Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1785-07-22 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,
AND GENERAL
THE ADVERTISER.
F R I D A Y,
JULY 22, 1785.
P O R T S M O U T H: By MELCHER AND OSBORNE,
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN PAVED STREET.
VOL. XXIX.]
"OPEN TO ALL PARTIES—INFLUENCED BY NONE:—WE AIM ONLY TO BE JUST."
No. 1499
From the FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. To the PRINTER.
H that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
EXODUS.
I SHOULD esteem myself obliged if the following extract from the letters of Hector St. John, were inserted into the Freeman's Journal. I believe the circumstance which is related to be true. It is impossible for a benevolent mind to read of the torture to which this poor unhappy negro was exposed without the utmost horror.
It is said that his crime was that of killing the overseer of the plantation. He might have killed the overseer in his own defence; or he might have been provoked to it by injuries of the most galling and afflictive nature, (which we know to be too often inflicted by tyrants on their slaves); by injuries, through which patience itself might have been irritated, which the uncorrected passions of an African could not in any manner brook. We are told, that oppression will make even a wise man mad. But if we were to allow that the negro killed the overseer unjustly, still we must confess that the punishment, to which he was exposed was inhuman and inadequate to the crime. If he had been guilty of a deliberate murder, it should have been remembered however, when he was put to death, that he was a man. There is something in torture that is diabolical; it begins to be exploded by civilized nations. It will be said that executions like these are necessary to strike terror into slaves. In answer to which I will observe that if such executions are necessary where slavery is practised, it is a forcible argument for the abolition of it. In a case like this, it would be improper perhaps to conceive that the murder of the overseer is to be imputed to the negro. Those who originally bought him, or those who detained him in slavery, are rather accountable for his life, and the overseer. In short, this custom of enslaving and tyrannizing over our fellow creatures disgraces us not only as Christians, but as men, and as lovers of liberty; and makes us as a nation condemn ourselves by our own declarations. It is asserted in the Declaration of Independence "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men were created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." If we persevere in this wicked practice of tyrannizing over others, when we have done so much to redeem ourselves from the hand of oppression, will not the world call us liars and hypocrites? Was it for this, (will not our opposers then say) that half the globe was agitated with an eight years war? was it for this that a hundred thousand men were killed? Should not those among us, I would ask, who encourage this horrid injustice be avoided as thieves and murderers? Can we, if we continue it, expect the protection of heaven? Or is it not rather to be supposed that if mankind will pertinaciously adhere to this ruinous and inhuman custom, in defiance of the admonitions of reason and revelation, that God (to use the emphatical language of the prophet) will "come, and smite the earth with a curse?"
Philadelphia, 26th of the 6th month, 1785.
Extract from "Letters from an American farmer, describing certain provincial situations, manners and customs, not generally known, and conveying some idea of the late and present interior circumstances of the British colonies in North America. Written for the information of a friend in England, by J. Hector St. John, a farmer in Pennsylvania."
"I was not long since invited to dine with a planter, who lived three miles from —, where he then resided. In order to avoid the heat of the sun, I resolved to go on foot, sheltered in a small path, leading through a pleasant wood. I was leisurely travelling along, attentively examining some peculiar plants which I had collected, when all at once I felt the air strongly agitated though the day was perfectly calm and sultry. I immediately cast my eyes towards the cleared ground, from which I was but a small distance, in order to see whether it was occasioned by a sudden shower, when at that instant, a sound resembling a deep rough voice, uttered, as I thought, a few inarticulate monosyllables. Alarmed and surprised, I precipitately looked all around when I perceived at about six rods distance, something trembling a cage, suspended to the limbs of a tree; all the branches of which appeared covered with large birds of prey, fluttering about, and anxiously endeavouring to perch on the cage. Actuated by an involuntary motion of my hands, more than by any design of my mind, I fired at them; they all flew to a short distance, with a most hideous noise; when, horrid to think, and painful to repeat, I perceived a negro suspended in a cage, and left to expire! I shuddered when I recollected that the birds had already picked out his eyes; his cheek bones were bare; his arms had been attacked in several places, and his body seemed covered with a multitude of wounds. From the edges of the hollow sockets, and from the lacerations with which he was disfigured, the blood slowly dropt, and tinged the ground beneath. No sooner were the birds flown, than swarms of insects covered the whole body of this unfortunate wretch, eager to feed on his mangled flesh, and to drink his blood. I found myself suddenly arrested by the power of affright and terror; my nerves were convulsed; I trembled, I stood motionless, involuntarily contemplating the fate of this negro, in all its dismal latitude. The living spectre, though deprived of his eyes, could still distinctly hear, and in his uncouth dialect begged me to give him some water to allay his thirst. Humanity herself would have recoiled back with horror, she would have balanced whether to lessen such relief-less distress, or mercifully with one blow to end this dreadful scene of agonizing torture! Had I had a ball in my gun, I certainly would have dispatched him; but finding myself unable to perform so kind an office, I sought, though trembling, to relieve him as well as I could. A shell ready fixed to a pole, which had been used by some negroes, presented itself to me; I filled it with water, and with trembling hands I guided it to the quivering lips of the wretched sufferer. Urged by the irresistible power of thirst, he endeavoured to meet it, as he instinctively guessed its approach by the noise it made in passing through the bars of the cage. "Tanki you white man, tanki you, put some poison and give me." How long have you been hanging there? I asked him. "Two days, and me no die; the birds, the birds, aah me!" Oppressed with the reflections which this shocking spectacle afforded me; I mustered strength enough to pass away, and soon reached the house at which I intended to dine.—There I heard that the reason for this slave being thus punished, was on account of his having killed the overseer of the plantation. They told me, that the laws of self-preservation rendered such executions necessary, and supported the doctrine of slavery with the arguments generally made use of to justify the practice; with the repetition of which I shall not trouble you at present."
