The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1784-08-28 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Vol. XXVIII.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1784.
[No. 1451.]
The late disputes between the Stadtholder [William Prince of Orange] and their High Mightinesses the Deputies of the United Netherlands, which have been very liberally treated of in the public papers, having created much political speculation in Europe and America; therefore, as his power is not much understood among us, the following, taken from a late London Magazine, is here inserted.
*The Power of STADTHOLDER and that of a KING of GREAT BRITAIN compared.
THE regal dignity is an essential part of the British constitution; Britain having never been without a King but once, when the constitution was dissolved.
The Dutch in all times were governed by Sovereigns: In those of the Romans by Chieftains or Generals; in the middle ages by their Courts; and 200 years ago by the Dukes of Burgundy, and their Heirs, the Emperors of Germany and Kings of Spain. On the latter's inhuman usage, and breaking the original contract they threw off their tyrannical yoke, and declared the sovereignty vacant; but instead of forming themselves into a Commonwealth, they elected the Duke of Alanson, the King of France's younger brother their †Sovereign. After his retreat and death, the provinces being again without a sovereign, they offered to transfer their allegiance to Queen ‡ Elizabeth. Hence it appears, that the Dutch formed themselves first into a Commonwealth, because they could not have a Sovereign of their own, who was able and willing to protect them; so that their instituting a republic was accidental, and rather a matter of necessity than choice. Since then, several of the provinces, particularly Holland and Zealand, have offered their sovereignty to the Princes of Orange; but those excellent Princes have always refused it. Those two provinces however made the Stadtholdership hereditary in the person of William III. Prince of Orange, afterwards king of Great Britain, and his heirs male.
The Crown of Great Britain is hereditary.
The Stadtholdership is elective, and yet so far hereditary, that the Dutch, from the invincible ties of gratitude, affection, and interest, have always continued that dignity in the house of Orange.
The King has the absolute disposal of all the forces by sea and land, and commands marches, sieges, battles, and fortifications, with unlimited power. He has also the same in respect to military commands.
The Stadtholder is captain general, and admiral of the forces of the state, but with a power so limited, that he can neither order a march, lay a siege, or fight a battle, without leave first had from his masters the states, who have their deputies in the camp, that are the sole depositaries of the secrets and authority of the republic. The General receives orders, to which he
is obliged to pay implicit ‡ obedience from them. He has not the † absolute disposal of all military commands in all the provinces. Besides, as he is absolutely dependent on each of them, and in a great measure on every town of them, which constitute the supreme legislature, common prudence prevents him from disposing of military honors as he pleases, and obliges him to bestow them with the approbation of his masters, who ask them for their friends and relations, and are not to be refused. In the civil list he has not so much as the nomination of an excise officer. Those are appointed by the magistrates, as at Venice, and neither by the Stadtholder nor the Doge.
The King has power to pardon criminals condemn'd.
The Stadtholder has the same.
The King has not power to put in or turn out the magistrates of boroughs. King James II. attempted to assume this power, which contributed, amongst other arbitrary proceedings, to his own expulsion. The King however appoints Lords Lieutenants of counties, (a kind of nominal Governors) Sheriffs, &c. who all act under the royal commission.
In some of the provinces the Stadtholder chuses the magistrates upon the nomination of the towns: For they return three to him, out of whom he elects one. In conjunction with the states of a province he can also turn out a magistrate.
The King constitutes one third of the legislature, and presides at all times by his Chancellor in parliament.
The Stadtholder has not so much as a seat or vote in the assemblies of the states. He has no share in their deliberations, nor do they communicate any thing, however minute, to him, but as they please themselves.
The King represents the authority and dignity of the state.
The States General represents the sovereignty, and the Stadtholder the dignity of the state.
The King nominates Ambassadors to foreign Courts, who correspond only with him and his ministers. Only they have intelligence of the secret affairs of Europe.
The States General nominate Ambassadors. The secret affairs of Europe are communicated only to them.
The King and his ministers only make and sign all treaties of peace, alliances, &c. which are not ratified in parliament, being valid without that.
The Stadtholders by order of the states have sometimes signed public treaties in conjunction with them, to give them the greater eclat, not to make them the more authentic, or add more authority to them.
‡ In the late general war these states deputies were a mighty eye-sore to Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough. The Prince being asked one day, how it came to pass, that Alexander the great, and other heroes made so rapid a progress in one year, and now all the greatest generals could do, was to take a town or two in a campaign? He replied, the reason was, because Alexander and the antient conquerors had no deputies from the states general in their camps. It is however to be observed, that those deputies have also been Generals and Admirals themselves. Thus a De Witt and a Gosling, acted at the same time as able Admirals and Generals, as well as state deputies.
† Gubernator (the Stadtholder) tempore belli dispensat munera militia. sed non omnia; aliq; agit intra limites singularum (provinciarum) comprehensus, Ex. Otton. Rerum p. 47.
The prerogatives of the crown are fixed.
The prerogatives of the Stadtholder are alterable, neither are they the same in any two of the provinces.
