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THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE ; OR, STATE JOURNAL, and GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[ Vol. XXIV. ]      S A T U R D A Y, August 19, 1780.      [ No. 1243. ]
The NEW-HAMPSHIRE CRISIS, No. III.
My Friends and Countrymen,
WHEN we take a view of our present state, what a melancholy picture is presented to us.—The people sinking under the weight of their own vices ; particular interest prevailing over the public ; the manners of the people (this supplement of laws, and often more efficacious than the laws themselves) neglected or corrupted ; the mode of attacking our political constitution, and destroying our freedom, reduced to a system by our internal enemies.—Our rulers, perhaps, too indulgent to those who are seeking the destruction of the State ; and, perhaps, too attentive to the complaints of the people ; and the people, by way of reprisal, too indifferent with respect to the government ; one part of the people suffer and complain, another has given up all hope of redress, while the residue are surrendering to the incessant attacks of traitors and paricides. A universal chill has of course seized the vitals of our constitution ; and our present efforts to relieve ourselves from the cruel hand of tyranny and oppression, have become feeble and languid. What is to be done, what steps must be taken, to extricate us from the evils which surround us ? Shall we say our rulers have conspired against us ; that they have taken a part with our enemies ? Surely, we have no reason even to suspect this.—But we ought to say, that their lenity to our internal enemies has brought evils upon us, that neither they, or we suspected : That it is now time for them to rise, and save us before it is too late, it is time for us to rouse, & shake off the fatal sleep which has seized us. Let us recall that public spirit, which once regulated all our conduct, let us be jealous of those liberties for which we have so long contended ; let us have no sort of commerce, or connection, with those who are known enemies to our country ; and let us even avoid those who are suspected as such. This will give support to our despairing friends ; will give courage to our soldiers, strike our enemies with terror, add vigor to our constitution ; and finally obtain for us the reward of all our toils, by securing to us that freedom and happiness, for which we have so long contended with a firmness which has astonished all Europe.
A FARMER.
August 15, 1780.
THE SCOURGE, No. V.
Saturday, February 26, 1780.
To the Right Honorable, and Honorable TRAITORS to their Country, the betrayers of their Trust, and the People's Liberties, the venal prostituted Slaves who compose the Minister's dead MAJORITY in the House of Commons, the execrable Wretches who live upon the Plunder, Distress, and Ruin of their Fellow-Subjects.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU was elected by the people to be the guardians of their rights, the protectors of their property, and their blood, against the designs of a weak, corrupt, ambitious, cruel tyrant, and his wicked profligate abandoned ministers. It was your duty to have opposed, as the trustees of the people, the first encroachments made on their liberties and the laws of the land—It was
your duty to have checked the lust of power and despotic rule so clearly manifested by the king and his creatures, even at the expence of the nation's blood and treasure, almost from the first day of his accession to the throne—It was your duty to have resisted every attempt to increase the civil list , and of course the power and ruinous influence of the crown ; and it was no less a duty incumbent on you to have refused the payment of those pretended, but enormous debts, which his majesty had the conscience to ask two years ago, at a time when he was plundering the people by the most oppressive and unjust taxes, & wickedly spilling their blood in the most wanton manner, to answer the purposes of his ambition, revenge, and cruelty, and to destroy the established laws and constitution of the empire—You was also bound by every tie of honor, justice, and humanity, to have prevented that horrid, unjust, and bloody war now carrying on in America , which will for ever mark this reign, with an indelible stain of infamy, and disgrace the name of Briton to the last ages of time, whilst our remotest posterity will execrate the present tyrant and his ministers as the authors, and you as the diabolical abettors and supporters of it.
Thus, instead of being the true and faithful representatives of the people, you have been the base betrayers of their lives, the plunderers of their property, the destroyers of their peace, and the horrid instruments of their ruin ; the mere tools and creatures of a most cruel and unrelenting tyrant, who to gratify his lust of power, and satiate his revenge against those who oppose it, would without the least remorse or compunction, deluge the land with BLOOD. Your names and memories will be forever execrated, and it will be the business, as it is the duty of the SCOURGE, and indeed of every honest man, to hold you up to the public scorn and detestation not only of our fellow-subjects but of the world. You are a set of sordid mercenary wretches, a desperate band of court sycophants, and public traitors, purchased by the crown with the people's money ; and united with an infernal ministry in a black and secret conspiracy, to overturn the free constitution of the British empire, and to rivet the chains of your countrymen. Your names, as well as your treason and your villainy, shall be made fully known, that you may be guarded against, and shunned by every true Englishman, at the next GENERAL ELECTION, with as much care as they would guard against and shun a plague, pestilence or famine. The people are at length determined to redeem themselves from your worse than Egyptian bondage. They feel most sensibly the loss of trade, the loss of liberty, and the wicked and wanton waste which has been made of the treasure and the blood of the nation. They see the precarious tenure by which they hold their property, that is at the will and pleasure of the crown, for they can have no other security, whilst you remain the venal slaves, and prostituted tools of a corrupt and arbitrary court, who rob and plunder them, for the vilest and most infamous purposes, just as their caprice and humour directs ; not in support of the laws and legal government, but to maintain a horrid system of tyranny and despotism.
