Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1785-07-08 00:00:00

FOWLE'S NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,
AND GENERAL
FRIDAY
THE ADVERTISER.
JULY 8, 1785
PORTSMOUTH: 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. 1497
NEW-YORK, June 23.
By the British Packet, Greyhound, Captain Dunn , who arrived here on Sunday last, after a passage of five weeks from Falmouth, we have papers to the 6th of May.
LONDON, May 6.
IT is agreed on all hands, by letters of private as well as public authority, that there will be no war between Holland and the Emperor; preliminaries have been exchanged at Paris by the respective Plenipotentiaries.
According to accounts from the continent, the treaty lately ratified between France and Holland, is particularly designed to prevent all future union of the Dutch with this country; and we understand that one leading article in it stipulates a mutual assistance of 15 sail of the line, in case of a war.
Extract of a letter from Bristol, April 16.
I can confidently assure you, that all disputes are finally adjusted between the Emperor and Holland; the latter has deputed Commissioners to Vienna, in order to put an end to the negotiations commenced by M ons . de Vergennes. The fortresses which the Dutch have on the Scheldt, are to be demolished, and new ones erected at a greater distance from this river, which had like to be the cause of so much bloodshed."
Extract of a letter from Falmouth, April 19.
"At a time when four-footed animals are taught to equal, if not exceed, the human race in the deep sciences, it must give you pleasure to hear of a new importation of the most extraordinary nature, and to which I am an eye witness, otherwise you might doubt the authenticity of the following information. Just arrived here with crowded sails, the brig Nossa Senhora de Magdalena , from Lisbon; she narrowly escaped a light frigate sent after her, with a number of officers of the holy inquisition on board, in order to bring the freigh- ters , &c. dead or alive, before the dreadful tribunal, on suspicion of witchcraft, or as the warrant declares, for having entered into express compact with the devil and his angels. Emanuel Pedro de Silva, proprietor of the animals, makes the following declaration, "that though the descendant of a noble and rich family in Portugal, yet by the earthquake at Lisbon, and other causes, he was obliged early in life to shift for himself, and to turn his and his driver between Lisbon and Madrid; that by a long acquaintance with the docility of those animals, he at his leisure taught them what is deemed supernatural in Portugal, and of consequence brought down the wrath of the holy inquisition on him. Death, in the most cruel manner would have been his lot, if fortunately he had not made his escape to this land of freedom. Emanuel Pedro de Silva has brought over with him seven large asses, of the true dapple breed, from Salamanca, and declares with confidence, that one of them shall play any piece of music put before him on the piano forte, equal to the most expert Italian performer; another tells fortunes to the life; a third finds out stolen goods; a fourth touches the frandango on the harp, and the rest dance to the time; the fifth blows the French horn incomparably; the sixth and seventh dance to a miracle on the tight rope."
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, April 7.
At Lincoln nine unhappy men were executed pursuant to their sentence. They all acknowledged themselves guilty, and appeared perfectly resigned to their fate. After prayers, they ascended a pair of steps, and from thence got upon a kind of stage, which went from one post of the gallows to the other; one end rested upon a ledge, and the other was suspended by a rope from the beam. The ropes being put about their necks, and a cap drawn over the face of each criminal, Harrison, to the surprise of all present, turned his cap up again, & leaning up against one of the posts, begged in an audible voice, that the spectators would indulge him, by giving ear to a few words he wished to say.—'Tho' near 10,000 people were present, an awful silence took place, and the poor criminal proceeded:—I am come of a respectable family, and was brought up by honest parents with the greatest care and tenderness:—it therefore gives me much uneasiness to think that some people may so far forget themselves, as to reflect on them for my misconduct: God grant that it may not be so. Let me caution young men to shun the company of bad women; bad women brought on drunkenness! drunkenness, idleness!—idleness, poverty!—poverty, dishonesty!—and for which latter, I must now suffer a violent and disgraceful death." Seeing two people laugh, he said "We are not objects of mirth;" and concluded with observing, That as his death might prove a warning to some of his fellow-creatures, he died happy, and not in vain."
On Saturday afternoon some dispatches were received at Lord Carmarthen's office, from the Earl of Chesterfield, at Madrid, which were of much import, that they were immediately forwarded to the King at Windsor. It seems that in respect of the affair of the log-wood cutters in South-America, or as it is more commonly known by the name of the Musquito Shore, the Spaniards have become accusers, insisting that by the accounts from Don Galvez, the Governor, as well as from other authentic information, that the English settlers have been the aggressors, encroaching upon the boundaries, and treating the Catholic King's subjects with violence, and his officers with disrespect. This matter is now come over in form of a memorial, to which our Court will be under the necessity of giving an answer, which will not a little perplex Government, as the business is of a serious kind; and, if properly managed, may lay the foundation of a fresh dispute between Spain and Great Britain.
Advice is received from Barcelona, that three Spanish men of war had fallen in with three large Moorish corsairs in the Mediterranean, and after a smart engagement took them all three, and carried them into port, and confined the crews in prison.
If the Spaniards should deprive us of our settlement on the Musquito Shore, it will be a matter of serious concern, as it is the finest part of the Continent of South America. It was first taken possession of by Mr. Trewanley, when he was Governor of Jamaica in the year 1739.
Naples, March 35. The river Mijuri, in the province of Salerno, lately exhibited a most wonderful phenomenon; in the middle of the river a large column of fire suddenly arose, being surrounded with a thick mist and at the moment a dreadful noise was heard, resembling the discharge of several cannon. The column of fire instantly disappeared, and the waters, instead of taking their usual direction, precipitated into an abyss. To account for this extraordinary event will afford room for much philosophic speculation; but the most simple and probable conjecture is, that a subterraneous fire, communicating with mount Vesuvius, escaped through an aperture it had made in the bed of the river.
