The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1782-03-02 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[Vol. XXVI.]
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1782.
[No. 1322.]
MADRID, October 5:
B Y the last letter from the Camp at Gibraltar, dated Sept. 24, we learn with what vigour and vivacity the firing has been kept up since the 16th of that month till the 24th, between our troops and those of the enemy. In the night of the 16th a road of communication was begun for some new batteries to be erected in places the most proper for incommoding the English in their Camp and in the Bay. During the two or three first nights our men executed some works with great tranquility: Afterwards the fire from the garrison dangerously wounded a Serjeant of the Walloon guards, who died soon after; but then the enemy, fearing the effects of our works, kept for the three following nights an incessant, terrible, and well directed fire against our works, whereby one Serjeant of artillery was killed, and 18 or 20 soldiers wounded.
During this successive firing, which did not in any manner suspend our works for a new communication, our batteries answered it with zeal and vivacity; and it was observed that twice or thrice they set fire to some fascines, &c. of the enemy's emplacement, which continued burning a long time, and did them much damage.
LEGHORN, Sept. 28. A Tartan which sailed from Mahon on the 17th inst. has brought from thence the following particulars:
"Though the Duke de Crillon had transported to Marseilles a great number of Greeks and Jews, formerly settled in Minorca; that nobleman hath, however, detained some of the principal Jews as hostages, for the payment of 100,000 piastres, which their nation is indebted in the island, as well as for the considerable damages which they have done to the trade of Spain, as the Jews were the principal persons concerned in fitting out privateers from Mahon."
LONDON, November 3.
Yesterday morning Capt. Roberts, of the Hyena frigate, arrived at the Admiralty with dispatches from Gibraltar, which were afterwards laid before the King at St. James's by Lord Sandwich. By what has transpired from the above, the fortress of Gibraltar is perfectly secure from any attack which it is possible for the enemy to make on their works, and the only difficulty experienced by the troops, is a great scantiness of fresh provisions.
A potatoe, planted this season in Lord Weymouth's garden at Longleat, has produced 420, weighing thirty nine pounds & a half. The potatoe was of the Bristol species, called Bristol Whites, and was planted whole in a bed of rotten oak leaves.
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, Aug. 26.
"I take the opportunity to inform you of some incidents which happened since I
had last the pleasure of writing to you. On the evening of the 20th instant, very unfortunately, a gun boat of the enemy threw a shell, which happened to fall on one of our magazines on New Mole Point, which blew up with a very great explosion, and killed 25 of the Royal Artillery."
"On the 21st, Governor Elliott made a successful sally, surprised a party of the enemy, and set on fire a large magazine of the advanced guard of St. Roche, and 32 of the enemy, were blown up in it. The fire communicated to another, but we hear did no great damage, as there were but few men near it."
"On the 24th, the enemy kept up a very hot and incessant fire, which killed five of our men, and wounded two; they threw in a vast quantity of shells, and set fire to two houses."
An anonymous correspondence has sent us the following paragraph:
The secret and sudden departure of the British Consul from Ostend for the Court of London, occasions various conjectures among the politicians at the English Hotel: the more knowing ones impute it to some overtures from Puffey, made through the medium of the celebrated Mrs. Wright, who, it is well known, was lately in close conference with the Consul. This conjecture has been founded on some significant hints dropped by him, previous to his departure, which has operated amazingly on the sanguine expectations of the inn-keepers of that place; who suppose the eventual consequences will be a speedy peace.
On Tuesday and Wednesday 1,700,000l. was insured at Lloyd's on the Dutch East-Indiamen, which were taken by Commodore Johnstone, and are daily expected to arrive in England.
WHITE-HALL, Nov. 6. Lieut. Col. Conway, who sailed from New-York the 1st of last month in the Duke of Cumberland packet, arrived at this office on the evening of the third instant; with dispatches from Sir Henry Clinton to the Right Hon. Lord George Germaine, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, of which the following are extracts:
Extract of a letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord George Germaine, dated
New York Sept. 7, 1781:
In my dispatch of the 20th of August, I had the honor to inform your Lordship, that General Washington had suddenly quitted his camp at White Plains; I have now that of communicating to you his subsequent movements.
