The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-10-04 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &amp;c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful &amp; entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
Dreadful FATE of a MISER at PARIS.
“T*****, an opulent financier, had procured an iron door to be made for an obscure vault, in which he concealed his gold and silver; and where he daily went to pay his adorations to the deity Mammon.—The maker of the ingenious lock warned him to be particularly attentive to a certain spring, lest it might prove fatal to him: Because if he neglected to fasten it whilst in the vault, he would be himself irrevocably caught in the snare he had laid for others.
“Many years elapsed: The insatiate miser continued his accumulations, and regularly visited his hoard.—He laid himself down among his treasure, numbered his bags with the feelings of a voluptuary, and ranged them in order, in that obscure vault, the only shrine of his worship.
“One day in transport, whilst animated by the idol he adored, and enjoying all the pleasures of avarice, he neglected to fix the fatal spring; the door closed upon him, and he remained intombed with his money and his despair.
“In vain he cries and roars, for he is in a dungeon, distant and inaccessible to every living creature, and from which no sound could be heard: His only companions were gold and hunger; and he died in the midst of his bags, piled one above another, all of which he would gladly have exchanged for a glass of water or a morsel of bread. Tedious and dreadful sufferings preceded his death: and the horror of his fate was not lessened or alleviated by the recollection of one generous or benevolent action. In the mean while his family, ignorant of his fate, searched every where for him without success, as no body knew of the hiding place, which the caution of avarice had caused to be dug secretly. This sudden disappearance came at length to the knowledge of the locksmith who immediately suspecting the cause, discovered the mystery to the widow; by whose order the iron door of the cave being forced open, a shocking spectacle appeared: The unhappy T——, starved to death, lay extended upon his treasure, having in his anguish torn and devoured the flesh from his own arms. The poor whom he despised whilst alive, and to whose tears and supplications he turned a deaf ear, were moved by
this shocking catastrophe; and even they deplored so melancholly a fate.” What a horrid exit for a financier! Affording a new and affecting subject for the drama, where it may be exhibited as a dreadful lesson to misers. The moral application is natural and easy. Charge them who are rich in this world that they trust not in uncertain riches; but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.
“That they do good; that they be rich in good works—ready to distribute, willing to communicate;—laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.”
A N E C D O T E.
A SHOEMAKER of Dublin had a longing desire to work for Dean Swift: He was recommended by Mr. James Swift, the banker, and Mr. Sican, a merchant.—The Dean gave him an order for a pair of boots, adding, “When shall I have them?” “On Saturday next,” said the shoemaker; “I hate disappointments,” said the Dean, “nor would I have you disappoint others; set your own time and keep to it:” “Thank your reverence (said Bamerick (for that was his name) I desire no longer time than Saturday fennight, when you will be sure to have them without fail.” They parted, and the boots were finished to the time; but through the hurry of business, Mr. Bamerick forgot to carry them home till Monday evening. When the Dean drew the boots on, and found them to his mind, he said, “Mr. Bamerick, you have answered the commendations of your friends, but you have disappointed me, for I was to have been at Sir Arthur Axheson’s, in the county of Armagh, on this day.” “Indeed, and indeed, Sir (said Bamerick) the boots were finished to the time, but I forgot to bring them home.”—The Dean gave him one of his stern looks; and after a pause asked him, “Whether he understood gardening as well as boot making.” Bamerick answered, “No Sir, but I have seen some very good gardens in England.”—“Come (said the Dean, in a good humoured tone) I will shew you what improvements I have made in the deanery garden.”—They walked through the garden to
the further end, when the Dean started as if recollecting something, “I must step in (said he) stay here until I come back;” then he run out of the garden, locked the door, and put the key in his pocket. Bamerick walked about until it grew dark, and not seeing the Dean, he at last ventured to follow him, but found the door locked; he knocked and called several times to no purpose; he perceived himself confined between two walls, the night dark and cold. However, he had not the least suspicion of his being intentionally confined.
