The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1789-12-16 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 and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Congress-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
SIXTEENTH ACT of CONGRESS.
An ACT for the temporary establishment of the POST-OFFICE.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed a Post-Master-General; his power and salary and the compensation to the assistant clerk and deputies which he may appoint, and the regulations of the Post-Office shall be the same as they last were under the resolutions and ordinances of the late Congress. The Post-Master-General to be subject to the direction of the President of the United States in performing the duties of his office, and in forming contracts for the transportation of the mail.
Be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBURG,
Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved—September the 22d, 1789.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
SEVENTEENTH ACT of CONGRESS.
An ACT for allowing COMPENSATION to the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and to the Officers of both Houses.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That at every meeting of the Senate in the recesses of Congress, prior to the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, each Senator shall be entitled to receive six dollars for every day he shall attend the Senate, and shall also be allowed, at the commencement and end of every such session and meeting, six dollars for every twenty miles of the estimated distance, by the most usual road, from his place of residence to the seat of Congress: And in case any member of the Senate shall be detained by sickness on his journey to or from any such session or meeting, or after his arrival shall be unable to attend the Senate, he shall be entitled to the same daily allowance: Provided always, That no Senator shall be allowed a sum exceeding the rate of six dollars a day, from the end of one such session or meeting to the time of his taking a seat in another.
And be it further enacted, That at every session of Congress, and at every meeting of the Senate in the recesses of Congress, after the aforesaid fourth day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, each Senator shall be entitled to receive seven dollars for every day he shall attend the Senate; and shall also be allowed at the commencement and end of every such session and meeting, seven dollars for every twenty miles of the estimated distance, by the most usual Road, from his place of residence to the seat of Congress: And in case any member of the Senate shall be detained by sickness, on his journey to or from any such session or meeting, or after his arrival shall be unable to attend the Senate, he shall be entitled to the same allowance of seven dollars a day: Provided always, That no Senator shall be allowed a sum exceeding the rate of seven dollars a day, from the end of one such session or meeting to the time of his taking a seat in another.
And be it further enacted, That at every session of Congress, each Representative shall be entitled to receive six dollars for
every day he shall attend the House of Representatives; and shall also be allowed at the commencement and end of every session, six dollars for every twenty miles of the estimated distance, by the most usual road, from his place of residence to the seat of Congress: And in case any Representative shall be detained by sickness, on his journey to or from the session of Congress, or after his arrival shall be unable to attend the House of Representatives, he shall be entitled to the daily allowance aforesaid: And the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to defray the incidental expenses of his office, shall be entitled to receive in addition to his compensation as a Representative, six dollars for every day he shall attend the House: Provided always That no Representative shall be allowed a sum exceeding the rate of six dollars a day, from the end of one such session or meeting to the time of his taking a seat in another.
And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to each chaplain of Congress, at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum during the session of Congress; to the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, fifteen hundred dollars per annum each, to commence from the time of their respective appointments; and also a further allowance of two dollars per day to each, during the session of that branch for which he officiates: And the said secretary and clerk shall each be allowed (when the President of the Senate or Speaker shall deem it necessary) to employ one principal clerk, who shall be paid three dollars per day, and an engrossing clerk, who shall be paid two dollars per day during the session, with the like compensation to such clerk while he shall be necessarily employed in the recesses.
And be it further enacted, That the following compensation shall be allowed to the officers herein after mentioned, viz. To the serjeant at arms, during the sessions and while employed on the business of the House, four dollars per day; the allowance of the present serjeant at arms to commence from the time of his appointment: To the doorkeeper of the Senate and House of Representatives for their services in those offices, three dollars per day during the session of the House to which he may belong, for his own services, and for the hire of necessary labours; the allowance to the present doorkeeper of the Senate to commence from the day appointed for the meeting of Congress; and the allowance to the doorkeeper of the House of Representatives to commence from his appointment; and to the assistant doorkeeper to each House, two dollars per day during the sessions.
And be it further enacted, That the said compensation which shall be due to the members and officers of the Senate, shall be certified by the President; and that which shall be due to the members and officers of the House of Representatives, shall be certified by the Speaker; and the same shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public treasury.
And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force until the fourth day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and no longer.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBURG,
Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved—Sept. 22d, 1789.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
BLANKS of all sorts printed and sold at J. MELCHER's Printing-Office, in Congress-Street, VERY CHEAP.
The MEDLEY.
NEWS-PAPERS, &amp;c.
T O no one institution has the extension of political information, just ideas of government, and subordination to the laws in the United States, been more indebted, than to that of News-Papers, &c. and we are happy in enforcing the observation by the opinion of the illustrious President of the United States, who in a letter to the Editor of the American Museum, dated Mount Vernon, June 25, 1788, says, "For my part, I entertain an high idea of the utility of periodical publications: Inasmuch that I could heartily desire copies of the Museum Magazines, as well as the Gazettes, might be spread through every city, town and village in America. I consider such easy vehicles of knowledge, more happily calculated than any other, to preserve the LIBERTY, stimulate the INDUSTRY, and meliorate the MORALS of an ENLIGHTENED and FREE PEOPLE."
ON HEALTH.
