The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1801-02-03 00:00:00

THE New Hampshire Gazette.
— MY COUNTRY'S GOOD SHALL BE MY CONSTANT AIM —
PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE)—PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY BY JOHN MELCHER, PRINTER TO THE STATE, AT HIS OFFICE CORNER OF MARKET STREET, WHERE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIS PAPER, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE ARE THANKFULLY RECEIVED.
No. 6, of Vol. XLVI.]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1801.
[One Dollar 83 half pr. Annum.]
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the town of New-Durham, who have not paid their Highway, State and County taxes for the year 1800, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 2d day of April next, so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold on said day at public vendue at the dwelling house of Capt. John Bennet, innholder in said town, at 10 o'clock A. M.
   No. of lots No. of acres State tax Highway tax County tax State tax Highway tax County tax     Valentine Mather, 84 1 100 1 25 21   Joshua Pierce, Esq. 83 2 125 1 75 30   Thomas Willey, jr. 70 2 125 1 0 17   Tho's Packer, Esq. 72 2 125 1 0 17   Samuel Willey, 71 2 125 1 0 17   John Moffat, Esq. 14 2 125 1 0 17   Robert Burnham, 6 2 125 0 50 8 3/4   Jeremiah Drisco } and Peter Mow, 92 1 100 1 25 21   Sam'l & Solomon Sias 92 1 100 1 25 21   Thomas Chesley, 96 2 125 0 34   Stephen Jones, 90 2 125 0 75 13   John Andrews & } Philip Crammit, 7 2 125 0 50 8 3/4   Job Runnels, 81 1 50 0 25 4 3/8   Samuel Chesley, 1 2 125 0 0 34   Benjamin Smith, 66 2 125 0 75 13   Josiah Edgerly, 93 1 100 0 75 13   Capt. Jos'ph Thomas, 32 2 62 1/2 0 25 4 3/8   Elezer Davis, 79 2 125 1 0 17   Col. T. Wallingford, 60 1 45 0 45 7   Col. T. Wallingford, 60 2 45 0 25 4 3/8   Ichabod Chesley, 25 2 70 0 25 4 3/8   Benjamin Smith, 59 2 95 0 46 7 1/2   John Mason & } Benj. Bennett, 69 2 125 0 50 8 3/4   Improved lands. Moses Canny, 29 1 50 0 0 34   Benjamin Chesly, a half of a law will stand on lot no 100 1 0 1 87 3/4   Hatovel Knight, 99 2 125 1 0 17   Samuel Clark, 97 2 125 0 75 13   Joseph Weeks, 50 2 125 0 50 8 3/4  
DAVID WILLEY, Collector. New-Durham, January 27, 1801. State of New-Hampshire, Rockingham, ss. THE subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Judge of Probate, to receive, examine and adjust all the claims of the creditors to the estate of Mr. JOHN BROWN, late of Portsmouth in said county, merchant deceased, represented insolvent, and six months' being allowed from the 25th instant. HEREBY give notice, that they will attend that service at the office of Jeremiah Libbey, in Market-street, in said Portsmouth, on the last Monday of this, and the five following months, and on the second Monday of July following, from 3 to 6 o'clock P. M. on said days. THOMAS THOMPSON, JEREMIAH LIBBEY, EDWARD SARGENT. Portsmouth, Jan. 17, 1801. (6w.)
State of New-Hampshire. Hillsborough, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land lying in Sharon, that so much of their land as will pay their taxes for the year 1800, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the house of CALEB JACKSON, innholder in said Sharon, on the 15th day of April next at ten o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment. JAMES TAGGART, Collector. Sharon, Jan. 15, 1800.
