Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1785-04-08 00:00:00

From Doctor Price's Observations.
(CONTINUED.)
Of TRADE, BANKS, and PAPER CREDIT.
FOREIGN trade has, in some respects, the most useful tendency. By creating an intercourse between distant kingdoms, it extends benevolence, removes local prejudices, leads every man to consider himself more as a citizen of the world than of any particular State, and, consequently, checks the excesses of that Love of our Country * which has been applauded as one of the noblest, but which, really , is one of the most destructive principles in human nature.—Trade also, by enabling every country to draw from other countries conveniences and advantages which it cannot find within itself, produces among nations a sense of mutual dependence, and promotes the general improvement.—But there is no part of mankind to which these uses of trade are of less consequence than the American States . They are spread over a great continent, and make a world within themselves. The country they inhabit includes soils and climates of all sorts, producing not only every necessary , but every convenience of life. And the vast rivers and wide-spread lakes which intersect it, create such an inland communication between its different parts, as is unknown in any other region of the earth. They possess then within themselves the best means of the most profitable internal traffic, and the amplest scope for it. Why should they look much farther? What occasion can they have for being anxious about pushing foreign trade; or even about raising a great naval force?—Britain, indeed, consisting as it does of unarmed inhabitants, & threatened as it is by ambitious and powerful neighbours, cannot hope to maintain its existence long after becoming open to invasion by losing its naval superiority.—But this is not the case with the American States . They have no powerful neighbours to dread. The vast Atlantic must be crossed before they can be attacked. They are all a well-trained militia ; and the successful resistance which in their infancy and without a naval force, they have made to the invasion of the first European power , will probably discourage and prevent all future invasions. Thus singularly happy, why should they seek connexions with Europe , and expose themselves to the danger of being involved in its quarrels?—
*The love of our country is then only a noble passion when it engages us to promote the internal happiness of our country, and to defend its rights and liberties against domestic and foreign invasion, maintaining at the same time an equal regard to rights and liberties of other countries. But this has not been its most common effects. On the contrary, it has in general been nothing but a spirit of rivalry between different communities, producing contention and a thirst for conquest and dominion.—What is his country to a Russian, a Turk, a Spaniard, &c. but a spot where he enjoys no rights, and is disposed of the owners as if he was a beast? And what is his love to his country but an attachment to degradation and slavery?—What was the love of their country among the Jews but a wretched partiality for themselves and a proud contempt for other nations? Among the Romans also what was it, however great in many of its exertions, but a principle holding together a band of robbers in their attempts to crush all liberty but their own?—Christianity has wisely omitted to recommend this principle. Had it done so, it would have countenanced a vice among mankind.—It has done what is infinitely better.—It has recommended UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE.
What have they to do with its politics?—Is there any thing very important to them which they can draw from thence—except INFEC-TION?—Indeed, I tremble when I think of that rage for trade which is likely to prevail among them. It may do them infinite mischief. All nations are spreading snares for them, and courting them to a dangerous intercourse. Their best interest requires them to guard themselves by all proper means; and, particularly, by laying heavy duties on importations. But in no case will any means succeed unless aided by MANNERS . In this instance, particularly, there is reason to fear that an increasing passion for foreign frippery will render all the best regulations ineffectual. And should this happen, that simplicity of character, that manliness of spirit, that disdain of tinsel in which true dignity consists, will disappear. Effeminacy, servility and venality will enter; and liberty and virtue be swallowed up in the gulph of corruption. Such may be the course of events in the American States . Better infinitely will it be for them to consist of bodies of plain and honest farmers, rather than opulent and splendid merchants.—Where in these States do the purest manners prevail? Where do the inhabitants live most on an equality, and most at their ease? Is it not in those inland parts where agriculture gives health and plenty, and trade is scarcely known?—Where, on the contrary, are the inhabitants most selfish, luxurious, loose and vicious; and at the same time most unhappy?—Is it not along the sea coasts, and in the great towns where trade flourishes and merchants abound?—So striking is the effect of these different situations on the vigour and happiness of human life, that in the one population would languish did it receive no aid from emigrations; while in the other it increases to a degree scarcely ever before known.
