The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1789-11-25 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Congress-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
FOURTEENTH ACT of CONGRESS.
An Act to provide for the safe-keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and for other purposes.
B e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the executive department, denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs, shall hereafter be denominated the Department of State, and the principal officer therein shall hereafter be called the Secretary of State.
And be it further enacted, That whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of the Senate and House of Representatives having been approved and signed by the President of the United States, or not having been returned by him with his objections, shall become a law, or take effect, it shall forthwith thereafter be received by the said Secretary from the President: And whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote, shall be returned by the President with his objections, and shall on being reconsidered, be agreed to be passed, and be approved by two thirds of both Houses of Congress, and thereby become a law, or take effect, it shall, in such case, be received by the said Secretary from the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved; and the said Secretary shall, as soon as conveniently may be, after he shall receive the same, cause every such law, order, resolution, and vote, to be published in at least three of the public newspapers printed within the United States, and shall also cause one printed copy to be delivered to each Senator and Representative of the United States, and two printed copies duly authenticated to be sent to the executive authority of each State; and he shall carefully preserve the originals, and shall cause the same to be recorded in books to be provided for that purpose.
And be it further enacted, That the seal heretofore used by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be, and hereby is declared to be the seal of the United States.
And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary shall keep the said seal and shall make out and record, and shall affix the said seal to all civil commissions, to officers of the United States, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone, Provided, That the said seal shall not be affixed to any commission, before the same shall have been signed by the President of the United States, nor to any other instrument or act, without the special warrant of the President therefor.
And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said department of such device as the President of the United States shall approve, and all copies of records and papers in the said office, authenticated under the said seal, shall be evidence equally as the original record or paper.
And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the Secretary, for the use of the United States, the following fees of office, by the persons requiring the services to be performed, except when they are performed for any officer of the United States, in a matter relating to the duties of his office, to wit: For making out and authenticating copies of records, ten cents for each sheet, containing one hundred words; for authenticating a copy of a record or paper under the seal of office twenty-five cents.
And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary shall forthwith after his appointment, be entitled to have the custody and charge of the said seal of the
United States, and also of all books, records, and papers, remaining in the office of the late Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled; and such of the said books, records, and papers, as may appertain to the Treasury department, or War department, shall be delivered over to the principal officers in the said departments respectively, as the President of the United States shall direct.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBURG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved—Sept. the 15th, 1789.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. President of the United States.
The MEDLEY.
Original letter from Dr. FRANKLIN to JOHN ALLEYNE, Esq.
Dear Jack, YOU desire, you say, my impartial thoughts on the subject of an early marriage, by way of answer to the numberless objections which have been made by numerous persons to your own. You may remember when you consulted me on the occasion, that I thought youth on both sides to be no objection. Indeed, from the marriages which have fallen under my observation, I am rather inclined to think that early ones stand the best chance for happiness. The tempers and habits of the young are not yet become so stiff and uncomplying as when more advanced in life; they form more easily to each other, and hence many occasions of disgust are removed. And if youth has less of that prudence which is necessary to manage a family, yet the parent and elder friends of young married persons are generally at hand, to afford their advice, which amply supplies that defect; and by early marriage youth is sooner formed to regular and useful life; and possibly some of those accidents or connections that might have injured the constitution or reputation, or both, are thereby happily prevented. Particular circumstances of particular persons may possibly sometimes make it prudent to delay entering into that state; but in general, when nature has rendered our bodies fit for it, the presumption is in nature's favor, that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it. Late marriages are often attended to with this further inconvenience, that there is not the same chance that the parents shall live to see their offspring educated. Late children, says the Spanish proverb, are early orphans; a melancholy reflection to those whose case it may be! With us in America, marriages are generally in the morning of our life; our children are therefore educated and settled in the world by noon; and thus our business being done, we have an afternoon and evening of cheerful leisure to ourselves, such as our friend at present enjoys. By these early marriages, we are blest with more children, and from the mode among us, founded by nature, of every mother suckling and nursing her own child, more of them are raised. Thence the swift progress of population among us, unparalleled in Europe. In fine, I am glad you are married, and congratulate you most cordially upon it. You are now in the way of becoming a useful citizen, and you have escaped the unnatural state of celibacy for life, the fate of many here who never intended it, but who, having too long postponed the change of their condition, find at length that it is too late to think of it; and so live all their lives in a situation that greatly lessens a man's value—an odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set—What think you of the odd half of a pair
of scissors?—it can't well cut any—it may possibly serve to scrape a trencher. Pray make my compliments and best wishes acceptable to your bride. I am old and heavy, or I should ere this have presented them in person. I shall make but small use of the old man's privilege, that of giving advice to younger friends. Treat your wife always with respect; it will procure respect to you, not from her only, but from all that observe it. Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slight in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy! At least you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences. I pray God to bless you both! being ever your affectionate friend, B. F.
THOUGHTS on various SUBJECTS.
TO retort an injury, is to be almost as bad as the aggressor; when two throw dirt against one another, can either keep himself clean?
There is more true greatness in generously owning a fault, and making proper reparation for it, than in obstinately defending a wrong conduct.
Let a person find out his own peculiar weakness, and be ever suspicious of himself on that account.
Real merit, like artless beauty, shines forth at all times distinguishingly illustrious.
To serve your friends to your own ruin, is romantic. To think of none but yourself is sordid.
Despise trifling affronts, and they will vanish. A little water will put out a fire, which blown up will burn a city.
Avoid too many and great obligations. It is running into debt beyond what you are able to pay.
Conclude at least nine parts in ten of what is handed about by common fame, to be false.
Live so as nobody may believe bad reports against you.
Whenever you find you do not care to look into your affairs, you may assure yourself that they will soon not be fit to look into.
ON TEMPER.