From a late London Paper.
A Q U E R Y.
"WOULD it not be to the credit of America, as a commercial country—to her honor as an independent power—to her public virtue as a patriotic people—to the private honesty of each state as a community—and to the general prosperity and reputation of the whole as a rising empire, to re-establish her public faith, by the most strict and solemn observance of the treaty? By passing sumptuary laws for the suppression of luxury & extravagance, instead of restraining ones against British creditors—By obliging all debtors who pretend to have satisfied their old engagements with depreciated paper, to refund the balance; subjecting creditors nevertheless to an amercement of 10 per cent. on all monies so recovered, by way of contribution to the expenses of the war; and ultimately, to bury in oblivion all political prejudices and resentments by a general repeal of obnoxious laws, and giving to emigrants the most liberal and extensive encouragement, by an impartial protection of their rights, persons, and properties, agreeable to the true spirit of a free constitution? That America has adopted such a line of conduct in one of the instances alluded to, no body who has any regard to truth can affirm."
It being currently reported a few years ago, that a Lady, whose conduct has lately been the subject of much debate in the Court of King's Bench, was very much attached to three or four particular friends of Caro Sposo; a wicked wit, one morning sent him the following note:
Our ancestors the nuptial knot did tie, To follow the old rule, "increase and multiply," But Ned chose his wife for different ends, Not to bear children, but to bear his friends.
The wealthy merchants of Nantucket, who during the last war in America retired to Providence, have made considerable purchases on the great North river at Claverack;—and hither considerable numbers of the New-
York refugees have been fostered by those merchants; and we have the satisfaction to hear that the latter, rising in commercial greatness, are warmly attached to the English Government.
It is said, that the Clergy of France have been zealous in stimulating the King to take part against the emperor, and the reason assigned is that the several monasteries, which were abolished by Imperial edict, display the greatest violation that ever yet was offered to the church by a catholic Prince.
From the NEW YORK GAZETTEER, of June 10. To the PRINTER.
If you have any sympathy, or propensity to become the Guardian and Friend to the FAIR, insert the following.
TOO long have your sex usurped to themselves the title of Lords of the creation; enacted laws, and enforced statutes at large, without consulting or considering us as worthy of being their coadjutors. Assemblies after Assemblies have been called, without our having the least representation. Thus situated, a body of free born American women, who have as much the good and welfare of the United States at heart as any body whatever, have resolved to erect an assembly of our own, and represent ourselves in the character of real women.
MATRIMONIAL BUDGET.
The House having resolved itself into a committee of Supplies and Ways and Means, (for what signifies the Supplies without the Ways and Means?) Lady Long-much took the Chair.
Mrs. Would-be-rose, and spoke to the following purport:
Mrs. PRESIDENT,
IRISE upon this occasion to express my sentiments at this very alarming crisis. We are now met in this assembly to consider of ways and means to raise the necessary supplies of husbands throughout this state.
At a time when so many brave officers and effective men have fallen in defending their country's rights, it behoves us to look out, and take such measures and resolutions, as may seem meet, to prevent a degeneration in the rising generation, and rescue us from that odium attributed to maids who die in a state of celibacy. It therefore is the duty of every one within these walls to exert her utmost abilities, and throw out such hints as may, in the most eligible manner, tend to remove the evil, I shall therefore, with great submission to the chair, as we are now upon this important business, propose to the committee the following resolutions.
That a tax of four shillings in the pound be imposed upon all bachelors upwards of twenty five years of age, in proportion to their estates, revenues, or incomes.
The bachelors turned off forty five, shall moreover make a will, and bequeath one half of their property upon their demise (as they themselves can be of no further use whilst living) for the support and relief of distressed maidens against their will, in order to enable them to obtain husbands suitable to their rank and pretensions. Otherwise the said bachelors are to be deemed to all intents and purposes, old maids, and condemned accordingly, to lead Apes in H—.
That all bastard children shall be pronounced the offspring of bachelors, and that they be compelled to provide for them accordingly.
That one million of enchanting smiles, with a proportionate number of captivating ogles be immediately issued for the service of the ladies during the current year.
That 600 000 languishing looks be granted out of the sinking fund of beauty, to make good disappointments and deficiencies incurred last year.
That bewitching kisses, bearing three and an half per cent, be consolidated with pouting lips, and made transferable in the currency of rapture at the exchequer of bliss.
That 600 000 husbands be raised by way of lottery, with an agreeable douceur to the subscribers. The prizes to be paid immediately upon drawing without any deduction.
That one million of necessary blushes and occasional sighs be issued immediately upon drawing of the lottery.
That all the artillery of love be properly provided, from Cupid's board of ordinance, under the sign manual of the Cyprian queen.
If, Sir, you approve this specimen of our proceedings, I may be induced to transmit some other minutes from our journals.
A FEMALE LEGISLATOR.

To the PUBLIC.
THE Subscriber having lately returned to this Town from the State of Massachusetts-Bay, has resumed the Practice of the Law here, and opened an Office next Door to the Post-Office;—where all kinds of Conveyances and Agreements will be carefully drawn: Advice in Questions of Law or Equity will be attentively given: and other Business falling within the Line of the Profession conducted with a purposed view to the Principles of Justice, Honour and Humanity.
DANIEL HUMPHRYS. PORTSMOUTH, July 15.
M A D R I D, March 29.
On Easter Sunday, the 27th instant, the Portuguese ambassador at this court, made his public entry into Madrid, and in a formal audience of the king of Spain, demanded the infant Donna Charlotta (eldest daughter of the prince of Asturias) in marriage for the infant Don Juan of Portugal. In the evening the contract was read and signed in the presence of the royal family, the grandees of Spain, and the great officer of state. After which the marriage ceremony was performed by the patriarch of the Indies, his Catholic Majesty standing proxy for the infant Don Juan.
