The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1790-12-18 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.
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LAWS of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES.
AT THE SECOND SESSION.
Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the 4th of January, 1790.
An ACT to provide more effectually for the COLLECTION of the DUTIES imposed by Law on Goods, Wares and Merchandise imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels.
(Continued.)
THE state of Pennsylvania shall be one district, and Philadelphia shall be the sole port of entry and delivery for the same; and a collector, naval officer and surveyor for the district shall be appointed, to reside at the said port of Philadelphia.
The state of Delaware shall be one district, and the borough of Wilmington shall be the port of entry, to which shall be annexed Newcastle and Port Penn, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at the said port of Wilmington.
In the state of Maryland shall be nine districts, to wit: Baltimore, Chester, Oxford, Vienna, Snowhill, Annapolis, Nottingham, Cedar-Point, and Georgetown. The district of Baltimore shall include Patapsco, Sulquehannah, and Elk-rivers, and all the waters and shores on the west side of Chesapeake-Bay, from the mouth of Magetty-river to the south side of Elk river, inclusive, in which Havre-de-Grace and Elkton shall be ports of delivery only; and a collector, naval-officer and surveyor shall be appointed for the said district, to reside at the town of Baltimore, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Chester shall include Chester river, and all the waters and shores on the eastern side of Chesapeake-Bay, from the south side of Elk river to the north side of the Eastern-Bay and Why river inclusive; in which Georgetown on Sassafras river, shall be a port of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Chester, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Oxford shall include all the waters and shores on the eastern side of Chesapeake-Bay, from the north side of Wye river and the Eastern Bay, to the south side of Great Choptank river inclusive; and Cambridge shall be a port of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Oxford, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Vienna shall include all the waters and shores on the eastern side of Chesapeake-Bay, from the south side of Great Choptank-river, to the south side of Hooper's Straight, Haynes's-Point and Wicomico river, inclusive; and Salisbury shall be the port of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Vienna, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Snowhill shall include all the waters and shores on the sea coast, from the north line of Virginia, to the south line of Delaware, together with all the waters and shores on the eastern side of Chesapeake-Bay, from the south side of Wicomico river, to the south side of Pocomoke river, inclusive, so far as the jurisdiction of the said state of Maryland extends; to which Sippuxent shall be a port of delivery for West-India produce only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Snowhill, which shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Annapolis shall include Magetty river, and all the waters and shores from thence to Drum-Point on Patuxet river; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to re-
side at Annapolis, which shall be the sole port of entry and delivery for the same. The district of Nottingham shall include all the waters and shores on the west side of Chesapeake-Bay to Drum-Point, on the river Patuxet, together with the said river, and all the navigable waters emptying into the same, to which Benedict, Lower Marlborough, Town-Creek, and Sylvey's Landing, shall be annexed as ports of delivery only; a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Nottingham, and a surveyor at Town Creek; and Nottingham shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Cedar-Point shall include all the waters of Potomack within the jurisdiction of the state of Maryland, from Point-look out to Pomonkey creek, inclusive; to which Nanjemoy, Saint Mary's and Lewellensburg, shall be annexed as a port of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Cedar-Point; also a surveyor to reside at each of the ports of Saint Mary's and Lewellensburg; and Cedar-Point shall be the sole port of entry. The district of Georgetown shall include all the waters and shores from Pomonkey creek, on the north side of Potomack river, to the head of the navigable waters of the said river, within the jurisdiction of the state of Maryland; to which Digge's landing and Carroisburg shall be annexed as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Georgetown, which shall be the sole port of entry.
In the state of Virginia shall be twelve districts, to wit: Hampton as one port; Norfolk and Portsmouth as one port; Bermuda Hundred and City Point as one port; Yorktown, Tappahannock, Yeocomico river, including Kinsale, Dumfries, including Newport, Alexandria, Folley-Landing, Cherrytone, South-Quay and Louisville. The authority of the officers at Hampton shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, and inlets, between the south side of the mouth of York river, along the west shore of Chesapeake-bay to Hampton, and thence up James river to the west side of Chickahominy river; and a collector shall be appointed to reside at Hampton, which shall be the sole port of entry. To the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth shall be annexed Suffolk and Smithfield as ports of delivery only; and the authority of the officers of the said district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets, comprehended within a line drawn from Cape Henry to the mouth of James river, and thence up James river to Jordan's point, and up Elizabeth-river to the highest tide water thereof; and Norfolk and Portsmouth shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector, naval-officer and surveyor for the district shall be appointed to reside at Norfolk; also a surveyor to reside at each of the ports of Suffolk and Smithfield. To the district of Bermuda Hundred or City Point, shall be annexed Richmond, Petersburg, and Manchester, as ports of delivery only; and a collector and surveyor shall be appointed to reside at Bermuda Hundred or City Point, which shall be the sole port of entry; also a surveyor for Petersburg to reside thereat, and a surveyor for Richmond and Manchester, to reside at Richmond; and the authority of the officers of the said district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets comprehended between Jordan's point and the highest tide water on James and Appomattox rivers. To the district of Yorktown shall be annexed West-point and Cumberland as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be ap-
pointed to reside at Yorktown, which shall be the sole port of entry; also a surveyor for the two ports of delivery, to reside at Westpoint; and the authority of the officers of the said district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets, comprehended between the point forming the south shore of the mouth of Rappahannock river, and the point forming the south shore of the mouth of York river, and thence up the said river to West point, and thence up Pamunkey and Mattapony rivers to the highest navigable waters thereof. To the district of Tappahannock shall be annexed Urbanna, Port-Royal, and Fredericksburg (including Falmouth) as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Tappahannock, which shall be the sole port of entry; also a surveyor for each of the ports of Urbanna, Port-Royal and Fredericksburg; and the authority of the officers of the said district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, and inlets, comprehended between Smith's point, at the mouth of Potomack river, and the point forming the south shore of the mouth of Rappahannock river, and thence up the last mentioned river to the highest tide water thereof. The district of Yeocomico river, including Kinsale, shall extend from Smith's point on the south side of Potomack river, to Boyd's hole on the same river, including all the waters, shores, bays, rivers, creeks, harbors and inlets along the south shore of Potomack river to Boyd's hole aforesaid; and Yeocomico including Kinsale, shall be the sole port of entry; and a collector shall be appointed to reside on Yeocomico river. The district of Dumfries, including Newport, shall extend from Boyd's hole to Cockpit-point on the south side of Potomack river; and a collector shall be appointed to reside at Dumfries, which shall be the sole port of entry; and the authority of the officers of this district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets comprehended between Boyd's hole and Cockpit-point aforesaid. For the district of Alexandria shall be appointed a collector and surveyor to reside at Alexandria, which shall be the sole port of entry; and the authority of the officers of the said district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets on the south side of the river Potomack, from the last mentioned Cockpit-point to the highest tide water of the said river. For the district of Folley-Landing shall be appointed a collector, who shall reside at Accomack court-house, and whose authority shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets of the county of Accomack. For the district of Cherrytone shall be appointed a collector, to reside at Cherrytone, whose authority shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets comprehended within Northampton county. For the district of South Quay a collector shall be appointed to reside thereat, whose authority shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets in that part of Virginia, comprehended within the limits of the said state. For the district of Louisville a collector shall be appointed to reside thereat, whose authority shall extend over all the waters, shores, and inlets included between the rapids and the mouth of the Ohio river on the south side thereof.
