The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-02-05 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
LAWS of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES AT THE THIRD SESSION.
Began and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of December, 1790.
An ACT to provide for the unlading of SHIPS or VESSELS in cases of Obstruction by Ice.
WHEREAS it sometimes happens, that ships or vessels, are obstructed by ice in their passage to the ports of their destination, and it is necessary that provision should be made for unlading such ships or vessels :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all cases where a ship or vessel shall be prevented by ice from getting to the port at which her cargo is intended to be delivered, it shall be lawful for the collector of the district, in which such ship or vessel may be so obstructed, to receive the report and entry of any such ship or vessel, and with the consent of the naval-officer (where there is one) to grant a permit or permits for unlading or landing the goods, wares or merchandise imported in such ship or vessel, at any place within his district, which shall appear to him the most convenient and proper.
And be it further enacted, That the report and entry of such ship or vessel, and of her cargo, or any part thereof, and all persons concerned therein shall be under, and subject to the same rules, regulations, restrictions, penalties and provisions, as if the said ship or vessel had arrived at the port of her destination, and had there proceeded to the delivery of her cargo.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, January the 7th, 1791.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. (True copy)—THO'S JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
An ACT to continue an Act, intitled, "An Act declaring the Assent of Congress to certain Acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations;" so far as the same respects the States of Georgia and Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed the last session of Congress, intitled, "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations," shall be continued, and is hereby declared to be in full force, so far as the same respects the States of Georgia, and Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, for the farther term of one year, and from thence to the end of the then next session of Congress, and no longer.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved, January the 10th, 1791.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. (True copy)—THO'S JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
Proceedings of the GENERAL-COURT of the State of NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1791.
THE House met at Concord according to adjournment in June last. Information was sent up to the Senate, that a quorum of the House of Representatives was present and ready to proceed to business.
A message came down from the Hon. Senate, informing, that a quorum of the Senate were present; but as the day was far spent, they would be ready to proceed to business to-morrow morning, at which time the public papers would be laid before the house.
Mr. MOSES L. NEAL was chosen Assistant Clerk to the House.
Mr. Secretary PEARSON came down from the Hon. Senate, with the following
MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
IT is with peculiar satisfaction I meet you again in session, when the rapid progress of agriculture and manufactures, and the flourishing state of commerce, wear so favorable an aspect; and when those great national affairs that concern the United States in general, which formerly occupied a considerable part of the time and attention of the state legislatures, having by the adoption of the General Government devolved on the national legislature, has afforded us a favorable opportunity to attend with more deliberation to those matters that principally concern the interest of this State in particular: And this being the season of the year when this legislature can most conveniently attend to the affairs of the public, you will permit me to suggest for your consideration such matters as appear to me to require your attention the present session.
The Secretary will lay before you such public papers as I have received since your last meeting; among which you will observe an Act of Congress passed the 4th of August last, entitled, "An Act making provision for the debt of the United States," which will, I apprehend, require your early attention.
The proposal of ceding the Light-House in this State, which was under your consideration at the last session, will probably be resumed at this, and determined in such manner as you shall think will be most for the interest of the State; and the expenses we have been at in supporting the Light-House since the 15th of August, 1789, adjusted, in order that the money may be received agreeable to the Act of Congress.
The Act for raising a revenue in this State by excise, I would recommend to your consideration, whether, as our affairs are now circumstanced, the continuing it longer will be beneficial to the public—you will determine; and if you should think proper to continue the excise in whole or in part, whether a different mode of collecting it might not be adopted with advantage.
A revision of the laws and statutes practised upon in this State, and adapting them to our present situation, is a matter greatly to be desired, that the people at large may know what are the
laws that are now in force: And if your committee who were appointed for that purpose are ready to report, I should hope the business will be properly attended to the present session.
The advantage of good roads, to keep up a free and easy communication through the State, and proper encouragement to Post-Riders to carry dispatches and intelligence through the different parts of it, is so great, that it is worthy your consideration whether the expense that will accrue will not be greatly overbalanced by the advantages that may rationally be expected from it, in giving the citizens a better opportunity of being acquainted with the public affairs of the State, and more effectually uniting and cementing them in one common interest.
I have seen, with some concern, considerable part of the time of the legislature frequently taken up in hearing and determining on private petitions, to the hindrance of public business, expense to the parties and the State, and loss to the individuals who compose the legislature; and I would recommend it to your consideration, whether in many cases some other mode might not be adopted for granting relief, that would do equal justice to the parties at less expense to the State and to them.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
The settlement of the Treasurer accounts, making provisions for the pay of the Treasury, and granting per allowances to the public officers, being matters that are usually transacted at this season of the year, will not, I suppose, pass unnoticed.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and House of Representatives,
Laws to encourage agriculture and manufactures—regulations that will tend to excite a spirit of industry and frugality—proper attention to the education of the rising generation, who are soon to come on the stage of action, to instruct them in the principles of knowledge and literature, to implant in their minds, the seeds of virtue and morality, of benevolence and patriotism, and the love of justice—will, I conceive, tend greatly to promote the happiness and prosperity of the community, which are the great objects to which our cares and deliberations ought to be directed: and, gentlemen, you may rely on my hearty assistance and co-operation in every measure that will conduce to the welfare of my fellow-citizens.
JOSIAH BARTLETT. Concord, January 5, 1791.
