The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-12-21 00:00:00

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Second CONGRESS of the United States. FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FRIDAY, NOV. 25.
AFTER a number of petitions were read and referred, a Bill for making compensation to widows, orphans, and invalids, in certain cases, was read a first and second time, and ordered to be printed.
The House then went into committee, on the report on the petition of Gen. JACKSON, respecting the election of Gen. WAYNE—amended it, rose, and reported to the House.
MONDAY, NOV. 28.
Mr. AMES presented the petition of Samuel Brick and others, proprietors of the sail cloth manufactory in Boston, praying that they may have the exclusive privilege of affixing certain marks, to their sail cloth, and that measures may be adopted for preventing the said marks from being used by others;—which was read and referred to the Secretary of State.
The House, in committee of the whole, took into consideration the Bill making compensation to certain widows, &c. and having made progress therein, rose, and asked leave to sit again.
TUESDAY, NOV. 29.
Mr. Livermore, from the committee appointed for the purpose, presented according to order, a bill to establish the Post-Office and Post-Roads within the United States, which was received and read the first time; and on motion, and by special order said bill was read a second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House on Monday next, and one hundred copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Dayton presented the petition of sundry refugees from Canada; which was read and referred to a select committee of Mr. Dayton, Mr. Bourne. (R. I.) and Mr. Murray.
Agreeably to the order of the day, the House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair, to take into consideration, the bill making compensation to widows, orphans, and invalids, in certain cases.
After some time spent therein, the committee rose, and reported the bill with amendments, which were ordered to lie on the table.
A message was received from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary, informing that they have passed a bill concerning Consuls and Vice-Consuls, to which they request the concurrence of this House.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30.
The report of the Attorney-General on the judiciary system, was referred to a select committee of five, Mess. Lawrance, Sedgwick, Murray, Kittera, and Madison.
Mr. Goodhue reported a bill concerning the registering or recording of ships or vessels, which was read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole on Tuesday next.
Mr. Lawrance moved that a committee be appointed to prepare and report a bill declarative of the extension of the resolution of Congress of the 24th of August, 1780, respecting the claims of the widows and orphans of officers—the act of June the 11th 1788 notwithstanding.
The order of the day was then called for, on the bill making compensation to widows, orphans and invalids, in certain cases, and after considerable
discussion, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
THURSDAY, DEC. 1.
An engrossed bill, making compensation to widows, orphans and invalids, in certain cases, was read a third time and passed. The title was altered to read—An act for the relief of Widows, Orphans, Invalids, and other persons.
The bill sent from the Senate for concurrence, relative to the election of the President and Vice-President, &c. was read a first time.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. MUHLENBERG in the Chair, to take into consideration a bill for the relief of David Cook. The bill was reported without amendment. A clause was introduced by the House making provision for Capt. William Campbell, and then the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Fitzsimons, resolved, that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to explain and amend the acts relating to the seven years half pay promised to the widows and orphans of officers who have died in the service of the United States, and of persons who are and have been entitled to pensions as invalids. Messrs. Lawrance, Fitzsimons and Barnwell, were appointed the committee.
Mr. Livermore presented a representation of the legislature of New-Hampshire, in favour of invalid pensioners, which was referred to the above committee.
FRIDAY, DEC. 2.
A bill relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States, also declaring the officer who shall act as President in case of vacancies, both of the President and Vice-President, was read a second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House on Wednesday next, and 100 copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Heister presented a petition of the united brethren for propagating the gospel among the Indians, praying to be confirmed with titles of certain lands, granted them by the United States, which was read and referred to the committee appointed to bring in a bill for the sale of the vacant lands of the United States.
The order of the day being called for the House went into a committee of the whole on the appropriation bill for the year 1792, Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair:
The bill is founded on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, November the 11th, the total appropriations amounting to one million, fifty-eight thousand two hundred twenty-two dollars eighty-one cents and two thirds.
After a very lengthy debate, a motion was made for the committee's rising, and agreed to:
The committee accordingly rose, and reported progress, and are to sit again.
On motion of Mr. Lawrance, ordered that the Treasurer's accounts of the receipts and expenditures of public monies, laid before the House, be published, and that 300 copies be printed.
Mr. Gerry made a motion to this effect, that on the third Monday of every annual session of Congress, it shall be the duty of every officer intrusted with the application of public monies, to lay before this House a particular account of the items of such expenditures, &c. which motion was read and laid on the table.
Mr. Fitzsimons moved a resolution to this effect, that a committee be appointed to examine and report upon the state of the treasury department; and that such committee be annually appointed on the second Monday of
every session. Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Ames laid before the House a representation from the state of Massachusetts, respecting invalid pensioners, which was read and referred to the committee appointed yesterday on that subject. Adjourned until Monday.
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State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & owners of land in the town of Middleton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 17th day of January, 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 Waldron Kinnison, innholder in said town, at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day.
ind. state.c'y
   No. Q'ty. s.d. s.d. d.q    John Tasker, 59 50 1 0 6 1 0  Samuel Varney, 49 40 2 0 1 0 2 0  John Cook, 53 60 1 6 0 9 1 2  John Moffat, Esq. 15 100 2 0 1 0 2 0  Peter Cook, 91 50 1 0 6 1 2  Benja'n Roberts, 36 100 1 6 0 9 1 2  Timothy Roberts, 35 100 1 0 6 1 0  Richard Philpot, 14 100 1 6 0 9 1 2  Trustram Coffin, 15 100 2 0 1 0 2 2  Law Lot, 61 60 2 0 1 0 2 2  
Second Division.
