Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1786-09-14 00:00:00

F O W L E's  NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,  A N D  GENERAL  T H U R S D A Y,
THE ADVERTISER.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1786.
PORTSMOUTH: By JOHN MELCHER,
PRINTED and PUBLISHED IN PAVED-STREET.
Vol. XXX.]
"Open to all Parties—Influenced by none:—We aim only to be Just."
[ No. 1568.
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Printing-Office, Sept. 7.
D U B L I N, June 15.
Thursday morning, the 8th instant, the court-house was crowded at a very early hour, in expectation of hearing the very interesting trial of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq. and his associates, for the murder of Patrick Randall M'Donnell, Esq. and Charles Hipson.
The court adjourned till nine o'clock on Friday morning, when George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq. was brought to the bar. He was then arraigned, and his indictment read to him, which set forth, that he (Fitzgerald) had procured seventeen persons to murder Patrick Randall M'Donnell, Esq. and Mr. Charles Hipson, which murder the said persons perpetrated on the 21st of February last.
To this indictment Mr. Fitzgerald pleaded not guilty . The Attorney-General then proceeded in examination of the witnesses, when the charges was fully substantiated. It appeared that Mr. M'Donnell was murdered on the bridge of Kilnecarra, in this county—circumstances of peculiar barbarity attended the bloody deed. Mr. M'Donnell's two arms were broken at the time; he implored the murderer several times to spare his life, but in vain! he then held down his head, and the slugs entering through his hat, lodged in his body.
As soon as the evidence on both sides was closed, Mr. Fitzgerald addressed the Court, praying, as it was a case which affected his life, that he might be indulged to speak for himself, which being immediately granted him, he made one of the ablest defences that perhaps ever was heard; he spoke for three hours, with a strength of imagination, and a degree of composure, astonishing indeed, when it is considered what the human mind must feel at so awful a crisis.
The Chief Baron ( Yelverton ) then gave a charge to the jury, when they withdrew for seven minutes, and returned a verdict— guilty .
A letter from Castlebar, dated June 14, says, "Yesterday, the unfortunate George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq. Timothy Brecknock, and John Fulton, were brought out for execution."
"Fitzgerald seemed at first but a little affected, there was a settled solemnity in his countenance, which appeared to be the result of absolute resignation. At intervals it was easy to discover, although he did not express it by word or action, that the certain approach of his dissolution made a very deep impression on him—some people assert that he shed a few tears, but that I did not observe. He every now and then looked round him and seemed to take a "longing lingering look." He spoke very little, and prior to his execution, appeared as if engaged in prayer.
"Brecknock's countenance bore strong traits of philosophy and innocence. He uttered some expressions which were thought incoherent by the multitude, probably from their being not heard distinctly, he was first turned off, and met his fate with a fortitude and composure worthy a better cause.
"Fitzgerald next mounted the ladder, and here all that desperate courage and temerity, for which his whole life had been distinguished, seemed to return, he no longer betrayed the smallest symptom of fear, but plunged himself off the ladder—the rope broke, with the sudden jerk, and he got a severe shock. He now appeared impatient for the moment of his dissolution; he rose upon his feet without any assistance, and called to the sheriff to procure a stronger rope instantly—a rope was at hand; it was immediately fastened round his neck; he again mounted the ladder, he leaped a second time; and plunged into eternity. It was thought from the lightness of Mr. Fitzgerald's body, that it would be a considerable time before breath would leave him; but he expired in a very few minutes, and in a much shorter space than either of his fellow sufferers.—Fulton met his fate with a determined resolution; and without any mark of agitation.
"After the bodies had hung the usual time, they were cut down, dismembered, quartered, and their heads severed from their bodies. Their friends immediately after carried their remains away.
"Thus ended the life of that man whose horrid transactions have made such a noise in this country, who was in possession of every accomplishment that could ornament the man, and in affluence sufficient to enjoy every blessing of nature; but all which were destroyed by a most implacable and sanguinary disposition.
"John Rheney, Arch. Ewing, Wm. Fulton and David Simpson, the other four convicts, were ordered for execution on a future day."
The situation of Mr. F—d's wife is truly deplorable, and certainly merits compassion. It was through an excess of fondness for Mr. F. she was induced to marry him, and that against her father's consent.
Mr. F. was only tenant for life—his daughter is entitled to a fortune of 10,000l.—She is now at a boarding-school in this city.
By the death of Mr. F. his brother C. L. Fitzgerald comes into the possession of an estate of near 4000l. a year, subject to a small annuity to lady M. and a fortune of 10,000l. for Miss Fitzgerald, the daughter of the deceased.
Miss F—d is a fine young lady, extremely handsome and graceful in her person. She is said, besides those charms, to be possessed of a most amiable and gentle disposition.
The letter from lady Mary Fitzgerald to a gentleman in this city, relative to furnishing a sum sufficient to enable her son to make his defence—is highly spoken of—and is not more remarkable for the elegance of stile, than expression of her warmest detestation of crimes so disgraceful to humanity.—Her object was solely to furnish the means of having a fair and proper trial—not to screen from justice any, however nearly connected with her, that could be guilty of such enormities—she declared, that if upon trial, the facts should be established, it was the wish nearest to her heart, that the perpetrators should suffer that condign punishment they so truly merited—her intention was to assist the innocent, to protect that innocence—not to shield the guilty wretch from being made an example, to deter others from the commission of crimes that human nature shudders at.—Lady M—y further said, that if her son was found guilty of the heavy charge alledged against him, that no step whatever should be taken on her part, to prevent the execution of the sentence of the law.
Extract from the Journal of Congress.
