The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1788-04-23 00:00:00

Mr. Isaiah Thomas printer Worcester
New-Hampshire Gazette and the General Advertiser.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed and published by JOHN MELCHER, in Market-Street.
AN ACT
Passed January 12th 1787,
To vest in Benjamin Dearborn, the exclusive right of making and vending certain Engines and Scales for fourteen years.
WHEREAS Benjamin Dearborn, of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, and State of New-Hampshire, printer, hath petitioned the General Court, setting forth, that he hath at much expense of time and money, invented and constructed a Hand Engine, for throwing water; and that he has also made and constructed a Balance or Scales, on a new plan; wherefore, he prayed that the patent might be granted to him, his heirs and assigns, for the exclusive right of making and vending said Engines and Scales, with any improvements he might make thereon. The prayer of said petition, after a full hearing, appeared reasonable; and it being for the interest of the state to encourage the inventing and constructing of new, more convenient, and less expensive instruments for the different purposes of life:
BE it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, in GENERAL-COURT convened, That the said Benjamin Dearborn, his heirs and assigns, be and hereby are vested with exclusive right of making and vending Scales upon the construction by him made and shown to the Court; and of making and vending his new constructed Hand Engine for throwing water, and other Engines upon the same principles, with one or more barrels, and with or without condensed air or suction, with any improvements which he may make upon said Scales or Engines, for the term of fourteen years from and after the passing of this Act. That the Scales shall not exceed in price the sum of eight pounds, nor the Hand-Engine with one barrel, the sum of six pounds in gold or silver, or equivalent in other articles.
And the more effectually to secure to the said Dearborn, the right thus vested, no Scales of the like construction, nor Engine of any size, with one or more barrels, upon the same principles with that shown to the Court, shall be used in this State for the term aforesaid, without a Seal or stamp affixed or imprinted by the said Dearborn, his heirs or assigns on the same, under the penalty and forfeiture of ten pounds. And if any person or persons, shall counterfeit the said seal or stamp, or affix or imprint a counterfeit on said Scales or Engines, he or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds. And all and every other person, but the said Benjamin Dearborn, his heirs and assigns, is hereby prohibited from making or vending within this State, for the term aforesaid, any part or parts of Scales upon similar construction, and of Engines upon the same principles with those before mentioned under the same penalty or forfeiture.
And whereas by an Act of this State passed in June 1786, the exclusive right of making and vending new constructed Printing-Presses, was granted to the said Dearborn, his heirs and assigns for the term of twenty-one years; the more effectually to carry the intent of said Act into execution.
Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said new constructed Printing-Presses which shall be made after the passing of this Act, within the time specified in the Act passed as aforesaid, shall have a Seal or Stamp affixed or imprinted by the said Dearborn, his heirs or assigns, on the same; and if any person shall make use of said new con-
structed Printing-Presses without seal or stamp as aforesaid, or shall counterfeit the same, within said term, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten pounds. The said forfeitures and penalties to be recovered by action or debt, in any court proper to try the same, by the said Dearborn, his heirs or assigns, to his or their use respectively.
And be it further enacted, That the said Dearborn, within one month from the passing this Act, shall lodge in the Secretary's Office, a model of each of the Machines aforesaid, or a draught of each of them, with a full description of them, and the principles upon which they are constructed.
From the VIRGINIA HERALD.
The NEW LITANY.
FROM all evil and mischievous members of the State Legislature, from the sin of ingratitude, from the powers of ex post facto laws, and from everlasting condemnation, Spare us, good Lord.
From such laws as do discriminate in favour of sheriffs and others who are in arrears for taxes; from all pompous and inaccurate statements of the public debt, and from such statements as may tend to soothe and flatter the people into a willingness to remain in their present state, rather than to adopt the new government, Good Lord, deliver us.
From intestine war; from the assemblies of such clubs as are gathered to oppose the new Constitution; and from the rage of those who burn with choler, as knowing their consequence will be lessened by the adoption thereof. Good Lord, deliver us.
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord; That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true knowledge of thy ways, the servants WASHINGTON, RANDOLPH and MADISON, and all that are put in authority under them, and to enable them to be instrumental in promoting such wise government as may best tend to the peace and happiness of all thy people.
We beseech thee to bear us, good Lord; That it may please thee to incline the hearts of thy people to adopt the new Federal Constitution; to endow the President thereof, the Vice-President, Senators and House of Representatives, with grace, wisdom and understanding, to make and execute such laws as will best tend to secure to thy people, the blessings of liberty, peace and concord in these States, and that they may so far retrieve their lost credit, that they no longer be a reproach and hissing among the nations of the earth.
We beseech thee to bear us, good Lord; That it may please thee to shield us from the rage of malicious and disappointed men, and to strengthen us in the principles of the Federal Constitution, so as to enable us to triumph over all the enemies thereof, that so hereafter we may attain to a government which will have such energy and stability as will be adequate to the exigencies of the union.
We beseech thee to bear us, good Lord; That it may please thee to save from anarchy all thy people. A M E N.
On the ADVANTAGES of a DIVISION of LABOUR.
(From SMITH'S Wealth of Nations.)
THE effects of the division of labour, in the general business of society, will be more easily understood by considering in what manner it operates in some particular manufactures.