The King has a revenue of 7 or 800,000. per annum.
The appointments of the Stadtholder are very inconsiderable.
The splendor of the Throne keeps the subject at considerable distance.
The Stadtholders in many respects are on a level, and in some sort confounded with the subjects of the republic.
Both King William and Queen Anne once appropriated part of their revenues to the exigencies of the public.
The Stadtholders by their great patrimonial revenues from their lands, sovereign principalities, and Lordships in France, Germany, Burgundy, and several parts of the united provinces, have often been of the greatest service to their dear country. Prince William I. of Orange, "The father * of his country, who preferred the prosperity of Holland to that of himself and his family, twice raised and bro't in a strong army at his own expence." This the States General declare in the inscription of the Mausoleum, which they caused to be erected to that great man at Delft.
Several of our Kings have either been passive, or actually in secret leagues with, and in the pay of the enemies of their Kingdoms.
The Stadtholders have all had the most tempting offers made them and their family, if they would recede in the least from their engagements to their country; but they rejected them all with a generous disdain, and would have no other friends nor enemies, but those of the republic. As it was a child of their own, they could not help having an affection for it, and being ready at all times to sacrifice their lives and all things in defence of it. They were the authors and maintainers of its liberties, first against the tyranny of Spain, and lastly against a still more formidable enemy at its door, who had opened himself a passage into the heart of its dominions.
* Pater patriæ, qui Belgii fortunis suas posthabet et suorum, validissimos exercitus ære plurimum privato bis conscripsit, bis induxit.
From a late LONDON PAPER.
Some Account of Mr. THOMAS CLARGES, the noted MISER of SHOPSHIRE.
THIS person inherited a very good estate, which he run through in every species of extravagance in a space of time surprisingly short, but was struck with so much remorse at his conduct, and the near appearance of a gaol, that his disposition took a sudden turn, and he became, in the management of the shattered remnant of his fortune, the veriest miser that ever existed; he retired to a cottage on a hill that overlooked the chief part of the estate he had sold, and laid down a resolution unalterably never to rest till he had regained it. He lived upon nothing but refuse; wore second hand cloaths, old liveries, or any thing he could get cheap, lent money all through the country in small sums, at enormous interest, travelling on foot night and day to find farmers in distress to buy their cattle, which he drove to market himself—jobbed—traded.
* See a farther account of the state and government of the United Provinces in Sir William Temple's works, vol. 1st. Also in the description of Holland, London Printed 1743.
† See Strada De bell. Belg. Dec. 2 p. 179 and Bentivoglio's history of Flanders, p. 172.
‡ Camden's history of Q. Elizabeth. v. 220. Edit. 4.

turned penny, and spent nothing—by degrees money collected, and he dealt in mortgages; found out young heirs to supply at extravagant interest. After this he became an attorney, and fleeced all that came into his hands; lent money on his former estate, and then cried out, my business is done! And so he contrived that it should, for he cheated the gentleman of above a thousand pounds, and regained the estate at the same time; added to it, almost every year he ruined hundreds by his machinations and practices. It was marked that nobody borrowed money of him that did not rue it in a series of misery, and yet he lent with such facility, that numbers were every day tempted. He set up claims, by distant relations, against half the estates in his neighbourhood; and after throwing their property in confusion and involving it in law, bought it cheap himself. In a word, by a series of transactions, incredible to those that did not know him, he amassed above two hundred thousand pounds, and when in possession of that immense fortune, spent no more in all sorts of personal and house expences than 621 a year.
N A P L E S, (Italy) May 11.
We work with the greatest activity in fitting out the squadron that is to join that of his Catholic Majesty, for the expedition against Algiers. The forces destined to fulfil that object, for the freedom of trade and navigation, are proportioned to the state of defence in which we know that place is put, by the pirates.
H A G U E, (Holland) May 31.
On the 26th ult. their High Mightinesses resolved to transmit instructions to their Ambassadors at the Court of France, to conclude a treaty with his Most Christian Majesty, the conditions of which are mutually advantageous to the contracting parties, and tending very materially to the security of the possessions of the Republic.
P A R I S, (France) May 24.
We are assured that the American Congress, as a testimony of gratitude for the protection afforded to the United States, have come to the resolution of presenting to our sovereign four ships of the line, one of which is to be called the Congress will be of 110 guns, and the other three of 74 guns each.
The sentence of the Court Martial is at last published: Mess. the Marquis de Vaudreuil and de Gladdeve, the Chevalier de Gras Preville, de Markary, &c. are honorably acquitted; some few are suspended for three months, and have been admonished.
N E W - Y O R K, August 13.
Tuesday last arrived here, the Portland packet, Capt. James, in 34 days from Falmouth; by which we have received the following.—
L O N D O N, July 7.
Extract of a letter from Madrid, June 4.
The court has just received advice of the dreadful event that has happened at the Ronda, a Spanish fortress in the kingdom of Granada. The principal square of the city gave way with all the houses built round it; the number of inhabitants buried under the ruins of their houses amounts to three thousand. Naturalists attribute this disaster to continual rains of this year, which have successively undermined the foundation of the rock on which the town is built.