Thursday, Aug. 3, 1786.
ON a report of the secretary at war, on the expediency of retaining West-point as a military post:
Resolved, That the board of treasury endeavour to negotiate with the legal proprietor of West-point, on Hudson's river, the purchase of the same for the United States, on an equitable appraisement together with so much land, contiguous thereto, as shall be deemed by the secretary at war necessary to be included within the limits of the garrison; and that the board agree for the terms of payment in the manner most consistent with the state of the finances of the United States.
Flax Seed.
—Wanted a considerable quantity.—
CASH given for FLAX SEED, By R. Champney, at the STORE opposite the Post-Office: Where may be had,
Philadelphia and Sweed's I R O N, English and Raven's Duck, Cordage of all sorts, &c.
WANTED,
A few Tons of
Pot and Pearl Ashes,
Inquire as above.
Portsmouth, August 6, 1786. t. f.
FLAX-SEED.
WANTED, a quantity of FLAX-SEED, for which Cash, English or West-India Goods will be given in payment, by
Edmund H. Quincy, at his Store nearly opposite the Post-Office.—Where also may be had, School Books, Navigation Books, and Stationary in general.
Portsmouth, Aug. 16.

PARIS, (France) June 2.
IT is said that the Count de la Morthe is retired to Adrianople, where he has been circumcised, and obtained a commission in the Turkish army; and we are assured, that having carried off with him the produce of that necklace which has proved so fatal to his wife, he lives in all the luxury of the east.
L O N D O N, May 13.
A calculation has been made by the Emperor's order, of all the cloisters for both sexes in his Austrian dominions; they amount to 2000, and reckoning thirty persons to each, the number of his subjects thus buried from the world is 60,000, who consume annually eighteen millions of florins, a sum which the Emperor is determined to apply to better purposes, by the suppression of all those houses which will soon be compleated.
Extract of a letter from Vlesingen, May 26.
"The States edict, to prevent any of our fishermen entering into the service of any foreign state, has been published here, where it was read by the chief-magistrate, and afterwards stuck up in all the publick places, but the copies were almost instantly torn down by the populace; to shew their indignation against a measure so arbitrary and tyrannical, as that of subjecting wives and children to punishment, for any act of their husbands and fathers."
June 13. Yesterday was married Colonel Smith, secretary to the American Embassy, to Miss Adams, only daughter to his Excellency John Adams, Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to this court.
A letter from Leghorn has the following article; "We daily expect the arrival of a Russian and Danish fleet of men of war; these two fleets, with the Portuguese, must certainly strike a terror into the Barbarians, and drive them into their respective ports, which will be the means of opening a trade to this part, and to others lying on the Mediterranean. The Venetians talk of sending a fleet; if they do, they will be able to block up all the Barbarian ports. The Dey of Algiers seems to be apprised of what may happen, and is sending out as many armed vessels as he can get ready for sea, with orders to take every vessel they meet with, as their cruise will be but very short."
Extract of a letter from Cork, June 1.
"Several vessels arrived at the Cove, in order to take in provisions for the West-Indies and America: Two of which are for Port-Rosway, whence the orders amounted to 1000 tons; a certain proof this of the thriving state of that settlement."
June 27. Yesterday came on before Lord Loughborough, in the Court of Common Pleas, the trial of an action brought by Mr. Fox, against the High Bailiff of Westminster, for his unwarrantable and illegal conduct in the famous Westminster scrutiny;—the jury gave a verdict in favour of Mr. Fox, with 2000l. damages and costs of suit. Mr. Fox immediately ordered the whole sum to be distributed among the different alms-houses in the city of Westminster.
DUBLIN, (Ireland) June 17.
It is not quite thirty years since every part of this kingdom abounded with grammar and English schools, where Latin, English and common Arithmetick were generally taught at 2s. 6d. per quarter, or 5s. at most; none but the great and opulent can at present acquire even the benefit of good English education, the decay of morality and order in society, has kept pace with the shameful decay of publick learning.
In Scotland their schools are not only numerous, but amazingly cheap, and hence it is that they are not only in general an intelligent people, but distinguished for sobriety, regularity, industry and honesty; and even their universities hitherto have escaped the contamination of politicks, and the baneful interpositions of ministerial encroachment.
EDINBURGH, May 16.
The recovery in France of debts contracted in this country being finally stopped, will in a short time become one of the most unpopular acts that any Administration in this country have ever been charged with. The fact is notorious at Paris, and this story in every man's mouth, that England has been obliged to the measure, in order to encourage emigration, and in order to prevent many hundreds of thousand pounds from being transmitted to this country, which now will circulate in the French dominions. This is no speculative matter—it is founded in several remarkable cases lately tried before the Parliament of Paris, wherein England so far interfered as to admit that all claims of British debts should be set aside in future, in the dominion of his Most Christian Majesty; but that every debt contracted in France should be recoverable from the parties, if they seek Great-Britain as the seat of liberty. This matter, no doubt, will be brought into the House Commons here, that the world may judge how far our present Ministers pay respect to the rights of the people, and the commercial interests of the country.
JAMAICA.
