The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1793-07-02 00:00:00

New Hampshire Gazette.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, Printer to the Hon. GENERAL COURT of the State of New Hampshire, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
The FARMER, No. I.
[Agriculture in any country will always prove one of the main sources of opulence and wealth, and if so will also engage the unremitted attention of every one who is either a friend to himself or to the country in which he lives. In new settlements it is particularly so; and the patriot sons of Columbia, sensible of this, cannot but feel interested to make those improvements and experiments, which tend to facilitate the increase of that important concern.—The GAZETTE will never be wanting to contribute its mite; and will ever willingly be the herald to proclaim to the public the results of any experiments genius or philanthropy may have projected. They will here find a welcome reception—some portion of the GAZETTE being weekly reserved for that purpose: For those who feel a wish for the good of their country, and who have experienced the benefits of new inventions in the method of cultivation, this vacancy is intended. The yeomanry need only to know those methods—interest will prompt an application. When originals fail, extracts must supply their stead—of which we give the following.]
Of the Cultivation of the Earth,
From Vattel's law of Nations. Of all the arts, tillage, or agriculture, is doubtless the most useful and necessary. It is the nursing father of the State. The cultivation of the earth causes it to produce an infinite increase; it forms the surest resource, and the most solid funds of riches and commerce, for the people who enjoy an happy climate. This affair then deserves the utmost attention of the government.
The sovereign ought to neglect no means of rendering the land under his obedience as well cultivated as possible. We ought not to allow either communities or private persons to acquire large tracts of land, in order to leave it uncultivated. These rights of common, which deprive the proprietor of the free liberty of disposing of his lands, that will not allow him to form them, and to cause them to be cultivated in the most advantageous manner; these rights, I say, are contrary to the welfare of the State, and ought to be suppressed or reduced to just bounds. The property introduced among the citizens, does not prevent the nation's having a right to take the most effectual measures to cause the whole country to produce the greatest and most advantageous revenue possible.
The government ought carefully to avoid every thing capable of discouraging the husbandman, or of diverting him from the labors of agriculture. Those taxes, those excessive and ill-proportioned impositions, the burthen of which falls almost entirely on the cultivators; and the vexations they suffer from the commissioners who levy them, take from the unhappy peasant the means of cultivating the earth, and depopulate the country. Spain is the most fertile, and the worst cultivated country in Europe. The church possesses too much land, and the undertakers of the royal magazines, who are authorized to purchase at a low price, all the corn they can find in the possession of a peasant, above what is necessary for the support of himself and his family, so greatly discourages the husbandman, that he sows no more corn than is necessary for the support of his own household. Whence arises the greatest scarcity in a country capable of feeding its neighbors.
Another abuse injurious to agriculture is, the contempt cast upon the husbandman. The inhabitants of cities, even the most servile artists, and the most lazy citizens, consider him that cultivates the earth with a disdainful eye; they humble and discourage him. They dare to dispise a profession that feeds the human race; the natural employment of man. A little insignificant stay-maker or a taylor, places far beneath him the beloved employment of the first consuls & dictators of Rome.
China has wisely prevented this abuse; agriculture is there held in honor, and to preserve this happy manner of thinking every year, on a solemn day, the Emperor himself followed by his whole court, sits his hand to the plough, and sows a small piece of land. Hence China is the best cultivated country in the world; it nourishes an innumerable multitude of people, that at first appears to the traveler too great for the space they possess. Happy would it be for America did her rulers in this respect follow the example of the Romans and Chinese.
The cultivation of the soil is not only to be recommended by the government on account of the extraordinary advantages that flow from it by nature on mankind. The whole earth is appointed for the nourishment of its inhabitants; but it would be incapable of doing it, was it not cultivated. Every nation is then obliged by the law of nature to cultivate the ground that has fallen to its share; and it has no right to expect or require assistance from others any farther than as the land in its possession is capable of furnishing it with necessaries. Those people, like the ancient Germans, and the modern Tartars, who having fertile countries disdain to cultivate the earth, and chuse rather to live by rapine, are wanting to themselves, and deserve to be exterminated as savage and voracious beasts: There are others who, to avoid agriculture, would live only by hunting and their flocks. This might doubtless be allowed in the first ages of the world, when the earth, without cultivation, produced more than was sufficient to feed its inhabitants. But at present, when the human race is so greatly multiplied, it could not subsist, if all nations resolved to live in that manner.
Those who still retain this idle life, usurp more extensive territories than they would have occasion for, were they to use honest labor, and have therefore no reason to complain, if other nations, more laborious, and too closely confined, come to possess a part.
ANECDOE.
IN the year 1750, was born Edward the son of a poor cottager on the new forest, Hampshire. Ned was a boy of bright parts, and was early taken notice of by a gentleman in the neighbourhood, who took him into his family, as an assistant to the gardener. In this situation he lived about two years, when having saved money enough to carry him to London, he set out, in the full expectation of making his fortune. He had not been in town two days before his appearance procured him a place in the family of an eminent tradesman in Cornhill. His business was to pack up, and carry out small parcels. This he executed with great fidelity, and his master wished to promote him, but unfortunately, Ned could neither read nor write. These difficulties were soon got over by the education to be obtained by an evening school; and Ned was advanced to the compting house. In about four years he removed to be head clerk to an eminent merchant, with whom he continued five years, when the merchant died, and left him 500£ in consideration of his faithful services; recommending to him the care of the business for an only daughter. The trust he faithfully performed during eighteen months, and at the end of which time, the lady voluntarily offered him her hand in marriage; the offer was every way too agreeable to be rejected. The wedding was immediately solemnized, and our hero soon became one of the most considerable merchants in London. The fruits of his marriage were two sons and two daughters. The young ladies were most advantageously married; the eldest to the son of a gentleman, just returned with a large fortune from the East-Indies, the younger son is now an eminent merchant at Bristol, and the elder one deservedly fills a distinguished seat in the British House of Commons. Such are the happy effects of honest industry and a regular obligingness of behaviour.