July 8. Wednesday last night the Betty, Capt. John Williams, a fine new ship of 500 tons burthen, bound from Boston to Dublin, laden with flaxseed, rum, &c. found off Youghall. The crew which consisted of 16 men and a boy, unfortunately perished, except one man and the boy, who got upon a spare yard, where they continued floating 'till next morning, when they were taken up by a Dutch lugger, and shortly after put on board a potatoe boat, which landed them in Dungarvan.
According to our last advices from Smyrna, the plague rages so much there that the streets are strewed with a multitude of dead bodies, a few surviving inhabitants having left the city in order to avoid the dreadful fate of their unfortunate countrymen.
PHILADELPHIA. Extracts from the Journals of Congress, June 3, 1784.
RESOLVED , That the district of territory lying on the west side of Connecticut river, called Vermont, within the limits and boundaries described in the act of Congress of the 20th of August, 1781, and the people inhabiting the same, be and they are hereby recognized and declared to be a free, sovereign & independent state, by the name of the state of Vermont. That the said state of Vermont, being within the limits of the United States, shall be considered as a part of the confederacy, on the same principles as the new states, who shall have established permanent governments agreeably to the act of Congress of the 23d of April last, until it shall accede to the articles of Confederation, and be admitted into the federal union of the states.
Resolved , That Congress adhere to the guarantee to the states of New-Hampshire and New-York, agreeable to the resolutions of the 7th and 20th days of August 1781; and if it shall appear on running the line between the states of New-York and Vermont, that the latter hath made any encroachments on the territory of the former, the same shall be immediately removed. Your committee further report, with respect to the matters alledged by the delegates of New-York, concerning the sufferings of individuals by banishment and confiscation of property, and the disorders and violence that have happened in consequence of the opposite and interfering jurisdictions exercised by the state of New-York and the government of Vermont, over the same persons within the said district, That the several letters and papers from the governor of New-York and the people of Vermont, relative to those matters, have been heretofore committed, and no report hath been made thereon—your committee are therefore of opinion, that if Congress shall judge it expedient to take any further order respecting those matters, it will be proper again to commit those papers."
N. B. The above resolve has not yet been acted upon.
B O S T O N, August 25.
By accounts lately received from Montreal, in Canada, we are informed that a general disaffection prevails in the Canadians to the British government, and especially to the administration of General Halderman; that the Refugees from the United States are pushing their settlements at Cadarique under many disadvantages and hardships. It is curious to compare the different policy of Great Britain and the United States in their treatment of those unhappy people. By driving all off without distinction, we endeavor to increase the number and strength of the British colonies: The English, by illiberal distributions of land and restrictions upon their trade will if possible crush them in their infancy. This conduct in the two nations would appear to the philosopher a remarkable instance of mutual benevolence, were it not that the individuals who are the objects of it are rendered miserable by the exertion.
These accounts also add that Archabal d M c Neil, who was a few months since proscribed this State, was murdered on his journey through the woods from Canada to St. John's. He had procured two Indian guides to conduct him through the wilderness, who are supposed to be his murderers. It is said he had with him about 500l. sterling, in cash, which possibly might be an inducement to the savages to commit this horrid crime.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Belfast, (Ireland) to his friend in this town, June 10.
"I am exceedingly happy to hear you are so well pleased with America.—It will certainly be a place where many of our injured countrymen will resort—the prospect being far preferable to that of tarrying here.—No less than 750 emigrants have embarked in the two last ships for America, besides numbers more determined to depart this land of misery by the first conveyance.—Our boasted emancipation, as well as long'd for free trade, I fear will exist but in
idea—an aristocratical corrupt majority in Parliament, overturning all those pleasing objects once in view.—Petitions for a parliamentary reform have been presented from all parts of the kingdom; but Court influence has rendered them useless: Add to this, the freedom of the press, that great guardian of liberty, is now suppressed. And indeed, almost every appearance indicates but abject slavery. Nothing now remains to support, but the determined, the glorious spirit of our numerous volunteers: of these, new corps are forming, and many young men are joining: and by the arms of these, should oppression's iron hand continue, an attempt will undoubtedly be made to effect our deliverance."
However the principles of common benevolence, and the desire of easing the calamities of our fellow creature might operate in favour of an act of amnesty and naturalization, to the ill fated body of men, the refugees; yet the antipathies nurtured in the war have taken so deep a root, as will, we are apprehensive be very difficult to remove. We are the more convinced of the rectitude of the observation, from the general appearance of the various speculations, concerning them, in the southern papers (which generally speak the sentiment of the populace.) A New-Jersey paper has the following:
"The tories like the fated Israelites, are doomed, by the enormity of their crimes, to roam to every part of the globe, and explore uncultivated regions: For wherever they appear in the union, the prejudices of a state of warfare continue, and threaten to unsheathe the sanguinary poignard. Let us raise a monument, and have ingraved, in indelible characters, the particulars of their inamy, that they and their demerits may be handed down, with curses, from generation to generation, as the enemies of the United States, who have smiled at the anguish of despair, and the writhing pangs of misery that our virtuous countrymen have experienced in their gaols and prison ships.—The lives of those catiffs ought not to be secure in a country they have endeavored, politically to damn; and every engine ought to be put in motion to prevent their return.—Should an act of amnesty pass, through mistaken charity, we may expect to see horrors of intestine feuds (now prevalent in a neighbouring state) pervade this, and British influence introduced, the fatality of which the Dutch, during the late war, experienced in an eminent degree.—Whigs cannot behold their inveterate enemies breath the salubrious air of liberty, and sheltered in the bosom of a country that not long since, they wished to have plunged a dagger in her vitals, and brought her prostrate to the British Lion."