IN the early part of life it is extremely necessary to be cautious of our temper, for upon the formation of that depends almost every blessing we can enjoy—Let us for a moment examine the difference between a person who, having the misfortune to be born with a bad one, has done all in his power to eradicate it; and a person who, having the same misfortune, has given it its full scope; the balance, I am inclined to think, will be so much in favor of the former, that no person in his senses would hesitate a moment which (merely from worldly motives) to prefer. On the one hand, we behold a man or woman whose disposition is as crabbed as it is possible for them to be; every circumstance that ought to invigorate and recruit the spirits, from their temper, have the contrary effect.—Behold them, struggling with themselves—view them, knowing the consequence if they give way to it—checking its growth and lapping its foundation, until with unremitting vigour they kill it in the bud. The pleasure, the satisfaction, the reward they meet with, are greater than imagination can paint: Instead of thoughts being daggers to their minds, they are an everlasting source of happiness; while, on the other hand, the person who has not checked the growth of a bad temper, is to himself a hell, a torment not to be
described. At length overcome with never-ceasing pangs, they fall a sacrifice to disposition, and a want of resolution to conquer it.
ANECDOTES.
The following Story, in Half a Century more, will scarcely be believed.
NOT very many years ago, the French King's taylor having acquired a princely fortune, purchased a chateau in the neighbourhood of Versailles. In that neighbourhood lived likewise a little Marquis, whose pride and poverty were equally on a par. The taylor turned gentleman, dined in a large party at the house of a friend; there too, dined the Marquis.—After dinner the quondam profession of the former was accidentally brought on the carpet, and the Marquis felt all the indignance of nobility stained by such an association; he stepped up to the bourgeois gentilhomme, and without any ceremony enquired if he could make him a suit of clothes? "Volontiers," said the other, "an honest man should never be ashamed of his profession: My servant," added he, pulling the bell, "will fetch me paper and a pair of scissors, that I may proceed without loss of time to measure you."—This was done, and the Marquis questioned as to the quality and richness of the stuff, &c. He left every thing to the taylor, putting no limits to his commission; and the other called the company to witness the latitude he had given him. The suit of clothes in a few days was delivered to the Marquis, exactly such as is usually worn by the Dauphin on a birth-day, covered with gold, with pearls, and other precious ornaments. On this occasion, the bill you may be sure was not forgotten; it amounted to thirty thousand livres, precisely the value of the Marquis's estate. An action was afterwards instituted for recovery of the debt, the estate sold, and the Marquis put in possession of a suit of clothes, which constituted his whole property.
ABOUT thirty years ago great complaints were made that the watchmen of London and Westminster neglected their duty to a great degree. On this a wise senator made a motion in the house of commons, for leave to bring in a bill to compel watchmen to sleep in the day, that they might the better discharge their duty in the night. The late Sir James Creed begged the hon. member would include him in the bill; for he was so troubled with the gout, that he could neither sleep night nor day.
L O N D O N, Sept. 11.
A letter from a Merchant in Leghorn to a gentleman in this city, received here on Monday last, mentions that a Tuscan Frigate, mounting 36 guns, had just returned into that Port, after having had an engagement off the island of Corsica with an Algerine Corsair carrying 24 guns, besides carronades. The engagement lasted for three hours: the Algerine was full of men, and fought desperately; but a shot from the Tuscan Frigate having taken the Corsair between wind and water, she sunk, and every person on board perished. The Frigate had thirty men killed, and seven wounded; her rigging was much damaged, and she will take some time to refit.
Wednesday was married at Highgate, a Lady, aged 77, possessed of about 900l. per annum to her coachman, aged 23. Her children some time since offered him 500l. if he would quit her service; they afterwards offered him 400l. a year; but Master Whip conceived the whole property was better than a part, which

the tender Lady generously gave him, on condition that he would take her person in the bargain.
The City of Rotterdam in an Uproar.
The disputes that had for some time subsided in this place relative to Orange Cockades , which one set of people refused to wear, and which another would compel them to wear, have lately broke out again, and it is feared will produce very fatal consequences.
Mr. Dubart, a native of Switzerland, but married and settled many years in Rotterdam, had always been a determined opposer of the Orange Party , and had been by them as it were proscribed, so that he was excluded from all places of trust.
On the 10th of August he ventured to walk in the streets without the Orange Cockade which he considered as the badge of slavery.
Immediately a crowd gathered round him; he was dragged through the several streets, and the people went so far as to threaten to drown him, or hang him at one of the city gates.
Thus assaulted, he endeavoured to escape from the danger that threatened his life. He drew from his pocket a small knife, and, made desperate from his danger, he cut his way through the mob, and got safe into his own house.
But as he had, in thus rescuing himself, dangerously wounded one of the mob, he was soon dragged from his house, before a tribunal of Magistrates, many of whom were his personal enemies. By them he was committed to prison, and thrown into a dungeon; and then a resolution was taken, that he should be prosecuted with all the rigour of the law.
His wife, a most respectable woman, through the fright which this treatment of her husband had occasioned, was prematurely brought to bed, and of a dead child. Her recovery is rather wished for than expected.
Mr. Dubart himself is threatened with the loss of his life. Should he be put to death, the consequence may be fatal to the peace of Rotterdam. The city is in a ferment. The enemies of the Orange Party say, that this gentleman has done nothing which was not warranted by the laws of God and Man.—That the laws of the land should have previously afforded protection to his person, and could not impute to him as a crime, that when the laws had left him at the mercy of a mob, he had resorted to the means which God had put in his own power, and which God and Nature gave him a right to use, to save his life.
Should this man die for the act he has done, it is to be feared that many lives will be lost the day of his execution.
Signed, DE S.
A note was put under M. de S. letter, by M. de Launay—"On the of June F. entered this place, and after the term prescribed, a messenger was sent to M. de S. to know what name F. was to be buried in.