Voted, That Messrs. Plummer, J. Smith, Abbot, M'Gregore, and Badger, with such of the Hon. Senate as they may join, be a committee to take under consideration his Excellency's message this day received, and report what business is necessary first to be entered upon and done at this session.
The seat of the Speaker having become vacant by the Hon. Thomas Bartlett's having accepted an appointment of Justice of the Inferior Court in the County of Rockingham, motion was made for the choice of a Speaker, and the Hon. Moses Dow, was chosen to that office.
Voted, That Messrs. Abbot, Badger and Sherburne, with such of the Hon. Senate as they may join, be a committee to prepare a resolve, expressing the thanks of the General-Court, to the town of Concord, for the offer, made by the Selectmen in behalf of said town, of the building lately erected by them for public use.
CONGRESS.
THIRD SESSION. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, JAN. 11.
IN Committee of the whole on the bill, repealing after the last day of next, the duties heretofore laid on distilled spirits, and laying others in their stead.
The 24th section, which provides for laying a duty on spirits, distilled from materials, the produce of the country was read.
This section Mr. Jackson moved, should be struck out; a lengthy debate ensued, which employed the residue of the day; the question on striking out being at length put, passed in the negative—33 to 17—the committee then rose and reported progress.
A message was received from the Senate, informing the House, that they have passed a bill entitled an act for granting lands to the settlers at post St. Vincennes; read the first time. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12.
for granting lands to the and settlers of the town of the Illinois country northward, and confirming them ions, was read a second read to a committee of the day week.
wick presented petitions from a number of officers and soldiers in the Massachusetts line of the late army, which were read and referred to the Secretary at War.
Mr. Fitzsimons presented a petition from a number of tradesmen employed in the various branches of ship-building, in the city and liberties of Philadelphia, praying that they may have some speedy remedy for recovery of their debts in their branches of business, by instituting suits in the federal courts, which was read and laid on the table.
Petitions from Capt Joshua Barney, and other officers of the late American navy, praying for compensations, &c. were read and committed.
A petition of the public creditors of Monmouth county, N. J. praying an alteration in the Funding-Bill, was read.
On motion, the House expunged the following from the Rules of the House, "that no Bill amended by the Senate, shall be committed."
The Senate communicated a Bill for erecting Kentucky, into a separate State, and for admitting the same a member of the Union—to which they desire the concurrence of the House.
EXCISE BILL, &c.
In committee of the whole, this Bill was discussed, as far as the 45th section, when the committee rose, and reported progress.
THURSDAY, JAN. 13.
The Kentucky Bill was read the second time, and made the order of the day, for Monday next.
Mr. Sedgwick laid on the table, the following motions: "That a committee be appointed to bring in a Bill, to authorize THE PRESIDENT of the U. State, to cause the principal of the debt due to foreign officers, the interest whereof is now payable in Paris, at 6 per cent per ann. to be discharged.
"That as it will be impracticable, during the present session, to consider and decide on the report of the Attorney-General, respecting the Judiciary System, with that deliberation which the importance of the subject demands,

the consideration of the said report be postponed:—and
“That the Attorney-General be directed to report to this House, a bill, making a temporary provision for the clerks, jurors, and other officers of the Federal Courts:—And that he also report to the next session, a bill making a general provision for the officers and jurors of said Courts.”
EXCISE BILL, &c.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The discussion of the remaining sections of this bill was finished—and the bill, with its amendments, were reported to the House—where they were made the second order of the day for Monday next.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The bill declaring what officer shall, in case of vacancy of the office of President and Vice-President, exercise the office of President of the United States, was further discussed. Mr. SMITH's motion for filling up the blank, with “ The Secretary of State for the time being ” was read—which occasioned a renewal of the debate of Monday on the subject. The committee appeared as much divided as before—therefore no decision was had, when the committee rose, and reported progress.
Mr. LIVERMORE gave notice, that he should move for leave to bring in a bill to alter the time of the annual meeting of Congress.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The bill declaring the time when the electors of President and Vice-President of the United States shall be chosen; also when they shall meet and give in their votes; was discussed in part, when the committee rose, and reported progress.
Mr. AMES' motion respecting further compensation to the Commissioners of loans , for extra services was referred, on motion of that gentleman to the Secretary of the Treasury .
FRIDAY, JAN. 14.
Sundry petitions were read & referred.
A memorial of Andrew Brown was read, purporting that he intends publishing a correct edition of the Laws and Resolutions of the Legislature of the United States, beginning with the first session of Congress, and solicits the countenance of Congress to the publication.
Mr. WHITE, of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill for establishing a land office for the sale of the unappropriated lands in the Western Territory—read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole house on Thursday next.
Ordered, That 100 copies be printed.
Mr. FITZSIMONS, of the committee to which was referred the petition of sundry officers of the navy, brought in a report, which was—That the prayer of said petition cannot be granted, and that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petition. This report was accepted by the house.
Mr. SEDGWICK's motion for the appointing a committee to bring in a bill providing for the payment of the debt due to foreign officers, was taken up, and referred to a committee, consisting of Messrs. Sedgwick, Benzon, and Seney .
Mr. MADISON laid before the house a memorial and three resolutions of the legislature of the State of Virginia, on the subject of the funding law, which were read and laid on the table.
In committee of the whole on the bill determining the time when the Electors of President and Vice-President shall be chosen—and when they shall meet and give in their votes.