S A L E M, August 24.
Extract of a letter from Paris, June 2.
"The Duke de Vaguyon arrived yesterday from the Hague, and is said to have brought very interesting intelligence; all that transpires at present however is, that the States General of the United Provinces have unanimously agreed to a treaty of alliance, offensive, with France, for a term of years."
GODDARD & STORER,
HAVE removed to paved street, two doors southward of Mr. Samuel Hill's store,—
Where they have for sale,
A general Assortment of
Drugs & Medicines,
as low as can be bought in Boston.
A L S O,
Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, Port, Malaga, Teneriff, Fyall, Claret, and Frontinac
W I N E S.
  London Porter, ☒ Sweet Oil,   Rum Brandy, ☒ Castile Soap,   Holland Ginn, in cases, ☒ Loaf and Brown Sugar,   French Cordials, ☒ Hyson and Bohea   Cinnamon, Cloves, ☒ Tea,   Nutmegs, Mace, ☒ Chocolate, Coffee,   Pepper, Allspice, ☒ Cheshire and Gloucester Cheese,   Raisins, Currants, ☒ Best Velvet Corks,   Figs, Prunes, ☒ Iron and Crockery   Almonds, Olives, ☒ Ware, &c. &c. &c.   Capers, Anchovies, ☒ 
A L S O,
Painter's Colors of all sorts.
TO BE LETT,
A large convenient STORE, with a compting-room back, chambers over the same, and a good cellar under the whole, conveniently situated for trade. Inquire at the Printing-Office, Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, August 23.
A London paper of the 11th June says, "The liberty granted to the Americans of carrying on a free trade with the islands, will encourage the shipping, of the New States, more than any indulgence that could have been granted them beside, and may enable them, in a very few years, to rival Old England upon the ocean."
London papers of the 8th of July, mention, that a negotiation has been concluded between the Court of Lisbon, and these United States, by virtue of which 4000 tons of American wheat are to be annually delivered in Portugal, at a stipulated price, for seven years to come. That on the 7th of July a Proclamation relative to the Definitive Treaty being signed between Great-Britain and the States General, and also between Great Britain and the United States of America, was publickly read at the Royal Exchange: That the report which prevailed of the disgrace of the Comte de Grasse was confirmed: That a new British Government is to be formed North of the Bay of Fundy, to extend Westward an immense distance; and that a commission for the Governor, with commercial regulations and instructions respecting the granting of lands, were preparing with the utmost dispatch.
There are arrived at Philadelphia this summer, 5000 persons from Ireland; as many more are expected—besides 2 or 3000 from England, Scotland, and Germany; so that that single port will probably, by the end of the year, have received between 12 and 13 000 persons from Europe.
Since our last arrived here the Schooner Friendship, Capt. White from St. Eustatia; and Capt. Trefethen, in a ship from Grenada.—Also, the last evening, the ship Hero, from Grenada, lately commanded by Capt. John Wheelwright, of this town, who died on his homeward bound passage.
Query —Which religion is most likely to be lasting and beneficial to mankind? That which arises from the conviction of cool reason, on a dispassionate inquiry after truth; or that which springs from the ebullitions of an heated imagination, and is made to consist in certain unaccountable feelings and warm workings of the heart?
Query —Which should be the guide of man, thro' the thorny labyrinth of life, Reason or Enthusiasm ?
Died lately at Kittery, Col. Tobias Fernald, formerly an officer in the American army.—At Boston, the last week, Mr. John Hurd, jun. aged 24, late an officer in the American army, and eldest son of Col. John Hurd, formerly of this town.—And since our last, in this town, Mr. Thomas Currier, aged 73.
NAVAL OFFICE,
PORT OF PISCATAQUA August 28, 1784.
ENTERED, From
Brig George & Jane, Smallcorn, Grenada. Brig Catharine, Mendum, Hispaniola. Sloop Catharine, Marshall, Shelburne. Schooner Friendship, White, St. Eustatia.
CLEARED, For
Ship Keppell, Fletcher, St. Peters. Brig Kitty, Thwing, West-Indies. Brig Two Brothers, Haggens, Ditto. Brig Industry, White, Ditto. Brig Honest Friend, Moore, Ditto. Schooner Success, Grant, Nova Scotia.