HERMANSTADT, (Transylvania) March 14.
The prisons of Carlbourg, which were full of rebels are now nearly empty. Of 800 of these poor creatures, besides the two chiefs, 130 have been sent to the judges of their respective districts. The rest were dismissed without any punishment. They were not only permitted to return home in safety, but had bread allowed them for subsistence on the way, this was given by the compte de Jankowitz, chief of the Imperial commission.
It was remarkable that at the execution of Horiah and Klofchka, although the former was to have been a witness of the punishment inflicted on his companion, he was nevertheless treated with more kindness, and his torments ended by the second blow, while Klofchka suffered dreadful tortures, by intervals, for a considerable time. This turbulent priest seeing his end approach, did less credit to the great character he aspired after, than his companion, who did not appear to have lost his usual tranquility. On the day of the execution a Greek ecclesiastical was brought to Carlbourg, who wished to raise a body of men to assist the rebels. The other ecclesiastics acted a very different part; and five of them who had exerted themselves to quell the riots, which the Wallachians endeavoured to raise in their districts, have received from the emperor a medal, and a present of forty ducats each. It was observed, that the rebellion principally prevailed among the Schismatic Greeks, and that amidst the disturbances, the united Greeks, gave proofs of their loyalty and obedience.
L O N D O N,
May 5. The velvet zone is entirely renounced by the ladies; the Friar's Girdle is now the rage, and has a light and beautiful effect; it is composed of fine straw work and foil twisted in such a manner as to be very elastic, terminated with elegant tassels tied before, and worn in the same manner as a Friar's Girdle.
We hear that Prince Ludoviside Buencompagno, at Bologna, intends shortly to visit this country; his Eminence says, that in England alone is to be found a spark of the ancient Roman eloquence, & the intrepid spirit of that people which made them such enemies to arbitrary government, until they were corrupted by luxury. The house of commons is the theatre in the world that has the greatest charms for him. This Prince has a great predilection for Englishmen, whose language he speaks fluently, and writes correctly. If his Eminence lands in England he will be the only Cardinal who has been in it these 227 years, since the death of Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury, who died the 18th of November, 1558.
The remark made some days ago on the Master of the Rolls, (Lord Kenyon) only known to be a professional man in the House of Commons by his wig, reminds us of a bon mot made by a Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, (Loughborough) who did not live 100 years ago. This gentleman, when he was Attorney General, receiving a client who was very intimate with him, in his study, one morning, the latter observed what a number of wigs were hanging up:—'that,' replied the lawyer, 'is my morning wig,' pointing to a scratch; 'that my common business wig,—that my Chancery wig,—that my House of Lords wig,—and that my Court wig.' 'And where the deuce is your honest man's wig?' 'Oh! replied the lawyer, 'that's not professional.'
The Emperor of Germany has, since his accession to the throne, made great alterations and reformations in the church in his dominions, and still continues to abridge the papal power. Other powers now begin to imitate his conduct; inasmuch that the cry of "the church is in danger," formerly raised in England, may justly be adopted by the Roman Catholick priests:
they are in danger of being strip of their temporalities, their riches, power and grandeur, and their absolute dominion over their fellow-creatures; and the High Priest himself must, in all probability surrender up his charge of the keys of the invisible world, in order to secure to himself the temporal dominion of those districts he now governs under the idea of being a spiritual prince.
May 18. Insurance from the West Indies and America is now done at three per cent. and ships from London to Petersburg are done at one guinea per cent.
Unless the Turks should be influenced by French politicks to quarrel with the Russians, there is a prospect of a general peace throughout the world. As to the contest between Spain and Algiers, the armament now preparing will most probably decide it; as, in case of a failure, the Spanish Court will be obliged to purchase the peace they were not able to procure by their arms.
The advices brought over yesterday by the foreign mails, from Francfort on the Oder, are full of the most melancholy accounts of the devastations occasioned there by the overflowing of the rivers. A whole suburb belonging to that place is laid under water; more than 50 houses in the town, together with the bridge, thrown down, and numbers of people, &c. destroyed.
Advices have been received, that a deep scheme has been formed between the Empress of Russia and the German Emperor, to divide between them those parts of the Turkish territories which lie in Europe, and that the Cabinet of France is privy to the design. Whether or not the other Courts of Europe will wink at the participation of such an immense territory, by these already very potent sovereigns, time only can discover.—The King of Prussia will hardly stand by a tame spectator of such a measure, and in that case it will in all probability be productive of a continental war.
The East-India Company are this week to pay in 500,000l. of Customs to Government.
Extracts from the Bahama [Refugee] Gazette.
N A S S A U, June 4.
The people of Boston seem determined to persevere in taking the lead. The years 1765 and 1775 were distinguished by their actions; and they do not wish that 1785 should pass unmarked.—That every nation or state has a right to regulate its own commerce, is a position which cannot be disputed; but their regulations should not be resolves of a moment, nor the dictates of a mob. Britain presumes not to prescribe any limits to American commerce; the only regulates her own. But she is charged by these virtuous Republicans, the honest Debtors, with the heinous crimes of preferring the interests of her own subjects to those of foreigners—of supplying herself with oil, for which she used to pay New-England 800,000 dollars per annum—of placing a citizen of the United States on the same footing with a Russ, a Hollander, or a Frenchman—while, at the same time, she is considered as the least favoured nation by America, and her vessels and manufactures have been, since the peace subjected to heavier imposts and duties, in the American ports, than the vessels and manufactures of any other state.
The London merchants have long since awoke from their golden dreams respecting the American trade. Those of them who still have a hankering after it, apprised by woeful experiences of the risk their property is exposed to in the hands of American merchants, use the precaution of sending out supercargoes and agents; and this new arrangement is one of the principal grievances which the pious people of Boston labour under.