KINGSTON, July 8. On Wednesday morning last, about 7 o'clock, Mr. John Douglas, overseer to an estate in Clarendon, put a period to his existence by cutting his throat. The reason most plausibly assigned for this melancholy event is, that he had for about a year and three quarters been afflicted with an internal disorder, which baffled the power of medicine, and from which he despaired of being relieved.—The day previous to his commission of this fatal act, it is said he settled his worldly affairs, coolly preparing to give the most atrocious of all insults to his Creator!—The return on the Coroner's Inquest was Vo lo de se ; in consequence whereof, his remains were interred at a cross road the west end of the town.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 3. The Captain of a vessel that lately failed from this port for one of the West-India islands detected a snare laid for him, which has
in the event covered the perpetrators with shame. In the present precarious trade carried on between this country and the West-Indies, it has become necessary to carry such articles as are stiled contraband, in order to pay expenses. The Captain had several such articles on board, and also a great number of letters from different persons; entertaining some suspicions, he opened them, and found that they were written with an intention of acquainting the Comptroller of the customs with the nature of his cargo. He suppressed them, and on returning to this place, acknowledged what he had done to the writers, and reproached them with the perfidy of their conduct. He would have done an act of publick justice, to have held them up to that contempt and indignation which such a line of flagitious conduct so richly merits.
Sr. JOHN'S, (New-Brunswick) July 18.
On Friday last came through the falls and is now lying at Horsfield's wharf, an intire new Schooner of 70 tons burthen, built at Magerville by Messrs. Harrison and Allen, deemed as good a vessel as ever put to sea.
Last week arrived in this harbour, His Majesty's sloop of war the Brist, Captain Buller, from Halifax. We are told she has a deputation from the Commissioners of the Customs to search for contraband goods, and seize all vessels carrying them.
PHILADELPHIA, August 25.
Extract of a letter from Cork, July 10, 1786.
"When any of your vessels are bound to this kingdom, we would recommend to you to give a very particular charge to your Captain and every person on board your vessel, not to sell any article out of the vessel on the coast or in port. There are at this time a number of vessels with their cargoes under seizure, and some have been condemned.—It is now the practice of the officers on this coast to keep boats out in disguise to purchase, and when the vessel gets into port, the chaps who bought prove the facts, by which many honest men have been ruined of late.—The revenue laws are now so severe (and we cannot help saying unjust) that not only the vessel, but the goods on board are condemned, on its being proved the smallest quantity is sold out of the vessel.—We now hand you an abstract of our late revenue law, which is proper for all masters of vessels to be acquainted with."
"It is enacted, "That if any vessel with tobacco, tea, coffee, wine, rum, brandy, or any other spirits, shall put into any port in this kingdom, except the port she is bound to, which must be done by unavoidable distress; of which distress the master or other proper officer must, on arrival in any port, haven, or creek, give notice and proof before the collector or chief officer of her distress, and also of all the goods she has on board, otherwise said vessel, with all the goods on board, shall be forfeited."
Extract of a letter from Oldman's creek, in West-Jersey, twenty five miles from this city, dated August 10.
"Yesterday, about three o'clock in the afternoon, this neighbourhood was affrighted by a severe thunder-gust. The house of Mr. William Miller was struck, his only daughter, of 14 years of age, killed on the spot, and himself severely hurt. He complains of acute pains in his bones and joints, especially about the arms, and is confined to his bed; the face of the girl appeared purple, but not bruised. The lightning melted small spots on a row of pewter plates that stood near her on the shelf. Another person in the room was knocked from his chair, and stunned for a few minutes. A strong smell of sulphur filled the house. This afternoon the funeral of the innocent victim was attended by a numerous assembly, that lamented her untimely fate, and sympathised with her distressed parents, especially the mother, who has for several years been deprived of sight, and is now bereft of an only daughter, that with the tenderest solicitude attended to her wants, and shed a cheering ray on her perpetual night. A suitable sermon was preached on the occasion."
NEW-YORK STATE.
New-York, August 29. We are informed by a correspondent, that Mr. Peal, the celebrated painter, from Philadelphia, will be in this city in a few days to take the likeness of his excellency the president of Congress, and some other publick characters, in order to add to his gallery of pictures.
The following instance of impartial justice in the King of Prussia may be depended on as a fact.—On the 30th of May, a Magistrate of the name of Glave, in the city of Berlin, was tried and convicted of extortion and corruption , the King sentenced him to hard labour for two years on the publick works.
By very recent advices from the frontiers of Georgia, it is assured, that the Spaniards have restrained the Indians from continuing the war they had begun against some of our settlers; and that Col. O'Neil, the Governor of Pensacola, who has been particularly attentive to the preservation of peace, had obliged some of the Indian Chiefs to come to him for the same salutary purpose. Mr. M'Murphy, it is said, was sent by the State of Georgia, to reconcile the Indians, but the Chiefs being absent, obliged him to wait for their return, in the mean time hostilities ceased.
Aug. 31. It is currently reported, that the honourable the Congress, by their secretary, have wrote a recommendatory letter to his excellency, the governor of this state, to convene the legislature as soon as convenient, to re-assume a serious consideration of the important requisitions of Congress respecting the impost. "Oh! that the things which belong to our peace may no longer be hid from our eyes!"—is conceived to be a very pertinent ejaculation.
We learn from good authority, that Mr. Barclay, the American agent at Cadiz, has absolutely settled a peace with the emperor of Morocco, through the mediation of his Catholic majesty, and obtained, at the same time, exclusive privileges to the trade of the United States.
NEW-HAVEN, August 31.
The thunder storm on Wednesday fe'night appears by accounts from different parts, to have been very extensive and violent.—At Middletown the mast of a sloop
was shivered to pieces.—A number of cows were killed at East-Hartford. At Rockyhill a young woman was killed; and at New-London, a young woman, 15 years of age, the only daughter of Mr. Jonathan Brooks of that place, was instantaneously deprived of life.
"Live well, and fear no sudden fate—"
"When God calls Virtue to the grave,
"Alike 'tis Mercy, soon or late,
"Mercy alike to kill or save.