In the state of North-Carolina shall be five districts; one to be called the district of Wilmington, and to comprehend all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, creeks and inlets from Little River Inlet inclusive, to New River Inlet
inclusive: Another to be called the district of Newbern, and to comprehend all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, creeks and inlets, from New River Inlet inclusive, to Ocracoke inlet inclusive, together with that part of Pamlico sound, which lies southward and westward of the shoal projecting from the mouth of Pamlico river towards the Royal Shoal. Another to be called the district of Washington, and to comprehend all that part of Pamlico sound not included in the district of Newbern, as far north as the marshes. Another to be called the district of Edenton, and to comprehend all the waters, bays, harbors, creeks and inlets from the marshes inclusive, northward and westward, except those included in the district of Camden. The other to be called the district of Camden, and to comprehend Northriver, Pasquotank, and Little rivers, and all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, creeks and inlets, from the junction of Currituck and Albermarle sounds to the north extremity of Back Bay. That in the district of Wilmington, the town of Wilmington shall be a port of entry and delivery, and there shall be a collector, naval-officer and surveyor, to reside at the said town of Wilmington. That in the district of Newbern, the town of Newbern shall be a port of entry and delivery, and the towns of Beaufort and Swansborough shall be ports of delivery only, and there shall be a collector to reside at Newbern, and a surveyor to reside at Beaufort, and one at Swansborough. That in the district of Washington, the town of Washington shall be the sole port of entry and delivery, and there shall be a collector to reside within the same. That in the district of Edenton, the town of Edenton shall be a port of entry and delivery, and Hertford, Murfreesborough, Princeton, Winton, Bennet's creek, Plymouth, Windsor and Skewarkey, ports of delivery; and there shall be a collector to reside at the town of Edenton, and a surveyor at each of the ports of Hertford, Winton, Bennet's creek, Plymouth, Windsor and Skewarkey; and one at Murfreesborough for said port and for Princeton. That all ships or vessels intending to proceed to Plymouth, Windsor, Skewarkey, Winton, Bennet's creek bridge, Murfreesborough, or Princeton, shall first come to, and enter at the port of Edenton. That in the district of Camden, Plankbridge, on Sawyer's creek, shall be the port of entry and delivery, and Nixonton, Indian-town, Newbiggin-creek, Currituck inlet, Pasquotank river bridge, ports of delivery; and there shall be a collector at Plankbridge, on Sawyer's creek, and a surveyor at each of the ports of Nixonton, Indian-town, Currituck inlet, Pasquotank river bridge, and Newbiggin creek; and that the authority of the officers of each district shall extend over all the waters, shores, bays, harbors, creeks, and inlets comprehended within such district. Provided, That any vessels coming in at Ocracoke inlet that may be under the necessity of employing lighters before they pass the Royal Shoal, may be at liberty to enter at any port of entry connected with the waters of said inlet, to which such vessels are bound. And that any vessel coming in at the said inlet in ballast, with the purpose of loading without the Royal Shoal shall be at liberty to enter at any port of entry connected with the waters of the said inlet.
In the state of South-Carolina, shall be three districts, to wit: Georgetown, Charlestown, and Beaufort, each of which shall be a port of entry. The

district of Georgetown shall include the shores, inlets and rivers, from the boundary of North-Carolina to the point of Cape-Roman. The district of Charlestown shall include all the shores, inlets and rivers, from Cape-Roman to Combahee river inclusive: And the district of Beaufort shall include the shores, inlets and rivers, from Combahee river to Back river in Georgia, comprehending also the shores, inlets and harbors formed by the different bars and sea islands lying within each district respectively. At the port of Charlestown shall be a collector, naval-officer and surveyor; and a collector at each of the other ports.
In the state of Georgia shall be four districts, to wit, Savannah, Sunbury, Brunswick, and Saint Mary's, each of which shall be a port of entry. The district of Savannah shall include Savannah river, and all the waters, shores, harbors, rivers, creeks, bays and inlets, from the said river to the north point of Ossabaw island, and Great Ogeechee river, inclusive; and a naval-officer, collector and surveyor shall be appointed for the said district, to reside at Savannah. The district of Sunbury shall comprehend all the waters, shores, harbors, rivers, creeks, bays and inlets, from the south point of Sapelo island inclusive, and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at Sunbury. The district of Brunswick shall comprehend all the waters, shores, harbors, rivers, creeks, bays and inlets, from the south point of Sapelo island, exclusive, to the south point of Jekyll island, inclusive: Frederica shall be a port of delivery only; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at Brunswick. The district of St. Mary's shall comprehend all the waters, shores, harbors, rivers, creeks, bays and inlets, from the south point of Jekyll island, exclusive, to St. Mary's river, inclusive; and a collector for the said district shall be appointed to reside at Saint Mary's: and in each of the said districts it shall be lawful for the collector to grant a permit to unlade at any port or place within the district and to appoint or put on board any ship or vessel for which a permit is granted, one or more searchers or inspectors as may be necessary for the security of the revenue.
And be it further enacted , That it shall not be lawful to make entry of any ship or vessel which shall arrive from any foreign port or place within the United States, or of the cargo on board such ship or vessel elsewhere than at any one of the ports of entry herein before established, nor to unlade the said cargo, or any part thereof, elsewhere than at one of the ports of delivery herein established. Provided always , That every port of entry shall be also a port of delivery. And provided further , That none but ships or vessels of the United States shall be admitted to unlade at any other than the ports following, to wit: Portsmouth, in the state of New-Hampshire; Portland and Falmouth, New-Bedford, Dighton, Salem and Beverly, Gloucester, Newbury-port, Marblehead, Sherburne, Boston and Charlestown, Plymouth, Bath, Frenchman's-Bay, Wiscasset, Machias and Penobscot, in the state of Massachusetts; New-port and Providence, in the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations; New-London and New-Haven, in the state of Connecticut; New-York, in the state of New-York; Perth-Amboy and Burlington, in the state of New-Jersey; Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Newcastle and Port-Penn, in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, Annapolis, Vienna, Oxford, Georgetown on Potomack, Chester-town, Town-Creek, Nottingham, Cedar-Point, Digge's Landing, Snowhill and Carolborough, in the state of Maryland; Alexandria, Kinfaile, Newport, Tappahannock, Port-Royal, Fredericksburg, Urbanna, York-town, West-point, Hampton, Bermuda Hundred, City-Point, Rocket's Landing, Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia; Wilmington, Newbern,
Washington, Edenton, and Plank-bridge, in the state of North-Carolina; Charleston, Georgetown, and Beaufort, in the state of South-Carolina; and in either of the districts of Savannah, Sunbury, Brunswick, Frederica, and Saint Mary's, in the state of Georgia; or to make entry in any other district than in one in which they shall be so admitted to unlade: And provided lastly , That no ship or vessel arriving from the Cape of Good-Hope, or from any place beyond the same, shall be admitted to make entry at any other than the ports following, to wit: Portsmouth, in the state of New-Hampshire; Boston and Charlestown, Newbury-Port, Salem, Beverly, Gloucester, Portland and Falmouth, in the state of Massachusetts; Newport, and Providence, in the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations; New-London, and New-Haven, in the state of Connecticut; New-York, in the state of New-York; Perth-Amboy, in the state of New-Jersey; Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania; Wilmington, in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, Annapolis, and George town, in the state of Maryland; Alexandria, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia; Wilmington, Newbern, Washington, and Edenton, in the state of North-Carolina; Charleston, Georgetown, and Beaufort, in the state of South-Carolina; and Sunbury, and Savannah, in the state of Georgia: Provided , That nothing herein contained shall prevent the master or commander of any ship or vessel, from making entry with the collector of any district in which such ship or vessel may be owned, or from which she may have sailed on the voyage from which she shall then have returned.
And be it further enacted , That the master or commander of every ship or vessel bound to a port of delivery only, in any of the following districts, to wit: Portland and Falmouth, Bath, Newbury-Port, New-London (except the port of Stonnington, in the said district) Norfolk and Portsmouth, Bermuda Hundred and city-Point, York-town or Tappahannock, (except the port of Urbanna, in the said district) and Edenton, shall first come to at the port of entry of such district, with his ship or vessel, and there make report or entry, and pay, or secure to be paid, all legal duties, port fees and charges in manner by this act provided, before such ship or vessel shall proceed to her port of delivery; and that any ship or vessel bound to a port of delivery in any district other than those above mentioned, or to either of the ports of Stonnington, or Urbanna, may first proceed to her port of delivery, and afterwards make report or entry within the time by this act limited.