  Sam. Clements, 84 140 2 0 1 0 2 0  Love Roberts, 62 39 1 0 6 1 0  T. Wallingsford, 43 140 2 0 1 0 2 0  Benjamin Heard, 3 140 1 6 1 0 2 0  William Horn, 24 140 1 6 0 9 1 2  Benjamin Roberts, 38 140 2 6 1 3 2 2  John Moffat, Esq. 51 140 2 6 1 3 2 2  Isaac Hanson, jun. 44 70 1 0 6 1 0  
MOSES WHITEHOUSE, Collector. Middleton, Nov. 28, 1791.
FOR Sale at the Store of AARON HILL, ROCK SALT, of a good quality; for which Beef or Corn will be received in payment. Nov. 29, 1791.
To the Honorable John Calfe, Esquire one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Stewardstown in the county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, hereby request your honor to call or notify a meeting of the proprietors of said township, to be held at the house of Capt. Benjamin French, innholder in Dunstable, in the county of Hillsborough, in said State of New-Hampshire, on the 3d day of April next, at three of the clock, P. M. on said day, to act on the following articles, matters and things, viz.—
1st, To choose a moderator for said meeting.
2d, To choose a proprietors clerk.
3d, To choose assessors, a collector, a treasurer and other necessary officers for conducting business respecting said township, as the proprietors may judge expedient.
4th, To see what method the proprietors will take to discharge the arrears of public taxes and requisitions due from said township.
5th, To agree on, vote and raise such sum or sums of money on the right or share of each original grantee, as will pay their respective proportion of such requisitions or taxes, as has, or may be due from said township.
6th, To raise such sum or sums of money on each original right, for making and repairing highways, and for all expences that has or may arise for bringing forward the settlement of said township, and for supporting and defending the proprietors title to said township; and for any services done, or to be performed for the benefit of said proprietors, that may be thought necessary.
7th, To see what grant, deed, or deeds the proprietors will give the inhabitants who settled under this propriety.
8th, To see what encouragement the proprietors will give any person that has, or may build mills in said township.
9th, To act by themselves, or their agent or committee, and every other matter which may be thought necessary.
10th, To see whether the proprietors will agree that any claimer or claimers be allowed to pitch a certain part of his or their interest in such parts of said township as may be agreed on, or for any other consideration.
11th, To agree on some method for calling proprietors meetings in future.
Jonas Minot, David Page, Josiah Melvin, Jonas Minot, jr. State of New-Hampshire, Dec. 9, 1791.
Agreeable to the foregoing application, the proprietors and owners of the township of Stewardstown aforesaid are hereby notified & warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes before mentioned.
JOHN CALFE, Justice of the Peace throughout said State.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Fitzwilliam, that there is assessed on each lot of land in said township, subject to a proprietors tax, a tax of six shillings & seven pence, two farthings, and unless the same is paid to the subscriber, proprietors collector for the year 1791, by the first day of February next, their land will be advertised for sale as the law directs.
JOHN BOWKER, Prop'r's Collector. Fitzwilliam, Nov. 25, 1791.
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"Si quid novisti rectius istis, candide importi "Si non, his utere mecum"
WHEN we consider the many thousands pounds now in the treasury of this State, and many thousands more due for outstanding taxes, excise bonds, and private debtors to the State, we are astonished to see the least hesitation in our Rulers, how this money ought to be disposed of. Speculators, usurers, money holders, and stock jobbers, will be desirous of establishing Banks on the principles of the Boston, and other money Banks, who let their monies only by the month, and if the borrower happens to fail in paying at the time, his reputation is publicly exposed, by agreement on the platform of the Banks. Such institutions are only calculated for merchants in trading towns, to purchase bargains, or the produce of the farmer at a depreciated price; some will be for purchasing deferred funds, but if we mark these men, they will be found to be stock-holders, and have these funds to sell, and so far as there will be money to purchase them with, they will be enhanced in their price—in short, if the money is to be disposed of, these funds will take an immediate rise, and if the money is to come out so, let it be fixed at what rate they are to be bought.—There has been an abominable traffic in speculating in the funds, by which the least deserving of the people, have made Nabob fortunes, who have never ventured their own lives or even lent their property in the late revolution, but have risen on the distresses of the officers and soldiers of the American army, who have been necessitated to sell their birth-rights for messes of pottage . Such men may be compared to those, who owe their greatness to their Country's ruin.—Now some may ask, What is to be done with it then? let such be asked in turn, from whence came it? but from the real properties of the inhabitants, and for which they have been oppressed, perhaps, needlessly, and part of it taken from the sales of lands belonging to widows and orphans, and many others equally poor, whose lands have been sold by avaricious Collectors, at fifty times less than their real value. As this money comes chiefly from the landed interest, that interest ought to have the benefit of it, and let all go back to the towns, according to their proportions, rather than build up a few designing men, who have stocks to sell, or who with never to see money plentier, while they can get from 10 to 15 per cent. interest.—The agricultural interest ought to have the use of this money, so that their estates may be improved to better advantage than at present; and if farmers and owners of improved estates are willing to hire it upon approved security, in the name of justice, equity and common sense, let them have it, and let it be distributed to each county, and the county Treasurer empowered to let out on approved security, not more than £.300 to one man, and for no longer term than three years.—If this is not admissible, let a Bank of 100,000 dollars be instituted upon the specie now in the treasury, and the outstanding taxes, and let notes issue thereupon, paying one quarter of the principal annually, and the whole to be paid back in four years, without interest. These notes to be loaned upon real securities, at one half the appraised value, and let the condition of the mortgages be to pay the interest and one quarter part of the principal, annually, and to support the credit of the Bank notes, let the one quarter part be paid out of the public stock, least the mortgagers should fail of punctuality. These Bank notes will serve to set in motion thousands of private notes, now in the hands of individuals, who would rapidly discharge their debts by them, as scarce any person who possessed a private man's note but would give it for a Bank note so well secured. These notes should be received at the treasury for all taxes, outstanding, and for payment of all