New-England is denied by nature any staple commodity; and, being a member of that Confederacy that has lately assumed a place among the nations of the earth is deprived of almost every commercial privilege she enjoyed when her vessels could display the British flag. Her people are numerous, they are poor, they are enterprising, and now they are unemployed. These are circumstances which ambitious, artful men will probably avail themselves of. One irresistible argument with the majority of the people, in favour of any enterprise is, their situation cannot, in any event, be worse than what it actually now is.—These premises seem to warrant a conclusion, that, whether the southern states are or are not again to be dupes of New-England policy, still some revolution in the American system is not very remote.
D U B L I N, April 19.
We are accustomed to look upon the French government as arbitrary and tyrannical, yet even then the liberty of the subject is better preferred than may be imagined. There every man's house is his castle, and no bailiff can enter in though all the doors stand wide open, to seize an unfortunate debtor, and drag him from the arms of his family to a loathsome prison. Nay, they have one law which does honor to humanity; no man or woman can be arrested, or even held in custody for civil action, after seventy years of age, which is, with them, esteemed a time of life sacred from such bodily distresses, considering the natural infirmities to which it is then subject.
If appearance were the true criterion whereby to judge of the opulence of a kingdom, what would a stranger say on his first entrance into Dublin, from the sea?—Public buildings, and streets superbly elegant—the ears assailed with the rattling of carriages like a continual peal of thunder—the eyes fascinated with the dress and elegance of the middling rank of people, and the shops, like a Venetian carnival, guilt to the very doors; but, alas! it is all a false glare, this exterior appearance, like a prostitute worn out with age and infirmities is nothing but outside shew—at the very moment our merchants are on the eve of bankruptcy they set up their carriages, the buildings are occupied by persons to whom the air is so unhealthy,
that they retire worse than beggars, our gentry, who are superlatively tincelled out, never pay their debts, and the whole nation may be compared to a German Count, who has more names than thire, and more titles than acres.
Let us ask our lukewarm countrymen; if such can possibly exist (where a bribe sugars not the pill of base pliancy) what effected the restoration of freedom, in every age and country, where usurping ambition for any time held the reigns of legislature? what obtained the liberty of the Grecian provinces? what the happiness of the Romans? how was Magna Charta rescued from a tyrant's grasp:—how originated the independence of the United States, or the emancipation of Portugal: by what gracious exertions did the whole continent of America, after a glorious struggle of years, display, victoriously display, the standard of liberty?—was it by division?—was it by religious prejudices?—was it by selling the common interest to a betraying foe?—Let baseness itself produce an historical instance of any nation's freedom rescued by any principle but—unanimity.
K I N G S T O N, May 28.
We hear from Cape Francois, that opposition to the present French government grows every day more and more strong in Paris, where the liberty speech is pretty freely exercised, however trampled they find the liberty of the press. Lettres des cachettes are expected to be issued against some persons of distinction in that kingdom, for taking freedoms with the measures of government respecting some commercial advantages lately granted to America. The Americans, who are deemed the sole cause of these discontentments, are execrated by the French people at large, more than even by the other branch of the house of Bourbon, the proud and solemn Spaniards.
The New England Saints have from time immemorial, most industriously laboured to make good Christians of the Savages on their frontiers. Their intemperate zeal, however, to make converts, sometimes gives birth to ludicrous circumstances, of which the following is an instance. Some short time ago a party of Indians in that country, reeling with the juice of the sugar cane, were met by a pious Deacon, who reprimanded them sharply for their indiscretion—The Indians insisted upon it they were good Christians, "Is not the good Christian, said one of them, archly, he who loves his enemies?" The Deacon answered in the affirmative. Well then, replied the Savage, Rum is my greatest enemy, and I love it as dear as my life."
Samuel Bowles
Has for SALE, at his Shop, just below the State-House in Portsmouth, A large Assortment of Beaver, Beaveretts, Castor, and Felt
H A T S, from Number 1, to Number 38; Prices from 2s. to 42s. a Variety of Fans by the Dozen or Single; a few elegant japan'd Tea Trays, Jacks, Candlesticks & Canisters; Bohea Tea per Hundred, Dozen, or single Pound; with a Variety of English and West-India GOODS.
Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes, of all Sizes; and a Number of other Articles, which he will sell as Cheap as at any Shop in Portsmouth.
St. George's Lime.
The very best
S T. GEORGE'S LIME, by the Hogshhead or smaller Quantity, to be sold by ABNER BLASDEL. Portsmouth, July 21, 1785.
PUBLICK AUCTION.
On THURSDAY, The 4th of August next, at One o'Clock, P.M. Will be sold at Publick Auction, At Mr. Emerson's Tavern at York, The Hull of a new SHIP, of about 200 Tons Burthen, never yet fitted to Sea, now lying at Mr. John Nowell's Landing, in York River. July 20, 1785.
[Cambridge.]
THE Sale of the delinquent Proprietors Shares of Land, in the Township of Cambridge, stands adjourned to Monday, the twenty-fifth Day of July next, at the House of Dr. Simon Avery, Inholder in Orford, at 9 o'Clock, A. M. ISRAEL MOREY, Pro. Collector.
ORFORD, May 16, 1785.

STRANGE ADVENTURES of a SPANISH WOMAN.
Every one will recollect the remarkable story of ANDRO- CLES and the NUMIDIAN LION, related by DION CASSIUS, and inserted in the 139th Number of the Guardian; but the gratitude of a Lioness to a Spanish woman, in the province of PARAGUAY, as extracted from the Spanish Historians, by the Abbe Raynal, is much less known, and our readers may perhaps think it an agreeable Counterpart to the Adventure of the ROMAN SLAVE.
WHEN the Spaniards first laid the foundation of Buenos Ayres, in 1535, the new colony wanted provisions. All who attempted to procure them were murdered by the savages; and it became necessary to forbid any one, upon pain of death, from going beyond the limits of the new settlement.
