Oct. 2, 1797.

FOR SALE
At N o 7, Portsmouth Pier,
The following articles, viz.  BAGS of Cotton; bags of Pepper and Pimento; calks of Rice; calks of Raisins; Ginger; Brandy; Bar-Iron; Iron Shovels; boxes of Bar Soap; French, English, and Hamburgh Glaſs 10 by 8; N o 2, 3, 4, and 7 Bridport Canvas.
FOR SALE BY
Matthew S. Marsh,
2d, 3d & 4th proof Tobago Rum. Coniac, French and Spanish Brandy. Holland's Gin.
Sept. 4. 1797.
State of New-Hampshire. To the honorable Oliver Peabody, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace throughout said State.
WE the subscribers owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Littleton, in the county of Grafton, in said State, request your honor to notify and warn a meeting of the proprietors and owners of said township to be held at the house of Mr. James Williams, innholder in said Littleton, on Tuesday the 24th of October next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz.
1st. To choose a moderator for said meeting.
2d. To choose a proprietors clerk, assessors, collector, and all other officers that may be necessary for the proprietors as the law provides.
3d. To inquire into the proprietors accounts, to receive and adjust the same, and to raise a tax for that purpose, and for what allotments has been done or may be done, and all other expences that has arisen in bringing forward the settlement of said town.
4th. To make a division of their land as the proprietors shall think best, and to ratify and confirm any matters heretofore done; and also to agree with the owners of the township of Dalton, about what proportion of the rights of certain individuals named in the charter of Apthorp belong to them; or to choose a committee to agree with them with power to settle the same, or any other matter that may relate to the interest of both townships.
MOSES LITTLE, MOSES LITTLE, jr.
State of New-Hampshire. Pursuant to the foregoing application, I do hereby notify and warn the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Littleton, to meet at time and place aforesaid, and for the purposes above-mentioned.
Given under my hand and seal at Exeter in said State of New-Hampshire, this 20th day of September, 1797.
OLIVER PEABODY, Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the State.
ALL persons having demands against the estate of John Patten, late of Bedford, in the State of New-Hampshire, gentleman, deceased, are hereby notified to exhibit their accounts for settlement, those indebted to said estate are likewise called upon to make immediate payment to Hannah Patten, David Patten, Executors to the last will and testament of said deceased.
Bedford, Sept. 9. 1797.
WHEREAS SARAH my wife has absented herself from me and my family, I hereby caution and forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debt or debts she may contract after this date.
SAMUEL X FISK.
Attest, JONA. ELIOT. Allenstown, Sept. 13. 1797.
ALL persons having demands against the estate of JAMES NEVINS, late of Portsmouth, Esq. deceased, are requested to exhibit the same for payment to the subscriber at Claremont, or to Mr. Edward Hart of Portsmouth, his Attorney, and those indebted to said estate are desired to make immediate payment to SAMUEL STONE, Administrator, de bonis non of said deceased, with his will annexed.
Claremont, Sept. 5, 1797.
ALL persons who have any demands against the estate of Jonathan Farrar, late of Epping, husbandman, deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement, and those indebted to said estate are called upon to make immediate payment to the widow Jemima Farrar, Administratrix, or to Samuel Bachelor, Jeremiah Sanborn, Attorneys to the said estate.