The committee finished the discussion of this bill and agreed to sundry amendments, which were reported to the house; the house took the same into consideration, and adopted them with some additional amendments; it was then ordered that the bill should lie on the table until Monday.
Adjourned.
(To be continued.)
Entertainment.
THE MORALIST.
ON DEATH.
FROM the outcries against death, as a cruel and unjust tyrant, one would imagine, that all were not subject to his dominion, and that mortality was only a peculiar hardship inflicted upon some of the species.—It is surprising that the frequency and universality of death does not render it more familiar to men. But though in about 30 years as many die as ever lived at any one time upon earth, it is wisely ordained by Providence, that this removal of his creatures should happen at such intervals of time and place, as not to shock the world.—And, in fact, the influence it has upon some minds is so little, that they seldom think of dying, and live as if they were immortal upon earth, though they, and it, and all things that are therein, grow old, decay and perish.
The evils we meet with in life, tho' they are not so great as to excuse suicide, are sufficient to wean us from an excessive fondness for this world. And as we cannot extricate ourselves from misery but by death, it should not be made more horrible by fear and fancy, than in itself it really is. Let us suppose a man in a far country, exposed to every misfortune and calamity that men experience in life; let us suppose him to be informed of another country where he shall enjoy every comfort, every blessing, which his faculties in their most approved state are capable of receiving, where he shall meet again all the friends he ever had, and converse with beings who are free from sin and folly; where reason, virtue and happiness prevail; where all is good, great and glorious, without alloy, and without end; would he not wish instantly to be conveyed to this delightful country? Would the terrors of the passage dismay him, when he is assured, that however dark and dismal it may appear, it is as swift as light, and he will be transported thither in the twinkling of an eye? Thus it is with every good man, who leaving this vale of tears goes to the heavenly Jerusalem. As soon as his eyes are closed, his immortal part is in paradise, where he will join the spirits of the blessed. There he will find all his friends, who departed before him, and receive all that follow, if they behave in such a manner, during their short pilgrimage on earth, as to make themselves worthy of being removed to the same region of bliss.
ON PARENTAL SEVERITY.
PARENTS should never be too severe in the punishment of their children; they should always appear as friends, even while they are compelled to be correctors. Nature disdaining restraint, rises up in opposition to restraint, and will make a stout resistance too, when she is driven out of her course. By gentle treatment, the most stubborn tempers may be softened; harsh usage can never be defended till the mildest modes of correction have been adopted without success.
THE HAPPY SHEPHERDESS; or, the History of the lovely LAURA.
BEWARE of the ides of March, said the soothsayer, to Julius Cæsar; beware, said Addison, in the Spectators, to his fair countrywomen, of the ides of May. This month, though not arrived, we think the advice not unseasonable. But as example prevails more than precept, let a sketch of the memoirs of the Happy Shepherdess , serve as a pattern for the ladies to imitate, not only during the present month, but all the rest of the year, for the flowers of May, often spread in the most flagrant manner even in December, January, and February, and these artificial flowers are often more dangerous than the lillies and tulips of the finest natural garden. These flowers are generally so blended with the flowers of rhetoric,
and all the seductive powers of elocution, that an unguarded female often loses her heart, her senses and her honor, and finds, too late, she has bartered them for compliments, flattery, and lustful gratification, instead of those joys which she had pictured to herself from a mutual passion in the conjugal state.
So far our general address to the ladies: let us now accompany the lovely Laura in her sylvan scenes, where innocence and nature prevail, unalloyed with the vices of the metropolis, the intrigues of the drawing-room, or the amours of the Pantheon. Here we view Laura tending her endearing flocks, enjoying the sweets of health and real felicity.—Let it not, however, be imagined that so fine a girl had no admirers, no suitors, no lovers. She had many; but prudence taught her to behave with such circumspection as foiled all their artifices, and destroyed all their lures.
Laura was the daughter of a capital farmer in the West of England, who could have provided for her in a genteel line of life; but her mind taking a rural, or rustic, if not a romantic turn, she despised all the blandishments of polite allurements: she had many opportunities of frequenting the capital, but always rejected them, though its pleasures and pastimes had often been depicted to her in the most captivating colours.
In this situation she received the addresses of Claudio, who was a rich country squire in her father's neighbourhood; but she neither approved of his person or his manners, and dismissed him with a decent contempt that told her mind without affronting him—Probably she doubted the sincerity of his professions and might imagine that he courted but to betray; their village having demonstrated he was a professed rover, an avowed seducer, as two maidens had evinced some months after their acquaintance with him, by the shortness of their apron strings, and the reproaches of their relations.
Laura's next admirer was the parson of the parish—according to the opinion of the old women he was a fine man in the pulpit, and preached like an angel; yet his sermons were lost upon the Happy Shepherdess , she listened to his text, but his discourse did not prevail.
The lawyer thought he could plead his cause to a certainty at the Cyprian bar—he was considered at the club as a man of immense learning —he read the newspapers, when they came from London, with great emphasis, but was frequently unlucky in his pronunciation. Nobody was qualified to contradict him but the parson, but he was too orthodox in politeness to criticize, lest his language might admit of a critique in turn—in fine, though they might say with Gay, “Brother, brother, we are both in the wrong,” they kept their counsel and were not detected. However Latitat's brief was of no avail with Laura: she had heard too much of the chicaneries of the law to think one of that profession could be completely honest; and she still remained the Happy Shepherdess .