The deanery servants went to bed at the usual hour, and the Dean remained in his study until two o’clock in the morning. He then went into the hall, and drew the charge out of a blunderbuss, and other fire arms, then returned and rung the bell. He was immediately attended by one of his servants. “Robert (said he) I have been much disturbed with noise on the garden side, I fear some robbers have broke in; give me a lantern, and call up Saunders.”—Then the Dean took the lantern, and staid by the arms until the men came. “Arm yourselves (said he) and follow me.” He led them into the garden, where the light soon attracted poor Bamerick, who came up to them. Upon his approach the Dean roared out, “There’s the robber, shoot him, shoot him.” Saunders presented, and Mr. Bamerick, terrified to death, fell on his knees, and begged his life. The Dean held the lantern up to the man’s face, saying, “Mercy on us! Mr. Bamerick, how came you here?” “Lord, Sir, (said Bamerick) don’t you remember you left me here in the evening?” “Ah! friend (said the Dean) I forgot it, as you did the boots;” then turning round to Robert (who was his butler) he said, “give the man some warm wine, and see him safe home.”
A N E C D O T E.
A GERMAN Priest walking in procession at the head of his parishioners, over their cultivated fields, in London, in order to procure a blessing on their future crops: When he came to a spot of unpromising appearance would pass on, saying, Here prayers and singing will avail nothing; this must have manure.
Foreign Intelligence.
PARIS, JULY 14.
Since the month of January last, eleven frigates, eight corvettes, and eight packet boats had been fitted out in the marine department. Four 74 gun ships had been since put in commission, one at Brest , and three others at Toulon ; and posterior to the late declaration of war, twelve ships and one frigate had been ordered to be got ready, in case of any unexpected accident; five 74 gun ships, five frigates, and ten sloops of war, were now actually at sea. In fine, 52 ships of the line, 37 frigates, 10 packet boats, 5 armed shallops, and 13 other small vessels were afloat, and would soon be fit for service. The greatest difficulty was in finding men; 60,000 were indeed entered upon the lists, but there was a considerable deficiency.
In regard to the War Department, the combined armies of Austria and Prussia amounted to 200,000, whereas those of France ready to take the field, did not exceed 190,000; it was advisable therefore to make new levies.
The Minister of foreign affairs being absent, M. Koech read his memorial, by which it appeared, “that the collectors of Cologne and of Treves had declared themselves in favor of the alliance between Austria and Prussia —that Russia did not mean to act seriously against France ; that the intentions of the Court of Sardinia were evidently hostile; that the Pope was outrageous; that the Republic of Venice inclined to the side of Austria ; that Genoa , Florence , and Neuschatel , were determined to observe the most rigorous neutrality; that Spain had become less inimical; that Portugal wished for the happiness and prosperity of France ; that Switzerland was divided in its political attachments:— Basil , Zurich , Lucerne , Valais , and part of the Grisons adhering to, and Berne and Geneva , being against the French Nation .
“ Poland the Ottoman Porte , and America , it was added, were at present the natural allies of France ; Holland would in all human probability be influenced by Prussia .
“As for Great-Britain , says the Minister, its friendship ought at this moment to be courted by Frenchmen, now free and regenerated; an alliance with that Power would en-

sure the common prosperity and elevation of both, and all the tyrants of Europe would league against them in vain. It does not however appear from an official dispatch just received, that the English Ministry are disposed to renew the Treaty between us, and it must also be observed, that they make use of the utmost coolness in all their communications with us. This circumstance ought to make us more cautious than ever of offending that Power, and even induce us to execute all the articles of the Commerical Treaty with the most scrupulous punctuality."
[Captain HOOKER, of the brig Nancy , arrived here the 1st inst. in 42 days from Plymouth (England) by whom we have received London papers, up to the 15th August, from which we have selected the following late
European Intelligence.
LONDON, JULY 19.
A letter from the Hague , dated the 7th inst. says, "M. SHORT, who has been Secretary and Charge-des-Affaires for North-America , at Paris , for some time, is arrived here, and has been received in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary from the same republic to the states general, to whom he has delivered his credentials."
The Great Dauphin, as he was called, Louis the Fourteenth's only son, was ill of an intermitting fever, which the French Physicians could make nothing of. Mr. TABER an Apothecary's apprentice at Cambridge, went over to Paris with the secret of the Bark, and was sent for by Louis to administer it to his son. The French Physicians did not chuse that he should prescribe, till by the definition of the disease that he should give, he should be found capable of having that honor. Pray, Sir, said they to him, what is an intermitting fever? An intermitting fever gentlemen, replied he, is a disease which I can cure, and which you cannot. He administered the Bark, the Dauphin was cured, Louis gave him two thousand guineas, and CHARLES the Second knighted him.
Mr. MINGAY, in the course of his pleading in a cause between two physicians, who had quarrelled about their patient, said, that it put him in mind of a story of two Clergymen, who disputed which of them should bury a corpse;—the one began, " I am the resurrection and the life "—the other Clergyman immediately exclaimed—"Ye d—d rascal, ye are not!"