He passed the Croton on the 19 ult. taking a station within a few miles of it. On the 23d and 24th he crossed the North-River, and, by the position he took, seemed to threaten Staten Island until the 29th,
when he suddenly moved towards the Delaware. At first I judged this to be a feint, but finding that he passed that river with some of his avant guard, and publicly talked of the Count de Grasse's being every moment expected in the Chesapeake to co-operate with him, I immediately endeavoured, both by land and water, to communicate my suspicions to Lord Cornwallis; at the same time assuring his Lordship, that I would either reinforce him by every possible means in my power, or make the best diversion I could in his favour.
As Rear Admiral Graves sailed from hence with his own and Sir Samuel Hood's squadron the 31st ult. in consequence of the intelligence received respecting the Rhode Island fleet, as mentioned to you in my last dispatch; and as Lord Cornwallis, in his letters of the 31st ult. and 2d inst. which I received on the 4th and yesterday, informs me, that Count de Grasse was in the Chesapeake with a considerable armament, I am in hourly expectation of hearing that Rear Admiral Graves has either intercepted Barras, or attacked the fleet in the Bay, or perhaps, both. In the mean time I have embarked 4000 troops, with which I shall instantly proceed myself to relieve Lord Cornwallis, as soon as I know the passage to him is open.
Extract of a letter from Sir H. Clinton, to Lord George Germaine, dated New-York, September 26, 1781.
THE day after I had closed my dispatch of the 12th of September, I received a letter from the Admiral, dated the 9th instant; to inform me, that the enemy being absolute masters of the navigation of the Chesapeake, there was little probability of any thing getting into York river but by night, and an infinite risk to any supplies sent by water; at the same time acquainting me that he had on the 5th, a partial action with the French fleet of 24 sail of the line, and that the two fleets had been in sight of each other ever since; which making it inexpedient to send off the reinforcement immediately, under such dangerous circumstances, I thought it right to call a Council of the general officers on the subject, who unanimously concurred with me in opinion, that it was most adviseable to wait until more favourable accounts from Rear Admiral Graves, or the arrival of Admiral Digby, rendered the sailing of the reinforcement less hazardous; but our fleet having arrived at the Hook on the 19th, a Council of war, composed of the flag and general officers, was assembled as soon as possible, the minutes of which will inform your Lordship, that the exertions of both fleet and army shall be made to form a junction with the squadron and army in Virginia. Rear Admiral Digby arrived off the Hook the 24th instant.

L O N D O N.
Nov. 5 The young Dauphin has been christened by the name of Louis Joseph Xavier Francis. Immediately after his being christened, he was created a Knight of the Holy Ghost, and of the Order of St. Louis.—According to the Paris Gazette, which should be authentic on this occasion, the Queen was but two hours in labour; and both her Majesty and the young Prince, contrary to the accounts published in some of the morning papers, are likely to do well. Extract of a letter from Madrid, Oct. 6.
"Amidst all our preparations for fresh operations, we still have hopes to see a speedy end to the further shedding of blood: the King wishes it much, and the whole Court, indeed, seem inclined to it; but it is very hard to meet the wishes of all the contending powers, so as to bring about easily, so wished for an object. The siege of Minorca, according to our last accounts received from thence, goes on but slowly; the Duke de Crillion wants men and artillery, without which every thing will be at a stand, and the conquest of that island dubious. Gibraltar still holds out, though no pains have been spared to reduce it; and it is astonishing, considering the necessities that garrison have experienced, they have held out so long: their strong holds are still, however, impregnable."
Nov. 10. The Iris man of war, taken in company with the Richmond and Gaudaloupe by the French, is an American built vessel; was called the Hancock, taken by his Majesty's ship Rainbow, of 44 guns: she is a prime sailor, and since being in our service, has taken so many prizes in America, that the officers have all made fortunes. She was distinguished by the name of the lucky Iris.