Another letter with the date and names in full—"Bastile Sept. 13, 7771, I have the honor to send you the three papers I have communicated to Mr. Bilard, with the answer the prisoner made. You will receive likewise a packet from M. Nerot. La Rivier's head is still in a bad state, and I begin to despair of his being ever cured, unless we apply the usual remedy to him, I am, &c."
Signed CHEEALIER.
The reader may make his own reflections and depend on the authenticity of the above.
The extent of the spirit of popularity in Paris may be collected from this circumstance, that though ribbons are very cheap there, and cockades are made small, the sum laid out in the purchase of ribbons for cockades in Paris alone,
has been estimated at six hundred and thirty two thousand livres, or upwards of 30,000 sterling.
THE HEROЕ.
A few days since the following extraordinary circumstance occurred at Greenwich:—A woman had been from thence to town, and had received money to a considerable amount, when returning at night, she thought the safest way would be by water; she immediately called a boat and with pleasure saw, that the man who was to convey her was a friend, at least one with whom she was acquainted. When she seated herself, she told him how she was circumstanced with regard to her money, upon which the man, who before appeared perfectly composed, became immediately very agitated and confused,—sometimes accelerating the boat, at others retarding its progress; at last, however they reached Greenwich, and as soon as she was on shore, the waterman dropped on his knees, and thanked God for his assistance in overcoming his inclination to murder her. He then told her the cause of his agitation, and assured her, that it was with the greatest difficulty he overcame his desire of murdering her, warned her to be more cautious for the future, and never tell a man in his situation (at that time having a wife and several children in the most indigent circumstances) what her pocket contained.
FEMALE PATRIOTISM.
Two female societies have been formed in Paris, for the purpose of promoting the conversion of trinkets, jewels, plate, and other valuables, into money, for the public. The first is composed of the wives and daughters of artists, architects, painters, sculptors, and of all other professions connected with design. The second society is composed of the wives of jewellers, goldsmiths, toymen, and others of the same class. They have each nominated a Lady President.
They have also resolved, 1. That it is honourable for women to be permitted to contribute to the public necessities. 2. That it is laudable in wives and mothers to sacrifice articles of luxury, to the advancement of a constitution. 3. That the conversion of gold and silver trinkets into specie, being one means of augmenting the coin, the Assembly will receive nothing else. 4. That the honour conferred on the first deputation, reflects lustre on the whole sex; and that therefore the Assembly will be content with transmitting the contributions to the Assembly, with a simple address, without desiring admission by deputation.
They are to accept of jewels or plate down to the smallest article, and the ladies who have neither jewels nor plate of gold or silver, may convert other ornaments into money, and transmit the amount, not less than six livres. Both the Lady Presidents have taken an oath to conceal the amount of the several subscriptions; but the names of the contributors are to be registered.
An extraordinary discovery in the hidden recesses of the Bastile.—It is well known that the Marquis de PRIE, of Bois Preau, has been lost to his friends for some years. In an interior cell, which from the gradual declension of the cursed tyranny that appropriated the place, has been some time without an inhabitant, was found a feeble inscription upon the stone fronting the door, of which the following words are distinguishable: "Grave par l'aide d'un Dent, du qui je n'ai point aucune besoin."
La Malbureaux de PRIE.
The above Nobleman was in England when Madame D. EON was Charge d'Affaires in this country. He married a lady of this country, who died a melancholy death.
* Engraved by the assistance of a tooth, for which I have no use.
The unhappy de PRIE.
Sept. 19. A National Fete is intended to be celebrated in France, the idea of which is truly grand and sublime: The following is the proposed arrange-
ment for the capital.—All the inhabitants of Paris to lay out their tables in public, and take their repast before their respective houses:—The rich and the poor shall mingle, and no distinction of ranks appear on that happy anniversary: The streets ornamented with tapestry; and every other possible decoration: The National Guard to be dispersed thro' the city for the preservation of order. The entire capital forming one immense family, will present a million of persons, seated as it were, at the same table. The ceremony of drinking to the King's health to be announced by the general discharge of 100 cannon, and take place at the same moment in every part of Paris.
The spirit of insurrection, on the continent has extended among the states of the petty Princes of Germany. The subjects of the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt, have risen on the noblemen employed about the Prince, and plundered their houses; and many of the principal people have fled the country, fearing for their personal safety.
In China the inhabitants carry sea-water in vessels to their canals in spring time, when the sea is full of the spawn of fish, by which they stock their ponds with sea-fish that thrive very well: It might be worth while to try the experiment in this country.
SWEDES and RUSSIANS.
Capt. WILLIAMS, who arrived in port a few day since from Sweden and Russia, informs us, That the war between the Swedes and Russians is carrying on with great vigour:—That in the late naval engagement, had the brave conduct of the Duke de SUNDERMANIA, the Swedish Commander in chief, been seconded by the next command, a complete victory would have been gained over the Russians:—That the Swedish Vice-Admiral had been put in irons, and it was expected would be shot for cowardice:—That in Finland, where the King of Sweden commands in person, the Russians had suffered several great losses—and that the Swedes were determined on carrying on the war with vigour, for the recovery of their ancient territories: That Admiral PAUL JONES, who has so often been imprisoned, disgraced and executed in the English papers, was at Petersburg, when Capt. Williams failed, and enjoyed his rank and pay as Contre Admiral :—That the jealousy and envy of the English officers were still levelled at that brave man; but that he stood high in the opinion of the Grand Duke, the Heir Apparent of the Crown:—That the American character in Russia, Sweden and Denmark, was rising into consequence—and that in Russia, the English were held in great disrepute, on account of the interference of their Court, and Prussia, to prevent the succours for Russia, from Denmark:—That at Copenhagen, the principal merchants were anxious for a commercial treaty with the United States; and that American vessels were, in consequence of there not being a treaty, obliged to pay heavier duties port fees, &c. than those of any other nation.