State of New-Hampshire. The proprietors of the township of Plainfield in the county of Cheshire and State of New-Hampshire, at a legal meeting held in said Plainfield, on the first Monday of September 1799, voted to lay a tax of four dollars on each of the undivided rights of land in said town that remained unpartitioned, and at a legal meeting of said proprietors held as aforesaid on the 30th day of June 1800, voted to lay a tax of six dollars on each proprietor right of undivided land in said Plainfield—to pay the demands against the proprietors and necessary expenses, and have committed said taxes in a bill to me the subscriber to collect, and pay the same to the proprietors treasurer on or before the first day of April next, this is therefore to notify the owners of undivided rights of land in said Plainfield, to pay the taxes abovenominated, being ten dollars on each right, to me at my dwelling house in said Plainfield, on or before the said first day of April next, otherwise so much of each delinquent proprietor's share will be sold as the law directs, as will be necessary to satisfy said taxes and incidental charges. STEPHEN REED, Prop's Collector. Plainfield, January 6, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in New-London, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1795, that unless they pay the same to me the collector, on or before the first day of April next, so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue as will pay the taxes, together with incidental charges, at the dwelling house of Robert Knowlton, in New-London, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
   No. Acres State tax Highway tax County tax State tax Highway tax County tax     Col. Matthew Thornton, 91 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   87 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0   133 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0   129 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0   100 acres, Joseph Bean, Esq. 75 acres, 20 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0   Jacob Hadley, 78 acres, 131 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Wentworth, Esq. 29 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0   70 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0   Meservey and others, 7 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0   119 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Moffat, Esq. 92 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0   40 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0   10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Theodore Atkinson, Esq. 18 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0   14 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0  
EBENEZER SARGENT, Collector. New-London, January 15, 1801. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Rumney, in the State of New-Hampshire, that the said proprietors at a legal meeting held in said Rumney, on the thirtieth day of December 1800, did vote to raise two dollars on each right in said town, to defray proprietors charges, which sum is assessed and committed to me to collect, I therefore notify said proprietors and owners of land that unless payment be made to me at my house in Rumney aforesaid, their lands will be advertised for sale as the law directs. N. B. And also all other lands the proprietors has disposed of by vote or otherwise. JOSEPH JONES, Collector. Rumney, January 14, 1801.
   DIRECT TAX.   No. Acres State tax Highway tax County tax State tax Highway tax County tax     Hugh Alexander, 80 2 75 0 0 0 0 0 0   Lydia Allis, 20 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0   James Boys, jr. 50 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0   Gilbert Bond, 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   Widow Clininding, 12 1/2 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0   Elia Colley, 167 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0   Job Cressey, 75 1 96 0 0 0 0 0 0   David Ela, 50 1 43 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Ela, 40 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 0   William Gilcreast, 20 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0   James Gregg, 104 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Hopkins & Son, 100 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0   James Hogg, 70 1 99 0 0 0 0 0 0   William Hogg, 60 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 0   Nathaniel Jewett, 70 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0   Samuel Karr, 70 2 43 0 0 0 0 0 0   Heirs of John Kelsey, 80 3 77 0 0 0 0 0 0   John M'Guffee, 20 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0   Thomas Mitchell, 60 1 43 0 0 0 0 0 0   David Morrison, 70 3 45 0 0 0 0 0 0   Tolfot lot, the owners unknown, 48 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Neal, 90 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0   Seth Rider, 42 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0   Jonathan Simonds, 40 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0   Samuel Todd, 8 1 82 0 0 0 0 0 0   Robert Wallace, 59 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0   Solomon Corlin, 102 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   Joseph Corlin, 42 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0   Simeon Duffin, 110 3 84 0 0 0 0 0 0   Ebenezer Hall, 59 1 61 0 0 0 0 0 0   Hannah Hamilton, 30 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0   Jonathan Thompson, 35 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0   Jonathan Boardman, Newbury-Port, 202 8 51 0 0 0 0 0 0   Thomas Gold, unknown, 40 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0   Peter Hall, Chester, 19 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Hopkins, M. S. 180 4 49 0 0 0 0 0 0   Joseph Hobbs, 1 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0   Elnathan Whitney, Goffstown 50 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 0   Nehemiah Storey, do. 70 2 38 0 0 0 0 0 0   John Ferrin, 70 2 38 0 0 0 0 0 0   Heirs of Doct. Kels, unknown, 40 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0  