A scheme is on foot to erect a building for the reception of 30,000 children on a plan somewhat similar to that of the Foundling hospital: the children to be sent to the Navy, and the expence supported by a tax on bachelors.
White-Hall, Nov. 27.
Copy of a letter from Earl Cornwallis, to his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, dated York-Town, Virginia, October 13, 1781.
SIR,
LAST evening the enemy carried my two advanced redoubts on the left by storm, and during the night have included them in their second parallel, which they are at present busy in perfecting.
My situation now becomes very critical. We dare not show a gun to their old batteries, and I expect new ones will be opened tomorrow morning. Experience has shewn that our fresh earthen works do not resist their powerful artillery, so that we shall soon be exposed to an assault in ruined works, in a bad position, and with weakened numbers.
The safety of the place is therefore so precarious, I cannot recommend that the fleet and army should run any risque in endeavoring to save us.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, Sir, &c. &c. (Signed) CORNWALLIS.
NOVEMBER 27.
The humble ADDRESS of the House of Commons to the KING.
"Most gracious Sovereign,
"WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, return your Majesty the thanks of this House, for your most gracious Speech from the throne.
"We assure your Majesty, that we see with concern that the war is still unhappily prolonged by that restless ambition which first excited our enemies to commence it, and
which still continues to disappoint your Majesty's earnest desire and diligent exertion to restore the public tranquility.
"We are sensibly affected by your Majesty's paternal expressions of concern for the real welfare of your subjects; and we receive with the strongest emotions of duty and gratitude your Majesty's gracious and endearing declaration, that you should not answer the trust committed to the Sovereign of a free people, nor make a suitable return to your subjects for their constant, zealous, and affectionate attachment to your person, family and government, if you consented to sacrifice either to your own desire of peace or to their temporary ease and relief 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 declare on our part, that we know no means of making to your Majesty any return so suitable and so just, and of answering the great trust committed to us by those whom we represent, as by giving your Majesty this firm assurance, that we are resolved to assist and support your Majesty, to the utmost of our power, in maintaining and preserving the essential rights and permanent interests of your crown and people.
"The favorable appearance of affairs in the East Indies, and the late and prosperous arrival of the numerous commercial fleets of your kingdom, have given us great satisfaction: but we sincerely regret that your Majesty's assiduous endeavors to guard your extensive dominions have not in all places been attended with success; & we learn with the deepest concern, that the events of war have been very unfortunate to your Majesty's arms in Virginia, and have ended in the loss of your forces in that province.
"We are fully persuaded that the principal view of the confederacy of our enemies was to foment and maintain the rebellion in North-America, and, under the specious delusion of the establishment of an independent empire, to render your Majesty's colonies subservient to the power and influence of the crown of France: but your Majesty may rely on our steady assistance to second your Majesty's endeavors to defeat the dangerous designs of your enemies, equally prejudicial to the real interests of America, and to those of Great Britain.
"We will not fail to resume the great and momentous consideration of the state and condition of the dominions & revenues which this country possesses in the East Indies; and we trust that in our deliberations on these important matters, we shall proceed with the same spirit and temper in which they were begun, and with the same care and anxiety to consider how those remote provinces may be held and governed with the greatest security and advantage to this nation, and by what means the happiness of the native inhabitants may be best promoted.
"In this arduous conjuncture, we consider it as our first duty to our country, to grant your Majesty such supplies as the circumstances of affairs shall be found to require. We cannot but feel that the war is burthensome and expensive; but we are convinced, at the same time, that it is just and necessary; and nothing on our part shall be wanting, to give efficacy and success to the valor of your Majesty's fleets and armies; and we shall have a firm confidence that, by a vigorous, animated, and united exertion of the resources and faculties of the nation, and of the spirit of a free people, your Majesty will be enabled, under the protection of Divine Providence, to restore the blessing of a safe and honorable peace to all your dominions."