AMERICA
Is making ample strides, and the appointment of Mr. WASHINGTON to the office of Chief Magistrate, was a measure most conducive to that end. Her empire, in course of time, must be great and respectable. Her sea coasts are two thousand miles in extent, with bays and rivers, like seas to ten times that extent—with many great harbours, and other places of security for great ships in the middle and northern provinces—with vast fisheries in those bays and rivers on the sea coast, and access to still greater on the north, to the south and to the east of their dominions—with seas, except in one or two places, open all the year round to give continual employment to the seamen—and with no enemies near those States to controul them.
Compare facts, and it must appear that America is formed by nature to become a great maritime power to rival that of England: But Prussia, by nature, precluded from all chance of it,
and formed to be upheld by England against the injuries of her northern neighbours in the Baltic, and in return to uphold, not to overturn, the English maritime empire.
AUGUSTA (Georgia) Oct. 15.
The Governor hath received information by an express which arrived on Tuesday from Washington county, that alarming depredations are committing by our savage foes;—they have burnt Kemp's Fort, and several houses, and give full scope to their natural barbarity in exercising their usual cruelties,—Two families have been taken from Green county, and carried into the Indian nation.
On Tuesday last the Honorable the Commissioners for Indian affairs, set out from this place by the middle route, for New-York.
A correspondent observes, that Mr. M'Gillivray's retreat from the Rock Landing, and (if report says true) the Spanish Ambassador's abrupt departure from New-York, are circumstances from which we may predict a Continental war on our southern frontiers.
The Governor has received a dispatch from Col. Howell of Effingham county, announcing that depredations have been already committed by the Indians, since their departure from the Rock Landing by taking four negroes, and a horse from Capt. Bird, and three horses from Lustinger, and that a party had gone in pursuit.
Extract of a letter from Grenada, Sept. 27.
"There has been an insurrection at Martinique; they have hanged and broke upon the wheel above fifty; and within these few days it has been discovered that the negroes at Martinique, (say Bierre,) had possessed themselves of large quantities of poison, and intended to poison all the white inhabitants—It was only discovered two days before this plot was to be put into execution. But what is still more alarming than all this, is, the Governor of Trinidad has lately published an ordinance, that all slaves coming there, or on any of the Spanish dominions, shall be free. This ordinance has given the inhabitants of this island very much uneasiness, indeed so much so, that the grand jury petitioned the Governor to call the Legislature together, which has not yet been done.
"The alarm is such, that the inhabitants of St. Mary's parish patrol every night from the setting of the sun to the rising of it. There are two armed vessels with soldiers on board cruising, one to leeward, the other windward, if possible, to prevent the slaves going off. From these circumstances I leave you to judge the situation we are in."
N E W-Y O R K, November 8.
A vessel arrived here yesterday, in a short passage from Charlestown.
The treaty did not take place, owing to M'Gillivray's insisting on certain previous conditions—amongst others a free port on the Mississippi. The Indians were very much disposed to treat.
A truce for six months is settled.
M'Gillivray, it is said, has written a long letter to the PRESIDENT, in which he endeavors to prove, that the Georgians have been the aggressors in every instance of hostilities, &c.
A correspondent has been so obliging as to furnish us with two papers, printed at Madras in India, from which we have extracted the following paragraph:—
B E N G A L, January 17.
DEHLI.
The fate of Ghulam Khadir Khan has been at length determined upon, and the mode of punishment prescribed:—His eyes are first to be scooped from their sockets, with a similar instrument to that with which he caused the unfortunate King's to be extracted; in this situation he is to remain for a certain time, in order that he himself may feel those agonizing and unspeakable sufferings which he had occasioned to another; he is then to be conducted to a place prepared for the occasion, and interred to the middle, in which posture he is to continue, to be shot at with poisoned arrows, until he expires.—His offences, it must be admitted, have been monstrous; his punishment, however

we are sorry to say, though seemingly accommodated to his actions, is a species of refined retribution which too strongly marks the sanguinary principles which, unfortunately for mankind, still influence Eastern governments. It may be said, that it suits despotick states, where whatever inspires fear, is the properest spring of government; but the voice of nature cries loudly against it.
BOSTON, Nov. 13.
Intelligence received from Cape Francois, by Capt. Lovel, (four days later than by Capt. Smith) confirms the account of the tumult in Hispaniola and adds that it was reported Mr. Marbois, the Intendant, had left the Island. The populace were so exasperated against him, that had he not absconded, he probably would have shared as severe a fate as the governor of the Bastille.
NOVEMBER 21.
AUTHENTIC NEWS FROM FRANCE.
On Monday last, His Most Christian Majesty's cutter, la Levre , commanded by M c Chevalier DE LA BOURDONNAYE arrived here in 36 days from Brest , with dispatches for the Hon. Consul of FRANCE.
At the departure of the above cutter, we can assure our readers that the National Assembly was still progressing towards a completion of the great objects under their deliberation:—That the loan of 80,000,000 of livres was filled up:—That tranquility was intirely restored: And that there was every prospect that FRANCE was rapidly approximating to that state of respectability as a Nation, which her immense resources—the fertility of her soil—and the patriotism of her King, and People, intitle her to.
It is with pleasure we hear, that the MASSACHUSETTS, East-Indiaman, will be completely fitted with Sails, Cordage, Anchors, &c. of American manufacture. Yesterday her largest Cable, of 18 inches, and 120 fathoms, made at Messrs. Austin's Ropewalk, was sent on board.
FROM NEW-YORK.
The Hon. Gen. Lincoln, and the other commissioners arrived here on Wednesday from Georgia —The General will set out for Boston on Monday, in the stage—and will probably arrive on Saturday next.
