The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-05-12 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 & 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 THEIR THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of December, 1790.
An ACT for granting LANDS to the Inhabitants and Settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois Country, in the Territory north-west of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their Possessions.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That four hundred acres of land be given to each of those persons, who in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, were heads of families at Vincennes, or in the Illinois country, on the Mississippi, and who since that time have removed from one of the said places to the other.
And be it further enacted and declared, That the heads of families at Vincennes or in the Illinois country in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, who afterwards removed without the limits of the said Territory, are notwithstanding, entitled to the donation of four hundred acres of land made by the resolve of Congress of the 20th of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; and the Governor of the said territory, upon application to him for that purpose, is hereby directed to cause the same to be laid out for such heads of families or their heirs; and shall also cause to be laid off and confirmed to such persons the several tracts of land which they may have possessed, and which before the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three may have been allotted to them according to the laws and usages of the government under which they had respectively settled: Provided nevertheless, That if such persons or their heirs do not return and occupy the said lands within five years, such lands shall be considered as forfeited to the United States.
And be it further enacted, That one hundred and fifty acres of land, heretofore in possession of the Piankeshaw Indians, and now under actual improvement, and constituting a part of the village of Vincennes, be given to the persons who are severally in possession of the said land.
And be it further enacted, That where lands have been actually improved and cultivated at Vincennes, or in the Illinois country, under a supposed grant of the same, by any commandant or court claiming authority to make such grant, the Governor of the said territory be, and he hereby is empowered to confirm to the persons who made such improvements, their heirs or assigns, the lands supposed to have been granted as aforesaid, or such parts thereof as he, in his discretion, may judge reasonable, not exceeding to any one person, four hundred acres.
And be it further enacted, That a tract of land, containing about five thousand four hundred acres, which for many years has been fenced and used by the inhabitants of Vincennes as a common, also a tract of land including the villages of Cohos and Prairie du Pont, and heretofore used by the inhabitants of the said village as a common, be and
the same are hereby appropriated to the use of the inhabitants of Vincennes and of the said villages respectively, to be used by them as a common, until otherwise disposed of by law.
And be it further enacted, That the Governor of the said territory be authorized to make a grant of land not exceeding one hundred acres, to each person who hath not obtained any donation of land from the United States, and who, on the first day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, was enrolled in the militia at Vincennes, or in the Illinois country, and has done militia duty, the said land to be laid out at the expence of the grantees, and in such form and place as the said Governor shall direct. Provided nevertheless, That no claim founded upon purchase or otherwise, shall be admitted within a tract of land heretofore occupied by the Kaskaskia nation of Indians, and including their village, which is hereby appropriated to the use of the said Indians.
And be it further enacted, That two lots of land heretofore in the occupation of the priests at Cahokia, and situated near that village, be, and the same is hereby granted in fee to P. Gibault; and that a tract of land at Kaskaskia, formerly occupied by the Jesuits, be laid off and confirmed to St. Jam Beouvais, who claims the same in virtue of a purchase thereof.
And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of Congress of the twenty-eighth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, as refers to the locations of certain tracts of land directed to be run out and reserved for donations, to the ancient settlers in the Illinois country, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the Governor of the said territory is directed to lay out the same, agreeably to the act of Congress of the twentieth of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
FREDERICK AUG. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved—March the third, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the SECRETARY OF STATE. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
An ACT to amend "An Act, for establishing the Temporary and Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, intitled, "An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States," as requires that the whole of the district of territory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be located on the river Potowmac, for the permanent seat of the government of the U. States, shall be located above the mouth of the Eastern Branch, be and is hereby repealed, and it shall be lawful for the President to make any part of the territory below the said limit, and above the mouth of Hunting Creek, a part of the said district, so as to include a convenient part of the Eastern Branch, and of the lands lying on the lower side thereof, and also the town of Alexandria, and the territory so to be included shall form a part of the district not exceeding ten miles square, for the permanent seat of the government of the
United States, in like manner and to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been within the purview of the above recited act: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall authorize the erection of public buildings otherwise than on the Maryland side of the river Potowmac, required by aforesaid act.