M ANY persons suffer in their health from causes which might easily be avoided: Bad air is very destructive to health. I will mention a circumstance but little attended to: Many complain that their cellars will not keep meat, butter, &c.—the reason generally is, that there is no circulation of air in their cellars; confined air corrupts and will corrupt meal or vegetables if put into it; therefore to remove the air complained of every cellar should have windows to admit a constant stream of fresh air; in summer the windows should be the northern side of the house; in winter less air is necessary, but some must be admitted.
"The greatest evil arising from corrupted air in cellars is, its constantly mixing with the air in the house, and by its poison effluvia endangers the health of the family. From this cause undoubtedly fatal sickness has often been produced."
The BATCHELOR.—AN EXTRACT. I AM glad you are married, and congratulate you most cordially upon it. You are now in the way of becoming a useful citizen, and you have escaped the unnatural state of celibacy for life, the fate of many here who never intended it, but who, having too long postponed the change of their condition find at length that it is too late to think of it, and so live all their lives in a situation that greatly lessens a man's value—an odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set—What think you of the odd half of a pair of scissars? It can't well cut any thing—it may possibly serve to scrape a trencher."
ANECDOTE.
A LITTLE time ago, when Mr. Fox was returning from Liverpool, a jocose person overtook an old woman, who, was driving some geese to Preston Market, good woman, said he, take care of your geese, for here is a fox coming—I care not a f—t for him, replied the woman, he can do no harm, for there is a Pitt between him and us.
ON A BALLOON PURSE. T O make purses balloons—is undoubtedly right; A balloon is my purse, for 'tis frequently light; When 'tis full, how I mount—how I soar in the skies—How I spurn all below—how I earthworms despise—How rapid I fly through the regions of air! But when empty, I sink—overwhelm'd with despair.
The following spirited EULOGIUM on the LIBERTY of the PRESS, is extracted from that admirable treasury of the Muses,
BELL'S FUGITIVE POETRY.
T HE press restrain'd! nefandous thought! In vain our fires have nobly fought: While free from force the press remains, Virtue and freedom cheer our plains, And learning largesses bestows, And keeps uncensur'd open house. We to the nation's public mart Our works of wit, and schemes of art, And philosophic goods this way, Like water-carriage, cheap convey, This tree, which knowledge so affords, Inquisitors with flaming swords From lay-approach with zeal defend, Lest their own paradise should end. The press from her fecundous womb Brought forth the arts of Greece and Rome;
Her offspring skill'd in logic war, Truth's banner wav'd in open air; The monster superstition fled, And hid in shades its Gorgon head; And lawless pow'r, the long kept field, By reason quell'd was forc'd to yield. This nurse of arts, and freedom's sence To chain, is treason against sense; And liberty, thy thousands tongues None silence, who design no wrongs; For those, who use the gag's restraint, First rob, before they stop complaint.
Foreign Intelligence.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 8.
TWO days since, the shops, warehouses and houses of all the printers and booksellers in this province were searched for seditious pamphlets, hand-bills, &c. in consequence of which, two bookbinders, in this city, and one printer at Antwerp, were imprisoned.
LONDON, Sept. 11.
Among the few curiosities hitherto imported from Botany bay is said to be a leaf of very uncommon properties; the most extraordinary is, that when dried, even without being pulverised, it goes off on the application of a match, with an explosion somewhat in the manner of gunpowder; the air is afterwards greatly perfumed. Experiments are now making to try what force it may possess compared with other materials of explosion.
Extract of a letter from Berlin, August 25.
"For some days past it has been in contemplation to make some changes in the laws, respecting the Jews in this country; and the alteration is now ready to take place; they will enjoy much more liberty and be relieved from the heavy taxes they have hitherto been obliged to pay. The Jews are to enjoy the same privileges as Christians, that is, they may marry and settle in life without any restrictions, purchase houses when and where they please; learn all sorts of trades, and carry on any profession; but in consideration of those privileges, they are to contribute to the military service as other subjects."
OCTOBER 13.
Mr. JEFFERSON, the American Agent, as well as his secretary who followed him to Cowes, met with every civility at the Custom-House, by the express orders of Mr. PITT; a circumstance which has produced more good will among the Americans, both for the minister and the country, than would have been obtained at another juncture from favours far more important.
We learn from Madrid, that the King of Spain has ordered a nine day's supplication to Heaven, ( novena ) over all his dominions, praying that the Almighty would be pleased to frustrate and confound all those counsels which tend to

the humiliation of the monarchial power in France.
When the Inquisition in Spain is demolished, as it certainly must be in the course of time, the history of that iniquitous prison will astonish mankind. The Bastille has been a paradise to that place of torments.
The Commissioners appointed by act of Parliament for erecting four light-houses in the Northern part of Great Britain have now completed that important business; descriptive particulars of which will be forthwith made public, for the information of mariners. The following are the situations on which these lanterns are erected:
One on Kinnaird's Castle, One on the Mull of Kintyre, One on the North Ronaldsay in Orkney, One on the Point of Scalps. The two first have been lighted some time; the lighting of the other two will take place the 10th of next month.
In Germany, an excellent and cheap dye has been invented by Wolger, adapted to woolen and cotton manufactures.
It consists simply of the seeds of the red trefoil, a plant very common in this country, and employed to feed horses and cattle.
A decoction of these seeds is mixed with different mineral substances, and the dyes produced are very beautiful, and of a great variety.