To take an example, therefore, from
a very trifling manufacture, but one in which the division of labour has been very often taken notice of, the trade of a pin-maker: A workman not educated in this business (which the division of labour has rendered a distinct trade) nor acquainted with the machinery employed in it (to the invention of which the same division of labour has probably given occasion) could scarce perhaps with his utmost industry make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty. But in the way in which this business is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, the greater part of which are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it to a top for receiving the head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another; is even a trade to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin, is in this manner divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the necessary machinery, they could, when they exerted themselves, make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins. Each person, therefore, making a tenth part of forty-eight thousand pins, might be considered as making four thousand eight hundred pins in a day. But if they had all wrought separately and independently, and without any of them having been educated to this peculiar business, they certainly could not each of them have made twenty, perhaps not one pin in a day; that, is certainly, not the two hundred and fortieth, perhaps not the four thousand and eight hundredth part of what they are at present capable of performing, in consequence of a proper division and combination of their different operations.
filtrate and express the mass, preserving the liquor in wooden vessels. A second quantity of liquor poured on these ingredients, and stirred for some days as before, will yield an inferior kind of soy.—We received this account from an ingenious and curious gentleman long resident in India, for the mere purpose of philosophic investigation.
THOUGHTS ON RELIGION.
EVERY man seeks for truth, but God only knows who has found it. It is unjust to persecute, and absurd to ridicule people for their several opinions, which they cannot help entertaining upon the conviction of their reason. It is he who acts or tells a lie that is guilty, not he who honestly believes the lie. The object of all public worship in the world is the same, it is that great Eternal Being who created every thing. The different manners of worship are by no means subjects of ridicule, each thinks his own best, and I know no infallible judge in this world to decide which is the best. VERAX.
L O N D O N, December 14.
According to letters from New-York, the Congress are engaged in making a treaty on a very broad basis with the Court of Madrid; it being not only of a commercial kind, but of the same kind as that with France, offensive and defensive; and it was expected that it would be signed in less than six months. They are also negotiating treaties with England, Portugal, Naples and Venice.
Of FRANCE and ENGLAND.
The population of France is upwards of twenty-four millions, and is more than double that of Great-Britain and Ireland; besides which France recruits more soldiers in Switzerland than England does in Scotland and Ireland.
The revenues of France are twenty-four millions sterl. The revenues of England are fifteen millions and an half. The taxes per head in France are twenty shillings sterl.; the taxes per head in England are two pounds four shillings and two-pence. The national debt in France, including the life annuities (which are two-fifths of the whole debt, and annually expiring) at eleven years purchase, is one hundred and forty-two millions sterl.—The national debt of England, the whole of which is on perpetual interest, is two hundred and forty-five millions.
The national debt of France, contains a power of annihilating itself without any new taxes for that purpose; because it needs no more, than to apply the life annuities as they expire, to the purchase of the other three-fifths, which are on perpetual interest: But the national debt of England has not this advantage, and therefore the million a year, that is to be applied towards reducing it, is so much additional tax upon the people, over and above the current service.
Jan. 5. The plan that is given out for providing for the expense of the late armaments, is in reality no other than the American plan of paper money, and it is very probable that the minister has received it from some American refugee.
The plan given out is, that the minister is to borrow the money of the bank.—Here is the delusion. The name of money covers the deception. For the case is, that the bank do not lend the real money, but it issues out an emission of bank paper, and the presumption is,
S O Y.
Many of our readers may perhaps not be displeased to know the method of making the celebrated Eastern pickle, known by the name of Soy.—It is prepared from the kidney-bean of India. To a quantity of these beans, boiled to a certain degree of softness, they add an equal quantity of pounded barley, or rather wheat; and having properly mixed them, cover up the mass for a day and a night, in order to ferment; having then put the whole into a pot, they cover it with salt, pouring over it a proper quantity of water.
This compound they stir carefully at least once a day, but if twice or thrice the better, for two or three months, at the end of which time they

that there will be no run upon the bank in consequence of such an extraordinary emission, but if there should, no man can be at a loss in foreseeing the issue.
There are those who remember that on a former run, the bank was obliged to prolong the time by paying shillings and six-pences, and it is universally credited that a quantity of silver is now preserved in the bank for the same purpose; but the device, to every person of reflection, shews that the capital is not equal to the demands and that the Chapter of Accidents is part of the Bible of the Bank.
The delusion of paper riches is working as rapidly in England as it did in America. A young and inexperienced Minister, like a young and inexperienced Congress, may suppose that he sees mines of wealth in a printing-press, and that a nation cannot be exhausted where there is paper and ink enough, to print paper money. Every new emission, until the delusion bursts, will appear to the nation an increase of wealth. Every merchant's coffers will appear a treasury, and he will swell with paper riches until he becomes a bankrupt.
BERMUDA, January 26.
This week failed the Turk's Island fleet, consisting of 10 sail, with about 700 passengers, saltmakers. The time of laying out the salt-ponds is the 10th of February, on which day all concerned are obliged to be present.
LITCHFIELD, March 31.
One day last week the wife of Mr. Gideon Hollibut, of Goshen, was delivered of three fine female children, each weighing about 7lb. both mother and infants are in a prosperous way.
Progress of NATIONAL INFAMY!
NEWPORT, April 10.
History of the Proceedings of the sixth Session of the General Assembly of this State, in the second year of our present administration, held at East-Greenwich on the last Monday of March last.