FREDERICK AUG. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved—March the third, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the SECRETARY OF STATE. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
An ACT making an Appropriation for the Purpose therein mentioned.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of effecting a recognition of the treaty of the United States, with the new Emperor of Morocco, there be, and hereby is appropriated a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the monies which prior to the first day of January next, shall arise from the duties imposed upon spirits distilled within the United States, and from stills by the act intitled "An act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same," together with the excess of duties which may arise from the duties imposed by the said act, on imported spirits beyond those which would have arisen by the act intitled, "An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States."
And the President is hereby authorized to take on loan, the whole sum by this act appropriated, or so much thereof, as he may judge requisite, at an interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, and the fund established for the above mentioned appropriation, is hereby pledged for the re-payment of the principal and interest of any loan to be obtained in manner aforesaid, and in case of any deficiency in the said fund, the faith of the United States is hereby also pledged to make good such deficiency. FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, March the third, 1791. GEORGE WAHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the SECRETARY OF STATE. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
From the Book of ODDITIES.
The ODD FELLOW.
YOUR odd fellow is one who will do nothing like the rest of the world. There was a few years ago, a remarkable illustration of this character in one White, a man of small independent fortune, who lived in the borough of Southwark; this man acted wholly upon the principles of contradiction; on a Sunday he always wore the worst of cloths, and fed on the worst food he could get, because other people both eat and wore the best; on a Monday, because it is a kind of holiday, he used to employ himself in some sort of work
from morning till night; the rest of the week he kept holiday, dressing himself just decent on a Tuesday, better on a Wednesday, better still on a Thursday, and soon till by Saturday evening, when other people were busy and undressed, he was the best dressed man in the parish; he used to make a point of dining on a goose on Shrove Tuesday, and on pancakes on Michaelmas day; he fed upon oysters as long as the weather continued hot, but left off eating them when there was an R in the month; he almost starved himself on a Christmas day, and eat like a glutton when there was a public proclamation for a fast; when it rained hard, he went without his waistcoat or great coat, but would button himself up close and warm in the hottest day in summer; he wrote with a skewer cut into the form of a pen, and fastened his letters with paste; he constantly sat on a low table, and eat off a chair; he slept in his kitchen, breakfasted in his garret, dined in the cellar, and eat his supper all the year round in the passage leading to the street door; he married three wives, and lived with neither of them; he would frequently pay a water man to take his boat and attend him on the banks of the Thames but never got into it; and once a month he hired a coach, but always rode with the coachman; he sometimes called for a pot of purl at an ale-house, and always drank it off at the door; he shaved himself with a penknife, & combed his wig with a cloath brush; he sometimes went to church, and staid the service, but never sat down; when in company never spoke a word, but when alone he was always talking to himself; when he was sick, he sent for the butcher, but often when in health, he consulted the apothecary; he paid his house-rent in the middle of the quarter, and always before it came due: when he died, he owed no man a shilling, and took sufficient care that no man should ever owe him six pence.
From a late LONDON PAPER.
THE TIMES.
   ANCIENT MODERN.     Murder, called An affair of honor.   Adultery, Crim. con.   Liberty of the press A libel.   A prostitute, A frail fair one.   Seduction, Gallantry.   Gaming, Fashionable party.   Ruin, Out at the elbows.   Robbery on the turf Horse racing.   Boxing, Amusement.   Drunkard, An honest fellow.   Face painting, Good complexion.   A cheat at cards, Fashionable Player.   Coffee house, A tavern.   Gossiping, Religion.   Religion, A lady's shew box.   Breakfast, Dinner.   Dinner, Supper.   Supper, Breakfast.   Independent, Pensioned.   A patriot, A rebel.   Constitutional, Democratick.   A young clergyman A puppy.   Morality, Hypocrisy.   Gratitude, 'Dont recollect it.'   Matrimony, Matter of money.   Love, Self interest.   Justice, Law.   Law, Long speeches.   An honest solicitor, A roguish attorney.   Money, Credit.   Sportiman, A black leg.   Chandler's shop, Grocery warehouse.   Fraud & robbery, A money lender.   Hospitality, Cork the bottle, and win the guest's money.  