The Lover's Lesson.
F ORGIVE me fair, nor take it wrong If aught too much I do, Permit me, when I give a song, To give a lesson too. Let modesty, that beav'n born maid, Your words and actions grace, 'Tis this, and only this will add, New lustre to your face. 'Tis this will paint the virgin's cheek, Beyond the pow'r of art, And ev'ry real blush bespeak, The goodness of the heart. This Index, of the virtuous mind, Your lovers, will adore, 'Tis this, will leave a charm behind, When bloom can charm no more. Inspir'd by this, with nice reserve, To idle men behave, And learn by distance to maintain, The pow'r your beauty gave. With this, their silly jests reprove, When coxcombs dare intrude, Nor think the man is worth your love, That ventures to be rude. But patient, let each virtuous fair, Expect the gen'rous youth, Whom beav'n has doom'd her heart to share, And blest with love and truth. For him alone preserve your hand, And wait the happy day, When he with justice may command, And you with joy obey.
FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Permanent Sitting—April 16.
The following letters were read, and sent to the Convention by the Commissaries in the army.
Letter from the citizens Lequinio, Coehon, and Bellegarde, to the Field Marshal Prince de Cobourg.
"MONSIEUR,
D UMOURIER has betrayed the French nation to which he owed his elevation: You cannot esteem a Traitor. Good faith prohibits you from giving him an asylum, and you ought not to have received the members of the Convention whom he delivered up to you. The French would have abhorred any one of your nation, who had committed such a baseness; and would have restored to you those hostages, which the law of nations precluded them from receiving in such cases.
"We now transmit you a few copies of the decrees passed by the Convention on this occasion; and we also inclose the Proclamation which we have addressed to the army.
"A brave General who loves honor, ought to follow the conduct which justice commands; and we now frankly assure you, that the whole French nation will either perish or remain free.
(Signed) LEQUINTO, COEHON, BELLEGARDE."
Letter from Prince COBOURG, Commander in Chief of the Imperial Armies.
"Head-Quarters, Bouffu, April 9.
"GENTLEMEN,
"I DID not look upon Gen. Dumourier as a traitor! He talked of nothing when he was with us, but of the happiness of his country: He rested his undertaking upon this respectable basis; it was upon this ground I entered into conversation with him, and upon this ground you ought to judge him. You differ in opinion with him, this is his only crime.
"His principles recalled him to that Constitution, which was once your idol; he saw in it the happiness of France, and the peace of Europe; for these principles he does not deserve to be delivered up to ignominy, and to the death of a traitor. He had never any private intelligence with us, and we fought in such a manner, as to prove that we were no friends. In your Proclamation you accuse him of having intended to deliver up his country; he never deviated from his
first solemn declaration, and that of the other Generals at our approach towards France, that they should never suffer any foreign power to interfere with the interior organization of your government, or that any part of France should be alienated.
"As to the four Commissioners from the Convention, their fate is in your hands. I appeal for all these objects, and for the violent, tyrannical and furious resolutions of some of the Members of your Assembly, to those Members who have really the love of their country at heart. May they find means to make the convulsions cease, which tear France to pieces, and shake to its foundation the rest of Europe; this is my wish as well as yours.
(Signed) PRINCE COBOURG.
Letter from Citizens Dubois, Dubais, and Briez, Representatives of the French people at Valenciennes, April 15, 1793, to Gen. Prince de Saxe Cobourg, Commander in Chief of the Imperial Army.
GENERAL,
THE citizen Deputies, to whom you addressed your yesterday's letter, are no longer at Valenciennes; we supply here their places, and we profess the same principles with them. We have the same duties to fulfil, the same oaths to keep, and we are possessed of the same powers, delegated from the National Representation of the Republic.
General, we agree with you, that to differ in opinion is no crime; for a crime, according to law, is attached only to actions; and it is only for actions which are criminal and traitorous in the eyes of all nations, and even in yours, that Dumourier has rendered himself infamous and a traitor; whilst he might have covered himself with glory in usefully serving his country, and in dying in its defence, if necessary.
It was certainly a great crime to pretend to oppose his own will to that of the nation, and to propose to them any Government whatever. The will of a General of an army, in opposition to legal Authorities, even if good, can be nothing but a violation of all principles, and a great crime against National Sovereignty. But what did General Dumourier wish for, viz.—To seduce our troops, to direct them against their country, to give us a new Tyrant, and to league themselves with our enemies, in order to accomplish these designs. What more could Dumourier have done? Has guilty la Fayette, whom he himself condemned to infamy, done any thing else? Has not he himself sworn fidelity to the Republic, and for this oath obtained the confidence of the French? You, General, reap the advantages of his perfidy, but you do not pardon him for the same. The Constitution, which, you say was once our idol, fell into ruins by the endeavors of those events who wish for it now, and did not wish for it at that time. The nation had made a trial, and in the experiment they were disgusted with it forever. The nation, and they had a right to do so, insisted upon a Republican Government, and swore to support it, or bury themselves in its ruins.
We know of no division amongst the members of the Convention. The assembly is one and indivisible,—We know of no other members amongst them but what are guided by the love of their country. If there are sometimes disputes, if their sittings are sometimes tempestuous, no person has a right to interfere. We always agree in the main object of general interest, and we are all determined to live and to die Republicans.
Our four Colleagues are under the safeguard of the sovereign justice and loyalty of our enemies. Their fate gives us no uneasiness. Besides, we had already prepared an answer to your address to the French of the 9th inst.—we send it to you, and beg you to read it with attention; you will find in it true principles, upon which nations ought to conduct themselves towards one another.

[By the Brig Industry, Captain Trask, arrived at Boston, from Bristol, papers are received, from which the following articles are extracted.]
