The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-04-18 00:00:00

W. A. Davis
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1792.]
THE
[Volume xxxv—Numb 1840
New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful & entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
CONGRESS:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, MARCH 19.
AMONG a variety of private petitions, which were presented and read, was one from Capt. John M'Pherfon, setting forth, that he has discovered an infallible method of ascertaining the longitude to a degree of precision, far beyond Mr. Churchman's pretensions; and requesting that Congress, for the purpose of enabling him to prove his theory by experiments, will send him out in the character of a gentleman, on a voyage to France, with proper recommendations to their good ally, the king of the French. Ordered to lie on the table.
A message from the President of the United States was delivered by Mr. Secretary Lear, notifying the house, that he had this day approved and signed, "An act declaring the consent of Congress to a certain act of the State of Maryland, and to continue for a longer time, an act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode-island and Providence Plantations, as far as the same respects the states of Georgia, and Rhode-island and Providence Plantations."
A message from the Senate, was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, notifying, that they had agreed to the proposed conference on the subject of the disagreeing amendments of both houses, to the Representative bill, and had, on their part, appointed managers; also, that they insisted on some, and had receded from others of their amendments, to the bill for the relief of certain widows, orphans, invalids, and other persons; and also, that they had passed a bill for the erection of a light-house on Montaug Point, in the state of New-York, to which they requested the concurrence of the house.
Mr. Otis delivered a second message, notifying, that the Senate had, with amendments, passed a bill (sent to them from the house) providing for the settlement of the claims of persons under particular circumstances, barred by the limitations heretofore established.
The order of the day, on the Georgia election, being called for, Mr. W. Smith, withdrew the motion he had made on Friday last, for transmitting to the Executive of Georgia, a copy of the resolution respecting General Wayne's election: And in lieu thereof, proposed one to the following effect:
"Resolved, That the seat of Anthony Wayne, as a member of
this house, is, and the same is hereby declared to be vacant. Ordered, That the Speaker do transmit a copy of the preceding resolution, and of this order to the Executive of the State of Georgia, to the end, that the said Executive may issue writs of election to fill the said vacancy."
Mr. Giles (with the consent of Mr. Smith, who waved his motion for the purpose) moved the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the petitioner, James Jackson, is entitled to a seat in this house, as a member, for the lower district of the State of Georgia; and that the right of petitioning against the election of the said J. Jackson, be reserved to all persons, at any time during the term for which he was elected."
A lengthy debate took place, respecting the right of the house to pronounce a decision on Gen. Jackson's election, and how far the illegality of one part of an election may operate to the invalidation of the whole.
Without taking the question, the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20.
A bill, received yesterday from the Senate, for the erection of a light-house on Montaug Point, in the State of New-York, was twice read, referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order of the day, to-morrow.
The amendments, proposed by the Senate to the "bill, providing for the settlement of the claims of persons under particular circumstances barred by the limitations heretofore established," were agreed to, as were also their amendments to the "bill for the relief of certain widows, orphans, invalids, and other persons."
A message, from the President of the United States, was delivered by Mr. Secretary Lear, stating a deficiency of officers, in the military establishment, of the rank of brigadier-general, and suggesting the propriety of making provision for an increase of the number. The order of the day on the Georgia election, being called for, the following motion was taken up.
"Resolved, That the petitioner, J. Jackson, is entitled to a seat in this house; and that the right of petitioning against the election of said J. Jackson, be reserved to all persons, at any time, during the term for which he may have been elected."
The subject was debated until a late hour, when the house, without coming to a decision, adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21.
Several petitions were presented,
read, and referred to the Secretaries of the War, and Treasury Departments.
The petition of the merchants of Rhode-island was referred to a committee of the whole, on the state of the Union.
The report of the Attorney-general on the petition of Andrew Jackson was referred to a select committee.
A message was received from the Senate informing the house that they had passed a bill for compensating the door-keepers of both houses, for extra services, with amendments, to which they request the concurrence of the house of representatives.
The message received yesterday from the President respecting a Brigadier-general, was referred to a select committee to report by bill.
Order of the day.
The house proceeded to the consideration of the motion for declaring General Jackson duly elected, &c. &c.
The debate was continued on the propriety of admitting the certificate of Mr. Gibbons the Mayor of Savannah, to be read—this was offered yesterday by Mr. Boudinot as an evidence against some votes, which were given in favor of Gen. Jackson at the Georgia Election; after considerable deliberation the motion for reading the paper fell through, and the resolution for admitting Gen. Jackson to a seat, recurred, as stated by Mr. Giles—and after some further debate it was determined by calling the yeas and nays.