The history of our government for two years past, is the history of a PAPER MONEY SYSTEM , as all our measures have been subservient to it.—We have therefore conceived it our duty, to continue an impartial detail of the progress of this system, not with a view of familiarizing injustice, nor with an intent of immortalizing the patrons of it, but to guard our fellow-citizens from artful misrepresentations, and to arouse them from the apathy of past delusions to a sense of our common danger, trusting that we may thereby revive the dormant virtues in this State, and that our deviations from justice and honour may prove a salutary monitor to others.
WEDNESDAY, A. M. Both Houses were formed and proceeded on the business of the session.
A committee was appointed to examine and count the votes returned upon the proposed Constitution for the United States; who reported "that there were 288 Yeas, and 2580 Nays, the whole number being 2868"—from whence it appeared that not one half of the freemen had voted, there being upwards of 7000 free citizens in the State, and therefore it could be no vote—the report was however received, and a letter was drafted agreeably to order and subscribed by the Governor, transmitting this vote to Congress as the determination of this State upon the Constitution, also stating the reasons for adopting a mode, different from that recommended by the general Convention.—As a palliation of this irregular procedure, it was conceded in this letter that there was a deficiency in the Confederation, and a willingness expressed to grant unto Congress unlimited power for the regulation of commerce, collecting impost, excise, &c.
A motion was made by Mr. Marchant, (of Newport) "that a Convention of this State be called, agreeably to the recommendation of the general Convention and of Congress, to deliberate upon the proposed Constitution,"—but it was rejected by a majority of 27.
A motion was made from the opposite quarter of the House, by John Sayler, Esq. of Smithfield, "That the House should proceed to appoint a committee of our BEST MEN to frame a Constitution for the United States, and transmit the same to
Congress"—but it was not attended to—the majority felt the keen sting of merited ridicule, by this indiscreet motion of their staunch friend—they were doubtless never more convinced of the utility of nocturnal Conventions, to organize the proceedings of the ensuing day.
The Committee of the Society of Friends, prayed that the consideration of their memorial for the repeal of the tender and limitation acts, might be referred to May sessions; but the sense of the House was for acting on it immediately, as while pending, they said it tended to depreciate the currency. Upon the question for the repeal of the tender of paper-money at par, it was rejected by the usual majority—the limitation act was repealed.
A petition was presented from a maiden lady between 80 and 90 years old, praying for a repayment of a sum of money that she loaned to the State 30 years past; but an equivalent in value was refused.
An act passed limiting the payment of the third quarter part of the six per cent. state notes to the 10th of May current, when a forfeiture should be incurred if the paper money was not taken by the holders of them.
Saturday evening when the House was very thin, the petitions and instructions from Newport and Providence, praying that a Convention might be appointed, and the memorial from the Society of Friends for the repeal of the tender and limitation acts, were ordered to be thrown off the table.
NEW-YORK, March 28.
We hear from France, that a certain Mr. Fremient has discovered the means of continuing under water for the space of almost two hours, and that he can bring from the bottom any weight which is in proportion to his strength. The principal object of a machine which he has constructed, is to give assistance to those who are in danger of being drowned; many experiments have been already made with success at Brest and Toulon. A grand one is to be made next May at Paris between the Pont Neuf and the Pont Royal; a floating piece of cork ascertains the particular place where the diver himself is. He talks of instituting an Academy, for the purpose of giving instructions in the art of diving, and to teach the use of the machine above-mentioned without the smallest degree of danger.
The laudable exertions of the people of Kentucky to organize their government, seconded by the magnanimous conduct of the Virginians, who have generously relinquished their jurisdiction over them, bid fair to transmute that late dreary wilderness into a fair republic.
MEDITATIONS of CASSIM the son of AHMED.
WHILE I was losing myself in inquiries into the mysteries of Nature, I saw a man seated at the head of a mountain, who looked down upon me, and with a voice full of majesty called me to him. Cassim, (said he) draw near—be attentive to what I utter. Cease to perplex thy mind with the unsearchable mysteries of our world—know thus much: I am a Genius, my name is Secrets, the place of my abode is remote and hidden—joy dwells there, and darkness intercepts the light of it—silence shall cover, death shall lay open the gates of it. Assure thyself thou son of Ahmed, that the unembodied souls among us are perfectly holy and happy, far beyond thy glimmering conception. What avails it thee to know how they converse, what they see, where they dwell? Cease thy curiosity, and calm thy mind.—Wouldst thou know what we do there, and be acquainted with our enjoyments? love thy Maker, converse with thy own heart and delight in doing good. For the time hastens in which we shall receive our bodies—for the dust shall be quickened, and the souls be re-united—that which now lies in the grave, stiff and pale, hastening to clay and ashes, shall revive and brighten, shall fly away, beauteous as the morning, vigorous as the light, unfading and immortal. Make no inquiry how this shall be, but go to the looms of Persia, and
they shall instruct thee. Dost thou not observe the little shining worm that spins thy garments? Lo! he sets thee an example, and inspires thy hopes—he glorifies his maker. He winds his silken nest for the good of others, and retires inwards—having done his work he dies—being dead he rises again. You have often seen that useful insect expire, and his skin wither and dry away and yet even that dry skin become a prolific egg, and new life spring in that little monument of death. You have beheld the dead silkworm revive into a butterfly, the most beautiful and curious of all that splendid race of insects.
Thus, O Cassim, shall the bodies of good men be raised, thus shall they shine, and thus fly away. Cease then thy inquiries—learn to live, and long to die—prepare for our world, and get your work done quickly.