And be it further enacted , That the master or commander of every ship or vessel if bound to the district of Nottingham, shall, before he pass by the port of Town-Creek, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the surveyor of the said port, a true manifest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel; if bound to the district of Tappahannock, shall, before he pass by the port of Urbanna, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the surveyor for that port, a like manifest; if bound to the district of Bermuda Hundred or City-Point, shall before he pass by Elizabeth-river, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector of the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or with the collector of the port of Hampton, a like manifest; and if bound to the district of South Quay, shall, before he pass by the port of Edenton, and immediately after his arrival, deposit with the collector of the port of Edenton, a like manifest; and the said surveyors and collectors respectively, shall, after registering the manifests, transmit the same, duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entries are to be made. And if the master or commander of any ship or vessel shall neglect or omit to deposit a manifest in manner aforesaid, and as the case shall require, he shall forfeit and pay five
hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit, one half to the use of the officer with whom such manifest ought to have been deposited, and the other half to the use of the collector of the district to which the said ship or vessel may be bound. Provided , That if manifests shall have been in either of the said cases previously delivered to any officer of the customs, pursuant to the provision herein after to be made in that behalf, the depositing of a manifest as aforesaid shall not be necessary: And provided also , That no master of any ship or vessel which was absent from the United States on the first day of May last, and which hath not since returned within the same, or of any ship or vessel not owned wholly or in part by a citizen or inhabitant of the United States, shall incur the said penalty if he shall make oath or affirmation that he had no knowledge of or information concerning the regulation herein contained, unless it can be otherwise proved that he had such knowledge or information.
And be it further enacted , That all officers and persons to be appointed pursuant to this act, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, shall severally take an oath diligently and faithfully to execute the duties of their said offices respectively, and to use their best endeavors to prevent and detect frauds in relation to the duties imposed by the laws of the United States; which oath, if taken by a collector, may be taken before any magistrate, authorized to administer oaths within the district to which he belongs, but if taken by another, shall be taken before the collector of his district, and being certified under the hand and seal of the person by whom the same shall have been administered, shall, within three months thereafter be transmitted to the controller of the treasury; in default of taking which oath, the party failing shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit, in any court of competent jurisdiction, to the use of the United States.
(Continued in the Supplement.)
Latest European Advices.
By the Brig York, Capt. Norton, arrived at Boston, and Brig Rookby, Capt. Parker, arrived here from Liverpool, we have the following fresh Foreign Intelligence, viz.
M A D R I D, [Spain] Sept. 13. The fleet commanded by the Marquis DEL SOCORRO returned to Cadiz on the 8th inst. partly on account of the approach of the equinox, and partly from the want of provisions.
The preparations for war continue in all our departments, and there are expected at Cadiz, two ships of the line from Carthagena, and as many from Ferrol, where orders have been sent to complete their equipment with all possible dispatch.
This uninterruptedly activity in our maritime preparations makes us uneasy, though the conferences betwixt the British Ambassador continue as usual.
L I V E R P O O L, Oct. 2.
Last night the general opinion in this town was, that war was almost inevitable; but the real truth in that, few either here or elsewhere know any proper grounds to form their opinions by, as our ministers have carefully concealed their intentions from the public. Whether this conduct is defensible or not, their actions in a few days may explain. However, both our public and private intelligence agree, that they have not yet slackened our naval preparations since the return of the last Messenger, Mr. Slater.
Should a war with France be the result of the present tardy negotiation, this country would even then experience the beneficial effects of the Commercial Treaty.—For, the traffic having been carried on chiefly in British bottoms, has given our seamen such an
intimate knowledge of the coasts and harbors of that kingdom, as would enable them to annoy her trade with more than ordinary success.—Our own port was eminently conspicuous during the late war; the number of our privateers, the manner in which they were equipped, and the intrepidity of our officers and seamen, have often been mentioned by the gentlemen of the Navy in terms of the strongest approbation; and should hostilities commence, there is every reason to believe that the banks of the Mersey will again display a similar spirit of the enterprise.
Should there be a war between this country and Spain—to view it in a commercial light, it could not happen in a better time than now, as our West-India fleets are almost arrived, many of our America and Mediterranean ships are in port, & the North Sea vessels are either laid up, or on their passage homewards.
L O N D O N, Sept. 16.
It is very probable that Spain may wish to prolong her negotiation, until she has a certainty of what force France can actually send to her assistance, and how far that service will be permitted to act as her combined friend. She may also wish to make a treaty with Russia, in order to try and form a triple alliance that may in some measure counterbalance the united strength and interest of Great-Britain, Prussia and Holland, and on these considerations delay that categorical answer which our cabinet insists upon.
Last Thursday, fifty thousand, out of the two hundred thousand pounds, voted by the Irish Parliament in July last, to support his Majesty's pretensions to a trade at Nootka Sound in the Pacific ocean, was issued by the collector of Dublin, to the Government managers; who, at the same time, gave notice that they would shortly call for the remainder of the grant.
Spain, without doubt, by every human pretence, will keep up her armaments as long as possible; for the moment the army and navy retire back to their own quarters and their native homes, from that period they will begin to think of their own situation, and compare it with that of many other countries, but more especially that of France. Comparison is the parent of discontent and emulation. From that moment, therefore, the Spaniards will make those struggles for freedom, which in the end never fail to be crowned with success.
Last week the new iron bridge, constructed under the direction of Mr. Payne (the author of Common Sense) for the use of the Americans, was exhibited before a number of the virtuosi and gave infinite satisfaction. The bridge consists but of one arch of cast iron, ninety feet long, and weighs but thirteen tons.
Mr. Payne's first proposal was to construct a bridge over the Delaware of 490 feet long, but his countrymen pausing on the impracticability of the measure, the above was undertaken as a specimen.
Should France embark in a foreign war, we can anticipate the accompanying horrors of a civil one. The people are averse to imposts of any kind, and the exigencies of a war demand incessant supplies. These are consequences which the prevailing party, or rather the leading man, M. Mirabeau, seems wholly to neglect or disregard.
OCTOBER 12.
We are informed that orders were issued from the War-Office, on Saturday to raise 100 companies of Foot, consisting of a Captain, Lieutenant and Ensign, four Serjeants, five Corporals, two Drummers, and 95 Privates; the Captains to be taken from the half pay, and from the lieutenants on full pay; these are to have the preference to raise the above; the Captains with a bounty of five guineas, the lieutenants three guineas a man, and to name their own subalterns—When complete to be formed into ten regiments.
Orders were also issued to the magistrates in every county, to assist the re-

enlisting parties to raise men as expeditiously as possible.
The first Battalion of each regiment of Foot Guards received orders yesterday to find no parties for escort or other duties out of London, which leave no doubt of their being intended for foreign service. They expect to receive immediate orders for embarkation.
The news received yesterday from India, is said to be very disagreeable. Tipoo Saib had approached very near to Madras, with an immense army, and had committed great outrages, and we are sorry to say, it is added, that Lord Cornwallis had superseded the whole of the council, and ordered them home; but upon what grounds we are not precisely informed.
There are at present 71 sail of the line in commission, including Hospital and Receiving ships, viz. 5 of 100, 9 of 98, 2 of 90, 1 of 84, 2 of 80, 40 of 74, and 12 of 64 guns.
Yesterday orders were given for preparing the four following ships of 74 guns each for immediate service. They are all in Ordinary at Sheerness—The Audacious, Terrible, Victorious and Zealous.
The West-Indies is avowedly the place of their destination, and this detachment will join the two regiments that were disembarked at Cork, in July last, as also some other regiments on their rota abroad—constituting in the whole a corps of 6000 effective men: The command of which will devolve on General Campbell.
OCTOBER 6.