"Virtue unmov'd can hear the call,
"And face the flash that melts the ball."
R H O D E - I S L A N D.
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 2. On Tuesday last week, the Hon. General Assembly of this state met at Newport, when his Excellency the Governor stated to both Houses, in writing, the occasion of their having been specially convened, as follows, viz.
Gentlemen of both Houses of Assembly,
APPLICATION from many good citizens of this state, pointing out the distresses and sufferings of the people, on account of the unstable state of your currency, arising from a combination of influential men, against the good and wholesome laws of this state, duly enacted, and constitutionally promulgated, is the cause of my calling you together at this time. Present appearances are big with destruction, and if it be true, that like causes are productive of like effects, in the political as well as in the natural and moral worlds—if there is no check to prevent combination against laws, your lives are unsafe, your property is insecure, and your liberties are at a fatal and a melancholy end. To avert this impending catastrophe, party spirit and private interest must be laid aside,—the publick good must be the pole star—the legislative must be wise, and the executive decisive. I am, gentlemen, with every wish for the prosperity of the state, your most obedient servant, JOHN COLLINS.
C O N N E C T I C U T.
Hartford, Aug. 28. Saturday the 15th of July last, as the wife of Mr. Daniel Green, of East-Windsor, was walking at small distance from her house, she was attacked by a villain who arose suddenly out of a thicket, and attempted to throw her upon the ground with an intent to ravish her. To prevent the unfortunate woman from alarming her family, the monster thrust his hand with such violence upon her mouth, that he beat out one of her teeth; but finding that her outcries had been heard by a young woman, who was coming to her assistance, the villain, enraged at his disappointment, stabbed the woman in the arm with a broad knife, and escaped into the woods.
S P R I N G F I E L D,
Sept. 5. On Tuesday, the 29th ult. the day appointed by law for the sitting of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in Northampton, there assembled in that town, from different parts of the county, four or five hundred people, (armed with muskets and bludgeons) with a professed intention to prevent the Court from proceeding to business. They accordingly took possession of the ground adjacent to the court house, and sent a message to the justices, and other gentlemen of the Court, who were taken in their chamber, purporting, that, as the people laboured under divers grievances, it was inconvenient that that Court should sit for the dispatch of business, until there was opportunity for redress. After receiving an answer correspondent to their request, they retired and dispersed; having conducted, from first to last, with less insolence and violence, and with more sobriety and good order, than is commonly to be expected in such a large and promiscuous assembly, collected in so illegal a manner, and for so unwarrantable a purpose.
W O R C E S T E R, September 7.
Early on Tuesday morning last, this town was visited by a body of men under arms from several towns in the north-west part of the county, who surrounded and took possession of the court-house, in order to stop the sitting of the Court of Common Pleas by law to be holden on that day; they were soon joined by a number of others from various towns, not in arms.—About 12 o'clock the judges of the Court preceded by the high sheriff proceeded to the court-house, but were stopped at the door by the points of bayonets. The Court were firm, and did honour to the dignity of their stations—Judge Ward, by request, addressed the people—The Court were finally refused admittance into the Court-house, in consequence of which they soon after assembled at the United States Arms and there opened the Court in due form—Afterwards adjourned it until yesterday in the forenoon, when they again opened; and then adjourned without day.
T O B E S O L D,
The hull of a SHIP, of about 200 tons burthen, never fitted for sea, now lying at Mr. John Nowell's landing at York; any persons inclining to purchase her, will please to apply to Thomas Martin, at Portsmouth, or meet him at York, on Tuesday the 21st inst. if not sold before. Sept. 13.
35 white pine M A S T S, 8 B O W S P R I T S, and 80 Y A R D S,
of various dimensions,
T O B E S O L D
At Public Vendue,
at Portsmouth, in the state of New-Hampshire, on the 19th of September next, at ten o'clock forenoon, at Marden's wharf.
Portsmouth, August 29, 1786.

MR. PRINTER, I PROFESS myself to be an honest farmer, for I can say, that no man ever charged me with a dishonest action.—I see with great grief that all the country is afflicted as well as myself, every one is complaining and telling his grievances, but I find they do not tell how their troubles came on them; I know it is common for people to throw the blame of their own misdeeds on others, or at least excuse themselves of the charge.—I am in great tribulation, but to keep up the above character of an honest man—I cannot in conscience say that any one has brought my trouble on me but myself.—Hard times—no money—says every one.—A short story of myself, will shew you how it came hard times—and no money—with me at the age of 65, who has lived well these 40 years—my parents were poor, and they put me at twelve years old to a farmer, with whom I lived till I was 21—my master fitted me off with 2 stout suits of home-spun, 4 pair of stockings, 4 woolen shirts and 2 pair shoes, this was my whole fortune at my setting out in the world, and I thought it a good one—at 22 I married a wife, and a very working young woman she was—we took a farm of 40 acres on rent—by industry we gain'd a-head fast—I paid my rent punctually, and laid by money—in 10 years I was able to buy me a farm of 60 acres, on which I became my own tenant—I then in a manner grew rich—and soon added another 60 acres, with which I was content—my estate increased beyond all account—I bought several lots of out land for my children, who amounted to seven, when I was 45 years old—about this time I married my oldest daughter to a clever lad to whom I gave an hundred acres of my out-land—this daughter had been a working dutiful girl, and I fitted her out well, and to her mind, for I told her to take of the best of my wool and flax and to spin herself gowns, coats, stockings