Yeas 29—Nays 29.—It was then determined in the negative by the Speaker's casting vote.
A Method to obtain Pure Seed Wheat that will not Smut.
TAKE a peck, more or less, of as good Wheat, and as free from smut as can be got.—Sow it at a distance from any other Wheat, and in rows, so as you can best walk through it, and examine every head. When beginning to blow, and and till it fills out, watch and examine it daily, in the most careful manner, for the smutty ears or heads. Cut off, or pull up, and convey carefully away, all that has any or the least appearance of smut, as soon as it appears.
Let the grain stand till it is very ripe, as long as it can stand without damage.
Reap and thresh it where no smutty wheat has been, then spread it on a floor by itself, where it will receive no damage, stir it and keep it so spread, as it
will not be in the least danger of heating, till seed-time. Use this for seed.
This Wheat will not smut, if there was no smutty heads left among it. The wheat that is raised from this seed, that is intended for seed again, must stand longer in the field than that you intend for bread, and must, as soon as threshed, be spread and kept so till seed-time, and not put into heaps, casks, &c. as the grain for use commonly is; always sow as far from any foul Wheat, (that is, Wheat that has not been cleaned in this way) as can be made convenient. It may be best every two or three years, to sow in rows, &c. as first directed, as much as will produce your seed; that you may examine it, and take away all those heads that appear any way defective, as one head may infect a thousand.
Should the country in general, get into this way of obtaining and preserving their seed, the smut in Wheat will be done away.
The MORALIST.
MAXIMS
I HAD rather be known by some good actions, than by a noble birth. My good actions are my own work, but my noble birth is only the work of my parents. Marius expresses himself thus in Sallust: "I confess that I want the advantage of a noble birth; but my actions afford me a greater advantage: And they who upbraid me with the meanness of my extraction, are guilty of an extreme injustice, in not permitting me to value myself upon my own virtue, as much as they value themselves upon the virtue of others."
Nobility is like a cypher, which is worth nothing when alone, though it increases the value of numbers when added to them: Nobility alone is not a merit in a man who boasts of it: It is another man's virtue which he usurps: An imaginary quality, wherewith he flatters himself; a sanctuary which he builds near his grave; and borrowed light which he makes use of.
THE Subscribers, appointed Commissioners, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors, to the estate of JOSEPH HAMMOND, late of Portsmouth, Blacksmith, deceased, under the administration of George Hammond, represented insolvent,—Give notice that they shall attend that service, at the dwelling-house of Capt. Nathaniel Melcher, in Portsmouth, on the third Wednesday of this and the five following Months, from three to six o'clock in the afternoon. GEO. WENTWORTH, } Commissioners. EDWARD SARGENT, } EZEKIEL PITMAN, } Portsmouth, March 1, 1792.

Foreign Advices.
[By the latest arrival from London, we are enabled to cull the following articles.]
FRANCE—NATIONAL-ASSEMBLY,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26.
A LETTER was read from the department of the Lower Pyrennes , stating that all the officers of the 7th regiment, except two, had quitted their colors. The soldiers had maintained the most exact discipline, and were so much afraid of being accused of irregularity, that since the departure of their officers they had scrupulously subjected themselves to a most rigorous discharge of their duty. Refered to the Executive Power.
STATE PAPERS.
Answer of the EMPEROR OF GERMANY, to the French KING's Letter.
"NO doubts can be entertained of my manner of thinking on the affairs of France . My last declaration, and the orders I have caused to be given by my government at Brussels, to the Agent of the French emigrants, prove, that I consider my Brother-in-law as free, and that it is not my intention to interfere in the affairs of his kingdom, as long as the French shall leave him in possession of the power which they have voluntarily secured to him, and he has voluntarily accepted by the New Constitutional Contract. But this is all that ought to be required of me.
"If the King of the French has causes of complaint against particular states of the Empire, free Sovereigns, like myself, by virtue of the Germanic Constitution, let him address himself immediately to them, and bring his remonstrances to such issue as he shall think proper."
KING of PRUSSIA's Answer.
"LOUIS the XVI having accepted the New Constitution, prevents my acting; but if the National Assembly, or the prevailing party, forget the obligations which they have contracted towards the King, Prussia is ready to act with all its forces in favor of his Most Christian Majesty "
LETTER
From the Marshal DE MAILLY, to M. DE NARBONE, Minister at War.
"PARIS, DEC. 12, 1791.
"SIR,
"ON my arrival here, I found the two letters you did me the honor to address to me.—They were accompanied by the form of the new oath, which you propose to me, and which I own I do not think that there is any occasion for me to take, after the obligation which I have fulfilled thro' my whole life.