The substance of Mr. Pitt's last ultimatum has transpired from letters lately arrived from Madrid; these accounts say, that the British minister has given up the right of occupancy at Nootka Sound, and only contends for the liberty of a free navigation, the right of fishing, and of establishing colonies on any of the friendly isles. So that if a peace takes place to-morrow, it will afford no small triumph to the Spanish minister, and no great honor to our own.
Though hostilities are not yet actually declared against Spain, there can be no impropriety in terming that country our enemy. Hostile dispositions are now avowed on both sides, and it waits but for the word of command to produce immediate action.
The Empress of Russia seems disposed to make peace with the Turks on very liberal terms.—She offers to give up her conquests made from them during the present war, except Oczakow.
From the meeting of Parliament next month, for the consideration of weighty and important matters, we may more confidently than ever, augur the speedy declaration of War. Had there been the smallest prospect that the negotiation would have had an amicable issue, there could not have been any occasion for the meeting of Parliament until after Christmas; but, vigorous War demands liberal supplies.
Yesterday Sir Robert Boyd was appointed Governor of Gibraltar, in the room of Lord Heathfield deceased. General O'Hara is mentioned to succeed Sir Robert as Lieutenant Governor.
DANBURY, November 30.
One day last week, Henry Jackson of New-Milford, aged 45, was found in the road crushed to death with his cart—It appeared that he was driving his team, when the cattle suddenly took a different course, caught him between the wheel and side breadth of the cart against a tree: In that situation he was found dead, his body much bruised and both his arms broken. Mr. Jackson has left a wife and three children to lament his sudden exit.
NEWPORT, December 9.
Last Sunday Morning arrived here the ship Joseph, Capt. Sheffield, in 61 days from L'Orient.—Capt. Sheffield informs us that the British fleet were again at sea—and that in France affairs were far from being in a peaceable state.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.
Since our last the following Members of Congress has arrived at the seat of government, viz.
Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, Senator, and Benjamin Huntington, Representative, from Connecticut. Hon. Abiel Foster, Representative, from New-Hampshire. Hon. Benjamin Goodhue and George Thatcher, Representatives from Massachusetts. Hon. Elias Boudinot, Representative from New-Jersey.
BOSTON, Dec. 11.
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
We have it from good Authority, that OIL is admitted in England in American Bottoms, which is one of the many advantages, that may accrue to this Country, from a War between England and Spain. We give this information that those who plough the Ocean to obtain Oil, may reap the advantage, as it is probable, the alien duty may be taken off likewise.
FEDERAL REGISTER.
SENATORS FOR NEW-JERSEY.
Hon. PHILEMON DICKENSON, and Hon. JOHN RUTHERFORD, jun.—the first to supply the place of Gov. PATTERSON—the other to take his seat after the expiration of the Hon. Mr. ELLMER's time.
REPRESENTATIVES—S. Carolina.
Hon. WILLIAM SMITH, *ROBERT BARNWELL, DANIEL HUGER, THOMAS SUMPTER, and THOMAS TUDOR TUCKER, Esquires.
*New Member, vice the Hon. EDANUS BURKE, Esq.
SENATORS—MARYLAND.
Hon. CHARLES CARROL, Esq. re-elected.
REPRESENTATIVES—Massachusetts.
In Worcester district, according to the statement of votes in the Worcester paper, the Hon. ARTEMAS WARD, Esq. is elected.
In Bristol, it is probable that there is not a choice.
In Maine, according to the Portland paper, the Hon. GEORGE THATCHER, Esq. is elected. Many towns, however, for want of precepts, did not vote. Whether the remedy, if any is necessary, lies in the Executive of this State—or in the Congress of the United States has been made a question.
The Legislatures of the States of Virginia and Maryland have granted considerable sums of money towards defraying the expenses of fixing the seat of National Government on the Potowomac.
By accounts from all the towns in the district of Plymouth and Barnstable, except Marshfield, Abington and Falmouth, it appears that the whole number of votes for Federal Representatives for that district, is 1096, of which the Honorable SHERJASHUB BOURN, Esq. has 613.
Among other important articles of Congressional deliberation, at the ensuing session, manufactures, and the fisheries, will claim a distinguished attention. These important subjects having been specially referred to the consideration of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State, to report thereon.
The following Order is copied from a Halifax paper of the 2d. ult.
Secretary's Office, Halifax, Oct. 11.
WHEREAS, on the event of a war with SPAIN, it may be found necessary to withdraw a considerable part, or the whole of His Majesty's Troops from this province; in which case the Militia will be called on for the defence and protection of it:
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor therefore, has thought fit, hereby to require and order the officers commanding the several corps of Militia to prepare the officers and men un-
der them for service; and to take care, that they shall be provided with arms and ammunition, to be duly disciplined and trained as by law directed—making choice in each corps of a certain number of such active men, as may be most fit to march on any sudden occasion; or to act in conjunction with his Majesty's regular troops, if any shall remain in the Province.
RICHARD BULKELEY.
Extract of a letter from London to a Gentleman in this town, dated Oct. 11.
Americans no doubt are anticipating with pleasure, the advantages which will accrue to them should a War with this Country and Spain take place, which at present seems inevitable. England never had so formidable a Navy as the present; but not contented with this, they are augmenting it every day; and yesterday a contract was made by Government for 100,000 barrels of Powder. The stocks are falling rapidly, yesterday not less than 3 1/2 per cent. The papers mention a conjunction of Spain, France, Portugal, Russia and Denmark, forming against poor Old England and their allies, the Dutch, by many people this report is believed. A report was in circulation this morning but not much believed, that the Spanish Minister here has orders to comply with any requisitions England may make, rather than come to a rupture—probably this report originated from some of the Stockholders."
The following article is copied from a late London Paper.
“A wheel to pump ships without manual labor has lately been invented in the North: its property is, to be driven with great force by the way of the ship when in the water; and it is applicable to every kind of pump without interruption of the present mode of working them, and may be put to or removed in two minutes.—This wheel will effectually prevent any damage to goods in the hold of any vessel, and may be the means of saving the lives of thousands of seamen.”
Civil War, we learn, still rages in the French West-India Islands;—that many lives are daily lost;—and business at a stand.
On the 11th of September last, a petition was presented to the National Assembly of France, by a Committee from the National Guard at Versailles, through Mr. Bertier, their Commandant, respecting the funeral honors due to those who fell in quelling the insurrection at Nancy. Part of this memorial runs as follows:—They have now sealed with their blood the oath which they took but a few days before, to devote their lives to the nation, to the support of the law, and to the safety of their King!
“To have fought and to have died by their side would have been our most sacred duty—to pay their memory the last tribute of worth, is now the most anxious desire of our hearts & it is our most ardent wish to raise to them a monument worthy of themselves, and deeply expressive of our esteem!
“Let a Pyramid, simple in its structure, but of a majestic appearance, be erected to them at one of the gates of Nancy.
“Upon this Pyramid let there be an inscription to this effect—Here rest the men who died for their country—soldiers as well as citizens! The second month of the second year of the liberties of France.
“Such, Gentlemen, is the monument we claim for those generous Frenchmen, whom a sense of their duty swayed upon this occasion. Their wives, their children, their parents, of whom they were the happiness and the stay, are witnesses to the tears we now shed upon their ashes—be it ours, by this last act of attention, to perpetuate the remembrance of their glory.”
SHIP NEWS.
The Mercury, of London, Man Dobson, master, on Friday the 10th Dec. 24 leagues S. E. of Cape-Cod, spoke the brig Lydia,
Coffin, of Nantucket, Havre-de-Grace, to Nantucket, out 42 days, all well—Captain Coffin gave information that on Sunday, the 5th December he fell in with the fishing schooner D. Iphin, Sub Harding, from Boston to Cape-Cod; that she had been blown off the coast, had no provisions nor water on board, and was otherwise in distress, that he took out of the schooner, two men and one boy; and that he also took on board his Vessel the schooner's masts, rigging and small spars and one anchor; night prevented him from saving more.