JULY 26.
Several private letters from India confirm what has already been asserted, respecting the bloodshed in the engagement between Lord Cornwallis and
Tippoo on the 6th of February, and they positively affirm, that in five hours 9000 of our troops, natives and Europeans, fell in the field; in less than half an hour about 300 men were killed within a few yards of Lord Cornwallis, this was at the time his Lordship was wounded in the hand.
The victory obtained over the Russian forces, is exhilarating to the friends of liberty. If any proof need be given, that the love of freedom is natural to man, take the following:—8000 Russians have been sacrificed in the conflict, and the regret of one Briton has not been expressed at the tidings. If the loss had changed sides, we should have in every countenance discerned affliction, and in many tears.
A Frenchman has been seized at Frankfort, suspected of an intention to assassinate the Emperor.—He had stepped into the Monarch's anti-chamber—some papers were found concealed in his wig—and he had two pistols about him, loaded both of them with a brace of balls.
AUGUST 8.
It was rumoured in the city on Wednesday that the Emperor had positively demanded that his illustrious relation the Queen of the French should be permitted to pass the frontiers, and have safe escort.
AUGUST 14.
The King of the French is Dethroned! The French by their own madness and folly have plunged themselves, into ruin and destruction—which the combined power of all the despots in the universe could not otherwise have effected.
On Thursday night the Assembly proceeded to debate the question concerning the dethroning of the King. The populace, in the mean time stirred up by the Jacobins, who had been defeated in the question concerning the accusation against M. LA FAYETTE, had assembled in immense numbers, not only in the galleries, but round the hall, and at the Thuilleries.
At the latter place they proceeded to the most daring outrages, calling out— he is a traitor and does every thing in his power to betray the interests of the nation . From unbridled vociferation they proceeded to acts of violence, and attacked the Swiss Guards with a view to enter the palace for the avowed purpose of exterminating the Royal Family. The King apprised of his danger, contrived to make his escape from the Palace, accompanied by the Queen and the Dauphin, and fairly entered the Assembly, as a sanctuary, before it was known which way he had gone.
The populace, enraged at the resistance of the Guards,
proceeded to exercise upon such of them as fell into their hands the utmost acts of cruelty, hanging some, and cutting others in pieces.
In the Assembly, all was confusion in the extreme—the people in the galleries and round the doors took upon them to exercise the functions of legislators, and loudly commanded the Assembly to decree the dethronement of the King without further delay, or they would avenge themselves, by putting every one to death, as accomplices in the crimes which they imputed to LOUIS XVI.
The Assembly, weak and timid, were obliged to comply with the mad mandates of the people, and at ten o'clock at night decreed the dethronement—the King sitting at the same time among them.
Three members who had the boldness and honesty to defend the King, and insist upon the injustice of such summary proceedings, were beheaded by the mob—that when the express came away cannon were still heard firing at the Palace, and that the slaughter continued between the Household Guards and the populace—that numerous heads, stuck on poles, were carrying about the streets, and that the gates were ordered to be shut, and the roads blockaded.
A gentleman arrived in town this morning, who left Paris on Friday noon, relates, "that at the time he came away, all was tumult and confusion—the shops were shut up—the King had been dethroned—several of the King's party in the Assembly had been put to death, and others were in custody expecting the same fate. The mob had attacked the Palace in which were the Royal Family, defended by the National Guard and Swiss Body Guard. It was reported that 130 of the guards had been killed in the conflict, but it was not known if the King or any of the family had been hurt. The gates of Paris were shut by the mob, who insisted that no one should leave the city, and that all should share the same fate. Two pieces of cannon had been sent against the mob, and some houses were set on fire; but whether by the cannon, or any other cause, is not known. Lord Gower's messenger, who ought to have been in Calais on Saturday evening, was not arrived on Monday morning; it is apprehended, therefore, none were permitted to leave Paris. It is said six of the Assembly were beheaded, and 21 in custody."
A further account, which seems a subject of confirmation to the above outrages, is—that a letter received yesterday from Dover, asserts, "That since Saturday last, upwards of two
hundred persons had landed there from France, and that every fresh packet brings a great number of persons, all giving the most melancholly accounts of the situation in which they left their unfortunate country."
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE.
AUGUST 2.
A letter from the Mayor of Nancy was read, stating that he had sent 300 men to join Gen. Biron's army and that he would shortly be able to send a much greater number.