Among these are yellows and greens of different shades, as also citron and orange colours.
These dyes resist the action of the substances with which trials are usually made much better than the common dyes, and promises many advantages, if adopted, to the manufactures of this country.
Such authentic intelligence has of late been received of the descendants of the emigrants, who are reported to inhabit the banks of the Mississippi, that a Welch gentleman now in London, is actually engaged in an expedition to the New World, in order fully to ascertain the truth of that ancient tradition.
This undertaking, if prosecuted, will be much to the benefit of science, and the gratification of antiquarian curiosity.
The advantages gained by the Russians over the Swedes, appear by every subsequent intelligence, to be much greater than was at first stated:—From the preparations at Stockholm, it is however expected that the King of Sweden would soon be able to face them on equal terms.
By our letters from Petersburg we learn that the Russians have lately received an important check, both by sea and land.—The Turkish Admiral has certainly defeated their fleet on the Black Sea, captured some of their ships, and routed the rest of their squadron. Much about the same time a whole regiment of Russian cavalry were cut off in attempting to retreat from Fockzani.
According to the official accounts published at Vienna, of the action which took place in the Bannat between the Turks and General Clatrfaft, the Turks left 1200 dead on the spot, and the Austrians took 84 prisoners, 25 cannon, 25 baggage waggons, &c. with the loss of 30 killed and 89 wounded.
Although both the Swedes and Russians in the first instance claimed the advantage of the battle by sea, on the 24th of August, we now find, that it was a most important victory indeed to the Russians, and that the capital of Sweden is threatened by the event.
The squadron of the light vessels and galleys having been almost entirely destroyed in that engagement, the store ships with ammunition and live stock, for the use of the army, lying in the river Kymene, were obliged to be set on fire, to prevent their falling into the enemy's hands.—Thirty transports laden with provisions were burnt in this manner. This loss is more severely felt than any other, when the difficulty is considered, to provision a large army at so great a distance, where the earth yields but little or nothing.
The Swedish army is in the utmost distress, and almost amounting to a famine.
On this occasion, the Russians acted with great alacrity.
Seeing the whole of the right wing of the Swedish army exposed by the loss of its squadron, on the first of September, the Russians attacked the King of Sweden by sea and land, at his entrance near Hogfors, and obliged him not only to quit that important situation, but to evacuate the whole of Russian Finland.
This retreat will oblige the King of Sweden to act wholly on the defensive the rest of the campaign.
In point of fact, a more decisive victory has not been gained these many years, than that which on this occasion crowned the arms of the Empress of Russia.
SILAS DEANE,
Who died a few days since at Deal, in Kent, is one of the most remarkable instances of the versatility of fortune, which have occurred perhaps during the present century.
Being a native and a merchant of Boston, at an early period of the American war, he was selected by Congress as one of the Representatives of America at the Court of France.
During his residence in that kingdom, he lived in great affluence, and was presented by Louis XVI. with his picture set round with brilliants, as a mark of respect on account of his integrity and abilities.
Having, however, soon after been accused of embezzling large sums of money entrusted to his care for the purchase of arms and ammunition, Mr. Deane sought an asylum in this country; where his habits of life, at first economical, and afterwards penurious in the extreme, amply refuted the malevolence of his enemies.
So reduced, indeed, has this gentleman, who was supposed to have embezzled upwards of 100,000l. sterling, lately been, that he experienced all the horrors of the most abject poverty, in the capital of England, and has for the last few months been almost in danger of starving.
AN AFFECTING EVENT.
A few days since were executed at Shrewsbury, Thomas Phipps, Esq. aged 47, and his son, Thomas Phipps, jun. for forging a note of hand for 20l. purporting to be given by Richard Coleman. The note having been put in suit—but the defendant insisted, that the note was a forgery. After a full hearing, the two Phipps' were brought in guilty, and were sentenced to be hung. Mr. Phipps and his son, from the time of their condemnation until the morning of their execution, persisted in their innocence. However, before they left the gaol, young Phipps confessed that he committed the forgery, avowing his father's innocence of it, and ignorance of its being forged, when published. They were taken in a mourning coach to the place of execution. On their way to the fatal tree, the father said to the son, 'Tommy thou hast bro't me to this shameful end, but I freely forgive thee.' To which the son made no reply.
When the awful moment arrived that they must leave the stable vehicle, Mr. Phipps said to his son, 'You have brought me hither, do you lead the way;' which the youth accordingly did, and in a most composed manner ascended the ladder to a temporary scaffold, erected for the purpose, followed by his father. When the devotions were finished, and the convicts tied up, they embraced each other, and in a few minutes the executioner let down the scaffold, and they were launched into eternity, amidst a vast concourse of deeply affected spectators beholding a parent and child suffering an ignominious death for violating the laws of their country.
American Intelligence.
NASSAU (N. P.) October 3.
It is said by persons of observation and long residence here, that there has been more thunder and lightning this year, than they ever knew in any former one in this country.
PETERSBURG (Virginia) Nov. 19.