"With this view, Sir, it is, that I now renew it to you by the
enclosed Declarations. I have the honor to be, &c."
DECLARATION
Of Marshal DE MAILLY.
"ATTACHED to the service of the King and the Nation, whom I consider as one and the same, from the first hour of my life:
"Having unceasingly devoted to it almost seventy years of my life:
"Having sacrificed my whole fortune in the armies, and the establishments of public utility in the Province, the command of which has been confided to me for twenty-five years:
"And, having attained the highest military rank, can I give to my King and my Country assurances of attachment more sacred than those of the whole course of my life?
"That assurance shall cease only with the last hour of my life; and it is the most binding oath that my honor can require.
[Signed]
"The Marshal DE MAILLY.
LONDON, Feb. 10.
There are hopes that the celebrated circum-navigator, able officer, & humane man Count DE LA PEYROUSE, is not lost. It is said, that Admiral DE BOUGAINVILLE, has received tidings of him. A ship from China touched at the isle of Bourbon , and gave there an account of the place where he was to be found. He, and such of his men as are still alive, are said to have suffered dreadfully from the scurvy, which had occasioned the loss of their hair and their teeth. The report says that a vessel was to be dispatched from the Isle of Bourbon , to bring them home.
For the succeeding birth day, obviously so important, the Dutchess of York is to have among other trifles, a Diamond Shoe! The shoe aforesaid, and the diamond aforesaid, are to cost a thousand Guineas!
By letters from Gibraltar we learn, that the Spaniards are arming in all their ports with great vigor. The pretext is, an insult offered to the nation by the Emperor of Morocco, who has hanged the Representative of the King in the person of his envoy. We state it literally as communicated in a letter from a British officer.
The number of Students in the college of Edenburg , is 1255, viz.
  Classes of literature and philosophy 461   Law 127   Divinity 125   Physic 542 
The rumors of the King of France's intended flight, are still kept up, but they begin to lose their effect by repetition.
Mr. PITT says he means to make a short session. He will open his budget in a fortnight—run through the bills without discussion, and prorogue before the birth day. Mr. HASTINGS's
trial is to be no obstacle to that speed, for he means to make a brief defence. He will make a speech—call all the Ministers of the present reign to give him a character, and leave his case to its fate.
Domestic Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, March 29.
INDIAN DANCE.
Last Monday evening, the Indian chiefs now in this city entertained a number of the citizens with a sight of their festive dances. Their music, on these occasions, is chiefly vocal, accompanied with the beat of a small drum. The dancers join in the chorus. There is no variety in the figures; all follow the leaders, in a circle, round the music, and imitate his motions. There is but little variety in their steps;—they consist of hopping upon each foot alternately; falling heavily upon the flat of the foot, or rather heel. They accompany their steps with a variety of motions, with each, and sometimes both hands—all in good time. Their bodies sometimes erect, sometimes bent. They aim not at agility, but rather at a display of vigor, and an appearance of violent exertion.
CARLISLE, Feb. 29.
Yesterday arrived in town about one hundred and forty regular troops, under the command of Captain Hughes, on their way westward.
ENSIGN TURNER,
Who was in the memorable defeat of Gen. St. Clair, and who stands on the list of the slain, is safely returning from captivity, and now on his way to his friends in Maryland: He says, after the action he experienced no ill usage other than stripping; he was conducted from Miami to Detroit by a party of twelve, where, by the friendly assistance of a merchant, he purchased his ransom with goods to the amount of 50l. Mr. Turner being detached from the main body at the time of his capture, was kept so much alone as to be precluded from any knowledge of the fate of the other prisoners, and never after had sight of one of his countrymen. He cannot estimate the number of the savages nor their loss.
From his conductors he could learn nothing material, except that some of the Indians, as they expressed it, were three moons in coming to join them. After his arrival at Detroit several Indians came in, among whom was Captain Blue Jacket, their commander in chief, in General Butler's uniform, and who was much caressed by the officers of that post, and is of the party at the grand balls.
The conductors of Mr. Turner were loaded with scalps, which, from hurry, were taken off with the spongy flesh, &c. adhering; which, although provisions were plenty, they scraped into their kettles of soup and ate.
From the AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER.
PREMIUMS.
I. To the person who shall obtain the names of the public defaulters called for by a late patriotic motion in Congress, which names as the newspapers say, are reported by the committee proper to remain secret; the particular thanks of those who have paid their balances and can see no good reason why favorites and even members of Congress (if any) should not do the same.