But to proceed to some observations of a different nature—
The United States have, I think, particular reason to dread the following effects of foreign trade. By increasing importation to feed luxury and gratify prodigality, it will carry out their coin, and occasion the substitution of a delusive paper currency; the consequence of which will be that ideal wealth will take place of real , and their security come to depend (as the security of Britain does) on the strength & duration of a Dubble .—I am very sensible that paper credit is one of the greatest of all conveniences; but this makes it likewise one of the greatest of all temptations. A public Bank, (while it can circulate its bills) facilitates commerce, and assists the exertions of a State in proportion to its credit. But when it is not carefully restricted and watched, when its emissions exceed the coin it can command, and are carried near, the utmost length that the confidence of the public will allow; and when, in consequence of this, its permanence comes to depend on the permanence of public credulity—In these circumstances, a BANK, though it may for a time (that is, while a balance of trade too unfavourable does not occasion a run, and no events arise which produce alarms) answer all the ends of a MINE from which millions may be drawn in a minute; and by filling a kingdom with cash, render it capable of sustaining any debts, and give it a kind of OMNIPOTENCE .—In such circumstances, I say, notwithstanding these temporary advantages, a public BANK must at last prove a great calamity; and a kingdom so supported, at the very time of its greatest exertions, will be only striving more violently to increase the horror of an approaching convulsion.
The United States have already verified some of these observations, and felt in some degree the consequences to which I have alluded. They
have been carried through the war by an emission of paper which had no solid support, and which now has lost all value. It is indeed surprising that, being secured on no fund and incapable of being exchanged for coin, it should ever have obtained a currency, or answered any important purpose.
Unhappily for Britain , it has used the means of giving more stability to its paper-credit; and been enabled by it to support expences greater than any that have been yet known, and to contract a debt which now astonishes , and may hereafter produce a catastrophe that will terrify the world.—A longer duration of the late war would have brought on this catastrophe immediately.—The PEACE has put it off for the present . God grant, if still possible, that measures may be adopted which shall put it off for ever . (To be continued.)
John White,
With respect, begs leave to offer his Service to the Gentlemen and Ladies of this Town, to teach them at the Assembly-Room,
Minuet Dancing and a variety of other Dances, &c. in the genteellest Manner.
IF a knowledge of the Art, after the most approved French Taste, is a recommendation, he flatters himself he shall give general Satisfaction.
Wednesdays and Thursdays
are the Days proposed to teach on.—On Wednesday, 20th of April, he will open School. An Evening School will also be kept for an elder Class.
Should sufficient Encouragement be given, he will also teach the French and Spanish Languages.
PORTSMOUTH, April 6, 1785.
TO BE SOLD, For CASH, WEST-INDIA PRODUCE, Merchantable LUMBER or STATE- NOTES,
A valuable WATER-LOTT, adjoining the Estate of Capt. George Janverin, fronting the Street leading to the Long-Wharfe, is very advantageously situated for Stores, being in the Centre of Business at the South-End.
Enquire of the PRINTERS. PORTSMOUTH, April 5, 1785.
WANTED to CHARTER. A VESSEL, of about 40 Tons. Enquire of the PRINTERS.
A WOMAN, with a good Breast of Milk, would go in to a Family, to suckle a Child. Enquire of the Printers.

CHARLESTOWN (S. C.) Feb. 12. The 3d instant Mr. John Scyphen, of this city, a baker, and a very industrious man, together with a negro fellow and a dog, were found suffocated in his bake-house. It seems, that in order to hasten his work, he shut up the mouth of the oven a considerable time, which, when opened, the extreme heat co-operating with the confined air, was the occasion of the unfortunate accident.
N E W Y O R K, March 12.
It has been reported by ignorant or designing people, that the European Maritime Powers are averse to the American States having peace established with the Barbary States; but supposing humanity out of the case, which in this compassionate age would be admitted to a great deal, it is far from the interest of these Powers, especially Britain, as they are very sensible that whatever we acquire in trade to the South of Cape Finistère in bills or money, will go to purchase their manufactures: We can therefore only blame ourselves for not making peace with these Barbarians; disgraceful as it may seem, humanity and necessity require it, and we shall find that other powers will be ready to assist us in our treaty, which from every motive we have too long delayed.
P R O V I D E N C E, March 19.
Extract from Lloyd's list, Nov. 23, 1784.
"The Nautilus, Winter, from Newfoundland, arrived at Barcelona, was boarded off Cape St. Vincent's by an Algerine Corsair, cruising for American vessels.
W O R C E S T E R, March 17.
The election of a President for New Hampshire engrosses the attention of the good people of that State. General Sullivan has published another essay on military matters, addressed "To the Gentlemen of Family, Fortune, and Education in New-Hampshire." Their newspapers teem with his excellent qualifications, smoking from the altar of popular applause; and it appears highly probable that this worthy character will be the man of their choice.
P O R T S M O U T H, April 8.
According to a foreign print, the President General of the order of Benedictines has written a letter to the Emperor of Germany respecting the suppression of religious societies, couched in terms the most nervous, expressive, dignified and elegant. This ancient and learned body pleaded the universal use they have been of to mankind; and of whose order, they say there have been twenty Popes, two hundred Cardinals, seven hundred Archbishops, forty-one thousand five hundred Bishops, four thousand Saints, and three thousand Martyrs!