His MAJESTY's most gracious Answer.
"GENTLEMEN, "I RETURN my most cordial thanks for this very loyal, dutiful, and affectionate address. It breathes the spirit and firmness of a brave and free people. Nothing could afford me so much satisfaction, or tend so effectually to the public safety and welfare, in this critical situation."
[The Address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, (which is to the same purport as that of the House of Commons) we are obliged to omit this week for want of room.]
The following was the amendment moved for, to the Address, by the minority in the House of Lords, in the debate on the Address.
"And we will without delay apply ourselves with united hearts to propose and digest such councils, as may in this crisis excite the efforts, point the arms, and by a total change of system, command the confidence of all his Majesty's subjects."
PHILADELPHIA, February 2.
Every body (says a correspondent) must rejoice to see the late agreeable change in the state of public affairs. Order, economy, and justice, begin to prevail every where. The widow, the orphan, the aged citizen, and the half starved soldier sing for joy at the bare mention of the name of Mr. Morris, to whose abilities and industry we are indebted for the revival of public and private credit. The army already experience the good effect of the knowledge and punctuality in business of Gen. Lincoln at the head of the board of war, and foreigners begin to reap the advantages that were expected from the appointment of a gentleman of Mr. Livingston's education, talents, and agreeable manners, as secretary of foreign affairs. The comptroller of accounts, Mr. Milligan, is well known for his experience in the business to which he is appointed, and for his severe republican integrity. The auditor's office too is filled, with gentlemen of the most unexceptionable characters. The quartermasters and commissaries of the army are no more charged with speculation: The principal officers in these departments are citizens of the most unspotted virtue, who appear to act from the best motives of patriotism. With such able executive officers at the head of our government, there is nothing wanting but vigor and industry in the States, in raising their quota of money and men to bring the war next year to an honorable conclusion, and to render our country the happiest and freest spot upon the surface of the globe.
Feb. 6. A person from New-York says, that the inhabitants of the two western counties of Long Island groan under the most intolerable oppressions. A farmer is not allowed to be a judge what provision of meat, hay, or grain, is sufficient for his own family and cattle, &c. An account is taken of the whole by British commissaries, who leave just as much as they think sufficient for the consumption of the family, and set what price they please upon what they appropriate to the King's use. Add to this, that the refugees and straggling soldiers from New-York are far more troublesome within the enemy's lines than without, owing to the depredations they are continually committing on the property of the distressed inhabitants, who are compelled in their own defence to keep guard constantly by night, and often kill these freebooters, under pretence that they took them for rebels.
All kinds of eatables, firewood, &c. are said to be so dear in New-York, that even Rivington is ashamed to publish the price current any longer in his paper. A loaf of bread that formerly sold for 4 coppers in that city, is now raised to fourteen; and a pound of fresh meat that used to be bought for three pence, now sells for three or four shillings. Such is the blessed situation the English have reduced their adherents to, who are unhappy enough to reside in that place.
The Flora, in 50 days from Gottenburgh, has arrived in our river, having taken three prizes in her passage.
Congress have reduced the price of the postage of letters to what it was at the commencement of the war.
During the late adjourned sitting of the Supreme Court, near a dozen verdicts were given upon claims of British goods, seized for illegal importation. All these, save one parcel, were imported in the ship Perseverance,

from the Danish island of St. Thomas. That which is particularised was from New-York. In this last, and in seven of the others, general verdicts were found for the prosecutor; the rest were special. The Court pronounced judgment of forfeiture upon all. It is supposed that the half for the state, arising out of the seizures by the ship Perseverance , will exceed 4000l.
The legislature of Virginia have at length repealed the law of that State, declaring the old continental money to be a legal tender. It had fallen above 2000 for 1. Quere, How long might the tender and depreciation have proceeded, till this trash would not have been worth counting.