II. To the person who shall find out how it was known to certain speculators on what terms the funding system was pushed, and also the assumption, before the matter was public, whereby the people was given up to the said speculators, like lambs to wolves—the thanks of the sufferers, and all who love justice.
III. To the person who shall name the members of Congress (if any) who went snacks with said speculators, and state the terms of the partnerships—the thanks of the constituents of such members.
IV. To the person who shall name the members of Congress (if any) who, pending the aforesaid measures, were concerned in the pilot boats sent off to fish their constituents and fellow citizens—the thanks of thousands in a certain extreme of the union.
V. To the person who shall point out the members who are subscribers to the funding system, in such manner as to shew how much of the stock was made by official jobbing in certificates.—
VI. To the person who shall discover the amount subscribed by each of said members in feigned or borrowed names.—
VII. To the person who communicates (true and untrue names in like manner distinguished) the shares subscribed to the bank by the members who passed the same, together with a state of the nett profits accruing from that productive measure to the subscribers in general, and to the members of Congress in particular.
VIII. To the persons who shall perform the three foregoing services, and point out the best use to be made of all such discoveries for the true benefit of the general government, and for the cause of truth, morality, liberty, and the public good—will be given the highest reward in this world, the unfeigned and universal gratitude of A free and virtuous people.
The free and independent Presses every where, are desired particularly to publish the offer of the above premiums, for the advancement of useful knowledge.
The following laconick DUN appeared in a late Country paper.
To all concern'd this timely Note I send: Bring in your debts and help a needy friend—
Bring what you have—a little Cash will do:
Who pays I'll them discharge—who fails I'll SUE.

BOSTON, APRIL 11:  Extract of a letter from a Captain of a ship belonging to this port, dated Lisbon, Feb. 4, 1792.
"On Sunday last we all dined without Ambassador, His Excellency Col. HUMPHREYS—a fine man, and fit to shine at any Court. We were twenty-two in number, and had an elegant dinner, and passed an agreeable day."
The Queen of Portugal is near her end—and cannot live many days.—I hope to get away first, or shall have to go in mourning for her."
A letter from Philadelphia to the Editor of the EASTERN HERALD, at Portland, says, "Thirty or forty Chiefs of the six and other nations of Indian are now in this city. They arrived last week. I saw a dozen of them this morning in a stage waggon with a couple of waiters attending them, and they appeared to be highly pleased. The Cornplanter's son was on horse back! and was laced off from head to feet. He resembled a Knight of the renowned order of LA MANCHA,—This is the most advantageous mode of fighting the Indians, and it is my opinion, that ten thousand dollars laid out in corrupting them, will be of more service to the United States than half a million in paying officers and soldiers to fight them.—If the Chiefs and principal men of the present hostile tribes can only be induced to visit Philadelphia once a year, I shall think a most important point is gained; and the war with them will be at an end."
We learn from New-York, (since Mail) that several capital Stockbrokers have failed, in addition to those already mentioned. Prices of American Stocks, at London, Jan. 30.
  6 per cents 23/.   3 per cents 13/.   Deferred 14/. 
APRIL 14.  MORGAN vs. ST. CLAIR.
The prosecution in the newspapers pursued by Ensign Morgan, against Gen. St. Clair, is interesting to the public: But such is the irregularity in conveying the papers, by the Mails, that no connected detail of the important deposition of Colonel Darke, on the subject, has reached Boston. We have received one Philadelphia paper, which contains a part of that deposition; the whole of which may be judged of by the following articles. The questions asked by Ensign Morgan, are in numerical progression; which are answered by Col. Darke.
QUESTION
62d.— Would you have deserted Major Butler, wounded as he was, in the manner Gen. St. Clair did?
Answer—I could not have done so.
68th.— Did Major Clarke, with his battalion cover the rear as stated in Gen. St. Clair's letter?
Answer—he did not—nor had the army any cover, except the
wounded, the lame, and those of least activity.
71st.— Was you witness to any exertion whatsoever in General St. Clair during the engagement, Nov. 4th. Or was you witness to any decisive order from him to you or to any other officer? If you was to be pleased to mention wherein.
Answ.—I saw no exertion whatsoever made by General St. Clair, nor did I receive a single decisive order from him during the action: Nor was I witness to any decisive order to any other officer.
72d.— Was not General St. Clair in your opinion as in mine, a perfect blank? Or worse than a blank, because he did not make the proper dispositions and did not give the necessary orders on the occasion as a capable officer would have done?