and shifts,—nay I suffer'd her to buy some cotton and make into sheets, as I was determined to do well by her—at this time my farm gave me and my whole family a good living on the produce of it, and left me one year with another a hundred and fifty silver dollars, for I never laid out (besides my taxes) more than 10 dollars a year, which was for salt, nails, and the like, nothing to wear, eat or drink was purchased, as my farm provided all—with this saving I put money to interest—bought cattle, fatted, and sold them and made great profit—in 2 years after my second daughter was courted—my wife says, come father you are now rich—you know Molly had nothing but what she spun—and no other cloathing has ever come into our house for any of us, Sary must be fitted out a little—she ought to fare as well as neighbour N——'s Betty—I must have some money and go to town—well wife, it shall be as you think best, I never was stingy, but it seems to me that what we spin at home will do—however, wife goes down in a few days, and returns with a callico gown, a callimanco petticoat, a set of stone teacups, half a dozen pewter teaspooms and a teakettle; things which never was seen in my house before—they cost but little, and I did not feel it, and I profess I was pleased to see them—Sary was as well fitted out as any girl in the parish—in 3 years more my third daughter had a spark, and wedding being concluded upon—wife comes again for the purse—but when she returned—what did I see—a silken gown, silk for cloak, looking glass, china tea geer, and a hundred other things with the empty purse—but this is not the worst of it Mr. Printer—some time before the marriage of this last daughter, and ever since—this charge increased in my family—besides all sorts of household furniture unknown to us before,—cloathing of every sort is bought—and the wheel goes only for the purpose of exchanging our substantial cloth of flax and wool for gauze, ribbons, silk, tea, sugar, &c.—my butter which used to go to market and brought money, is now expended on the tea table—my tithe of breakfast which used to take 10 minutes in eating milk or postage made of it—now takes my whole family an hour at tea or coffee—my lambs which used also to bring cash is now eaten at home, or if sent to market is brought back in things of no use—so that instead of laying up 150 dollars every year, I find now all my loose money is gone, my best debts called in and expended—and being straitened I cant carry on my farm to so good advantage, that it brings me not near so much, that what it cost me to live, tho' a less family, and all able to work, is 50 or 60 dollars a year more than all my farm brings me.—Now this has gone on a good many years, and has brought hard times into my family—and if I cant reform it, ruin must follow—my land must go—I am not alone, 30 in our parish have gone hand in hand with me—and they all say—hard times—now Mr. Printer, I dont know how you live—maybe you are more frugal now, than we are, as all of us us'd to be—but I am still master in my own house—I am determined to alter my way of living to what it was 20 years ago, when I laid up 150 dollars a year, I know I can do it, for I have got all my land yet—with good management it will yield me as much as ever, I will increase my sheep, my flax ground and my orcharding—my produce fetches (scarce as money is) as much as it used to do—no one thing to eat drink or ware shall come into my house which is not raised on my farm, or in the parish, or in the country, except salt and iron work for repairing my buildings and tools—no
tea, sugar, coffee or rum.—The tea kittle shall be sold—I shall then Mr. Printer, live and dye with a good conscience—my taxes both state and continental, which appears now intolerable will then be easy—my younger children and my grand children will see a good example before them—and I shall feel happy in seeing a reform of abuse which has been growing on me more than 20 years.—If you will tell my story till it shall work any good—you shall have my lasting thanks.
A FARMER.
BOSTON, September 8. Pursuant to a petition to the Selectmen, signed by a considerable number of respectable citizens, a town-meeting has been warned, and is to be held, at Faneuil-Hall, at 10 o'clock this forenoon. This meeting has been called on account of the present critical situation of publick affairs.
On the Bill of Letters, sent by the Post-Master at Worcester, and dated yesterday morning, was the following note, "Surrounded by about 300 armed men, to stop the Courts—think they will not succeed."
Accounts from Nova Scotia mention the arrival at Quebec of Sir Guy Carlton, Governor-General of his Majesty's colonies in North America.—One of his Aids, who with his Secretary, arrived some days before him, was ordered, immediately on his arrival to strengthen the BACK POSTS: In consequence of which orders, the day after he (the aid-de camp) arrived, the 53d regiment, and some artillery were marched to those places. Query, Why this unusual haste?
An account from Taunton, Bristol county, mentions, that on Wednesday last, a Captain Elezer Burr, a Deputy Sheriff, in that county, put a period to his existence, by cutting his throat.—It is said, the late disturbances in that county, having wholly stagnated all business, threw him into a melancholy, in a fit of which he committed the above rash act.
At a meeting of a number of the inhabitants of Kent county, Maryland, on the 29th July last, the following extraordinary motion was agreed to, viz.
"That it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting, That a petition ought to be presented to the Honorable the General Assembly, at their next session, praying in the first place, that their Honours will take effectual measures to prevent the ruinous practice of speculators in the legislature, who, instead of consulting the publick good, have aimed at raising their private fortunes at the expence of their constituents and the publick creditors; thereby breaking their engagements to their said constituents, destroying the publick credit and occasioning the reproach the state lies under, of injustice and ingratitude to the publick creditors, particularly to those brave and virtuous men, who by their courage, their industry, and patriotick exertions, under the divine blessing, have preserved our liberties and established our independence."
A Baltimore paper says, the Phillipine, an American vessel, bound from Philadelphia to Orient, is captured, by a pirate, and carried into Algiers.