Some few days since, Ira Allin and Fay, Esquires, Agents from the people of Vermont (Green Mountain) arrived in this city.
CHATHAM , February 23.
Last Wednesday George Ogilvie, (son of the late parson Ogilvie, of New-York) a Lieutenant among the refugees, left them and came over to Newark.
In the course of last week, nearly twenty of the enemy (mostly of the provincial corps) came over to our people at the different posts, on the lines. The contagion is so epidemic, that the officers on Staten-Island were obliged to patrol themselves, to prevent a total dissolution of the corps.
We learn that the State of Vermont (so called) is likely soon to be established by Congress as such, and to be received into the Confederation accordingly.
BOSTON , February 28.
Monday last a gentleman, one of the three saved in the vessel cast ashore on Plumb Island, as mentioned in the papers, arrived in town, who informs, that he was late a prisoner at Antigua, which he left the 6th of January, at which time there was but two British men of war, in the harbour, viz. the Russell , and Royal Oak , the remainder of the British fleet were, as he was informed, at Jamaica: That there were but two British regiments, 25th and 55th at Antigua, neither of which could muster more than 70 men; and the inhabitants were in daily expectation of an attack by the French fleet, under Count de Grasse, and it was said, if they would attempt the conquest of the island, it would fall an easy prey, as they could make but feeble opposition. Our informant left Guadalupe, the 18th of January, and the next day broke with a sloop directly from St. Kitts, who informed, that the fortress on Brimstone Hill had surrendered, and that the whole island was in possession of our victorious allies: Count de Grasse had 26 sail of the line, and 7000 land forces at St. Kitts.
Tuesday afternoon arrived in a safe harbour in 35 days from Cadiz, Capt. Goodwin, by whom we learn, The siege of Gibraltar was still continued by the Spaniards; and that the garrison had made a sally, in which they killed and took 100 Spaniards.—That the siege of Minorca was also carrying on: And that the grand British fleet had sail'd from England, but where bound was not known.
By a late resolution of Congress, the Commander in Chief is to inform the Minister of war of the number of Generals wanting for the service of the next campaign, and the surplus are to be upon half pay, subject to be called into service when wanting; all other officers not attached to any corps, are to retire on half pay except such as the Minister of war may think necessary to be retained.
S A L E M , February 28.
The privateer brig Speedwell , of 14 guns, commanded by Capt. Murphy, of this port, was lately taken by the enemy, and carried into Barbadoes.
By a vessel from the West Indies, arrived at Newbury Port, we learn, that the privateer ship Porus , Capt. John Carnes, of this port, has captured a ship from London, with a valuable cargo, and carried her into Martinico.
It is said, that the privateer ship Hendrick , also of this port, has made several prizes in the West Indies.
We hear, that Capt. Henry Higgenson, of this place, in a vessel from the Havana, belonging to Boston, is carried into New York.
THE TRUE AMBITION of an HONEST MIND.  W ERE I to discribe the blessings I desire in life, I would be happy in a few, but faithful friends. Might I chuse my talent, it should rather be good sense than learning: I would consult, in the choice of my house, convenience rather than state; and for my circumstances, desire a moderate, but independent fortune. Business enough to secure me from idleness, and leisure enough to have always an hour to spare. I would have no master, and I desire but very few servants. I would not be led away by ambition, nor perplexed with disputes. I would enjoy the blessings of health, but would rather be beholden for it to a regular life, and an easy mind, than the school of Hippocrates. As to my passions, since we cannot be wholly divested of them, I would hate only those whose manners and actions render them odious, and love only where I know I ought. Thus would I pass chearfully through that portion of my life, which cannot last always, and with resignation wait for that which will last forever.
A PHILOSOPHER.
The following piece is an exact translation of the last Will and Testament of an Indian Minister at Gay-Head, on Martha's Vineyard, who died in the fall of 1735, as we have it from the Judge of Probate for Dukes County, before whom it was proved and approved: The idiom of the Indian Language is preserved as well as it could be; all that needs explanation in it, is, first, the name that he gives his house, for the common Indian houses have no cellars in them; secondly, the witness that calls himself the ruler of men, was the ruling elder of the church there.