public officers. The produce of the country will easily command the notes, and the poor towns will be enabled to pay up their back taxes, which has been thought necessary to press for, and why, because we may have more money in the treasury, when we do not know what to do with what we now have. There are but a few men who will say, they don't wish money to be plentier than it is now; money has been the unjust measure of real property, and by its scarcity many estates have been sold at one half of what they cost. The government will get an interest of the borrowers, only for lending security for their redemption; besides, it enables the poor towns to hire these notes, and give security for them, and pay up their taxes, which is in effect, getting all their outstanding taxes, upon interest. Some may say, that there will be no borrowers of these notes, but it is presumed, that they will find themselves mistaken—let the experiment be tried, and before another session of the General Court they will think differently. Let it be remembered, that the great objection against land Banks was, that there was no funds to redeem the notes, but now we have funds, as it were providentially provided, and now if we don't embrace the present golden opportunity we never perhaps may have such another; and considering how extensive such an institution would be to relieve the inhabitants of this State. The people look up to their political Fathers for the exercise of all their wisdom, in expectation that the general interest will never be put in competition with their own.
VOX POPULI.
BLOODY NEWS!
BOSTON, December 19. MELANCHOLY ACCOUNT respecting the WESTERN ARMY.
By a Gentleman who arrived in town yesterday morning from New-York, we are favored with a paper printed in that City on Thursday last, from which is copied the following official Intelligence:—
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13, 1791. The following are the communications made yesterday by the President, to the House of Representatives.
UNITED STATES, Dec. 12, 1791. Gentlemen of the Senate, and House of Representatives,
IT is with great concern that I communicate to you the information received from Major-General St. Clair, of the misfortune which has befallen the troops under his command.
Although the national loss is considerable, according to the scale of the event, yet it may be repaired without great difficulty, excepting as to the brave men who have fallen on the occasion, and who are a subject of public as well as private regret.
A further communication will shortly be made, of all such matters as shall be necessary to enable the legislature to judge of the future measures which it may be proper to pursue.
G. WASHINGTON.
Copy of a letter from Major-General St. Clair, to the Secretary for the Department of War.
Fort-Washington, Nov. 9, 1791.
SIR,
YESTERDAY afternoon the remains of the army under my command got back to this place, and I have now the painful task to give you an account of as warm, and as unfortunate an action as almost any that has been fought, in which every corps was engaged and worsted, except the first regiment, that had been detached upon a service I
had the honor to inform you of in my last dispatch, and had not joined me.
On the 3d inst. the army had reached a creek about twelve yards wide running to the southward of west, which I believe to have been the river St. Mary, that empties into the Miami of the lake, arrived at the village about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, having marched near 9 miles, and were immediately encamped upon a very commanding piece of ground in two lines, having the above mentioned creek in front, the right wing composed of Butler's, Clarke's and Patterson's battalions, commanded by Major-General Butler formed the first line, and the left wing, consisting of Bedinger's and Gaither's battalions, and the second regiment commanded by Col. Darke formed the second line, with an interval between them of about seventy yards, which was all the ground would allow.
The right flank was pretty well secured by the creek, a steep bank, and Faulkener's corps, some of the cavalry and their picquets covered the left flank—the militia were thrown over the creek and advanced about one quarter of a mile, and encamped in the same order; there were a few Indians who appeared on the opposite side of the creek, but, fled with the utmost precipitation on the advance of the militia; at this place, which I judged to be about 15 miles from the Miami-village, I had determined to throw up a slight work, the plan of which is concerted that evening with Major Ferguson, wherein to have deposited the men's knapsacks, and every thing else that was not of absolute necessity, and to have moved on to attack the enemy as soon as the 1st regiment was come up, but they did not permit me to execute either, for on the 4th, about half an hour before sun-rise, and when the men had been just dismissed from the parade, (for it was a constant practice to have them all under arms a considerable time before day light,) an attack was made upon the militia; those gave way in a very little time, and rushed into camp, through Major Butler's battalion, which, together with part of Clark's, they threw into considerable disorder, and which, notwithstanding the exertions of both those officers, was never altogether remedied, the Indians following close at their heels; the fire, however, of the front line checked them, but almost instantaneously a very heavy attack began upon that line, and in a few minutes it was extended to the second likewise; the great weight of it was directed against the centre of each where the artillery was placed, and from which the men were repeatedly driven with great slaughter; finding no great effect from our fire, and confusion beginning to spread from the great number of men who were fallen in all quarters, it became necessary to try what could be done by the bayonet.