She was not however assailed only by religion and law: physic itself put in his plea, and a modern Esculapius felt her pulse upon the score of the tender passion; but he found they did not beat so violently for matrimony as he imagined. Neither pectorals nor opiates could operate: He was sweet scented from top to toe, his hand was as white as alabaster, and he could talk dog Latin as fast as his gallipot, but the rhetoric of which he could not prevail, and even Hippocrates called in to his aid could not persuade that a glyster-pipe husband was the most eligible mate for life.
At length lord Rattle came down to secure a borough at a general election, and he thought he was as sure a candidate for Laura's affections, as he was for rotten L—. He knew practically the price of a venal returning officer; but he was unacquainted with the
Shepherdess's sentiments of love. Surprised to find the coolness with which his advances were received, she literally laughed at him, and sung the song,
“You say you love, and twenty more Have sigh'd and said the same before.”
Finding Laura thus determined, he endeavoured to carry her off by stratagem and force:—but in this enterprize he failed, and could kidnap nothing but his rotten borough, which cost him three thousand guineas.
Laura still remains the Happy Shepherdess .
A remarkable Story of a Gentleman walking in his Sleep:—As related by a Foreigner.
PAYING a visit to a friend in the country, I met there an Italian Gentleman, called Agostino Fosari, who was it seems a night-walker , or a person, who, whilst asleep, does all the actions of one awake. He did not seem to exceed the age of thirty, was lean, black, and of an extreme melancholy complexion; had a sedate understanding, a great penetration, and a capacity for the most abstracted sciences; his extraordinary fits used generally to seize him in the wane of the moon, but with greater violence in the autumn and winter than in spring and summer.
I had a strange curiosity to be an eye witness of what was told me, and had prevailed with his valet de chambre to give me notice, when his master was likely to renew his vagary. One night about the end of September, after supper, the company amused themselves with little plays, and Signior Agostino made one among the rest. He afterwards retired and went to bed about eleven: his valet came soon after and told us, that his master would that night have a walking fit, and desired us, if we pleased, to come and observe him. I came to his bed-side with a light in my hand, and saw him lying upon his back, with his eyes open, but fixed, which was a sure sign, it seems, of his approaching disorder. I took him by the hands, and found them very cold; I felt his pulse, and found it so slow, that his blood seemed to have no circulation: At or about midnight Signior Agostino drew the curtains briskly, rose and dressed himself well enough.
I approached him with the candle at his very nose, found him insensible, with his eyes still wide open, and immovable. Before he put on his hat, he took his belt, out of which the sword had been removed for fear of accidents, for some of these night-walkers will deal their blows like madmen, without any reserve.
In this equipage did Signior Agostino walk backwards and forwards in his chamber several times; he came to the fire-side, sat down in an elbow chair, and went some little time after into a closet, where was his portmanteau; he fumbled in it a long time, turned every thing topsy survey, and after putting every thing in order, he shut again the portmanteau, and put the key in his pocket, whence he drew a letter, and put it over the chimney. He went to the chamber door and opened it, and proceeded down stairs; When he came to the bottom, one of the company getting a great fall, Signior Agostino seemed frightened at the noise, and mended his pace. The valet bid us walk softly, and not to speak, because when any noise was made near him, and intermixed with his dreams, he became furious, and ran with the greatest precipitancy, as if pursued.
He traversed the whole court, which was very spacious, and proceeded directly to the stable; he went in, stroked and caressed his horse, bridled him, and was going to saddle him, but not finding the saddle in its usual place, he seemed very uneasy, like a man disappointed; he mounted, however, his horse, and galloped to the house door, which shut. He dismounted, and taking up a cabbage stalk, he knocked furiously against the door; after a great deal of labour lost, he remounted

his horse, guided him to the pond, which was at the other end of the court, let him drink, went afterwards and tied him to his manger, and then returned to the house with great agility. At the noise some servants made in the kitchen, he was very attentive, came near the door, and clapped his ear to the key-hole; but passing all on a sudden to the other side, he entered a low parlour, where was a billiard table; he walked backwards and forwards, and used the same postures as if he had been playing effectually. He proceeded thence to a pair of virginals, upon which he could play pretty well, and made some jangling: At last, after two hours exercise, he returned up stairs to his chamber, and threw himself, in his cloaths, upon the bed, where we found him next morning at nine in the same posture we had left him.
For upon these occasions he ever slept eight or ten hours together. His valet told us, there was but two ways to recover him out of these fits, one was to tickle him strongly upon the soles of his feet; the other, to sound a horn or trumpet at his ears.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 2.
On Friday morning last, at eleven o'clock, the town of Namur suffered a melancholy shock, by the blowing up of the powder magazine; it is said that from 300 to 500 persons perished: A number of houses, and part of the barracks also suffered, according to the account which the Corporation of Namur gave Congress.
The loss sustained on the above occasion is computed at 80,000 florins.
An express is this moment arrived at head-quarters, with the news of an engagement having taken place between the Austrians and the Patriots near Bovigne; the latter were victorious.
BASSETTERRE (St. Kitts) Dec. 13.