A woman, whom hunger had certainly inspired with resolution to brave the fear of death, eluded the vigilance of the guards who were posted round the colony, to preserve it from the dangers it was exposed to in consequence of the famine.
Maldona, for such was the name of the fugitive, having wandered about for some time in unknown and unfrequented roads, entered a cave to repose herself.
A lioness, whom she met with there, filled her with extreme terror, which was soon changed into surprise, when she perceived this formidable animal approaching her with signs of fear, and then caressing and licking her hands, with mournful cries, rather calculated to excite compassion than dread.
Maldona soon perceived, that the lioness was with whelp, and that her groans were the complaints of a dam, who calls for help to get rid of her burthen.—Maldona was inspired with courage, and assisted the efforts of nature, in that painful moment when she seems reluctantly to give life to all beings which they are to enjoy for so short a time. The lioness, being safely delivered, soon went out in quest of provision, which she brought and laid at the feet of her benefactress. She daily shared it with the little whelps, who, brought into life by her assistance, and bred up with her, seemed by their playful and harmless bites to acknowledge an obligation, which their dam repaid with the tenderest marks of attention: But when they grew bigger, and found themselves impelled by natural instinct to seek their own prey, and sufficiently strong to seize and devour it, the family dispersed in the woods; and the lioness, who was no longer called to the cave by maternal tenderness, disappeared likewise to roam about the forest, which her hunger daily depopulated.
Maldona, alone and without subsistence, was forced to quit a cavern which was an object of terror to so many living creatures, but which her pity had made a place of safety for her.
She now felt the want of a society, that had been of such signal service to her; she did not wander for any considerable time, before she fell into the hands of the savages.
She had been fed by a lioness, and was made a slave by men. She was soon after re-taken by the Spaniards, who brought her back to Buenos Ayres. The commandant, more savage than the lions or the wild Indians, did not think her sufficiently punished for her flight by all the dangers and miseries she had endured; he had the cruelty to order her to be tied to a tree in the midst of a wood, and there left to starve, or to be devoured by wild beasts.
Two days after, some soldiers went to see what was become of the unhappy victim. They found her alive, surrounded with hungry tygers, who were eager to devour her, but were kept at a distance by a lioness who lay at her feet with her whelps.
This sight struck the soldiers motionless with pity and terror. When the lioness saw them, she withdrew from the tree, as if to make room for them to unbind her benefactress; but when they took her away, the animal followed slowly at some distance, endeavouring to confirm by her caresses and tender complaints, the wonder of gratitude, which the woman was relating to her deliverers.
The lioness with her whelps for some time followed her footsteps, shewing all the same marks of regret and affliction, that a disconsolate family expresses when they attend a beloved father or son, who is going to embark for America, from whence he may never return.
The Commander was informed of the whole adventure by his soldiers; and this example of gratitude in an animal so ferocious, awakened in him those feelings, which his savage heart had undoubtedly lost in crossing the seas, and he suffered a woman to live, who had been so visibly protected by Heaven.
Cure for the Gout in the Stomach.
The learned Dr. Lind, F. R. S. has lately made trial of a medicine which has effectually and instantly removed the gout from the stomach in five different patients. The medicine is the Vitriolic Ether, a tea spoonful of which Dr. Lind gives in an ounce of camphorated julep, with half an ounce of peppermint water.
The above simple subscription has instantly relieved the complaint, when usquebaugh, brandy, opium and other medicines commonly used had failed; it was found also efficacious when no other medicine had preceded its exhibition. As this practice, mentioned by some writers, is far from being generally known, Dr. Lind communicated it to Sir Joseph Banks, who had occasioned it to be published, for the benefit of those afflicted with that dangerous and painful disorder.
T O B E S O L D.
A valuable SCHOONER, almost new, of about 54 tons, well fitted for the tea; also, West-India Rum and Molasses, by the hoghead or smaller quantity; Tar and Turpentine by the barrel. Enquire of JOHN SALTER, of Portsmouth.
On Saturday last arrived here the ship Hibernian, Capt. Scallion, in seven weeks from St. Ubes. By her we learn that a snow, belonging to England, from Leghorn homeward-bound, put into Lisbon in great distress; being chiefly laden with cotton, it heated & caught fire in the hold, four days before her arrival, during which time the crew remained upon deck, and being obliged to secure the hatches, cabin windows and companion door, had nothing to subsist upon. Before she reached the shore, she was observed by the Portuguese to be on fire, & a number of boats were sent off to assist the crew to extinguish it, but they refused to admit any of them on board, until they had run her on shore, when the sudden shock made the flames burn out, and she was consumed in a few hours.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, July 8.
The vast numbers of Dogs in this city are, from their perpetual barking and fighting, a very great nuisance: moreover, to say nothing of the expense of feeding them, the danger of their running mad, in the very sultry weather we may soon expect, is a most alarming consideration. During the past month, several persons and some cattle have actually lost their lives, in New-England, occasioned by bites of mad dogs. Considering the affair in this double point of view, the legislature of New-York, at their last sessions, laid a tax of eight shillings per annum, on every dog kept within the limits of the city of New-York: an example worthy of imitation here.
N E W-Y O R K, July 11.
A letter from Norfolk in Virginia, dated, June 24, 1785, gives us a melancholy account just happened in that town. That in a remarkable thunder storm, the loudest ever known there, a house in which was deposited a quantity of gunpowder was struck with lightning and immediately blew up; it entirely took away the whole building, except the sleepers of the lower floor. Many of the goods were found in the river, and some fragments of the house near a mile off; two men were killed, and one much wounded; a vessel in the river much damaged, as were several houses in Portsmouth.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, June 28.