The public are cautioned against purchasing continental securities, signed John Pierce, Commissioner , as large quantities of them have been counterfeited, and are now circulating in this city. The forged ones are so executed as to deceive the sharpest eye; and were first detected by comparing them with the register's books in Philadelphia; but on a further examination, the texture of the paper where the original sum specified has been erased, and the fictitious sum inserted, is much injured, and may be discovered by drawing the thumb and finger across it, the forged ones being much thinner and smoother than the true ones.
The following shocking accident happened in December last, in the harbour of Kingston, in Jamaica: About ten o'clock at night, one Richard Page, a cooper, belonging to the ship Highfield , with several of his comrades, went down King-street, to the water side, where a boat lay ready to carry them to the ship. On their getting down to the wharf, Page swore he would not get into the boat, but would swim off; and after struggling with his companions for some time, who endeavoured to force him into the boat, actually leaped off the end of the wharf into the water, and swam towards the ship. The people instantly put off the boat; but before they had got ten yards from the wharf, heard the unhappy man call out for help, and presently they took his mangled, mutilated, bleeding carcass, into the boat. He only lived to tell them that a shark had torn him all to pieces. His bowels were cut out, his back broke, and one of his arms was stript of the flesh from the shoulder down to the elbow. A large Newfoundland dog, which followed the unhappy man into the water, was devoured by the same monster.
DIED. J. Captain John Yeaton, aged 38. At Dover, Captain Thomas Waldron, aged 64.
PORT of PISCATAQUA, April 8, 1785.
E N T E R E D. Brig Ganganelli , Stacy, from Hispaniola.  C L E A R E D. Brig Two Brothers Haggins, for West-Indies. Ship Chalkley , Stokell, Ditto. Ship Elizabeth Seaward, Bristol. Brig Hermoine , White, West-Indies.
[Cambridge.]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of Cambridge, in the County of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire, at a legal meeting held at Orford, in said County, on the 6th Day of May 1775, Voted a Tax of Six Pounds, L. M. on each Original Right in said Town, to defray the Expenses of Charter Fees, Roads, Allotments, &c. and committed the said Tax to me the Subscriber to collect, and whereas the said Proprietors have been notified thereof in the New-Hampshire Gazette , and many of them are still Delinquent: Notice is now again given them, that unless said Tax is paid me at the House of Deacon Simeon Avery, in said Orford, on or before the 15th Day of May next, so much of the delinquents Land will then be sold at said House at Public Vendue, to begin at 9 o'Clock in the Forenoon, as will pay said Tax, with incidental Charges.
The delinquent Proprietors are,
   Rev. Sam. Lock, £. Ebenezer Green £.     John Hurd, Esq. 6 Simeon Butler 6   John Turfts 6 William Divoll 6   Edward Sclade 6 Benjamin White 6   Otis Baker, Esq. 6 Theodore Moses 6   Eben. Thompson, Esq. 6 John Sprague 6   Israel Gilman, Esq. 6 Rich. C. Shannon 6   Tim. Ruggles, Esq. 6 Benjamin Grant, jr. 6   Daniel Jones, Esq. 6 Peter Grant 6   Nathaniel Rogers 6 Will. Marston, jr. 6   Jona. White, Esq. 6 James Reed, Esq. 6   Nath. Rogers, jr. 6 Thomas Carter, jr. 6   James Reed, jr. 6 Jonathan Darby 6   Frederick Reed 6 Amos Palmer 6   Giles Tiphany 6 Israel Morey, Esq. 6   Frederick Phelps 6 John Woodward 6   James Hacket 6 Ichabod Palmer 6   William Marston, 6 Samuel Phelps 6   Daniel Tillotson 6 Jonathan Child 6   Rev. Obediah Noble, 6 John Morey 6   Joel Phelps 6 Solomon Morey 6   Nathan Dewey 6 David Thompson 6   Abraham Palmer 6 William Thompson 6   Jacob Marston 6 James Homer 6   Aaron Stiles 6 Ben. Baldwin, jr. 6   Benjamin Stiles 6 Eben. Baldwin 6   Lemuel Paine 6 John Wood 6   Elisha Marsh, Esq. 6 Maj. J. Richardson 6   Jona. Sawyer 6 Simeon Olcott, Esq. 6   Joel Woodworth 6 Jotham White 6   Josiah Richardson 6 Ebenezer Swan 6   Aaron Storer 6 Samuel Moses 6  
ISRAEL MOREY, Collector.
ORFORD, April 8th, 1785.
N. B. Any Person inclining to undertake to allot out said Township, are desired to apply to Israel Morey, Esq. or Nathaniel Rogers, jun. at Orford aforesaid.