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
SUNDAY, April 21.
ON a report by Charlier, in the name of the Committee of Legislation, the Convention decreed that the Refractory Priests shall be conveyed to the French part of Guyana, in South America.
A number of Petitioners appeared at the bar, some of whom requested that the farmers might be forced to bring their corn to market, and others, that a price might be fixed upon it.
The discussion of the Declaration of Rights being resumed, the following Articles were decreed:
"None can be deprived of the least portion of his property without his consent, unless public necessity, legally evinced, should evidently require it, and upon condition of a just and previous indemnity."
"Public supplies are a sacred debt of Society, and it belongs to the law to determine their extent and application."
"Sovereignty is one, indivisible, im-prescriptible, and unalienable."
"In every free society, men ought to have a legal means of resisting oppression. But when this means is impotent, then insurrection is the most sacred duty."
"A nation has always the right of revising, reforming, and changing its Constitution. A generation has not the right of submitting future generations to their laws; and all hereditary functions are absurd and tyrannical."
The Commissioners who had returned from Valenciennes gave in a Memorial containing an account of their operations in the town of the North. They said that Dumourier had left them without provisions, and that the stores which they had contained, had, by his orders been sent to the enemy. They had however ordered all the magazines and arsenals to be filled; and they added, that these towns were now in a proper state of defence.
They afterwards gave an account of the manoeuvres of Dumourier, and of the efforts they had made to render them abortive, and to bring back the army which that traitor had misled. They said that while haranguing the troops, they had been several times fired at by villains who wished to deliver them up dead or alive to Dumourier.—Referred to the Committee of Public Safety.
The Procureur-General Syndic, of the Department of the Hautes Pyrenees, informed the Convention, that two thousand Spaniards had entered that department, assisted by the perfidy of the Commune of St. Laurent, who had joined the enemy to repulse the National Volunteers; and that the whole Municipality of St. Laurent had disappeared at the moment of danger.—The administrators added, that they thought it would be necessary to establish a camp of 18,000 men in that country.—Referred to the Committee of Public Safety.
WEDNESDAY, April 24.
A body of citizens, petitioners, appeared before the Assembly—they announced that Marat had been acquitted by the Tribunal Extraordinary, and they begged permission to defile through the Assembly, to shew to the Representatives of the people their joy to find Marat innocent!
Permission being granted, they entered without arms, in great numbers, of both sexes, as many as could, took possession of the unoccupied seats, the Tribunes and Citizens crying loudly, "Long live the Republic—Long live the Nation—Long live Marat!"
At the head of the citizens were the Gendarmes, and the Municipal officers.
At length Marat arrived, and proceeded to take his seat; he had on his head a crown which he himself took off; he was embraced by all the citizens, women, and Deputies; after which he mounted the Tribune, and made the following speech:
"Citizens,
"You see a Representative of the people whose rights have been violated, but justice has been done him. I swear anew to espouse the cause of Equality, Liberty, and of the people."
He was loudly applauded.
The Cote droit or minority of the Assembly, had entirely left the hall.
Letter from the Council-General of the Commune of Maubeuge to the Convention.
Maubeuge, April 10.
"Republicans,
"The Austrians attacked yesterday, with a superior force, the out-post of the Grifolle, and forced our troops to fall back into the town. They retreated in good order. Some few were wounded. This morning some Austrian officers came near our van guards, and requested a parley. Amongst them was a Prince, they say it was Prince Henin; he made a speech to our soldiers, and said, that he brought them Peace and Fraternity; they promised to do no harm to the peasants, and delivered Dumourier's Proclamation, as well as that of Prince Cobourg, both which we send you. As soon as it was known, we obliged their Highnesses, to gallop away as fast as they could, and necessary measures were taken to prevent such speechifying for the future; Gen. Tourville behaved with great prudence and firmness."
"At six this evening, there arrived a Trumpeter and an officer with a letter from the General, which was opened before two Commissioners from the Municipality, containing as follows:
"Sir,
"One of my officers was called this morning by different soldiers and citizens of the town of Maubeuge, who desired a parley.—They wished for a truce between the out-posts; but, Sir I hasten to inform you, that I cannot consent to that proposal, I shall begin hostilities as soon as my Captain, the bearer of the present letter, shall have returned, and I shall not retire until I am in possession of the town. I advise you to spare the blood of the French, and surrender it to me."
"(Signed) "COUNT DE BARTHER DE LA TOUR, "Lieutenant-General."
General Tourville answered, that he had given orders for the proposition of suspension of hostilities; and that he intended to defend the town, he hoped, with as much success as the enemies wished to themselves in the attack.
Custine sent another letter, and a shoe to the Convention. He by that proved to the Convention how the nation was imposed upon by the Contractors and other Agents. He asked for saddles and bridles; he said that he could not resist the enemies without those necessary articles. He complained, that he could not have the officers he required, and that he did not know the abilities of those that were sent to him.
Head-Quarters General, at Quiervain, May 1, Eight in the Evening.
"THE French army, foreseeing that they would be attacked, and not wishing to have the disadvantage of being on the defensive, in which they never succeeded, made dispositions this day for a grand attack. The battle was general and bloody, and the defeat of the enemy was complete. All their forces were in movement before break of day. They marched against our centre, passed Saint Sauve, and advanced to Fstreu. Our advanced posts not being able to resist a whole army, retired.—They were, however reinforced, and the French artillery kept up a heavy fire upon them. Our centre, which had maintained its ground till ten, being overpowered by numbers, gave way, and for half an hour fell back; but the left wing did wonders. It attacked the right wing of the French in flank, and pierced. The battle was soon renewed in the centre, and the French were driven beyond their camp. The defeat was so complete that part of the enemy threw themselves into Valenciennes.—The carnage was very great.—The regiment of Barco, above all, displayed extraordinary and invincible bravery, and avenged the barbarity with which the French had torn out the eyes of one of their comrades, who had fallen into their hands. We have taken from the enemy, 15 pieces of cannon, 22 caissons filled with ammunition, and the horses which drew them. The loss of the enemy must have been considerable: Ours does not amount to 200 men, but three of our officers are dangerously wounded."