DANIEL MILTIMORE, Collector. for 9th Collection District. [60-d.] Five Dollars Reward. STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber on the 24th day of Nov. last, a RED MARE, about 15 hands high, about 11 years old, with dark mane and tail, with a little white on one hind foot, trots mostly, and steps large; Whoever will give information to that the owner can recover said Mare, shall have the above reward and all charges paid by BENJ. PALMER. Rochester, Jan. 19, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Wakefield, who have not paid their State, county and highway taxes for the year 1800, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue on or before the 14th day of April next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber in said town, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges thereon, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. Acres State tax Highway tax County tax State tax Highway tax County tax     Ebenezer Roberts, 28 110 50 27 9 0   William Willard, 297 110 40 21 7 0   Thomas Nock, 194 100 28 15 5 0   Peirce & Moore, 188 100 27 12 4 9   Joshua Roberts, 159 100 54 30 10 0   do, 259 110 55 33 11 0   John Hanlon, 32 55 27 13 4 5   Joseph Roberts, 258 110 38 21 7 0   Ebenezer Downs, 30 110 50 27 9 0   Samuel Page, 0 0 105 7 24 0   Elisha Hayes, 2 110 41 20 6 8   Thomas Miller, jr. 22 79 27 12 4 0   William Stiles, 23 110 28 15 5 0   Daniel Young, 29 110 30 15 5 5   Benjamin Roberts, 28 110 29 15 5 0   Tho's Wallingford, 85 100 39 21 7 0   Wm. Twombly, 47 110 29 15 5 0   Thomas Downs, 2 110 29 15 5 0   James Kenney, 75 110 30 13 4 5   Solly & March, 77 110 29 13 4 3   Joseph Gage, 7 110 16 9 3 0   Ebenezer Hanlon, 39 110 38 27 9 0   John Roberts, 24 110 38 27 9 0   John Brown, 27 110 25 13 4 5   Amos Howard, 60 110 20 9 3 0   Robert Hanlon, 71 110 20 9 3 0   Nathaniel Horne, 43 55 20 10 5 5   Joseph Hufey, 24 110 30 13 4 5   Solomon Emerson, 195 100 6 3 1 0   Thomas Kenney, 169 100 16 9 3 0   do, 69 110 16 9 3 0  
DAVID COPP, Collector. Wakefield, Jan. 6, 1801. F U R S. CASH and the highest price given for all kinds of FURS, by HENRY BASS, & Co. at Store No. 108, Orange-street, South End. Grind-Stones of all sizes, for sale at said Store, as usual. Boston, Dec. 15, 1800. [3m]
SUGAR and TEA. FOR SALE BY Matthew S. Marsh, India SUGAR of a good quality. Hyson, Hyson-skin and Bohea TEA. Portsmouth, Jan. 6, 1801.
Croydon.—State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Croydon, who have not paid their taxes

and occupied as a public highway, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it further enacted , That when said proprietors shall make it appear to the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature, that they have expended said sum of six hundred dollars, on each mile, or a proportionable sum as aforesaid, the proprietors shall have the liberty to erect the gates as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted , That each of the towns through which said road shall be laid, shall have a right, and be permitted to become an associate with the original proprietors in said corporation; and in case of the refusal or neglect of any such town, any inhabitant or inhabitants thereof shall have the same right— Provided however , that such towns and inhabitants respectively, shall be limited in said privilege of becoming associates to such number of shares, as shall bear the same proportion to the whole number of shares, as the number of miles of said road within such town, shall bear to the whole number of miles of said road— Provided also , that such towns and inhabitants shall accept the privilege hereby reserved and become associates, by making application for that purpose, to the directors, or clerk of said corporation, or in case no directors or clerk, shall then be appointed to the original proprietors, within three months after the public notice herein said directed, shall have been given by said corporation.
And be it further enacted , That said corporation shall immediately after the route of said road shall be marked out and established, cause public notice thereof to be given by advertising the same, three weeks successively in the newspapers printed at Concord and Hanover.
And be it further enacted , That at the end of every six years after the setting up any toll gates, an account of the expenditures upon said road, and the profits arising therefrom, shall be laid before the legislature of this State, under forfeiture of the privileges of this act in future, and a right is hereby referred to said legislature to reduce the rates of toll, before mentioned, as they may think proper, so however that if the net profits shall not amount to more than twelve per cent per annum, the said rates of toll shall not be reduced— Provided nevertheless , and be it further enacted , That whenever the net income of the toll shall amount to the sums which the proprietors have expended on said road, with twelve per cent on such sums so expended from the times of their actual disbursements, the said road with all its rights, privileges and appurtenances, shall revert to the State of New-Hampshire, and become the property thereof to all intents and purposes, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted , That if in six years, the said road shall not be completed according to the provision of this act, every part and clause thereof shall be null and void— Provided also , that the State of New-Hampshire may, at any time after the expiration of forty years from the passing this act, repay the proprietors of said road, the amount of the sums expended by them thereon, with twelve per cent per annum, in addition thereto, deducting the toll actually received by the proprietors, and in that case the said road with all its privileges and appurtenances shall, to all intents and purposes, be the property of the State of New-Hampshire, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted , That the directors and clerk of said corporation, shall whenever hereafter required by a committee appointed for that purpose by the Legislature of this State, exhibit to said committee under oath if required, a true account of all expenditures upon said road and all incidental charges appertaining to the same, and also a true account of the toll received up to the time of exhibiting such accounts, under forfeiture of the privileges of this act in future.
Approved Dec. 8, 1800.
[CONCLUDED.]
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, JAN. 15.
The Committee of Ways and Means, who were instructed to enquire into the expediency of repealing the "Act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States:"
REPORT.
THAT the valuation of lands and dwelling houses has not yet been completed in all the States, and to repeal the law before that object is accomplished, would in its effect, defeat the direct tax in those States where the valuation remains incomplete.