Thursday morning a gentleman arrived here from Worcester, which town he left about six o'clock the evening before last. He brought intelligence to his excellency the governor from the hon. General Ward, first justice of the Common Pleas in the county of Worcester.—That a number of malcontents, amounting to one hundred and twenty or thirty, armed, and about two hundred more unarmed, had riotously stopped the passage to the court-house, and prevented the justices entering to proceed to business, it being their term day: That there was a large concourse of people well affected to constitutional government, consisting partly of persons from various parts of the county who had business in the court, but chiefly inhabitants of the town of Worcester: That those could easily have armed themselves, despised the rioters and taken their leaders, and would have done it, but being informed that government had previously ordered a sufficient detachment from the militia of the county to be in readiness, with proper officers, at the call, and under the direction, of the civil magistrate, it was thought prudent to suspend their interfering till the arrival of the militia, especially as it was expected in due season: and, that the Court was regularly opened at a neighbouring publick house, and adjourned till the next day (Wednesday). Thus matters were situated, according to the last authentick accounts from Worcester.
A gentleman, who came to town yesterday from Worcester; assures us, that he met a number of militia men, armed and upon the march, in pursuance of the orders of government. By other accounts, we are informed that detachments have been several days past marching from divers parts of the county of Worcester to a place of rendezvous, in order to be in readiness for the protection of the courts of law there, when called by the civil magistrates, so that we are in hopes soon to hear that peace and good order have again taken place in that county.
PORTSMOUTH, September 14.
Intelligence having been lately received that his Most Catholic Majesty (the King of Spain) has declared the island of Trinidad a free port, we beg leave to present our readers with the following account of it:
THE island which the Spaniards first met with on their arrival in America, is called Trinidad. Columbus landed on it in 1498, when he discovered the Orinooko; but other objects interfering, both the island, and the coasts of the neighbouring continent, were at that time neglected.
It was not till 1535, that the court of Madrid took possession of the island of Trinidad, which is situated facing the mouth of the Orinooko, as it were to moderate the rapidity of this river. It is said to comprehend three hundred and eighteen square leagues. It hath never experienced any hurricane, and it's climate is wholesome. The rains are very abundant there from the middle of May to the end of October; and the dryness that prevails throughout the rest of the year is
not attended with any inconvenience, because the country, though destitute of navigable rivers, is very well watered. The earthquakes are more frequent than dangerous. In the interior part of the island there are four groups of mountains, which, together with some others formed by nature upon the shores of the ocean, occupy a third part of the territory. The rest is in general susceptible to the richest cultures.
The form of the island is square. To the north is a coast of twenty-two leagues in extent, too much elevated, and too much divided, ever to be of any use. The eastern coast is only nineteen leagues in extent, but in all parts as convenient as one could wish it to be. The southern coast have five and twenty leagues, is a little exalted, and well adapted for the very successful cultivation of coffee and cocoa. The land on the western side is separated from the rest of the colony, to the south by the Soldiers Canal, and to the north by the Dragon's mouth, and forms, means of a recess, a harbour of twenty leagues in breadth, and thirty in depth. It offers in all seasons a secure asylum to the navigators, who during the greatest part of the year, would find it difficult to anchor any where else, except at the place called the Galiote.
In this part are the Spanish settlements. They consist only of the port of Spain, upon which there are seventy-eight thatched huts; and of Saint Joseph, situated three leagues further up the country, where eighty-eight families, still more wretched than the former, are computed.
The cocoa was formerly cultivated near these two villages. It's excellency made it be preferred even to that of Caracca. In order to secure it, the merchants used to pay for it beforehand. The trees that produce it perished all in 1727, and have not been replanted since. The monks attribute this disaster to the colonists having refused to pay tithes. Those who were not blinded by interest or superstition, ascribed it to the north winds which have too frequently occasioned the same kind of calamity in other parts. Since this period, Trinidad hath not been much more frequented than Cubagua.
In Cook's Voyage, printed at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1783, is the following passage:—"On the 1st Sept. being then in lat. N. 58. long. W. 182. made the Asiatick shore. On the 2d. we passed again the two capes that form the eastern and western extreme of Asia and America; and as we kept the middle of the channel, which is about 14 leagues over, had the pleasure to see both continents at once.—The Asiatick cape is called by the Russians the Izbulka Nos —The American cape, Prince of Wales ."
NAVAL-OFFICE,
PORT OF PISCATAQUA, September 13, 1786.
   ENTERED, FROM,     Schooner Polly, Chase, Carolina,   Sloop Mary, Fernald, Gaudaloup,   Brig Nancy, Frost, Tobago,   Brig Africa, Salter, Cape-Francois,   CLEARED, FOR,   Brig Pomona, Horney, Great-Britain,   Brig Izette, Sargent, West Indies,   Sloop Dolphin, Coffin, St. Peter,   Schooner Success, Fernald, West Indies,  
State of New-Hampshire,
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Nottingham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1784, that unless they pay the same to us the subscribers, on or before Monday the 9th day of October next, so much of their lands as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Benjamin Butler, Esq. in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   state. county. town. Q'ty. s. d. q. d. q. s. d.     In Gerrish's list.   Lt. Zebulon Barber 86 11 10 1 11 0 7 0   Samuel Brown 50 5 3 3 5 0 3 6   Samuel Brown jr. 56 6 2 0 5 3 3 9   Joseph Clark 50 1 3 2 1 1   Gideon Colcord 36 5 7 0 5 1 3 5   John Car 33 8 0 1 7 2 5 2   Lt. Joseph Fifield 14 10 2 3 9 2 7 6   Phenias Fogg 88 5 2 2 4 3 2 6   Benjamin Smith 105 11 0 2 10 1 6 6   Joseph Shepard 10 2 4 0 2 1 1 8   Jacob Smith 45 2 8 2 2 1 1 6   Chase Wiggin 14 4 6 0 4 1 3 4   Levi French 5 6 1 5 1 4 3  
The following are taxed to the original proprietors and by the number of the lots.