Answer—General St. Clair was in such a situation in my opinion, as not to be capable of any exertion or to give the necessary orders upon that occasion: And I think the army would have suffered less if he had not been there, as the officers expected orders from him.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated April 6, to a gentleman in this town.
"I think the measure adopted by the House of Representatives, in Committee of the whole, for assuming the remainder of the State Debts, must be very pleasing in your State, as it will now in a great measure put them on a footing with the other States; there is no doubt that it will pass the Senate by a large majority. The interest is to be paid by an additional Impost on Foreign Rum of 10 cents, and other distilled spirits, to take place the first of July next."
By the ship Washington lately arrived at New-York, from Canton, we learn, That the brig Hope , Capt. Ingraham, and brig Hancock , Capt. Crowell, both of this port, were arrived in or near the river of Canton, from the West Coast of America; which voyage they effected, from Boston, in about 14 months. The Hope spoke the ship Columbia , Capt. Gray, on the Coast, who informed Capt. Ingraham that his 2d officer Mr. Joshua Caswell, with several of the Columbia's men, had been massacred by the natives. We are sorry to add the death of Mr. Crafts, an officer in the Hope , and only son of Thomas Crafts, Esq. of this town.
Capt. Ingraham carried out with him one of the natives of the Sandwich Islands, which he visited twice during his voyage. He found the utmost circumspection was necessary to prevent a surprisal.
From the 1st of January 1792, to the 1st of April following, there have been exported from this port, 94,167 gallons of New-England Rum.
From T. ALLEN's Marine List. Arrived brig Jane , Dobson,
from Barbadoes, 16 days: left there, Brig Sally , W. Caldwell, who after a tedious trial and beating on this coast, 50 odd days, got safe there in a shattered condition. Capt. Caldwell, in lat 32, long. 60, in Feb. spoke the brig Hannah , James Harding, master from Boston, bound to Demerara; who out of good nature, supplied Capt. Caldwell with one barrel of beef at 12 dollars, and one barrel of flour at 8 dollars—which modest price he paid. I must confess, on the high ocean, it's a bon price; the devil thank him for his tender kindness. However, shipmate, remember that whatsoever measure you mete, it shall be—returned.
NEWBURYPORT, April 11.  Extract of a letter from Port-au-Prince, to a Gentleman in this town, dated March 14th, 1792.
By Capt.—I have to inform you the melancholy News of the Revolt of the Negroes at Leogane. The gang from Troo-Coffee came down on the night of the 11th inst. and at 4 o'clock in the morning of the 12th they entered the town of Leogane. The Inhabitants beat the Gen. The Commissary, then at Leogane, sent an express on board the frigate, the noble Captain and Crew were on shore in a few minutes, and, headed by so good a man, they soon made the enemy retreat; one party ran off and began to set fire to the plains—the negroes immediately revolted, and joined the Troo-Coffee gang in great numbers, and continued fighting all day in the Savannah out of the town. The mulattoes of the town and the free negroes of the town fought like brave men, to defend the town and kept it all day—the 13th at 4 o'clock in the morning the enemy attacked the town again, but the town party repulsed them and killed great numbers; it is said that two thousand or upwards of different colors, as well as parties, are killed, and the greater part of the plantations burned.
The Commissary had sent here two days before, for 150 men, but the jealousy of the people here is so great, they could not agree, and as yet none have gone, but I suppose they will go to night, as preparations are making and cannon and stores embarking—that the Lord has forsaken the people of this Island, is most certain, and the Devil has put his priests and friars at the head of the murderers and destroyers of the People and Country; we may look only for a revolt on the plains, and down the north shore—a few small houses are now burning on the side of the mountain on the opposite the American harbor."
M. BERQUIN, THE AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND, Died, on Wednesday the 21st Dec. of a putrid fever, in the fifty-second year of his age.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.
Col. Wilkinson, in his late visit to the field of action of November, 4, buried Major FURGUSON, forty other officers and 300 soldiers—He would have buried more, but the depth of the snow prevented. He brought off one piece of artillery, and articles to the amount of 3000 dollars.
Capt. SHAYLOR, who commanded Fort-Jefferson, in the absence of Col. W. is arrested, and will be tried.
A Mr. HAUGE, in the Territory of the U. S. south of the Ohio, has invented and finished a Carding-Machine, which will card 100 pounds of Cotton per day, with only the assistance of one hand—He has a spinning machine with fifty spindles. Cotton is raised in considerable quantities in that Territory—Some farmers the last year raised 1000 wt. each—which upon a moderate calculation is the produce of an acre.
SHIP-NEWS.