At Gay Head, Sep. 9. A.D. 1735.  N OW this all ye people, what is come to pass at Gay Head. This is the will and testament of Peter Oquanhut, of Gay Head, pastor; and he the said Peter, saith, I have a house, a cellar-hole and a chamber, which is the uppermost room in the house, and this house has three parts in it from the top of it to the bottom, and the middle part of this house I divide off to my daughter called Dorcas Amos, and the other two parts belonging to me Peter Oquanhut, the uppermost and lowermost parts of this cellar house: Peter Oquanhut also says, he has one yoke of oxen, and one mare, and one cow and calf, and sheep he does not exactly know how many, besides sundry other small things for use. And I Peter Oquanhut of Gay Head, pastor, do all these things of mine in this writing mentioned. Know all the people in the world, that I now say, that the said two parts of this house, and the oxen, and the mare, and the cow and calf, and the sheep, and the small things for use (if I die) shall all go to my wife, or into her hands; she shall have any thing that was mine, and which I used, for her to use and improve, for wherewith to eat and wear as long as she lives.
Sept. 9, 1735.
I Josiah Pemit, of Gay Head, ruler of men, one witness to this, that Peter Oquanhut, of Gay Head, pastor, has thus settled his estate; if so be he dies, it goes to his wife—her certainly; so to my knowledge. See my mark
I Zechariah Honoit, Gay-Head justice, am witness to Peter Oquanhut, pastor of Gay Head, his settlement of what he has; it is—for I am witness my hand.
Zechariah Honoit
NOTIFICATION.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
W HEREAS 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's of the three following Months at the house of Mr. Robert Means in Amherst, from two to eight o'Clock P. M.
Daniel Campbell Jan. 15, 1782. Samuel Wilkins Robert Means } Commissioners.
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 Josiah Smith , in Stratham, at TEN o'Clock, A. M.
A Lot 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. 28, 1782.
TO BE SOLD, by a Committee of the Trustees of Phillip'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; 220 acres in Loudon; 230 acres in Sanborntown; 180 acres 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; 60 acres in Poplin; 60 in Barnstead; 10 acres in Nottingham; 15 acres in Baintwood; 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. Daniel Tilton, } Committee. 20, 1782. Benja Thurston. }
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 Clichester: 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 Coley, } Selectmen Thomas Babb } for February 9 1782 Benjamin Goodwin. } Epsom.
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.
All persons indebted to the estate of JAMES STOODLEY, Esq; deceased, are once more requested to make payment: And all persons having demands against said estate, or accounts open, are desired to call on the subscribers.
WILLIAM STOODLEY, Executor. N. FOLSON, for Executrix.
THIS is to give notice, that on the 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 nonresident's Land, as will pay such assessments and incidental Charges, the sale to begin at 1 o'Clock in the afternoon of said Day, the Lands are as follows, viz.
   Names. No. Divisions. £. s. d.     Robert Hooper 25 1st Div. 4 13 5   Dr. Saml. Tarbox 124 & 125 3d ditto 5 5 10   Nathan Baker 59 2d ditto 6 17 6   Reed or Jaquith 66 3d ditto 10 9 10    The above Lots are a fessed in two Lists, and lye in the Township called Sowhegan west, now Amherst:     Heirs of Col. Brown 500 Acres 185 7 3   Ebenezer Heartshorne 500 Acres 123 12 0   Heirs of Col. Jos. Blanchard 100 Acres 8 4 9   Heirs of Ann Cole 77 Acres 30 2 2    The Lands last mentioned, lye in that part of Amherst which was once old Dunstable.
JACOB CURTICE, Constable for Amherst; Amherst, February 7, 1782.

From a late London Paper: To the King of PRUSSIA, on his Recovery, by M. de Voltaire.
Translated by Dr. Franklin.