We are told, that the noted Alexander M'Gillivray has it in view to establish an independent government of his own, and that he will not treat with the United States, unless he obtains permission from them for that purpose.—It is said, the Creek nation of which he is head, are all well armed and accoutred, and have lately been furnished with a sufficient supply to enable them to make
a formidable defence.—From whence this supply has been obtained, we cannot pretend to say, but it is generally supposed it came from a quarter not very friendly to the peace and prosperity of our Western Brethren.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst. the District Court of the United States, in the District of Pennsylvania, was opened in the State-House in this city, by the Hon. Francis Hopkinson, Esq. Judge of the Court.
After the commissions of the Judge, of the Attorney for the United States, and of the Marshal of the Court were proclaimed, and a number of the Gentlemen of the Bar admitted, the Judge addressed the Grand Jury in a charge suited to the occasion.
The Foreman, in behalf of the Jury, requested a copy of the Judge's Charge, for publication, of which the following are the concluding observations:
"Thus hath the government of the United States been established on the broad basis of the will of the people; which is the only just and permanent foundation on which government can be built; for, the people are the true source of power, and the object of government should be the good and prosperity of those from whom government is derived and from whom it is instituted."
"My hearers will, I am sure, rejoice with me in the prospect of the future glory of our new founded empire—a dominion extending through various climates—resources inexhaustible—the blessings of nature improved and heightened by the powers of art—endless population—commerce unlimited—and above all, the wealth and strength of so many potent States, united and bound together by a liberal, and yet vigorous constitution, gives us a reasonable hope that America will soon rise, like her own eagle, and soar above those clouds and storms which disturb and terrify birds of a weaker wing."
"GENTLEMEN,"
"If any crimes or offences, cognizable by the jurisdiction of this court, have come to your knowledge, it is your duty to enquire concerning them, and present them for trial. Should you want any information respecting the law, or instruction in points of form, the court, or the attorney for the United States, will be ready to give you all necessary assistance."
After the address, several causes, criminal, civil and maritime, were instituted in this new court.
Nov. 28.—It is with much sympathy of soul we have to hand to our readers a tale of distress—a tale which must penetrate every feeling mind with painful sensations.
Thursday morning, about half past two, a fire broke out at a house in Third Street, next door to the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, which had arrived at such a height before it was discovered, either by those within or by the watchmen, that the whole house was involved in a vivid flame; an old man burst from the lower floor and escaped; Elizabeth Preston and her two children presented themselves at the chamber window, with screams of the most piercing sound: The few inhabitants who had been roused by the cry of fire, attempted to raise a heavy ladder for their relief—but every effort failed. The poor distressed mother (most probably drawn by the heartfelt cries of her children) retreated from the window. Another frantic object with a child then presented themselves; the united shrieks of the poor distressed creatures were heard at the distance of near half a mile. The ladder was at length raised; when an adventurous citizen ascended and at the hazard of his life, rescued the last woman and the child. A thousand fears were quickly excited from the gathering crowd, as the man was thought to have disappeared; but from every information we can collect, this humane adventurer was saved: One poor woman and her two sons perished in the flames, and were found at day-light, devoid of human form, the whole mass being changed into a black cinder. Jacob Brown and his wife, an industrious young couple, escaped at the chamber window,
but remain objects of real distress, having lost their money, cloaths and furniture, and are turned naked into the world.
We are informed some charitable subscriptions have already been made, and we most sincerely with success to the endeavours of those gentlemen who have undertaken to ask for contributions.
Had it not been for the rain which providentially fell during the fire, there is great reason to believe that a dreadful devastation must have ensued; for the wind blew with such violence as to have occasioned great damage to the shipping and small craft in the harbour; many of which were sunk at their moorings, and will have to undergo a thorough repair before they can proceed on their respective voyages.
On occasions like these, the opulent must rejoice at an opportunity of dispensing their bounty; and those of smaller fortune will, we have no doubt, contribute their mite to stop up the breath of distress.
The remains of the unfortunate widow and her two children were the same day interred in the Friend's burying ground, attended by a large concourse of the most respectable and sympathising inhabitants.
NEW YORK, December 2.
Extract of a letter from North-Carolina, dated October 16.
"Yesterday a very tremendous storm of wind and hail was experienced in this place. The Brig Ann, of Boston, was drove on shore; likewise, the sloop Rambler, Capt. Patterson—he parted his cable and hove to such a degree, that he carried away his mainmast. Such a storm has not been known in this place since the year 1784."
BOSTON, Dec. 9.
A LETTER from a principal House in Amsterdam, dated the 14th September, 1779, informs, "American Bonds, bearing 5 per cent. interest, fell on the Exchange at 2 per cent above par, and those bearing interest of 4 per cent. from 96 to 99 per cent. and rising. This is the happy effect of your new Federal Government."
Gratifying,—highly gratifying—must it be to every federalist, to observe the visible effect of the new government upon the trade of this town. Such a sight, a correspondent ventures to assert, has not been seen at the North-end of this town since the year 1770, as may now be seen. Notwithstanding there are as many vessels at the Long-Wharf, and at the South-end, as commonly at this season of the year, there are at, and from Hancock's wharf to Winnismit-Ferry, EIGHT SHIPS, SIXTEEN BRIGS, and four Sloops, fitting, and fitted for sea. Our Mechanicks in their undisguised attachment to the federal Constitution, rightly forsook that the well-being, interest, happiness and safety of our country depended on its adoption. That they may long reap the reward of their patriotism—and that their prosperity under a good government, may be as great, as their distress under a weak government was deplorable, must be the general wish:—For
While the hammer they employ, Every stroke re-echoes joy.