State of New-Hampshire
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that a Petition hath been preferred to the General Court by Sarah Little, Wife of Frances Little, late of Portsmouth, in said State, Mariner, setting forth, that her said Husband, more than two Years ago, left her and five Children, and went to Sea, since which Time, she has received no Intelligence from him: that she has been obliged to support herself and Children: that he left no Property but a small House and Land thereunto belonging;—upon the Credit of which she has been able to obtain Supplies to support herself and Children; but as there is no Prospect of the return of her Husband, and as the Debts she has already contracted, amount nearly to the value of said House and Land, the Creditors grow impatient, and threaten to sue the Demands, and attach the said House and Land, the Consequence of which will necessarily increase, as well their Debts as the Distress of said Petitioner—And as such Expense would be prevented, were she enabled to sell said House and Lot of Land for the Payment of said Debts Wherefore she prays, that she may be empowered to make Sale thereof, and to convey the Right and Title of her said Husband therein, to the Purchaser, for the Payment of said Debts, and to apply the Surplusage, if any, for the Subsistence of herself and Children.
Upon which Petition, the General Court ordered, that the Petitioner be heard thereon, before them, on the second Wednesday of their next Session, and that in the mean time, she cause, that the Substance of the Petition and Order of Court thereon, be published three Weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette, that any Person or Persons may then appear, and shew Cause, (if any they have) why the Payer thereof may not be granted.
Attest JOSEPH PEARSON, D. Sec'y.
Exeter, Aug. 1784.
State of New-Hampshire.—Strafford ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and others, owners of land in the town of Gilmantown, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Tuesday the 21st day of September next, at ten o'clock, A. M. at the dwelling-house of the subscriber, in said town, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. Q'ty s. d.    Robert Auchmooey, part 1st 40 9 4 23 0 11  Ditto, 2d 40 11 8 40 1 6  Jeremiah Beas, 2d 40 3 4 40 1 6  Ditto, 2d 100 22 100 3 6  Jeremiah Connor, 2d 40 33 2 40 0 9  Ditto, 2d 100 11 4 100 1 9  Ditto, 4th div. 54 15 0 3  Philip Conner, 2d 100 8 6 31 1 9  Jonathan Clark, 2d 40 24 5 40 1 1  Truworthy Dudley, part 2d 100 11 3 74 0 9  Ditto part 2d 100 13 8 23 0 6  Cornelius Dufco, 4th div. 153 15 0 3  Richard Dufco, part 1st 100 10 6 34 0 3  Ditto, part 2d 100 11 10 55 1 0  Ditto, part 4th div. 71 15 0 3  Ephraim Dennet, part 1st 40 8 4 7 0 9  Ditto 2d 40 12 8 40 0 9  Ditto 1st 100 7 15 100 1 9  Ditto 2d 100 1 8 100 1 9  Ditto 4th div. 25 15 0 3  Ephraim Deane, part 2d 100 12 6 50 0 3  Jabez Fitch, 1st 40 5 3 40 2 0  Edward Folsom, 1st 40 31 3 40 0 9  Ditto 2d 40 45 2 40 0 0  Edward Fitch, 2d 40 16 3 40 1 0  Ditto 2d 100 53 1 0 2 8  Ditto 4th div. 175 15 0 3  Nicholas Gilman Esq; part 2d 100 14 10 40 1 0  Peter Gilman, 1st 40 6 4 40 0 7  Nicholas Gordon, 4th div. 158 15 0 3  Thomas Gilman, 2d 40 6 4 40 0 9  Nathaniel Gilman, 4th div. 121 15 0 3  Joshua Gilman, part 2d 40 32 2 20 0 5  Edward Gilman, 2d 40 4 3 40 0 9  Ditto 1st 100 1 10 100 1 9  Ditto 2d 100 11 14 100 2  Ditto 4th div. 33 15 0 3  Jeremiah Gilman, 1st 100 7 3 100 1 9  Andrew Glidden, 1st 100 2 2 100 1 9  Ditto 2d 100 3 6 100 1 9  Ditto 4th div. 168 15 0 3  Robert Gilman, 2d 40 38 4 40 0 9  Nehemiah Gilman 2d 40 27 5 40 1 1  Ditto 1st 100 9 15 100 