BY virtue of a licence from the Hon. Philips White, Esq. judge of Probate, &c. will be sold at publick vendue, on Monday, the 11th day of April next, at one o'clock P. M. at the house of Elizabeth Thurston, in Epping, about 21 Acres of Land, situate in said Epping; about three acres of said land is plowed for planting, and there is about five acres of meadow. Likewise will be sold a piece of very good Land, containing about three acres, with a good orchard, containing thirty apple trees, a good well and cellar stoned, fit to build a house upon, with other accommodations, upon the great road to Exeter, well situated for a trader or tradesman, being part of the estate of Samuel Thurston, late of Epping, gentleman, deceased, and is to be sold for the payment of his debts.
ELIZABETH THURSTON, Administratrix. Epping, March 17, 1785.
THE Heirs of Samuel Allen Esq. deceased, and others, claiming in right of them; having incorporated themselves into a Propriety, for the Purpose of asserting and prosecuting their Claim to the waste Lands in NEW-HAMP-SHIRE within the Mason's Patent, so called; notify those Persons who have made Improvements in their own Rights, that they may be quieted in their possessions, by applying to the Subscriber: such as wish to purchase under them, may have Lands on reasonable Terms, all Persons are cautioned against making Purchases or Improvements in right of any other Persons.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Attorney to the Heirs of Samuel Allen.
DURHAM, April 20th, 1785.
T O B E S O L D By JAMES GUPPEY, of DOVER.  300 Acres of valuable LAND, in the Town of Shapley, in the County of York, laying on Salmon-Falls River , being Timbered with Oak and Pine, and very handy to Saw-Mills; the payment shall be made convenient to any Person inclining to Purchase.
GARDEN Seeds.
To be SOLD
By Joseph Bafs,
At his Shop in PORTSMOUTH, A fine Assortment of Garden Seeds, Among which are the following,
— V I Z. —
   EARLY dwarf frame Peas.  LARGE white Scotch Cabbage for feeding Cattle,    Early golden bot- spur, Lewis's,  Early Cauliflower.    Nichol's, Master's, Charlton, Essex  Late ditto.    Reading Hotspur,  Italian Celery, so-    Long, Ormrod's,  lid, new giant.    Dwarf-Mar-  Turnip rooted dit.    rowfat's, green  True early frame    Nonpariel, large  Cucumber, short    Marrowfat, Egg Peas.  prickly, long prick- ly, green Turkey    Rose or crown, tall  ditto.    crooked sugar,  Cabbage Lettice.    dwarf, Leadman's  Hardy green, Ten-    dwarf, Spanish  niball, green Si-    Morotto, blue  licia, green Cos,    Rounceval, early  Egyptian ditto.    Mazagan Beans.  Strasburg Onion,    Lewis's, Lisbon,  Siler-skined, white    Spanish, common  Spanish, bloodreddo.    long Pods  Curl'd Parsley.    True sword, dwarf,  Red Beet.    fann, Windsor,  White ditto.    new early speckled  Marjoram.    dwarfs, early small  Thyme.    white dwarfs, yel-  Summersavory.    low, Coggashell,  Frame short top    Battersea, large  Radish.    white Dutch, ear-  True early frame    ly red speckled,  Salmon, London    black early Negro,  short top, salmon,    Battersea runners,  Sallad, white    large white, scarlet  Turnip, red, black    ditto.  Spanish ditto.    Colewort Cabbage,  Early Dutch Tur-    exceeding hardy,  nip, white stone,    dwarf ditto.  red ditto.    York, Lancashire,  Red round, green,    Dutch, sugar loaf,  yellow, white    Wickham, Lon-  round large Nor-    don hollow, large  folk, French ditto,    hollow drum, Red,  Early born Carrot,    early Battersea,  Short orange, long    green Savoy, yel-  ditto    low Savoy, Tur-  Parsnip.    nip rooted.  Mellons, curious     sorts, &c. &c.   
Likewise, green and yellow split PEAS. Portsmouth, March 3, 1785.
Strafford, Is.
WHEREAS the Proprietors and Owners of Barnstead, at a legal Meeting, held at said Barnstead, on the 24th, Day of February 1784, by adjournment; Voted to raise the Sum of Two Pence pr. Acre, on all the Lands in said Township, for the payment of Lands claimed and taken by the Proprietors of Chichester, which Sum having been duly Assessed, and a Warrant committed to me as Collector thereof, to levy and collect the same by the 10th Day of March last.
Wherefore said Proprietors are hereby Notified to pay said Tax, to me the Subscriber, at my Dwelling-House in said Barnstead, on or before the 16th Day of May next, otherwise so much of their Lands will be Advertised and Sold, as may be sufficient to pay the same Tax, with incidental Charges.
JONATHAN CHESLEY, Collector. Barnstead, April 6, 1785.