My lords, and gentlemen, the people now begin to see the fatal error they have been
led into, they know your treason, and they blush at the thoughts of having nursed such vipers in the bosom of the state. The justice of an injured nation will not sleep much longer, eternal infamy and disgrace will attend you, even in your last moments, and your memories will sink in the nostrils of posterity. The discovery they waited for is made, redress is not to be obtained even in the smallest degree by any peaceable means. The time for moderation is over, the extremity of the case calls for severity . Your power and your villainy is near at an end ; lords North , Sandwich , Germaine , Hillsborough , and the whole herd of you begin to tremble at the thoughts of it. The spirit of the people, and the name of a free parliament , strikes terror into your souls, and there is no small reason for it ; your heads are forfeited, vengeance will pursue you, and if the laws live , you must perish .
That great and able statesman, the lord treasurer Burleigh , used frequently to say, that England would never be ruined unless it was by a PARLIAMENT ; he consequently foresaw, that other oppressions being wrought by violence, would be at once resisted, and by violence be shaken off again. This maxim those notorious enemies to the peace & freedom of mankind, lord Bute , and Mansfield , instilled into the mind of the king, and he with a narrowness of soul peculiar to himself, and to every tyrant upon earth, sucked in the poison ; and lord North the contemptible puppet of the court faction, was singled out as a proper tool to carry into execution the grand design of public mischief and public ruin ; and this was not to be done, but by the almighty power of corruption, & the people have been robbed of MILLIONS, to procure and bribe, a majority of right honorable, and honorable villains in the house of commons to betray their country, and enslave the nation.
You, my lords and gentlemen, were the only instruments that could be found to execute the hellish work, and your determination seems to be, to do the business effectually. The petitions of thousands of the first freeholders and men of property in the kingdom, against the violation of their rights, and the shameful waste of the public money, are to be rejected or treated with contempt ; and yet the PROTEST of a few court sycophants, pensioners, placemen and place-hunters, without either fortune or consequence, and who have been purposely employed by bribes to procure them, are respectfully received, and blazoned forth to the world as of equal weight and importance, in order to blind the multitude, and deceive the nation. This will not do, the disguise is too thin not to be seen through, the villainy too bare-faced to pass unnoticed or unpunished, and it will meet with that contempt and detestation it merits.
The prayer of the petitions must be complied with ; the people will not submit to be governed by a majority of five hundred & fifty-eight tyrants, and pilfered of their property by the very men, whom they have elected to preserve it. They never told you, that you might do what you pleased with them, or that their estates were your goods and chattels to dispose of at your pleasure.—They never thought that you had a supreme power over them, or that your rapaciousness was not to be checked, or your authority not to be resisted. [See last page.] The

THE SCOURGE, No. VI.
LONDON, Saturday, March 4.
TO THE PUBLIC.
NOTWITHSTANDING all the threats and dangers of a prosecution, held forth to the booksellers and vendors, and to the publisher of this paper last week, by the despicable tools of ministry, in order to prevent the circulation and stop the sale of the SCOURGE: C. Thompson assures the friends to public liberty and their country, that it will be continued with the same spirit, in defiance of every exertion of lawless power, whilst his pious Majesty, against the interests of the nation, the safety and rights of the people, shall obstinately determine to keep the present miscreants in office, & whilst councils of blood are held at St. James's, and a palace is only the slaughter house of mankind.
The authors of the Scourge, unawed by the threats of power, or the frowns of a tyrant, are determined, at the risk of every thing they hold dear, to rescue their country and fellow subjects from that ruin and bondage with which they are threatened, their unremitting endeavours shall never cease, 'till they have dragged the enemies and traitors of both, from behind the throne of tyranny into open day-light, that they may receive from the hands of the people the reward which is justly due to their monstrous wickedness, altho' their blood alone cannot expiate their guilt, the houses where their crimes were first conceived, should be levelled with the ground, and their estates and treasure, the price and means of the public ruin given to the public.