2 8  Thomas Gordon 2d 40 37 2 40 0 9  Alexander Gordon, 2d 40 28 4 40 0 9  Ditto 2d 100 29 1 00 3 6  Capt. John Gilmann, 2d 100 5 9 100 1 9  Joseph Hall, 2d 40 38 2 40 0 9  Ditto 1st 100 14 9 100 3 8  Richard Hilton, 4th div. 182 15 0 3  Edward Hilton, 4th div. 159 15 0 3  Jonathan Hilton junr. 2d 40 1 5 40 0 6  Edward Hall, part 1st 40 24 5 20 0 9  Ditto part 2d 100 10 15 50 1 1  Clement Huf, 2d 40 2 8 40 0 9  Col. Mark Hunkin, part 1st 100 4 7 74 1 3  George Jeffery, Esq; part 2d 40 17 3 28 0 7  Ditto part 1st 100 9 6 67 1 0  Ditto 2d 100 5 8 100 1 9  Ditto 4th div. 22 15 0 3  Ephraim Leavitt, 2d 40 2 5 40 0 6  Timothy Leavitt, part 1st 100 15 2 12 0 3  James Leavitt, jr. 2d 100 39 100 2 8  Benjamin Leavitt, 2d 40 16 5 40 1 1  Stephen Lyford 1st 100 1 5 100 1 9  Ditto 2d 100 3 10 100 1 9  Ditto 4th div. 173 15 0 3  John Lord 2d 40 20 2 40 0 9  John Low, 2d 40 33 3 40 0 9  Ditto 2d 100 4 17 100 0 6  Ditto 4th div. 26 15 0 3  Moses Leavitt, 2d 40 2 3 40 1 1  Ditto part 1st 100 6 8 34 0 9  Nathaniel Ladd, 2d 40 6 3 40 0 9  John Mudget, 4th div. 155 15 0 3  William Moore 1st 40 29 5 40 2  Ditto 2d 40 31 3 40 0 9  Ditto 1st 100 1 2 100 2 8  Ditto 2d 100 6 15 100 1 9  Walter Neal part, 1st 40 2 5 20 0 9  Ditto part 2d 40 11 5 20 0 7  John Odlin, 4th div. 87 15 0 3  Jotham Odiorne, Esq; pt. 1st 40 32 3 10 0 3  Ditto part 2d 40 4 4 10 0 3  John Perkins jr. 2d 40 29 5 40 1 1  Ephraim Philbrick, 4th div. 185 15 0 3  John Roberts 2d 40 21 4 40 1 1  James Sinkler 2d 40 38 5 40 0 9  Ditto part 1st 100 12 17 70 0 5  Ditto part 2d 100 6 1 31 2  Ditto 4th div. 134 15 0 3  John Scribner, jr. 2d 100 2 8 100 2 8  Theophilus Smith jr. 2d 100 4 1 100 2 8  Samuel Sinkler, part 2d 40 20 5 20 0 7  Ditto 4th div. 142 15 0 3  Oliver Smith, 2d 100 8 2 100 1 9  Abraham Sanborn, 2d 40 36 4 40 0 9  Henry Sherborn 1st 40 42 1 40 1 1  Ditto 2d 40 19 2 40 0 9  Ditto 1st 100 9 8 100 2 8  Ditto 2d 100 12 8 100 2 8  Ditto 4th div. 122 15 0 3  Benjamin Thing, 4th div. 155 15 0 3  
  Daniel Thing 2d 40 5 4 40 9  Jonathan Thing 2d 40 23 2 40 9  Ditto 1st 100 4 2 100 1 9  Ditto 2d 100 7 10 100 1 9  Ditto 4th div. 109 15 0 3  Edward Thing, part 1st 100 16 13 44 0 10  Ditto 2d 100 11 2 100 1 9  Nathaniel Webster 1st 100 8 8 40 0 9  Thomas Webster jr. 1st 100 10 10 100 2 8  Ditto 4th div. 105 15 0 3  John Wentworth, jr. 2d 100 2 6 100 1 9  Ditto 4th div. 6 15 0 3  William Wentworth, part 2d 40 25 4 10 0 4  Andrew Wiggin, 2d 40 19 5 40 1 1  Ditto part 1st 100 7 14 44 1 4  Jonathan Young, 1st 40 34 3 40 0 9  Ditto 2d 40 2 7 40 0 9  Ditto 1st 100 4 3 100 2 9  Ditto 4th div. 155 15 0 3  Governor Wentworth, pt. 1st 40 30 4 27 0 8  Ditto 500 acres in the 100 acre lots, 2 11 100 10  Ditto 3 11 100 10  Ditto 1 12 100 6  Ditto 2 12 100 6  Ditto 3 12 100 6  John Hasted 2d 40 10 2 40 0 9  Edward Folsom 2d 40 45 2 40 0 6  Eliphalet Cossin, 4th div. 145 15 0 3  Andrew Gilman, 4th div. 147 15 0 3  Caleb Kimbal, 4th div. 148 15 0 3  William H. hon. 2d 40 9 8 40 0 9  
ANTIPAS GILMAN, Collector Gilmantown, August 10, 1784.
AARON HILL,
Has imported from London, Bristol and Liverpool ,
An assortment of Piece GOODS , Hard Ware, Glass Ware, and Crockery Ware,
Which he is selling at his Store in Paved-street, very cheap, by wholesale and retail, for Cash or Certificates.
TO BE SOLD cheap, if applied for soon,
A Good FARM in the Town of Middletown, in the County of Strafford, containing about 120 acres, about 50 of which are now under Improvement:—There are on the Premises, a Dwelling House and Barn—Also to be sold three other Lots of Land in said Town, No. 89 & 90, in the first Division, and 92 in the second. For particulars, enquire of Ann Simes of Portsmouth.