That one great object contemplated at the time of passing the law, and which it is presumed still exists, was to organize a system for laying direct taxes, to which the legislature might resort if the exigencies of government, should require more revenue than could conveniently be drawn from indirect taxes; and to relinquish this object, after the expense of accomplishing it has been incurred, might be a proof of infallibility, but not of wisdom.
That the expense of procuring the distribution and transfer of real estates to be recorded in the surveyor's office, incurred by individuals, is, in the opinion of the committee, an object of little importance when opposed to the advantages arising from a public record of titles, and the more important advantages which the government will derive from the system, if any event should render a direct tax necessary.
Although it is to be hoped that no further direct taxes will become necessary, yet, as it is impossible to pronounce, with certainty, that this will not be the case, the committee believe that it is highly expedient to pursue a system, which, in cases of emergency, may be used to draw into the Treasury, with certainty and expedition, any reasonable sums which the public necessities may require.
The committee are therefore of opinion, that it is not expedient to repeal the act providing for the valuation of land and dwelling houses, and enumeration of slaves within the United States.
NAVY. Mr. Otis presented a long letter from the Secretary of the Navy, presenting a comprehensive view of the naval department, which was ordered to be printed.
PAPER MONEY. Mr. Otis, presented a petition, praying the interposition of Congress in affording relief to the holders of certain descriptions of paper money, whose reference he moved to the committee of Claims.
On the question, the reference was lost by almost an unanimous vote. It was then resolved that the prayer of the petition cannot be granted.
SEDITION LAW. A motion was made to go into committee of revival and unfinished business, recommending a continuation of the Sedition Law, which was rejected.
FRIDAY, JAN. 16.
WINES, &c. The bill to continue in force, the acts laying duties on Licenses for selling wines, and foreign distilled spirits by retail; on property sold at Auction, and on carriages for the conveyance of persons, was read and passed—Yeas 46—Nays 31.
JUDICIARY.
The Judiciary bill, was taken up, and after some time spent upon it, was ordered to be engrossed.
[The following article, if true, is important; but it comes before the public in a very questionable shape. We first saw it in the Salem "Impartial Register," and "Independent Chronicle" in neither of which papers, although important, and calculated to excite much attention, do we find any notice from what quarter they received it; or from whence it came. This is unusual among Printers, and begets suspicion.]
RUSSIA. Petersburg, Nov. 15, 1800.
Declaration of War Against Great-Britain, by the Emperor of all the RUSSIANS.
WHEREAS War has for many years desolated the face of Europe and disturbed the tranquillity of innocent communities from considerations that cannot be justified by the laws of nature or nations. And whereas the maritime strength of Great-Britain has become dangerous to the privileges and liberties of other States, and on sundry unwarrantable occasions violated the rights of neutrality. And whereas the principal support of this overgrown fleet, is derived from my faithful allies, Denmark and Sweden; I hereby proclaim it my solemn determination to co-operate with them for supporting the balance of power in Europe; and to equalize the advantages of weak and unprotected sovereignties. And whereas terms of peace have been offered by the First Consul of the French Republic, that have been shamefully neglected.
I hereby proclaim War against the king of the Britons, and authorize the seizure and the detention of all ships, goods, and merchandise belonging to his subjects, and a sequestration of all property, having no other object but the restoration of a general peace. I look up to Heaven for the rectitude of my intentions, and subscribe this declaration to advance and promote the general interest of mankind.—Done at Petersburg, the 15th day of Nov. 1800. PAUL.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 12.
The President of the United States has nominated Lucius Horatius Stockton , of New-Jersey, Secretary at War; and the Senate has postponed the nomination to an indefinite day.
The Hon. Henry Latimer , Senator from Delaware, has resigned his seat. [His successor will also be a Federalist.]
PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 23.
Treasury Office burnt.
A gentleman has arrived in town who reports that the Treasury Office has been burnt down at the city of Washington.—[Since writing the above we learn, that the principal books and papers were saved. The fire took place about 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, and originated near one of the fire places.] A gentleman who has lately been at Washington informs us, that the Treasurer's Office and the Office of the Secretary of State, are adjacent to each other, and near the President's residence. The house was of brick.]
CENTINEL.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 22.
It has been officially stated, that the deficiency of grain in Great Britain, amounts to one fourth of an average crop. Reckoning 8 millions of persons in Great Britain, and allowing 8 bushels to a person per an. the yearly consumption, 64 millions of bushels for the yearly consumption. A quarter of which is 16 millions. Some of the sources of importation are affected by recent circumstances.
RICHMOND, Jan. 13.