M. Morant informed the Assembly, that the Department of Vosges had completed its quota of National Guards, for service on the frontiers. This quota amounts to 6,400 men, completely armed and accoutered; exclusive of five battalions already serving in camp.
THURSDAY, Aug. 9.
The President announced several important letters from different Deputies— Let them come themselves , cried many voices on the left—Let them come themselves, repeated the Tribunes with an imperious and menacing air; but M. Lamarque taking up this business, exhibited the most extravagant ideas as to the Tribunes—He said the pay of the King's guards were to be augmented, and that they were to be enrolled in La Fayette's legion. In fine, he repeated all the common place stuff made use of in the Clubs, and the lowest groupes, against the Executive Power; and finished, by demanding that the Municipalities be authorized to prohibit the sale of all the Aristocratic or loyal Journals; and that commissaries should be sent to examine the state of the armies on the same footing as those sent to Soissons; that all strangers be banished from Paris that had not been domesticated at least a year—the Federists excepted.—The Assembly passed to the order of the day, and heard the letters of complaint which were delivered from several of their Members.
Among the numerous pieces which were read, one of the most remarkable was a declaration of M. de Jolivet, who had been a witness to the determinations of the Jacobins in their sitting of yesterday evening.—It was at first discussed, whether all the deputies who voted for La Fayette, should not be exposed to public execration, by a publication of their names upon placards, &c. on the authority of the Society.—But M. Monteaux proposed a plan for the degradation of the whole Legislative Corps.
The Jacobin Society then appointed Commissaries to superintend the printing of this list of the proscribed Members of

the National Assembly, and heard the reports of the disgraces which several of them had suffered with much placidity.
M. Girardin then mounted the Tribune, and declared, in the face of the nation, that he should withdraw himself from the Sittings, while the majesty of the people was outraged with impunity in the persons of their representatives.—The majority of the Assembly then rose up as an intimation of their adjournment, and swore that they would enforce the respect which is due to the Legislative Corps.
M. Condorcet then made a report, in the name of the Committee Extraordinary, upon the petition presented by M. Pethion in the name of the Commons of Paris.—He did not think the immediate deposition of the King an adviseable measure, and proposed an address to the people, which should inform them of means more safe and effectual for the exercise of his Sovereignty.—
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24.
The ship Fame, Capt. Frazier, of Boston, arrived here last Wednesday with about 130 Dutch passengers.—We hear, that a brig with passengers, was to sail soon after the Fame from Amsterdam. The people who have arrived in the Fame are in good health, although the passage was rather tedious. There was one birth, and no deaths, except a man who jumped over board during the voyage, supposed to be insane.
It has been agitated in the British House of Commons to lay a tax of one half penny per pound on butchers' meat, which would add a million and a half yearly to the public revenue. How cruel! when the industrious and labouring poor already keep lent ten months out of twelve; they would then fast all the year round!
NORFOLK, (Virginia) Sept. 12.
On Monday last a murder was committed near Moore's Bridges, Princess Anne County, of which the following are the particulars: A negro man belonging to Thomas Lawson, Esq. had stolen something out of the blacksmith's shop in which he worked, for which Mr. Irons (the master of the shop) told him as soon as he had finished a ploughshare which he was then about, he would give him a flogging. While Mr. Irons was stooping to finish some work at the bench, the negro took the ploughshare and struck him a violent blow on the back of the head, and he expired within ten minutes after. The negro did not attempt to make his escape, and was committed to jail.
NEW-YORK, September 22.
Extract of a letter from Aux-Cayes, dated August 18, 1792.
Referring to my last by Capt. Stites, I am now sorry to inform you that, since his departure, the political situation of affairs in the island has undergone a most unfortunate change. Gen. Blancheland it is supposed, encouraged the negroes
who were in a state of insurrection: they consequently descended from the mountains, and killed many of the inhabitants, and burnt many valuable estates. The troops and the inhabitants immediately assembled, to the number of 1,300 or 1,400, under the command of Gen. Blancheland, and attacked them—but unfortunately were defeated, with the loss of 7 officers and 200 men killed, and a great number wounded. This unexpected defeat obliged the planters to take refuge once more in town, and encouraged the negroes to revolt, to the number of about 2,000. They have since burnt and destroyed near one half of the plain. Finding themselves entirely masters of the country, they have now made propositions of peace, which are, freedom to all who are in a state of insurrection, and Les Platoons (a delightful coffee country in the mountain) for themselves. Whether or not these terms will be acceded to, I cannot pretend to determine—if not, heaven knows what will be the consequence—should they be granted, the entire insurrection of the remaining negroes will inevitably follow. I therefore look upon every thing as certainly lost. I am sorry the immediate departure of this vessel will not admit of my entering into particulars."
