The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1782-03-09 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[Vol. XXVI.]
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1782.
[No. 1323.]
For the NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
Messieurs PRINTERS,
An ingenious Writer in your paper of the 19th January, under the signature of SOLICITOR, has entertained the public with his opinion of the justice of appropriating the property of British subjects to the use of the State; I shall not pretend to judge of the policy of such a measure, but leave the discussion of so delicate a point to a more able pen: He next points out the justice of converting the estates of Absentees to the use of Government; I shall not pretend to dispute this point with him neither, in some cases; but agreeable to the old proverb, there is no general rule without some exceptions . There is no doubt in my mind, but that the estates of absentees who have left no families behind them, to share the horrors of war, or bear any part of the expences incident thereto, should be confiscated; but if there are any such who have left families behind them in this State, which families have fully answered every demand of government, I can't conceive why such family should be deprived of that estate. The proscriptive act passed years ago in this State, very tenderly affects the families of those persons, if it does not so much affect themselves; and as if this was not punishment enough, those innocent families must be stript of their support, for the attainment of which, perhaps, the wife has equally toiled and labored. One reason, in my opinion, why such an act would be unjust, is this, that it would not be putting those unhappy families on a footing with the Tories, who are present: of the two, absentees and Tories, the latter, in my opinion, are full as inimical as the former, and I doubt not they have injured the Americans in their glorious struggle for liberty, more than was possibly in the power of the former, who, by their absence from an early period of the war, could not communicate any thing to the disadvantage of the United States; while the latter have had full scope to counteract every measure taken by the United States, in order to bring them into subjection to the British government.—For instance, it is notoriously known that in some towns in this State, there have been Tories who have had a full swing of exercising their talents during the contest to the present day, for discouraging the public measures, for the truth of which I appeal to all who are friends to the revolution; at the same time, those animals are allowed the full enjoyment of their estates, while the poor widow (as she may be termed in her present circumstances) after having shun'd those vices, & exerted herself in the common cause, to the utmost of her power, must be stript of what she has earned by the sweat of her brow, for the support of herself and family. Compare these two cases together, and see
if the confiscating such estates, has not the appearance of injustice and cruelty, and in fact of taking that advantage of an innocent family while the husband is absent, which we are ashamed to take on those where the husband is present, altho' perhaps a thousand times more deserving of it. It may be said we cannot bring any positive proof against the enemy among ourselves; as much may be brought against them as against the families of absentees, and I am inclined to think, that in some instances, the latter would have the advantage. We have some instances of confiscation, by which means many creditors to such estates, who ought to have been paid, are still kept out of their money; and had they been paid, perhaps the public would have reaped no advantage thereby; so that if the public are benefitted, individuals are sufferers. Suppose confiscating the estate of an absentee, should put the value of one copper into the pocket of every inhabitant in this State, and thereby deprive a numerous family of their support, and involve them in the greatest distress. Is there a person existing who is possessed of one spark of humanity, but would sooner launch out that copper for the public use, than render such a family miserable by such an act? I would hope the number is small who have so little public spirit. Were I concerned in determining a matter of so great moment, I would endeavor to place myself in the situation of the family of an absentee (not of the man) and the result of such determination I would endeavor to conform to the golden rule, viz. "to do unto others as you would they should do unto you."
I have thrown out these hints, hoping some person will, if possible, endeavor to prove that the plan Solicitor has recommended is just and equitable, notwithstanding the objections above mentioned. No doubt such a point fully discussed and proved, will ease the minds of many of your readers, and in particular the mind of one who thinks himself a friend to justice, and has the vanity to stile himself A WHIG:
LONDON, November 6.
General Blakeney, last war, with less than 3000 men, defended fort St. Phillip 56 days against the Duke de Richlieu, with 20,000 French troops; and when overcome with fatigue, were obliged to capitulate, they obtained the most glorious terms that ever were granted. They marched out of the fort with drums beating, and colours flying, arms shouldered, with 24 rounds each man, twelve pieces of brass cannon, and twelve rounds for each piece, and in this state they were transported to Gibraltar at the French King's expence. Since that period the works have been rendered amazingly stronger, and mines formed that must inevitably prevent the approach of an enemy.
The Stool of Repentance:
A Scotch ANECDOTE.