A very daring act of piracy was committed on board the sloop Nancy, Edward Phillips, commander, belonging to Mr. Jeremiah Neal, of Nevis. Four negroes belonging to the vessel, having been guilty of a robbery, which was discovered, and dreading the punishment they deserved, came to the diabolical resolution of murdering the captain and running away with the vessel: they accordingly on Monday evening last, when the sloop was on her passage from Nevis to St. Eustatius, rose upon the captain and passengers, and having overpowered them, beat them in a very cruel manner, they afterwards hoisted out the boat, & committing them to the waves, bore away. It is to be hoped that wherever they may seek for refuge they may be apprehended, delivered up to justice, and brought to condign punishment.
FAYETTEVILLE, [N. C.] Oct. 25.
Extract of a letter from Chatham county, to a gentleman in this town, Oct. 4.
"This county has for some time past been infested by a number of villains, who have formed themselves into a company, and have committed several robberies. This infamous gang was discovered by the following circumstance:—One of the villains, after having stole two horses, stole a negro, and obliged him to ride one of the horses, without a saddle. The negro (an arch fellow) appeared well pleased with his new master, but complained of riding without a saddle—upon which the robber told him to take care of the horses while he went to steal one; and as soon as he went out of the way, the negro took the best horse, and some of the villain's apparel, and made his escape to his real master. The negro further says, that these villains have a quantity of arms and ammunition, and have agreed to post themselves in swamps, &c. in order to attack the unwary traveller. The negro left them at a place called New-Hope."
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11.
The following circumstance has been communicated to us by one of the Militia who was out on the late Indian expedition.
At the time Major M'Millen was engaged with the Indians, two Negroes from Kentucky, on the opposite side of
the river, saw three Indians coming across, some distance above the rest: They went and placed themselves on the bank, behind a log, and as soon as the Indians came within shot, one of the negroes fired, and the Indian he shot at fell; the other two got hold of him to drag him out, when the other negro fired and killed another—the remaining Indian got hold of both those dead, to pull them ashore, when the Negro who shot first, again fired and killed him; and they all floated down the river.
Another circumstance is also related, viz.—A regular soldier, going some distance from camp, met an Indian: they attacked each other, the soldier with his bayonet, and the Indian with his tomahawk. Some of the soldiers passing by that way some time after, found them both dead, the soldier with his bayonet in the body of the Indian, and the Indian with his tomahawk in the soldier's head.
LITCHFIELD, Jan. 7.
We anticipate much mischief, and many a lamentable tale, resulting from the late severe storm. The sympathetic heart will recoil with grief, in contemplating the fate and sufferings of such luckless seamen as had approached the American coast.—A man at Kent (near Bull's works) was taken off his legs, while feeding his cattle, and himself, and an ox, blown violently against an adjacent fence; which fell upon the man and greatly bruised him. A house in the same neighbourhood was unroofed, and several buildings materially damaged.
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 22.
Extract of a letter from Joseph Fenwick, Esq. Consul of the United States at the port of Bourdeaux, dated Nov. 8, 1790, addressed to his friend in this town.
"There is a usage at this port, which allows on all bills of lading, filled with primage and average accustomed, ten per cent on the freight—say five to the captain for primage, and five to the ship for average. As this occasion frequent and disagreeable disputes here between the captains & consignees & often subjects the freighter to a charge he is not aware of, I beg leave to suggest, that it would be well to stipulate on the bill of lading what is to be allowed to either the captain or ship, over and above the freight. As this is not generally known in America, and the information may interest your merchants in general, I beg the favour of you to send it to the editor of your Gazette, with a request that it may be inserted in the different newspapers throughout the United States."
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.
There are letters by the Packet, in town, dated London, November the 13th, and Falmouth, November the 20th. By those letters it appears, that the Packet had been detained in expectation of a messenger from Madrid,—that the messenger had arrived and PEACE WAS CONFIRMED.
NEW-YORK, January 21.
We hear from Newburgh (Ulster county) that last Sunday afternoon, a terrible and mournful scene was there exhibited. About two hours after public worship was ended, the Presbyterian church in that place, was discovered to be on fire, by the smoke issuing from it. The neighbors immediately collected, and burst open one of the doors, to discover in what part the fire was, but to their great surprise, a torrent of flame and smoke immediately issued out, and in a few minutes the whole edifice was in flames, and consumed to ashes. It is supposed to have been occasioned by fire dropping from a stove, before the congregation dispersed.
BOSTON, Jan. 29.
FROM PHILADELPHIA—JAN. 17.
With respect to news, the latest of a foreign kind is from your quarter—The Excise, as it is called, begins to occasion some squibbing in the papers
here—But I think you may calculate on its passing by a great majority.
The bill for establishing the national Bank, is nearly through the Senate; more than three quarters are decidedly in favour of it:—The principles are agreeable to the Secretary's Report—the charter is to be for 20 years—and Government are not concerned any further in its management than in any other corporation—that is, it is to be as independent of the Government, as the banks now in existence—this I think will be right. In the House I anticipate opposition—but not from any efficient characters—The seekers of popularity and personal consequence are at this time, a little busy in some of the States—but I think you may reckon on the utmost firmness in the administration of Government.
NEWBURY-PORT, February 2.