By a vessel arrived at Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening last, from Bayonne, we learn, that the Spanish government was arming in every port of the kingdom of Spain.
Extract of a letter received from a respectable gentleman in Richmond (Virginia) dated July 7.
Good news for Mr.——, our court has rejected the allowing the recovery of old British debts, until the treaty is fulfilled, by restoring the western posts. We say here, fulfil the treaty on their part, and we will readily do so on ours."
We hear from Albermarle county, Virginia, that an inhuman murder was lately perpetrated there. The particulars, as related to us are as follows, viz. A man having occasion to go a short distance, to receive a sum of money due to him from another, called in at a tavern by the way, to make some refreshment; a party of gamesters happened to be in the house, whom he imprudently acquainted them with his business: Returning, he halted at the same place, when one of the gamesters asked him if he had succeeded in getting the money—he answered in the affirmative. Soon after his departure from the tavern, it was discovered that the gamester who asked the question was also missing, and a suspicion arose among his companions, that he had followed the man with no good design. They, accordingly went in pursuit, and their conjectures, alas! proved too true—they found the unfortunate man lying weltering in his gore, his throat being cut in a manner shocking to relate. The assassin had hastened to a neighbouring brook, whither he was quickly traced by his partners, who found him in the act of washing the blood off his
hands, and a penknife stained with blood, laying on the back close by him. So barefaced and atrocious an act excited in their breasts the utmost indignation, and they did not hesitate to hang him on the spot.
WINDSOR, (Vermont) September 24.
On the morning of the 17th inst. between one and two o'clock, the printing-office, lately erected at Rutland, by Mr. Anthony Haswell, was discovered to be on fire; and altho' numbers of people immediately assembled, no attempt was made to extinguish it, as the flame had got to too great a height to admit of the least hope, and the whole was consumed. Judge Mattocks's elegant house, where the treasury-office is kept, was in great danger, but providentially preserved. The loss is estimated at 350l.
BOSTON, October 1.
M. Desparbas is appointed Governor of St. Domingo in the room of M. Blancheland, and sailed from the Isle of Aix, near Rochefort the 22d July, with 30 transports, having on board between 6 and 7000 troops, destined for St. Domingo, and convoyed by some men of war, commanded by M. de Cambis.
THE WESTERN ARMY
Has already attained to a respectable number, well appointed and provided.—Besides those at the posts, there was at Pittsburgh, the 1st inst. 1000 infantry, 400 riflemen, and 200 horse. Several detachments are on the march, and there appears a perfect army existing throughout every part. The fall and winter, it is expected, will be spent in wood disciplining the troops, and the campaign commence early in the spring.
S A L E M, September 25.
Repeated robberies have of late been committed on the public MAIL: two letters from Baltimore to a merchant in this town, enclosing bank bills, have been opened, the money taken out, and the letters resealed and returned into the mail.—Those who have observed the United States post-manteaus carried to and from the post offices by different messengers not belonging to that department, and other incautious situations in which they are sometimes left, will not inquire what opportunities there are for the commission of such villainies. But the very vigilant and worthy gentleman now at the head of the post office department will doubtless order these things better.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 4.
Mr. Brown of this State, of whom it was lately published that he was killed in a brick yard by a gang of Indians, after having slain two of them in the struggle, declares in an advertisement of the 6th inst. that he "YET LIVES." "That there were Indians lurking in the neighbouring woods at the time when the report was current, I believe (he says) is a matter of truth; and pos-
sibly myself may have been their object, but of this we have no certainty: that they did not deprive me of life, is a positive fact."
It is a fact, perhaps, not generally known, that the late Capt. John Paul Jones, at the time he was attempting to fit out a little squadron during the late war, in one of the ports of France, to cruise on the coast of England, was much delayed by neglects and disappointments from the Court, that had nearly frustrated his plan. Chance one day threw into his hands an old Almanack, containing Poor Richard's Maxims, by Dr. Franklin. In that curious assemblage of useful instruction, a man is advised "if he wishes to have any business "faithfully and expeditiously performed, to go on it himself, "otherwise, to send." Jones was immediately struck, upon reading this maxim, with the impropriety of his past conduct in only sending letters and messages to Court, when he ought to have gone in person. He instantly set out, and by dint of personal representations procured the immediate equipment of the squadron, which afterwards spread terror along the eastern coasts of England, and with which he so gloriously captured the Serapis, and other British ships of war, returning from the Baltic. In gratitude to Dr. Franklin's Maxim, he named the principal ship of his squadron after the name of the pretended Almanack Maker, Le Bon Homme Richard, Father Richard.