The National Assembly of France have decided on the question, Of how many branches shall the Legislature consist? in favour of a single Assembly, by a majority of 849 to 211.
We are in daily and anxious expectation of further intelligence from France. The situation of that gallant nation and firm ally of America, must deeply interest every citizen of the United States. We sincerely hope that the clouds and thick darkness which now overshadow it, may be but the harbinger of a brighter day than ever it enjoyed.
EXTRAORDINARY YOUTH.
An extraordinary hand-bill has been lately distributed about London, by a youth who has lost his sight ever since he was five weeks old. After mentioning that circumstance, he begs leave to inform his friends and customers, that he mends and repairs household furniture,

pulls down and puts up bedsteads, &c. does jobs at carpenter's work on the most reasonable terms, and flatters himself to the satisfaction of his employers. This ingenious person made a loom, with all its appendages, in miniature, when about ten years of age, and soon after maintained himself by making a variety of wooden toys; he only feels an object before he undertakes to imitate it. His mechanical powers have lately extended so far, that he has engaged to make a small press, &c. for a printer in that city.
SHIP NEWS.
Liverpool, [Eng.] Oct. 8. The brig Neptune, Dunnels, out five weeks from Saco, New-England, went on shore in Holyhead-Bay, 1st inst.—the people saved—cargo being lumber, not much damaged—vessel it is feared will be lost.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 16. Twelfth Federal Pillar.
NORTH-CAROLINA.
IT is with a great degree of satisfaction we announce to the public, the RATIFICATION of the CONSTITUTION of the UNITED STATES, by the respectable State of NORTH-CAROLINA; the intelligence of which event was received at Boston the 11th inst. by Capt. JOSIAH BACON, master of the Peterburg-Packet, in FIVE DAYS from North-Carolina.—The particulars are:—
The Convention of North-Carolina met at Fayetteville, the 1st November, and after debating the Constitution throughout, on the 27th November the question of Ratification was put, and passed in the affirmative—
  YEAS, - - - 193   NAYS, - - - 75 
MAJORITY, - - - 118
This Intelligence was received at Edenton, by express, on the evening of the 30th November. The next morning the colours belonging to the town, and on board the shipping, were hoisted. At Twelve o'clock Twelve cannon were discharged, in honor of the several States in the Union—and a collation provided for the spectators. At three o'clock, an elegant dinner was provided at the Merchant's Coffee-House, and after dinner the following toasts drank:
 1. The United States of America.  2. The President of the U. States.  3. The Vice-President, and Officers of the United States.  4. The King of France, and French Nation.  5. All the Powers in Europe, in alliance with America.  6. Our late Convention.  7. The Governor and State of NORTH-CAROLINA.  8. May the CONSTITUTION be a blessing to the People.  9. Commerce, Agriculture and Manufactures.  10. The Officers, Soldiers and Patriots, who distinguished themselves in the late army.  11. The fair Daughters of Columbia.  12. May the State of Rhode-Island follow the example of our late Convention.  In the evening, Twelve large lanterns were hoisted on the flag-staff belonging to the town; the lantern of the Court-House, and several of the houses, were beautifully illuminated; and a very large bonfire made at the back of the town.
OF NORTH-CAROLINA.
The history of this State, now the more interesting, as it has become a Member of the Union, is less known than that of any of the other States. It was settled in 1710, is 750 miles in length, and 110 in breadth—inhabitants 270,000, of which 60,000 are negroes. The North Carolinians are mostly Planters—their exports tar, pitch, turpentine, rosin, Indian corn, poltry, lumber, tobacco, ginseng, snake root, &c. &c.—Agreeably to the Constitution, North-Carolina will send five Representatives to Congress.
Proposals are issued by a Society of Literary Gentlemen in Philadelphia, for publish-
ing, monthly, a New Magazine, the first objects of which will be to "regulate American manners and taste—to improve the arts and sciences, and to give a comprehensive view of the History, Politicks, and Commerce of the United States."
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE. Speech of M. Radaud de St. Etienne, the Protestant Clergyman.
"I HAVE the honor of being the Representative of a great body of people; the Senchaussee I represent, contains 500,000 inhabitants, 120,000 of whom are Protestants, of which number I myself am. The whole body of my constituents have instructed me to demand an act of general justice; nor do I fear to stand up here, peculiarly situated as I am, to urge the equity of their demand—because the rights I claim, and which I am ready to defend, are our rights as well as yours—they are the rights of men and Frenchmen."
"I found my confidence in your principles; which is, that liberty is a possession common to us all. He who attacks the liberty of others, is fit only to live in slavery. Liberty is a sacred and inviolable right men bring with them into the world, and extends over their opinions. Liberty of opinion is out of the grasp of power, and makes a sanctuary of the heart. To constrain the conscience is unjust; to combat against that conscience is sacrilege; to torture that conscience is to be intolerant, and violating every maxim of morality and religion.—Error is not a crime—it is truth for him who professes it. Where is the man who is sure of his own rectitude, and can pronounce with certainty on the errors of his neighbour? A form of worship is a dogma; a dogma binges on opinion; and opinion is inseparable from liberty. It is attacking freedom, therefore, to attempt to force a man to adopt a dogma different from his own. To act thus to be intolerant and unjust—it is persecution fostering hypocrisy, or insulting courage."