BLANKS of all Sorts, may on the shortest notice be had at JOHN MELCHER, s Printing-Office.

PICTURE OF SLAVERY.
Intrepidity of a Negro Woman. Extract from a late publication, translated from the French.
“SOME hundred of Negroes were spread upon the deck, all of whom had their feet in irons. Their hands were disengaged, because it was the hour in which their miserable nourishment was distributed to them.—There did I see grief express itself in all its varied forms; some deluged the planks with their tears; others fiercely demanded vengeance from Heaven; and others with motionless eyes, looked towards their native land which they could no longer perceive. On one side a husband sustained his fainting wife, whose weeping infant in vain sucked the breasts which were dried up with sufferings; on another, a son, driven to raging madness, tore out his teeth with gnawing the chains which crushed his father's limbs. Around us were planted armed murderers, with smiles on their lips and audacity on their fronts.
“Nothing was wanting to complete this scene but an instance of that dumb ferocity, that last courage of despair, of which man is capable, when his soul has become steeled beneath the torments of injustice: a female Negro gave us this example. She was pregnant, and the pains of labour seized her; by a gesture she gave intimation of it to our guards; they removed her from the crowd and placed her on a sail on the after-part of the vessel; without uttering a single cry, without a moan, without shedding a tear, she delivered herself. Scarcely did she perceive her infant when she seized it, gazed on it with a fierce eye, looked around her, saw herself little observed; crawled to the edge of the ship; gave her son the first and last kiss, and precipitated herself with him in the waves. Then the alarms of disappointed avarice took the place of humanity. Urban swore, stormed, threatened the guards. They flacked sail—some sailors threw themselves into the sea Useless efforts! the irons of the poor Negro Woman had plunged her beyond their reach; they took up the infant but it was dead.”
GEORGETOWN (Patomac) April 20.
Accounts from Fort-Pitt, state, that the depredations committed by the Savages, within these four months past, exceeds all former mischief—that twenty-three white people have been killed this side the Ohio, since November last, without counting those who fell a sacrifice in going down the river: In consequence of which the inhabitants of Pittsburg have been so much alarmed, as to keep a body of militia constantly patrolling, apprehending a formal attack by the enraged savages upon their town.
Accounts from that quarter, further state, that the purchasing Commissary for the army, is now laying in large magazines of provision and forage in the neighbourhood of Fort-Pitt, and that every thing is getting ready for the campaign intended against the Indians the ensuing summer.
From Virginia we hear, that the PRESIDENT has made choice of a number of old VETERANS distinguished for their military abilities, to command the Battalion of new Levies which is to be raised with all speed in this state.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, (N. J.) April 20.
There are four companies of levies raising in this state for the Western expedition, which, we are told, are nearly completed. Of our success against the tawny aborigines, many speak with certainty; our hearty wishes attend them; but when we recall to memory the fate of a Braddock, a Wyllis, &c. we feel cautious in anticipating victory.
NEWPORT, April 30.
On Monday night last the prisoners under sentence of death in the gaol in this town, attempted to make their escape—On examining them and searching the room next morning, a saw, knife, gimblets, flints, steel, tinder,
&c. were found concealed, which were conveyed to them through the vault by Mount's wife—who has since been taken up at Bristol, brought to this town and committed to prison.
An ingenious gentleman who owed a friend some money, invited him to dine with him, and plied him so briskly with good wine, that the creditor generously forgave the debt. The other calls this a new method of LIQUIDATING a debt!