"There are various reports in town, relative to the late Indian depredations—I have been at some pains to inform myself particularly on the subject, and from what I have been able to collect, am led to believe, that what has happened is not a partial affair, nor a mere sally of their disorderly young men, but in consequence of a regular, digested plan. One pretty strong evidence in support of this opinion is, that they began at Kentucky, on Scioto, on Hockhocking, and near Wheeling, about the same time, and a Mr. Walker just arrived in town from the east branch of Susquehanna, informs that some people have been killed on Tioga, a branch which falls into the Susquehanna, about 80 or 90 miles above Wyoming. All these things combining seem to indicate a general discontent among the Indians. A gentleman from Pittsburg, with whom I have had a good deal of conversation, lays positively, that they are by no means satisfied with the late treaty, and will not, he thinks, give up the territory ceded. Indeed this seems to be the general opinion of the people from the back country, who all say that the British take great pains to excite in them a jealousy of us. Six or seven regiments are ordered from Ireland to garrison the British posts on the lakes."
On Wednesday arrived in this town from Fort Har-kimer, his Excellency Governor Clinton, who with the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, had been there to hold a treaty with the Oneida and other Indians, in pursuance of the directions of the legislature:—and we are happy to hear that they have accomplished their business very successfully.
We hear that on Wednesday, Congress resolved that the dollar should be the money unit of the United States—and the two hundredth part of a dollar the smallest copper piece.
B E N N I N G T O N, May 23.
On Monday last, about four o'clock, P. M. the Philosophical Society in this town made an exhibition of an air Balloon, greatly to the satisfaction of a large number of spectators. The circumference of the globe was about twenty four feet. To gratify the request of the spectators, it was filled four several times, and ascended about three hundred feet horizontally, when taking the course of the wind, it passed some distance over the centre of the town, and descended gradually, and with little damage to the globe the three first times, but in the fourth ascension it took fire, and was entirely consumed. The motives which induced the society to try this slight experiment, were to demonstrate the power of ascension of rarified air, and to gratify the public with an exhibition of the kind that has made as great a noise in the world, perhaps, as any discovery that has been made the present century.
B O S T O N, July 18.
Tuesday arrived the Mercury, a British frigate, from Halifax, as we are informed, for a cargo of provisions and live stock. Is it not abominable insolence in the British, after prohibiting our provisions going to their ports in our own bottoms, to imagine we can be so servile and cringing, as to suffer the supplies, for which they must depend on us, to be carried in their's?
The celebrated Mrs. Macaulay Graham is on her return from Virginia.
On Thursday his Britannick Majesty's frigate Mercury, Capt. Stanhope, on anchoring in our inner harbour, saluted the town with a discharge of cannon, which was returned by another discharge from the Castle.
In our last, we mentioned a report of the tower of London being burned; since which we find it to be the East-India Company's stores, in which were consumed a million weight of tea, of different qualities, which at the lowest computation of 2s. per lb. amounts to 100,000l.
In Captain Quartermass's, from Holland, came passenger, Lierentwer, Esq. Consul for the United Netherlands.
It is a fact as true as alarming, that the British government hath, for some time past, been adopting measures for reinforcing their posts in the province of Canada. The vessels on the lakes are completely manned—the frontier garrisons (which belong by right of treaty to the United States) are daily augmented, the works enlarged, and magazines more amply provided. Whether the government fears a revolution of the inhabitants, or whether it has intentions hostile to the United States, are matters that, in our opinion, deserve the consideration of Congress.
Seventy head of cattle, we hear, will be on board the a transport lying at Tilton's wharf, to-morrow or next day at the farthest.
P O R T S M O U T H, July 22.
A spirit of prophecy seems to have gone forth from among our good friends, the British:—Their predictions, though various, all centre in this—that America, under the pressure of her many difficulties, cannot much longer exist as a sovereign and independent nation. Their papers responsive echo the strain. They hint at the distracted state of our commerce—lack of a circulating medium—distrust of Congress—and want of public faith.—These, with a large train of etceteras, cannot fail, in the opinion of ministerial scribblers, to sap and undermine the glorious fabric we have spent so much blood and treasure to erect: But we trust that the great Guardian of the rights of mankind will encircle the fair frame of Liberty with his myriads of angels—inspire every true American with virtue to defend it—dispel those clouds that intercept its rays—and thereby render the above predictions abortive.
At the Superior Court lately holden at Amherst, in the County of Hilborough, James Dickey, David White, and James Mc Daniel, were severally convicted of Theft, and sentenced to receive Punishments proportionate to the heinousness of their crimes.
LONDON, April 22. As there have been some misrepresentations relative to Col. David Humphreys (late Aid-de-Camp to his Excellency General Washington) a correspondent has sent us the following particulars relative to that gentleman. He never was in our army. His father who was a gentleman of good fortune in Cornwall, sent his son to Harrow school, and from thence to the University of Cambridge, where he displayed very shining abilities. When he had quitted that seminary, he made the tour of Europe, and soon after he returned, his father died. He then went (merely to gratify his curiosity) to America; shortly after his arrival at New York, the American war broke out, in which he took an active part. Employing his leisure hours, even when in camp, in the service of the muses, he had written several poems, all of which have been much admired, and frequently printed; but his last production, called, "An address to the Armies of the United States," has effectually established his reputation, as an elegant writer; in noticing the death of his brother officers, who fell in that unhappy quarrel, he has displayed the warmth of his friendship in lively colours; it is true, he is very severe upon the conduct of Great-Britain, and that has been, by some narrow minded persons, urged as a reason, why it should not be printed here. However, the general approbation by which it is distinguished both here and at Paris (it was printed there in the English language) is a proof that unusual merit will find encouragement every where. The idea of this poem being treasonable or libelous against government, is too ridiculous to deserve serious notice.