"In the last edict in favor of the Non-Catholics, nothing was granted them but what it was impossible to refuse. This is the king's own language in his edict. I allude to the right granted them of legalizing their marriages and baptisms, and the permission of burying their dead. O humiliating concessions! O degraded Frenchmen!—And is it in this enlightened country, and in the eighteenth century, that the nation is divided into two classes of men, one of which has long groaned under the most horrible proscription? I will speak out, and say to the Assembly, that the pretended boon of last year was received with the profoundest shame and sorrow."
"We will not be hypocrites; we will be objects of your contempt, if we are still doomed to remain objects of jealousy and persecution. It will be ours to retain the genuine French honor, disdaining an hypocrisy which would disgrace the intentions of the Legislature. It is not demanded of you by your brethren; it is justice; and the impartial liberty which reigns in this Assembly, will not surely distribute justice with partiality. The country has hitherto been a step-mother for the Protestants; they do every thing for her, and she does nothing for them in return."
"but I return to my principles, or rather yours, by declaring that all men are born and remain free. Is not this consecrating the liberty of all men?—You have acknowledged and do still acknowledge in your consciences, the liberty of Non-Catholics. Every exclusive privilege in matters of religion, militates against and clashes with your general principles, as it is founded on the constraint and deprivation of the smaller number. Yours is only the law of the strongest. Might I not plead your own principle then, your recent conduct, is justification of disobedience?"
"Instructed by long and bloody experience of the past, it is time to break down those barriers which separate man from man, Frenchman from Frenchman."
"My country is free; let her shew herself worthy of the blessing, by distributing equal rights to all her children. Until the constitution shall have granted the equality I claim, I adopt the whole of the motion of M. de Castellane, that "No man can be troubled for his religious opinions, nor can any man be troubled in his religious worship."
Historical Anecdote.
THE Duke D'Offuna, famous for his pleasant repartees, being a native of Naples, went to the Spanish Court, with the intention of obtaining the privilege he enjoyed of releasing one of the slaves. On that occasion he interrogated several, and asked them what was the reason of their being there; but they all excused themselves with different pretences, and endeavored to persuade him that they were innocent; there was but one amongst them, who ingeniously confessed all the crimes he had committed, and who owned he merited a much greater punishment than that he suffered. Drive away that wicked man, says the Duke, ordering him to be set at liberty, for fear he should corrupt all these good people: Thus rewarding by an elegant pleasantry, the sincerity of this galley-slave, reproving the deceitfulness of the others.
A BURGHER, being at a hotel where there was a public entertainment given, was exceedingly offended: "I will have revenge (says he) for to-morrow I will give a great dinner, and no one shall partake of it but myself."
Died since our last, Captain Peter Shores aged 76, Mr. Nathaniel Hart aged 40.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTERED from Schooner Industry, Brayn, Shelburne. Schooner Sally, Myrick, Windfor. Schooner Le'Amiable, Rosline-Croque-ville, St. Peters.
CLEARED for Brig George, Moore, G. Britain. Ship Marchioness, de la Fayette Cor-merie, Martinico. Ship Peggy, Allardice, Grenada. Schooner Nancy, Bell, South-Carolina. Brig Elizabeth, Hooker, West-Indies.
UNITY.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Unity, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1785, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 3d Monday in January next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of Simeon Glidden, in said town, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
   No. Q'ty. R. s. d.     John Sherburne, 3 50 1 3 6   Thomas Clough, 48 10 5 0 9   James Bean, 70 100 2 7 0   40 100 1 7 0   7 50 2 3 6   23 50 4 3 6   58 50 6 3 6   Thomas Scribner, 9 100 1 7 0   13 50 3 3 6   159 50 7 3 6   Samuel Winslow, 15 100 1 7 0   Nathaniel Barril, 18 100 1 7 0   21 100 1 7 0   Meshech Weare 20 100 1 7 0   74 100 2 7 0   9 50 2 3 6   Benjamin Sanborn, 46 100 1 7 0   4 50 1 3 6   52 50 6 3 6   William Godfrey, 12 50 5 3 6   15 50 3 3 6   158 50 7 3 6   John Moulton, 2 50 1 3 6   33 50 1 3 6   59 50 6 3 6   Jacob Garland, 51 50 5 3 6   Trustram Sanborn, 6 50 1 3 6   155 50 7 3 6   Moses Sleeper, 18 50 3 3 6   31 50 4 3 6   Samuel Judkins, 18 50 4 3 6   19 50 4 3 6   20 50 4 2 2  
SIMEON GLIDDEN, Collector. Unity, December 10, 1789.
Forms of Manifests and Entries of merchandise, as requested by a late Act of Congress to be delivered at the Custom Houses in the United States, may be had at J. MELCHER's Office in Congress-Street, together with a great variety of other blanks, at the lowest cash prices,
ALMANACKS
FOR THE YEAR
1790:
MAY be had for ready cash at J. Melcher's Office in Congress-Street, by the hundred, groce or single dozen, cheaper than they can be purchased in Boston or elsewhere, and great allowance made to those who purchase by the quantity.—Shop-keepers and traders may likewise be supplied at the same place with Primers and Spelling-Books, by the groce or single dozen at as low price for ready cash as they can purchase them in America, and warranted well printed with a beautiful large new type on good paper and neatly bound.