MIDDLETOWN, April 23.
A most shocking murder was lately committed at Guilford, by Solomon Foster and his wife—an infant child of theirs was either buried alive or previously killed, and then buried in the night. Foster is confined in gaol for trial.
BOSTON, May 7.
On Thursday His Excellency THE GOVERNOUR gave an elegant entertainment to a number of the principal characters of this town, and the officers of his Britannick Majesty's ship Alligator . His Excellency was so well as to be able to preside at table.—After dinner, among other judicious and liberal toasts, the following were given: HAPPINESS TO ALL MANKIND.
THE PRESIDENT of the United States . His Majesty GEORGE the IIId. King of Great Britain . His Most Christian Majesty, the KING OF FRENCHMEN, &c.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has voted the following sums, for the laudable and patriotic purpose of promoting the intercourse and navigation, in the interior parts of that State.
 For improving &c. the river Delaware, £ 3500 0  For the river Lechawaxen, 250 0  The River Lehigh, 1000 0  The River Schuylkill, 2500 0  The River Susquehannah, 6950 0  The River Alleghany, 150 0  The French Creek, 400 0  The River Juniata, 1320 0  The little Conemaugh, 6800 0  The River Kiskeminetas, 350 0  For the Stockport Road, 400 0  For the Driftwood do. 460 0  For the road to Lake Erie, 400 0  For the Canoe Narrows road, 300 0  For the Poplar-run road, 360 0  For the little Conemaugh road, 180 0 
Died at Weathersfield, Mr. ROSE, aged 103—descendants 14 children, and 340 grand, and great-grand children.
We are informed that 30 poor people in the town of Salem, assessed themselves one shilling each, and bought a semi-annual Lottery Ticket, which came out a prize of 200 dollars.
From CHARLESTOWN (S.C.) to the EDITOR of the CENINEL, April 12.
“The scenes of villainy which Walsb and others were concerned in, are every hour developing. The check books have been brought from Columbia to this city, for the purpose of detecting the counterfeit Securities. Colonel ELNATHAN HASKEL, of your State, who is now here, has lost 5000l, by the villain Walsb —and would have been utterly ruined by him, had it not been for an accident—which discovered to the Colonel, his character.”
“We are making great preparations for the reception of the President of the United-States .—There is to be a ball on the night of his arrival.—What think you of 100l. for the rent of a house six or eight days? Sixty pounds was the lowest it could be obtained for—however, I tell them it is wrong to engage one—as the President will not deviate from his rule, which is, not to take private lodgings.”
The Massachusetts Monthly State Lottery, Class the 8th, commenced drawing on Thursday last, and finished on Saturday.—Of the 300 Tickets turned into the State Treasury, one has drawn a prize of 1500 Dollars, and another, 500 do.
Extract of a letter from Amerewell, New-Jersey, dated April 1.
“WE have in this neighbourhood an English Farmer who has introduced a much better method of making Cheese than we were before acquainted with. The produce of his dairy is held in such
high estimation, that Mr. RUTHERFORD and other gentlemen have taken his cheese to New-York to supply their tables: It is indeed esteemed by judges to be little inferior to the best English cheese: And yet we are informed that the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture, has refused him the gold premium which they offered last year, for the best specimen of Cheese, altho' they allowed it to be the best of the two parcels sent forward.—As we think the Society do not act consistent with their engagements to the public—no persons in this part of Jersey, will give themselves any trouble about any further premiums offered by that Society.”
MAY 11.
The Hon. GEORGE THACHER, Esq. is elected a Federal Representative for the district of Maine, in this State, by a majority of 60.
The fleet lately arrived at Martinico, from France, consists of
 4 Ships of the line,  10 Frigates,  4 Corvettes— 
The number of troops, 5000—commanded by Mon. BIAGUE—who supercedes Count DAMAS.
Four commissioners for settling the animosities in the French West-Indies, have arrived there.—It is said, they have orders to draw for their expenses, on the Treasury of the United States .