The Governor of Bermuda, has issued a Proclamation allowing the importation into the Somers's Islands, in any foreign vessels, from any foreign ports whatever, of salted provisions, live stock, Indian corn, rice, flour, &c. until November next.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE. ENTERED FROM Brig Nancy, Hooker, Plymouth. Brig George, Moore, Dartmouth. Ship Rainbow, Salter, Amsterdam. CLEARED FOR Brig Nancy, Shapley, Madeira. Sch'r Industry, Woodward, W. Indies. Schooner Adventure, Trefethen, Ditto.
State of New-Hampshire.
Grafton Is.
THERE will be sold at public vendue, on the second Tuesday of November next, at one of the clock, P. M. at the dwelling-house of Edwards Bucknam, Esq. in Lancaster, a number of hundred acre lots of land, on and near the new road that leads from the old road to Conway, to Lancaster, down Ammonoosuck river, to Littleton, so much of the lands located or unlocated, as will defray the whole charge and expence of cutting and making passable said new road.—The vendue will be adjourned from time to time, until a sufficient quantity of land be sold.—The conditions of sale will be made known at time and place of sale, by the committee appointed by the General-Court for the purpose of opening said new road.
EDWARDS BUCKNAM, } Of the ANDREW M'MILLAN, } com'ees September 18, 1792.

Parnassian Spring.
HYMN to the EVENING.  ERE the sun's declining ray Has left yon distant sky, And ere the parting streak of day Has flut upon the eye ;
Come, modest ev'ning, kindly spread The dusk-unfabled vest, And teach reflective thought to spread Devotion on the breast.
O lift the mind to bless the pow'r, Whose memory still shall last ! And bid him serve the present hour, Whose madness lost the past.
Instructive, tell the pomp of state, The pride of mighty blood, That none are ever truly great, That are not truly good.
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale by  J. MELCHER, At his OFFICE, corner of Market-Street,
THE  YOUNG MASON'S MONITOR,
CONTAINING some NECESSARY HINTS to  YOUNG BRETHREN;  Yet not beneath the attention of any. To which is annexed A COLLECTION OF  MASONIC SONGS, ODES, &c.  Many of them new and excellent.
TO BE SOLD, within three quarters of a mile of Dover- Landing—a  DWELLING-HOUSE, with one Acre of LAND, and a young ORCHARD, Suitable for a Tradesman— Enquire of the Printer.—The terms of payment will be made very easy to the purchaser.
AUCTION.
TO be SOLD, at the office of the Town-Clerk, at public auction,  THREE GOOD HOUSES, with LAND adjoining, in good situa- tions, with sundry good HOUSE-LOTS (if a number of persons appear to buy) on Wednesday the 10th day of October next ensuing, at 3 o'clock in the after- noon, if not sold before at private sale. For particulars enquire of  GEO. WENTWORTH, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, September 18, 1792.
50 Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS some villain or villains, on the night of the 18th inst. robbed the garden of the subscriber, of Fruit, &c. A reward of Fifty Dollars is of- fered to any person who will discover the Thief or Thieves, that he or they may be brought to justice.
JOHN LANGDON. Portsmouth, Sept. 19, 1792.
General Post-Office,
PHILADELPHIA, SEP. 10, 1792.
PROPOSALS will be receiv- ed at this Office, until the fifteenth day of November next inclusively, for carrying the mail of the United States on the following post-roads, from the first day of January next, until the first day of June, 1794 :
From Portland to Portsmouth, The Mail to leave Portland every Mon- day and Thursday, by six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth every Tuesday and Friday, by 10 in the forenoon. Returning, to leave Port- mouth every Tuesday and Friday, at one in the afternoon, and arrive at Portland on Wednesday and Saturday, by six in the evening.
From Portsmouth to Boston— From November first to May first, the Mail to leave Portsmouth every Tues- day and Friday at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Boston on Wednesday and Saturday, by six in the evening. Returning, to leave Boston every Monday and Thursday, by six in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth on Tuesday and Friday, by ten in the forenoon : And from May first to No- vember first, The Mail to leave Port- mouth every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Boston the same days by six in the evening. Returning, to leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, four in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth the same days, by six in the evening.