*** An Apprentice to the Printing business is wanted, apply as above.
IMPORTED
In the last vessels from LONDON, AND TO BE SOLD
At the lowest Advance, FOR CASH, BY Samuel Hill,
North of the Market:
  Blankets of all sizes.  Shawls of all sizes.    Colchester & Draper Baizes.  Modes and Saranets.    Lamkins.  Ribbands.    Flannels.  Chintzes.    Duffles.  Callicoes.    Coatings.  Callimancoes.    Ratteens.  Tammies.    Frizes.  Durants.    Plains.  Striped and plain    Forrest Cloths.  Camblets    Serges.  A General Assortment of plated    Kerseys.  Elastic Coating.    Elastic Coating.  and metal Shoe    Superfine, midling and low priced  and Knee Buckles.    Broad Cloths.  Plated white and    Trimmings of all sorts, suitable for do.  Bath Coat and Waistcoat Buttons.    Corduroys.  Best London Pewter of all sorts.    Velvets.  Brass Warming-Pans.    Thicksets.  Frying-Pans.    Serge Denim.  A General Assortment of Cutlery    Florentine.  Waistcoat shapes, and Hard Ware.    Sattinett.  Worsted, cotton, and thread Hose.    Velvet and Jane  Sleigh-Bells.    Waistcoat shapes,  Nails of all sorts.    Worsted, cotton,  Brads.    and thread Hose.  Brasses and Locks    Beaver, Castor & Felt Hatts.  for Desks.    Irish Linens.  German Steel.    Check do.  Powder and Shot.    Silk, Linen, and Cotton Handkerchiefs.  Sheet & Bar Lead.    Folio, Quarto, Octavo & common Bibles.   
Also may be had at the same place, A General Assortment of West-India Goods, New-England Rum, Potash-Kettles: And a General Assortment of Iron Ware, Dye Woods and Dye Stuff, Painters Oil and Colours, and many other articles too many to enumerate in an Advertisement.
N. B. Cash and the highest prices given for Shipping Furs, Pot and Pearl Ash, Flax-Seed and Bees-Wax.

B A R N S T E A D.
State of New Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the Delinquent Proprietors and owners of Land in the town of Barnstead, who have not paid their Proprietary Taxes for the years, 1784 and 1787, that unless they pay the same together with incidental charges to me the subscriber on or before the 27th day of January, 1790, so much of their Lands as will pay the same, will then be sold at Public Vendue at ten o'Clock A. M. as the law directs.
   Proprietors names. No. of 60 acr. lots in 1st div. 1784. 1787. No. 100 acr. lots in 2d div. 1784. 1787.   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.    John Sanborn 2 10 0 1 10 0 0 29 0 0 0  Ebenezer Wentworth 4 0 0 1 10 0 0 41 16 8 2  John Huntress 5 10 0 1 10 0 0 118 13 8 2  Hunking Wentworth 6 0 0 1 10 0 0 53 16 8 1  Thomas Leighton 7 10 0 1 10 0 0 67 16 8 2  Ephraim Dennet 8 0 0 1 10 0 0 69 16 8 2  Rich'd Wibiard, jun'r 9 10 0 1 10 0 0 19  Samuel Walton 10 74 2  Francis Jenners 11 10 0 1 10 0 0  Samuel Shackford 12 10 0 1 10 0 0 90 16 8 2  Andrew Wiggin 13 1 10 0 0 6  Richard Dame 14 1 10 0 0 113 2  Joseph Rollings 15 1 16 0 0 120 16 8 2  John Redman 16 1 10 0 0 107 2  John Downing 17 10 0 1 10 0 0 63 2  Richard Downing 18 10 0 1 10 0 0 73 16 8 2  Mark Ayers 19 10 0 1 10 0 0  John Wallingford 20 10 0 1 10 0 0  Samuel Huntress 21 1 10 0 0 72 2  Benjamin Clark 22 2 4 1 10 0 0  Lemuel Bickford 23 1 10 0 0  Rev. Joseph Adams 24 0 4 6 65 1  Shadrack Walton 26 10 0 1 10 0 0  Mathew Plant 27 10 0 1 10 0 0 81 1 8 0  John Knight, jun'r 28 10 0 1 10 0 0 59 2  Moses Dame 29 10 0 1 10 0 0 89 2  John Walton 30 10 0 1 10 0 0 47 16 8 2  Peter Weare, Esq. 31 1 10 0 0 30  Matthias Nutter 32 10 0 1 10 0 0 110 16 8 2  James Pickering 34 4 5 0 13 3  John