SOME years ago, the Presbyterian church discipline in Scotland was so rigid, that the incontinent, of all ranks, were compelled to do public penance, or incur the most serious consequences of excommunication. An officer in the army, who resided at Stonehaven in those times, was ordered, for an affair of gallantry, to sit on what is called the Stool of Repentance , for two successive Sundays; he was obedient to the sentence the first time but found his seat, being a detached part of the church, so cold and uncomfortable, that he had no inclination to sit there again; however there was no remedy. He was proceeding the next Sunday to church, when he met a brother officer, of the same regiment, an Englishman, who was just arrived. "Ah Jack! exclaimed he, what brought you to Stonehaven?—Come you shall go to church with me, and after go home with me to dinner!" Induced by the latter part of the invitation, his friend consented; "but" (resumed the former) "I must go and make some little addition to what is ordered; go on to the church, and I will follow you; the door keeper will shew you to my seat." The Captain was obedient, and, as his friend had foreseen, the door keeper, mistaking him by his regimentals for the penitent, conducted him to the stool. Here he immediately attracted the eyes of the congregation, but vanity easily imputed that to the gentility of his appearance. He wondered at his friend's delay, but concluded some accident had detained him. At length the parson having finished his sermon, proposed to rebuke the supposed offender, as the custom was, in very harsh terms. The Captain, finding himself addressed, rose and listened with astonishment; but as his face wore no marks of contrition, the lecture still increased in severity.—"You hardened wretch," cried the Minister, "you are no doubt still going on in your lasciviousness; I dare say, no longer ago than the last night, you have sinned anew in the same way."—Here our officer, unable to contain himself longer, replied aloud, "By my soul, Sir, that may be very true, but how the devil came you to know it? Much confusion here ensued, but at length, after the parson had tired himself with reprehensions, the service ended, and the penitent, quite confounded at so strange an attack, enquired for his friend's house. When they met, "Why George, said he, what became of you, and what fellow of a parson have you got here? Last night I got to bed with the chamber maid of the inn I slept at, and he has told me of it before all the congregation."
To be sold,
A good young MILCH COW; Inquire of the Printers:

S P A I N.
Cadiz, Octo. 2. By a small express vessel, which anchored in our bay the day before yesterday, and which sailed from Montevideo the 7th of July, we have received the most pleasing intelligence from Buenos Ayres. By the dispatches which the Viceroy had received from the interior parts of the country, he was informed the revolt in Peru was suppressed, the leader of the insurgents having been taken. This chief named Tupac Amaro, has made use of means familiar to those which were practised by the noted Pagacher in Russia, for seducing a weak and credulous people, and for exciting them to rise against the government. He called himself a descendant of the Incas: his uncle and himself bore the same marks of sovereignty as were made use of by those antient children of the sun. The army which he found means to assemble was more considerable in number than formidable by its valour, with which, however, he laid waste several provinces, and committed such horrid enormities as fully belied his pretended celestial origin. In order to put a stop to his ravages, it became necessary to set a price on his head, and to march from Lima, Cusco, and other places of Peru, a body of troops and militia, under the orders of Don Joseph del Valle, field-marshal. On the 9th of March all the troops being assembled, to the number of 17000 men, Don del Valle marched towards the rebels, who then occupied a pretty steep hill, near a village, which Tupac called his capital. On the approach of the Spaniards, he abandoned his post, and drew up his army in the plain, in order of battle: but it was routed by the first onset of the regular troops. The feeble Indians saved themselves by flight; and a great number of others perished in attempting to swim across a deep and rapid river. Tupac was not so happy: he passed it on his horse; and he had scarce reached the opposite side, but he was seized by a Cacique of his own faction, and delivered up to the Spaniards. If the rout of his army had not been compleat, the capture of the chief would have finished it. The village, the principal seat of the rebels, was seized: wherein were found six pieces of cannon, besides those which Tupac had left on the field of battle; and, which is extraordinary, they were of a larger bore than those of the Spanish army. It is not easy to conceive in what manner they had been able to transport artillery to the distance of 400 leagues inland, without the knowledge of Government. There were found in the same place a great quantity of arms and ammunition. Tupac's wife, his children, and uncle, fell into the hands of the conquerors, as well as six chests of silver plate, and two boxes filled with papers, which contain the correspondence of the rebel, and which will give every information that can be desired, concerning the promoters and secret agents of this rebellion. Don Joseph del Valle, on his entering Tupac's capital, ordered eighteen of the rebels to be hanged. This chief, his family, and his principal officers, have been sent to Cusco. The battle, or rather the rout of the Indians (for the Spaniards lost but 3 men in the action) happened on the 6th of April. The foregoing is a summary of the circumstances of the event, as contained in several letters received here from Buenos Ayres. It is expected that the Court will publish a more circumstantial detail of this agreeable news.