Yesterday the illustrious PRESIDENT of the United States, arrived in town, from his tour through the Eastern States. His arrival was immediately announced by a discharge of cannon from the fort.
The attention and respect shewn to our beloved President by the Magistrates of the several States through which he has passed, while they were tributes justly due to the Chief Magistrate of the Union, demonstrate that there exists a perfect cordiality between the Federal and State Officers,—a circumstance which must give infinite pleasure to every friend to his country, and added to the universal attachment of the people, is evincive of their esteem for the federal government—as they all emphatically say, Long rest the sceptre in his equal hand, And to his trust may heaven propitious be, Long may he rule a willing land: And Oh! FOREVER MAY THAT LAND BE FREE.
It is related of Mahomet, in the legends of his religion, that wherever he trod, flowers spontaneously arose. This dream of oriental flattery, appears to be more than realized in the progress of our beloved President—for wherever he proceeded, joy, gratitude, affection, veneration and love, sprang spontaneously in the hearts of all ages, and of all conditions of his fellow-citizens.
SHIP NEWS.
Last Tuesday evening, sloop Patty , Canby, bound to St. John's struck a rock in Broadsound, and in 20 minutes filled with water. Soon after she struck she shoaled near Ram-head—to which with great peril, the Captain, passengers, and crew, arrived in their boat, having saved nothing but a quantity of money. Immediately after she struck, we are informed by one of the passengers, that they spoke a sloop, then inward bound, the master of which, though pref-
sing desired, refused to afford the sufferers, any relief, and bore off. The sloop had a valuable cargo of provisions, &c. on board.
PORTLAND, Nov. 16.
On Wednesday last arrived here Capt. David Smith, in the brig Sally , after a passage of 46 days from Bordeaux in France. Capt. Smith informs, that the spirit of the nation continued the same as it had been—even foreigners were not permitted to walk the streets without the National Cockade —regiments were raising, equipping, exercising, &c. and that the "LIBERTY OF THE NATION" was loudly called for and insisted on, through all ranks, from the mouth of quivering age to the lips of lisping infancy.
When the Sally left Bordeaux a rumour was circulating, that the Emperor of Germany was about to espouse the cause of the French Nobility, furnish them with troops, &c.
KEENE, October 29.
By several gentlemen from Brookfield (Massachusetts) we are informed, That a large pond in that town has lately stagnated, by which means cart-loads of Fish have died and floated ashore.
PORTSMOUTH, November 25.
Last Wednesday the Squadron of French ships, commanded by Vicount de Pontevès , sailed from Boston for the West-Indies.
Remedy for the INFLUENZA.
The Spr. Nitr. Dulc. is recommended as a most noble remedy in the present raging disorder, called the influenza —a tea spoon full of which, is to be given in a tea-cup of Elder Flour, or Balm tea, warm, going to bed,—a free use of baked or roasted apples, with a sparing one of animal food, with the above medicine, has been found very effectual.
The Printer informs his customers at the heads of the river, who have promised to pay for their papers, &c. in wood , that in case they should neglect complying with their engagements before the river closes, he shall be under the necessity of exacting cash of them; until then wood will be received of any who see fit to send it for papers.
Died since our last, Mrs. Ann Meads, in the 35th year of her age.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
ENTERED from Brig Lucretia, M c Clintock, St. Martins. Ship Elizabeth, Gregg, Grenada. Ship Charlotte, Mendum, Dartmouth.
CLEARED for Brig Nancy, Riley, West-Indies. Schooner Adventure, Trefethen, N York Brig Statira, Manning, S. Carolina.
WHEREAS I Ephraim Moulton of Washington, in the county of York, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, did on the 19th day of November, 1782, purchase of William Pickering and Andrew Wiggin, gentlemen, then resident at Greenland a certain lot of land in Washington, in the county and Commonwealth aforesaid, for which I gave each of them a Note of Hand signed by me for thirty pounds, bearing Date on or about the fifteenth day of November 1782, since which I find they had no right to sell said land, this is therefore to caution all persons from purchasing said Notes of Hand as they were obtained without any consideration, and I will not pay the same.
EPHRAIM MOULTON. Washington, Nov. 24.
TO BE SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH By Daniel Huntress, AT HIS STORE,
At the bottom of Buck-street: NEW Flour, Raisins, Nails, Allum, Copperas, Dye-Woods, Tyre-Iron, New E. Rum, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Brimstone, Spanish Brown and Spanish Yellow, &c. &c.
State of New-Hampshire,
Grafton ss.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Concord, in said county, at their meeting legally warned and held at the dwelling house of Major Samuel Young in said Concord, on the fifteenth day of May, Anno Domini, 1788—Voted a tax or five dollars upon each right of land in said Concord, public rights excepted for the purposes mentioned in said vote, and also appointed the subscriber, collector to collect said tax, and having received a tax bill and warrant for collecting the same, and notified said tax as the law directs—
This is therefore to give notice, that unless said tax and charges should be paid to me the subscriber at Concord, aforesaid, on or before the sixteenth day of December next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, so much of each delinquent proprietor's, or owner's right will be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder, at my dwelling-house in said Concord, on said sixteenth day of December, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, as will be sufficient to pay said tax with all legal charges—
The names of the delinquents are as follows, with five dollar tax to each proprietor's—viz.