NOTE 1. If during the con- tinuance of the contract here proposed, any other times of arrival and depart- ure of the mail should become necessa- ry, to preserve a proper connection with other mails, the contractors are to con- form to any arrangement which for that purpose shall be made, by the Post-Master-General ; such arrange- ment not lessening the number of hours above allowed for carrying the Mails respectively, without their consent.
2. A convenient time, not exceeding half an hour, for opening and closing the Mail, is to be allowed at each Post- Office, at which the time of its arrival and departure is not herein specified.
3. For every half hours delay (una- voidable accidents excepted) in arriv- ing after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor to forfeit one dollar ; and for the non-performance of a trip, double the sum which the value of one trip shall bear to the value of the whole number of trips to be per- formed.
4. The Mail may be carried on the post-road herein described, either in stage waggons or on horses : but when the state of the roads prevent travel- ling in waggons, with the necessary expedition, the Mail is to be carried on horses. Every Mail stage must have in it a box in which the Mail is to be in- variably carried under lock and key.
5. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the Mail ; and if any contractor would wish to be authorized to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the Mail (agreeably to the 22d section of the Post-Office law) he must, in his proposals, state the respec- tive sums for which he will carry the Mails with and without the emoluments which may arise from such separate carriage of newspapers.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, [Post-Master-General.]
OZIAS SILSBY
RESPECTFULLY informs his cus- tomers that another six month's will expire the first of October next— at which time he earnestly requests a full settlement of all arrearages.—He returns his sincere thanks to those of his customers who have been punctual in payment, and solicits a continuance of their favours.
By the Depreciation Books, the following balances appear to be due from the State of New-Hamp- shire, to—
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Joseph Wilson Private, first Regiment to 1780 - - 3 19 5 Adam Perkins in 1780 0 13 11   ditto in 1780 - - 22 0 0 The heirs of John Tucker to 1780 4 11 0   The heirs of James Alexan- der to 1780. 8 15 0 The heirs of Christopher Huntress to 1780 0 14 0   The heirs of Sam. Lee to 1780 5 2 0 The heirs of Cæsar Wood in 1781 2 6 3   The heirs of Philip Mahane to 1780. 20 12 3 Henry Tibbetts in 1781. 11 3 8   Jonath. Wheelock in 1780 1 12 0 Third Regiment.   The heirs of Samuel Eyers in 1780 0 10 5 Charles Cook to 1780 1 5 3   Isaac George in 1780 - 1 12 0 Abner Fowler in 1780 0 19 7   Heirs of Barnabas Hickety alias B. Hageter to 1780 20 14 0 The heirs of Thomas Taylor to 1780 4 16 0   Alpheus Kingsley in 1781 6 13 4 The heirs of Abraham Cum- mins to 1780 1 17 6   The heirs of Wm. Winton to 1780 6 7 0 The heirs of Andrew Rowen to 1780 0 5 0   Corp'l Jonas Hubbart in 1780 2 3 8 The heirs of Serj. Richard Goss to 1780 9 0 0   Benjamin Barnet in 1780 1 12 0 Henry Langmaid in 1780 1 12 4   Edward Carter in 1780 1 6 8 John Marden in 1780 1 6 11   William Conneck in 1780 1 6 8 The heirs of Edward Perry to 1780 6 10 0   Simeon Goold in 1780 1 6 8 The heirs of Thomas Nutton to 1780 7 10 0   Abel Lovejoy in 1780 1 6 8 Corp'l Neh. Leavitt in 1781 1 6 4   The heirs of Thomas Baxter to 1780 8 0 0 Jeremiah Rawlins in 1780 7 16 4   Serj. Wm. Richardson