From a LONDON MAGAZINE.
A MELANCHOLY FACT.
YE who love Anecdotes read the following beautiful lines:—When ye have read them, you shall know to whom they appertain.
To Miss L——.
Sweet echo! vocal nymph, whose mimic tongue Return'd the music of my Delia's song; Oh! still repeat the soft enchanting lay, That gently steals the ravisht soul away! Shall sounds like these in circling air be lost? And in the stream of vulgar noises lost? Ye guardian sylphs, who listen while she sings, Bear the sweet accents on your rosy wings; With studious care the fading notes retain, Nor let that tuneful breath be spent in vain?
Yet if too soon the transient pleasures fly, A charm more lasting shall their loss supply, While Harmony, with each attractive grace, Plays in the fair proportion of her face, Where each soft air, engaging and serene, Beats measure to the well-tun'd mind within: Alike her singing and her silence move, Whose voice is music, and whose looks are love.
This little morceau was published two or three years ago in the newspapers, we will not say by Mr. Tickell, but in his name; and his wife was said to be the subject. As she had been a public finger on the stage (as well as her sister, Mrs. Sheridan) and as Mr. Tickell had taken her from it, the lines were extremely to the purpose, and they were swallowed by the public as his. But they are to be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for November, so far back as the year 1740—many years before most of us were in existence.—They were inscribed to Miss L. most luckily for those who wished to give the reputation of them to the husband of Miss Linley. But the fair, the unhappy object of them was called Miss Lynch; not a public finger, but of a genteel family in an eastern county.
"But why unhappy, sir?"—Listen to the story—Miss Lynch with all that loveliness, all that sweetness, all that harmony, described in those verses, had many opportunities of marriage; but her heart was devoted, and she reserved her hand to bestow with it. The person thus honored by her partiality was then in a learned profession—he is so still; but so high—so very high! that it becomes not us to direct the finger of censure towards him. He was then a young man, and susceptible of the fascination to which the gloomiest characters, the haughtiest, and the most frigid must at some period or other bow down. Miss Lynch, yielding this personage her heart, believed herself only returning a pure and ardent passion.
Her father's house was within a few miles of a city, to which, in the course of his profession, this gentleman was frequently carried. He used to be invited to sleep there, and received marks of hospitality from its amiable inhabitants.—His addresses to the young lady were open, and their marriage was looked forward to by her friends as an
event not more desirable than certain. Whether the gentleman, in his conduct towards her, had formed a regular system of seduction, or whether accident and unlooked-for opportunity occasioned her ruin, was never known; but ruined she was. Her parents discovered that she was with child—they at first believed that a private marriage had taken place; and were piqued that a union to which they had looked forward with so much pleasure, should be solemnized without their participating the felicity.
How, or at what period, the miserable lady made her parents acquainted with her misfortune was never made public; but the agonies, the horrors, which on every side attended the discovery, may be in some measure conceived. The lover was written to—he returned no answer. He was threatened—without avail. The lady herself wrote to supplicate, to plead for fame, for her life! but all in vain. In this conflict the weeks and months wore away, and she became—a mother!—a mother without a husband!
Some motive at length operated on the lover. Whether it was shame, or repentance, or fear that his practice might be injured by so black a trait of character, we know not—but surely it could not be love. He arrived, however, three days after the birth of his child, and presenting himself at the bed side of its mother—"I am come," he said, "to marry you." The lady replied with an indignant air—"You are come too late! my family are covered with disgrace, and my parents are sinking beneath their daughter's shame—a shame you cannot now wipe out. Had you married me before I became a mother of a b—d, and before my dishonor was divulged to the world, a whole life of grateful and submissive love should have repaid you; as it is, I refuse not only to be your wife, but I refuse to live. No sustenance has entered these lips since the excruciating hour of labour, and none shall enter there; the sorrows your name cannot hide, I am hastening to carry to the grave."—The lady kept her word—resolutely continuing to refuse food; and the man who was so tardy in his justice, followed her in a few days to the grave.
Foreign Intelligence
Brought by Capt. Bernard in seven weeks, and Capt. Scott in six weeks, from London, who arrived at Boston on Thursday last.
Of WAR—the TURKS against the RUSSIANS.
VIENNA, (Ger.) Feb. 14.
Yesterday the Emperor, by a formal Declaration of WAR against the Turks, pledged himself to the world to support the claims of the Empress. The dogs of war being now let loose, the ensuing summer will probably present to the world a most dismal scene of bloodshed and devastation, which will probably involve in it the greater part of Europe. Spain will oppose the Russians, England will assist the Empress, and France must support Spain.
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN, Jan. 25. The Ottomans have formed four great armies: One in Servia of 100,000, the second in Bosnia of 60,000, the third in Bessarabia and Moldavia, where the chosen artillery are, and the fourth in the Crimea, of between 20 and 25,000 men.
PARIS, [France] Feb. 15.
The greatest naval preparations are carrying on in all our seaports, to complete the number of our ships of the line to EIGHTY; and until that is accomplished no relaxation will take place—we shall then be prepared for any event.

L O N D O N , Feb. 13. The Dutch Mail, arrived yesterday, brought advices, that the Divan had refused all terms of accommodation. The Grand Signiour was determined upon war, and upon taking the field himself; his army consists of 207,400 foot, and 240,000 horse.—It requires not the gift of prophecy to foretell, that this war will, eventually, involve all Europe. Belgrade was invested by the Emperor's troops on the 26th of January.