 Josiah Pomeroy, Eldad Wright,  John Smith, Hezekiah Elmore,  Joseph Burt, Samuel Root,  Joseph Wheelwright, Timothy Root,  Samuel Clark, John Hubbard,  Benj'a Burt, Woolston Brockway,  Aaron Burt, Silas Hamilton,  Jonathan Burt, Savage Trefcott,  Enos Burt, Joseph Pomeroy,  Eleazer Burt, James Mathews,  Reuben Smith, Joseph Moseley,  Elijah Mattoon, William Horkins,  Willard Stevens, Christ'r Horkins,  Gideon Lyman, Eleazer Warner,  Benj'a Sheldon, jr. John Moffat,  Joseph Lyman, Daniel Bull,  Elijah Lyman, Samuel Hunt,  Stephen Belding, Selah Wright,  Jonathan Warner, Maj'r R. Emery,  Hon. M. H. Wentworth, Will'm Lang,  Jonathan Gilman, James Nevens,  Daniel Warner, William Temple,  Gov. B. Wentworth, Moses Harvey,  Henry Horkins, Asahel Burt,  BENJA. WHETCOMB, Collec. Concord, September 22, 1789.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on THURSDAY, the tenth day of December next, at 11 o'clock A. M. will be sold at Public Vendue, at the dwelling house of the subscriber, in Portsmouth, part of the real estate of James Hickey, late of said Portsmouth, innholder, deceased, viz.—One lot of land in Lempster, in the county of Chester, in this state, with a new barn thereon, containing 500 acres, thirty of which are under improvement:—Also, the North part of the Dwelling House of the said James, in said Portsmouth, with good privileges, thereto belonging:—also, two Rights of land in the township of Britton Woods, so called.—Conditions of sale may be seen at time and place,
BETTY HICKEY, Administratrix. Portsmouth, Nov. 7, 1789.
To be sold by Public Vendue, at the North Meeting-House in Portsmouth, on Monday the fourteenth day of December next, at three o'clock P. M. the following Pews in said Meeting-House for delinquent taxes.
   Number. 1784. 1785. 1786. 1787. 1788. Sum Total.   £. s. £. s. £. s. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.    3 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 0 1 16 0 9 0 0  9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 16 0 2 1 5  18 1 16 — — — — — — — — — — 1 16 0  39 1 16 — — — — — — — — — — 1 16 0  42 1 16 — — 1 16 1 16 0 1 16 0 7 4 0  48 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 0 1 4 0 6 0 0  50 — — — — 1 10 1 10 0 1 10 9 4 10 9  60 1 16 — — — — — — — — — — 1 16 0  66 — — — — — — 0 13 0 1 16 0 2 9 0  72 0 18 — — — — — — — — — — 0 18 0  80 0 12 — — 0 6 0 12 0 0 12 0 3 0 0  87 — — — — — — 0 12 0 0 12 0 1 4 0  95 — — 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 1 4 0  107 — — — — — — 0 12 0 0 12 0 1 4 0  111 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 0 12 0 3 0 0  113 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 0 12 0 3 0 0  114 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 1 10 0  114 0 6 — — — — 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 18 0  116 — — — — 0 12 0 12 0 0 12 0 1 16 0  
JOSEPH WHITE, Collector for 1784. JOSHUA PIKE, Collector for 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788. PORTSMOUTH, November 23, 1789.
IMPORTED In the last vessels from LONDON, AND TO BE SOLD At the lowest Advance, FOR CASH, BY Samuel Hill,
North of the Market:  Blankets of all sizes. * Shawls of all sizes.  Colchester & Draper Baizes. * Modes and Sarafanets.  Lamkins. * Ribbands.  Flannels. * Chintzes.  Duffs. * Callicoes.  Coatings. * Callimancoes.  Ratteens. * Tammies.  Frizes. * Durants.  Plains. * Striped and plain  Forrest Cloths. * Camblets.  Serges. * A General Assortment of plated  Kersays. * and metal Shoe  Elastic Coating. * and Knee Buck-  Superfine, midling and low priced * les.  Broad Cloths. * Plated white and  Trimmings of all sorts, suitable for do. * Bath Coat and  Corduroys. * Waistcoat Buttons.  Velvets. * Best London Pew-  Thicksets. * ter of all sorts.  Serge Denim. * Brass Warming-  Florentine. * Pans  Sattinett. * Frying-Pans.  Velvet and Jane Waistcoat shapes, * A General Assortment of Cutlery  Worsted, cotton, and thread Hose. * and Hard Ware.  Beaver, Castor & Felt Hats. * Sleigh-Bells.  Irish Linens. * Nails of all sorts.  Check do. * Brads.  Silk, Linen, and Cotton Handkerchiefs. * Brasies and Locks  for Desk.  German Steel.  Powder and Shot.  Sheet & Bar Lead. 
Also may be had at the same place, A General Assortment of West-India Goods, New-England Rum, Potash-Kettles: And a General Assortment of Iron Ware, Dye Woods and Dye Stuffs, Painters Oil and Colours, and many other articles too many to enumerate in an Advertisement. N. B. Cash and the highest prices given for Shipping Furs, Pot and Pearl Ash, Flax-Seed and Bees-Wax.
ALMANACKS FOR THE YEAR 1790:
By Wholesale and Retail, may be had at J. Melcher's Office in Congress-Street, as cheap as can be purchased in America. BLANKS of all sorts printed and sold at J. Melcher's Printing-Office, in Congress-Street, VERY CHEAP.

Parnassian Spring.
A LETTER To a Welsh Parson, from his Friend in a Lock-up-House.
MY dearest friend, Morgan, Pray tune up your organ Of spirits, and play a tune merry. I have just drank your health, With an increase of wealth, In bumpers of six years old sherry. Defying all evil, Despising the devil, And you know, as I know, he's a hum; A mere cheat, like the law, Under whose cursed claw I've been grip'd—by a rascally bum. But plaintiff's attorney, Who 'rested my journey Towards home, is honest, what wonder! Wonders more! in the house I'm lock'd up, man and spouse Good natur'd are scorching to plunder. My wife's here, not teasing, But smiling and pleasing, Converting misfortunes to blisses; And her two di'mond eyes Above India I prize, The world could not purchase her kisses. Then why should I despond, Though my body's in bond For a man would himself bind for me. Sweet friendship, true love, Sure the act will approve, And my soul, thank my God, is still free.