We hear a brig was cast away on the back of the Cape, in the storm of last week, Bradburys, Master and Mate (brothers) were both drowned.
Last Thursday night a schooner from Jamaica—Quill, master, ran on the east end of Fyber's Island—vessel and cargo are said to be lost.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.
Great preparations are making at Kentucky for offensive operations against the Indians.
We are informed the votes for two Federal Representatives in the following towns stand thus:—
PORTSMOUTH.
 John S. Sherburne, Esq. 234  Jeremiah Smith, Esq. 234  Abiel Foster, Esq. 23  Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 6 
DOVER.
 Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 152  Jeremiah Smith, Esq. 124  John S. Sherburne, Esq. 58  Abiel Foster, Esq. 5 
GREENLAND.
 John S. Sherburne, Esq. 34  Jeremiah Smith, Esq. 27 
STRATHAM.
 Jeremiah Smith, Esq. 56  John S. Sherburne, Esq. 46  Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 9  Abiel Foster, Esq. 3 
DURHAM.
 John S. Sherburne, Esq. 61  Jeremiah Smith, Esq. 45  Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 12  Abiel Foster, Esq. 10 
RYE, unanimous for J. S. Sherburne, and Jeremiah Smith, Esq'rs.
BARNSTEAD, unanimous for J. S. Sherburne, & Jeremiah Smith, Esq'rs.
BARRINGTON, unanimous for J. S. Sherburne, & Jeremiah Smith, Esq'rs.
NEWINGTON, unanimous for John S. Sherburne, & Jeremiah Smith, Esq'rs.
By the latest accounts there were fifteen sail of the line, besides a number of frigates, lying in Brest harbor.
It appears to be the opinion of the British paragraphists that the French intend seriously to assist their Ally, Spain, with a powerful navy; but this depends on quelling the mutiny which they say prevails in every French ship.
Mr. Pitt, it is said, has given up the right of establishing a settlement on the North West coast of America, if so, as Spain has consented to make restitution for the Merchant ships, what cause of war between the two nations exists? And yet the English are making immense preparations—of provisions—but as for men they are to be created—for so scarce are they, that a frigate lately returned from a six months cruise in the Atlantic ocean—not in search of an enemy, but of their own countrymen.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
C L E A R E D FOR Sloop Sally, Drisco, N. Carolina. Ship Eleven Sons, M'Intire, W. Indies. Schooner Royal Captain, Ross, Grenada. Schooner Nancy, Curtis, Jamaica. Ship Satisfaction, M'Nabb, Barbados. Ship Mary, Tibbetts, West-Indies. Ship Mary-Ann, Gerrish, ditto.
E N T E R E D FROM Brig Tryall, Wingate, St. Martins. Brig Rookby, Parker, Liverpool. Brig Triumph, Lothrop, St. Johns. Schooner Dove, Tredick, St. Martins. Schooner Blossom, Brown, Tobago.

NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the following towns, viz.—Nottingham 1783—Hawke and Eaton 1787—Campton, Dublin and Pittsfield 1788—Chester and Gilson 1788 and 1789—Salisbury 1789—Ackworth and New-Durham-Gore 1789 and 1790—Exeter 1786, 1788, 1789, and 1790—Stratham 1787 and 1789—Gilmantown, Sandwich, Henniker, Protectworth, Lyman, Ossipee, Rindge, and Allenstown road tax 1790—Portsmouth 1789 & 1790: That their lands in said towns are taxed for the years aforesaid, and if the taxes are not paid within eight weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, either to the collectors or the subscriber, they will be advertised for sale.
N. PARKER, Rec d of N.R. Taxes. Exeter, Dec. 8, 1790.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the township of Barnstead, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 2d Tuesday 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 Charles Hodgdon, Esq. in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M.
Specie. certif. ind.     No. R. Q'ty. s. d. s. d. s. d.    John Nutter 1 1 30 0 7 0 9 11  Sam'l Sheafe 3 1 60 1 9 2 2 32  J. Wallingford 20 2 46 0 11 1 1 17  M. Nutter 32 4 60 0 4 0 5 07  T. Pickering 38 4 60 1 0 1 3 19  J. Thompson 47 5 60 0 7 0 9 11  Sipr. Jaffery 49 5 60 0 6 0 8 09  Jos. Coleman 52 6 60 0 7 0 9 11  Jno. Downing 55 6 60 0 6 0 8 10  John Dame 56 6 48 0 7 0 9 11  Elna. Dame 61 7 60 0 9 0 11 14  John Decker 65 7 60 0 9 0 11 14  B. Wentworth 67 7 60 0 9 0 11 14  Joth. Odiorne 70 8 60 1 2 1 5 21  Shad. Walton 76 8 60 0 11 1 1 17  John Walton 74 8 60 0 6 0 7 10  T. Trickey 75 8 30 0 5 1 6 19  Rich. Wibird 78 8 60 1 1 1 3 18  Jon. Chesley 83 9 120 1 4 1 6 24  Tho's Ayers 86 9 60 0 7 0 9 11  T. Bickford 89 9 60 0 9 0 11 14  A. M'Phedris 93 10 60 0 9 0 11 14  Ben. Downing 96 10 60 0 9 0 11 14  Je. Bickford 100 10 60 0 9 0 11 14  J. G. Pickering 91 10 60 0 9 0 11 14  Seth Ring 105 11 60 1 1 1 3 19  H. Downing 106 11 60 1 1 1 3 19  Sam. Shute 107 11 60 1 1 1 3 19  J. Coleman 109 11 60 1 1 1 3 19  M. Hunking 116 12 48 0 11 1 1 17  S. Emerson 117 12 60 0 6 0 9 09  T. Waldron 120 12 60 1 2 1 5 20  ditto 119 12 60 1 2 1 5 20    Second Division.    Jos. Adams 65 3 44 0 11 1 0 17  John Fabayns 77 5 100 1 9 2 3 33  Joth Odiorne 88 6 100 0 11 1 1 17  Moses Dame 89 6 66 1 0 1 2 19  John Wentworth, jun. 95 7 100 0 11 1 1 17  Sam'l Dame 99 7 100 1 7 1 11 29  Henry Allard 108 8 15 0 3 0 5 01  H. Downing 102 8 100 1 2 1 5 27  J. Downing 109 8 100 0 11 1 1 17  Ammi R. Cutter 250 3 3 0 4 6 0 0  M. Commons A 40 0 7 0 9 11 0  John Tosker do. 20 0 6 0 7 0 9  Ditto, Commons 50 0 6 0 7 0 9 0    STEPHEN PICKERING, Collector. Barnstead, Dec. 6, 1790.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Protectworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 17th 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 Ebenezer Loverin, innholder in said town, at two o'clock, P. M. on said day.
Specie. ind. certif.     No. Q'ty. d. s. d. s. d.    John Neal, Esq. 27 192 9 16 1 10  Col. H. Dearborn 6 192 9 16 1 10  ditto, 4 192 9 16 1 10  ditto, 11 192 9 16 1 10  ditto, 13 192 9 16 1 10  Maj. Amos Morrel 12 192 9 16 1 10    NATHANIEL CLANK, Constable. Protectworth, Nov. 18, 1790.
ACWORTH. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Acworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 24th day of December next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten of the clock, A. M. on said day, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Eliphaz Silsby, in said town.
ind. sp. ord.     No. R. Q'ty. s. d. d. q.    William Roby 16 1 100 1 0 5  Sam'l Fitch, Esq. 17 1 20 0 3 1  Ditto 13 1 39 0 4 2  Ditto 18 2 30 0 3 1  Jona. Hardy 10 3 100 1 0 5  John Parker 5 4 13 0 2 0  William Stacy 13 4 100 1 0 5  Jona. Blanchard 14 4 100 1 0 5  Reuben Rillicut 3 5 100 1 0 5  Jona. Blanchard 13 5 100 1 0 5  William Stacy 14 5 100 1 0 5  Robert Adams 1 6 50 0 6 2  Nath'l Butterfield 7 6 100 1 0 5  Thomas Crage 14 6 100 1 0 5    JONATHAN HOLMES, Constable. Acworth, November 13, 1790.