Appointment by authority—Conrad Webb, Esq. of the town of Petersburg, (Virginia) special agent for the U. States, in the district composed of the counties of Prince George, Dinwiddie, Chesterfield, Sussex, Nottoway, Amelia, Brunswick, Greenville and Surry—pursuant to an act of Congress, passed the 30th June, 1797, entitled, "an act directing the appointment of agents in relation to the 6th article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, between the United States and Great Britain."
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 27.
FIRE. Sunday morning last, between the hours of one and two o'clock, the inhabitants of his town were alarmed by the cry of fire; which proved to be one of the buildings
belonging to the Public Armoury on Federal Hill. The building (occupied as a filing and flocking shop) was entirely consumed, together with a great part of the utensils used in these branches of the business, and about Five Hundred stand of arms, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the inhabitants to extinguish the flames. The loss is estimated at about 18,000 Dollars.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, Jan. 20.
A LEGACY. —A few nights ago, at a late hour, a man knocked violently at the door of Charles Gilman, Inn keeper at Westfield, upon which a woman who lived in the house, got up, and on approaching the man, who she did not recognize, she presented her with an infant, with a request that the world hold it a few minutes, until he returned to his wife, a short distance off, who had fell and broke her leg;—but, to the astonishment of every body, no owner of the child has since appeared.
BOSTON, January 31.
Important Nominations.
Mr. Stockton, at present Senator, of the U. S. from the state of New-Jersey, has been nominated by the President, Secretary at War; John Marshall, Esq. at present Secretary of State, is nominated to the office of Chief Justice of the United States.
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated Georgetown. Jan. 14.
"I have never heard a word from the In-fergent since the left the Chesapeake on a cruise. I did not authorise the paragraph in the Philadelphia paper. The ship was ordered to return about the end of Nov. but she may remain in the West-Indies on account of the difficulty of making our coast in the winter."
By an official report of the Secretary of the Treasury, the expenditure of the United States, from the 1st of October, 1799, to the 30th of September, 1800, amount to 15,268,161 dollars and 75 cents—of which was paid,
For the support of the civil list, and other miscellaneous claims, 727,253 23 For the military department, 2,654,881 58 For the naval department, 3,143,047 98 For the diplomatic department &c. 8,737,573 95
Total 15,268,161 75 For the same period, the receipts of the U. States have amounted to 15,268,161 dollars and 75 cents, and there was then remaining in the treasury, of balances of certain appropriations unexpended, the sum of 8,370,766 dollars
Lewis R. Morris, Esq. is reelected a Representative to Congress from Vermont. The whole number of votes was 2747—of which Mr. M. had 1529—other federalists 519—and Mr. Niles, the Jacobin candidate, 699.—Federal majority 1349.—
The United States frigate Congress, of 36 guns, Capt. SEVER, and the Scaamel sloop of war, of 14 guns, Lt. JONES, have arrived in the Chesapeake.
Humane Society.
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Humane Society of Massachusetts, the first Monday in January, the following certificate was presented them, covered in a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bentley to Dr. Lathrop.
"SALEM, DEC. 19, 1800. "This may certify to the Humane Society, that John Manning, Aet. 12 years, son of the subscriber, the twenty-fifth of October, fell from a boat ten feet distance from Union-Wharf, in Salem, into seven feet of water, and was seen by Capt. David Patten, and Mr. Ellis Mansfield repeatedly to sink, whilst Capt. Patten was endeavoring to relieve him in a boat. Capt. George Crowninshield, jun. leaped into the water from the wharf, and, by diving to the bottom, brought up the lad, and delivered him to Capt. Patten, who was near in a boat, apparently dead, but soon recovered. The great humanity, on many occasions, of this gentleman, has induced me to make the representation to the Humane Society to obtain their honorable testimony."
"RICHARD MANNING, jun." In consequence of the above certificate, the Trustees voted a gold Medal, of the highest value the institution allows them to bestow, to Capt. George Crowninshield, jun. as a memorial of his spirited and decisive measures to save the life of Mr. Manning's son, which has been presented accordingly. Published by order of the Trustees. AARON DEXTER, Cor. Sec.
"Lisbon Price Current—Wheat, dolls. a corn 1 75, beans 4 pr. bush. flour 17, pork 18, beef 12, pr. bbl. butter a 21, beeswax, do. pr. lb. fifth 6, rice 8 50 pr. quint. pipes 120 pr. long, thousand. The wheat in the stores will not reach further than February; and England is sending 10,000 troops to Lisbon."
No papers nor letters south of Philadelphia, were received by the mail, last evening; and not a word about the French Convention, or its fate. The New-York papers of Monday, do not make mention of the report respecting the treaty said to have been brought by a gentleman who left that city on the last Sabbath.