From a New-York Paper.
Of the present Dearth of News.
THE general complaint in the Coffee-Houses for some time has been, that there is nothing in the Papers . The politician, who looks for the accounts of battles and sieges, marches and encampments, ambushes and surprises, rails vehemently at the barrenness of our prints, and the want of spirit and enterprize in the sovereigns of Europe. He is angry at the Emperor and the Dutch for not going to logger-heads at once, if it were only for his entertainment. Commend me says he, to those glorious times, when 40,000 men were killed in one engagement. This was a feast at one's breakfast table in the morning! but now there is nothing to entertain, nothing to exhilarate;—in short, through the whole sixteen columns, he can see nothing in the Paper !
The old woman, who relish nothing but the relation of fatal accidents, providential escapes, broken legs and arms, and fractured skulls, complain too grievously of the present want of news. Not above one ox in a week runs mad, or two scaffolds in a month fall down for their gratification. The dullness of the times is intolerable— there is nothing in the Papers !
Those who feast with most satisfaction on a little crim. con. anecdote, are out of temper with the coldness of the age, and the stupid discretion of our modern females. No elopements, no discoveries, no suspicions, no trials in Doctor's Commons, or curious evidence in the House of Lords! They are ready to expire with ennui , for with all the stuff about Pitt and Fox, the Emperor and the Dutch, Irish Commerce and Parliamentary Reform— they can see nothing in the Papers !
Those who are curious in physics and philosophy have equal cause to complain. We hear nothing at present of hurricanes in the West Indies, or earthquakes in Italy; no plagues either at Smyrna or Lock Hospital; all patients are in perfect health, and the face of nature in uniform tranquility: in short, all is dull and dead, and there is nothing in the Papers !
T O B E S O L D,
A fast sailing B O A T, well found
and in good order, cheap for cash.—Apply to BENJAMIN CHANDLER, Portsmouth.
B O S T O N, June 30.
The following is the translation of an address presented to his Excellency the Governor and the honorable Council, by the Consul General of France, on his departure from Boston; and our readers will observe with pleasure the sense expressed in the address, of his merits and good conduct both as a gentleman and a public officer.
To his Excellency the Governor, his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, and the honorable Gentlemen of the Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
THE Undersigned, Consul of France, resident at Boston, has the honor to inform your Excellency and your Honors, that his health obliging him to go to France, Monsieur Tofan, his Vice-Consul for the State of New-Hampshire, will reside at Boston during his absence.
The Undersigned, penetrated by the kindness and civilities with which your Excellency and Honors have uniformly treated him, requests the same favors for Monsieur Tofan, Consul for the interim at Boston, and he does flatter himself, that your Excellency and your Honors will be pleased to grant, during his absence, to Monsieur Tofan, all the privileges, rights and authorities allowed to the Consul of France, resident at Boston, by the Exequatur of the Honorable Congress, and by the Proclamation of his Excellency the Governor of this Commonwealth.
The Undersigned takes leave of your Excellency and your Honors, awaits your commands, and entreats you to permit him to offer to your Excellency and your Honors, the full homage of his gratitude, his attachment and his respect, with his most ardent wishes for the happiness of the worthy and virtuous citizens of this Commonwealth. (Signed) DE LE TOMBE. Boston, 22d June, 1785.
Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS.
P R E S E N T,
The GOVERNOR, in Council, June 24, 1785. "The Sieur De Le Tombe , having signified to this Board, his intention to return to France, and that Monsieur Tofan would reside at Boston, and act as Consul in his absence"
"ADVISED, that his Excellency the Governor acquainted the Sieur De Le Tombe , that his Administration in the Office of Consul, as well as his general conduct since his appointment to the said Office under the Commission of His Most Christian Majesty, has been very acceptable to the Governor and Council; and merits that esteem and confidence which the people have placed in him, while he has resided within this Commonwealth:—That the Governor and Council cordially wish him health and happiness, during the absence permitted him by his Sovereign; and assure him, that no additional aid shall in the mean time be wanting to Monsieur Tofan in performing the duties of the Office of Consul of France, which may be proper for this Executive to afford." True Copy. Attest, (Signed) JOHN AVERY, jun. Sec'yv.
The Letter of the Governor to the Consul, inclosing the foregoing act of Council: The Honorable Monsieur De Le Tombe , Consul of France.
S I R—
THE memorial you delivered to me I laid before the Council.
The information, wishes and assurances, I am requested to transmit to you in consequence of it, I cannot better communicate than by their own act; an authenticated copy of which is inclosed.
Congratulating you on the addition lately made to the Family of your august Sovereign, by the Birth of a Prince, the Duke of Normandy; I have the honor to be with the most perfect esteem, Mr. CONSUL, your most obedient and very humble Servant, (Signed) JAMES BOWDOIN.
Boston, June 25, 1785.
On MONDAY 11th of July next, will certainly be SOLD By PUBLIC VENDUE,
At the House of BENJAMIN LAMSON, Inholder in Exeter, at 3 o'Clock, Afternoon, TWO RIGHTS of LAND in the Township of Warren, one RIGHT of LAND in the Township of Wolfborough (50 acres excepted) and HALF a RIGHT of LAND in the Township of Westmorland, belonging to the Estate of Capt. JACOB TILTON, late of Portsmouth, deceased, and is to be Sold for the payment of his Debts, &c. by JONATHAN TILTON and DANIEL TILTON, Administrators to said Estate. Exeter, June 17th, 1785.

Mount Vesuvius continues to emit a great quantity of flame and smoke, and even an abundance of lava, the inundation of which already extends two leagues. The mountain, in consequence, exhibits a spectacle equally terrific and magnificent.