State of New Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given, to the non-resident owners of Land in Deerfield, who have not paid their Taxes for the Year 1783, that so much of their Land will be sold at public Vendue on Wednesday the 22d Day of September next, at two o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the House of Captain David Moore, Innholder in said Paris, as will pay the Taxes & Charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. Q'ty s. d.    Mathias Sawyer, 8  Abigail Folsom, 2 6 5  William Morrel, 10 6 50 6  Joseph Taylor, 12 6 50 8  Ezekiel Walter, 17 6 4  Stephen Luffe, 21 6 104 16  Samuel Jones, 20 6 2  Jeremiah Calf, 23 8 156 16  James Odel, 24 8 78 8  Rollings and Stevens, 10  Nathaniel Rand, 12  
ROBEY MARSTON, Constable.
Deerfield, August 25.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Jeremiah Tibbetts of Barrington, in the county of Strafford, hath petitioned the General Court setting forth, that he together with one

BENJAMIN DEARBORN, HAS FOR SALE,
At his Shop opposite the Printing Office,
L ARGE and small Bibles, Entick's Dictionary, Art of Speaking, Mrs. Rowe's Letters, Chapone's Letters, Lady's Advice 2 vol. Robin's Travels, Cooke's Complete Farmer, America known to the Antients, Dissertation on Infant Baptism, Tragedy of Cato, Corderiuses, Accidences, Pslters, Spelling Books, Primers, Writing Paper, Slates, Ink Powder, Wax, Wafers, Quills, &c.
Portsmouth, August 21.
The following Articles
may be BOUGHT of
SAMUEL BOWLES,
At his SHOP
A little below the STATE-HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH;
   Broad Cloths. Serges. Bearskins. Shalloons. Tammies. Durants. Calamancoes. Camblets. Lastings. Corduroys. Fustians. Oznabrigs. Buckram. Sewing Silk. Silk Twist & Mohair. White & colour'd Thread. A variety of Twist and mettle Buttons. A variety of Calicoes & Chintzes. Coarse & fine Irish Linnens. Check'd ditto. Sattin. Persian. Mode. Taffety. Ribbons. Bindings. Tape and Gown Trimmings. Fanns. Women's silk, worsted and leather Mitts & Gloves. A variety of wide and narrow black and white Gauze. Gauze Handkerchiefs. Large & small silk Handkerchiefs. Stamp and check Linnen ditto. Tiffany of different colours. Men's & Women's worsted Hose. Cotton & thread do. Worsted & cotton Caps. Joyner's Tools.    Desk Furniture. Saddle Furniture. Door & chest Locks. HL & table Hinges. Thumb & knob Latches. Files. Case Knives. Jack & pen Knives. Best London Pewter. Warming Pans. Flat Irons. Augers. Gimblets. Large & small best blocktin Quart Pots. Ditto Tea Pots. Large and small Spoons. Sythes & Sickles. Hour & half hour Glasses. Brushes. A variety of mettle Buckles. Ivory Combs. Horn ditto. Needles & Pins. Cloves. Cinnamon. Mace. Pepper. Figgs. Raisins and Oatmeal. Malaga Wine. Loaf & Brown Sugar. Rum & Molasses. Green Tea. Bohea dit. per doz. or single pound. Coffee. Chocolate. Die Wood. Indigo. Coperas. Allum. Madder and Otter. Men's leather Shoes. Women's and childrens ditto. Women's English and Lynn Shoes. Good Virginia Tobacco, by the C. wt. or retail.   
With a variety of other Articles, As cheap for CASH as at any Store in Portsmouth.
TO BE SOLD By Public Vendue,
On the premises in Exeter, On WEDNESDAY the 15th of September (if not dispos'd of before at private Sale.)
The pleasantly situated Dwelling-HOUSE, GARDEN, and about two Acres and an half of excellent LAND, inclosed with new fence, lately occupied, and now the property of Joseph Adams. Public security at the current discount, or West India Goods, will be received in payment for one half the purchase. For particulars inquire of Mr. Thomas Odiorne, in Exeter, or the subscriber, at the head of cross-street, Boston.