We place no reliance on the rumour, that Mr. Burr had one more vote by the New-York electors than Mr. Jefferson.—We believe they both have 73 votes—and hope that Mr. Burr will be chosen by the House of Representatives.
General Marshall was nominated Chief Justice of the United States, on the 30th inst. notwithstanding the contradictory accounts on the subject.
APPOINTMENTS.
By The President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate.
[Communicated to the Editor from an authentic source.]
Samuel Dexter, Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Oliver Wolcott, resigned. John S. Carr, Consul at Manila and
Philippine Islands in the dominions of the King of Spain. John Ellis, Adam Bingham, Alexander Montgomery, John Stampley, and Blood M'Grew, Members of the Legislative Council of the Mississippi Territory.
NAVAL.
William Bainbridge, of Pennsylvania; and Hugh G. Campbell, of South Carolina, to be CAPTAINS.
Benjamin Hiller, of Massachusetts, to be MASTER COMMANDER.
John S. Cox, of Massachusetts; James Campbell, of New-York; James Smith of South-Carolina; John Calvin of Pennsylvania; John M. Claggett, of Maryland; Philemon C. Wedderbrandt, of Maryland; Joshua Blake, of Massachusetts; Edward Brock, of Pennsylvania; Redman McClellan, of Massachusetts; Joseph Tarbell, of Massachusetts; William Crispin, of Pennsylvania; James R. Caldwell, of Pennsylvania; and William Davis, of Maryland; to be LIEUTENANTS.
Benjamin Shute, of Massachusetts; Joseph Anthony, of South-Carolina; William Turner, of Virginia; Samuel Anderson of Pennsylvania; James Dodge, of New-York; John Goddard, of Massachusetts; William Turner, of Rhode Island; William B. Buchanan, of New-York; and Charles Webb, of Virginia, to be SURGEONS. Francis Le Barron, of Massachusetts; William Turk, of Pennsylvania; Gerhaim R. Jaques, of Pennsylvania; Thomas Starke, of Virginia; Hugh Aiken, of Maryland; Daniel McCormick, of New-York; Thomas H. Fendall, of Maryland; James H. Bradford, of Massachusetts; John P. Fisher, of New-York; Charles T. Thornton, of Virginia, and Samuel E. Willet, of New-York; to be SURGEON MATES.
[Army Appointments in our next.]
The House of Representatives of Delaware have passed a resolution for the appointment of a Committee to report a bill for opening a communication between the Delaware river, and Chesapeake bay.
A subscription of 100,000 dolls. has been filled up for a Bank in Beverly, and a petition is prepared to be presented to the General Court for an act of Incorporation.
FIRES.
Two attempts to set fire to houses in Salem, were discovered and frustrated on the nights of Friday and Saturday last. The Selectmen have offered a reward of 300 dollars for the discovery of the incendiaries.
The house of Mr. Moore, of N. York, was destroyed by fire on the evening of the 21st inst. There were three alarms the same evening.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
The U.S. ship Connecticut, Capt. Derby is ordered to be got ready for sea immediately.
It is ascertained, that the crew of the Argo of Portland, lately lost near Cape Sable, have been saved.
Dec. 19, two American brigs bound to the Havana, were carried into Nassau.
The Cynthia, from Baltimore for Bremen, was injured in a gale Jan. 3, off Charleston, and obliged to throw 300 barrels overboard.
The Industry, Dobell, of Charleston, has been burnt at P. Rico, by the French who carried her in, because the Spaniards refused permission for her sale.
The Three Josephs, Calvest, from Jamaica to Norfolk, has been lost on Cape Hatteras, two of the crew drowned.
The Cleopatra and Fair American, from St. Domingo for New-York are sent into Jamaica.
The British ship America, of 64 guns, has been lost off the N. E. end of Jamaica, on her passage from Martinique to Halifax.
The Schooner St. Joseph Los Animos, from Campeachy for Jamaica, with upwards of 25000. specie, was captured by a French privateer, and carried to Cuba.
The brig Nymph, from Hull to Boston, put into Ireland in distress, was repairing and is now expected.
The Hiram, from Charleston for New-York, Dec. 12, lat. 39, in a gale of wind, had the mate and 3 men washed overboard and lost.
The Tanner, of N. Providence, was cast away Dec. 21, on Sandy-Key Reef, 5 of the crew were carried to Baltimore. 9 of the crew, and a Dutch lady and gentleman passengers, took to the long boat, and have not been heard of.
At Kingston, Jamaica, the Sukey, Brown, from Salem, to Laguira, cargo condemned; sch. Tirzah, Clark, from Boston, for St. Croix, waiting trial; sch. Jerusha, McIntire, from Portsmouth, do; several others waiting their fate.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 3.