V I E N N A, April 2.
It has been reported for some days past, that our accommodation with the Dutch, was entirely terminated, and that the most important points had even been agreed on: But those rumours were premature, and after the frequent irresolutions of our Court we cannot yet foresee how all matters will be finally settled; though a war with Holland appears at present but of little advantage, if not dangerous and unprofitable.
It is not against us only, that the Turks are inclined to be troublesome; they also openly brave the Russians; and we are informed that they have attacked and defeated some troops of the Czar d'Imeretee. It will be seen whether the empress will support her new dependent. The Turks have also seized, under divers pretences, some ships belonging to the Russians.
S P A, (Germany) April 16.
The day before yesterday a fire broke out in the hotel the Sieur Deleau through the carelessness of a plumber who was at work there, which in a short time consumed 37 houses. The street of Sauveniere is but a heap of ruins. Two men perished in the flames and the recovery of a third is very doubtful.
H A G U E, April 20.
We are astonished here at the news just arrived from Grave. It is said that the Governor of that place, to secure himself from an attack, has laid all the neighbourhood under water; inasmuch that seven villages in the county of Ravenstein, belonging to the Elector Palatine, absolutely neuter in the present dispute, have been inundated by this operation. Mr. Cornet, Envoy Extraordinary from his Electoral Highness, has entered a complaint on this subject to the States-General.
L O N D O N, April 28.
W E S T M I N S T E R H A L L.
The very erroneous publications in the different Papers, respecting the Theoretical falling of the Roof of the King's Bench, making it necessary that the truth should be as public as possible, and there being so great a demand for our last Saturday's account of the minute intelligence we gave of that remarkable event, we are induced to republish the same, with some necessary amendments.
A full Account of the falling of the Roof of the COURT OF KING'S BENCH in WESTMINSTER-HALL, on Friday in the forenoon: A most dreadful event.
"Parturiant montes nasciture ridiculus mus."
AT twelve minutes, three quarters of a minute, and fifteen sixteenths of a second of a minute after Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon, when all the judges, and all the barristers, and all the clerks, and all the attorneys, and the tipstaffs and the mirthal, and the clients were assembled, (for the first day of the term) in his majesty's Court of King's Bench, of King's Bench, to substantiate, to invalidate, to hear and to determine a cause,—down dropped the roof! the ancient Irish oak roof of the building, upon the heads of all the people underneath: but fortunately, there were no lives lost. It did not drop in the usual way, perpendicularly, or obliquely, or obtrusively or anglewise, nor with a crush of brick, stones, oak, mortar, and slates. It dropped metaphorically : not by force, or by rottenness, or by the unjust proportion of the building, but by that which raises the mightiest of Castles, that which regulates the whole system of perfection. It dropped by IDEA . Never was seen such confusion, never did the assembly in Banco Regis experience such a convulsion—the whole pile, the whole fabric of law underwent a mental annihilation; and every countenance, from the judge to the sweeper of the court, save the venerable wooden stoicks over the bench, and the flinty mind of Mr. Bearcroft, were alarmed to a certain degree of insanity. "The roof has given way," said one of the judges. The dreadful intelligence flew like lightning through all present; every eye was turned to the roof, and every eye saw it coming down. The natural feelings of wise men, on such an occasion, immediately led them to some dreadful conclusion. Already they felt the ponderous weight of the Irish oak: The Counsel saw the points of the beams in each others eyes, and thought utter darkness then visible. The attorneys thought the day of final judgment was come, and exclaimed with their whole hearts, "Almighty and most merciful Father! we have erred and strayed from thy paths like lost sheep; we have followed too much, the devices of our own hearts." The pick-pockets sung Te Deum laudamus , as one plundering freebooter does when he robs another; and all the whole court were moved with such a variety of motions, as never before happened in the King's Bench.—Each man pleaded naturally for himself, and all distinction, and all precedence were lost.—The roof being within a quarter of an inch of each man's head, & a human female figure of immense height having appeared on the sky-light, her legs were in imagination on the Judges shoulders instantaneously, and crushed them and every other person to immediate death. Self-preservation is the first law of Nature; and as the whole practise of the law is to argue on premises that are not established, so it happened, that without enquiring into the cause with justice, each man supposed an effect; and Judge Ashhurst with a stride that outdid any vaulting at Hughs's, leaped over Lord Mansfield's shoulder, tipped Judge Buller's nose, and with only the loss of his wig, and a small part of the tail of his gown, and one of the straps of his shoes, got out into the passage, and from thence as fast as he could elsewhere. Lord Mansfield took the alarm, and mounting Judge Buller's shoulders, as Anchises did of Aeneas, made his escape from the fabulous danger. The Lawyers followed one on
top of the other, and many a client was squeezed—aye, squeezed until he lost almost every drop of blood! Poor Mr. Baldwin was rolled out of court, and his body came in contact with the steps, and assisted him down into Westminster-Hall, as far as where the Scripture Chalk Manuscript had written on the flags, that part of the Lord's Prayer, which said, "forgive us our trespasses," his head lying extended on the line, "Thy will be done."—As to the paraphernalia of the Barristers, that was made into a variety of fragments; wigs, bags, gowns, note-books, briefs, bonds, and gloves, were scattered in legal confusion through all the avenues where they were picked up by the Orange Girls. The bruises were not a few. One Lawyer's nose, another's arm, another's leg, and almost every one's heart, were terribly injured. In their tattered state, each man with a bit of a gown, or a half-tail'd wig, a hat, a bag, or a band in his hand, and their faces thrown out of the natural form, looked for all the world like so many itinerant Jews at high Change in Rag Fair, when the Bow Street Constables come to search for stolen goods. Frank's Coffee-house was like a Pawn-broker's shop, where the remnant of every thing, the chicanery of the law has left, is placed in hopes of redemption; and he is now in possession of what many imagine to be the most ostensible abilities of all the Lawyers that were in the Court—their wigs and gowns, and bags and briefs!