JOSEPH ADAMS
THOMAS MARTIN,
Having lately imported from L O N D O N,
A small but tolerably general assortment of BRITISH GOODS, suitable for all seasons—is now filling them at the lowest cash prices, directly opposite the north door of the State house in PORTSMOUTH:
—Among which are—
   Superfine Broad-Cloths, Cassimeres and Wiltons, with Shalloons and every proper Trimming therefor. Hats of several kinds. Hatt Trimmings. Plated and death-head Buttons. Calamancoe Shoes, and Pumps. Giri's Morocco Pumps. Durants, and Tammies, of various colors & qualities. Calamancoes. Russells. Worsted Caps. Mock velvet Caps. Silk, and worsted Mitts & Gloves. Leather Gloves. Men's and Women's silk, worsted, thread and cotton Stockings. Tapes. Qualities. Shoe-Binding. Letter'd Gartering. Fustians, Jeans. Dimities. Cotton Velvet. Marseilles Quilting. A variety of black and white Laces and Edgings. Ribbons & Gauzes. A tolerable variety of Gauze, silk, linen, Barcelona and cotton Handkerchiefs. Irish Linens, of all widths and qualities. Oznabrigs. Carpeting. Persians. Sarsnets. Motes. Lutestrings. Chintzes. Sheeing. Glazed Linen. Table Cloths. Tabling Damask. Cambric. 3 4 7 8 yard-wide, and Apron Cotton & Linen Checks. Sewing Silk. Pound and fine Threads. Chips for covering, and those to wear without. Pot and Pearl-Asb, all kinds of Shipping-Furs, and Flax Seed, will be received in payment; and Cash given likewise for those articles.    No. 4, 12, & fine Pins. Pound Pins in papers of one quarter pound. White Chapel and London Needles in papers of 1 qr. of a hundred. Looking Glasses—an assortment from 10 dollars to a shilling. Fans—a variety. Ivory Combs. Temple, and Nose Spectacles. Near sighted Glasses in steel bowes, and horn handles, suitable for all eyes who are unfortunate enough to need them. 4d. 6d. 1od, & 2od Nails. Frying Pans. Sickles. Bar Lead. Writing Paper. Dutch Quills. Bibles. Spelling Books and Primers. Children's Play Books. Playing Cards. Silver and plated Silver and plated Buckles. Copperas. Brimstone. Cod Lines. Steel Jew's Harps. Hinges. Hammers. Copper Tea Kettles. Ditto Coffee Pots. Glew. Poland Starch. Hair Powder. Castle and Crown Soap. Wine Glasses, Decanters, &c. China Bowls. China Coffee Cups and Saucers. Durham Flour of Mustard. Pepper by the hundred. Bohea, Hyson, and Souchong Teas. Loaf Sugar. Almonds. Raisins. Nutmegs. Cloves. Mace. Cinnamon. Rum. Brandy. Sugar. Molasses, and Coffee, &c.   
TO BE LET, by JONATHAN WARNER, A Large commodious HOUSE and STABLE, &c. fit for a Merchant, Tavern, or Boarding, having a number of good rooms, with a shop, the situation pleasant—joining his wharf, which is now in good repair.-----Likewise, a number of good Stores, all new, in which goods may be landed without the charge of trucking.
JUST RECEIVED, By the last Vessels from EUROPE, and now ready for sale by
Nat. Appleton Haven,
At his Shop opposite to Dr. Brackett's, in Broad-street, Portsmouth,
A compleat assortment of Drugs & Medicines;
Which he will dispose of upon the most moderate Terms:
—Among which are—
   A gent. viv. Cantharides. Cort. Peruv. —Cascarill. Flor. Sulphur. —Chamom. —Lavend. Fol. Sennæ. Gum Arabac. —Camphor. —Manna. —Myrrh. —Opium. Magnesia alb.    E sence Burgamot. Ol. Lavend. opt. Rad. Gentian. —Rhae. —Glycyrrhiz. —Ipecac. —Scillit. sic. Sal. Cath. Amar. —Mirab. Glauber. —Vol. Cor. Cer. —Nitri. Sem. Anisi.   
A L S O,
Genuine Red Peruvian Bark.
Anderson's and Lokyer's Pills. Turlington's Balsam of Life. Essence of Peppermint. Godfrey's Cordial. Daffy's Elixir. Bateman's Drops. Hooper's Female Pills. Fine Hungary and double distilled Lavender Waters. Common and best crown Lancets. London Court Plaister, &c. &c.
At the same place may also be had,
   Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea Teas. Loaf and Brown Sugar. Rum. Brandy. Florence & Genoa Oils. Olives in Jars and Bottles. Almonds. Figs. Raisins. Oatmeal. Capers. Anchovies.    Lisbon, Caccavilla, Malaga & Claret Wines. Mace. Cinnamon. Cloves. Nutmegs. Pepper. Allspice. White and Red Lead. Prussian Blue. Whiting. Copperas. Allum. Verdigrease. Brimstone, &c. &c.   
N. B. He further wishes to acquaint the public, that having made the Theory and Practice of Physick and Surgery, the object of his particular attention; he now offers his services to all such, who may choose to employ him, in either of the branches of his profession.
Dr. Templeman's
ABSORBENT and ANTI-SCORBUTIC DENTIFRICE,
For preserving the Teeth, Gums, Sockets, &c. with printed directions.
Hemet's Essence of Pearl, and Pearl Dentifrice, Teeth Brushes, and Chew Sticks, are SOLD by
JOSEPH HAVEN,
At his Shop next door to the Printing Office:
—Where may had,—
A general assortment of European G O O D S.
FRESH Lisbon LEMONS, just imported, and to be sold by Neal M'Intire
by the Box or dozen, near the Market, Portsmouth.
Take Notice.
THE Heirs of SAMUEL ALLEN, late of Portsmouth, in the State of New-Hampshire, are desired to meet on the first Wednesday of September next, at the house of Dr. Porter, innholder in Medford, to choose a Moderator, and transact such other business as may then come before them.
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRINTED BY ROBERT GERRISH.