The Germanic Diet have just decreed the following comprehensive measures: All Frenchmen by birth, or persons attached to that nation, are to leave Germany, unless they can give satisfactory reasons to the Magistrates for their residence; upon the subject of neutrality, it is resolved, that no Prince shall remain neutral in the present war with France, upon any occasion or pretence whatsoever. The latter part of this decree is chiefly
directed against the Elector Palatine and the Duke of Wirttemberg.
By private letters from Brussels, we are informed, that Nantz has surrendered to the victorious arms of the counter-revolutionists.—The same letters announce, that Philip Egalite was carried back to Paris, those who were carrying him to Marseilles being afraid of meeting the Marseillaise upon the road.
We have received letters from Brussels, dated the 3d instant, in the afternoon, one of them inclosing the following letter, that moment come to hand, dated "Mons, May 1—"We have taken by assault the Mountain of Ausin, one league distant from Valenciennes, which was strongly fortified with cannon, and intercepted the communication of the four roads. We have taken several prisoners and as we are assured 40 or 50 pieces of cannon.—However this may be it is certain that we have possession of the Mountain: so that we can keep a check on the camp of famars, and get possession of Valenciennes with more facility."
LONDON, May 9.
Extract of a letter from Paris, April 21.
"Letters from Lyons announce that City to be in the most dreadful state of confusion; and those from Brittany contain intelligence equally disagreeable. The 60 parishes encamped at Sorimieres have, in answer to the third proclamation of the Commissioners of the Convention, published a declaration, in which they address themselves to the commissioners in the name of the true and only God whom the latter have abjured. In this piece they set forth their firm reliance on Providence, in consequence of the justness of their cause; reprobate the designs and crimes of them and their Constituents; and declare they will never, whilst they breathe, submit to their laws, or seek protection from them."
"It is dated from the Camp at Sorimieres, the 10th of April, in the 1st year of the reign of Louis the XVIIth."
"Nantz has been besieged for these 30 days."
The French Convention have voted to their Minister at War, the enormous sum of 25,800,000 livres or about 2,300,000. sterling, to provide subsistence for their armies.
Letters from Poland state, that 200,000 loads of wheat have been stopped at Dantzick, which the Poles were going to send to France. The prize is estimated at 50 millions of polish currency. It is to be sent to the Combined Armies.
The Pope has raised a new levy of 6000 men.
By the death of another Cardinal, the College of Rome has now seven hats to dispose of.
The British cavalry that embarked at Blackwall last week, have safely arrived at Ostend.
Monday evening Vice-Admiral Lord Hood arrived at Portsmouth, and immediately hoisted his Flag on board the Victory, of 100 guns, at Spithead.
The number of ships of the line in commission at this time, is 65, being nearly one half of the whole Navy of Great-Britain, of that description.
Tuesday last, six letters of Marque, fully manned, sailed from Liverpool for the West-Indies.
By a notice from the Treasury, in this evening's Gazette, it appears that the three principal encampments are to be in the undermentioned situations:—For the Eastern District, at Warlay; Southern District, near Maidstone; Western District, near Plymouth.
The total number of prisoners now in Forton prison is 760; five English seamen taken on board the Dumourier, made their escape on Tuesday night.
PETERSBURGH (Russia) March 26.
Count d'Artois, brother to the late Louis XVIth, having obtained the consent of the EMPRESS to visit this court, arrived here on the 23d instant; the court carriages were sent to fetch him and his suite, and the Vice-Chancellor OSTERMAN received him on the part of the Empress, in a hotel, prepared by her Majesty's order, and at her expence, for the reception of his Royal Highness. The day before yesterday, the Prince was introduced to our Sovereign. Yesterday he received the compliments of the Senate, Regency, and city of Peterburgh, and this day he will be visited by the foreign Ministers. Previous to his arrival, our court took a decisive step in acknowledging Monsieur, brother to Louis XVIth, as Regent of France during the minority of the lawful heir to the Throne, detained prisoner at Paris, and Count d'Artois as Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, and by giving Count ROMANZO letters of
credit to them in that quality. On the other hand, Count d'ESTERHAZY, on the 11th inst. presented to her Majesty, in a private audience, letters of credit on the part of Monsieur, but without, however, assuming any public character. M. d'ESTERHAZY has also been charged to remit to the Swedish and Danish Ministers at our Court, letters from Monsieur, communicating to those two powers the regicide committed by the French on Louis the XVIIth, and his assumption in consequence of the title of Regent. These letters were remitted by the direction of the Empress; and M. STEDINGK, the Swedish Minister, has agreed to forward them to his Court. The Count d'Artois, it is supposed, will make about a fortnight's stay here; he wished to remain incog. but in the present circumstances the Empress thought it proper that he should appear with all the honors due to his rank and birth, and has in consequence appointed him two Chamberlains, Count ROMANZO and M. de Kalitcheff, and two Gentlemen of his Chamber, Count Shuivalow and M. de Tcherbatow.
HAGUE, April 21.
On the 18th instant, his serene Highness FREDERICK PRINCE of Orange quitted Princebengen, at the head of a corps of seven thousand cavalry and infantry. His serene Highness proceeded first towards Hoogstraten, and from thence towards Austrian Flanders, there to establish several garrisons.
Vice Admiral KINSBERGEN returned hither on the 16th from his command of the Flotilla stationed on the rivers of Holland and Zealand, for the purpose of delivering that charge into the hands of his most serene Highness the Prince Stadholder.