On Monday last were conveyed to the tomb, the remains of the pious and Reverend JOSEPH PRINCE, a man of singular fidelity in the service of the King of Kings. He was the bud of promise, having discovered at a very early period of life, such marks of genius as bad fair to place him, in some future time, on the wings of literary fame.—But—at the age of seven years, he was, by an unfortunate accident, bereft of one of his eyes; and, which blasted the prospect that presented itself to the other, it scarce had time to see the loss of its fellow, when itself was wrapt in darkness. Hope seemed to flee with his sight; but the strength of his genius, together with a memory from which nothing could escape, that had once obtained his ear, broke thro' the difficulties, which would have discouraged a less ardent mind. By an attentive ear to those whom he heard preach & the assistance of those who read in his hearing, he became master of the sentiments, and even of the expressions of the best writers. Animated with a zeal to promote the cause of God and of religion, he soon found his way to the sacred desk, from which, in many places, his words as easily forced a passage to the hearts of his hearers. His expressions were accurate in a high degree; his similes drawn from nature; his sentiments born of truth.—In him we could view at once, the blossoming brilliancies of fancy, and the ripe fruits of judgment. His manner was lively, spirited and pathetic. His whole life was filled with duty. His works were daily heralds in his favour at the court of heaven—till at last, having run the christian course, without wearying, he was gathered as a shock of corn fully ripe, to the mansions of eternal day; where he will forever join the church of the first born, and the spirits of just men made perfect, in celebrating the praises of redeeming love; and ascribing power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory, and blessing, to the Lamb that was slain, forever and ever.
The body was carried into the Presbyterian meeting-house—where the solemnities of the day were attended. A funeral anthem was performed immediately after its entrance to the assembly. Then the Reverend Mr. Miltemore made a very solemn and touching prayer—This was succeeded by an animated and pathetic address by the Rev. John Murray—The eyes of the audience were the best interpreters of their hearts. Their general loss was painted in such vivid colours, as drew forth their tears, in a degree, like the 'tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.'—He pointed at the cold clay of the saint, and the hearts of the assembly bled at the point of his finger. His address was shorter than could have been wished, on account of his weakness of body. The Reverend David Tappan closed the ministerial duties by a prayer, exceedingly adapted to the occasion. Immediately after was conveyed to "the house appointed for all the living," the body of that most diligent of men in the service of his Maker. Just as the tomb was opened, the Funeral-Thought was sung, which closed the solemnities of the day.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 5.
Extract of a letter from London.
"Mr. ELLIOT, late resident at the Court of Sweden, from this country, is named Ambassador to the United States of America. He is a gentleman of the first family in this country, and is much attached to yours. In this appointment Ministry have adopted a principle of regard for the promotion of the intercourse and a liberal trade between the two nations. The American credit is rapidly appreciating in this country—and the respect for the STARS and STRIPES is increasing throughout all Europe."
A letter from an officer, in the western army, contains the following particulars relating to the late expedition:—"Capt. Armstrong, who commanded the party, made his escape, by plunging himself into a pond or swamp up to his neck, within two hundred yards of the field of action, where he remained the whole night a spectator to the horrid scene of the war dance performed over the dead and wounded bodies of the poor soldiers that had fallen the preceding day; where the shrieks mixed with the horrid yells of the savages, rendered his situation shocking. Nothing can exceed the intrepidity of the Indians on this occasion; the militia they appeared to despise, and with all the undauntedness conceivable threw down their guns, and rushed upon the bayonets of the regular soldiers; a great number of them fell; but being so far superior in numbers soon overpowered them, for while the poor soldier had his bayonet in one Indian, two more would sink their tomahawks in his head."
PRICE CURRENT, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.
   PUBLIC SECURITIES, Funded Debt.     6 per Cents 17 3/4 pr. £. or 37 1/2 per cent.   3 per Cents 8 3/4 or 42 1/2 do.   Deferred 6 per C'ts. 8 3/4 42 1/2 do.   Unfunded Debt.   Final Set. & other Cert. 15 3/4 to--77 1-2 do.   Indents 8 3/4 42 1-2 do.   State Debts 12 3/4 62 1-3 do.  
War Department, Sept. 9.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the Military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are annually intitled, and which will become due on the 4th day of MARCH ensuing, will be paid on the said day, by the Commissioners of the Loans within the States respectively, under such regulation, as the President of the United States may direct.
H. KNOX, Sec'y for Department of War. The Printers in the respective States are requested to publish the above in their newspapers, for the space of two months.
To be sold at public vendue, at the house of John Atwell, in Hollis, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire, on the 8th day of March next, at one o'clock, P. M. the following lots or parcels of land in the township of Cockermouth, in the county of Grafton and State aforesaid, or so much of each lot as will be sufficient to pay the taxes due thereon with incidental charges.
   No. R.D. s. d.     Dan'l Lovejoy, 1775, 2 3 2 4 2   S. Hart, jr. 1772, 12 int'le 9 0   Ditto, 1772, 10 2 1 9 0   Stephen Powers, 1772, 6 ven. lot 10 9   Ditto, 1772, 4 1 2 9 0   Ditto, 1773, 6 ven. lot   Ditto, 1773, 4 1 2 5 0   Ditto, 1775, 4 1 2 4 2   Amos Phillips, 1775, 4 5 1 4 2   Ditto, 1775, 1 8 3 8 3   John Nelson, 1773, 15 1 3 10 0   Ditto, 1775, 16 1 3 8 3   B. Wentworth's whole right for 1771, 11. 16s.   Ditto, 1772, 16 3 2 9 0   Ditto, 1773, ditto 5 0   Ditto, 1775, ditto 4 2   John Green's whole right, for 1769, 11. 25.   Ditto, 1771, 5 2    JOHN ATWELL, Collector. Hollis, January 25, 1791.