On Monday, two countrymen, by the names of ASTY and JOHNSON, applied to the Managers of the State Lottery, and produced Ticket, No. 6052, which drew the highest prize in the semi-annual State Lottery, and received the money from the Bank. They belong to Westmoreland, in the State of New Hampshire—and are reputable landholders.
A circumstance relating to the purchase of the above fortunate Ticket, may be worth relating—The owners of it were at Charlestown, late on the Saturday evening, previous to the drawing of the Lottery, and had mounted their horses to go on their way home before they recollected of wanting a Ticket.—Mr. BRIDGE, who sold them in Charlestown, happened to be then up, at his house—and went to his store, in the dark, and from his desk took the fortunate number, and sold it to the above fortunate persons.
The silk raised in the town of Northford, in Connecticut, in 1790—amounting to 1200 runs—which will make 400 yards of silk cloth. The increase of so valuable an article of export, must be flattering to every well-wisher to his country's prosperity. The trees which gave nourishment to the worms which produced the above silk, were set out for this purpose, about 7 or 8 years ago.
CENTINEL MARINE JOURNAL.
Arrived—Schooner Hannah, Capt. Thomas Powers, from Port-au-Prince, in 33 days; left there Ship Thomas, Capt. Patterson, and Sloop, Abigail Lemoin, of this port.
Sloop Lucretia, Capt. George Batteman, in 35 days from Demarara.—Brig Sally, Capt. Miles Barnes, 52 days from Bristol—left there Ship Maria and Eliza, Blunt, Portsmouth—ship Light-Horse, Roche, and brig Cicero, Crea-sey, Salem—ship Atlantick, Todd, Bath, brig Charlotte, Wells, Mew-Haven—brig Echo, Wight, New-York—ship Roe Buck, Bliss, Philadelphia.
The Friendship, Donaldson, from Boston to Montserrat, is foundered at sea—Crew saved in the Farmer of Greenock, Virginia, which is also lost near the Mull of Galloway.
The Friendship, of Portland, for Cape-Francoise, was spoke with, in lat. 20, long. 66, out 26 days, all well.
The 2d inst. failed from New-York for India and China, the Ship President WASHINGTON, Capt. JACOB SARLY, allowed by good judges to be one of the completest merchantmen ever built in America. She has undergone an entire refit since her arrival here in distress on the 8th ult. and such alterations made in the stowage of her cargo (which is chiefly iron) as, it is expected, will prevent a similar casualty in the future course of her voyage.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12.
The present mode of conducting the New-Castle Bridge Lottery in this town, has of late proved very injurious to the morals of the youth, and at the late annual town meeting, was, by a unanimous vote, disapproved of, as being a very great nuisance, the town clerk was directed to serve the managers with a copy of the vote, requesting them to remove the office from the town &c. who accordingly did; and since, we are informed the high-sheriff has paid them a visit on the subject, but we seem determined to pursue their present iniquitous plan, in defiance of the town, however injurious it may prove to the peace and good order of the town, or the community at large.
English papers inform, that the British Government is projecting a voyage of discovery to the Northwest coast of this Continent: and that two ships are fitting for the purpose, to be commanded by Captains Roberts and Vancouver—the latter accompanied the celebrated Cook, in his voyage.
A gentleman in England has lately invented a piece of mechanism by which he can fix any number of screws into a solid body at the depth of forty fathoms below the surface of the sea; the first use of which will be to liberate the Royal George; it being constructed upon so accurate a principle that it will be in his power to place them on any of the external timbers as an experienced shipwright shall direct. By this machine (though upon so simple a principle) he will have the command of 8549 tons of buoyancy. A model of it is in great forwardness; and, it is said, will soon be laid before the Lords of the Admiralty.
In the space of sixty years, the inhabitants of Ireland have doubled their numbers, notwithstanding all the emigrations.—It appears, by a late accurate calculation, that they now amount to 4,166,418, among whom there are, it is said, scarcely 60,000 electors!