[The above named gentleman, Col. David Humphreys, was born in Derby, in Connecticut, where his father still lives; he was educated at Yale College, and has been personally known many years to several gentlemen in this town. He was first Aid-de-Camp to General Washington, was sent by his Excellency with the British standard, after the capture of Lord Cornwallis, to Congress, and recommended to their notice. In consequence of which, that honorable body appointed him Secretary to the American Embassy in France, where he now resides.—If suitable encouragement is offered, the Printers hereof will re-print the above mentioned poem.]
M A R I N E L I S T.
PORT OF PISCATAQUA, July 12. ENTERED, Brig Nancy, Peirce, from Turks-Island. Brig Endeavor, Riley, from St. Martins.
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
On Tuesday the 9th Day of AUGUST next, at Two o'clock P. M. at the House of GEORGE LIBBEY, Inholder in Greenland, about SIXTY ACRES of choice LAND, with a HOUSE, BARN and a good ORCHARD on the same, pleasantly situated on Winnecott River, together with a Tide MILL on said River, lately the property of JOHN JOHNSON and WINTHROP JOHNSON of Greenland:—Any Person inclining to Purchase, may view the Premises and know conditions of Sale by applying to DAVID SIMPSON or JOSEPH WIGGINS.
Greenland, July 14, 1785.
SHIPPING-PAPERS, printed on superior Paper, may be had at this Office.

The TOILETTE.
LYDIA. On
NOW twenty springs had cloath'd the park with green, Since Lydia knew the blossoms of fifteen; No lovers now her morning hours molest, And catch her at her toilette half undrest. The thund'ring knocker wakes the street no more, Nor chairs, nor coaches croud the silent door; Nor at the window all her mornings pass, Or at the dumb devotion of her glass: Reclin'd upon her arm the pensive sages, And curs'd th' inconstancy of man too late.
"O youth! O spring of life forever lost! No more my name shall reign the fav'rite toast; On glass no more the diamond grave my name, And lines mil-spelt record my lover's flame: Nor shall side boxes watch my wand'ring eyes, And, as they catch the glance, in rows arise "With humble bows; nor white-glov'd beaus encroach "In crowds behind, to guard me to my coach. "What shall I do to spend the hateful day? "At chapel shall I wear the morn away? "Who there appears at these unmodish hours, "But antient matrons with their frizzled tow'rs, "And grey religious maids? my presence there "Amidst that seber train, would own despair; "Nor am I yet so old, nor is my glance "As yet fix'd wholly on devotion's trance. "Strait then I'll dress, and take my wonted range "Through India shops, to Motteux's, or the Change, "Where the tall jar checks its stately pride, "With antic shapes in China's a' are dy'd; "There careleis lies a rich brocade unroll'd, "Here shines a cabinet with burnish'd gold. "But then, alas! I must be forc'd to pay, "And bring no pen'orths, not a fan away! "How am I curs'd, unhappy and forlorn! "My lover's triumph, and my sex's scorn! "False is the pompous grief of youthful heirs; "False are the loote coquet's inveigling airs; "False is the crafty courtier's plighted word; "False are the dice when gamesters stamp the board; "False is the sprightly widow's public tear; "Yet these to Damon's oaths are all sincere.
"For what young flirt, base man, am I abus'd? "To please your wife am I unkindly us'd? "Tis true, her face may boast the peach's bloom; "But does her nearer whisper breathe perfume? "I own her taper shape is form'd to please; "But don't you see her unconfin'd by stays? "She doubtless to fifteen may claim pretence; "Alike we read it in her face and sense, "Infidels, servile thing! whom I disdain! "Her phlegm can but support the marriage chain. "Damon is practic'd in the modish life; "Can bate, and yet be civil to his wife; "He games, he drinks, he swears, he fights, he roves; "Yet Chloe can believe he fondly loves. "Mistress and wife by turns supply his need; "A miss for pleasure, and a wife for breed. "Powder'd with diamonds, free from spleen or care; "She can a fullen husband's humour bear; "Her credulous friendship, and her stupid ease, "Have often been my jest in happier days: "Now Chloe boasts, and triumphs in my pains; "To her he's faithful; 'tis to me he feigns: "Am I that stupid thing to bear neglect, "And force a smile, not daring to suspect? "No, perjur'd man, a wife may be content, "But you shall find a mistress can resent."
Thus love-sick Lydia rav'd; her maid appears, And in her faithful hand the band-box bears; (The Cetus that reform'd inconstant Love Not better fill'd with what allur'd to love) "How well this ribband's glos becomes your face!" She cries in rapture; "then so sweet a lace! "How charmingly you look! so bright! so fair! "'Tis to your eyes the head dress owes its air!" Strait Lydia smil'd; the comb adjusts her locks; And at the Play-house, Harry keeps her box.
To be SOLD, ONE half of a new DWELLING HOUSE, all finished outside, with a good Cellar, well stoned, and a good Stack of Chimnies; the inside unfinished; 32 feet fronting the Street and about 70 or 80 deep, leading back to Capt. Jackson's, being the next House to the late Deacon Marshall, de- ceased; which, with the Priviledge of a good Well, will be disposed of on reasonable Terms. Inquire of REUBEN SNELL, of Port- mouth.
Alexander Liel, From London, ACQUAINTS the public that he carries on the Taylor's business in all its branches, at his room Directly opposite the dwelling house of John Sparhawk, q.—Where gentlemen's apparel, and ladies habits are made in the newest taste, and at the most reasonable rate.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that all Persons having demands on the TREASURY, which are pro- perly a Continental Charge, have notice in the New- Hampshire Gazette, to exhibit the same before the last day of next session of the GENERAL COURT, as none can be allowed after that time, By Order of the GENERAL COURT, JOSEPH PEARSON, Deputy Sec'y. Exeter, July 1, 1785.