Lieut. Col. Darke, was accordingly ordered to make a charge, with a part of the second line, and to turn the left flank of the enemy. This was executed with great spirit. The Indians instantly gave way, and were driven back three or four hundred yards: but for want of a sufficient number of riflemen to pursue this advantage, they soon returned and the troops were obliged to give back in their turn. At this moment, they had entered our camp, by the left flank, having pursued back the troops that were posted there.
Another charge was made here by the second regiment, Butler's and Clark's battalions, with equal effect, and it was repeated several times, and always with success—but in all of them many men were lost, and particularly the officers, which, with some raw troops, was a loss altogether irremediable. In that I just spoke of, made by the second regiment, and Butler's battalion, Major Butler was dangerously wounded, and every officer of the second regiment fell, except three, one of which, Mr. Creaton, was shot through the body.
Our artillery being now silenced, and
all the officers killed, except Capt. Ford, who was badly wounded, more than half of the army fallen, being cut off from the road, it became necessary to attempt the regaining it, and to make a retreat if possible. To this purpose, the remains of the army was formed as well as circumstances would admit, towards the right of the encampment; from which, by the way of the second line, another charge was made upon the enemy, as if with the design to turn their right flank—but, in fact, to gain the road; this was effected, and as soon as it was open, the militia took a long it, followed by the troops—Major Clark, with his battalion, covered the rear.
The retreat, in those circumstances, was, you may be sure, a very precipitate one.—It was in fact a flight. The camp and the artillery were abandoned, but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, had it otherwise been practicable. But the most disgraceful part of the business is, that the greatest part of the men threw away their arms and accoutrements, even after the pursuit, which continued about four miles, had ceased.
I found the road strewed with them for many miles, but was not able to remedy it; for having had all my horses killed, and being mounted upon one that could not be pricked out of a walk I could not get forward myself, and the orders I sent forward, either to halt the front, or to prevent the men from parting with their arms, were unattended to.
The rout continued quite to Fort Jefferson, twenty nine miles, which was reached a little after sun-setting.
The action began about half an hour before sun-rise, and the retreat was attempted at half an hour after nine o'clock.
I have not yet been able to get returns of the killed and wounded; but Major-General Butler, Lieut. Col. Oldham, of the militia, Major Ferguson, Major Hart, and Major Clark, are among the former. Col. Sargeant, my Adjutant-General, Lieut. Col. Darke, Lieut. Col. Gibson, Major Butler, and the Viscount Malertie, who served me as an Aid-de-Camp, are among the latter, and a great number of Captains and Subalterns in both.
I have now, Sir, finished my melancholy tale—a tale, that will be felt, sensibly felt, by every one that has sympathy for private distress, or for public misfortune. I have nothing, Sir, to lay to the charge of the troops but their want of discipline, which, from the short time they had been in service, it was impossible they should have acquired, and which rendered it very difficult when they were thrown into confusion, to reduce them again to order, and is one reason why the loss has fallen so heavy upon the officers, who did every thing in their power to effect it—neither were my own exertions wanting, but worn down with illness, and suffering under a painful disease, unable either to mount or dismount a horse without assistance, they were not so great as they otherwise would, and perhaps ought to have been.
We were overpowered by numbers; but it is no more than justice to observe that though composed of so many different species of troops, the utmost harmony prevailed through the whole army during the campaign.
At Fort Jefferson I found the first regiment, which had returned from the service they had been sent upon, without either overtaking the deserters, or meeting the convoy of provisions. I am not certain, Sir, whether I ought to consider the absence of this regiment from the field of action as fortunate, or otherwise. I incline to think it was fortunate; for I very much doubt, whether, had it been in the action, the fortune of the day had been turned, and if it had not, the triumph of the enemy would have been more complete, and the country would have been destitute of every means of defence.
Taking a view of the situation of our

broken troops at Fort-Jefferson, and that there were no provisions in the Fort, I called on the field officers, viz. Lieut. Col. Darke, Major Hamtramck, Major Zeigler, and Gaither, together with the Adjutant-General, for their advice what would be proper further to be done; and it was their unanimous opinion, that the addition of the first regiment, unbroken as it was, did not put the army on so respectable a footing as it was in the morning, because a great part of it was now unarmed—that it had been then found unequal to the enemy, and, should they come on, which was probable, would be found so again; that the troops could not be thrown into the fort, both because it was too small, and that there was no provisions in it.
That provisions were known to be upon the road, at the distance of one, or at most two marches—that therefore it would be proper to move without loss of time to meet the provisions, when the men might the sooner have an opportunity of some refreshment, and that a proper detachment might be sent back with it, to have it safely deposited in the fort.
This advice was accepted, and the army was put in motion again at 10 of the clock, and marched all night, and the succeeding day met with a quantity of flour, part of it was distributed immediately, part taken back to supply the army on the march to Fort-Hamilton, and the remainder, about 50 horse loads, sent forward to Fort-Jefferson. The next day a drove of cattle was met with for the same place, and I have information that both got in. The wounded who had been left at that place were ordered to be brought here by the return of the horses.