JUST IMPORTED FROM LONDON, AND TO BE SOLD BY Thomas Sheafe at his STORE at North-End, A fresh assortment of English Goods, —A L S O—
RUSSIA and Raven Duck, N o 4 Canvass, New and Twice lay'd Cordage of all sizes; a few Casks of ex- cellent Raisins, &c. &c. Cash given for FLAX-SEED at said Store. Portsmouth, Nov. 18.
To DANIEL BEEDE, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Strafford.
WE the subscribers being owners of more than one sixteenth part of the rights or shares of land in Eaton in said county, request you to notify and warn the proprietors of said Eaton to meet at the dwelling house of Benjamin Burley in Sandwich, in said county, on Wednesday the ninth day of December next, at ten o'clock before noon, for the following purposes, viz.—1st, To choose a moderator to govern said meet- ing:—2d, To choose a proprietors clerk:—3d, To choose a committee to settle all accounts with the proprietors of said Eaton, and treasurers:—4th, To choose a committee to preambulate the bounds of said township and to lay out in lots so much land as said proprietors shall order at said meeting:—5th, To see how much of said township they will have laid into lots:—6th, To see what further encouragement they will give to promote the settlement of said town- ship:—7th, To see if they will ratify any or all former proceedings of the said proprietors. JACOB BLASDEL, NATHANIEL WEED, HENRY WEED, Sandwich, April 13, 1789.
State of New-Hampshire, Strafford ss. REQUEST having been made as above, the proprietors of Eaton aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes above mentioned. DANIEL BEEDE, Justice Peace. Sandwich, April 13, 1789.
NEW-GRANTHAM. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non- resident owners of land in New- Grantham, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1781, 1782 and 1783, that unless they pay the same to me the sub- scriber, on or before Tuesday the 29th 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 ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said day, at the dwelling-house of Lt. Elijah Gleason in said town.
   60 acre lots 1st 100 2d 100 3d.   acres. acres.   A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d.     John Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9   James Dwyer 6 4 1 9   Capt. S. Hunt 20 9 4 6 4 1 9   Oliver Doolittle 26 9 4 6 4 1 9   Arad Hunt 17 9 4 6 4 1 9   Gad Lyman 37 9 4   T. Williams, Esq. 59 12 9   Joseph Stebbens 1 9   E. Stebbens 1 9   B. Hall, Esq. 52 9 4 6 4 1 9   E. Williams, jr. 39 12 9 40 9 4   B. Hall, jr. Esq. 35 9 4   E. Williams, Esq. 34 6 5 12 4 8 3 2 1 0   Lt. Sam'l Hunt 41 9 4 6 4 1 9   Samson Willard 1 9   D. Jones Esq. 6 4 1 9   John Hunt, jr. 6 4 1 9   Sam'l Partridge 1 9   Rufus Wells 32 12 9   Lucias Doolittle 10 9 4   Josiah Jones 58 12 9   N. Dickenson 46 12 9 3 9 4 1 9   Will'm Palfrey 1 9   Benj. Barrett 27 4 8 6 4 1 9   T. Williams, jr. 47 12 9   Elias Jones 39 12 9   J. Stoodley, Esq. 62 9 4 6 4 1 9   Abigail Hall 35 4 3 43 9 4   Moses Belding 1 9   Israel Jones 58 9 4 1 9    CHARLES SCOTT, Collector. New-Grantham, October 19, 1789.
NEW-GRANTHAM. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non- resident owners of land in New- Grantham, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, and 1784, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or be- fore Tuesday the 15th day of December next, so much of their land, as will pay the same, together with incidental char- ges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said day, at the dwelling-house of John Stevens, in said town.
   60 acre lots 1st 100 2d 100 3d.   acres. acres.   A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d.     B. Hall, Esq. 11 13 9 52 9 36 8 1 10   Lt. S. Hunt 41 9 36 8 1 8   S. Willard 1 10   D. Jones, Esq. 1 10   Amos Tute 1 10   J. Hunt, jr. 6 8 1 10   Rufus Wills 32 13 9   Bunker Gay 63 9 3   M. Belding 1 10   L. Doolittle 6 8 1 10   M. Pomroy 18 9 36 8 1 10   Josiah Jones 58 13 9 61 9 36 8 1 10   W. Palfrey 1 10   Benj. Barret 21 4 76 8 1 10   P. Lyman 64 10 0 57 6 11 4 11 1 10   S. Alexander 23 9 3   T. Wil- liams, jr. 47 13 9 29 9 36 8 1 10   Oliv. Warner 24 7 3 2 0 10   Elias Jones 39 13 9   I. Jones 58 9 3 1 10   E. Wil- liams, jr. 33 13 9 40 9 36 8 1 10   Mrs. Packer 23 10 0 6 8 1 10   John Williams 30 6 11 1 10   James Dwire 56 9 3 1 10   Capt. S. Hunt 20 9 36 8 1 10   T. Atkinson 9 13 9 32 9 36 8 1 10   Oliv. Doolittle 26 9 36 8 1 10   Arad Hunt 37 6 11 6 8 1 10   Gad Lyman 37 9 3   T. Williams 59 13 9   Elisha Hunt 6 8 1 10   J. Stodly, Esq. 25 4 83 6 1 10   J. Stebbens 30 2 4 1 10   E. Stebbens 1 10   B. Hall, jr. Esq. 35 4 83 6 1 10    PHILIP HOPKINS, Collector. New-Grantham, Nov. 9, 1789
NEW-GRANTHAM. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non- resident owners of land in New-Grantham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1785, that un- less they pay the same to me the sub- scriber, on or before Tuesday the 22d day of December next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with inci- dental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said day, at the dwelling-house of Lt. Robert Scott, in said town.