Dr. L. Spaulding has resigned the office of Lecturer on Chemistry and Materia Medica in Dartmouth College.
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CLEARED at the CUSTOM-HOUSE. Sloop Amity, Woodward, Surinam. Brig Hiram, Amazon, do. Sch. Success, Rindge, do.
MARRIED. In this town, Mr. Elias Bagley, to Mrs. Sarah Thomas.
DIED. In New-Jersey, Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, Aet. 101 years, 9 months and 7 days. Descendants 375. She lived to see three centuries.
At Newbury-Port, Mrs. Sarah Blodget, second daughter of Gen. John Stark, of Derryfield, N. H. and wife of Mr. Wm. Blodget of Newburyport—sincerely lamented by all who knew her.
At Exeter, on the 29th ult. Mr. Eliphalet Hale, aged 62—in his death his family, his friends, and society at large, have met with a heavy loss.
At the Isle of Shoals, Mrs. Mary Caswell, aged 90, the oldest person on the Islands.—Miss Hannah Kendall.
In this town, Capt. James Miller, aged 82.—Mrs. Sarah Parker, aged 60, wife of Mr. William Parker.—Mr. John Bankill, aged 99.
LIGHT ARTICLES.
CANINE SAGACITY.—The following is given in one of the late Paris Papers:—A young man going into a place of public entertainment, was told that his dog could not be permitted to enter, and the latter was accordingly left with the guard at the door.—The young man had scarcely entered the lobby when his watch was stolen. He returned to the guard, and prayed that his dog might be admitted as through his means he might discover the thief. The dog was suffered to accompany his master, who intimated to the faithful animal that he had lost something.—The dog set out immediately in quest of the stray article, and fastened on the thief, whose guilt on searching him was made apparent. The fellow had no less than six watches in his pocket, which being laid before the dog, he distinguished his master's, took it up by the string, and bore it to him in safety!!
A Zealous Suiter.
A gentleman was lately married in York, who had accomplished a pedestrian journey of 8736 miles, in visiting the object of his affections. The lady, it seems, lived at a distance of 2 miles from her admirer, who constantly paid her a visit three times a week for fourteen years.
Hard-Ware Goods.
H. & B. Penhallow, Have imported in the ships Sally, and Venus from Liverpool, and the Harriet from Bristol, a large and general assortment of Hard Ware Goods,—Among which are a great variety of Cutlery, Ironmongery, Ship-Chandlery, Sadlery, Cabinet and Brass Foundry Wares.
—A L I S T— 4 casks brass kettles. 5 casks Pewter. 14 bundles Frying-Pans. 2 casks Flat-Irons. 12 bundles Shovels and Spades. 2 casks Roten Stone 12 bundles of Plate-Iron. 2 casks Pumice Stone 20 casks Sheathing and Deck Nails. 1 cask Black Lead. 6 rolls Sheet Lead. 2 casks Bar Lead. 10 casks Brads and Tacks.
—LIKEWISE— Anvils; Vises; English Pots and Kettles; Iron Dogs; Sley-Bells; 6 by 8, 7 by 9, and 8 by 10 Crown-Window Glass; best German Mill Saws, &c. &c. &c.
All which will be sold by wholesale and retail, on the best terms for cash.
Cash and the highest price will be given for Old Copper and Brads. Portsmouth, February 1, 1801.
FOR SALE.
To be Sold at Public Auction, On Saturday next, at 12 o'clock, M. (unless previously disposed of at Private Sale) THE Dwelling-House and Store adjoining, on the Parade, lately occupied by Doctor CASTIN—Said Building must be removed by the first of April next. For further particulars enquire of the Printer. Portsmouth, Feb. 3, 1801.
TO-MORROW
At 10 o'clock, A. M. will be sold at Abraham Isaac's Auction-Room, FORTY-NINE Gold, Silver and Pinchbeck WATCHES, which are a consignment, and must positively be sold to the highest bidder without any reserve. February 3.
FOR SALE, by Clark & Conner,
At their Store in Fore-Street, RUSSIA IRON, do. for Mill-Saws; Hart and Club Steel; Rock Salt; Antigua Rum; Brandy; Coffee; Sugar; Tea; Flour; Beef; Pork; Butter; half barrels of Neats Tongs; Tubs of Rounds; Sole Leather; Nova Scotia Grindstones, of almost all sizes.
—ALSO— A few pieces of English Goods—the above articles they will sell as low for cash as can be had in this town. Portsmouth, Feb. 2.