I have said sir, in a former part of this letter, that we were overpowered by numbers; of that however, I have no other evidence, but the weight of the fire, which was always a most deadly one, and generally delivered from the ground, few of the enemy shewing themselves a foot, except when they were charged, and that in a few minutes our whole camp, which extended above three hundred and fifty yards in length was entirely surrounded and attacked on all quarters.
The loss, sir, the public has sustained, by the fall of so many officers, particularly Gen. Butler and Major Ferguson, cannot be too much regretted; but it is a circumstance that will alleviate the misfortune in some measure, that all of them fell most gallantly doing their duty. I have had very particular obligations to many of them, as well as to the survivors, but to none more than to Col. Sargeant: He has discharged the various duties of his office with zeal, with exactness, and with intelligence; and, on all occasions afforded me every assistance in his power, which I have also experienced from my Aid-de-Camps Lieutenant Denny, and the Viscount Malertie, who served with me in the station as a volunteer.
With every sentiment of respect and regard, I have the honor to be Sir, your most obedient servant,
ARTHUR ST. CLAIR. The Hon. Major Gen. Knox, Secretary of War.
P. S. Some orders that had been given to Col. Oldham over night, and which were of much consequence, were not executed, and some very material intelligence was communicated by Captain Slough to General Butler in the course of the night, before the action, which was never imparted to me, nor did I hear of it, until my arrival here.
List of the Killed and Wounded Officers in the Battle of the 4th of November, 1791.
KILLED.
Major Gen. Richard Butler—Colonel Oldham, of Kentucky militia.—Majors Ferguson, Clarke and Hart.—Captains Bradford, Phelon, Kirkwood, Price, Van Swearingen, Tipton, Smith, Purdy, Pratt, Guthrie, Cribbs, and Newman.—Lieutenants, Spear, Warren, Boyd, M'Math, Burgess, Kelso, Read,
Little, Hooper and Lickins.—Ensigns, Cobb, Balch, Chace, Turner, Wilson, Brooks, Beatty and Purdy.—Quartermasters, Reynolds and Ward.—Adjutant Anderson.—Doctor Grafton.
WOUNDED.
Lieutenant-Colonels, Gibson, Darke and Sargeant, Adjutant-General.—Major Butler.—Captains, Doyle, Trueman, Ford, Buchanan, Darke, and Slough.—Lieutenants, Greaton, Davidson, De Butts, Price, Morgan, Maccrea, Lysle, and Thompson.—Adjutants Whistler and Crawford.—Ensign Bines.—The Viscount Malertie, volunteer, aid-de-Camp to Major-General St. Clair.
Extract of a letter written by a Gentleman in Congress to his friend in New-York, dated the 11th inst.
This evening the first official information has arrived, which without giving the particular detail of the killed and wounded, leaves the gross loss as great as was represented. General St. Clair had formed his army in two lines, and the day of the battle was designed to throw up some works, and the next day make an attack. But the enemy precipitated this event and fought with unaccustomed fury. The principal attack was on the centre of our army where the artillery was planted. The Indians never appeared, but fired from covert places, and lying on the ground. Whenever charged with the bayonet they gave way; when our troops retired to the main body they pursued. The artillery was not taken, as at first represented, and then re-taken. It was silenced, and abandoned in the retreat.—St. Clair's loss is about one half of his whole command, perhaps 1000 men. He has effected a safe retreat to Fort-Washington. He has left the wounded at Fort-Jefferson, which was well supplied with provisions, and it is expected is very safe. The troops behaved with great bravery, till the retreat commenced; great numbers then threw away their arms and abandoned themselves to despair. Fortunately the savages were allured by plunder, and pursued but a short distance, or the destruction would have been complete. St. Clair says he was overpowered in every quarter, and yet from the manner in which the whole scene was conducted, he could form no judgment of the numbers of his enemy. It does not appear that they ever rushed on our army, but preserved a certain distance, from which they effected a sure execution. The above are such particulars as have been communicated by Gen. Knox.
On Tuesday last the Humane Society met at the Senate Chamber, and re-elected all their former Officers.
The Hon. THOMAS RUSSELL, Esq. we hear, has presented to the Humane Society, upwards of three hundred pounds, in public securities, and a seal for the Society's use.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. BY AUTHORITY.
Extract of a letter from JAMES MAURY, Consul of the United States, at Liverpool, to the SECRETARY OF STATE, dated Sept. 14, 1791.
THE ports of Great-Britain are shut against foreign wheat.
Many of our vessels within my district have been under difficulties this year; and although, as yet, they have been released (except in three cases not finally decided on, without any great expense, yet the delay has been extremely injurious to, and been very hard on the owners. The causes have been informality in manifests, irregularity in crews, trading to Guernsey, as before mentioned, but principally excess of spirits. The brig Betsey, Capt. Salter, of Portsmouth, (N. H.) was refused entry in the Clyde, six weeks, for the tonnage and her built being omitted in the manifest, and the affidavit thereof being made to a justice of the peace, instead of the British Deputy-Consul, although it was afterwards certified by said Deputy-Consul.
I submit to you the propriety of making public these particulars, that similar inconveniences may be guarded against in future.
The Lydia, Capt. VANSE, from Martinico, brings the following intelligence—That he arrived there from Charleston, on the 28th of October, when they had not heard at Martinico of the insurrection at St. Domingo; and Captain Vanse was called before the governor and Assembly of Martinico, and after entering into a detail of the distressing situation of the island, the government resolved to send a 74 gun ship and a frigate to the Cape, with about 400 troops on board.—Captain Vanse saw them under sail the 3d of November.