Madrid Octo. 15. We are able at last to announce a very agreeable and important piece of intelligence, which is interesting, not only to Spain, but to all the commercial nations of Europe. The ships of war le Guerrier, l'Arrogant, and le Guillard, of 70 guns each, making part of the convoy from the Havana, fortunately arrived at Cadiz the 9th instant, with treasures from America. At the departure of the express which brought this news, the merchant ships, to the number of 62, were expected every moment to arrive at Cadiz. An account of the cargoes of this rich fleet is as follows:
On board the three men of war: 8,225,135 piastres in gold and silver; 459 marks of wrought silver; 3 caissons of emeralds; 3434 furons of cochineal; 659 of Anil; 67 of cocoa of Soconusco; 26 caissons and 27 millares of vanilles.
On board the 62 merchant ships: 4028 furons of cochineal; 234 of anil; 10 caissons of vanilles; 1447 furons of cocoa; 99342 chests of sugar; 780 tercons of medicines; 21672 quintals of die wood; 651 tanned hides; 37933 raw hides; 3406 plates of copper; 856 caissons of cotton, &c.
Lisbon, Sept. 15. The French Ambassador has lately received a courier with dispatches for our Court; and the courier was soon dispatched back to Versailles. It is since said, that the French Ministry require, that the importation of the same sort of merchandise as the English usually transport to this kingdom, be permitted, and that the Americans be at liberty to anchor in our ports. We know not yet what answer her Majesty has made to these requisitions.
L O N D O N, December 3.
Wednesday morning the Dutch Admiral Byland sailed through the channel, with four men of war and two frigates, and as Commodore Stewart is failed to meet him, it is highly probable that an action will ensue.
The foreign mails bring us an account of the death of Compte Murepas, Minister of France, at 81 years of age; and of the Emperor's accession to the armed neutrality.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, Feb. 19.
Extract of a letter from St. Croix, Jan. 19.
"By an order of government, no letters of marque and reprisals are to be granted to the inhabitants of the Virgin islands; and all that have been issued are called in. All the officers of the admiralty of Tortola are displaced: So that we shall be no more troubled with their lawless and piratical vessels on our coast to hurt our trade."
On the 10th inst. a small boat with five passengers and two ferrymen proceeded from Cooper's Point upon the standing ice; when she approached within two yards of the western shore, just above this city, it became necessary to launch it into an open space; in doing this, from some inattention in placing the passengers, the hinder part and one side of the boat dipped under water, the inside was filled, and the skiff was sucked by the tide under the fixed ice. By this melancholy accident two men, two women, and a child were drowned.
We hear that Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne has been lately exchanged, and that General Moultrie, Col. Pinckney, 1 Lieut. Col. 2 Majors, 12 Captains, 11 Subalterns, and 466 rank and file (the whole equal to more than 2000 men) are received for him.
The brigantine Fox, Capt. Steel, is arrived in the Delaware from Cadez, after a passage of 32 days. The advices received by her are contained in the following extracts of letters from that quarter.
Extract of a letter from Cadez, Jan. 8.
"The late success of the combined arms in Virginia, has afforded a general satisfaction to the people of this kingdom, who seem heartily disposed to be our friends. The grand fleet put to sea a few days past, consisting of 44 sail of the line and a number of transports with troops on board; their destination is not known, but supposed to be for the Havanna. The Courier de l'Europe containing the King's speech, and debates of Parliament, is here; and after lamenting their late bad success in Virginia, strongly recommend a prosecution of the war, which motion was carried by a large majority, and the supplies voted for the ensuing campaign. It therefore does not appear that we shall have peace this year. It is reported that an embarkation of 6000 Hanoverian troops is to take place for America, to be there at the opening of the ensuing campaign."
"The siege of Fort St. Philip continues to be carried on with great vigour. By the latest accounts from that place, we have good grounds to believe that the garrison will not hold out many weeks longer."
Extract of another letter from Cadez, dated January 9.