Knight 35 10 0 1 10 0 0 54 16 8 1  Jeremiah Miller 36 1 10 0 0 60 16 8 2  Jonathan Downing 37 1 10 0 0 24 16 8 1  Thomas Pickering 38 10 0  Hatevil Nutter 39 1 10 0 0 37 2  James Davis 40 10 0 1 10 0 0 55 2  George Walton 41 10 0 1 10 0 0 45 16 8 2  Nathaniel Morrill 42 1 10 0 0 96 1  Andrew Peters 46 10 0 1 10 0 0 43 16 8 2  John Thompson 47 10 0 1 10 0 0 27 1  John Trickey 48 10 0 1 10 0 0 58 2  Cyprian Jeffery 49 10 0 1 10 0 0  William Fellows 50 1 10 0 0  John Downing 51 5 8 1 10 0 0  John Plaisted 53 10 0 1 10 0 0 34 16 8 2  John Gilman, Esq. 54 1 10 0 0 92 2  John Downing 3d. 55 10 0 1 10 0 0 66 2  John Dame 56 10 0 1 10 0 0 44 16 8 2  Ebenezer Stevens 57 1 10 0 0  John Shackford 58 10 0 1 10 0 0  George Walton 59 1 10 0 0 119 16 8 2  James Jeffery 60 39 2  Elnathan Dame 61 10 0 1 10 0 0 85 2  Moses Furbur 62 71 2  Samuel Faybens 64 1 10 0 0 75 2  John Decker, jun'r 65 1 10 0 0 46 1  Benning Wentworth 67 10 0 1 10 0 0 115 16 8 2  John Wentworth, jr. 68 10 0 1 10 0 0 95 16 8 2  David Wentworth 69 1 10 0 0 84 11 6 2  Jotham Odiorne 70 82 2  Joseph Downing 71 1 10 0 0  James Nutter 72 0 4 6 56 16 8 2  Samuel Thompson 73 64 16 8 2  John Walker 74 1 10 0 0  Shadrack Walton 76 10 0 1 10 0 0 25 1  Richard Wibiard 78 1 10 0 0  Joseph Downing 79 10 0 109 16 8 2  Ebenezer Weare 80 6 2 0 18 6  John Frost 81 10 0 1 10 0 0 32 2  John Gilman 82 0 5 0  George Jeffrey 84 10 0 1 10 0 0 97 16 8 2  Thomas Bickford 85 10 0 1 10 0 0 61 12 8 2  Thomas Ayers, jun'r 86 10 0 1 10 0 0  John Rindge 87 10 0 1 10 0 0  Joshua Pickering 88 10 0 1 10 0 0 111 7 6 2  Richard Jenners 89 1 10 0 0 40 1  Gilbert M'Phedris 90 10 0 1 10 0 0 38 1  John Faybens 91 10 0 77 2  Hatevil Nutter 92 10 0 1 10 0 0 52 1  Archibald M'Phedris 93 10 0 1 10 0 0  Samuel Nutter 94 10 0 1 10 0 0 93 2  Jethro Furbur 95 101 2  Benjamin Downing 96 1 10 0 0 91 16 8 2  Nathaniel Shores 97 10 0 1 10 0 0 98 16 8 2  Henry Nutter 98 10 0 1 10 0 0 36 16 8 1  John Faybens, jun'r 99 86 16 8 2  Jethro Bickford 100 49 16 8 1  Theodore Atkinson 101 1 10 0 0 50 1  Robert Acmooy 102 57 16 8 2  John Nutter 103 10 0 1 10 0 0  Joshua Downing 104 1 10 0 0  Seth Ring 105 10 0 1 10 0 0 48 1  Harison Downing 106 10 0 1 10 0 0 102 2  Samuel Shute, Esq. 107 1 10 0 0  Joseph Faybens 108 1 10 0 0 35 16 8 2  
   Proprietors names. No. of 60 acr. lots in 1st div. 1784. 1787. No. 100 acr. lots in 2d div. 1784. 1787.   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.    Hatevil Nutter 110 1 10 0 33 16 8 2  James Jeffery, jun'r 111 0 3 6 105 2  John Brock 112 1 10 0 62 2  Benjamin Bickford 113 10 0 114 16 8 2 10  Benjamin Walton 114 10 0 1 10 0 117 2  Samuel Tibbets 115 1 10 0 51 12 10 1  Mark Hunking 116 10 0 1 10 0  Timothy Gerrish 117 10 0 1 10 0 88 16 8 2  Thomas Westbrook 119 1 2 1 10 0  T. Westbrook Waldron 120 10 0 1 10 0 83 16 8 2  
J ONATHAN CHESLEY, Collector. Barnstead, December 8, 1789.
   Proprietors names. £. s. d.    Josiah Willard, Esq. 0 11 8  Isaac Farnsworth 1 3 4  Noah Dodge 0 11 8  Ephraim Peirce 0 11 8  James Jewell 0 11 8  Jonathan Hubbard 0 11 8  Charles Wilder 0 11 8  Moses Willard 0 11 8  James Hosley 0 11 8  John Stevens 0 11 8  Ephraim Wheeler 0 11 8  Josiah Willard, jr. 0 11 8  Andrew Gardner 0 11 8  Benj. Prescott, Esq. 0 11 8  Sam'l Farnsworth 0 11 8  Stephen Farnsworth 0 11 8  Afabel Hartwell 0 11 8  Jonathan Willard 0 11 8  Edward Hartwell 0 11 8  John Johnson 0 11 8  John Whiting 0 11 8  Benj'a Bellows, jr. 0 11 8  Sam'l Chandler, jr. 0 11 8  William Goss 0 11 8  Edward Hartwell, jr. 0 11</