MOULTONBOROUGH.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in the town of Moultonborough, who have not paid their highway and county taxes for the year 1797, and their county taxes for the year 1796; that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Maj. Elias Smith, in said town, on Tuesday the 21st day of November next, at 11 of the clock in the forenoon, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. Ra. Ac's. First Division. Second Division. Com-mon. High-way. County. County.     1797. '97. '96.   Richard Nason, 100 0 50 1 3   Thomas White, 100 0 50 1 3   John Rindge, 100 0 50 1 3   Joshua James, 100 0 50 1 3   John Taylor, 100 0 50 1 3   Richard Cutts Shannon, 100 0 50 1 3   Moses Little, Esq. 100 0 50 1 3   Jonathan Shaw, 100 0 50 1 3   Edward Shaw, 100 0 50 1 3   Joshua Lane, 100 0 50 1 3   William Vittum, 100 0 50 1 3   Solly and March, 100 0 50 1 3   Joseph Johnson, 100 0 50 1 3   John Garland, 100 0 50 1 3   William Parker, 100 0 50 1 3   James Philbrick, 100 0 50 1 3   Samuel Towle, 100 0 50 1 3   John Tucke, 100 0 50 1 3   Jonathan Garland, 100 0 50 1 3   Nathaniel Towle, 100 0 50 1 3   Ebenezer Lane, 100 0 50 1 3   Samuel Robinson, 100 0 50 1 3   Benjamin Page, 100 0 50 1 3   Jeremiah Towle, 100 0 50 1 3   William Lane, 100 0 50 1 3   Nathan Moulton, 100 0 50 1 3   Anthony Emery, 100 0 50 1 3   Thomas Wallingford, 100 0 50 1 3   Joseph Palmer, 100 0 50 1 3   Elisha Towle, 100 0 50 1 3   Philip Towle, 100 0 50 1 3   Joseph Garland, 100 0 50 1 3   John Neal, 100 0 50 1 3   Jonathan Leavitt, 100 0 50 1 3   John Lamprey, 100 0 50 1 3   Benning Moulton, 100 0 50 1 3   Simon Nudd, 100 0 50 1 3   Christopher Toppan, 100 0 50 1 3   Ephraim Marston, 100 0 50 1 3   John Moffatt, 100 0 50 1 3   William Vittum, jr. 100 0 50 1 3   Thomas Rand, 100 0 50 1 3  
Moultonborough, Sept. 12, 1797.
Dry Goods,
Received by the late arrivals from
Europe,
A large and general assortment, consisting of
Rich Chintzes and Calicoes; Ginghams; Furnitures; Shawls and fancy Handkerchiefs; striped and clouded Nankins; Dimities; Quiltings; Mullins & Mullin Handkerchiefs; Table Cloths & Diapers; Irish Linens and Sheetings; Counterpanes; Checks and Fustians; Tapes; Bindings; Silk Ferrers; Nuns Thread; Sewing Silk and Twist; Silk and Cotton Hosiery; Mitts and Gloves; Upholsterers Trimmings, a few boxes well assorted Hats.
—ALSO—
A QUANTITY OF
Hardware & Cutlery.
with a few elegant MEDALLIONS, MASONICS, and gift Lockets, which will be sold low for cash or approved credit, by
Lang, Brierley & Co,
At their Wholesale Store, Pleasant Street.
N. B. A few crates well assorted
CROCKERY.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Loudon, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1797, that unless they pay the same to the subscriber, on or before the 12th day of December next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day, at the dwelling house of Samuel Piper, innholder in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   1st div. of 100 acre lots. ac's. unim. No. acres. Improved lands. cents. dols. c'ts     100 22 Leavitt Clough, 90 28 0 30   100 22 Leavitt Clough, 1 18   133 Leavitt Clough, 100 0 30   136 Joseph Hicks, 80 0 37  
2d div. of 100 acre lots.
   14 Jere. Cogswell, 38 90 1 18   96 Francis Bunker, 30 15   100 6 Rob't Tibbetts, 13 27 37   119 16 John Clough, 39 84 90   130 Ich. Chesley, ori. 100 35   133 Joseph Tibbetts, ori. 80 90   167 Joseph Hix, 80 40   169 Joseph Hix, 80 60   172 9 Obad. Clough, 86 91 1 63   174 22 Oba. Clough, 1 42 2 54   176 Obadiah Clough, 50 20   177 Obadiah Clough, 66 20  
STEPHEN PERKINS, jr. Collector. Loudon, Sept. 12, 1797.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton, d.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in the township of Dorchester, who have not paid their highway and county taxes for the year 1797, that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of Joseph Burley, Esq. innholder in said Dorchester, on Tuesday the twenty first day of November next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment.