To the false Deceiver—who files himself HONESTUS.
IN perusing the NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE of the first instant, I observed a dirty scurrilous piece signed by you; and from an allusion to a piece in the news paper, in which my name, was mentioned; and by a revival of some malicious and groundless charges, made by you, or some such impertinent and caluminating fellow, about twelve months since; and which I fully answered at the time; I find that you, (having suddenly concluded that I was the author of some queries which lately appeared in the NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE) have drawn your bow at a venture, and poured forth against me, a full discharge of your malicious artillery.
I am by no means answerable for pieces wrote in my favor; or for the language which writers make use of in any case; nor can I suppose you serious when you say that an author's offering to put his name to charges which he makes and publishes, savors of vanity; on the contrary, I have ever supposed it a mark of sincerity; and complete evidence that the writer disdains to make insinuations which he cannot prove.—And whatever may be your sentiments, I know that the world in general, will set him down as a low scandalous caluminator, who will make and publish insinuations against another without evidence, and without daring to put his name to them when called upon.
When those queries appeared, if Candidus, the candidate, or yourself could deny them, why did you evade?—Was it not easier to deny the charges, and call for the proof, than to take so much pains to avoid coming to the point?
But since you have drawn me into the field, although I have not the vanity to suppose that my name can possibly add weight to charges without proof; I must under my own signature tell you, that when I saw those queries I knew that your friend and his adherents, would avoid a direct answer to them; because guilt will admit of no effectual defence.
If you set me down as the author of those queries; you deceive yourself exceedingly when you suppose that I am about to retreat; that I have exhausted the store of missile weapons which might successfully be hurled against your favorite; or that I cannot yet advance without danger from you or him.
I have the proceedings of the town-meeting held at Portsmouth, in December 1773, attested by John Penhallow, town-clerk, with your friend's name thereto, as a protest against the proceedings; (he being the only private person that entered a dissent, the other four being then officers of the British crown.) The records of Portsmouth will prove this, or if you or he require it; I will publish the whole proceedings of the meeting.
If this is not sufficient to prove that he was in heart a friend to Britain, and an enemy to American measures, previous to his going to England, I now tell you that in April, 1775, he threatened a worthy gentleman, who led a hundred and eighteen men from Exeter to assist our brethren at the battle of Lexington, that he would be hanged for taking up arms against his king; if any gentleman will take the trouble to enquire who led the Exeter company at that time, and ask him, he will readily find whether this charge is true or false.
The letter of Doctor Lee alluded to in the queries, is on the files of Congress; and if any persons doubt this, the honorable Judge Bartlett, who was in Congress when it arrived, can satisfy them.
As to Mr. Barrel's letter, I have not only seen the copy of it, and heard it read in public at Dover, but can produce the man who took the copy from the original, and will publish it at large, if either you or he request it.
The facts of his landing in a British garrison, near a year after independency was declared;—his miraculous escape from New-York;—and if his own relation is to be credited, his breach of parole, the most sacred of all obligations, are too obvious to want evidence.
Perhaps I may not know the reasons for the author of the queries keeping those charges so long concealed; but as you seem to charge me with neglect; and will set me down as the author of them, my excuse is, that I was in the army when your friend and favorite returned—knew nothing of the politics of New-Hampshire—and was exceedingly surprized to hear that he so soon crept into public business; and fully and publicly expressed my sentiments on the subject at my return from the army; and have ever since uniformly declared the same sentiments:—This your friend well knows, and this has filled him with the most inveterate rancour against me; which he may either retain in his bosom, or discharge in any manner he may think proper.
The reason (as I suppose) of the querist forbearing to mention the whole purport of Mr. Barrel's letter was because he did not wish to blend your friend's moral conduct with his political proceedings; and the letter was not confined to the latter: however, if it will be any satisfaction to you or him, and you will request it, you shall see it at large in the public prints.
Now Sir, having by you been forced into the place of the querist, and opened to the public the proper channels to determine whether the insinuations against your friend are groundless or not; and to prove their authenticity, and oblige you; have not done it by "queries, or if so's," but positively affirmed them, and mentioned the proofs: I now in my turn call upon you, whatever may be your real name, to act with the same openness; and challenge you—the false beneficus , the uncandid candidus , and the whole world to produce even the shadow of evidence of my having received a gratuity for services I never performed, by or through the representations of myself, or any other person; that I ever received a bribe or neglected my duty in a single instance; or that I ever put any weight in the British scale that did or could have operated against us in the treaty of peace; or that I ever laid or did a single thing in favour of Britain, from the commencement of the contest, to the conclusion of the peace.