in 1780 0 8 0 The heirs of John Malon to 1780 0 6 0   The heirs of Peter Bryer to 1780 1 13 0 John Cunningham in 1780 1 0 3   Simeon Butterfield in 1780 0 18 0 William Furnel in 1780 1 8 6   Thomas Grush in 1780 - 5 3 3 Jonathan Prescott in 1780 1 12 5   Charles Hanson in 1780 0 3 0 The heirs of Thomas Hoit to 1780 2 16 0   John Perry in 1780 - 1 12 0 Ebenezer Vernum alias Far- num in 1780 1 1 3   The heirs of William White to 1780 0 7 0 Philip Rowell to 1780 1 14 0   Thomas Colburn in 1780 0 12 8 Corp'l John Rawlin's heirs to 1780 8 15 10   David Dickey in 1780 6 9 11 James Moulton in 1780 2 4 0   James Mutchmore in 1780 1 6 8 Benjamin Cate in 1780 4 0 0   James Brown in 1780 5 3 3 Nathaniel Smith in 1780 8 0 0   The heirs of Tim'y Hutch- inson to 1780 5 6 0 The heirs of Richard Griffin to 1780 0 7 0   Serj. Levi Adams in 1780 0 4 10 The heirs of Caleb Knight to 1780 2 6 4   The heirs of Samuel Stone to 1780 9 13 0 John Whitten in 1781 9 4 4   Jonas Adams in 1780 1 6 8 Joseph Fay in 1780 1 12 4   Nathaniel Hays in 1780 1 9 5 Pelatiah Raze in 1781 3 4 6   The heirs of John Watts to 1780 6 5 4 Eliphalet Shipman in 1780 1 12 8   The heirs of Wm. M'Britain to 1780 4 18 0 The heirs of Levi Butler to 1780 10 13 0   John Grow in 1781 8 9 8 Benjamin Carr in 1780 6 14 10   John Smith in 1780 1 4 10 Col. HAZEN'S Regiment.   Thomas Crofs in 1780 1 6 8 Elisha Brown to 1780 15 19 2   John M'Gee in 1780 0 4 0 Abel Davis to 1780 5 14 0   John Riddle in 1781 2 18 8 Abel Davis, jr. to 1780 5 14 9   John Hale Surgeon in 1780 6 7 0 Artillery Artificers.   Second Regiment. Ephraim Blood to 1780 20 3 2   Simeon Mason in 1780 5 6 0 William Mann to 1780 18 3 0   John Blasdell in 1780 0 14 8 Balances due to Privates who engaged for a less term than three years.   The heirs of Wm. Gray to 1780 4 17 0 Edward Wells in 1780 1 12 5   Amos Kamp in 1780 5 11 0 James Kieff in 1780 3 8 6   The heirs of Sam. Megoon to 1780 7 8 0 Joseph Gilman (Alstead) in 1780 8 14 7   Moses Runnels in 1781 7 6 5 Daniel Swett in 1780 12 16 7   Vincent Torr in 1780 0 13 9 Daniel Andrews in 1780 2 9 4   John Welch in 1780 1 11 4 Nathaniel Kelly in 1780 7 9 4   Moses Blake in 1780 0 19 7 Jacob Hardy in 1780 7 17 4   William Bell in 1780 1 10 0 Ephraim Sawyer in 1780 3 3 0   The heirs of Israel Hull to 1780 3 4 0 Asa Reddington in 1780 1 10 3   The heirs of George Patter- son to 1780 4 15 4 Caleb Gilman to 1780 0 16 6   ditto in 1780 18 0 6 Prince Walley in 1780 8 15 6   ditto in 1781 7 17 10 Silas Wood to 1780 8 0 10   Eben. M'Elvin in 1780 0 12 11 Levi Farwel to 1780 7 7 10   Thomas Quint in 1780 1 9 8 Nathaniel Barrows to 1780 8 5 10   Serj. Jonathan Tarker in 1780 1 10 6 Gustavus Bingham to 1780 7 5 2   Ephraim Davis in 1780 5 6 8 John Grandy to 1780 7 1 0   Corp'l John Mills in 1780 1 5 11 Ezra Freeman to 1780 8 11 2   Serj. Silas Coolidge in 1780 0 13 3 Jese Brown to 1780 11 2 11   Serj. Zadock Dodge in 1780 0 13 3 ditto in 1780 12 2 6   John Dodge in 1780 1 12 4 Jonathan Heath to 1780 8 6 6   Moses Swett George in 1780 6 5 4 Examined per   Joseph Slack in 1780 15 17 11 JOSIAH GILMAN, jun'r.   Nathan Taylor in 1780 1 12 4 [One of the Committee.]   Samuel Gorden alias Godding in 1780 5 6 8 The Printers of the several Newspa- pers within this State, are desired to insert the foregoing list in their respective public papers, by order of the Legislature.   The heirs of Elipha't Hobart to 1780 1 10 0 JOSIAH BARTLETT, President.   Serj. Ebenezer Eastman in 1780 9 10 0 August 14th, 1792.   Enoch Burnham in 1780 0 1 3   The heirs of David Hodgdon to 1780 10 14 6   The heirs of Nehemiah Lea- vitt to 1780 4 12 4