Regardless of the danger, the authors will not be afraid to call every tyrant, traitor, and villain in the kingdom by his proper name; they are not quite so mean, slavish and effeminate, which is but too much the fashion of the times, as to suppress or disguise the honest and manly language of scorn and resentment, against crimes that merit the execration of all good and virtuous men; it is beneath the spirit of an Englishman, and they will not so far degrade the national character, as to compliment any tyrant with the soft epithets of a pious, humane and virtuous prince, while he is acting diametrically opposite to all laws divine and human, by destroying the peace and happiness of mankind. What can be more disgraceful to a FREE PEOPLE in a free country, than for public writers to address those who subvert the laws, and plan the ruin of kingdoms, in the soft language of eulogy and ease, when they deserve the scourge of satire, and the manly rage of indignation. That would be preparing the people at once for the triumphant entrance of slavery, and for a quiet submission to all the illegal violences of cruelty and despotism.
Without FREEDOM of SPEECH and WRITING, there can be no such thing as PUBLIC LIBERTY; and TYRANTS and TRAITORS ought to be exposed for the PUBLIC GOOD.
Freedom of speech and public writing, is the birthright of every man, a sacred and most invaluable privilege, so essential and necessary to the happiness of a FREE PEOPLE, that the security of property, and the preservation of liberty, must stand or fall with it. Whoever, like the present king and his ministers, would undermine an equal, limited and free government, and destroy the natural rights of mankind, must begin by subduing freedom of speech and public writing (this was attempted in the second year of this blessed reign, against the authors, printer and publishers of the Monitor, North Briton, &c,) which that hoary traitor MANSFIELD (who has more than once on his knees drank damnation to the present family on the throne) calls the licentiousness of the press, because he and his master wish to do public mischief without hearing of it, conscious that it has been a terror to tyrants, traitors and oppressors — It is the only method of exposing the tyranny and despotism of kings, in all its hideous shapes and forms, and guarding the people against the villainous designs of their rulers, who but two often under the specious pretence of acting for the public good, are only seeking a power to oppress and enslave them. — It is the only method of holding up to public contempt and indignation, bad ministers and corrupt judges, that they may meet a punishment equal to their crimes. It is the only channel through which the people can know, whether the money they pay for the support of the state, and the defence of the kingdom, is properly applied to the several uses for which it was granted, or whether it is not lavishly squandered away, and divided amongst a parcel of miscreants and worthless traitors, for the most base, wicked and ruinous purposes. — It is by this means they know, whether new demands made, and new taxes and burthens laid upon them are just or unjust, whether it is only to feed and enrich a few state leeches, who live on the vitals of their country, and to support a horrid system of corruption and tyranny, the bane of kingdoms, and the
destruction of public virtue and public liberty. — It is by nervous, manly, public disquisitions on the policy of nations, that the people are made acquainted with the rise, progress, and state of empires; and the causes which bring on the decline and ruin of kingdoms; and thus they are enabled to preserve themselves from the same disgrace, infamy and fall; and to guard against the arbitrary and baneful designs of those they have intrusted with power.
It was entirely owing to the bold and spirited writings in the time of Charles the first, and to the rustic virtue of our ancestors, that, that execrable hypocrite and tyrant (though called by his creatures pious and good) was deservedly brought to the block; and this nation preserved from a most ignominious state of slavery and ruin, planned and destined by that internal monster.
The last glorious revolution, had never been brought about, by the patriots of his country, and the manly declarations of the immortal king William; if James the second could have stopt the freedom of the press, and public writings, he might then have carried on his black and bloody designs against the religion, laws, and constitution of the kingdom, with safety; till he had accomplished his ends, and till the nation was past all redemption from popery and bondage.
Whoever therefore is an enemy to the liberty of the press, and to the freedom of public writing, couched in the boldest and strongest terms, even against kings, as well as all other inferior magistrates when they abuse the powers vested in them, and destroy the people they should protect and defend, both in their life, liberty, and property, is an enemy to God and man; for the Almighty never made a tyrant to enslave and butcher the human race, whom he in his great wisdom and goodness made happy and free.