As I am sensible that my political conduct cannot be wounded by the darts of malice, I promise that any accusations which may be made against me, by you or any other person, shall not be the subject of any other mode of decision but the judgment and opinions of the public upon a fair discussion of any charge which your malice may suggest; and if you prove even the smallest deviation from the American interest, I wish for no favor from my country: But if you will not, or rather cannot, produce even the colour of evidence to support one of your malicious insinuations; the printers and the public must set you down as a false, deceitful caluminator; and you must expect to be considered as a lying, malicious, dirty paltron by
JOHN SULLIVAN. DURHAM, April 4, 1785.
The FEMALE WARRIOR.
AT the siege of Namur by king William, an ensign, called Robert Cornelius, was observed to shew more than common bravery. This person, after having received several wounds being carried to be dressed by the surgeons, was discovered to be a woman. The novelty was so great and so surprising to many in the army, who had seen her bravery on that and other occasions, that it soon came to the king's ear, who had the curiosity to see so extraordinary a warrior. The account she gave for herself was very particular: she affirmed that she was born of Dutch parents, who, to prevent the loss of a small annuity, which they were to enjoy on the birth of a male child, had caused her to be christened as a boy, and bred her up as such to an advanced age, before they thought fit to intrust even herself with the secret. Among other diversions, suitable to her supposed sex, she had learnt to beat a drum, and at last listed herself as a soldier. This adventurous female, who began, it seems, with taking a fancy to that instrument of noise, was soon after made a serjeant, and after that an ensign. She had been in many actions, undiscovered, as she said till this occasion. After the peace of Ryswick, she had a pension given her in England; she was at that time married to one of her comrades, and lived with her husband in Chelsea college.
William Brewster, Proposes to open a Livery Stable, Where any Gentlemen may have their HORSES
Kept in the best Manner, and constant Attendance given, and good Care taken of them; having good Hostlers, who understand the Business; and will be afforded at a reasonable Rate. Any Gentlemen, inclining to put their Horses out, may apply to said
BREWSTER'S Tavern.— Portsmouth, April 7, 1785.
Francis Borland, At his Shop, opposite the Market, —PORTSMOUTH— Has for SALE, A large Assortment of Drugs & Medicines Of the first Quality, —ALSO— A great Variety of Genuine Patent Medicines.
The Best of Hyson and Bohea Tea.   Cinnamon.  Coffee.  Raisins.    Cloves.  Rice.  Currants.    Mace.  Capers.  Figgs.    Nutmegs.  Olives.  Prunes.    Pepper.  Anchovies.  Oatmeal.    Allspice.  Sweet Oil.  Almonds.    Ginger.  Indigo.  Dye-Stuffs;     &c. &c. &c.   
** Loaf and Brown Sugar by the Hundred, or smaller Quantity.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[Hillsborough.]
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident Owners of Land, in Hillsborough, who have not paid their Taxes for the year 1784, that so much of their Lands will be sold at Public Vendue on Thursday, the 28th day of April next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Andrew Bradford, Inholder, in said Town, as will pay the Taxes, with incidental Charges, unless prevented by previous Payment.
   State. War. County   f. s. d. f. s. d. f. s. d.     Blanchard & Co. No. 5 in N. 29, 2 10 0 8 1 2   Jonathan Odiorne, N. 6 in N. 29, 2 10 0 8 2   Asa Hart, 34 acres, 1 3   Widow March, 2d Div. N. 31, 53, 54, 3d div. N. 10 1/2 15, 21, 45, west end, N. 16, 1 14 11 8 9 1 2   Garvin Brown, 3d div. N. 24, 44, 90 acres, 16 10 4 2 7   Joshua Henthaw, 1 div. N. 16, 2 div. N. 12 45, 16. 3d. div. N. 4, 11, 17, 39, east end, N. 46, 1 11 7 9 1   John Ford, 60 acres, 1 8 5 1   Robert Means, 140 acres, 4 1 2   Widow Lewis, 50 acres, 1 5 4 1   Abram Cochran's heir, 50 acres, 1 5 4 1   Daniel Mc Mellen, 2d N. 44, 100 acres, 2 10 8 2   John Carlson's heirs, 70 acres, 2 6 1   Oliver Peabody, 140 acres, 4 1 1 2   Samuel Dodge, south part 2d div. N. 8 50 ac. 1 5 4 1   Sam. & James Carter, 130 acres, 3 8 11 2   William Alld, 2d div. N. 22, 1 5 4 1   Jonathan Putnam, so. part 3d div. N. 22, 83 acres, 2 5 7 2   Graves and Upton, 200 acres, 5 8 1 5 3   Silas Barker, 3d div. no. part N. 37, 40, 3 11 1 2   Widow Nick, 3 4 10 2   John Chauncey, 40 acres, 1 1 3 2   Paul Coolidge, 530, 6 6 1 7 2   Lemuel Jones, west end, 3d div. N. 5. 130 acres, 4 2 1 2   Samuel Bradford, jun. 11 5 2 10 3   Nathan Taylor, N. 17, 44 acres, 1 3 4 1   Jonathan Taylor, west part, 3d div. N. 36, 50 acres, 1 5 4 1  
JAMES TAGGERT, Constable. HILLSBOROUGH, March 18, 1785.