LIFE—A BUBBLE.
WHAT a constant round of pain Mortals here on earth sustain! Real happiness requiring; Ne'er obtaining, still desiring. A fruitless search for future joys All our present bliss destroys: Is there ought that's worth this trou- ble?
No! for life is but a bubble!
He, whose vain ambitious mind Fain wou'd lord it o'er mankind; And to raise himself on high, Dares e'en sacred majesty; Are crowns and scepters worth his trouble?
No! for life is but a bubble!
He, who by thirst of gold opprest, Wrongs mankind to fill his chest; Robs the orphan, starves himself; All to hoard up useless pelf: Are earthly riches worth his trouble? No! for life is but a bubble!
He, who o'er the noisy glass Let's the precious minutes pass; And in riotous delight Blends the hours of day and night, Sickness and remorse procuring, Sorrows worse than death enduring; Are years of rev'ling worth his trouble? No! for life is but a bubble!
He whose humane gen'rous breast Suffers for the soul distress; He, whose meek and happy mind Is to th' will of heav'n resign'd; Who from his justly earned store, With pitying heart, relieves the poor; He, who with temp'rance receives The blessings bounteous nature gives; Eternal joys shall crown his trouble, And prove his life was not a bubble.
C.
Cash and the highest price is given for Old Emission Money, New Emission Money, Final Settlements—Loan-Office Certificates, or State Notes of this and the other States, by Nathaniel A. Haven, At his Store in Market-Street. Portsmouth, Jan. 29, 1791.
NORTHWOOD. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-residents and owners of land in the Parish of Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 28th day of February, so much of their land as will pay the same together with inci- dental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Jona- than Clark, Esq. innholder in said Parish, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   State. W. R.No. Ac'rs. s. d. d.     William Cleserton 7 10 42 0 3   Col. Richard Kent 0 12 118 0 5   William Langdon 0 14 156 0 6   Cuting Norris 0 16 130 0 6   Thomas Pierce 8 20 156 0 9   John Weight 0 21 156 0 9   Col. Gilman 9 25 78 0 6   John Tufts 10 4 156 1 8   William Briggs 0 10 78 0 6   Fann Clements 0 11 130 0 6   Samuel Whitwell 0 14 96 2 0    JOSHUA FURBUR, Constable. Northwood, January 24, 1791.
BLANKS of all sorts printed on good paper, may be had at J. Melcher's Printing-Office in Market-Street.
Portsmouth Academy.
THE SUBSCRIBER influenced by the success and encouragement of his labors in the cause of EDUCA- TION, is preparing accommodations for instituting an ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES, connected with a BOARDING HOUSE, for which pur- pose he wishes to engage a Master to teach the FRENCH LANGUAGE and DANCING, and a Mistress, to instruct in the useful and ornamental branches of NEEDLEWORK; both of whom must be well recommended as completely qualified for their respective depart- ments, and must (if their convenience will permit) board in the house, giv- ing their assistance in superintending the Manners and Morals of those who may be under their tuition.
Any person willing to undertake ei- ther of the charges before mentioned is requested to make proposals to BENJAMIN DEARBORN. Portsmo' N. Hampshire, Jan. 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Mason, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 24th day of February, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue, at the dwell- ing-house of Capt. William Chambers, in said town, at 3 o'clock, P. M. on said day.
   No.R. Q'ty. d. q. d. q. d. q.     J. Blanchard 7 16 25 4 2 1 6   R. Fletcher 10 0 11 1 0 1 1   Jos. Brown 6 0 3/4 lot 3 0 1   J. Blodgett 9 0 4/4 lot 3 2 0   HEZEKIAH HODGKINS, Constable.   Mason, January 24, 1791.  
TAMWORTH. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Tamworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 28th of February next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with inci- dental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Sa- muel Gilman, Esq. in said town, at 10 of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   Highway. sp. or. sp.   No. Q'ty s. d.     Enoch Quimby 6 50 2   N. Remick, 1st R. 0 92 4   Common Rights.   George Jeffery, Esq. 10 5   Jonathan Warner 10 5   JACOB GILMAN, Constable.   Tamworth, February 2, 1791:  
Newcastle Bridge Lottery. CLASS THIRD.
THE Managers present the public with a SCHEME of the third class, consisting of 3000 Tickets at ONE DOLLAR each, from which 1000 Prizes will be drawn out, of the following value, subject to no deduction.
   1 of 100 is 100   2 are 50 are 100   4 30 120   6 20 120   16 10 160   25 5 125   946 2 1892   1000 Prizes. 2617   2000 Blanks. Deduction 383  
The above Class will commence drawing immediately after the Tickets are sold,—A list of Prizes will be pub- lished in the New-Hampshire Gazette, and the Prizes paid off accordingly.
H. PRESCOTT, S. JENNESS, S. MARCH, G. FROST, S. CHACE, } Managers. October 21, 1790.
STRATFORD. State of New-Hampshire.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given to the proprietors of the township of Stratford, in the county of Grafton, and State aforesaid, that a Warrant has been issued to me the subscriber to collect a tax voted by said proprietors on 18th December, 1789, for the pur- pose of paying the expenditures which have arisen on locating and lotting out said town, for cutting, digging and bridging a Road through the same, and such other proprietary charges as has been heretofore advertised, the whole assessment being seven hundred and forty-two pounds L. M.—These are therefore to give notice that there will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Jeremiah Eames, Esq. in Northum- berland, on the 21st day of March next, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day, so much of each delinquent proprietor's right, lot or lots of land as will pay said tax, and legal cost unless prevented by previous payment.—The sum due on each right is as follows—The first division lots contain fifty acres, the se- cond, third and fourth contain two hundred acres each.