I will be bold to say, that the people of England would have felt the chains intended for them by the present king and his ministers, long before this, had not their eyes been opened, by the public writings, and the noble opposition their tyranny and villainy met with from a small, but virtuous band of true patriots in both houses of parliament. Their monstrous and wild power began to show itself, soon after his mulish majesty came to the crown, and the artful Scotch traitors Bute and Mansfield, had usurped the reins of government. Every priest who dared to publish the most mild and gentle stictures on the proceedings of parliament, altho' they materially concerned every man in the kingdom, were immediately dragged in the most arbitrary manner to the bar of the house of lords or commons, before a tribe of venal profligate slaves, who had betrayed their trust, and were themselves both parties, accusers and judges in the same cause; many were fined and others both fined and imprisoned. This was striking at the root of what lord Mansfield has long been trying to destroy, and which he has rendered almost useless, trial by jury, and leaving the life and persona liberty of every Englishman at the mercy of the crown, and the destructive tools of power. As this proceeding did not altogether answer their purpose, the same Scotch Traitor Mansfield, advised his tyrannic majesty in council, to issue an illegal proclamation, for apprehending Wheelble, for what he was pleased to call a libel; but Mr. Wilkes soon convinced his lordship, that a proclamation in this country for a misdemeanor could not have the force of law, and discharged Wheelble as soon as he was taken, and so far destroyed lord Mansfield's cunning, and the usurped power of a pious tyrant.
It is only the checks which are put upon magistrates and the opposition which tyranny meets with that makes nations free; and it is only the want of such checks, and such opposition, that make them slaves. It is the nature of power to be ever encroaching, and it should be the business of the people to be always upon their guard against it; every extraordinary power granted at particular times, and particular occasions, is presently converted into an ordinary power, to be used at all times, and where there is no occasion. From this spirit it is, that occasional acts have been made perpetual, one year has been improved into three, and three into seven. Thus the riot act, which passed in 1715, at the time of the Scotch Rebellion, was designed as a temporary law, for the purpose of preventing tumults and insurrections, which were then much dreaded in every part of the kingdom, and when that pretence for passing it, had no longer any existence, yet we see it is made a handle of even at this day, upon every the most trifling occasion, to answer the purposes of government, and to butcher the people at pleasure.
A triennial or three years parliament was upon the same occasion made septennial, because it was then urged, a new election would throw the nation into a ferment, and impede the measures of government; but the baneful lust of power in the crown, and the opportunity of corrupting the members by that means were so great, that a seven year parliament has continued ever since, which has been one principal cause of the people's ruin.
L O N D O N, May 13.
Thursday an express arrived from Sir Joseph Yorke, with the following interesting intelligence:
In consequence of the States General having given permission for the march of the recruits from Brantwick, Hesse, Hanau, &c. in the pay of the King of Great-Britain, through their country, and to embark in one of their ports, a man of war and transports sailed from England to take the recruits on board, they being destined for the army in Canada. As soon as the recruits, baggage, &c. were all embarked, an order came from the States General to stop their sailing. The reason assigned for this measure, is, that the States General have a demand on the King of Great-Britain, which they have formally made, of the ships taken by Commodore Fielding; and the transports and recruits must remain in their port until that demand is fully satisfied.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, August 1.
Head Quarters, Bergen County, July 26, 1780.
S I R.
HAVING received information that there were considerable numbers of cattle and horses in Bergen Neck, within reach of the enemy, and having reason to suspect that they meant shortly to draw all supplies of that kind within their lines, I detached Brigadier General Wayne, on the 20th, with the first & second Pennsylvania brigades, with four pieces of artillery to them, and Col. Moylan's regiment of dragoons to bring them off. I had it also in contemplation, to attempt, at the same time, the destruction of a block house erected at Bull's Ferry, which served the purposes of covering the enemy's wood cutters, & giving security to a body of Refugees, by whom it was garrisoned, and who committed depredations upon the well affected inhabitants for many miles round.
General Wayne having disposed of his troops in such a manner as to guard the different landing places on the Bergen shore, upon which the enemy might throw over troops from York Island to intercept his retreat, and having sent down the cavalry to execute the business of driving off the stock, proceeded with the first, second and tenth regiments and the artillery to the block house, which he found surrounded by an abattis and stockade. He for some time tried the effect of his field pieces upon it, but though the fire was kept up an hour, they were found too light to penetrate the logs of which it was constructed. The troops during this time, being galloped by a constant fire from the loop holes of the house, and seeing no chance of making a breach with cannon — those of the first and second regiments, notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the officers to restrain them, rushed through the abattis to the foot of the stockade, with a view of forcing an entrance, which was found impracticable. This act of intemperate valour was the cause of the loss we sustained, and which amounted in the whole to three officers wounded, 15 non-commissioned officers and privates killed, and 49 non-commissioned officers and privates wounded. The wounded officers are Lieutenant Hammond and Crawford of the first, and Lieut. De'Heart of the second, the last since dead. I cannot but mention his death with regret, as he was a young gentleman of amiable qualities, and who promised fair to be serviceable to his country. The dragoons in the mean time drove off the stock which were found in the Neck; the sloops and wood-boats in the dock near the block-house were burnt, & the few people on board them made prisoners.