   No. West street. Q'ty. s. d. q. d. q.     3 John Favour 40 0 9 3 0 3   4 Col. Richard Kent 90 1 9 2 1 3   5 Samuel Penhallow 90 1 9 2 1 3  
   Woodbridge's gore.   No. Wm. Langdon Q'ty. s. d. q. d. q.     1 or George Jeffery 160 2 8 0 1 1  
   In Randel's List.   No. In summer street, Q'ty. s. d. q. d. q.     26 Wm. Partridge 16 1 0 0 1 0   2 In cross street,   Job Giddings 176 0 11 3 1 0  
   Taxed to the present owners in Randel's list:   No. James Bunker Q'ty. s. d. q. d. q.     Col. Samuel Chesley 80 5 8 1 5 1   Col. Stephen Evens 105 2 7 1 2 2   Theophilus Hardy 176 11 4 2 10 2   Laskey Jackson 44 6 10 0 6 1   John Sias 35 0 11 3 1 0   50 2 9 1 2 2  
IZRAEL RANDEL, } Constables. PAUL GERRISH, }

Parnassian Spring.
PROLOGUE,
Spoken by Master William Blodget, a youth of twelve years of age.
METHINKS I hear some angry critick say What boys are these presume to act a play, Can striplings hope attention to engage, By strutting awkward o'er the comick stage? For these to ape the great is something odd, Who scarce have courage to withstand a rod.
Tho' low our stature, and our years but few, We hope to please, and to instruct you too. Guess not our parts or merits by our age, 'Tis not the growth or beard denotes the sage, The largest river once was but a rill, *Thames near its fountain scarce will turn a mill. Rome a poor village once, but quickly grew, The world's emporium and its mistress too. Garrick and Quin, nor was their scheme amiss, First try'd their skill upon a stage like this; With farce and merry droll they first began, The actor still improving with the man. Should we but practice you perhaps would see, Such as they were, just such we once may be: That's not our aim, for all our view's to please A few selected friends and pass an eve.
Nothing we act to shock the virgin ear, But modesty without a blush may hear, To paint the follies of the reigning age, Is now the privilege of the comick stage, The Tragick, facts from history disclose, And shew the great reduc'd to poignant woes— Examples of the great dispenser's care, That high and low in equal troubles share, This world's a stage, and each man plays his part,
Some act the tragick—some the comick art. Some authors have alledg'd that plays but wean, The studious mind from ev'ry solemn scene, But Greece and Rome explor'd the purest ways, And taught their youth more forcibly with plays, To warm the passions and to mend the heart, The good man always acts the player's part, To strike a force upon the wav'ring mind, His gesture, voice and dignity combin'd.
The Comick scene we act with conscious fears, And beg your candour on our want of years— No splendor here to captivate the eye, Or deck the stage with grace or majesty, But simple all like me, the actors pray Your gen'ral silence whilst they act the play.
* It is an error which most American writers fall into, when they are searching for examples or similes, immediately to cross the atlantick after them, when at the same time they leave behind those which are much superior.—In this instance we see the river Thames unnecessarily lug'd in to furnish an example—for had the writer contemplated the map of America one moment, he would have met with numbers of rivers, to which the Thames is a mere rill!—Our Kennebec is its superior—not to mention the Mississippi, the mighty Oronoke, or Orellenna.
THE Collector of the Impost Duties for this State, hereby informs all masters of coasting and foreign vessels, and all importers of goods by land and water, that the act for laying a duty on sundry foreign goods imported, requires, that any person importing such goods by land, shall report the same immediately to the Impost-Officer, or such deputy as may be most convenient—and that every master of a vessel shall, before he break bulk and within forty-eight hours after his arrival, make a true and perfect report of goods by him imported, &c.—That several persons having attempted to defraud the Revenue (possibly through ignorance) he holds himself obliged to pursue the course of the law against all who shall hereafter make such attempts—he begs leave to remind all importers of goods, especially those who are subjects of the State, that these duties are not laid and collected (as formerly they were) by a foreign power, in the framing of the laws for which the people of these States had no voice,—but that they are for the purpose of supporting our own government—that the establishment is for the good of the State, by the lessening other taxes—discouraging the importation of foreign luxuries, and encouraging manufactures among ourselves. That the said importers, by their representatives, are the makers of the very laws which some of them attempt to evade. Impressed with the truth of these facts, every good Citizen of the State, he hopes, will not only avoid the practice of smuggling, but will endeavor to detect those who shall be base enough to pursue it. Impost-Office, Portsmouth, Aug. 5, 1786.
S A L T. CHOICE Salt to be sold cheap for Cash, or on credit, or exchanged for Merchantable, Jamaica and Scale Fish, Rye, Indian Corn, Flax-Seed, &c. &c.—Enquire of Aaron Hill, at his Shop opposite the State-House, or at the Store lately improved by Captain MARTIN, on Church Hill. Portsmouth, Aug. 17.