The French Packet Le Suffrein, is to sail from New-York, Friday the 13th May.
An Act has lately passed the British Parliament, for appropriating to the use of government, the unclaimed dividends, in the Bank of England. The dividends on the shares amount to 7600.
SHIP-NEWS.
Capt. Briard, who arrived here since our last, from Tobago, spoke April 22, lat. 26, 40, long. 67, the brig Don Galvez, from St. Martin's for Boston, all well. May 3, lat. 40, 29, long. 68, spoke with Capt. E. Smith, from Boston for St. Martin's, all well.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
 ENTERED FROM  Snow Abigail, Chauncy, W. Indies.  Brig Dispath, Briard, Tobago.  CLEARED FOR  Brig Thomas, Manning, West-Indies.  Brig Nancy, Frost, Ditto. 
SHEARING OF SHEEP
The following method has been found effectual. Immediately after the sheep are shorn, soak the roots of the wool that remains all over with oil, or butter, and brimstone, and three or four days afterwards wash them with salt and water, and the wool of next season will be not only much finer and softer, but the quantity will be greatly enlarged, and it may be depended on, that the sheep will neither be troubled with the scab or vermin that year.
Anecdote. —A Clergyman attending a sick person who had not slept for several nights, was requested by him to preach a sermon. The Priest starting with surprize, desired the reason. Why , answered the invalid, I have heard you preach two or three times, and then I fell asleep, so I imagine a short discourse now would help me to a nap which I very much want.

Parnassian SPRING.
A REQUEST to the DIVINE BEING. BY A LADY.
THOU great and sacred Lord of all, Of Life the only spring: Creator of unnumber'd worlds, Immensely glorious King! Whose image shakes the staggering mind Beyond conception high: Crown'd with Omnipotence, and vail'd With dark Eternity. Drive from the confines of my heart, Impenitence and pride, Nor let me in erroneous paths, With thoughtless idiots glide. Whate'er thy all discerning eye, Sees for thy creatures fit; I'll bless the good, and to the ill Contentedly submit. With humane pleasure let me view The prosperous and the great; Malignant Envy let me fly, With odious self conceit, Let not despair, nor curs'd Revenge, Be to my bosom known; O give me tears for others woe, And patience for my own; Feed me with necessary food, I ask not wealth nor fame; But give me eyes to view thy works, And sense to praise thy name, And when thy wisdom thinks it fit, To shake my troubled mind, Preserve my reason with my griefs, And let me not repine. May my still day obscurely pass, Without remorse or care, And let me, for the parting hour, My trembling ghost prepare.
A DUTCH PROVERB.
FIRE, Water and Woman, are Man's ruin, Says wise professor Vander Bruin: By flames, a house I hir'd was lost Last year; and I must pay the cost. This spring the rains o'erflow'd my ground, And my best Flanders mare was drown'd. A slave I am to FLORA's eyes, The gipsy knows her power and flies. Fire, Water, Woman, are my ruin. And great thy wisdom, Vander Bruin.
Fresh Goods.
Just received, And for sale by
Peter Coffin, Opposite the Apothecaries-row, MARKET-STREET, PORTSMOUTH, A fresh assortment OF SEASONABLE GOODS. April, 1791.
Samuel Hill
INFORMS his friends and customers that he has imported in the last ships from London and Bristol, a full and general assortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, 100 numerous for an Advertisement.
ALSO, Cutlery and Hard Wares, Painters Colours, &c. which are now ready for sale, at his Store, near the Market, and which he is determined to sell at the lowest advance for Cash.
N. B. A general assortment of W. India Goods,—N. E. Rum, Hysop, Souchong and Bohea Teas, and Dye Wood, may be had at the same place.