I have been thus particular, lest the account of this affair should have reached Philadelphia much exaggerated, as is commonly the case upon such occasions.
I have the honor to be,
With the greatest respect,
S I R.
Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at the Hague, April 13, 1780.
"Since the Memorial presented to their High Mightinesses by the Plenipotentiary of Russia, the Provincial States of Holland have been deliberating on the invitation of the Empress, and I am sure (knowing it from a good quarter) the resolutions of this Province will be taken within the next week, agreeable to the views of the Empress, and to the general wishes of all good men."
April 25.
"These dispatches having been detained a fortnight longer than was intended, I open them for the sake of adding the important intelligence of this Province having unanimously adopted the proposals of Russia, and that there is no doubt but all the other Provinces will adopt this resolution, as they have now adopted that of the unlimited convoys, and of refusing the succours claimed by Great-Britain."

NEW-LONDON, August 11. About noon on Saturday last, the British fleet from Block-Island to the number of fifteen, came into the sound and anchored off this harbour, where they remained till about the same time next day; when they came to sail, the wind easterly, and went into Gardiner's bay, where they still remain.
One ship of the line and three frigates (British) continue to cruise between Montauk Point and Block-Island.
NEWPORT, August 5.
It is almost impossible (says a correspondent) to conceive the spirit and ardour of the country in pushing forward to meet the enemy on Rhode Island, should they be so daring to attack it.—There is now about 10,000 fine militia and six months men about the North End of the island, and might have been 20,000 before this, had they not been stopt coming in.
The people belonging to the French transports have to a man voluntarily agreed to act in the numerous forts and batteries on this Island, &c. in case the enemy should make an attempt on the same.
BOSTON, August 17.
Tuesday last arrived here, a ship in 39 days from Cadiz, with 61 prisoners, belonging to the United States. She was formerly a letter of marque brig belonging to Salem, and owned by Mr. Haskell Derby, but taken by a British cruiser, and afterwards purchased by a Portuguese. Capt. Felt, who formerly commanded the brig, came passenger in her, and informs, That a few days before he sailed, advice was received there from France, that Lord George Gordon, at the head of 40,000 men, entered the city of London in four different divisions, and demanded of parliament satisfaction for the insults offered the people with regard to their petitions, remonstrances, &c. when he was told to wait till the morning; but he insisted on immediate satisfaction, the guards fired on the populace and killed about 500, when the remainder dispersed for the evening, but were determined to erase the Parliament-House the next morning; that the populace had secured Lord Mansfield, but he was afterwards rescued by the guards: That there were 40 sail of the line in Cadiz Bay, including 13 sail of French, and 'twas conjectured they would sail for the channel of England in about 16 or 20 days after this ship failed: And that the Russians, Swedes and Dutch, had entered into an alliance to protect the commerce of their respective States.
Yesterday arrived here the long expected Continental frigate the Alliance, Capt. Landais, in five weeks and four days from port l'Orient, in France. By this vessel we have a confirmation of the great mob in England, encouraged, it is said, by Lord George Gordon. This insurrection was occasioned, according to report, by the Roman Catholic bill; but the insurgents seemed to have formed no political plan. They consisted of 40 or 50,000. They destroyed all the goals in London, pulled down Lord Mansfield's house, and attempted the bank; but the guards and militia op-
posed them, and killed between three and four hundred. They kept together a number of days and then dispersed. The King, it is said, privately retired for some time, as did also Lord North. Martial Law was proclaimed. A number of the leading men in this insurrection were taken and executed. Lord George Gordon was confined in the tower, upon account of some letters wrote by him to Scotland, and intercepted by ministry. Great uneasiness, however, continued in England. The Russians and Dutch had determined to carry all sorts of goods, without exception of any, under the cover of their men of war; and would enter into a war with Britain to support this point, if the latter did not cede it. No prospect of peace, but Britain still appeared bent on carrying on the war. The French and Spanish men of war at Cales making upwards of 40 sail of the line, were every moment expected to join the Brest fleet for channel and other services. The British home fleet was said to consist of less than 30 sail.
Another account says, that the English fleet, consisting of 22 sail, were cruising before Brest; that a junction of the Dutch and Russian fleets, to prevent the English from searching neutral vessels, was expected daily; and that the celebrated Paul Jones was soon to sail for America in the Ariel.
In the Alliance came passengers, the Hon. Arthur Lee, Esq; and his two nephews, Capt. Livingston, Mr. Brush and Mr. Ash of Philadelphia, Mr. Brown, Mr. Middleton and Mr. Wilkenon of South-Carolina, Major Frazer and Mr. Ingraham, Mons. Pentiband and Mons. de Colombe, Aid de Camps to Major-General Marquis de la Fayette, and his Secretary.