MARINE JOURNAL.
New-York, Dec. 3. Capt. Robinson, of the brig Peggy, from Bristol, on Thursday the 3d of November, in lat. 39, 40, long. 50, fell in with the ship Lucretia, Capt. William Bryant, from Amsterdam, bound to Boston, out three months, in great distress, the Captain much deranged in his senses and melancholy, the ship leaky and in want of every thing: We supplied them with bread, canvas, twine, nails, rope and porter. I sent my mate, by the particular request of the mate of the Lucretia, with a Mr. Dodds, a gentleman passenger, bred to the seas, to examine the situation of the ship; they found her very leaky, one pump almost constantly going, though at this time the weather was very moderate, and the ship to work very much: They observed the bolts in the knees of her lower deck beams to work in and out two or three inches. On their getting into the boat to return on board the Peggy, Capt. Bryant jumped from the gunwale of the ship into the boat, altho' they used every endeavour to keep him on board his ship. It being late in the afternoon, I was anxious to get him back—he pressed hard to stay with me; I prevailed on Mr. Dodds to return with the Captain, and engaged to keep them company, which I did, until Monday the 7th, the wind hanging to the westward, a prospect of a long passage, and the ship to sail very heavy; my provisions expending fast, and a winter's coast to encounter, induced me to make a proposal to them, to abandon the ship and come on board the Peggy, or I must part with them; they concluded to stay by the ship, and I left them in lat. 39, 27, long. 59. During the time I was in company with the Lucretia, we had a heavy blow from the westward, in which gale the ship worked very much, and increased her leaking so much, that they were obliged to work both pumps to keep her free.
New-London, Dec. 6. On 28th ult. was cast away on Hull Island, off this harbour, sloop Diligence, C. Hinson, from Barbadoes and Turks-Island, in 24 days, bound to this port, vessel and cargo totally lost, crew saved.—A dead set Jack.
Brig Paragon, Capt. Hallet, of this port, from Dublin, bound to North-Carolina, was spoke with on the 25th ult. out 24 days—all well.
Capt. Freeman arrived here from St. Sebastian, on Sunday last, spoke the ship Extremity, from Portsmouth—out two days—all well—Cape-Ann then, bearing N. N. W. 20 leagues.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 21. Further particulars of the Hispaniola Insurrection—
In letters from JAMES PERKINS, Esq. resident at Cape-Francois.
NOV. 7, 1791.
"MR. DE TOUSARD, with a large detachment, has just returned from Port-Margot, from whence he came by land through the body of the enemy, at Limbe—he took their camp by storm—and left 231 chosen negroes dead in the entrenchments—how many fell in
the rout, or the number wounded, we cannot ascertain; but they must be proportionate to the slain. Several pieces of cannon were taken—and what has rejoiced the hearts of every one, 60 white women and children are rescued from the banditti. Our loss, two killed and six wounded. Their sufferings have been inconceivably shocking. M. de CAMBERT is now out at Lacul with 500 men: His object is to attack and destroy one of their strong holds.
"The Mulattoes, to the number of 2,000, entered Port-au-Prince a few days past, after concluding a peace with the whites.
Nov. 9. "M de CAMBERT has killed the black chief, King BOOKMAN, and several other of the leading chiefs have fallen before his arms.—He has not yet returned from his expedition; but we are told he has also destroyed a number of the Brigands. Of 900 men which composed M. de TOUSARD's army in his last sortie, 250 are sick. It is said there are 350 more in this unfortunate list.
Nov. 11. "The Curate of Limbe was found among the blacks in that quarter—proved to be a great rascal; brought to town; and yesterday we had the pleasure to see Mr. Abbe pendant before the church.
Nov. 14. "The blacks are destroying all before them to windward. I mean Jaquize, Troje, Quartier Dauphin, &c. &c. All the partie du Nord will go, and the inhabitants must retire to, and defend the Cape, until we receive succour from France.
"To leeward they are yet quiet.
"Here we are, and shall be safe. I have no more fear for my personal safety than you can feel for yours.
This Evening, at 6 o'Clock
Will be an exercise of ORATORY, with intervals of vocal and instrumental music, at the Rev. Mr. Buckminster's meeting-house; a collection to be made for the benefit of the poor children in the public schools of this town; the money to be applied by the school committee to the purchase of books, flutes, &c. for said children. An invitation to attend is respectfully given to His Excellency The President of the State, to the officers and members of the hon. Legislature, to the inhabitants of Portsmouth and to strangers.
We give to ourselves and to our country, when we contribute to the instruction of the poor.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non resident proprietors or owners of land in Sutton, that the selectmen of said town have assessed their lands agreeable to an act of the Hon. General-Court of the State aforesaid, passed January 1789, for to assess, levy and collect one penny annually, three years next following, on each acre of land in said town, therefore unless the following delinquents pay to the selectmen their 2d and 3d years proportion of said tax with incidental charges, at or before the 5th day of January next, so much of their land as will pay the same, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Matthew Harvey, in said town, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, on said day.
For 1790 and 1791.
Div. No. Acre. 1. s. d. George Jaffrey, 0 15 105 0 17 6
For 1791.