Last Sunday arrived here the brig Dispatch , Capt. BRIARD, in eighteen days from Tobago, left there the 24th March—Captain Noyes, in a brig belonging to Newbury-Port—Captain Shores, in brig John and Jane , expected to sail in 15 days for Portsmouth—Captain Martin, in a schooner just arrived from Madeira, with wines—A brig—Hamilton, of Philadelphia—A brig—, of Baltimore—Captain Hunt in a schooner belonging to Boston—last from N. Carolina—Wardrobe not arrived.—Spoke Captain Philip Aubin, of Newbury-Port, 30th March, in lat. 19, long. 64, from Guadalupe—all well.
Capt. Briard left St. Eustatia 29th of March.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE  ENTERED FROM Schooner Deborah , Marble, N. Carolina. Brig Dispatch , Briard, Tobago. Brig Betty , Elliott, Philadelphia.  CLEARED FOR Schooner Jane , York, West-Indies. Schooner Adventure , Trefethen, ditto.
State of New-Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non resident proprietors of land in Lyndborough in the county of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 15th 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 the house of William Barron, Esq. innholder in said town, at two o'clock, P. M. on said day.
   No. D. Q'ty. s. d.     Wallingford 11 3 200 3 9   Solly and March 32 3 130 4 10   Thomas Wallingford 32 3 130 4 10   Blanchard & Melservey 22 3 150 5 7   John Moffatt 2 3 200 7 6   Thomas Person 15 3 187 6 9   Undivided Land 0 0 1500 21 16 3    AMOS WHITTEMOR, Constable. Lyndborough, April 3, 1792.
TAKE NOTICE!
NOTICE is hereby given to the Inhabitants of the town of Portsmouth, to make out true and exact inventories of all rateable polls and estates which they may be possessed of on the first of April, agreeably to law, and make return of the same to the Selectmen of said town, by the first of May next—As none will be received after that time.
JOHN PEIRCE, } JEREMIAH LIBBEY, } Selectmen. JAMES SHEAFE, } SUPPLY CLAP, } GEORGE GAINS, } Portsmouth, April 14, 1792.

From the IMPARTIAL INTELLIGENCER.
TO THE LADIES.
DRESS up a man that's tall and fair, Like any pretty miss ; Which of your sex would first declare She long'd that man to kiss ? Just so, when women dress like boys, 'Th' attractive pow'r is gone ; Their sex forgot, and all it's joys, When once our clothes are one.  Those who would take the marriage vow, This lesson sure it teaches, The girls in coats and waistcoats now, Will one day wear the BREECHES. From nature and from beauty's line Your sex have strangely err'd ; That dress which is not feminine Must always be absurd,
GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
Philadelphia, March 31, 1792.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Office until the first day of June next, for carrying the mails of the United States on the following Post-roads in NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
1st. From Portsmouth, by Exeter, to Concord, once a week :—The Mail to leave Portsmouth every Monday morning, at six o'clock—arrive at Exeter by nine—proceed to Concord—and return to Portsmouth by five o'clock the next Wednesday afternoon.
The persons offering to contract for this road, are desired also to state the terms on which they will carry the Mail from Exeter to Concord, and back once a week ;—leaving Exeter every Monday at ten o'clock in the morning—reaching Concord the next day by noon—and returning to Exeter on Wednesday, by two in the afternoon.
2d. From Concord (by Plymouth and Orford) to Hanover, once in two weeks. The Mail to leave Concord every other Wednesday, by six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Hanover the next day by five in the afternoon :—To leave Hanover on Friday at six o'clock, in the morning ; and returning by the New Road, arrive at Concord, on Saturday, by five in the afternoon.
3d. For carrying the Mail from Concord to Hanover, by the route above described, once in every week.
4th. For carrying the same Mail, from Concord to Hanover, by the New Road, both going and returning once in every week, and once in two weeks.
The terms for carrying the Mail between Concord and Hanover, in the four different ways here mentioned, to be distinctly stated.
Note 1st. If hereafter it should appear that any other times for the arrival and departure of the Mails would be more convenient and useful than those above proposed, alterations may accordingly be made.
2d. For every hours delay in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor to forfeit one dollar ; and for the non-performance of a trip, double the sum which the value of one trip shall bear to the value of the whole number of trips to be performed.
3d. The contracts to continue in force until the first day of June 1794. TIMOTHY PICKERING, Post-Master-General.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, about the 18th day of February last, a stray MARE and COLT.—The mare is black, about 15 hands high, has one white foot, marked with some white in her forehead ; the colt has three white feet. The owner is requested to take them home and pay charges.