BLANKS of most Sorts may be had at this Printing-Office and at the Printing-Office, Exeter.

POET'S CORNER.
The neglected MAID'S Lamentation.
P OOR Cloe lives pensive, cast down & dejected, Because she's so slighted, & so much neglected. "O tell me the reason! O pray tell me why The Widows get sweet-hearts and I am pass'd by! They leave me at home, & they treat me with scorn; And I am unpity'd! forsaken! forlorn! The Widows all welcom'd, respected, caress'd, They're sweetly saluted—their bosoms are press'd! Each heart is transported, with joy how it jumps! Whilst here I sit moping alone in the dumps, I've made use of all methods! I've try'd every thing, On purpose myself into favour to bring; But all prove abortive, for when I have done, Of sweet-hearts, I never—O never! get one: Myself with fine cloathing on Sunday I rig; And trim up my carcass so neat and so trigg: I put my fine shoes on, and fine yellow gown, And equally dress from my toe to my crown. With meal-dust and tallow I trim up my hair, And spangle with ribbons so neat and so rare: The green and the yellow, the white and the red, Are fix'd in due order, and pinn'd on my head. With jewels my ears do I likewise adorn, The finest and dearest that ever were worn. I go to my glass and there fix on my tucker; And cock up my mouth in its Sabbath-day's pucker: And then having fix'd up my person so neat, (ker: I walk as genteelly to church thro' the street. My mother she always does give me this charge, To be careful and see that I step not too large; I keep her directions and constantly mind, (hind. That my heels do not kick up my gown-tail behind: When at church, my fine rings to advantage to My fingers I hold by the side of my face; (place; I try to my utmost, I do all I can, To dazzle the eyes of some silly young man. I torture my body with whalebone and wood, To make me look slender, in misery I've stood; So tight I go girded that oft times I swoon, And am always glad when the parson has done. And then I trip home as genteel as before, But am still unsuccessful, and still must deplore! 'Tis the want of a husband that makes me com- O can you tell Cloe how one she may gain? (plain;
A N S W E R.
Poor Cloe! you own it has been your whole study, To dress, to trim up, to embellish your body. When once you've as richly adorned your mind, I doubt not but quickly a husband you'll find.
State of New-Hampshire.
By his EXCELLENCY
MESHECH WEARE, Esq.
President of said State.
A PROCLAMATION.
W HEREAS in and by the present Constitution of Government, it is ordered and directed, that all civil and military officers holding commissions under the Government and People of NEW-HAMPSHIRE, and other officers of the said Government and People, at the time of said Constitutions taking effect, shall hold, exercise and enjoy all the powers and authorities to them granted and committed until other persons shall be appointed in their stead; and whereas commissions have lately issued appointing officers in the several departments aforesaid; therefore all officers acting under the commissions of the said Government and People, are hereby notified that said commissions cease and are of no effect; the Naval-Officer of said state excepted.
GIVEN under my hand at the Council Chamber in Hampton-falls, this twenty-fifth of March, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, the ninth.
With Advice of Council.
M. WEARE.
By his Excellency's command, E. THOMPSON, Sec'y.
TO BE SOLD.
A genteel Chaise, Whiskey and Sulkey, with Harnesses.—Inquire of WILLIAM SOWERSBY, chaise-trimmer and harness-maker, next door to Mr. Noah Parker's Portsmouth.
LANDS
On, and near LAKE OTSEGO, in Tryon County, State of New-York.
T HE Subscriber, owner of 27,000 acres of excellent LAND, which lay on the above Lake, and on Oaks and Fly-Creeks, as well as more westerly in the same patent; hereby gives notice to farmers and others, residing in the States of New-York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New-Hampshire, that he, or his agent will attend at the South end of the Lake from the 10th to the 30th of May, for the express purpose of selling the whole tract together, or to subdivide it into lots from 300 to 400 acres, as may best accommodate purchasers. The price for it, in the aggregate, or lesser proportions, will be then made public: In the mean time, he makes known, that the payments he shall require, will be one third down in Spanish milled dollars, and the remainder (also in Spanish dollars) in three equal annual payments, with interest: but if more eligible to farmers, one half to be prompt payment, and the residue, on interest, in five equal annual sums: and on the whole being paid, a full, clear and absolute title shall be given.