"We just hear that Count de Guichen, who sailed from Brett the 12th ult. with 19 sail of the line, has had an engagement with the British Admiral Kempenfelt. The issue is not yet known; but it is true, as is said, that the English had no more than 13 ships, we make no doubt but the advantage has been on the side of our allies."
St. Thomas, January 22, 1782.
"The siege of St. Kitts is now going on. Last Friday four bomb-batteries were compleated, for 20 mortars each, and one shell was seen to fall over the hill. A few weeks I expect will reduce it, though Admiral Hood has sent word he will go to its relief."
C H A T H A M, February 20.
An embarkation of troops is about taking place at New-York; their destination remains a secret, though we hope they will share the fate of a Tantalus.
Several people lately came from New-York confirm the accounts we already have had, that all is hubbub and confusion there, and that many of the inhabitants are preparing to go to England.
In Rivington's paper of Saturday last, we find a number of advertisements for the sale of the real and personal estates of persons going to England, among which is one of his own, for the sale of a dwelling-house near the coffee-house. This we conceive is ominous of some present or expected trouble in that quarter.
It is generally whispered, and by people more credulous than the printer, believed, (as it comes from New-York) that Gibraltar is reduced, and in possession of the Spaniards. Would it not be wisdom and sound policy in the British Pharoah, tho' he seems determined to risk dying in the last ditch to be alarmed! And, by acknowledging that independency he is inadequate to destroy, court the commerce of those States before it is inevitably lost, as according to an old aphorism, half a loaf is better than no bread.
Wednesday night a party of troops went from Newark over to Bergen, where they made seven prisoners, and brought off a considerable quantity of goods; and the next night, three of the militia and three of the Continentals, brought off upwards of 600l. value in goods.
On Wednesday morning last two dragoons came from Staten-Island, and brought off their horses and accoutrements; they likewise brought off a serjeant, together with his horse, whom they disarmed and made prisoner.
N E W - Y O R K, February 14.
The Narcissus failed from Plymouth on the 18th of December last, at which time ten sail of the line, several of which were 3 deckers, were ready to sail from Portsmouth for the West-Indies, under command of Sir George Brydges Rodney.
F I S H - K I L L, February 28.
Nine Hessians, and two British deserters, have left the enemy between the 10th and 20th instant, some of whom brought off their arms, &c.
De Lancey's horse made a descent on the 15th inst. on Horseneck, plundered several houses, and took some cattle: but the militia turning out with spirit, drove them back, took all the cattle, killed one or more of the enemy, and wounded several.
A gentleman just arrived from New Jersey, says, That it was currently reported that Gen. Greene had taken three hundred Hessians; and also it was said, that Gibraltar and Mahon were both taken.
The subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Phillips White, Esq; Judge of the Probate for the county of Rockingham, to examine the claims to the estate of John Holden, late of Canterbury, deceased, give notice, that we will attend that service at the house of Jeremiah Clough, Esq; innholder in Canterbury, on the last Wednesday of this and the four following months, from four o'clock, P. M. to eight in the evening.
Canterbury, Samuel Gerrish, Feb. 17, 1781. Jeremiah Clough, Commissioners.

B O S T O N , March 7.
No less than eleven thousand British prisoners are at this time cantoned in different parts of the United States; and it is said the enemy have few or none in the military line to exchange for them.
We hear from New-York, that many of our unfortunate prisoners on board the prison ships in the East-River have perished during the late extreme cold weather, for want of fuel and other necessaries.
We hear from the West-Indies, that the Russel man of war has been drove ashore at Antigua, and lost, and that she had been condemned as unfit for service.
Accounts from our army are, that those who have not had the small pox, have lately been inoculated for that purpose, and are in a fair way of recovery;—very healthy in general;—no uneasiness prevails;—well cloathed, & amply furnished with provision.
We learn from good authority, that the inhabitants of the territories of the State of Vermont did, on the 21st of Feb. last, relinquish all claims to the unions which they had formed on the eastern side of Connecticut river; as also the western union, which contained part of the State of New-York; the Representatives who composed said union, have returned to their respective homes. The old territories of Vermont have chosen Agents, instructed them to sign the articles of union and Confederation, and have fully complied with the resolve of Congress in August last, in all respects, without any reservation.
S A L E M , March 7.
Last Monday the privateer ship Hendrick, Capt. Benson, of this port, arrived from a cruise. She sailed from Martinico on the 3d ult. and brings intelligence, that a large French fleet was then just arrived at Fort Royal from France, among which were a considerable number of capital ships, and many transports, with a large body of troops. The men of war as fast as they arrived, and were recruited, failed to reinforce the fleet at St. Christopher.