   highly div. din. c'ts. c'tsm's     Thomas Bingham, 3 21 3   John Sparhawk, 2 23 3 5   John Houfe, 1 21 3   T. M c Donay, Esq. 50 ac's, 3 11 1   John P. Williams, 1 21 3   Joshua Bracket, 2 42 6   Ebenezer Lewes, 2 42 6   Wise man Clagget, Esq. 2 21 3   John Nelson, 3 21 3   Jonathan Houfe, 2 31 3   Robert L. Fowle, 2 31 4 5   Joseph Ward, 2 21 3   John Hurd, 1 21 3   John Parker, 2 21 3   Giles Tifney, 3 21 3   Paul Langdon, 3 21 3   Eleanor Houfe, 2 21 3   Thomas Fild, 30 ac's 1 21 3   Henery Sherburne, 2 21 3   Samuel Hobert, Esq. 3 21 3   Thomas Porter, 3 21 3   Samuel Parker, 2 21 3   Joshua Wentworth, 2 21 3   Afaheal Clark, 3 21 3   John Sullivan, 3 25 3 5   Timothy Bulh, 2 21 3   Nathan West, 3 21 3   Ephraim Ham, 2 21 3   Thomas Davidson, 1 21 3   George Marshall, 3 21 3   John Wentworth, 1 42 6   Richard C. Shannon, 2 31 4 5   William Gardner, 2 31 4 5   William Simpson, 3 21 3   N. R. Thomas, 65 ac's 1 14 2   David Woodward, 85 ac's 3 18 2   John Smith, 2 31 4 5   Ambros Cushman, 2 21 3   Jacob Mastin, 3 21 3   Daniel Pearse, 2 21 3   James Melcher, 1 21 3   Stephen March, 50 ac's 3 16 2   Otis Little, 2 21 3   Woodbury Langdon, 3 29 4  
BENJAMIN NORRIS, Collector. Dorchester, Sept. 19, 1797.
To Phillips White, Esq. a Justice of the Peace thro' the State of New-Hampshire, and clerk of the propriety of the township of Wentworth, in the county of Grafton, in said State.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the common and undivided land in said town, desire you to notify and warn the proprietors of the undivided lands in said town, to meet together at the dwelling-house of Mr. Lemuel Kezar, in said town, on Tuesday the 17th October next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the following purposes, viz.
1st. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting.
2d. To hear the report of any former committee, and to act upon it as may be thought best.
3d. To receive any demand which may be offered against the propriety, and to act upon it as may appear just.
4th. To confirm and ratify all former votes and transactions of said propriety, which have not been reconsidered.
5th. To vote in what manner their meetings shall be warned in future.
JOHN MERRILL, DAVID CURRIER, WILLIAM HACKET, RICHARD WHITE.
Sept. 5, 1797.
State of New-Hampshire.
Southampton, Sept. 7, 1797.
Pursuant to the foregoing request, I do hereby notify and warn the proprietors of the common and undivided land in the said town of Wentworth, to meet at the time and place for the purposes abovementioned.
P. WHITE, Justice of the Peace and Clerk for Wentworth propriety.
Windfor Chairs
of every description, warranted of the best kind, made & constantly kept for sale as cheap as can be purchased at BOSTON or elsewhere
By Josiah Folsom
at his shop in Portsmouth.
TO be sold at public vendue on Thursday the 16th day of November next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Benoni Shirliff, in Fitzwilliam, in the county of Cheshire, and State of New-Hampshire, for delinquent taxes assessed by the proprietors of said Fitzwilliam, for the year 1796, so much of the following lots of land in said Fitzwilliam, as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges unless prevented by previous payment to the subscriber.
   Ac's. No. R. dols. c'ts     Abijah Warner & John Pratt, 20 5 2 0 22   Job Pratt & others, 7 6 2 0 8   Reuben Pratt & Peasee, 7 10 2 0 8   Bezalel Kendall, 50 3 3 0 55   Job Prat & others, 42 5 3 0 47   Philip Amadon & others, 39 9 3 0 43   Edw'd Payson & others, 25 11 4 0 27   Nathan Haven & others, 50 19 4 0 55   Samson Stoddard, 51 8 5 0 56   Matthew & Samuel Osborn & others, 62 10 5 0 68