On this occasion the Vice-Admiral testified the bravery which was displayed at the very alarming crisis to which the Republic was exposed, by all the officers and seamen under his command.
AMSTERDAM, April 22.
The siege of Menn is at length opened. On the 12th inst. the combined army formed its lines of circumvallation, established batteries, and made every other necessary preparation.
The Marechal of the Empire has repeated his requisition, that the contingent of the palatinate of Bavaria shall without further delay join the army of General WURMSER. Immediately on the receipt of this requisition, a part of the garrison of Munie received orders to hold itself in readiness to march.
MONTEGO-BAY, (W. Indies) May 25.
Monday arrived the ships Apollo, Stephens, and Othello, Jolly, from Africa; the former with 252, and the latter with 283 negroes. Capt. Stevens touched at Barbadoes and Grenada, and informs, that Admiral GARDINER, with seven sail of the line, and five frigates, arrived at Barbadoes, the 25th of April; that on the passage out, the Iphigene frigate was dispatched by the Admiral to cruise and reconnoitre; and, on returning to the fleet, reported, that in lat. 17, long. 51, she fell in with nine sail of the French line, and five frigates; that the Iphigene was able to describe the name of Republican on the stern of one of the ships; that two of the ships were under jury masts, and the fleet steering W. half N. The Iphigene was chased by the French frigates, but out sailed them all. This intelligence Capt. Stevens learned on board the Duke, one of Admiral Gardiner's ships.
The Trusty, of 50 guns, Capt. Drew, on the 18th April, off Dejeada, took a French ship privateer, (American built) mounting 22 guns, with upwards of 200 men, 50 of whom were Americans. She was fitted out of Martinique, a fast sailer, and might have done a great deal of mischief, but for this timely capture.
BERMUDA, May 25.
By the sloop Betsey, Wainwright, which arrived yesterday from Antigua, we learn, that the victuallers and transports from Cork, were safe arrived at Barbadoes, under convoy of the Vengeance man of war, of 74 guns, and Hermione frigate of 32 guns; and 69th regiment came with this fleet; and that an expedition was going against Martinique from Dominica.
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Portsmouth, June 10, 1793.

Domestic Intelligence.
NEW-YORK, June 12.
Messrs Printers,
Gentlemen, the following are some minutes taken on board the brig Neptune, from Aux-Cayes bound to this port, which I intended to make public on my arrival, the 4th inst. but as I then knew not the name of the ship that spoke me, I did not do it. I have since found that she is called the Penelope.
Wednesday, May 15, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Cape St. Nicholas, E. N. E. about 8 leagues, a frigate of 32 guns, passed to leeward of me, hoisted the national colours of France, and fired a gun to the leeward. I immediately set American colours. The instant they were up she fired a shot, which passed between my masts; I conceived it was meant to hull me. She was not far distant, and we had a smooth sea. I bore up, run down near her wake, and layed by. She stood on with her mizen top-sail aback, main and fore tacks abroad; passed my stern—gave me two shot more with the same visible intention; they only missed me, I wore and stood after her; she then backened her main-topsail. About 1 o'clock, P. M. came up with her, and after I had answered to a number of questions, they appeared to be satisfied, as they did not board me, and the officer on deck told me I might make sail and stand on my course; which I turned my attention to; but had it soon called off by the captain, I suppose, who called me from the quarter gallery in this manner—"My lad! I would advise you the next time you fall in with me to bear down immediately, G—d d—n you." I replied, "I do not think such treatment is due to me, and I think hard to be fired upon after I had laid by." Captain—"Not another word from you, you d—d rascal, or by G—d I'll fire a broad side into you and sink you this instant." I replied, "That you can do, as you have your cannon in your own possession." Capt. "Damn you, I tell you I'll sink you when I see you again if you behave in the manner you have done." I replied, "I know how to conduct my own vessel, and am not a stranger to English customs; I wish you would not endeavor to make the Americans enemies to Great-Britain." Capt. "You are doing her all the hurt you can."
"I know very well it is French property that you are loaded with." Reply, "I know to the contrary, for the greater part of it is my own." Captain, "Hold your tongue, G—d damn you; if you say another word I'll make you hoist out your boat and come a board." Reply, "That will give me a great deal of trouble, but I wish to be treated well by all men." By this time I had wore ship, and we began to separate fast; the Capt. continued to say something, I did not well understand, and not wishing to have the trouble of hoisting out my boat, which threat I thought it most probable he would put in execution if any, I made no further reply: The frigate continued under the same colors while I saw her.
June 17.
Yesterday the CAP of LIBERTY was erected in the Tontine Coffee House , by the friends to Liberty, Equality and the Rights of Man, amid the acclamations of their fellow-citizens, in defiance of all despotic tyrants.—It is a beautiful crimson, adorned with a white tassel, and supported by a staff.
To the Peaceable and Independent Whigs of the city of New-York.
YOU have planted the CAP of LIBERTY at the Tontine Coffee House , it is an object that cannot offend the view of any liberal soul; and should a removal of it be attempted, the individual concerned in it will become the scorn and hatred of the sons of Columbia. Leave it now in the care of him who has hitherto, and I hope ever will protect it. Let us now remain at home; and trust the pledge of our love to those who usually frequented the place in which it is erected.
THE REAL WHIGS.
NEW-LONDON, June 27.
A letter from a mercantile house in Richmond to a merchant in this city, dated June 14, says "40/ sterl. per hhd. for freight from this to Liverpool, can now be had for tobacco; from 45/ to 50/, has been given to London.—8/ sterl. per barrel for flour to Europe has been given, and something more might be obtained; there are numbers in town wishing to load vessels with tobacco and flour."
PROVIDENCE, June 27.
Captain Bosworth, arrived here in 16 days from St. Marks, informs, that him-
self and Capt. Baker, in the schooner Phebe, from Casco Bay, were both taken by two British Privateers, and carried to Hanuager: after examining Capt. Bosworth's papers, he was released; but Capt. Baker was carried to New Providence, on account of his having French passengers on board, and French property; the French passengers were robbed of eight hundred dollars in cash.