Jonathan Poor, 3 27 11 0 11 0 Joshua Peirce, 0 2 300 1 5 0
MATTHEW HARVEY, } Selectmen. BENJAMIN WADLEY, }
Sutton, Nov. 11, 1791. (6w)
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
ENTERED FROM Schooner Dove, Tredick, St. Martins. CLEARED FOR Ship Cato, Sellars, England. Brig Nancy, Hooper, Ditto. Brig George, Moore, Ditto. Sch'r Adventure, Trefethen, W. Indies. Ship Fame, Frazer, S. Carolina. Sch'r Dove, Tredick, N. Carolina. Sloop Sally, Fernald, Ditto.

ON CONTENTMENT.
FAREWEL, aspiring thoughts, no more My soul shall leave the peaceful shore, To sail Ambition's main; Fallacious as the barlot's kiss, You promise me uncertain bliss, But give me certain pain.
A beauteous prospect first you show, Which ere survey'd, you paint anew, And paint it wondrous pleasant; This in a third is quickly lost, Thus future good we covet most, But ne'er enjoy the present.
Deluded on from scene to scene, We never end, but still begin, By flat'ring hope betray'd: I'm weary of the painful chase, Let others run this endless race, To catch a flying shade.
Let others boast their useless wealth; Have I not honesty and health, Which riches cannot give? Let others to preferment soar, And changing liberty for power, In golden shackles live.
'Tis time at length I should be wise, 'Tis time to seek substantial joys, Joys out of fortune's power: Wealth, honors, dignity, and fame, Are joys the blind capricious dame Takes from us ev'ry hour.
Come, conscious Virtue fill my breast, And bring CONTENT, thy daughter, drest In ever smiling charms, Let sacred friendship too attend, A Friendship worthy of my friend, Such as my Lelius warms.  With these I'll in my bosom make A bulwark Fortune cannot shake, Though all her storms arise: Look down and pity gilded slaves, Despise Ambition's giddy knaves, And wish the fools were wise.
ALL persons who have any demands against, or are indebted to the estate of William Peabody, late of Amherst, in the county of Hillsborough, deceased, are requested to call upon the subscriber in said Amherst, and settle the same.
WILLIAM PEABODY, Executor. Amherst, Dec. 1, 1791.
MIDDLETON.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Middleton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 24th day of 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 the subscriber, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. Q'ty. s. d. q.     Samuel Varney, 49 40 0 40   Nathaniel Varney, 77 50 0 31   Elisha Davis, 49 60 1 62   Andrew Marshall, 39 100 0 81   John Cook, 53 60 0 11   Peter Cook, 91 50 0 40   Benjamin Roberts, 38 100 0 61   Timothy Roberts, 35 100 0 40   Trustram Coffin, 15 100 0 81   Law Lot, 61 60 0 61  
Second Division.
   John Wentworth, Esq. 34 140 0 61   Joseph Connor, 63 140 0 60   Benjamin Heard, 3 140 0 81   Thomas Wallingsford, 43 140 0 81   Samuel Heard, 30 75 0 90   J. Tufton M. & Persons, 33 70 0 31   Joseph Varney, 8 100 0 40   John Gage, 26 70 0 20   Ebenezer Varney, 100 140 0 81   Joshua Staggole, 60 140 0 40   Jotham Odiorne, 74 70 0 61   Ephraim Wentworth, 18 140 0 80  
WALDRON KINNON, Collector. Middleton, Nov. 28, 1791.
J A F F R E Y. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Jaffrey, in the county of Cheshire, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 10th day of January next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Aaron Rider, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. R. s.d.q. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Roger Ray 10 6 0 7 1 2 1 3 1 1 5 3 4 3 1   Rob't Upton, S. part 1 3 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 5 0 4   Capt. H. Coffin's heirs S.E. part 3 4 1 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 11 3   Benj. Eaton, S.E. part 11 2 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 3 3 0 9 0 2   MOSES WOSTER, Constable. Jaffrey, November 25, 1791.  
J A F F R E Y. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in Jaffrey, in the county of Cheshire, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 10th day of January next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Capt. Samuel Adams, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. R. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Samuel Tuttle half 16 9 3 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 6   Capt. J. Minot 21 7 3 0 1 6 0 2 6 0 3 6 0   JOHN BRIANT, Constable. Jaffrey, November, 25, 1791.  