In Brabant, the Emperor either strikes a blow now or never; and our last accounts had a very threatening aspect; but we have been so much used to threats from that quarter, that we are not very apprehensive of the execution of them. In the spring, the Emperor's forces take the field along with those of Russia, all meditation with the Porte being in vain; and all hopes of peace disappeared.
The Russians work night and day at Cherson, and the other ports in the Crimea, in order to repair and equip for sea their fleet, which received so much damage in the storm last September; upwards of 3000 sailors are arrived from Petersburg. Fortifications are erecting with the utmost vigour, and the garrison of Cherson consists nearly of 7,500 effective men.
The new Khan of the Tartars is actually in Bessarabia, at the head of 30,000; and it is expected every moment that he will pass the Dnieper, where half that number of Russians wait his arrival, determined to oppose him.
Jan. 22. War between the Emperor and his Majesty of Prussia is supposed to be inevitable.
Feb. 3. Lord George Gordon, on Monday, was brought from Newgate to the Court of King's Bench in Westminster-hall, where he received the following sentence; viz.—That for the libel against the Queen of France he should pay a fine of 200l. and suffer two years imprisonment in Newgate, and for that against the Judges he should be fined 300l. and suffer three other years imprisonment in the same gaol, at the expiration of which term of five years he should give security for his good behaviour for 14 years, himself in 10,000l. and four sureties in 2500l. each.
Extract of a letter dated in Portsmouth 14th inst.
“We have had a pleasant trip to the Cape de Verd islands and brought home 1200 dollars saved from the Hartwell East-Indiaman: Several vessels had been fitted out from America to fish upon the wreck, but the timely arrival of our ships at Bonavista entirely frustrated their designs.”
The number of petitions and applications to parliament, and to individual members, for the abolition of the slave-trade, is greater than almost ever was known in any other case! and the subject it is supposed will, and indeed must undergo a thorough investigation. The wishes of a whole nation, or at least the majority of a nation, claim a fair hearing.
Feb. 21. After the levee, Mr. Pitt, the Imperial and American Ambassadors, the Marquis of Carmarthen, Lord Sydney, and Sir G. Yonge had audiences with the King.
“The whole of the Spanish navy consists of 126 ships, 66 of which are of the line, viz. one of 112 guns, one of 110, two of 96, six of 80, forty of 70, and sixteen from 60 to 66 guns.”
Feb. 22. One thousand pounds each, with 100 guineas for retainers, are said to be the fees given by Mr. Hastings to his council.
We are assured, that the Court of Spain is by no means satisfied with the treaties lately concluded between the Courts of Naples and Petersburg.
A counter order has been issued relative to the sending out forces to the West-India islands, in consequence of some representation from the Court of France.
A tax upon watches has been proposed and rejected; it not being the way of the present administration to raise money on tick.
The Dauphin of France continues so ill
as to afford but small hopes of a long existence.
Feb. 28. Yesterday the American Ambassador, and his Secretary took leave of his Majesty previous to his return to America.
Mr. Adams, the American Ambassador, on his return home, quits all official situation, and reverts to the practice of the law.
His Imperial Majesty has again very seriously prohibited all his subjects from kneeling when they approach his person.
Feb. 29. It is currently reported that France has obtained the free navigation of the Red Sea, and that the treaty to that effect has been signed by the Pacha at Grand Cairo, and by the Captain Pacha at Constantinople.
B O S T O N , April 19.
Another instance of the friendship of the French government for the United States, has recently been promulgated—It is an act of the King's Council of State, for the encouragement of the commerce of France with the United States of America, dated December 29, 1787—a copy of which we have been furnished with, by an obliging correspondent—and which we intend giving our readers entire in our next. Of it—we can at present only say, that the whale and cod fisheries of this country are to receive from our allies every indulgence which we can expect—the duty on the oil, for example, being only a tenth part of that imposed on it by England.—That our grain, timber, and other American products, which are highly important in the view of the carrying trade, as well as of commerce at large, experience only a trifling duty, though imported in American vessels—That an essential benefit is that American-built vessels obtain the right of native French vessels, not only when bought by Frenchmen (any where) but when sold (to any persons) in France. We know that our trade to Europe will revive and flourish the moment we find a vent for our means of returns—and ship-building and the fisheries will furnish great means of a return in trade to this part of the United States, which has scarcely any other: And that lastly the French promise to real American adventurers, all the advantages which themselves enjoy in the Levant, and the East-Indies, or the Islands leading to it.
P O R T S M O U T H , April 23.
On Friday last came on before the Hon. Superior Court, at Dover, the trial of Mr. Elisha Thomas, charged with the murder of Capt. PETER DROWN, when, after a full hearing of the evidence, and of the arguments made use of by the Attorney General, John Prentice, Esq. and the Council, for the prisoner, Col. Rawson and Major Sullivan, he was convicted of the fact, the jury bringing in their verdict—“guilty of wilful murder!” and sentence of death was pronounced upon him accordingly.
The time fixed on for his execution, is Thursday the 22d day of May next, between the hours of 10 and 12, A. M.
We bear that the town of Durham has made choice of his Excellency President SULLIVAN, for their representative the year ensuing.