O S S I P E —State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Ossipee, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1783, 1784, 1788 and 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to us the subscribers on or before the second Wednesday in June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Capt. Jacob Brown, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. Qty. 1783. 1784. 1783. 1784.   state certific. state specie. state certific. state specie. cou'ty specie. cou'ty specie. cou'ty specie. cou'ty specie.     Thomas Wallingsford 12 400 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 6   36 400 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 6   Thomas Packer, 1 400 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 6   30 400 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 6   37 400 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 6   For the year 1789.   state specie. indents. cou'ty specie. cou'ty specie.   Thomas Wallingsford, 12 200 0 1 10½ 0 7 0 11   400 acres 14 200 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   36 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   Thomas Packer, 1 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   30 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   37 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   Solly and March, 10 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   25 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   Peirce and Moore, 3 400 0 3 9 0 7 0 11   John Moffatt— half 5 400 0 1 10½ 0 3 6 5½   half 31 400 0 1 10½ 0 3 6 5½  
JOSIAH POLAND, Collector.—Ossipee, April 4, 1791.
   For the year 1788.   N. Qty. specie. certificates. indents. cou'ty   l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d.     Thomas Wallingsford, 12 400 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 4 8 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6   36 400 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 4 8 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6   Thomas Packer, 1 400 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 4 8 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6   30 400 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 4 8 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6   37 400 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 4 8 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 6  
JOSEPH PITMAN, Collector.—Ossipee, April 4, 1791.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a further time of six months from the sixteenth day of February last, is allowed the commissioners by the Hon. JOSEPH BADGER, Esq. Judge of Probate, for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors on the estate of Simon Randall , late of Lee, in the county of Strafford, deceased. They will attend for that purpose, on the last Monday of this and the five following months, from 2 to 6 o'clock, P. M. on said days. SMITH EMERSON, } Commissioners. JOHN SNELL, } Lee, February 20, 1791.
Church Prayer Book.
A FEW Copies of the Book of COMMON PRAYER, as revised and ratified by Convention, at Philadelphia, in Oct. 1789, handsomely bound, may be had at J. MELCHER'S PRINTING-OFFICE, in Market-street.
State of New-Hampshire. In the House of Representatives, February 12, 1791.
RESOLVED, That John T. Gilman, Sanford Kingsbury and James Macgregor, Esquires, be and they hereby are appointed Commissioners to state the demands of this State against the United States.
And for this purpose, they shall have access to all papers and documents in any public office in this State.
And the said Commissioners, shall as soon as may be, forward all such accounts and demands of this State, against the United States as are proper charges, to be laid before the Commissioners appointed by Congress to settle and adjust the accounts between the United States and Individual States.
And it shall also be the duty of the said Commissioners, first above mentioned, to receive from any towns or any individuals in this State, all accounts for any such services done, or losses suffered in the late war, as would have been (in case they had been presented within the time limited by Congress for receiving them) proper charges by this State against the United States.
And the said Commissioners shall cause the times and places of their meeting to receive such accounts, with the nature and kind of accounts to be received, the vouchers to be produced,
&c. &c. &c. to be advertised throughout this State, by causing the same to be published in all the public papers printed in this State.
And the said Commissioners shall by the tenth day of June next, close the accounts so by them received; and shall prepare a petition to Congress, to have the said sums allowed, or submitted to the board of Commissioners appointed by Congress, notwithstanding the time limited by law of the United States is expired.
And the towns and individuals shall receive from this State the benefit of all such allowances as shall be made to this State by Congress, on account of such demands of such individuals so allowed.
And the said Commissioners, appointed by this Resolve as aforesaid, shall certify the towns or individuals presenting such accounts of all such sums as they shall think well vouched.
Sent up for concurrence. MOSES DOW, Speaker. In SENATE, February 14, 1791. Read and concurred. JOSIAH BARTLETT, President. A true copy: Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'y.