VALENTINE PICKERING. Newington, March 8, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that a petition hath been preferred to the General-Court by Sarah Gray, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow, Executrix to the estate of Thomas Gray, late of said Boston, Esquire, deceased (and also executrix to the estate of Ellis Gray, late of said Boston, Esq. deceased, who was residuary legatee in the will of said Thomas) representing that the estate of said Thomas is insufficient to discharge the legacies by him bequeathed, she therefore prays to be empowered to sell at private sale certain lands lying in Epsom, Chichester, and Barnstead (that belong to the estate of the said Thomas) that she may be enabled to discharge said legacies.
Upon which petition the General-Court ordered that she may be heard thereon before them, on the SECOND THURSDAY of the next session, and that the substance of said petition and order of court be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette, and also in one of the Boston newspapers, three weeks successively, six weeks prior to the sitting of said court ; that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
ATTEST, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'y. February 4, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in the following towns, viz. Dunstable from the year 1779 to the year 1790 inclusively—Exeter 1787—Jaffrey 1787, 1788, 1789 and 1790—Lindborough and Rumney 1788—Rochester and New-Boston 1788, 1789 and 1790—Campbells-Gore, Fishersfield, Pembroke, and Thornton 1789—Deerfield 1789 and 1791—Antrim, New-Durham, New-Chester, Piermont, Wendell, Sharon and Sharon road tax for 1790—Bradford, Chichester, Grafton and Lyman 1791 ; That unless they pay their taxes either to the collector or the subscriber within eight weeks from the first publishing this advertisement, their lands will be advertised for sale for the payment of the same.
NAT. PARKER, Rec'r of N. R. taxes. Exeter, April 16, 1792.
LYNDBOROUGH.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of land in Lyndborough, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1785, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 15th 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 the dwelling-house of William Barrows, Esq. innholder in said town, at one of the clock in the afternoon, on said day.
   N. Div. Q'ty. l. s. d.     John Peirce, 1 2 150 0 5 4   Blanchard and Meservey, 2 2 150 0 5 1   Esq. Claggett's heirs, 6 2 150 0 3 4   Col. March, Undivided, 16 1 200 0 6 8   1500 2 11 3    SAMUEL HUSTON, Constable. Lyndborough, April 3, 1792.
WOLFBOROUGH.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Wolfborough, that their lands in said town are assessed one penny upon each acre, for the purpose of repairing the public roads in said town—being their second year's tax for that purpose, and unless they pay the same in money or in labor, to us the subscribers, by the first day of October next, their lands will be advertised for sale agreeable to law.
MOSES VARNEY, SAMUEL TIBBETS, jun. } Select men. Wolfborough, April 2, 1792.
H A N O V E R.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Hanover, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 9th day of July next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of the subscriber in said town, at ten o'clock, A.M. on said day.
   No. 100 Cou'ty. State. s. d. q.     Nath'l Freeman 11 100 1 2 0 6 1   John Sherwin 7 100 1 2 0 6 1   Peter Aspunwell 64 21 0 4 0 1 2   John Walbridge 6 100 1 2 0 6 1   John Walbridge 6 60 0 7 1/2 0 3 1   John Downing 51 21 0 4 0 1 2   Ozias Strong 10 100 1 2 0 6 1   John Knight 3 100 1 2 0 6 1   John Knight 9 100 1 2 0 6 1   Heman Atwood 14 100 1 6 1/2 0 8 0   Prince Aspenwell 12 90 1 1 0 5 2   Prince Aspenwell 8 60 0 7 1/2 0 3 1   John Wright, jr. 14 60 2 0 0 2 0   Oliver Barker 2 100 1 2 0 6 2   Sampson Sheafe 4 100 1 2 0 6 1   Sampson Sheafe 5 60 0 5 3/4 0 2 2   Samuel Stores, jr. 5 100 1 2 0 6 1   Silvanus Freeman 5 100 1 2 0 6 1   Silvanus Freeman 11 60 0 7 1/2 0 3 1   Nath'l Hopkins 2 100 1 2 0 6 1   John Parker 8 50 0 7 1/2 0 3 1   Hugin Stores, jr. 5 100 1 2 0 6 1   Hugin Stores, jr. 23 60 0 7 1/2 0 3 1   Daniel Allen 13 60 0 7 1/2 0 3 1   Mat. Thornton 11 40 0 5 3/4 0 2 1    LUTHER INGALS, Constable. Hanover, April 12, 1792.
EFFINGHAM.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Effingham, who have not paid their State taxes, for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the first Monday of June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Weare Drake, Esquire, in said town, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said day.