ROCKINGHAM, ss. THE subscribers being appointed commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several cre- ditors to the estate of JOHN HART, late of Newington, in said county, Esq. deceased, represented insolvent, give notice that six months are allowed said creditors, from the 15th of June last, to bring in their claims, and that attendance will be given to receive the same at the dwelling house of Capt. William Brewster, on the last Monday of this, and the four following months, from six to eight o'clock, P. M. JOSHUA BRACKETT, JOHN PARKER, JACOB TREADWELL } Commissioners. Portsmouth, July 4, 1785.
W A N T E D, To serve in a Family, a BOY, of a good Character, and about eleven or twelve Years old. Enquire of the Printers.
TO BE SOLD, A FARM, Of upwards of forty Acres of very good Land, with two Dwelling Houses and a Barn thereon, situate in the North West Corner of this Town. Any Person in- clining to purchase, may know the Terms by applying to Philip Babb, living on the Premises. Portsmouth, July 12, 1785.
TO BE SOLD, A large Warehouse, On the wharf adjoining to Capt. Janvein's, and may be moved off.—Also, two rights of land, one in Cornish, the other in Gilmstown:—The same will be sold for West-India or English Goods, Cash or consolidated Notes. Inquire at the Printing-Office, Paved Street.
30 Dollars Reward. Stolen out of the Store of the Subscriber, on the Night of the 6th inst. the following Articles, viz.
ONE piece of fine Irish Linnen; one piece yard wide ditto, two piece ditt. some cut off; one piece of yd. wide black Mode, 63 ells; four dozen large black fringed Handkerchiefs; forty yards nar- row black Mode; remnant black Sattin; thirteen yards black Tiffany; fourteen ditto white; twelve yards green Sarsnet; twelve ditto pink; one piece plain Lawn, ten yards; three dozen white Gauze Handkerchiefs; two Tiffany Aprons, very elegant; nine yards plain Lawn, five qrs, for Aprons; four ditto spotted Lawn, five qrs. half dozen white and co- lour'd silk Handkerchiefs; half dozen women's and half dozen men's white silk Gloves; twelve and half yards olive co- lour'd Corduroy, fine; five pair women's Cotton Hose; fourteen pair men's Thread ditto; one and half dozen men's worsted ditto, fine; six pieces Nankeen; one piece of wide black Gauze; one piece of narrow plain white ditto; one ditto, stri- ped ditto; remnant white painted Gauze, spotted; a pair Kid Gloves; four large Kenting Handkerchiefs; two red Tiffa- ny Handkerchiefs; Change 18s. &c. &c. Any Person or Persons, who will give information of the Thief or Thieves, so that he or they may be brought to Justice, shall be entitled to the above Reward from SAMUEL STORER.
Philadelphia F L O U R, Tar, Pitch, Turpentine, Sulphur (which has been tried, and highly approved of for graving vessels) Brandy of a most excellent flavour and taste, West-India and New- England Rum by the hoghead or barrel, choice Spanish and French Indigo pr dozen, Bacon, Gin by the case, London Pewter, Bohea Tea by the chest or dozen, war- ranted good, a few boxes of Lisbon Lemons, Nova-Scot- tia Grindstones:—Also, TOBACCO of all sorts, by WHOLESALE and RETAIL, SOLD By N. McIntire, PORTSMOUTH. Cash given for FLAX-SEED.
To be SOLD, By Pierse Long, (Either separately or together) The House & Garden, Tan-Yard and Buildings thereunto belong- ing—as also about 13 Acres of Mowing- Land, with an Orchard in the same, capa- ble of making thirty Barrels of Cyder annu- ally—all which lately belonged to the Estate of Capt. James Clarkson, Tanner, decea- sed. If not sold any Person wanting to hire, may be accommodated. Also, at his Store, adjoining Liberty-Bridge, new FLOUR and IRON as low as any in Portsmouth. Portsmouth, June 23, 1785.
(Warner.) State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Warner, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 28th day of July, at the house of Doctor John Currier, inholder in said town, at one o'clock, in the afternoon, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.     Div. No. Qty s. d.     Sam. Barnard & Stephen Colby, 1 53 40 2 2   Doctor Nehemiah Ordway, 3 2 40 0 6   Simeon Morrill, 1 43 00 0 11   2 42 80 2 5   2 6 60 1 2   Benjamin Tucker, 1 59 80 4 5   2 4 00 1 6   Jonathan Pressley, 1 61 80 4 5   1 31 60 1 1   Major Nathaniel Currier, 2 9 80 2 11   2 2 60 1 6   Nathan Goodwin, 2 21 80 1 6   2 60 00 1 9   Aaron Rowell, 1 49 80 2 5   Nehemiah Ordway, jr. 2 22 60 8 1   3 29 40 5 2   Gideon Rowell, 1 1 80 0 11   1 36 60 1 1   2 8 80 1 11   2 25 60 1 6   3 4 40 5 0   Jarvis King, 1 16 80 5 10   1 6 60 3 3   2 15 80 4 4   2 14 60 0 11   3 51 40 0 5   William Straw and Barnard, 1 52 80 8 9   Capt. Jonathan Barnard, 1 14 60 3 4   Thomas Barnard, 2 40 80 1 6   2 42 60 2 2   3 37 40 0 6   Increase Morrill, 1 4 80 2 11   1 26 60 1 1   2 6 80 2 11   2 19 60 1 1   Col. Henry Morrill, 1 39 80 8 9   1 29 60 4 4   2 55 80 1 11   2 59 60 1 1   3 12 40 0 1   Martin and Lowell, 3 29 80 1 5   3 21 40 0 2   John Nicoll, 1 7 80 2 11   1 21 60 1 10   2 5 80 1 2   3 38 60 2 2   9 40 0 4    DANIEL FLOOD, Collector. Warner, June 14, 1785.
ALL persons indebted to or have just demands on the Estate of Capt. JOSEPH HIXON, late of Port- mouth, deceased, de bonis non, are desired to settle the same with GEORGE HART, Administrator. Portsmouth, June 31, 1785.
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