When the whole danger was over, and that the reason of each lawyer began to operate, which in general happens by reflecting on what has been done, and not what is doing in Court: The cause of all this dreadful affair was enquired into, and the Judges summed up the evidence.
Then it clearly came out in the proof, that the ideal falling of the King's Bench, was occasioned by a servant-maid belonging to Mr. Bellamy, house-keeper of the Commons, who, in washing a casement window, scattered a little water on the skylight, over the King's Bench; which, though not so much as wet more than the half of two small panes of glass, yet occasioned this most terrible convulsion in the Court below. The girl hearing a noise, put her head to the glass, looked down and cried out, "The lawyers are all fighting!" This the persons underneath, whose apprehensions had totally destroyed their reason, considered as a person falling through; and the report actually went so far as to make many believe, until the act was really known, that the maid had fallen through, and that she was bruised and beat to pieces, by the very bench Judge Buller sat on; indeed, so far has this idea gone forth, that an undertaker came in the evening to request the funeral job from Bellamy.
We have only to add, that the laugh which this has occasioned through the Courts, will perhaps never be forgotten; and that the witticisms and prints it may bring forth, will no doubt be numerous. The story is truly ludicrous, and really and bona fide the truth, that a few drops of water on two small panes of glass, on a sky-light over the King's Bench, did affright all the fages of the Law, and make them imagine that Westminster Hall was actually falling.
P UBLIC Notice is hereby given that the Selectmen of Dearing have petitioned the General Court, setting forth, that said Town is destitute of a House to meet in for the public Worship of God; that the inhabitants have carried on the Settlements of said Town without any Assistance from the Proprietors: Wherefore they prayed leave to Tax all the Lands in said Towns for the Purpose of erecting a Meeting-House, and purchasing a Ministerial Lot.
On which Petition the General Court ordered, That the Petitioners be heard thereon, on the second Thursday of their next Session, and that in the mean Time, they cause the Substance of said Petition and Order of Court thereon, to be published three Weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette , that any Person may then appear and shew Cause, why the Prayer thereof may not be granted.
Attest. E. THOMPSON, Sec'y.
PORTSMOUTH, June 13, 1785.
N OTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of owners of land in the town of Fitzwilliam, that there is a tax of 6s. 5d. 1/2 for the year 1784, on each lot of land that is liable to pay propriety taxes, and unless speedy settlement is made with me the subscriber, so much of said lands will be sold at public vendue, as will pay said tax and charges.
JONATHAN WHITCOMB, Collector.
Fitzwilliam, May 28, 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, on reasonable Terms A valuable Farm, in Canterbury, near the Meeting-House, containing about fifty Acres of Land, with a House and Barn thereon, and a fine Orchard, with a Tan-yard, Pitts, Spring & every Convenience for carrying on the Tanning Business. Apply to John P. Williams, of Nottingham.
BLANKS of every Sort may be had at this Printing-Office on the shortest Notice.
(Conway.)
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given, that the proprietors of Conway, at several meetings did vote or grant the several sums hereafter mentioned—March 12th, 1766, six shillings on each right, to make bridges and clear roads.—March 11th, 1767, to make highways six shillings on each right.—October 11th, 1770, eighteen shillings on each right, to make highways.—December 10th 1770, twenty-four shillings on each right, to defray the charges of law suits, and other incidental charges: it being in the whole fifty-four shillings on each right, which the proprietors-assessors did by their assessment, dated August 17th, 1772, assess forty shillings and six pence of said sums on the first division, and thirteen shillings and six pence on the common or undivided lands; and committed the same to me as collector for said proprietors, with their warrant agreeable to law to collect the same; and in like manner another assessment of twenty-five shillings on each right, voted March 30th, 1773, seven shillings of said sum to pay outstanding debts, and other incidental charges; and the remainder being eighteen shillings to pay the expenses of laying out a hundred acre division of land, and to pay the other charges that might arise for future services for said proprietors; eighteen shillings and six pence of said sum, assessed on the first division, and six shillings and three pence on the undivided lands: said assessment is dated April 1, 1773, and in like manner another assessment of the sum of forty-two shillings on each right, dated January 18th, 1774, twelve shillings of said sum voted 30th of March, 1773, granted to the town of Conway, to assist them in building a meeting-house, and the remainder being thirty shillings to pay expenses of building bridges and clearing roads in said town, thirty shillings of said sum on the first division, ten shillings on the second division, and the remainder being two shillings on the undivided lands: notwithstanding notice has been given the several proprietors, or their assigns to pay the several taxes to me agreeable to said assessment; yet many of them have neglected to pay the same: notice is hereby given, that unless the delinquents in each or either of the said assessments shall not pay their taxes to me at my dwelling house in said Conway, by the 12th day July next, that their lands will be advertised for sale, agreeable to law, to pay the deficient taxes, together with the necessary charges that may arise thereon. DAVID PAGE, Collector.
(Middletown.)
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the delinquent proprietors of Middletown, that at a regular warned meeting, held in said town, there was a tax of eighteen shillings assessed on each original proprietors lot, and is now committed to me to collect; this is therefore to give notice to said proprietors, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the third Thursday of July next, so much of each proprietors lot will be sold at public vendue, at 3 o'clock P. M. of said day, at my dwelling house in Middletown, as will pay the tax and charges.