   No. Div. Q'ty. s. d. q.     Abner Fogg, jun. 5 2 200 0 7 0   ditto 67 1 56 0 7 0   Abner Fogg 7 2 200 0 7 0   Benjamin Perkins 17 2 200 1 10 0   Ebenezer Smith, 23 2 200 2 3 0   Jona. Wedgwood 29 2 200 1 2 0   Ezekiel Russel 33 2 200 1 4 0   James Marston 48 1 56 0 4 2   Sam'l Wedgwood 55 1 56 0 3 0   John Rindge 73 2 200 0 11 0   ditto 3 1 56 0 4 2   Jona. Page, jun. 69 2 200 1 7 2   James Wedgwood 57 2 200 1 3 2   Tho. Parsons, jr. 26 2 200 2 3 0   Mat. Livermore 6 2 200 1 6 0   Nathaniel Hobbs 8 2 200 1 6 0   Nathaniel Drake 32 2 200 1 1 2   ditto 29 1 56 1 3 3   Dav. Marston, jr. 36 2 200 2 3 0   Moses Leavitt 48 2 200 1 10 0   Daniel Marston 98 2 100 1 0 0    JOSEPH DRAKE, Collector. Effingham, March 12, 1792.
IMPORTED
AND NOW FOR SALE, At the Store of
Jonathan Warner,
For Cash or Lumber,
SEA Coals per chaldron— Anchors—English and Nova-Scotia Grindstones, Liverpool Salt, Paints, a large assortment of Liverpool Ware in crates, Boxes of Pipes, Wine Glasses and Decanters, &c. Broad Cloths, Bai- zes, Bed Blankets, Men's Worsted Hose, Men's Hats, Check and Striped Linnens, a large assortment of Chint- zes, fine Threads, Black Lutestrings, Drab Armoseen ditto, Crow Striped ditto.
HARD WARE—and sundry other articles.
Portsmouth, April 2, 1792.
N O R T H W O O D.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1791, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber on or before the 1st day of May, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Jonathan Clark, Esquire innholder in said parish, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon, on said day.
   R. Lot. Ac's s. d.     William Clefferton 7 10 42 0   Cutting Norris do. 16 130 0   John Gile 0 9 100 0   John Gile 0 8 78 0   John Calf 8 13 156 0   Thomas Peirce do. 20 140 0   John Weight 0 21 156 0   Col. Gilman 9 25 78 0   Elisha Storey do. 32 130 0   William Briggs 10 10 40 0   Fann Clements 0 11 130 0   John Johnson 11 5 156 0   John Allet 10 14 96 2    SAMUEL BARTLETT, Constable. Northwood, March 23, 1792.
WHEREAS application has been made to us the subscribers, by the owners of more than sixteen rights or shares in the common and undivided lands in the township of Canterbury, to call a meeting of the proprietors of said township, for the following purposes :
 1st. To choose a moderator.  2d. To see what method they will take for discharging any debts due from said proprietors, and whether they will, for this purpose, sell any part of those pieces or tracts of land which still lay in common and undivided.  3d. To see if they will appoint persons to draw the fourth division lots, not already drawn.  4th. To see if they will choose a committee to adjust and rectify any such mistakes as have taken place in any former divisions. 
NOTICE is hereby given to the said proprietors, to meet at the Meeting-House in said town, on the first Tuesday in May next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the purposes above mentioned.
Given under our hands and seal this 3d day of March, A.D. 1792. ASA FOSTER, } Committee for calling propr'y meeting. DAVID FOSTER, }
WE the subscribers, commissioners on the estate of JOHN NEAL, late of Londonderry, Esquire, deceased, do hereby give this further notice, that the commission has, by the Honorable Oliver Peabody, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. been lengthened six months from the fifteenth day of December last, and that we shall attend at the dwelling-house of the widow Mary Neal, on the first Mondays in April, May and June following, from one to six o'clock, P. M. of each of said days, to receive and examine any other or further claims on said deceased's estate ; and that no further time by law, can, by said Judge, be allowed.
GEORGE REID, DANIEL REYNOLDS, JOHN PRENTICE. Londonderry, March 6, 1792.
THE heirs of Samuel Dame, late of Dover, in the county of Strafford, husbandman, deceased, are hereby notified, That the account of Joseph Hicks, administrator, de bonis non , and of Sarah Hicks, administratrix, de bonis non , of their administration of the estate of said deceased is to be examined by the Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, in order for allowance at the Probate office, in Exeter, on the Monday preceding the third Wednesday in April next, when and where they may be heard thereon.
By order of the Judge. WM. PARKER, Reg'r. March 21, 1792.