To describe the fertility of soil, its proximity the Albany river, to Springfield , Cherry Valley , the German Flatts , and to Schenectady ; or the advantages derivable from its situation on, and near the Susquehannab , would be equally tedious and unnecessary, because they are generally known to the inhabitants of the Eastern States. It is however incumbent on me to caution all men from confiding in any person or persons in Tryon County , who either ignorantly, or illusively, have assumed to be vested with a power of attorney from me to sell these, or any other lands of mine in the State of New-York , at a less price than I affixed in my letters: For in strict truth, no such power hath ever been granted; nor will any pretended sale (inasmuch as I have never been made acquainted therewith, if any hath been made) be sanctioned or confirmed by
J. WHARTON.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 1785.
ROCKINGHAM ss. Portsmouth, March 17.
W E the Subscribers, appointed Commissioners by the Honorable Judge of Probate for said County, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Mr. DANIEL SHERBURNE, late of Portsmouth, in said County, Merchant, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that we shall attend for that Business on the third Monday of this and the five following Months, from 10 to 12 o'Clock, A. M. at the House of Mr. WILLIAM BREWSTER, Inholder in Portsmouth.
DANIEL RINDGE, } Commissioners. NAT. SPARHAWK, } RICHARD HART. }
W HEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of Dartmouth, in the County of Grafton, have been legally notified, to pay their Proprietary Taxes—which several of them have hitherto neglected,—This is therefore to notify the delinquents, owners of the undermentioned original Proprietors Rights—that their said Rights, or so much of them as will discharge their said arrearages with incidental charges, will be sold at Public Vendue at the House of Mr. William Brewster, Inholder in Portsmouth, on Tuesday 31st day of May next, at three o'Clock P. M. unless prevented by payment to the subscriber, at Portsmouth, before that time. The Original Right of Ichabod Fisher £7, 17 o. ditt. of Thomas Mucdonough £5, 8 o. ditt. of Thomas Brown £5, 8 o. ditt. of Joseph Lord £7, 17 o. ditt. of Augustus Losage £5, 8 o. ditt. of Stephen Holland £5, 8 o. ditt. of Will. Reeve £5, 8 o. ditt. of John Church £7, 17 o.
J. WHIPPLE, Collector.
Portsmouth, March 10, 1785.
COFFEE
By the Cask, Hundred, or smaller Quantity,
To be sold CHEAP for CASH by
John Sparhawk.
[Warren.]
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident Owners of Land in WARREN, who have not paid their Taxes for the Year 1784, that so much of their Land will be sold at Public Vendue, on Thursday the 28th Day of April next, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon, at my House in said Town, as will pay the Taxes and Charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   D. £. s. d.     Jonathan Greely, Esq. 1 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Joseph Blanchard, 1 0 2 11   Abraham Morrell, (undivided) 0 2 11   James Graves, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Daniel Page, 1 0 2 11   James Nevin, 1 0 2 11   2 0 0 4   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Abel Davis, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Thomas Peirce, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Samuel Page, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Moses Page, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Capt. Nathaniel Currier, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Moses Greely, 1 0 2 11    2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   John Page, jun. 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Ephraim Page, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Silas Newell, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Phillip Tilton, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Andrew Greely, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Samuel Dudley, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   John Batchelder, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Enoch Chase, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   David Morrell, 1 0 2 11   2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Benjamin Clough, 2 0 2 11   Undivided, 1 0 2 11   Joseph Tilton, (undivided) 1 0 2 11  
WILLIAM BUTLER, Constable.
WARREN, March 10, 1785.
F OUND in this Town on the 25th ult. a CONTINENTAL NOTE, of considerable Value; the Owner, proving his Property, and paying Charges, may have the same, by applying to the Printers.
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident Owners of Land, in Epsom, who have not paid their Taxes for the Year 1783, that so much of their Lands will be sold at Public Vendue, on Tuesday the 19th day of April next, at Ten of the Clock A. M. at the house of Elizabeth Mc Clary in said Epsom, as will pay the Taxes, with incidental Charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
The Taxes are as follows.
   No. Range. £. s. d.     John Brackett, 24 1 4 8   Thomas Rand, 25 0 4 8   Allice Clark, 26 0 3 8   Walter Philbrick, 27 0 4 9   Samuel Wallis, 30 0 10 3   Benjamin Nudd, 32 0 10 10   John Donovan, 37 0 3 3   Penuel Chapman, 10 2 3 8   Walter Bryant, 10 0 4 8   Samuel Brackett, 66 1 4 9   Thomas Drake, 117 & 118 1 15 0   Samuel Jennens, 7 1 ran. 2 div. 0 8   Samuel White's Land in Epsom, 0 15  
JOSEPH SHERBURNE, } Collectors. Moses Osgood, } Epsom, March 25, 1785.
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