   Div. No. s.     Haac Watson, 2 93 18   Nathaniel Young, 47 18   Noah Cross, 95 18   Samuel Clement, 80 18   Ditto, 1 80 18   Ephraim Wentworth, 2 18 18   Bedfield Plummer, 75 18   Benjamin Roberts, 1st and 2 35 18   Richard Goodwin, 1 83 18   Benjamin Mason, 3 94 18   John Heard, 2 90 18   William Wentworth, 2 66 18   Timothy Roberts, 1st and 2 35 18   James Guppy, 2 12 18   Daniel Hanlon, 2 50 18   Samuel Hanson, 2 50 18   Samuel Heard, 2 30 18   Thomas Varney, 1 89 18   John Ham, 2 97 18   Joseph Hanson, 2 72 18   John Drew, 2 68 18   Richard Philpott, 2 14 18   Isaac Hanson, 2 44 18   Benjamin Stanton, 2 41 18   Jonathan Merrow, 1 45 18   James Philpott, 2 42 18   William Whitehouse, 2 71 18   Samuel Varney, 2 49 18   Benjamin Evans, 1 78 18   Peter Cook, 1st and 2 91 18   Richard Huzzy, 2 82 18   Joshua Hagpole, 2 60 18   Joseph Conner, 2 63 18   John Pearl, 1 13 18   Thomas Roberts, 1st and 2 57 18   Job Hizzy, 2 5 18   Mark Wallingsford, 2 54 18   Andrew Horn, 1 64 18   John Roberts, 1 67 18   Joseph Varney, 2 6 18   John Bickford, 1st and 2 55 18   John Gage, 2 26 18   William Horn, 2 24 18   Stephen Roberts, 1st and 2 46 18   Timothy Hanson, 2 65 18   Job Clements, 1 86 18  
FRANCIS MATHES, Collector. Middletown. June 14, 1785.
[Cambridge.]
T HE 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. Simeon Avery, Inholder in Orford, at 9 o'Clock, A. M.
ISRAEL MOREY, Pro. Collector. Orford, May 16, 1785.

CHARLESTON, May 30.
Saturday arrived here the sloop Little, Capt. Tucker, from Turk's-Island; from the Captain of which we have received the following intelligence: On Monday the 9th instant, being in lat. 25 50 N. long. 72 16 W. he saw a ship standing to the Southward, and soon after saw her in stays and stand to the northward, which induced him to think she was a ship playing to the windward, but soon found that she was in chase; as it was probable she might be in distress, lay too until she came within gun-shot; she fired a gun to windward, presently hailed in English, ordering the captain of the sloop to come under her lee; but he not chusing to obey this unexpected mandate, made sail and run from her, notwithstanding a second gun was fired to stop him. She appeared to be a polacre rigged ship, very light, painted black, excepting two white streaks, from fore to aft, her sails very much patched, colours ragged, and her foremast much forced; had no boat, had about six or seven guns and 18 or 20 men.—The ship and crew appeared to be Spanish.
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.
We can assure the public, from the best authority, that, notwithstanding all the British publications to the contrary, no American vessel whatever has been captured by the Algerines or any of the other Barbary states. The Emperor of Morocco indeed has made one prize only, viz. the Betsey, Capt. James Ervine, of this port. Our Commissioners in Europe, it is said, have received letters from the Emperor's Minister of foreign affairs, and from his English interpreter, written by his order, intimating, that as soon as he heard that America had declared herself independent, he notified the powers of Europe, that he was ready to enter into friendship with us; that he likewise signified his amicable disposition to some of our Commissioners some time ago; but having received no answer, he made but one single prize, viz. the vessel above mentioned; that he had not, however, suffered the crew to be carried into slavery, nor confiscated the vessel and cargo; that he had ordered that no more of our vessels should be molested, until there should be time for him to hear from Congress, or from their Ministers in Europe; and that immediately on the conclusion of a treaty, he will deliver up the crew, vessel and cargo. The vessel however, is not thought capable of going to sea again, and her cargo, which was chiefly salt, has been damaged since her capture.—The most effectual measures are taking to prevent a repetition of hostilities from the Emperor, as well as from the other predatory powers. In the mean time, no dangers can be apprehended from them out of the Straights of Gibraltar.
NEW-YORK, June 25.
Last Thursday the Congress made choice of his Excellency William Livingston, Esq. the Governor of New-Jersey, to succeed John Adams, Esq. in quality of their Ambassador to the United States of Holland; the latter gentleman, some time ago removed from the Hague, and is now in that station at the court of London.—At the same time Mr. Roger Alden was elected Deputy-Secretary to the Congress.
Extract of a letter from Captain James Ervine, now a prisoner at Magador, South-Barbary, to a Gentleman in Baltimore, dated April 1, 1785.
"Soon after our arrival at Tangiers, we were ordered to Morocco, and carried before the Emperor, who informed us he was at peace with our nation, but soon after ordered us to this place, where we are to remain prisoners till Congress may think proper to send an Ambassador for our relief. This is the ultimate determination of the Emperor. We hope, which is all the comfort under our dreadful situation, they will be speedy and favorable to our wishes, and restore us again to our families and friends."
On the 300px>On the 29th of last month arrived at St. Christopher's, a vessel bound for Jamaica, which on the 17th of April had sailed from Cork in company with the transport, having on board the 66th and 67th regiments, destined for the West-Indies.
By letters from Nassau, in Bahama, of the 11th inst. we are informed that great animosities subsist between the American refugees and Lieutenant-Governor James Powell, Esq. (who acts in the absence of Governor Mixwell) and that these disputes were likely to become serious.
June 27. Mr. Timothy O'Bryan, a native of Ireland, died on the 31st of December last, in Effingham county, state of Georgia, aged 114 years, 80 of which he had lived in America. He retained his sight and senses, without being in the least impaired, to his last moments.