Tuesday last arrived here Capt. Haden, from Holland, after 70 days passage. This vessel met with a fleet, which she took to be enemies, which occasioned throwing overboard all her letters and papers: The fleet, however, proved to be from Virginia, bound to France. By this vessel we learn, that Russia, of whose expected assistance Britain has so much boasted, has verified all that our Friends in France have said in their Letters, of her friendly disposition to the United States of America, to our ALLIANCE with France, and to the design of abating the British power grown so despotic by sea. Russia is at the head of an ALLIANCE lately formed between the Northern powers, Sweden, Denmark and Holland, with an undoubted view to promote this design, and to ensure the rights of neutrality to the several contracting Powers; for which purpose those Powers have already fitted out a number of men of war, making in the whole a formidable fleet. Some of these ships were at the Texel when this vessel sailed. So that Britain, to support her claims in America, and upon the ocean, must not only subdue the combined force of the House of Bourbon and the United States, but all the Maritime powers in Europe.
A letter from Head Quarters, Verplank's Point, bearing date August 6th, says, "The light infantry of the respective corps of the whole army are incorporated into one body; consisting of 2500 as fine lads as ever moved; and are commanded by the young gallant Major General de la Fayette: From this body we expect WONDERS."
We hear that General Washington's army, which lately crossed the North River, are returned again into New-Jersey.
It is said that the enemy are again embarking most of their army at Long Island, but it is uncertain where they are going.
Monday last arrived here a prize brig, taken by Capt. Hinman, belonging to New London.
Extract of a Letter from a gentleman in Cape-Francois, dated July 18, 1780.
"Yesterday arrived at this port a fleet from Martinico, consisting of French and Spanish vessels to the number of 36 sail, consisting of 3 ships of the line, 1 frigate, and the rest transports and merchantmen, with about 2000 troops (chiefly Spanish)—Two days before their arrival they parted with 32 ships of the line, and a number of frigates and transports, which had on board 1500 troops, and were bound (as is reported) to attack Jamaica.—They lost sight of them two days before they came in here, in the latitude of Porto Rico."
By Capt. Fellows, who arrived here last Saturday in 21 days from Port-au-Prince, we are informed, That a Fleet of 35 Sail, French and Spanish, intended to commence their Attack on Jamaica, on or about the 1st instant.
Thursday Evening last a Number of prisoners on board the Guard-Ship mutinied, seized and disarmed the Guard, consisting of eight Men, cut the Cable, and the drove ashore near Lechner's Point, leading up Cambridge River. On the Alarm being given, the Town Major (John Rice, jun. Esq;) attempting to go on board with an additional Guard to quell the Mutiny, was fired on from the Guard-Ship, when the Serjeant, Thomas Bickford, was killed; on which, the Major calling to the Shore, and informing of what had happened, it being very foggy, the Town was alarmed, when a Number of Boats went off to his Assistance, and quell'd the Mutiny. After which, 21 of the Prisoners were bro't on Shore, and committed to Prison.—A Jury of Inquest being summoned to sit on the Body of the deceased, after about forty-four Hours Examination of the Prisoners separately, found from their own Confessions, eleven Principals and Accomplices, accessory to the Murder, who are now in Goal, waiting for Trial.
Admiral Graves's squadron, on their passage from England, off the Western Isles, took a very valuable East-Indiaman, and carried her into New-York.
Monday last, arrived a flag from St. John's, Newfoundland, with 180 American prisoners.
PORTSMOUTH, August 19.
On the 5th of this instant August died suddenly of a Palsy, Mr. JOHN ELIOT, of this Town, aged 61. He was a Gentleman esteemed by his Friends and Acquaintance as a worthy honest Man, a kind and affectionate Husband, a tender Parent, and an indulgent Master; and having conducted through Life, as to his temporal and spiritual Interest, it may justly be said of him, that he has left a Character and good Name more precious than Ointment; and no Doubt the Day of his Death, was to him, far better than the Day of his Birth. He now rests from his Labours, and his Works follow him. Being, as we have Reason to think, possessed of that Charity and Good Will to his Fellow Creatures, though of different Sentiments, as might denominate him a true Christian, depending entirely on the Merits of Christ for his Salvation who gave his Life a Ransom for the Sins of the World.
Friday the 4th instant, died of the Palsy, suddenly, Mr. JAMES CLARKSON, much lamented by all his Friends and Acquaintance. He was a kind, indulgent Husband and Master; in him the Town and Church has lost a worthy Member, the Poor a great Benefactor, and the Clergy a hospitable Friend.