THE subscribers, pursuant to the above Resolution of the General Court, give public notice, that one of them will attend at Exeter and the other at Claremont, from the 16th of May to the 25th inclusive, and at Concord from the 27th to the 31st inclusive, to receive and examine such accounts as shall be presented by any towns or individuals in this State, for such services done or losses sustained in the late war, as are proper charges against the United States, and for which no allowance has been made by this State or the U. States.
The accounts must be accompanied by proper vouchers—in case of service done on alarms, a muster roll and certificate of the commanding officer of the company or regiment will be expected—the losses must be those sustained in actual service, such as the loss of Guns, Clothing, Horses, &c.—The best evidence that the nature of the thing will admit of must be produced.
SANFORD KINGSBURY, } Commissioners. JAMES M'GREGOR, } The Printers throughout the State are desired to insert the foregoing in their papers, until the first of June next. Exeter, April 16, 1791.
L E M S T E R. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to all non-resident owners of land in the town of Lemster, that the General Court of said State, in January 1790, ordered that the selectmen of said Lemster be empowered to levy and collect a tax of two pence on the acre, on all lands belonging to non-resident owners in said town, for the purpose of repairing the public roads in said town. The Court likewise have ordered that the said non-resident owners shall have liberty to work out their respective sums so assessed, any time between the first day of May and the first day of August, after the date hereof, at the rate of three shillings per day for an able bodied man—which tax is assessed by the selectmen of said town, and if not paid to us the subscribers, agreeable to the act of said Court, by the time above-mentioned, so much of their lands will be sold in the same manner as the law directs, for collecting State taxes, as will pay the same, together with incidental charges.
A list of each mans' proportion is as follows, viz.
   l. s. d.     John Ormsby 1 19 0   Joseph Wilcox 1 15 4   Eliphalet Barker 1 16 10   Jacob Arnold 1 13 4   David Wheeler 1 0 0   James Hickeys' Heirs 4 3 4   Jacob Spaulding 1 13 6   George Atkinson's Heirs 4 10 6   John Langdon 2 5 10   John Ashley 0 7 0   Nathaniel Shaws' Heirs 4 14 6   John Batchelor 1 7 10   Shubael Brainard's Heirs 2 14 10   Nathan Blake, jun. 0 13 4   John Perkins 1 13 4   Lewman Huntley 0 8 4   Capt. Stephen Robins 1 16 2   Samuel Silsby 1 5 0   David Stoddard 0 16 8   Daniel Clough 0 0 10   Benjamin Brainard's Heirs 0 11 2   Samuel Thacher 0 17 4   Whipple 0 8 4   Russel Miles' Heirs 0 9 0   Abner Smith 0 6 8   Augustus Marther 2 5 10   Stickney Chace 0 18 0   Thomas Scovel 0 11 2   Bethuel Beckwith 0 11 2   Benjamin Smart 0 8 4   Jacob Smith 0 1 8   Jabez Avery's Heirs 1 10 10   JAMES BINGHAM, } UZZEL HURD, } DANIEL CHAPPLE, } Lemster, March 27, 1791. Salem.  
State of New-Hampshire, Grafton ss.
APPLICATION having been made to me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for said county, by more than one sixteenth part of the proprietors of the township of Fairfield in said county—that a meeting of said proprietors may be notified and warned to be held at the dwelling-house of Capt. Abel Holden, innholder in Hanover, in said county, on the fourth Monday in May next, at one o'clock, afternoon.
 1st. To chuse a Moderator.  2d. To chuse a Proprietors Clerk, and any other officers which they may judge necessary.  3d. To consider and ratify former votes and proceedings of the proprietors of said township, and their agents.  4th. To agree on proper means for calling meetings of said proprietors in future.  5th. To see if the proprietors will take measures for settling said township, and raise any necessary sum or sums of money subservient to that purpose.  6th. To transact any other matters proper to be done at said meeting. 
I do therefore hereby notify and warn the proprietors of said Fairfield township, to meet at time and place, and for the purposes above mentioned. B. WOODWARD, Justice Peace. Hanover, March 30, 1791.