A servile cowardice, to get rid of the troubles of life, induced three persons in this city, in the month of May last, in quick succession, to commit the horrid crime of suicide, and rush precipitately into the presence of that God to whom they stand accountable for the rash deed.
Two East-India ships have lately been fitted out in the river Thames for the Americans. It is not believed that they were altogether owned in America; on the contrary, it is said, that some in London have chosen to open a trade to the East-Indies, under the American flag, as other ports have under the Imperial flag. One of these ships was for Bengal, and the other for China.
The preparations and threatenings keep going on against Algiers, which prepares with equal ardour and vigour to repel the impending storm; and the Dey of that Regency seems to venture to add Great-Britain to the number of his already numerous adversaries.
NEWPORT, June 25.
This day arrived here from Charleston, South-Carolina, the sloop Charleston Packet, Capt. Mearns, with whom came passenger the Hon. Major-General GREENE.
WORCESTER, June 23.
On Saturday last, five or six young lads at Templeton, who were playing together, discovered a woodpecker's nest in an old large stump of a tree; the nest was above their reach, and after making several efforts to gain it, they proposed pushing the stump over, which being suddenly attempted by some, the others were desired to get out of its reach,
but before they could effect their escape it fell, and instantly killed one John Foster, (son of Mr. John Foster, of Templeton, west parish) and slightly wounded another of his sons, a lad of about six years of age.
BOSTON, July 2.
On Monday morning last departed this life, and entered into rest, Doctor SAMUEL MATHER, of this town, in the 79th year of his age. He set positive orders that his interment should be private, and without any ceremony: He has also signified his desire, that he may not have any funeral encomiums from any quarter.
To convince the world that the executors of the last will and testament of Dr. MATHER, have performed his desire in regard to his interment, the following clause is inserted, which he consented should be published.
"With respect to my interment, it is not my will or inclination that my family, people and friends should put themselves to any unnecessary charge or trouble about it: I would have no embellished and adorned coffin, for such an one I despise; but I would have a quite plain one: And as it was the desire of the learned Batavia, before he died, that all solemnities should be omitted at his funeral, and that he might be interred privately in the night,—it is my will, desire and request, that I may be buried without any of the usual modes and forms at funerals, for I always disliked and contemned them: "If every man surely walketh in a vain shew while living," there can be no reason for the making a vain shew at their dying.
"When therefore, my body is to be deposited in the same tomb with the remains of my honored father and grandfather, and of many other esteemed relatives, besides my most respected and beloved wife,—I would have but one bell tolled, just before sun-down and that but for five minutes; for I am not willing that sick and infirm persons should be disturbed with a lengthy noise, at the carrying of the body of my humiliation to the silent grave; and just after the ceasing of the bell, I would have my body in the coffin, to be carried out by porters of the same clay with myself, to the tomb ready for it, and only such of my own family as are well, to follow it, that they may see where it is deposited, and before night have it properly enclosed: And I should be glad to have no funeral encomiums."
To do justice to the Doctor's small, but generous and friendly church, the public are informed, that before it was known he had ordered a private funeral, they had determined to bury him decently (according to the usual forms and customs) at their own expence; but it was not in the power of those who received his directions to comply with their generosity, having seriously promised the Doctor punctually to perform his will and request.
A few days since arrived here the brig City of Leghorn, from Leghorn, in Italy.
Is it not dangerous to admit ships from ports noted for the plague, and other destructive diseases, without the nicest scrutiny and inspection.
On the 10th of February last, a bill was read a second time in the General Assembly of Georgia, for granting to his Excellency the Count d'Estaing twenty thousand acres of land, and to encourage the settlement thereof.
Though the British affairs are in a distracted state, and though the nations of Europe seem to neglect and contemn them, yet it is surprising to see the haughty airs they assume, particularly with respect to America. We sufficiently know their endeavours to destroy the trade. Their political publications are replete with the most ridiculous assertions respecting France and America. In a late periodical work of considerable repute, they say, "If Great Britain would but keep aloof, and leave the United States to their own weight among the powers of the earth, without intermeddling or courting their alliance, they would soon see and feel what they have lost in the friendship and protection of Great-Britain; and most earnestly implore that they might be reinstated in her favour, and again entitled to her protection." Is this the language of insolence, or idiocy? These Britons may be compared to a bedlamite, who though confined to his cell, and sitting on his straw bed, yet conceals he is a mighty monarch, swaying a sceptre, and giving law to surrounding tributary nations.
PORTSMOUTH, July 8.
Monday last, being the anniversary of American Independence, the same was celebrated in this town with demonstrations of joy. A collation being provided, his Excellency the President, joined by a number of respectable citizens, assembled at the State-House, and participated of the general joy, which ever ought to diffuse itself through the breast of every American on this glorious Era. A number of patriotic toasts were drank, and the celebration conducted and concluded in a very decent manner.
When Rome was poor (says a British paper), Rome was virtuous—she could boast a Fabricius and many more worthies, all ready to sacrifice private considerations for the good of the public.—But when Rome became rich, the Senator and the citizen grew voluptuous—riches engendered luxury, and luxury introduced civil dissention. It was the prodigality of Cataline, which suggested the murder of the senators and consuls—and the same cause in our day has led profligates of a similar cast to attempt the ruin of the constitution. It is poverty and distress which makes patriots, and introduces all the factions we have to deplore.
We hear from Exeter, that the State Society of the CINCINNATI, met there on Monday, the 4th instant, agreeably to institution, and chose
The Honorable Major-General SULLIVAN, President. The Hon. Brigadier-General GILLET, Vice-President.