A Pocket Book taken up,
with some Money and a number of valuable Notes of Hand, between Newbury and Hampton Falls, last week, the Owner may have them ag in paying Charges Enquire of the Printer at Portsmouth.
Lost on Saturday the 28th July last, near Mr. William Marshall's Chaise Makers Shop, (an English Horse Whip) whoever will return the same to the Printer hereof shall have 40 Dollars and no questions ask'd. Portsmouth Aug. 17.
Notice is hereby given, that there is a Tax laid on a Tract of Land belonging to Mrs. Mary Whipple of Kittery, for the Year 1779, then in Possession of Richard Hayley, which is about 50 pounds L. M. for State, Town and Parish Tax—and unless said Tax is paid by the 20th of Sept. next, it will then be advertised for sale so much of said land as will pay the Tax with incidental charges by me the subscriber. said Land lies Battersnot side of Spruce Creek in said Kittery
William Dearing, Constable, Kittery, August 14.

The people are bound to resist traitors and usurpers, in whatever shape they appear, and to oppose all those who attempt to undermine the constitution, whether king, lords, or commons, or all united; and the eyes of the whole world are at this moment upon them, it is in their power to put a speedy end to all their troubles, and to all the state craft at St. James's and Downing Street . The deed will be glorious, & transmit their names to posterity with respect and veneration; where is there an Englishman to be found, who would not spill the last drop of his blood in so just so noble a cause. It is agreed and determined by all the nations upon earth, that kings, governors, magistrates, and others when they abuse or betray the trust delegated to them, invade the people's liberties, injure them in their property, break in upon the constitution, or impose unnecessary and unjust taxes on them, may and ought to be RESISTED , and the people by all laws divine and human, may take up arms against their oppressors; and no man can produce one single instance in the history of this country, when it was more necessary than at this time in order to rescue the nation from slavery and bondage, if not from destruction. To say that the people are bound to submit to laws made contrary to their welfare and the public good, is an absurdity, or to say that the people having delegated the power of doing it, they have no power to save themselves from ruin, is an insult upon the common understanding of mankind, designed only to mislead and deceive the ignorant.
The nation is now brought by domestic traitors to the brink of ruin, and every Englishman must lend his hand to save it; and that must be done quickly and vigorously , delays will prove mortal . Can any thing be more ridiculous, than to stand upon ceremony , in a case where it is impossible to be too early, or too zealous . This ought to have been done before tyranny had taken so deep a root, or the miscreants were armed with the power of the sword; for the miseries we suffer, were as easy to be foreseen and prevented, as they are now to be felt; and we are only to look back, to take a perfect view of our future misery, if we remain tame and quiet ; so plain and smooth is the road which leads to our destruction; and yet we seem now to be waiting with a criminal patience , as if we wanted rather to know, whose fools and slaves we should be next , than to be such NO LONGER .
That this great work of redemption from temporal misery may be effectually done, the people should be careful to obtain a free parliament , and elect no man who would not solemnly upon OATH , engage not to grant any supplies till their grievances are redressed, that they will impeach and bring to public and condign punishment, the miscreants who have brought the nation into its present deplorable situation, and afterwards confiscate their states for the good of their country, as a small atonement for the injuries she has received, and the innocent blood they have wantonly spilt.
The Widow Service,
Has removed to a commodious House near the State House, in Portsmouth, where she keeps Boarding for Gentlemen, and Entertainment for others as usual.
TO BE SOLD.
One half of the House & Land, now in the Occupation of the Widow Pickering, originally belonging to Daniel Pickering, deceas'd; Enquire of the Printer at Portsmouth.
A House to be let at the North End. Enquire of the Printer, Portsmouth
Barnstead Meeting stands adjourned to the last Monday of this Instant August, 20 o'Clock, at the Parish House in Newington. All concerned, are desired to take Notice, and govern themselves accordingly By order of the Proprietors.
R. Downing, Proprietors Clerk.
Newington, August 3, 1780.
L O N D O N, May 19.