Extract of a letter from Wilmington, (N.C.) dated June 16.
"On Tuesday last was brought into this port, an English sloop called the Providence, from Montego Bay, James Robertson, master, a prize to the French privateer, Le Vainqueur de la Bastille, Francois, Henri Herveix, commander."
BOSTON, June 26.
Omitted last Week.
The following extract from the journal of Capt. Goffigan, lately from French Hispaniola, in the Schooner Fair Lady, arrived at Philadelphia, will hold out to the world the character of a pirate who is acting under a commission from the king of Great-Britain:—
"Sunday, April 23, 1793."
"Being on my passage from Cape-Francois to Jeremie, at 6 o'clock P. M. saw two ships to the westward, and a sail in shore off us, then the Mole-Head bore N. by E. dist. 8 leagues: the vessel in shore gave chase to us, and at ten o'clock P. M. came up with us, and firing a shot at us we rounded too; she proved to be the Schooner Tyger, from Kingston in Jamaica, a British privateer, commanded by James Smith, mounted with eight brass three pounders, and one howitzer in the bow. She ordered the boat to be hoisted out, and to come on board, which was reluctantly complied with. After examining my papers, he detained me with two of my men, and went on board with part of his crew, and searched the vessel, after which he took the remainder of my people except the mate and boy, leaving four of his men and the second lieutenant on board of the Fair Lady, giving orders to follow him; she then gave chase to the two ships, and finding them to be British vessels, pursued a boat that was sent to Jamaica to give information, in case the privateer should be French, and they should be taken, but finding his mistake returned to us, searched a second time, declaring that he knew there was French property on board, and if we would not give it up he would carry us to Jamaica, but finding none he left us, after being prisoners eight hours, taking two of my men, Jonathan Peter Patterson, an American, and Adolph Gasse, a Swede, without either bed or clothes, except what they had on, notwithstanding my entreaties in their behalf and their dislike to his measures, he took them off; I also represented the disadvantages that would arise from it, as I had only one man left that could steer, but all in vain."
It may not be amiss to observe, that their chests and bedding are still on board of the Schooner. It is a matter of surprise that such a nation as the Americans, should tamely suffer our trade to be obstructed, and harassed by a haughty imperious nation, and our throats cut by their instigation, in the Western Territory; but it is to be hoped that the present contest with France will bring them to a proper sense of themselves, and it is reasonable to expect that if that does not, the Almighty power will.
A snow from Philadelphia is captured by a British privateer and sent into Jamaica, on pretence that the snow was French property. The fact is she belongs to a French gentleman in this city, Mr. Peter Le Maigre, who has been a citizen of the United States for 11 or 12 years.
Extract of a letter from St. Mary's (Georgia) dated 31st May.
"I am sorry to inform you of the troubles with the Indians on the frontier of this state, where a number of the inhabitants have been murdered. Others are entirely broken up, and moved into the towns and villages; many have gone into South-Carolina. The militia has been ordered out, and a general alarm given through the state. A large body of militia are assembled at a place called Shoulderbone, in the upper part of the state, who are determined to take satisfaction for their friends that have been barbarously murdered. The militia are commanded by generals Twig and Clarke. This place, however, is perfectly secure at present from any attempts of the Indians."
Capt. Cook, who arrived here on Wednesday last, in six days from the Cape, reports that the British troops have taken possession of the Island of Martinico.
PORTSMOUTH, July 2.
One of the new female dresses in London for this summer is what is called a Polonaise , with the robe sloped away at the sides, so as to leave a slip of scarcely a foot broad, which falls over the petticoat behind. A fine figure is advantageously shewn by this dress.
It is reported (says a Bennington paper of May 31) that disturbances have lately taken place, in Montreal, between the citizens and soldiers: the friends of liberty and equality, being insulted by the soldiery, resented the affront, repelled force by force, and drove the soldiers back to the barracks; one of whom, it is said, was mortally wounded, and died soon after.
In the brig Pallas, lately at New-York from London, came 48 passengers.—And in the brig Union, from Dublin, came 38 do.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this District.
  ENTERED  FROM    Schooner Dispatch, Trefethen,  Tobago.    CLEARED  FOR    Brig Elizabeth, Bunbury,  Maryland.    Ship Hero, Blunt,  England.    Brig Hero, Edwards,  Ditto.    Brig Betsey, Garvin,  W. Indies,  
Hunk. & Benj. Penhallow
HAVE IMPORTED in the last VESSELS from BRISTOL and LIVERPOOL, and have now ready for sale, at their STORE, next door to Mr. JOS. HAVEN's in Market-Street,
A fine Assortment of HARD WARE GOODS, Consisting of almost every article usually imported in that line; which they are determin- ed to sell at the BOSTON prices.
ALSO, At the same STORE
may be had a General Assortment of GROCERIES, DYE STUFFS, Painter's COLOURS, OIL and BRUSHES,—Like- wise a beautiful Assortment of PAPER HANGINGS, from 1/8 to 4/6 per Roll.
Cash and the highest price will be given for Old PEWTER and BRASS.
*** Orders from town and country Customers will be particularly attended to—constant attendance will be given, and the smallest favors will be gratefully acknowledged. Portsmouth, June 25, 1793.
TO BE SOLD, CHEAP, By JAMES SHAPLEY, At STORE No. 5, Long-Wharf, TOBAGO
R U M, (THIRD PROOF.) July 2, 1793.