SUTTON. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Sutton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 4th day of March 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, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
silver. certif. ind.     Div. No. Ac. s. d. s. d. s. d.    John Currier 3 8 15 0 1 0 3 0  James Graves 3 32 19 0 1 0 3 0  John Poor 3 27 18 0 1 0 3 0  J. Plummer 3 19 17 0 1 0 3 0  T. Whitaker 2 41 40 0 1 0 3 0  Nath'l Knight 1 23 100 0 4 0 8 0  Samuel Little 3 26 12 0 1 0 3 0  J. Plummer 3 15 18 0 1 0 3 0  John Perry 3 39 15 0 1 0 3 0  E. Barnard 3 31 32 0 1 0 3 0  A. Sargent 3 30 21 0 1 0 3 0  Zeb. Sargent 3 7 18 0 1 0 3 0  Tho's Packer 0 13 230 1 0 2 1 2  Law Lot 0 14 250 1 0 2 1 2    JONATHAN PAGE, Constable. Sutton, Dec. 6, 1790.
New-Castle Bridge Lottery. CLASS THIRD.
THE Managers present the public with a SCHEME of the third class, consisting of 3000 Tickets at ONE DOLLAR each, from which 1000 Prizes will be drawn out, of the following value, subject to no deduction.
  1 of 100 is 100  2 of 50 are 100  4 of 30 are 120  6 of 20 are 120  16 of 10 are 160  25 of 5 are 125  946 of 2 are 1892  1000 Prizes. 2617  2000 Blanks. Deduction 383  3000 3000  
The above Class will commence drawing immediately after the Tickets are sold,—A list of Prizes will be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette, and the Prizes paid off accordingly.
H. PRESCOTT, } Managers. S. JENNESS, S. MARCH, G. FROST, S. CHACE, October 21, 1790.
CANAAN. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Canaan, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 27th 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 Maj. Samuel Jones, in said town, at ten of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. Div. R. Q'ty. s. d. s. d. s. d.    Thomas Gustin, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Daniel Harris, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Joseph Eames, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ebenezer Eames, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ebenezer Peck, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Jared Spencer, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  David Chamberlain, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Caleb Whiting, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  William Fox, jun. 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Samuel Dodge, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Isaiah Rathbun, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  William Chamberlin, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Thomas Miner, 50 acres, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Joshua Rathbun, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Sylvester Randall, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Capt. John Wentworth, 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    EZEKIEL WELLS, Collector. Canaan, Nov. 8, 1790.
BLANKS of all sorts printed on good paper, may be had at J. Melcher's Printing-Office in Market-Street.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of New-Durham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, 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 my dwelling-house in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
First Division. 2d Div. silver. ind. filv. ind.     No. 1. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d.    T. Parker, Esq. 72 0 1 0 2  J. Footman & } J. Steveson 67 0 8 1 4  Mason & Bennett 69 0 1 4 2  Jos. & John Drew 82 0 1 0 2  Samuel Willey 71 0 1 0 2  W. Weeks, Esq. 12</

Supplement to the New-Hampshire Gazette &amp; General Advertiser, of December 18, 1790.
Revenue Law continued from the Gazette.
AND be it further enacted , That several officers of the customs shall respectively perform the duties following, to wit: At such of the ports to which there shall be appointed a collector, naval-officer and surveyor; the collector shall receive all reports, manifests, and documents, to be made or exhibited on the entry of any ship or vessel, according to the regulations of this act; shall record in books to be kept for that purpose, all such manifests; shall receive the entries of all ships and vessels, and of the goods, wares and merchandise imported in them; shall, together with the naval-officer where there is one, or alone where there is none, estimate the amount of the duties payable thereupon, endorsing the said amount upon the respective entries; shall receive all monies paid for duties, and take all bonds for securing the payment thereof; shall grant all permits for the unlading and delivery of goods; shall employ proper persons as weighers, gaugers, measurers and inspectors at the several ports within his district; and shall provide at the public expence, and with the approbation of the principal officer of the treasury department, store-houses for the safe keeping of goods, and such scales, weights and measures as may be necessary. The naval-officers shall receive copies of all manifests; shall, together with the collector, estimate the duties on all goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty, keeping a separate record thereof, and shall countersign all permits, clearances, certificates and debentures to be granted by the collector. The surveyor shall superintend and direct all inspectors, weighers, measurers and gaugers within his district; shall visit and inspect the ships or vessels which arrive within his district, and shall have power to put on board each of them one or more inspectors; shall ascertain the proofs of distilled spirits, rating those which shall be of the proof of twenty four degrees as of Jamaica proof; and shall examine whether the goods imported in any ship or vessel, and the deliveries thereof, are conformable to the entries of such goods and the permits for landing the same; and the said surveyor shall in all cases be subject to the controul of the collector. And at such ports to which a collector and surveyor only are assigned, the said collector shall solely execute all the duties in which the co-operation of the naval officer is requisite at the ports where a naval-officer shall be appointed, which he shall also do in case of the disability or death of the naval-officer. And at the ports to which a collector only is assigned, such collector shall solely execute all the duties in which the co-operation of the naval-officer is requisite as aforesaid; and shall also, as far as may be, perform all the duties prescribed to surveyors at the ports where such offices are established. And at the ports to which surveyors only are assigned, every such surveyor shall perform all the duties herein before enjoined upon surveyors; and shall also receive and record the copies of all manifests which shall be transmitted to him by the collector; and shall record all permits granted by such collector, distinguishing the guage, weight, measure and quality of the goods specified therein; and shall take care that no goods be unladen or delivered from any ship or vessel without a proper permit for that purpose. And at such ports of delivery only to which no surveyor is assigned, it shall be lawful for the collector of the district occasionally and from time to time to employ a proper person or persons to do the duties of a surveyor, who shall be entitled to the like compensation with inspectors during the time they shall be employed.
And the said collectors, naval-officers and surveyors shall respectively attend in person, at the ports to which they are respectively assigned; and shall keep fair and true accounts and records of all their transactions as officers of the customs, in such manner and form as they may be directed by the proper department, or officer having the superinten-
dance of the collection of the revenue of the United States; and shall at all times submit their books, papers and accounts to the inspection of such persons as may be appointed for that purpose: And the said collectors shall at all times pay to the order of the officer who shall be authorised to direct the payment thereof, the whole of the monies which they may respectively receive by virtue of this act (such monies as they are otherwise by this act directed to pay, only excepted); and shall also once in every three months, or oftener if they shall be required, transmit their accounts for settlement to the officer or officers whose duty it shall be to make such settlement.
And be it further enacted , That every collector, naval officer and surveyor, in cases of occasional and necessary absence or of sickness, and not otherwise, may respectively exercise and perform their several powers, functions and duties, by deputy duly constituted under their hands and seals respectively, for whom in the execution of the trust, they shall respectively be answerable.
And be it further enacted , That in case of the disability or death of a collector, the duties and authorities vested in him shall devolve on his deputy, if any there be at the time of such disability or death (for whose conduct the estate of such disabled or deceased collector shall be liable): And in defect of a deputy, the said authorities and duties shall devolve upon the naval-officer of the same district, if any there be; and if there be no naval-officer, upon the surveyor of the port appointed for the residence of such disabled or deceased collector, if any there be; and if none, upon the surveyor of the port nearest thereto, and within the same district. And in every case of the death and disability of a surveyor, it shall be lawful for the collector of the district to nominate some fit person to perform his duties and exercise his authorities. And the authorities of the persons hereby empowered to act in the stead of those who may be disabled or dead, shall continue until successors shall be duly appointed, and ready to enter upon the execution of their respective offices.