IN Pluto's dark abodes, the Sisters three, Who weave, too fast, the threads of destiny, As long the Styx they took their evening walk, Had often heard the wand'ring spirits talk Of Prussia's gallant deeds, the laws he made, The wars he sought, the virtues he display'd. As thus they trac'd the Hero from his birth, They took him for the oldest King on earth; And as his wondrous acts they counted o'er, Instead of forty, wrote him down fourscore. Then Atropos, to kings a hateful name, Dispatch'd by gloomy Dis, to Berlin came: Her fatal shears prepar'd, expecting there To find a poor old man, with silver hair, And wrinkled forehead;—great was her surprize, To see his auburn locks, and sparkling eyes; To see him wield the sword, to hear him play On the soft flute his jovial roundelay. She call'd to mind how one Alcides great, And smooth-tongu'd Orpheus, brav'd the pow'r of fate; She trembled when she saw in Prussia join'd, The voice of Orpheus, with Alcides' mind; Astrighted, threw her fatal shears aside, And home returning, to her Sisters cry'd, For Prussia weave a new and golden thread, Lasting as that for god-like Lewis made. In the same cause did both the Heroes fight; Gain'd the same loss, with equal zeal unite. Both gain'd by wondrous acts, immortal fame; The same their valour, and their end the same; And both hereafter shall—but soft; the muse No longer the unequal task pursues; Two living Monarchs aptly to design, Requires an abler pen, and stronger pow'rs than mine.
TO BE SOLD, BY PUBLIC VENDUE, On WEDNESDAY the 13th of March next, at Mrs. Tilton's, in Port- mouth, at Eleven o'Clock, A.M.
SUNDRY valuable Lots of Land in Wolfborough, from one to two Hun- dred Acres in a Lott, as may best suit the Purchasers; some lying on the westerly side and some on the easterly side of said Town. Portsmouth, Feb. 9, 1782.
WHEREAS the Convention for fra- ming a permanent System of Go- vernment for the State of New Hampshire, stands adjourned to first Tuesday of June next, then to meet at Concord, in said State; the several towns within the same are re- quested, on or before that time, to send in their votes respecting the Plan of Govern- ment lately sent out for their inspection and revision, to the President or Secretary of said Convention; and to be very particular in their returns, specifying all their objections and proposed amendments, with the num- ber of voters for and against each article.— And whereas the major part of the towns thro' the State, have hitherto neglected the choosing and sending the Delegates to said Convention, agreeably to the precepts issued by the General Assembly of said State— And whereas it is of the highest importance that there should be a full and free represen- tation of the people in said Convention, to advise, deliberate and determine on a matter of such moment to themselves and posterity; and it having been also recommended by the General Assembly.—The Convention, therefore, earnestly request all such towns as have hitherto neglected, to neglect no lon- ger, but to proceed to choose and send to said Convention, one or more members, as they shall judge best; and those towns that have already sent, to add other members, if they shall think it expedient or promotive of the general advantage.
In the name, and pursuant to a resolution of said Convention,
GEO. ATKINSON, President. Attest. J. M. SEWALL, Secretary.
Feb. 22, 1782.
A political caution by that celebrated statesman and soldier, the Duke de Sully; recommended to the attention of the Citizens of America.—
A Necessary peace cannot be too ear- nestly desired, nor concluded too soon; but, in critical circumstances, nothing ought to be more carefully avoided, than keeping the people's minds in suspense between peace and war." Sully's Memoirs, vol. 1. page 129.
CHARLESTOWN, (S. C.) December 27: By the Honorable Alexander Leslie, Esq; Lieutenant General, and commanding his Majesty's forces in the Southern district of North America, &c. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS many of the inhabitants of this pro- vince, regardless of their allegiance to their sovereign, of which they had so lately made such so- lemn declarations, have assisted his Majesty's rebellious subjects from the other colonies, in reducing this once happy country to its present deplorable state of mise- ry and confusion.