State of New Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Rochester, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1784, that unless they pay the same to the subscriber on or before Friday the 29th day of September inst. so much of their respective lots as will pay the same, together with incidental charges will then be sold at publick vendue, at 10 o'clock on said day at my dwelling house in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   1 st div. 2 d . 3 d . 4 th .   f. d. f. d. f. d. f. d.     Joseph Kent 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0   John Thompson 6 8   Thomas Drew 5 10   James Durgin 2 11   Col. Tho's Westbrook 6 3 3 1   James Bunker 0 3   Lt. John Smith 2 11   Eli Demerit 1 8 2 1   Ebenezer Varney 3 9 3 9 0 2   Dea. Gar. Wentworth 0 9   Capt. Fran's Mathews 6 8 5 10   Gar. Wentworth junr. 5 0   Ephraim Wentworth 0 7   Lt. John Ham 0 5   Ensign John Waldron 4 8   Capt. Thomas Tibbets 10 0 5 10 0 5   Peter Varney 0 4 0 5   Benjamin Bickford 5 10 4 2   John Usher 3 4 5 10   John Wille 3 8   Lt. Tru Bram Herd 6 0 1 8   Capt. Stephen Jones 5 10   Lt. Joseph Roberts 1 6   Capt. Samuel Tibbets 0 10   Col. James Davis 1 8 3 8   Capt. Benj. Wentworth 5 10   Sam. Penhallow, Esq. 0 3   Lt. Gov. Wentworth 7 7   One share between two men   John Burnum 2 6   Henry Tibbets 3 1   Nicholas Harford 3 1   One share between three men   Thomas Hanson 8 4 3 4 0 3   Tobias Hanson 0 7   Samuel Hayes 1 0 1 9   Job Clements 1 5   John Hayes 0 11   Gershom Downs 0 2   Samuel Downs 0 3   Nathan Perkins 7 11   John Ricker 0 10 3 4 2 0   Joseph Ricker 2 7   John Trickey 3 0 0 7   Edward Evans 4 1 4 5   Benjamin Mason 6 3 1 1   John Sias 0 2   John Bickford, jr. 0 5   Samuel Wille 5 2   John Hall 6 8 0 4   Ebenezer Tuttle 2 6 1 6   Ebenezer Garlin 1 1   William Blackston 2 8   Timothy Robbins 0 5   Joseph Stephenson 1 0 0 5   John Allin 1 0   John Ronalds 0 3   Joseph Chesley 0 4   One share among four men   Benjamin Peirce 2 0 0 4   James Conner 0 3 4 5   John Grey 1 5   Maurice Fowler 1 2  
RICHA PLACE, Collector. Rochester, Sept. 5, 1786.
John Goddard, Has for Sale on the most reasonable terms, at his Shop opposite the Printing-Office in Paved-Street, A very general Assortment of Drugs & Medicines, —Also—
Madeira, Sherry, Port, Cancavilla, Lisbon, Claret, Muscat, Frontiniac, Malaga and George's Wines.—
LINSEED Oil, Painters Brushes and an assortment of Painters Colors and Dryers, Single and double refined Loaf Sugar, Brown ditto, Rum, Brandy, Gin, London Porter, Olive, Florence and Lucao Oil, Hyson, Souchong, Congo and Bohea Tea, Raisins, Figs, Currants, Prunes, Olives, Capers, Almonds, Tamarinds, Citron, Preserves, Cinnamon, CLOVES, Mace, Nutmegs, Oatmeal, Rice, Pepper, Allspice, Ginger, Flour, Indigo, Starch, Coffee, Chocolate, Snuff in bottles, Nails & Window Glass of different sizes, Redwood, Logwood, Fustick, Allum, Copperas, Pearl Ash, Castile and common Soap, English and German Steel Philadelphia and Swedish IRON, An assortment of Iron hollow ware.
Any of the above Articles, or Cash will be given for Flax-Seed. Portsmouth, August 16, 1786.
W A N T E D. A quantity of B E E S - W A X, for which CASH will be given by EDMUND ROBERTS, or SAMUEL HILL. Portsmouth, Aug. 16.
F O R S A L E. A new genteel C H A I S E, with Harness complete, for which payment will be made easy. Apply to the PRINTER hereof.
State of New Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Petersborough, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday, the 28th day of September next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Maj. Robert Wilson, innholder in said town, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. Q'ty. s. d. s. d.     Jeremiah Griley, Esq. 78 24 2 11 0 1   Ditto 113 100 3 6 0 1   Ditto 114 100 3 6 0 1   Ditto 115 100 4 3 0 1   John Hills, Esq. 95 100 5 11 0 1   Ditto 80 84 5 10 0 1   Ditto 41 80 2 11 0 1   Ditto 94 100 5 10 0 1   Ditto 48 100 11 9 0 3   Ditto 75 100 4 9 0 1   John Fowle, Esq. 81 100 10 7 0 2   Ditto 83 100 5 10 0 1   Ditto 73 100 5 11 0 1   Ditto 65 100 8 9 0 2   James Ewens 100 100 5 4 0 1   John Conard 35 25 2 4 0 1   Mary Moore 36 100 8 10 0 2   Capt. John Gragg C 250 17 8 0 4   Wm. Gordon's Heirs 113 42 4 9 0 1   Ditto 114 100 10 7 0 2   Ditto 115 91 8 3 0 2   Gore 113 10 1 9 0 1   Mr. Cudworth 99 100 3 6 0 1   Isaac Butterfield and others 5 100 3 6 0 1   Ditto 6 100 3 6 0 1   Jonas Brown 1 100 6 6 0 1   Francis Cragin 2 100 4 6 0 1   Jonathan Parkhurst 25 100 7 1 0 1   Mr. Kindle 96 60 4 1 0 1   Ditto 27 60 4 1 0 1  
WILLIAM SWAN, Collector. Peterborough, August 21, 1786.
SUBSCRIPTIONS for this Paper, at Four shillings and six pence for six Months (exclusive of postage) are taken in at the Office, and by THOMAS ODIORNE, Esq. at his Shop in Exeter, where Advertisements are received, the Favors of Correspondents and all Orders in the Art of Printing are attended to with Punctuality and Dispatch.