   1st 2d. 3d. 4th Sum due.   div. div. div. div. £. s. d. q.     Wm. King — — — — 10 10 8 2   Rich'd Hart — — — — 8 10 8 2   Capt. I. Brown — — — — 7 2 7 2   50 acres of the right of Agur Tomlinson — — — — 0 14 0 0   Do. Wm. A. Tomlinson — — — — 0 14 0 0  
EBEN W. JUDD, Collector. Northumberland Nov. 2, 1790.
Massachusetts Semi-annual LOTTERY.
The Managers of the STATE LOT- TERY assure the public, that the First Class of the Semi-annual Lottery will posi- tively commence drawing on the day appoint- ed, viz. the 17th of MARCH next. As the managers have in their several Monthly Lotteries commenced drawing at the hour assigned, so they are determined to be equally as punctual in this.
** The Printers in this and the other States, who have inserted the Scheme of the 1st Class in the Semi-annual Lottery, are requested to insert the above. Boston, Jan. 19, 1791.
SCHEME.
NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE. 25,000 Tickets, at FIVE DOLLARS each, are 125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following prizes, sub- ject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. for the use of the Common- wealth.
   Prizes. Dollars. Dollars.     1 of 10000 is 10000   2 3000 6000   3 2000 6000   6 1000 6000   10 500 5000   30 200 6000   80 100 8000   90 50 4500   100 40 4000   120 30 3600   161 20 3220   200 10 2000   7585 8 60680   8388 Prizes. 125000   16612 Blanks.   25,000  
*** TICKETS may be had of the several Managers, who will pay the Prizes on demand—of the TREA- SURER of the Commonwealth—of JAMES WHITE, at his Book-store, Franklin's Head, Court-Street, and at other places, as usual.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jr. DAVID COBB, SAMUEL COOPER, GEORGE R MINOT, JOHN KNEELAND, } Managers. Boston, July 28, 1790.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given That the Proprietors of the town of Plymouth in the county of Grafton, did at their meeting held by adjourn- ment at the dwelling-house of Col. David Webster, in said Plymouth, on Tuesday the ninth day of December, 1788,—Vote to raise by tax forty shil- lings on each original Right in said Plymouth, that is, twenty shillings on each fifty acre lot in the second or last Division of fifty acre lots,—and the same having been committed to the subscriber, Proprietor's Collector, with orders to collect the same in three months from the date of said meeting, and in case the said taxes or any part thereof on any or all of said lots respec- tively, should be refused or neglected to be paid as aforesaid; then so much of said lots respectively as is delinquent in the payment of said tax to be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder, as is sufficient to pay said tax and the charges arising in consequence of such sale. And the said tax having been advertised for payment as the law di- rects, and the following lots being de- linquent in the payment of the said tax or part thereof as is hereafter described viz.—
   Whole Rights.   Original Proprie- tors names. L.R. Discription of Ranges.     Sam'l Goodhue 9 1 N. of the pond 1   ditto 1 2 ditto 1   William Read 21 2 S. of the pond 1   ditto 16 3 ditto 1   Jonas Keyes 20 2 ditto 1   ditto 15 3 ditto 1   David Hobart 6 0 in broken range 1   ditto 7 0 ditto 1   Oliver Parker 10 1 N. of the pond 1   ditto 5 7 ditto 1   E. Blood, jr. 8 2 ditto 1   ditto 13 2 S. of the pond 1        Half Rights.   s. d.     E. Hartshorn 10 4 N. of pond 10 0   ditto 7 ditto 10 0   Step'n Powers 6 1 ditto 10 0   ditto 7 1 ditto 10 0   Tho's M'Clure 2 4 S. of pond 10 0   ditto 3 4 ditto 10 0   Sam. Thompson 2 4 N. of pond 10 0   ditto 3 4 ditto 10 0   John Harvill 8 3 ditto 10 0   ditto 18 2 S. of pond 10 0   Col. J. Smith 5 8 N. of pond 10 0   ditto 6 8 ditto 10 0   Will'm Cuming 2 2 ditto 10 0   ditto 3 2 ditto 10 0   Francis Powers 2 0 in bro'n R'ge 10 0   ditto 9 0 ditto 10 0   Part of Right } 17 1 N. of pond 7 6   of Z. Parker } 8 0 in bro'n R'ge 7 6  
Therefore the said delinquent lots, or so much of them as is sufficient to pay said tax respectively assessed or re- maining due thereon as aforesaid, and the charges arising in consequence of such sale, will be sold at public ven- due to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 15th day of February next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Col. David Webster in said Plymouth, unless prevented by previous payment.
SAMUEL MARSH, Collector. Plymouth, January 1, 1791.
Newcastle-Bridge-Lottery
The drawing of New- castle Lottery is postponed, to TUESDAY, the 8th of March next, by reason of the impossi- bility of procuring a return of Tickets, sent into different parts of the country for sale.
Lately published and for sale by the printer hereof, The Elements of English Grammar, methodically arrang- ed for the assistance of young persons who study the English Language Grammetrically, By G. Neville Ussher.