And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of October next, no goods, wares or merchandise shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port or place, in any ship or vessel belonging in the whole or any part to a citizen or citizens, inhabitant or inhabitants of the United States, unless the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall have on board a manifest or manifests in writing, signed by such master or other person, containing the name or names of the port or ports, place or places where the goods in such manifest or manifests mentioned, shall have been respectively taken on board, and the port or ports, place or places within the United States for which the same are respectively consigned or destined, and the name and built of such ship or vessel, and the true admeasurement or tonnage thereof according to the register of the same, together with the name of the master or other person having the command or charge of such ship or vessel, and the port or place to which such ship or vessel truly belongs, and a just and particular account of all the cargo so laden or taken on board, whether in packages or stowed loose, together with the marks and numbers in words at length of the said packages respectively, with a description of each, as whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon, hoghead, barrel, case, bale, pack, truss, chest, box, bundle, or other cask or package, describing the same by its usual name or denomination.
And be it further enacted , That if any goods, wares or merchandise shall, after the said first day of October next, be imported or brought into the United States, in any ship or vessel whatever, belonging to the whole or in part to a citizen or citizens, inhabitant or inhabitants of the United States, from any foreign port or place, without such ma-
nifest or manifests in writing, or shall not be included & described therein, or shall not agree therewith; in every such case the master or other person having the command or charge of such ship or vessel, shall forfeit a sum of money equal to the value of such goods, not included in such manifest or manifests; Provided always , That if it shall be made appear to the satisfaction of the collector, naval-officer and surveyor, or the major part of them, where those offices are established at any port, or to the satisfaction of the collector alone where either of the other offices is not established, or to the satisfaction of the court in which a trial shall be had concerning such forfeiture, that no part of the cargo of such ship or vessel had been unshipped, after it was taken on board, except such as shall have been specified and accounted for in the report of the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and that the manifest or manifests had been lost or mislaid, without fraud or collusion, or that the same was or were defaced by accident, or incorrect by mistake, in every such case the forfeiture aforesaid shall not be incurred.
And be it further enacted , That every master or other person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel belonging in the whole or in part to a citizen or citizens, inhabitant or inhabitants of the United States, laden with goods as aforesaid, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall on his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within any of the bays, harbors, ports, rivers, creeks, or inlets thereof, upon demand, produce such manifest or manifests in writing, which such master or other person is herein before required to have on board his said ship or vessel, to such officer or officers of the customs, as shall first come on board his said ship or vessel, for his or their inspection, and shall deliver to such officer or officers a true copy or copies thereof (which copy or copies shall be provided and subscribed by the said master or other person having the command or charge of such ship or vessel) and that the officer or officers to whom the original manifest or manifests shall have been so produced, shall respectively certify upon the back thereof, that the same was or were produced, and the day and year on which the same was or were so produced, and that such copy or copies as aforesaid, was or were to him or them delivered, and shall likewise certify upon the back of such copy or copies, the day and year on which the same was or were delivered, and shall forthwith transmit such copy or copies to the respective collector of the several districts to which the goods by such manifest or manifests shall appear respectively to be consigned; and that the said master or other person so having the charge or command of any such ship or vessel; shall in like manner produce to the officer or officers of the customs, who shall first come on board such ship or vessel upon her arrival within the limits of any district of the United States, in which the cargo or any part thereof is intended to be discharged or landed, for his or their inspection, such manifest or manifests as aforesaid, and shall also deliver to him or them a true copy or copies thereof (such copy or copies also to be provided and subscribed by the said master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel) the production of which said manifest or manifests, and the delivery of which said copy or copies thereof shall also be certified by the said officer or officers of the customs who shall so first come on board the said ship or vessel on her arrival within the limits of any such district, upon the back of the said original manifest or manifests, with the particular day and year when such manifest or manifests was or were produced to such officer or officers and when he or they so received the said copy or copies thereof; and such officer or officers is and are hereby required forthwith to transmit or cause to be transmitted, the said copy or copies of the said manifest or
manifests to the collector of that district, and the said master or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel, shall afterwards produce and deliver the said original manifest or manifests to the said collector. Provided always , That nothing herein contained shall be construed to require of such master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, the delivery of more than one copy of each manifest to the officer or officers aforesaid, who shall first come on board of such ship or vessel, within four leagues of the coast of the United States aforesaid, and one other copy to such officer or officers as shall first come on board, within the limits of any district for which the cargo of such ship or vessel or some part thereof shall be consigned or destined; or shall be construed to require the delivery of any such copy to any other officer; but it shall be sufficient in respect to any such other officer, to produce and shew to him the said original manifest or manifests, and the certificate or certificates thereupon.
And be it further enacted , That if the master or other person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel laden as aforesaid, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall not upon his arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within the limits of any district thereof, where the cargo of such ship or vessel or any part thereof, is intended to be discharged produce such manifest or manifests in writing, to the proper officer or officers, upon demand thereof, and also deliver such copy or copies thereof as aforesaid, according to these directions of this act in each case, or shall not give an account of the destination of such ship or vessel which he is hereby required to do, upon request of such officer or officers, or shall give a false account of the said destination, in order to evade the production of the said manifest or manifests; the said master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall forfeit for every such refusal, neglect or offence, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. And if such officer or officers first coming on board, in each case within the distance or limits aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to certify on the back of such manifest or manifests, the production thereof, and the delivery of such copy or copies respectively, as are herein before directed to be delivered to such officer or officers; every such officer, so neglecting or refusing shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted , That if after the arrival of any ship or vessel so laden with goods as aforesaid, & bound to the United States, within the limits of any of the districts of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, any part of the cargo of such ship or vessel shall be unladen for any purpose whatever, from out of such ship or vessel as aforesaid, within the limits or distance aforesaid, before such ship or vessel shall come to the proper place for the discharge of her cargo or some part thereof, and shall be there duly authorized by the proper officer or officers of the customs, to unlade the same, the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and the mate or other person next in command shall respectively forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars; and the goods, wares and merchandise so unladen and unshipped, shall be forfeited and lost, except in the case of some unavoidable accident, necessity or distress of weather, of which unavoidable accident, necessity or distress, the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall give notice to, and together with two or more of the mariners on board such ship or vessel, shall make proof upon oath before the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the district, within the limits of which such accident, necessity or distress shall happen, or before the collector or other chief officer of the first district of the

United States within the limits of which such ship or vessel shall afterwards arrive, if the said accident necessity or distress shall have happened not within the limits of any district, but within four leagues of the coast of the United States (which oath the said collector or other chief officer is hereby authorized and required to administer).
And be it further enacted , That if any goods, wares or merchandise so unladed from on board of any such ship or vessel, shall be put or received into any other ship vessel or boat, except in the case of such accident, necessity or distress as aforesaid, to be notified and proved as aforesaid, the said master or other person having the charge or command of the ship, vessel or boat into which the said goods shall be so put and received, and every other person aiding and assisting therein, shall forfeit treble the value of the said goods; and the said ship, boat or vessel shall also be forfeited and lost.
And be it further enacted , That if any ship or vessel which shall have arrived within the limits of any district of the United States from any foreign port or place, shall depart or attempt to depart from the same, unless to proceed on her way to some more interior district to which she may be bound, before report or entry shall have been made by the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, with the collector of some district of the United States, the said master or other person having such charge or command shall forfeit and pay the sum of four hundred dollars. And it shall be lawful for any collector, naval-officer, surveyor, or commander of any of the cutters herein after mentioned, to arrest and bring back, or cause to be arrested and brought back, such ship or vessel, to such port of the United States to which it may be most conveniently done. Provided , That if it shall be made to appear by the oath of the said master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and of the person next in command, or other sufficient proof to the satisfaction of the collector of the district within which such ship or vessel shall afterwards come, or to the satisfaction of the court in which the prosecution for such penalty may be had, that the said departure, or attempt to depart, was occasioned by distress of weather, pursuit or duress of enemies, or other necessity, the said penalty shall not be incurred.