State of New-Hampshire, — Rockingham, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township formerly called Rumford, now Concord, in said County, who have not paid the tax granted by said proprietors, March 15, 1773, to complete a settlement with the proprietors of Bow,—that unless they pay said tax to me the subscriber, on or before the ninth day of 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 Mr. Benjamin Hannaford, innholder in said town, at 11 o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   House lots. 6 acre lots. 5 ac. lots. 20 ac. lots. 80 ac. lots. com. rights   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.     Nathaniel Barker 2 6 11 6 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   Robert Kimball 10 6   Stephen Osgood 10 6 2 2 0   Thomas Page 10 6   Samuel Kimball 2 6 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   Nathaniel Clements 2 2 0   Abraham Foster 11 6 2 2 0   John Ayers 2 2 0   Nathaniel Cogswell 2 2 0   Joshua Bayley 10 6 2 2 0   Jacob Abbott 10 6 2 2 0   John Sanders, jun'r 2 6 10 6 2 2 0   John Chandler 11 6 2 2 0 2 2 0   Thomas Blanchard 2 6 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   Joseph Parker 10 6 2 2 0   Nathan Parker 11 6 2 2 0   John Foster 2 6 10 6 2 2 0   Ephraim Farnum 2 2 0   Nathaniel Page 2 6 11 6 10 6   Andrew Mitchel 11 6 2 2 0   Benjamin Gage 11 6   Nathaniel Peasee 11 6 2 2 0   William Gutterton 2 6 10 6   Enoch Coffin 10 6 2 2 0   Thomas Coleman 2 2 0   David Wood 2 2 0   Joseph Hale 11 6 10 6   Moses Boardman 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   Nathan Blodgett 2 6 10 6 2 2 0   David Kimball 2 6 10 6   John Merrill 10 6 2 2 0 2 2 0   Christopher Carleton 2 2 0   John Austin 10 6 2 2 0   Nehemiah Carleton 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   John Mattis 2 6 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   William Whittier 2 2 0   Joseph Page 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   John Bailey 2 2 0 2 2 0   Benjamin Nichols 2 6 2 2 0   Bezabel Toppan 11 6 10 6   Thomas Witcomb 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0   Jonathan Hubbard 2 6 0 0 11 6 10 6 2 2 0   Richard Hazen, jun'r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0   Thomas Learned 0 0 11 6 11 6 10 6   Jonathan Shipley 10 6 2 2 0 2 2 0   Edward Winn 2 6 11 6 10 6 2 2 0 2 2 0   Nathan Simonds 2 6 11 6 10 6 2 2 0 2 2 0  
TIMOTHY WALKER, Collector. Concord, December 5, 1791.
Real Estate to be Sold.
BY Virtue of a Licence from the Hon. the Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, will be sold at public vendue, at the Bell Tavern in Portsmouth, on Thursday the 22nd day of December next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the following real Estate of Mr. Samuel Hirst Sparhawk, late of Kittery, deceased, viz.—The Reversion in fee of a good Farm in Newington, of about one hundred acres, now in the occupation of Joel Leighton, with the buildings thereon and appurtenances; said Farm is agreeably situated on Great-Bay, and was part of the estate of the late Sir William Pepperrell, of Kittery, Baronet, deceased,—Also the Reversion in fee of a dwelling-House, large house lot, Barn and appurtenances in Portsmouth, lately also part of the Estate of the said Sir William, situated on Pleasant-Street, near the South Meeting-House, and now in the occupation of the subscriber;—The above described premises are now held for the life of a person aged about sixty-eight years.—And the life estate in each parcel aforesaid will also be sold at the same time, in manner aforesaid.
DANIEL HUMPHREYS, Admin'r Portsmouth, Nov. 29, 1791.
B A T H.
State of New-Hampshire, Dec. 8, 1791. To the Honorable John Calfe, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Bath, in said state, in the county of Grafton, granted under the Government of John Wentworth, Esq. late Governor of New-Hampshire, hereby request your honor to call or notify a meeting of the proprietors of said township, to be held at the house of Colonel Joshua Howard, innholder in Haverhill, in said county of Grafton, on the 28th day of May next, at two of the clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles and matters hereafter mentioned:
1st, To choose a moderator for said meeting.
2d, To choose a proprietors' clerk.
3d, To choose assessors, a collector, a treasurer and other necessary officers for conducting business respecting said township, as the proprietors may judge expedient.
4th, To agree on and vote such sum or sums of money to be raised on the right or share of each original grantee, as may be thought necessary for any services done, or to be performed for the benefit of this propriety.
5th, To see what method the proprietors will take to discharge the arrears of public taxes and requisitions due from said township.
6th, To see how far the proprietors will adopt, ratify and confirm any former votes recorded in a book kept by Jacob Hurd, Esq. Clerk; called the doings of the proprietors of Bath; in which a discrimination of charters is not so fully expressed as might have been.
7th, To see what effectual method the proprietors will take to settle all disputes between the claimers to said township, under the first and second charters, and make or accept such grant, deed or other conveyance as may be agreed on for these purposes,—whether done by the proprietors, or their agent or committee, which may be appointed for this purpose, and apply to the General-Court for confirmation, if need be.
8th, To see what method the proprietors will take to sever and divide the lands in said township, between the different claimers or owners.
9th, To see what method the proprietors will take to support and defend their claims to said township, in case no settlement take place.
10th, To agree on, and vote some method for calling proprietor's meetings in future.
Jonas Minot, Thomas Leavitt, Henry Prescott, Jonas Minot for his Associates.
State of New-Hampshire, Dec. 8, 1791.
The proprietors and owners of the township of Bath, aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes before mentioned.
JOHN CALFE, Justice of the Peace throughout said State.
Almanacks—for 1792
Cheaper than at Boston or elsewhere.
TOWN and Country shop-keepers will find for sale a great variety of ALMANACKS at J. MELCHER's printing-office, in Market-Street, for the year 1792, very cheap.
A beautiful situation for a Taverner or Trader.
To be sold, a large convenient Dwelling-House, out-houses, &c. with about five acres of choice land, pleasantly situated near the town house in Concord, lately the property of Col. Kinsman—is every way well calculated for a taverner or trader, and will be sold on very advantageous terms.—For further particulars apply to the printer hereof, or William Duncan of Concord.