It was said at St. Pierres, that the above French ships had had an engagement with a British squadron, and that M. de la Motte Piquet was killed; but that no ships were lost by either side.
We have the pleasure to hear, by the Hendrick, that several of the privateers from this place and Beverly have been successful. The Porus, Capt. Carnes, has got two prizes into port; one of them taken in company with the Mohawk. The Mohawk, Capt. Smith, had captured three, including the one taken with the Porus. The Scourge, Capt. Robinson, and the Pilgrim, Capt. Parker, have captured two in company; and the Scourge had taken another alone.
One of the above prizes was a packer, from England bound to Jamaica. One or two others were also from England, and loaded with provisions and dry goods. The others were loaded with fish from Newfoundland.
Our late accounts of the surrender of Brimstone Hill, it now appears, were premature. The intelligence at Martinico, just before the sailing of the Hendrick, was, that the British squadron, under the command of Sir Samuel Hood, had, in the night, slipped by the French, who were standing off and on, and anchored under Brimstone Hill: That the French army, besieging that fort, had possession of a hill near it, and were bombarding the enemy with so good effect as, it was hoped, would soon induce a surrender.
Admiral Rodney was daily expected at St. Lucia from England, with several men of war.
For the New-Hampshire Gazette.
Mess. Printers,
A Correspondent of the learned Professor Linnæus, has published at home, the following curious discovery concerning Smut in Wheat.—
T HE illustrious Baron Munkbausen of Hanover, made some curious discoveries in the nature of Smut on Wheat, which he has communicated to Dr. Linnæus of Upsel, in Sweden. That celebrated Professor has informed me that he had tried some of these extraordinary experiments with success; and therefore, in order to recommend them to a public trial, he lately printed an academical dissertation at Upsel, on that subject, called Mundus Invisibilis , a copy of which he has lately favored me with. In order, therefore, to excite the curiosity of natural philosophers, I shall give you the meaning, as I apprehend it, of the Baron's letter to Dr. Linnæus, extracted from the dissertation, hoping that many experiments will be made to form a proper enquiry into this new and most curious subject.
Smut (in latin, ustilago ) frequently blights a field of corn to so great a degree, that often a third or fourth part of it is infected with it in such a manner that all the grain, or seed, instead of being filled with white meal is full of black powder.
I have made a strict examination into the nature of this black powder in the microscope, and after above a hundred experiments, I find it consists of small transparent globules, with black specks in the middle of each. I find that the globules are the eggs of extreme minute insects, or rather little vermiculi; from these eggs, when they are placed in water of a certain degree of warmth, there proceeds, or is excluded, an animalcule of an egg shaped form; this animalcule opens itself at one end, and leaves a great many eggs behind it. When the wheat is threshed, many of these infected or smutty grains are bruised, so that these minute eggs stick to the tops of the sound grains which are sown or committed to the earth, the animalcules then that come from the infected grain soon insinuate themselves into the eye or germens of the sound grains, and grow up with the stem or blade of the corn, consuming at length the farinaceous or mealy part of the grain, while it is yet moist, and leaving behind them their eggs instead of it. The best way, therefore, to prevent this distemper is, not to sow wheat infected with these eggs; for when there are no eggs, there will be no animalcules to be multiplied. But if no clean wheat is to be got, those eggs that already infest it may be destroyed, or rendered unfit for propagation. If soot or dust of this kind is discovered, which has lasted a year, and the globules are found to be dried, there is no fear of their being propagated, nor any occasion for any other remedy, provided the wheat has been properly dried and kept from moisture. But if new wheat is to be sown, nothing is so destructive to these animalcules, as sea salt dissolved in water, for by this means they will soon burst asunder; therefore let your corn be moistened with a lye prepared with sea salt and quick lime. By this method, I have never discovered for these twenty years past, any smut in my wheat, when my neighbours have lost sometimes a third of their crop. Nothing has been found among the best economists in husbandry, better than this very simple remedy. I must now observe that it has been lately hinted by some learned physicians both at home and abroad, that many dangerous disorders have arisen from eating blighted or infected corn, so that a more particular enquiry into this interesting subject, may be found
to be not only very curious, but very useful and of great consequence to the public, especially to the poor.