D. HUMPHREYS HAS JUST RECEIVED By the last vessels from London, And has now for sale, At his house in Pleasant-Street, A general and well chosen assortment of STATIONARY, CONSISTING OF
WRITING-PAPER, from 14/6 to 48/ per Ream, Gilt and Mourning letter do. Account-Books of various sizes, Morocco Strap Cases, very elegant Memorandum Books, black lead and other Pencils, Quills, Pens, &c. &c. Also, Dictionaries, Seamen's Book and Mathematical Instruments, Temple Spectacles of a very superior quality, with a variety of other articles, all which he is determined to sell as low as can be purchased in Boston. Portsmouth, June 13, 1793.
Take Notice.
TO BE SOLD
At Public Auction, on the 10th day of July next, That valuable F A R M IN MIDDLETON,
ABOUT two miles from the Cabot Farm , and 30 miles from Dover , known by the name of the Austin Farm —containing 800 acres of Wood-land, Pasturing, Tillage and Mowing ; the excellent quality of the land, and the beautiful situation, may accommodate the Gentleman, the Husbandman and the Trader; it being upon the main road leading to Conway and Cobos ; there are two Dwelling-houses and three Barns on the premises—The whole will be sold in one Lot, or divided into two Farms, or in 100 acre Lots as it may suit the purchasers.—Should any person or persons incline to make a Good Bargain , if they will attend at JONATHAN GAGE's Tavern , in Dover , at ten o'clock on the abovenamed day, they may have an opportunity.—Conditions made known at time and place of sale. Credit will be given for the greater part of the purchase money. The premises may be examined before the day of sale.
NICHOLAS AUSTIN. Middleton, June 27, 1793.
To Josiah Gilman, Esquire, Clerk to the Proprietors of the township of Sandwich.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the town of Sandwich, request you to notify a meeting of said proprietors, agreeably to law, to be held at the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom, innholder in Exeter, on Tuesday the 23d day of July next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. for the following purposes, viz.
To choose a Moderator to govern said meeting.
To choose agents for the purpose of establishing the boundary lines of said township, and to give said agents all necessary powers for that purpose.
To empower said agents to dispose of any or all the undivided lands in said township.
To choose agents to appear for said proprietors to defend any action or actions commenced or to be commenced against them; also to prosecute any persons who have or may trespass on said lands, and the same to pursue to final judgment and execution, or to compromise with such trespassers in such manner as they shall think proper; and
To see what sum of money the proprietors will raise for the foregoing or any other purposes; which by said meeting may be thought necessary.
WILLIAM PARKER, jun. JONATHAN CASS, NATHANIEL GIDDINGS, DANIEL BEEDE, J. T. GILMAN, NATHANIEL GILMAN, MOSES JEWETT.
Exeter, June 24, 1793.
PURSUANT to the above request, the proprietors are notified to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes therein mentioned.
JOSIAH GILMAN, Prop'r's Clerk. Exeter, June 25, 1793.
Piscataqua Bridge.
NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Proprietors of Piscataqua Bridge will be held at the dwelling-house of Col. WILLIAM BREWSTER, in Portsmouth, on Thursday the 18th day of July next, to act upon the following particulars, viz.—To agree upon and establish by-laws for the ordering and governing the affairs of the propriety.—To choose a Clerk, Directors and Treasurer.—To agree upon a sum of money to be raised for building the said Bridge, and other necessary expenses, and the manner of raising it.—To do and transact any other business that may then be thought necessary for the purpose of building said Bridge.
N. B. A subscription paper is lodged with the subscriber, and those who wish to become interested in said Bridge, are requested to apply—it is proposed that the propriety consist of 500 Shares, as many may be subscribed for as any person chooses.
EDWARD ST. L. LIVERMORE. Portsmouth, June 28, 1793.

ROCHESTER. State of New-Hampshire.
STRAFFORD IS. THE non-resident proprietors or owners of land in the town of Rochester, are hereby notified, that except they pay their county tax for the year 1792, to the subscriber, on or before the 23d day of July next ensuing, so much of their land as will pay said tax and incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of the subscriber, in Rochester, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
1st Div. 2d Div. 3d Div. 4th Div.
   d. s. d. s. d. d.    Joseph Kent 0 0 0 1 5 1/2 0  John Thompson 0 0 0 1 5 1/2 0  William Leathers 0 0 0 0 7 1/2 0  James Durgin 0 0 4 3/4 0 6 3/4 0  Thomas Drew 0 1 0 0 8 0  Joseph Jenkins 0 0 4 0 0 0  Col. T. Westbrook 0 0 6 0 5 1 1/4  John Bickford 0 0 0 1 5 0  Rich. Waldron, jr. 0 2 6 1 5 1/2 0 3/4  Lt. John Woodman 0 1 10 1/2 0 0 0  Lt. John Smith 0 1 6 3/4 1 5 1/2 0  Eli Demerit 3 1/2 0 11 1/4 0 4 3/4 0  Ebenezer Varney 0 0 8 3/4 0 4 3/4 0  John Buzzell 0 0 0 1 5 1/2 0  Dea. G. Wentworth 3 1/2 0 0 0 4 3/4 0  Capt. F. Mathews 0 1 8 0 5 1/2 0  Lt. Joseph Jones 0 0 0 1 5 1/2 0  Eph. Wentworth 0 0 0 0 1 1/4 0  Benja. Wentworth 3 0 0 0 1 1/4 0  Enf. John Waldron 0 1 7 0 5 1/2 0  Capt. P. Wentworth 2 6 1 2 1/2 0 0  Lt. John Ham 0 0 8 0 0 0  Capt. T. Tibbetts 0 2 1 1 5 1/2 1 1/4  Peter Varney 0 1 8 0 0 1 1/4  Ephraim Tibbetts 0 0 0 0 4 3/4 0  Benjamin Bickford 0 0 10 1/4 1 5 1/2 0  Geo. Walton, Esq. 0 0 0 1 0 3/4 1 1/4  John Willey 0 1 7 1 5 1/2 0  Paul Gerrish 0 0 0 1 5 1/2 0  Ger. Wentworth, jr. 0 0 7 1/4 0 0 0  William Furbur 0 0 8 3/4 0 0 0  Capt. Step. Jones 0 0 0 0 1 1/4 0  Lt. Trist. Heard 0 0 9 3/4 0 1 0  Lt. Joseph Roberts 0 0 4 0 0 0  Capt. T. Gerrish 0 2 6 0 8 3/4 0  Col. James Davis 0 0 5 0 11 3/4 0  Capt. B. Wentworth 1 3 1 5 1/2 0 0  Col. R. Waldron 7 1/2 0 0 1 5 1/2 1 1/4  S. Penhallow, Esq. 0 1 11 3/4 0 0 0  Tho. Packer, Esq. 0 2 6 1 5 1/2 1 1/4  Geo. Jaffrey, Esq. 0 0 0 0 8 3/4 0  Governor Shute 0 0 0 0 1 1/4 0  Lt. Gov. Wentworth 0 1 11 3/4 0 0 0  Shad. Walton, Esq. 4 3/4 1 8 0 0 1 1/4  
Shares between two.