State of New-Hampshire.—56th Collection District.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors or owners of rights, lots or parcels of land lying in the towns of Orford, Piermont, Haverhill, Wentworth, Warren, and Coventry, in the county of Grafton, on which the direct tax remains due and unpaid from the 8th of January last past, agreeable to an act of Congress passed July 14th, 1798, that so much of said lands as will satisfy said taxes with charges, will be sold at public Auction (unless prevented by previous payment) at times and places herein after mentioned, viz. All that remains unpaid of said taxes in the town of Piermont, on the 17th day of April 1801, at the dwelling house of Mr. David Carr, innholder in said Piermont, at ten o'clock forenoon; all that remains unpaid in the town of Haverhill, on the twentieth day of April, 1801, at the dwelling house of Doct. Ross Cook's, innholder said Haverhill, at ten o'clock forenoon; all that remains unpaid in the town of Coventry, on the twenty-second day of April, 1801, at the dwelling house of Maj. Jonathan Hale, innholder in said Coventry, at ten o'clock forenoon; all that remains unpaid in the town of Warren, on the twenty-fourth day of April 1801, at the dwelling house of Wm. Butler, Esq. innholder in said Warren, at ten o'clock forenoon; all that remains unpaid in Wentworth, on the twenty-seventh day of April, 1801, at the dwelling house of Mr. Lemuel Keezer, innholder in said Wentworth, at ten o'clock forenoon, and also all that remains unpaid in Orford, on the twenty-ninth day of April 1801, at the dwelling house of Capt. Solomon Mann, innholder in said Orford, at ten o'clock forenoon.
Non-resident delinquents in HAVERHILL.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like H. Hancock, Eliot Sawyer, Tho's Johnson, etc.
Non-resident delinquents in COVENTRY.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like Isaac Amadale, Joseph Amadale, Theodore Atkinson, etc.
Non-resident delinquents in ORFORD.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like Benj. Batchelder, James Brown, etc.
Non-resident delinquents in PIERMONT.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like Jonathan Carlton, William Parker, etc.
Non-resident delinquents in WARREN.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like Theo. Atkinson, Jr., John Batchelder, etc.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like Jeremiah Webster, Benning Wentworth, etc.
Non-resident delinquents in WENTWORTH.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists delinquents like J. Currier, Jere. Fogg, etc.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of lands, lots, rights, parcels, gores or tracts, in the towns of Grafton, Danbury, Alexandria, New-Chester and Bridgewater, in the county and State above mentioned, in the 6th collection District, on which the direct tax remains unpaid, which became due on the 8th day of January 1800, pursuant to an act of Congress passed the 14th of July 1798, intitled an act, to lay and collect a direct tax, and that so much of said land as will satisfy the tax or taxes affixed to each right, lot or parcels herein after mentioned, together with cost and charges, will be sold at public auction at the times and places herein after mentioned, unless prevented by previous payment, viz.—All that remains unpaid in the above mentioned towns, Grafton, on the 9th and 10th days of April next, at the dwelling house of Capt. Anhurst Kimball, at ten o'clock in the morning of said days; and at Danbury, the 12th and 13th days of April, at the dwelling house of Lt. Jonathan Taylor, at ten o'clock in the morning of said days; and at Alexandria, the 16th and 17th days of April, at the dwelling house of Joshua Tolford, Esq. at ten o'clock in the morning of said days; and at New-Chester, at the dwelling house of Capt. Cutting Favour, the 19th and 20th days of April, at ten o'clock in the morning; and at Bridgewater, at the dwelling house of Capt. Moses Sleeper, the 23rd and 24th days of April, at ten o'clock in the morning of said days.
Names of non-resident owners of land in GRAFTON.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists owners like Constant Barney, John Cushing, etc.
Names of non-resident owners of land in ALEXANDRIA.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists owners like Unknown, George Jaffrey, etc.
Names of non-resident owners of land in NEW-CHESTER.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists owners like George Atkinson, Joseph Blanchard, etc.
Names of non-resident owners of land in DANBURY.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists owners like William Baily, Blank Rights, etc.
Names of non-resident owners of land in BRIDGWATER.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists owners like David Atwood, Jeremiah Colbern, etc.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in the town of Tamworth, who have not paid their State, county and highway taxes for the year 1800, that unless they pay the same to the subscriber on or before the sixth day of April next, that so much of their lands as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at my dwelling-house in said Tamworth, at ten o'clock on said day, unless prevented by previous payment.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Acres, Cents, Description. Lists owners like James Cochran, A. M'Millan, etc.
FOR SALE, CHEAP. A NUMBER of Glassed Sashes, with Window Frames and Shutters.—Apply to the printer hereof.