Some years ago I bought a large quantity of smutty wheat, I threw it by bushels at a time into a vessel three parts full of brine. I stirred it frequently, skimming carefully off all the light wheat, with the cockle and rye that rose with the smut to the surface. The corn thus cleansed and sown that year, produced a clean & plentiful crop; not an ear was smutty. Some wheat of that parcel which had only been sprinkled with brine, as farmers used to do, was considerably, damaged with smut when it sprung up, though less than a few handfuls which were cast in the ground apart without even this sprinkling. But the corn I skimmed off from the surface of the brine being likewise sown apart rose all in ears as black as soot.
From the LONDON COURANT.
S O N G.
By the late Dr. Headly, never before printed.
W HEN Chloe try'd her virgin fires, And first her shafts let fly; She fill'd my breast with vague desires— —I thought it was her eye.
II. When melting strains fell from her mouth, Which gods might wish to sip; When all was harmony and truth,— —I thought it was her lip.
III. But when she danc'd! such air, such grace, What mortal could escape; I look'd no longer on her face; I swore it was her shape.
IV. When seen by chance, her breast bespoke The purity within; Her snowy arm—her iv'ry neck— —'Twas then, her lovely skin.
V. Nor eye, nor shape, nor neck, nor face, My bosom did enthral: —'Twas Sense I found, the happy grace, That gave a charm to all.
Monday the 17th of March inst.
A Writing-School
Will be open'd for Misses, By BENJAMIN DEARBORN, at his house in pay'd street.
To be attended from 9 o'clock to 12 in the morning and from 2 to 5 in the afternoon.
The exercises proposed are in grammar, reading, spelling, writing and arithmetic; either of which will be omitted if desired.
N. B. Young Ladies from the country, taken to board and instruct.
Portsmouth 8th March, 1782.
Whereas Bridget, the Wife of the Subscriber, has E'oped from me, this is to forbid all Persons from trusting her on my Account, as I will not pay any Debt contracted by her.
Nottingham. March 4. 1782. James Kelsey:
All Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of John Hart, Esq; and Joseph Savell Hart, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are once more desired to bring in their Accounts to George Hart of Portsmouth, or Mary Forster of Nottingham, Administrators on said Estate, for an immediate settlement. Portsmouth, March 8. 1782.
The non-resident Owners of Lands in the following Towns, viz. Boscawen, Barnstead, Tamworth, Francisstown, Parisstown, Meredith, Nottingham, Candia, Epsom, Chichester, Fisherfield, Loudon, Allenstown, New Boston, Pembroke, New-Durham, Middleton, Salisbury, second tax Hillborough, do. Andover, do. Caring, do. Marlborough, do. for 1779 and 1780 are hereby notified, that their lands in said towns are taxed for the year 1781, and if the taxes are not paid within eight weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, either to the collectors or subscriber, they will be notified for sale.
THOMAS ODIORNE;
Exeter, March 1 1782.

The following was omitted last week for want of room.
L O N D O N. The humble ADDRESS of the Right Honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled.
Die Martis, 27, Novembris, 1781.
Most GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,
WE your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual & Temporal, in parliament assembled beg leave to return your Majesty our humble thanks for your most gracious Speech from the Throne.
"It is with equal concern and indignation that we see the war prolonged by that restless ambition which first excited your Majesty's enemies to commence it, and which still continues to disappoint your Majesty's earnest desire and diligent exertion to restore the public tranquility.
"We acknowledge with the sincerest and warmest gratitude, your Majesty's wisdom and constant attention to the peace and welfare of your people, equally conspicuous in your earnest desire of peace and in your fixed and unalterable resolution never to sacrifice, either to the desires or to the temporary ease and relief of your subjects, those essential rights and permanent interests, upon the maintenance and preservation of which, the future strength and security of this country must ever principally depend.
"We are gratefully sensible of the parental solicitude your Majesty has shown for the general happiness of your people, in the endeavour your Majesty has used to extinguish that spirit of rebellion which our enemies have found means to foment and maintain in the colonies, and to restore to your deluded subjects in America, that happy and prosperous condition which they formerly derived from a due obedience to the laws; and we beg leave to assure your Majesty of our firm concurrence and assistance to frustrate the designs of our enemies, equally prejudicial to the real interests of America, and to those of Great Britain.