Major FOGG, Secretary. Lieutenant-Colonel McCLARY, Treasurer. Captain CASS, Vice-Treasurer.
And that the next annual meeting will be held at Nottingham Square.
After taking an elegant dinner prepared by Col. Folsom, and drinking a number of toasts suited to the occasion, the gentlemen proceeded to Mr. Lamson's and joined the gentlemen of the town there assembled for the celebration of the Anniversary of Independence; who expressed their joy on this memorable day, by the ringing of bells, discharge of cannon, an agreeable collation, patriotic toasts, &c. The evening concluded with a genteel ball, and the whole attended with decency and good order.
An attempt was made by some young persons in the evening of the same day, to raise a small balloon; but that like all other paper currency not properly funded, soon fell to the ground and was lost.
THE person who handed a piece to Mr. Gerrish's press, under the signature of Vox Populi, whose name though entrusted as a secret with Mr. Gerrish, has escaped from his office, takes this opportunity in contradiction to assertions made by Mr. Gerrish, and an author under the signature of The voice of the injured, in the last Gazette, to declare that he did not understand from any thing that Mr. Gerrish told him at the time, that any particular person was not the author of an infamous publication in the Mercury, entitled the Chronicles of the Hampshires. Mr. Gerrish said only, "you have mistaken the person, he did not write Honestus,"—he further declares, that so far from being convinced, that any one suspected, was not the Chronicler, he had never received an intimation of the kind, from any person whatever.
MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PISCATAQUA, July 8.
ENTERED,
Sloop Nancy, Williams, from Connecticut. Brig Mary, Odiorne, Burin. Brig Sampson, Salter, Turks-Island.
CLEARED,
Brig Mary, Taylor, for St. Eustatia. Brig Harmoney, White, West-Indies. Brig Carbonair, Briard, Ditto. Brig Mary, Shores, Ditto.
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 pieces ditto, some cut off; one piece of Mode, sixty-three ells; four dozen large black fringed Handkerchiefs; forty yards narrow black Mode; remnant black Sattin; thirteen yards Tiffany; fourteen ditto white; twelve yards green Sarfnet; 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 colour'd silk Handkerchiefs; half dozen women's and half dozen men's white silk Gloves; twelve and half yards olive colour'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 pair narrow white plain ditto; one pair ditto, striped ditto; remnant white painted Gauze, spotted; pair Kid Gloves; Change 18s. &c. two red Tiffany Handkerchiefs, &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 intitled to the above Reward from SAMUEL STORER.
Portsmouth, July 7, 1785.
ROCKINGHAM, Is.
THE subscribers being appointed commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors 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.

POET'S CORNER.
To a FRIEND upon ABSENCE.  D EAR friend, how dull the days appear, My mind too seems to sympathize, As if the season had an influence there; And when that's dull to have me brisk denies.  This motion does not satisfaction give, I must some better reason know; When that is clouded I cannot believe, It follows that the mind is so.  I've seen the spring in all its best array, In all its utmost glory dress'd; Nature herself, look'd brisk and gay, And all but me some joys possess'd.  What's then the cause since nature made Me, not with an inactive mind? I can be jocund, brisk, or sad, To either is my foul inclin'd.  What does this inclination sway? What does this liveliness create? 'Tis mighty friendship makes me gay, And want of that makes gaily abate.  'Tis friendship does two souls unite, Whose minds are of an equal frame, One cannot have the least delight, But t'other does participate the same.  None can enjoy that happy state, Unless their souls and minds agree. We were exactly pair'd by fate, For thou 'rt the very soul of me.  My dullness does proceed from this, That you unkindly from me stay, The body never active is, While the inliv'ning soul's away.  Thy absence makes me thus complain, To have my expectation crost, But when I see you once again, 'Twill satisfy me for the time we've lost.
( Warner. )
State of New-Hampshire.  N OTICE 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 Morrell, 1 43 80 0 11  2 42 80 2 5  2 6 60 1 2  Benjamin Tucker, 1 59 80 4 5  2 4 80 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 60 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 Morrell, 1 4 80 2 11  1 26 60 1 1  2 6 80 2 11  2 19 60 1 1  Col. Henry Morrell, 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.
A LL persons having Demands on the Estate of Mr. John Drew Yeaton, late of Portsmouth, Maine, deceased, are desired to exhibit their Claims; and those indebted, are requested to make immediate Payment to JOHN JACKSON, MARY YEATON, } Executors. PORTSMOUTH, June 15, 1785.
Philadelphia FLOUR,  Tar, Pitch, Turpentine, Salphur (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 hogshead or barrel, choice Spanish and French Indigo pr. dozen, Bacon, Gin by the case, London Pewter, Bohea Tea by the chest or dozen, warranted good, a few boxes of Lisbon Lemons, Nova-Scotia Grindstones:—Also, TOBACCO of all sorts, by WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SOLD  By N. McIntire,  PORTSMOUTH. CASH given for FLAX-SEED.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.  P UBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that all Persons having demands on the TREASURY, which are properly 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.
R ANAWAY from his master, on the night of the 25th ult. an apprentice boy, named William Read, of a light complexion, short hair, had on when he went away, striped cotton and linnen coat, waistcoat and breeches: whoever will take up said boy and bring him to his master, shall have TWO PENCE reward, and no charges paid by JACOB RANDEL.  N. B. All persons are cautioned against harbouring or trusting said boy on my account, as they would avoid the penalty of the law.  Exeter, July 4th, 1785.