Beware of MAD DOGS! A short time since, a Mrs. Mary Martin, of Pembroke, in this state, was bit in the hand by a dog—the dog discovering evident tokens of madness, was immediately killed. No uncommon symptoms were noticed by the woman, until the evening of the 10th inst. when she complained of her hand's being very painful, and of her being otherwise disposed. From this period, the symptoms of the Hydrophobia came upon her apace, and after lingering until the 12th inst. in the utmost agony she expired. Previous to her dissolution she would make a noise, resembling the howl of a wolf or dog—and exhibited every symptom of madness. The above may be re-
lied upon as fact,—we having received the account from a person who was present, and who attended at her funeral.
We have the pleasure from undoubted authority, of informing our readers, the paragraph inserted in our last, mentioning the ship Hercules, Capt. Brown, from this port, having lost her deck load in a gale of wind, is premature.
S H I P N E W S.
Capt. Scott, on Sunday 16th March, in lat. 49, long. 20, spoke the Ship Bethiah, Charles Smith, master, from Charleston, (S. C.) for London.
The brig Lydia, Capt. John Murphy, arrived at Salem the 12th inst. from Alicante, in Spain, after a passage of 68 days.—March 26th, in lat. 24, long. 46, 30, he spoke the brig Agnes, Capt. Dennis, belonging to Col. Sargent of Boston, from Boston bound to Martinico, who, in a heavy gale, two days after he failed, lost every thing off deck, except his boats—all well on board.
Seldom do the vessels of the United States venture so far up the Mediterranean, that the American flag was viewed at Alicante as a novelty.
While Capt. Murphy was at Alicante, he had opportunity of noticing several instances of that meanness and implacable hatred to the Americans, which uniformly operates in the breasts of some individuals of the British nation, from whose exalted stations we should expect a more honourable conduct:—He had authentick information, thro' the friendship of the Swedish Consul, that immediately on his arrival at that port, the British Consul (Pat. Wilkie) sent intelligence thereof to Algiers, with a description of the vessel, &c. and that she was an object worth their pursuit: Captain Murphy, therefore, to frustrate the inimical intention of Mr. Wilkie, took the precaution, just before he failed, to alter the complexion of his vessel.—An English Nobleman, who was at Alicante, discovered equal animosity towards our nation: Mr. Montgomery, merchant at that place, offered him our New Constitution for perusal, contained in a newspaper he had received of Capt. Murphy; but he could not condescend to read an American paper, saying, he should soon have an opportunity of seeing it in the English papers. This nobleman was very angry at the enterprising genius of our citizens, and with some warmth observed to Mr. Montgomery, that he seemed to be the Protector of the Americans—No, replied the latter, General WASHINGTON is their Protector. The mention of this revered name was more ungrateful to my lord, than a peal of thunder.
Intelligence was received at Alicante, from the American Minister at Madrid, that the Algerine fleet was expected to sail the first of March.
The talk at Alicante was, that a matrimonial alliance had taken place between Russia and Naples; and that those two powers, in union with Spain, would, the ensuing summer, bombard Algiers, and attempt the entire destruction of that nest of pirates.
Arrived at Alicante, in Spain, brig Virgin Guide, Thomson, from Boston, in 29 days, all well.
T. Allen's Marine-List. DIED] Mr. William Partridge, aged 92 years; Mrs. Mary Abbot, aged 26 years; a child of Mr. Joseph Tucker; and a child of Mr. Gideon Goodwin, all of this town.
N A V A L - O F F I C E
PORT OF PISCATAQUA, April 23, 1788.
ENTERED. From
Brig Dispatch, Wingate, Tobago.
CLEARED. For
Schooner Industry, Trefethen, West-Indies.
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
FOR PORTSMOUTH—Lat. 43d. 5N.
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WANTED to PURCHASE A Genteel HORSE, about 5 or 6 years old, trots well and will goe in a carriage, for which a good price will be given, Enquire of GEORGE TURNER. Portsmouth, April 22, 1788.
200 Dollars Reward. WHEREAS, on the night of the 12th instant, some abandoned, vile person or persons, attempted to set fire to the State- House in this town;—Whoever will dis- cover said villain or villains, so that he or they may be punished agreeable to the horrid crime, shall have a reward of two hundred dollars paid by the selectmen. Portsmouth, April 14, 1788.

Parnassian Spring.
ODE TO SPRING.
YOUTH of the Year, delightful Spring! Thy best return on genial Wing Inspires my languid Days; No more I sleep in Sloth Supine, When all Creation at thy Shrine, Its annual Tribute pays.
Escap'd from Winter's freezing Pow'r, Each Blossom greets thee, and each Flow'r; And, foremost of the Train, By Nature (artless Handmaid) drest, The Snow-drop comes in lily'd Vest, Prophetic of thy reign.
The Lark now strains her tuneful Throat, And ev'ry loud and sprightly Note Calls Echo from her Cell; Be warn'd ye Maids, who listen round, A beauteous Nymph became a Sound, The Nymph, who lov'd too well.
The bright-hair'd Sun, with Warmth benign, Bids Tree and Shrub, and swelling Vine, Their infant Buds display: Again the Streams refresh the Plains, Which Winter bound in icy Chains, And sparkling blest his Ray.
Life-giving Zephyrs breathe around, And instant glows th' enamel'd Ground With Nature's varied Hues; Not so returns our Youth decay'd, Alas! nor Air, nor Sun, nor Shade, The Spring of Life renews.