"We will, without loss of time, resume the deliberation upon the state and condition of the British possessions and revenues in the East-Indies; will carry it on with the same spirit and temper in which it was begun, and proceed with the same attention and anxiety to consider how those remote provinces may be held and governed with the greatest security and advantage to this country, and by what means the happiness of the native inhabitants may be best promoted.
"Firmly resolved to decline no difficulty or hazard in the defence of our country, and for the preservation of its essential rights and interests, we shall continue to give our most hearty concurrence and support in the prosecution of the great and important contest in which we are engaged.
"We rely upon the protection of the Divine Providence in so just a cause, and fully trust, that by the concurrence and support which we shall most cheerfully give, by the valour of your Majesty's fleets and armies, and by the vigorous, animated and united exertions of the faculties and resources of your people, your Majesty will be enabled to disappoint the ambitious designs of your enemies, and to restore the blessings of a safe and honorable peace to all your dominions.
TO BE SOLD, by a Committee of the Trustees of Phillips's Exeter Academy. Upon good security, (the interest to be paid annually) The following parcels of LAND, viz.
TEN RIGHTS in Sandwich, 400 acres each; one right in Dummer; 1220 acres in Gilmanstown; 450 acres in New Hampton; 480 acres in Andover; 250 acres in Loudon; 230 acres in Sanborntown; 180 acres in Canterbury; 100 acres, and one quarter of a Saw-Mill and a flow'd meadow in Raymond; 100 acres in Meredith; 100 acres in Bow; 60 acres in Deerfield; 60 acres in Derryfield; 40 acres in Chester; 50 acres in Poplin; 60 in Barnstead; 10 acres in Nottingham; 15 acres in Brentwood; 20 acres in Epping; 2 acres and half in Exeter, and a Wharf lot, lying between the Printing-Office and Mr. Daniel Gilman's wharf.
Exeter, Feb. 29, 1782. Daniel Tilton, Be ja Thurston, } Committee.
Cheap for Cash, AT RICHARD CHAMPNEY'S STORE, On Mess. Sherburne & Langdon's Wharf, SUNDRY GOODS, viz. Best Hyson and Bohea Tea, per hund. doz. or smaller quantity; Stone Lime per hoghead; Sweed's and Spanish Iron, per ton or hundred; Russia Duck; best French Brandy, per pipe; Claret Wine, per pipe; Molasses per hoghead; Lisbon and St. Martin's Salt; Coffee, per hundred; and a variety of piece Goods.—Also, a good Assortment of Cuttoes, Penknives, Scissors, Razors, Knives and Forks, &c. &c. &c.
State of New-Hampshire. Public Notice is hereby given, that Nathaniel Batchelder of Deerfield in the county of Rockingham and State aforesaid, yeoman, in behalf of himself and Moley his wife, hath preferred a petition to the General Court, setting forth, that Joseph Libbee of Rye, in said county, yeoman, some time in the year 1764, died intestate, leaving the petitioners said wife his only child and Heir: Soon after his decease, Abraham Libbee, of said Rye, yeoman, and the widow of the deceased, now wife of Reuben Dearborn, of North-Hampton, in said county, yeoman, took administration of the estate of the intestate, exhibited an inventory of his real and personal estate, amounting to eight thousand three hundred and fifty five pounds of the then old tenor.
Nine years afterwards the administrators preferred their administration account to the judge of probate, wherein they charged themselves with the personal estate, and other articles, to the amount of two hundred and four pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, lawful money, and credited themselves for about one hundred and fifty pounds like money, by which there then appeared a considerable balance in favor of the estate in the hands of the administrators; Since which, the petitioner can find no account exhibited by the administrators, yet they in an unaccountable manner obtained a licence to sell the real estate of the intestate to pay his debts. By virtue of which licence, and with a design to defraud the creditors to, and Heir of said estate, (as he conceives) the administrator did by deed of sale bearing date the seventeenth day of April, A. D. 1774, by them executed, sell and convey in fee to Samuel Hale, jun. then of Portsmouth in said county, attorney at law as absences, the following tracts of land situate in said Rye, viz. That tract of land owned by the said Joseph in his life time, on which his house stood, and in which he dwelt, bounded as follows—beginning at a pine tree at Nicholas Dolbey's southwest corner, then runs northwesterly by said Dolbey's land till it comes to the land lately owned by James Hobbs, and by said land the same course about twenty rods till it comes to the northwest corner of said land, thence southeasterly by said Hobbs's land thirty rods more or less, thence southerly by said Hobbs's and Garland's land till it comes to the highway & by the highway easterly till it comes to the boundary began at: And also one half of an acre of land called the orchard lot on the south side of the highway, beginning at the place where Bickford Lang's shop stands and runs easterly on said highway twenty rods to a pine stump, thence southwesterly by said Lang's land about twenty five rods, thence ten rods to the bounds began at. Both said tracts containing the home place of the said Joseph Libbee. Which deed the petitioner can prove by the conditions of the said Hale's Bond, and other evidence, was not bonafide made for a good and valuable consideration, but only for a cover. And as the creditors by this covenous sale must be still prevented from getting their just demands, and the Heir from inheriting what of said estate may be left after payment of the debts, unless the deed so given the said Hale, be made void. Wherefore the petitioner prays, that the same deed may be vacated by act of the legislature, and the land thereby conveyed, and restored.