   60 acre lots 1st 100 2d 100 3d.   acres. acres.   A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d. A. s. d.     Lt. S. Hunt 0 0 0 41 5 10 0 0 0 0 0   Samson Willard 1 1   Amos Tute 1 1   Sam'l Partridge 1 1   Rufus Wills 32 7 11   Moses Belding 1 1   Lucias Doolittle 10 5 10   B. Hall, Esq. 52 5 10 4 2 1 1   Medad Pomroy 4 2 1 1   Josiah Jones 58 7 11   N. Dickenson 46 7 11 3 5 10 1 1   Will'm Palfrey 1 1   Benj. Barrett 27 2 11 4 2 1 1   T. Williams, jr. 41 7 11 29 5 10 4 2 1 1   J. Stodley, jr. 62 5 10 4 2 1 1   Abigail Hall 35 2 8 43 5 10   Israel Jones 58 5 10 1 1   E. Williams, jr. 39 7 11 40 5 10 4 2 1 1   Mrs. Packer 4 2 1 1   John Williams 1 1   Capt. S. Hunt 20 5 10 4 2 1 1   E. Williams, Esq. 34 3 11 12 2 11 2 1 0 7   Oliver Doolittle 26 5 10 4 2 1 1   Arad Hunt 17 5 10 4 2 1 1   Gad Lyman 37 5 10   T. Williams, Esq. 59 7 11   Elijah Hunt 1 1   Joseph Stebbens 1 1   E. Stebbens 1 1   B. Hall, jr. Esq. 55 5 10 4 2 1 1    WILL'M HUNTINGTON, Collect. New-Grantham, October 19, 1789.
NEW-CHESTER. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non- resident owners of land in New- Chester and Bridgewater, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay the same to me the sub- scriber, on or before Thursday the 10th day of December next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at pub- lic vendue, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day, at the dwelling-house of the sub- scriber in said town.
   N. D. Q'tys. d. s. d.     John Gorden 32 2 100 2 0 1 9   Jerem'h Colburn 28 1 90 0 9 0 8   Joshua Tolford 66 1 60 0 7 0 6   T. Wallingsford 68 1 90 0 8 0 7   63 2 100 0 4 1 2   56 3 100 1 4 1 2   78 4 100 2 0 1 9   Henery Herrin 8 3 100 1 4 1 2   J. M'M'Murphy, Esq. 61 2 100 2   52 3 100 1 8 0 0   37 4 100 1   Robert Craige 56 2 100 1 4 1 2   79 3 53 1 1 0 11   22 4 100 1 0 0 11   James Quintin 59 2 100 1 4 1 2   53 3 100 1 4 1 2   42 4 100 1 8 1 6   James Moore 65 2 100 2 0 1 9   9 3 100 2 0 1 9   Eben. Dearborn 60 3 100 1 0 0 11   James Shirley, jr. 79 2 100 1 4 0 0   32 3 100 1 8 0 0   R. M'Murphy 55 2 100 1 4 0 0   70 3 100 1 4 0 0   Grantors Farm, viz. J. Costelloe 2 0 100 1 4 1 2   Tho's Packer, 4 0 100 1 4 1 2   Christo'r Bartlett 43 3 79 1 2 1 0   Capt. J. Tolford 67 4 100 2 0 1 9   68 4 96 1 11 1 8   Four acres Mowing 0 0 0 2 8 2 4    PHINEHAS SARGENT, Collect. Newchester, October 27, 1789.
Forms of Manifests and Entries of merchandize, as requested by a late Act of Congress to be delivered at the Custom Houses in the United States, may be had at J. MELCHER's Office in Congress-Street, together with a great variety of other blanks, at the lowest cash prices.
STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. To NATHANIEL PEABODY, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in and throughout said State.
THE Subscribers being owners and Proprietors of more than one six- teenth part of the original Grantees' Shares or Rights in the Township of Bath, in the County of Grafton, in said State, request that you call a Meeting of said Proprietors, to be held at the House of Samuel Brooks, Innholder, in Haver- verhill, on the 21st day of December next, at one of the clock in the after- noon, to act and vote upon the arti- cles and matters herein after mentioned, viz.
 1st. To choose a moderator for said meeting.  2d. To choose a Proprietor's Clerk, and other necessary Officers for said propriety.  3d. To choose a Committee to receive a statement of each of the respective Proprietor's Claims, or title to the Lands in said Township, and report the same, together with their sentiments thereon, to the said Proprietors at their Meeting.  4th. To vote and determine respecting such Claims, or titles as the said proprietors may judge expedient.  5th. To determine in what manner the undivided land in said Township, shall be disposed of.  6th. To choose any other committees, and to give them Instructions for effecting the foregoing, or any other matters that may be thought proper for the benefit of said Proprietors.  7th. To raise such sum or sums of money as the proprietors may adjudge expedient, and to determine how the same shall be appropriated.  8th. To Vote and determine some method for calling a Proprietary Meeting in future, and to transact any other matters that may be thought for the good of the Proprietors. 
September 21st, 1789. JOSEPH BLANCHARD, JOHN YOUNG, ICHABOD OLMSEY, CALEB YOUNG, ROBERT M'KINLEY, JOHN SAWYER, HENRY MOORE, JESSE YOUNG, J. HARRIMAN.
STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. Rockingham ss. September 25, 1789. Agreeable to the foregoing application and request, the aforementioned Proprietors of said Township of Bath, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes aforementioned. NATHANIEL PEABODY.
PORTSMOUTH. State of New-Hampshire. AGREEABLY to an act of the Legislature passed June, 1789, for making improved lands and other real estate in certain cases liable to be sold for taxes, the subscriber hereby notifies that unless the following taxes for the town of Portsmouth, together with incidental charges be paid to him, so much of the real estate of the delinquents will be sold on Tuesday the 1st day of December next,