The Sun's two quick revolving Beam Apace dissolves the human Dream, And brings th' appointed Hour; Too late we catch his parting Ray, And mourn the idly wasted Day, Nolonger in our Pow'r.
Then happiest he, whose lengthen'd Sight Pursues by virtue's constant Light A Hope beyond the Skies; Where frowning Winter ne'er shall come, But rosy Spring forever bloom, And Suns eternal rise.
Take Notice.
PURSUANT to an Order from the Honourable GENERAL COURT, for taking a new Valuation, throughout this state, the Selectmen of Portsmouth, hereby give notice to the Rateable Inha- bitants of said Town, requesting them to be prepared with Invoices of their Estates, and taxable Property agreeable to law, as the said Selectmen will attend that business shortly, and it is recommended that they be in the following form, viz. No. of Male Polls, from 18 to 70 years of age. No. of Male Negroes, or Mulatto Servants, from 16 to 45 years of age. No. of Female ditto, ditto. No. of acres of orchard land. No. of acres of arable land. No. of acres of mowing land. No. of acres of pasture land. No. of horses and mares. No. of oxen. No. of cows. No. of horses and cattle, 3 years old. No. of horses and cattle, 2 years old. No. of horses and cattle, 1 year old. The neat yearly income of all mills, wharves, and ferries, yearly repairs deducted. The sum total of the value of all stock in trade. The sum total of all money in hand or at interest, not in public funds. The sum total of the value of all buildings and real estate owned by the inhabitants. The sum total of the value of all buildings and real estate not owned by the inhabi- tants, either improved or unimproved. —The above Invoice is to be of what each person is possessed of the first day of April, annually. Portsmouth, April 1st, 1788.
BLANKS of all sorts for sale at this Office, at the lowest Boston prices.
TO BE SOLD At Public Vendue,
Pursuant to a licence granted by the Honor- able Phillips White, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, in the State of New Hamp- shire.—Several
Rights & parcels of land
in the towns of Gilmantown, Bretton Woods, Chatham, Relhan and Canaan in said State of New-Hampshire, and in the town of Cavendish, in the State of Vermont. Also—
A Piece of land consisting
of about FIVE ACRES, two fm. ll gore of land back of pleasant R. est, and Several buildings situate and lying in Portsmouth, in said State of New-Hampshire; the whole belonging to the estate of DANIEL FOWLE, late of Portsmouth, Esq. deceased.
The sale will be at the house of Capt William McHard, innholder in Port- mouth, on the first day of May next at 10 o'Clock A. M. when and where the terms of sale will be made known.
SAMUEL HALL, Administrator. Boston, March 19. 1788.
THE subscribers appointed commi- ssioners to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of JONATHAN MOULTON, late of Hampton, Esq. deceased, repre- sented insolvent, give notice that they will meet at the late dwelling house of the deceased, in Hampton, on the last Thurs- day and Friday of this and the five follow- ing months from 10 o'clock, A. M. to 6 o'clock, P. M. of each day, to receive said claims.
JOHN PARKER, NATHANIEL ROGERS, EPHRAIM ROBINSON, Portsmouth, April 19, 1788.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non- resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of New-Durham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1785, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Monday the 19th day of May next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at 3 o'clock in the after- noon, at my dwelling house in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   D. N. s. d.     Thomas Chesley, jr. 2 79 4   Thomas Willey 1 70 3   Jeremiah Burnam 1 13 3   2 13 4   Mathew Livermore, Esq. 2 26 4   John Bickford 2 64 4   Ichabod Chesley 1 25 2   2 25 4   John Willey 2 44 4   Thomas Wallingsford 1 50 2 6   2 60 3 2   John Crummet 2 51 4   Anthony Peavey 2 60 10   Samuel Smith, jr. 2 30 4   Benjamin Jenkins 2 42 4   Ebenezer Jones 2 49 4   Nathaniel Porter 2 9 4   T. Willey & J. Bickford 2 6 4   John & Francis Drew 1 17 3   Benjamin Jackson 2 52 4   Samuel & Solomon Sias 2 92 4   James Smith 2 89 4   Walter Bryant 2 74 4   Francis & A. Stephenfon 2 65 4   Jotham Odiorne 1 76 1 6   2 76 4   Ebenezer Bickford 2 27 4   Job Runnells 2 84 4    NATHAN KINESON, Constable. New-Durham, April 17, 1788.
TO BE SOLD On reasonable terms, and payment made easy,
One half of a good House situate in Gates' Street, with a good well of water, cellar and garden. For fur- ther particulars apply to REUBEN SNELL Portsmouth, March 25.
For SALE, A Genteel Chaife, cheap, Apply to the Printer hereof.
Geography.
A MORNING-SCHOOL WAS opened by the subscriber the 14th instant, to be attended by young Ladies, Five Mornings in the week from six to eight o'clock, through the months of April, May, June, July and August, for the study of Geogra- phy, English Grammar, Writing, Arith- metic, &c.—Globes and Maps will be provided for the School. The most useful parts of History will be read to or by them, and the propriety of their reading will be particularly attended to —The price is TWENTY SHILLINGS for the abovementioned term of five months;—one half at entrance.
Those of either sex who have some knowledge of Geography and History, have so abundantly the advantage, for enjoying company or retirement, when compared with those who have not such knowledge, that its usefulness re- quires no comment.
Writing-School.