Upon which petition, the General Court ordered that the petitioner be heard thereon before them on the first Tuesday of the next Session, and that in the mean time, he cause the substance of said petition, and order of court thereon, to be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette three weeks successively, that any person or persons may then appear and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest. JOSEPH PEARSON, D. Sec'ty. Exeter, Jan. 8, 1782.
TO BE SOLD, BY PUBLIC VENDUE, On WEDNESDAY the 13th of March next, at Mrs. Tilton's, in Portsmouth, at Eleven o'Clock, A. M. SUNDRY valuable Lots of Land in Wolfeborough, from one to two Hundred Acres in a Lott, as may best suit the Purchasers; some lying on the westerly tide and some on the easterly side of said Town. Portsmouth, Feb. 9, 1782.
State of New-Hampshire. ALL PERSONS having Accounts against this Town, are requested to exhibit the same to the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, by the 10th Instant, otherwise they cannot be allowed the same out of their Taxes for 1781. Portsmouth, March 1, 1782.
TO BE SOLD, At PUBLIC VENDUE, On MONDAY the first Day of April next, at the House of Jethro Smith, in Stratham, at TEN o'Clock, A. M. A Lott of LAND lying in said Town, containing 50 Acres of Land. Conditions of Sale to be seen at Time and Place. JONATHAN TAYLOR. Stratham, Feb. 23, 1782.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. WHEREAS the General Court of said State, has lengthened out the time, for receiving the claims against the estates of absentees &c. The public is hereby notified, that we the subscribers shall continue to attend said business, on the third Monday of February next, and on the third Monday of the three following Months at the house of Mr. Robert Means in Amherst, from two to eight o'Clock P. M. Jan. 15, 1782. Daniel Campbell } Commissioners. Samuel Wilkins } Robert Means }
THIS is to give notice, that on the second Tuesday of April next, at the House of Capt. Ephraim Hildreth of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire; will be sold at Public Vendue, so much of the following Tracts of Lands lying in said Amherst, as will pay what those Lands were taxed in the the year 1780, Pursuant to sundry Acts of said State, for assessing nonresidents Land, as will pay such assessments and incidental Charges, the Sale to begin at 10 o'Clock in the afternoon of said Day, the Lands are as follows, viz.
JACOB CURTICE, Constable for Amherst. Amherst, February 7, 1782.
WHEREAS Christopher Blake, who was hired by the Town of Hampton-Falls, to serve as a Soldier in the Continental Army for six Months, did receive a Note of Hand given by the Selectmen of said Town, bearing Date from the 13th Day of July 1781, of between eighteen and twenty Pounds, Lawful Money: This is to caution all Persons of purchasing said Note of him, as he has forfeited all Right and Title thereto. CALEB TILTON, (in Behalf of the Selectmen: Hampton-Falls, Feb. 28, 1782.
AT a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of EPSOM, held at the Meeting-House in said Town, on January the 7th last, the Town then voted that the Selectmen be empowered to call a Proprietors Meeting, in Order to choose a Committee, or to adopt any other Plan that may be thought necessary by said Proprietors when met, for the Purpose of establishing the Boundary Lines now in Dispute between Epsom and Chichestre: Said Proprietors are hereby warned to attend at the Meeting-House in Epsom aforesaid on Wednesday the 20th of March next, precisely at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, for said Purpose. John Casey, Thomas Babb, } Selectmen for Epsom. February 9, 1782. Benjamin Goodwin }
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