P UBLIC Notice is hereby given, that a Petition was preferred to the General Court, by Edwards Ducknam, setting forth, That a Ferry is wanted at a place called the Great-Falls, at Northumberland, to accommodate those who shall have Occasion to pass from said Northumberland to the Mills lately erected at said Falls, therefore he prayed that the General Court would grant to him, his Heirs and Assigns, the exclusive privilege of a Ferry at said Falls, to extend one Mile up and one Mile down the River from the centre thereof.  On which Petition the General Court ordered, that the Petitioner be heard thereon, on the second Wednesday of next Session, and that in the mean Time he cause that the Substance of the Petition and Order of Court thereon, be published three Weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette; and also to serve the Selectmen of Northumberland with a Copy of the Petition and Order of Court thereon, that they or any Person or Persons may then appear, and shew Cause (if any they have) why the Prayer thereof may not be granted.  Attest. JOSEPH PEARSON, Dep. Sec'y. PORTSMOUTH, June 25, 1785.
Nova-Scotia Grindstones,  And a few Crates of well assorted Queen's Ware,  TO BE SOLD BY  Thomas Sheafe,  At his STORE North-end, adjoining the Town-Wharf—Also, A general ASSORTMENT of European & West-India  G O O D S.
To be SOLD,  By Pierse Long,  (Either separately or together)  The House & Garden,  Tan-Yard and Buildings thereunto belonging—as also about 13 Acres of Mowing-Land, with an Orchard in the same, capable of making thirty Barrels of Cyder annually—all which lately belonged to the Estate of Capt. James Clarkson, Tanner, deceased. 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.
A LL persons indebted to or have just demands on the Estate of Capt. JOSEPH HIXON, late of Portsmouth, deceased, de bonis non, are desired to settle the same with GEORGE HART, Administrator. Portsmouth, June 31, 1785.
( Lemster. )
State of New-Hampshire.  N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of lands in the town of Lemster, 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 14th day of July next, at 10 o'clock A.M. at my dwelling house in said town, as will pay the tax and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.      Acres.  lot.  No.  Div.  s.  d.  State tax.  County.     Jacob Arnold, 200 0 0 0 8 10 0 5  Jabez Avery's heirs, 1 52 1 4 9  1 9 2 3 8  1 20 3 2 4 6  John Avery, 1 58 1 4 9  1 10 2 3 8  1 63 3 2 4  Jacob Spalding, 1 42 3 2 4  1 43 3 2 4  1 44 3 2 4  Reuben Bingham, half 41 1 2 4 1  Sylvanus Kathway, 1 64 3 2 4  Shubael Brainerd's heirs 1 13 1 4 9  Half 1 14 1 2 4  1 1 2 3 8  Benjamin Brainerd's heirs 1 52 2 3 8  1 31 3 2 4  Bethuel Beckwith, 1 13 3 2 4  Joseph Bruce, half 1 56 1 2 4  Russel Miles's heirs, half 1 36 1 2 5    UZZEL HURD, Constable. Lemster. June 12, 1785.
( Canaan. )
State of New Hampshire.  N OTICE is hereby given to the resident and non-resident owners of land in Canaan, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 4th day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Capt. Robert Barber, in said town, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.      1st  100  2d  100  3d  100  Intervale  s.  d.  s.  d.  s.  d.     Thomas Gustin's rights 0 9 6 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Joseph Bames, 14 3 0 0 0 0 2 4  Ebenezer Bames, 4 9  Allin Wightman, 14 3 2 4  Thomas Wells, 14 3 9 6 4 9  Jedidiah Lothrop, 4 9  Clement Daniels, 9 6 2 5  John Chamberlin, 2 5  Benjamin Chamberlin, 2 5  Richard Sparrow, 14 3 9 6  George Harris, 14 3 2 5  Stephen Kellogg, 9 6  Israel Kellogg, 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 5  Aaron Cady, 9 6 4 9 2 5  Aaron Cady, jr. 4 9  Nathaniel Cady, 9 6 4 9 2 5  Asa Daniels, 4 9 2 5  Joan Trible, 9 6  Samuel Dodge, 4 9 2 5  Samuel Meacham 9 6 4 9  Isaiah Rathbun, 4 9 2 4  William Chamberlin, jr. 4 9 2 4  George Lamphear, 4 9 2 5  Thomas Minor 9 6 0 0 4 9 2 5  Phinehas Sabins 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 5  Joshua Rathbun, 9 6  Samuel Dodge, 3d, 14 3 4 9  Ephraim Wells, 9 6 4 9  Lewis Loveradge, 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 5  Rufus Randall 14 3 9 6  James Jones, 14 3 4 9 2 5  Jonathan Beebe, 3d, 9 6 4 9 2 4  Jabez Jones, 14 3  T. Guldens, 2d rights 14 3 9 6 2 4  James Nevins, Esq. 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 5  Capt. J. Wentworth 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4  Daniel Fowle, Esq. 14 3 9 6 4 9  J. Newmarch, Esq. 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4  A right given to Benjamin Evans for encouragement to build mills, 9 6    JOHN BARTLETT, Collector. Canaan, June 12, 1785.
P UBLIC Notice is hereby given, that a Committee in behalf of the Town of Hancock, in the County of Hillsborough, have petitioned the General Court, setting forth, that no Land was ever given in said Town for any public Use: That a great Part of the Land in said Town was owned by Non-Residents, who do not incline to sell or settle their Lands, which they supposed was a great Burden on the Inhabitants. Wherefore they prayed Leave to levy a small Tax on all Lands in said Town, for the sole Purpose of building a House for public Worship.  On which Petition, the General Court ordered, That the Petitioners be heard thereon, on the second Thursday of next Session; and that in the mean Time the Petitioners cause the Substance of said Petition and Order of Court thereon to be published three Weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette, that any Person may then appear, and shew Cause, why the Prayer thereof may not be granted.  Attest. E. THOMPSON, Sec'y. PORTSMOUTH, June 14, 1785.
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