  Henry Tibbetts 0 0 0 1 1 1/4 0  John Tibbetts 0 0 0 1 1 1/4 0  Nicholas Harford 0 0 9 3/4 0 3 1/4 0  
Shares between three.
  Thomas Hanson 1 8  John Hanson  Nath'l Hanson  Tobias Hanson  Joseph Hanson 1  Benja. Hanson  John Hayes  Peter Hayes  Ichabod Hayes  Samuel Hayes  William Hayes  Benjamin Hayes  Job Clements  John Clements  James Clements  Philip Chesley  Ichabod Chesley  Jonathan Chesley  Sylvanus Nock  Thomas Nock  Zach's Nock  Richard Haffey  Job Haffey  Joshua Haffey  Samuel Downs  William Downs  Benja. Stanton  Nath'l Perkins  Samuel Perkins  Joshua Perkins  John Ricker  Ephraim Ricker  Mat. Ricker  Joseph Ricker  George Ricker  Jere Rollins  Sola. Pinkham  Rich'd Pinkham  Amos Pinkham  John Tricky  Thomas Trickey  Hatevil Nutter  Enf. Hat. Nutter  Henry Nutter  Eleazer Coleman  Th's Leighton  and others  Benjamin Mason  William Dame  Capt. Leighton  
1st Div. 2d Div. 3d Div. 4th Div.
   d. s. d. s. d. d.    Nathaniel Randal  Samuel Randal  William Randal  Joseph Small  Zacheus Small  James Bickford  John Bickford  Joseph Bickford  Eleazer Bickford  Joseph Daniels  Jos. Daniels, jr.  Jethro Bickford  Moses Davis  Tho's Willey  Will'm Jackson  John Hall  Thomas Hall  Samuel Carle  Ebenezer Tuttle  Wm. Twombly  James Guppy  Samuel Alley  Benjamin Foss  William Foss  Samuel Heard  James Heard  David Watson  Eben'r Garland  Jabez Garland  Th's Wallinford  Samuel Willey  John Norway  Ed. Whitehouse  Tim. Robertson  Samuel Corson  John Rollins  John Drew  John Cook  Benja. Pinner  Edward Evans  Benjamin Evans  Joseph Evans  Jos. Stephenson  John York  John Ambler  John Allen  Jona. Crosby  Enf. J. Chesley  John Runnells  Job Runnells  James Clark  Nath'l Lammas  Joseph Wheeler  Daniel Harvey  Moses Davis  James Huckins  Sam'l Williams  John Williams  William Hill  Abner Clark  William Ellis  George Watson  John M'Phedras  Joseph Chesley  Samuel Chesley  John Williams  Valentine Hill  John Nutter  James Nutter  
Shares between four.
  John Twombly  Jos. Twombly  Benj. Twombly  Sam'l Twombly  Benjamin Pierce  Eleazer Weare  John Conner  John Hodgdon  James Conner  Hugh Conner  Thomas Stevens  Richard Brooks  John Gray  Abner Thurston  Tho's Westcoat  Amos Nock  Morris Fowler  John Holt  Thomas Alden  Benjamin Green  
The subscriber will attend for settlement with those who are disposed therefor, the day immediately preceding the day of sale, at his house.
HATEVIL KNIGHT, Collector. Rochester, June 4, 1793.
P E R C Y.
THE proprietors of the township of Percy, in the county of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire, are desired to meet at Mr. John Greenleaf's, in Portsmouth, on Thursday the 11th day of July next, at 6 o'clock, P. M. for the following purposes, viz.
 1st, To choose a moderator.  2d, To see if the proprietors will choose a committee to agree with some person to erect a saw and grist mill in the town.  3d, To assess money for that use.  4th, To choose assessors and collector.  5th, To transact any other business thought necessary for the benefit of the propriety. 
DANIEL R. ROGERS, Prop's Clerk. June 1, 1793.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Fitzwilliam, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1792, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Tuesday the 20th of August next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, as will pay said taxes, with intervening charges, at the house of Col. Sylvanus Reed, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   Lots. Range. s. d. q.    Robert Wares, 14 in 1 3 9 1  Col. Stoddard, 1 3 3 1  Col. Stoddard, 3 3 3 1  David Rice, 9 3 6 3  Luther Stone, 2 4 6 3  Thomas Bigelow, 4 4 6 3  Hezekiah Stone, 8 4 3 1  Deacon John Lock, 16 4 3 1  Sampson Stoddard, 8 5 4 9  Abel Perry, 21 5 3 1  Matthew Osborne, 9 6 3 1  Joel Hayden, 10 6 3 1  Col. Sylvanus Reed, 15 6 1 10  Thomas Conant, 9 7 3 1  Col. Sylvanus Reed, 15 7 1 1  John Farrar, 23 7 5