The writing-school attended by the subscriber continues open summer and winter, and scholars are received for either part of the day:—Children too young to write, who attend for reading and spelling only, will in future be re- ceiv'd at two thirds the price which others pay.
For Sale, on reasonable Terms, a very elegant English Surveying-Instrument, mounted with ball and socket. BENJAMIN DEARBORN. Portsmouth, April 16, 1788.
GARDEN SEEDS.
A fresh Assortment of European and American Garden Seeds,
To be SOLD by Joseph Bass, At his Shop in PORTSMOUTH, Among which are, Pease, Beans, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Turnip, Parsnip, Beet, Carrot, Onion, Lettuce, Celery, Endive, Radish, Spinage, Mustard, Pepper-grass, Sage, Parsley, Cucumber, Mellons, Mar- joram, Thyme, Summer-Savory, &c. &c. LIKEWISE, Clover, Herds' Grass, and Red Top.
All persons indebted to the Printer hereof for Newspapers, Advertisements, &c. are earnestly requested to call and settle their accounts up, as he is under the ne- cessity of having them closed im- mediately, he hopes none will ne- glect this reasonable request.
Taken up three leagues at sea, on the 6th inst. a MOSES BOAT of about 14 feet long, newly graven, has a crack in her stem which is spiked, and an iron clasp on her fore thwart; the owner may have the same by applying to Wil- iam Neal of Newcastle and paying the necessary charges. April 8.
TO BE SOLD At Public Vendue,
On Tuesday the 20th May next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the Farm in Northumberland of the late Jacob Treadwell, deceased, the
Stock & farming Utensils — on said Farm. Portsmouth, March 24, 1788.
Samuel Bean, Post-Rider,
INFORMS his Customers that he will in future supply them with the New- Hampshire papers, at 3/6 per quarter— and the Boston papers at such a price as may be agreed upon.—The profits arising from riding Post, being at present so very small, must apologize for the abov- enhancement of the price.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given that a tax of two pence pr. acre is assessed on each and every acre of land in the town of Lancaster, for the purposes of building bridges and repairing the roads in said town, agreeably to an act of the General- Court, passed at their last session.—Such of the non-residents who are disposed to perform labour, rather than pay their tax in money, are hereby requested to apply to the selectmen of said Lancaster, as early in June next as may be, when they will be employed.
The original proprietors names, with the amount of their assessments are as fol- lows, viz.
   £. s. d.     Benn'g Wentworth, Esq. 2 rights 5 3 8   James Noyes, Esq. 2 11 10   Rev. Joshua Wingate 2 11 10   Benjamin Stevens 2 11 10   David Page 2 11 10   David Page, jun'r 2 11 10   Abraham Byam 2 11 10   Ruben Stone 2 11 10   John Groat 2 11 10   John Groat, jr. 2 11 10   Jonathan Groat 2 11 10   Solomon Willson 2 11 10   Joseph Stowell 2 11 10   Joseph Page 2 11 10   William Page 2 11 10   Nathaniel Page 2 11 10   John Warden 2 11 10   Silas Bennett 2 11 10   Thomas Shattock 2 11 10   Ephraim Shattock 2 11 10   Silas Shattock 2 11 10   Benjamin Man. 2 11 10   David Miles 2 11 10   Thomas Rogers 2 11 10   John Duncan 2 11 10   Nathaniel Smith 2 11 10   Charles How 2 11 10   Israel Hale 2 11 10   Israel Hale, jr. 2 11 10   Daniel Hale 2 11 10   William Doggett 2 11 10   Isaac Ball 2 11 10   Solomon Fay 2 11 10   Jonathan Death 2 11 10   John Sanders 2 11 10   Elisha Crosby 2 11 10   Luke Lincoln 2 11 10   David Lawson 2 11 10   Silas Rice 2 11 10   Thomas Carter 2 11 10   Ephraim Starns 2 11 10   James Reed 2 11 10   Timothy Whitney 2 11 10   Thomas Rice 2 11 10   Daniel Searls 2 11 10   Isaac Wood 2 11 10   Nathaniel Richardson 2 11 10   Ebenezer Blunt 2 11 10   John Harris 2 11 10   Ephraim Noyce 2 11 10   Benjamin Sawyer 2 11 10   John Sawyer 2 11 10   John Willson 2 11 10   Samuel Marble 2 11 10   Joseph Marble 2 11 10   Jonathan Houghton 2 11 10   John Rogers 2 11 10   Abner Waldron 2 11 10   Stanton Prentice 2 11 10   Benjamin Willson 2 11 10   Stephen Eames 2 11 10   John Phelps 2 11 10   William Reed 2 11 10   Benjamin Baxter 2 11 10   Mathew Thompson, Esq. or } 2 11 10   Mathew Thornton, Esq.   Andrew Wiggins, Esq. 2 11 10   Meshech Weare, Esq. 2 11 10   Major John Tolford 2 11 10   Hon. Nathaniel Barrell, Esq. 2 11 10   Hon. Joseph Newmarch, Esq. 2 11 10   Hon. Daniel Warner, Esq. 2 11 10    The proprietors are desired to pay the above taxes to us in Lancaster: but such of the non-residents as find it most con- venient may pay their tax to JOSEPH WHIPPLE, Esq. in Portsmouth. EDWARD BUCKNAM, } Selectmen at the SAMUEL JOHNSON, } town of Lancaster