And whereas a number of well affected persons, partly through dread of the cruelty of their enemies, and partly from false representations being made to them of the state of public affairs, have been induced to embrace a cause which must inevitably bring them to ruin.
In order therefore to prevent others from falling into the same unhappy errors, and to quiet the ill- grounded apprehensions of some well meaning; I do issue this my proclamation, hereby assuring his Majesty's loyal subjects in this province, that they may rely on speedy and effectual support being given to them, by the exertions of the forces under my command: And that in every event and situation, their interests and security shall be considered as in- separably connected with those of his Majesty's troops.
And I do hereby give notice that the severest pun- ishments shall be inflicted on all those who having be- necited for, and obtained the enjoyment of the privi- leges of a British subject shall, in violation of every prin- ciple of honor & good faith, again take up arms against his Majesty's government, or shall serve in a civil ca- pacity under a second usurpation.
Given under my hand at Charlestown, this 17th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and in the twenty-second year of his Majesty's reign.
ALEX. LESLIE.
SHIPPING FURS,
Taken in at the Shop of DANIEL PEIRCE, Where may be had a Variety of Articles, cheap.
A Quantity of English Felt HATTS, to be sold cheap.
TO BE SOLD, for Country Produce, Two Lots of Land in Rochester, one of 116 acres, the other about 60, being the Original Right of one Harford, Enquire at the Printing Office, Portsmouth.
ALL PERSONS indebted to the Estate of THEODORE AT- KINSON, Esq; late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment to GEORGE ATKINSON, Feb. 9, 1782. (Executor.)
TO BE SOLD, A good young Milch COW. Inquire of the Printers:
State of New Hampshire, Strafford ss. THE non-resident proprietors or present owners of part of that share of land allotted and drawn to Thomas Wallingford Esq; deceased, in that tract of land called the Gore, in said County, adjoin- ing Winnepissaukee Pond, (which said part of said share is said to have been severed and set off to Han- nah Brown and Lydia Costelloe, in the Division of said Wallingford's estate) are hereby advertised, that unless they pay me the several sums of money due, according to two lists of taxes for the year 1779, and one for the year 1780 committed to me to collect, so much of their lands will be sold by public vendue at the dwelling house of Joseph Roberts Esq; in said Gore, on the 25th day of March next, at 2 o'clock P. M. as will be sufficient to pay said taxes with in- cidental charges. The names of the delinquent own- ers of said rights, with the sums due, are as follows, viz. Hannah Brown 222 acres. 1st. tax, 2l. 15s. 2d. tax, 4l. 18s. for the year 1779. Lydia Costelloe, 360 acres 1st. tax, 4l. 7s. for the year 1779. Hannah Brown, 222 acres, 44l. 8s. for the year 1780. Ly- dia Costelloe, 360 acres 72l. for the year 1780.
JACOB CHAMBERLAIN Collector.
February 8. 1782.
Cheap for Cash,
AT RICHARD CHAMPNEY'S STORE,
On Mess. Sherburne & Langdon's Wharf, SUNDRY GOODS, viz.
Best Hylon and Bohea Tea, per hund. doz. or smaller quantity; Stone Lime per hoghead; Sweed's and Spanish Iron, per ton or hundred; Rus- sia Duck; best French Brandy, per pipe; Clarret 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 Bat- chelder 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 Gene- ral 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 es- tate, 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 seven o'enth 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, an absence, 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 bound- ed 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 souther- ly 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 lott 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 southeasterly by said Lang's land about twenty five rods thence ten rods to the bounds began at. Both said tracts con- taining the home place of the said Joseph Libbee. Which deed the petitioner can prove by the condi- tions of the said Hale's Bond, and other evidence, was not bonafide made to a good and valuable conside- ration, but only for a cover. And as the creditors by this covinous sale must be still prevented from getting their just demands, and he 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-Hamp- shire Gazette three weeks successively, that any per- son 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'y.
Exeter, Jan. 8 1782.
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