The Gold and Silver which hath been accumulating in the Colonies ever since hostilities commenced, has hitherto been of no more use in carrying on the war, than if it had remained in the mines of Mexico; but when the bills shall cease to be a currency (an event every day looked for) and the taxes are called for in specie, the medium will then be on a better footing than it ever has been in that country; for it is a known fact, that there is at present more silver and gold in those United States, than there ever was, at any period before; of course, the Americans will be in a better condition for carrying on the war (should we be mad enough to continue it) than they have ever yet been. It will then be known how we have been deceived merely by sounds, as to the price of things; the necessaries of life will then be bought and sold at their former prices, viz. beef from a penny to a penny half-penny per pound, fresh cod-fish, in some of the colonies at three farthings per pound, wheat four shillings and six pence per bushel, cyder six shillings per hoghead of 63 gallons, and all other articles, the growth of the country, in proportion: Then, will our pining tradesmen, and half-starved labourers, turn their thoughts, with a wishful eye, to that cheap and blessed country, which relying on the Justice and Power of the Supreme Being, bids defiance to the iron hand of tyranny.
To be sold at public Vendue, at the late Governor WENTWORTH'S farm at Wolfborough, in the State of New-Hampshire, on WEDNESDAY the 13th day of September next.—
All the Utensils of Husbandry, belonging to said farm, consisting of Wheels, Waggons, Carts, Plows, Harrows, Chains, and a variety of other articles; together with the remaining part of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE , consisting of Beds, Bedsteads, Bed and Table-Linnen, Kitchen Furniture, &c.—Also, about 30 tons of good English Hay, a Ship's Bell wt. about 1C2, and a large Copper Sun Dial, and sundry other articles.—Likewise, several Lots of LAND in Middleton, adjoining said Wolfborough.—Conditions, and Inventory, to be seen at time and place of Sale, or by enquiring of the subscriber at Newmarket.
SAMUEL GILMAN, Trustee (to the said Governor's Estate.)
Newmarket, Aug. 3. 1780.
TO BE SOLD, BY ISAAC WILLIAMS, at his Shop in EXETER, The best of West-India RUM, SUGAR, MOLASSES, COFFEE, CUR- RANTS, ALLSPICE, and Men's SHOES; with a Number of other Articles, cheap for Cash, &c.
TO BE SOLD, BY RICHARD CHAMPNEY,
Cheap for Cash, by Wholesale, or Retail, Rum, Molasses, Cotton, Coffee; Black Baccalona Handkerchiefs; a few small Hawsers, Lines, Hooks &c. &c. Any of the above Articles will be exchanged for good Jamaica and Scale Fish:
Portsmouth, August 4.
ALL Persons indebted for the NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE , especially those whose Accounts have been long standing, would render a very essential service to the Printers, by calling and paying their arrears up to the present time, so as to enable them to continue publishing; without which piece of justice , they will be under the disagreeable necessity of discontinuing the publication of a paper, which will certainly be a great detriment to the public in general, as well as to individuals.— As there is likely to be a plentiful harvest this year, especially of Grain, our Country Customers, (in particular) 'tis hoped, will not be unmindful of their engagements.
NAVY - BOARD,
Eastern Department.
BOSTON, August 1, 1780.
EXTRACTS from the RESOLVES of CONGRESS, of July 11, 1780.
RESOLVED , That the pay of the Officers and Men in the Navy of these States, as fixed by the Act of Congress of the 15th of November, 1776 , be hereafter considered as, and paid in Specie or other Money equivalent.
Resolved , That the Subsistence-Money of Officers of the Navy, and regulated by the Act of Congress of the 25th of July, 1777 , be hereafter considered as, and paid in Specie or Money equivalent.
Resolved , That a bounty of Twenty Dollars , in Specie, or other Money equivalent, be allowed to every able Seaman, and of Ten Dollars to every ordinary Seaman or Landsman, who shall enter into the Sea Service for a twelve-month, one half thereof to be paid to them before their sailing, and the other half at the expiration of twelve months; to be computed from the time of their entry and enlistment.
Resolved , That Forty Continental Dollars, or One Dollar of the Bills which shall be issued by the respective States, in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 18th of March last , be considered as an equivalent to a Dollar in Specie, in the payment of the bounty and wages mentioned in the foregoing Resolutions.
The Overseers of the Poor for
the Town of Portsmouth, sensible of the present Difficulties of supplying those who are real Objects of Charity, and knowing that the Prospects for the ensuing Winter must be much more distressing, they, from the Principle of Prudence and Humanity, think it necessary to take this early Method of cautioning and advising all indigent Persons, with their Children, who are able to work, to embrace the present opportunity to provide for themselves, as at this Season of the Year they may find Employ by seeking it in the Country, and secure a comfortable Living through the Winter, if they will take any Pains to obtain it early, but if neglected 'till the working Season is over, it may be uncertain, if not impracticable.
They earnestly recommend it to all such Persons seriously to consider, that however much it may be the Wish of the Overseers to assist them, it will not be in their Power, and the Negligence of such Persons will render their Lives truly deplorable, and themselves only to blame. Portsmouth, Aug. 4, 1780.