And be it further enacted , That within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any ship or vessel from any foreign port or place, at any port of the United States established by law, at which an officer of the customs resides, or within any harbor, inlet or creek thereof, if the hours of business at the office of the chief officer of the customs at such port will permit, or as soon thereafter as the said hours will permit, the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall repair to the said office, and shall make report to the said chief officer of the arrival of the said ship or vessel; and within forty-eight hours after such arrival, shall make a further report to the collector of the district in which such port may be, of the name, burthen and lading of such ship or vessel, whether in packages or stowed loose, and of the particular marks, numbers and contents of each package, and the place or places, person or persons, for which or whom they are respectively consigned or destined, also of the place or places where she took in her lading or of what country built, from what foreign port or place she last sailed, who was master or commander of her during her voyage, who is at the time of such report, master or commander of her, and (if a vessel of the United States) who are owners of her; unless the whole of such information required on the second report as aforesaid, shall have been given at the time of making the first report, in which case it shall not be necessary to make a further report. And in the cases in which the master or person
having the charge or command of any ship or vessel herein before required to have on board at the time of her departure from such foreign port or place for the United States, a manifest or manifests of the lading of such ship or vessel, or of any part thereof, the said master or person having the said charge or command, shall, at the time of making the said report, deliver the said manifest or manifests to the collector to whom the said report shall be made, and shall declare to the truth of such manifest or manifests, as the same ought to be, in conformity to the directions of this act. And the said master or person having the charge or command of any such ship or vessel, shall in each case declare that no part of her lading, since her departure from the said foreign port or place from which she shall be so reported to have last sailed, has been landed or unladed, or otherwise removed from on board of her, except as he shall then specify, together with the cause, time, place and manner; and shall further declare, that in case he shall afterwards discover or know of any goods, wares or merchandise, other than those by him then reported, he will forthwith thereafter make report thereof to the said collector; which report and declarations respectively shall be in writing, signed by the party making the same, and shall be attested by his oath, to the best of his knowledge and belief; and the said collector is hereby authorized and required to administer the same. And if the said master or person having the charge or command of any such ship or vessel shall neglect or omit to make the said reports, or either of them, and declaration or declarations, or to deliver the said manifest or manifests, or to take the said oath, as the case may require, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars.
Provided always and be it further enacted , That it shall not be necessary for the master or person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel of war, or of any ship or vessel employed by any prince or state, as a public packet for the conveyance of letters and dispatches, and not permitted by the laws of such prince or state to be employed in the transportation of goods, wares or merchandise in the way of trade, to make such report and entry as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the said ship or vessel to proceed with any goods, wares or merchandise brought in her, which shall be reported by the said master or other person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel, to be destined for any foreign port or place from the district within which such ship or vessel shall first arrive to such foreign port or place, without paying or securing the payment of any duties upon such of the said goods, wares or merchandise, as shall be actually re-exported in the said ship or vessel accordingly; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always , That the said master or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel shall first give bond with one or more sureties, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties upon the said goods, wares and merchandise, as the same shall be estimated by the collector to whom the said report shall be made, to the satisfaction of the said collector, with condition, that the said goods, wares or merchandise, or any part thereof, shall not be landed within the United States, unless due entry thereof shall have been first made, and the duties thereupon paid or secured according to law, which bond shall be cancelled in like manner as bonds herein after directed to be given for obtaining drawbacks of duties. Provided nevertheless , That such bond shall not be required in respect to the goods on board of any ship or vessel which shall have put into the United States from necessity, to be made appear in manner hereafter prescribed.
And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for any ship or vessel in which any goods, wares or merchandise shall
be brought into the United States from any foreign port or place, to proceed with the same from district to district within the United States, in order to the landing or delivery thereof, and the duties on such of the said goods only as shall be landed in any district, shall be paid or secured to be paid within such district.
And be it further enacted , That before any ship or vessel shall depart from the district in which she shall first arrive, for another district, with goods, wares or merchandise brought in such ship or vessel from a foreign port or place, the duties whereof shall not have been paid or secured, the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall obtain from the collector of the district from which she shall be about to depart (who is hereby required to grant the same) a copy of the report made by such master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, certified by the said collector, together with a certificate of the quantity and particulars of the goods which shall appear to him to have been landed within his district. And within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such ship or vessel within any other district, the said master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall make report or entry to or with the collector of such other district, producing and shewing the said certified copy of his said first report, together with a certificate from each collector of any other district within which any of the goods, wares or merchandise brought in such ship or vessel shall have been landed, of the quantity and particulars of such of the said goods, wares and merchandise as shall have been so landed in each district respectively; except in the state of Georgia, where such report shall be made within forty-eight hours: Provided always , That the master or person having the charge or command of the said ship or vessel shall first give bond with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the collector of the district within which the said ship or vessel shall first arrive, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties on the residue of the said goods, according to such estimate as the said collector or shall form thereof, with condition that the said residue of the said goods shall be duly entered and delivered in such other district or districts of the United States, for which the same shall have been reported to be destined. And the said bond shall be cancelled or discharged by the production of a certificate or certificates from the collector or collectors of the district or districts for which the said goods shall have been reported, testifying the due entry and delivery of the said goods in such district or districts, or upon due proof to the satisfaction of the collector by whom the said bond shall have been taken, that such entry and delivery were prevented by some unavoidable accident or casualty, and that if the whole or any part of the said goods shall have been lost, that the same has been duly entered and delivered within the United States. And if the master or person having charge or command of any such ship or vessel, shall fail by his neglect or fault to obtain the said copy of his said report from the collector, of the district from which he shall be so about to depart, or of any certificate which he ought to obtain as aforesaid, or shall neglect to produce and shew the same to the collector of any other district to which the said ship or vessel shall afterwards proceed, within the time for that purpose herein before specified, he shall forfeit and pay for every such neglect or omission five hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted , That the owner or owners, consignee or consignees of any goods, wares or merchandise on board of any such ship or vessel, or in case of his, her or their absence or sickness, his, her or their known factor or agent, in his her or their names, within fifteen days after report of the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel to the collector or of the district for which such goods, wares or merchandise shall be destined, shall make entry thereof with the said collector, and shall specify in such entry the particular
marks, numbers and contents of each package or parcel whereof they shall consist, or if in bulk the quantity and quality, together with the nett prime cost thereof; and shall also produce to the said collector, if any such there be, the original invoice or invoices, or other documents in lieu thereof, and bill or bills of lading; all which shall be done upon the oath of the person by whom such entry shall be made, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief; who shall thereby also declare that if he or she shall afterwards discover or know of any other goods, wares or merchandise imported in such ship or vessel, belonging or consigned to the person or persons by whom, or on whose behalf such entry shall have been made, he or she will forthwith make known the same, in order to the due entry thereof, and the payment or securing the payment of the duties thereon: Provided always , That where the particulars of any such goods, wares or merchandise shall be unknown in lieu of the entry herein before directed to be made, an entry thereof shall be made and received according to the circumstances of the case, the party making the same, declaring upon oath all that he or she knows or believes concerning the quantity and particulars of the said goods, and that he or she has no other knowledge or information concerning the same; which entry, as well the first as the last, shall be made in writing and shall be subscribed by the party making the same.
And in order to ascertain what articles ought to be exempted from duty, as the sea stores of a ship or vessel,
Be it further enacted , That the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall particularly specify the said articles in the report to be by him made as aforesaid, designating them as the sea stores of the said ship or vessel; and in the said oath to be taken by such master or other person, he shall declare that the articles so specified as sea stores are truly such, and were bona fide put on board the said ship or vessel for the use of the officers, crew and passengers thereof, and were not brought and are not intended by way of merchandise or for sale; where upon the said articles shall be free from duty: Provided always , That if it shall appear to the collector to whom such report shall be made together with the naval-officer, where there is one, or alone where there is none, that the quantities of the said articles so reported as sea stores are excessive, it shall be lawful for the said collector jointly with the naval-officer, or alone as the case may be, in his or their discretion, to estimate the amount of the duty on such excess; which shall be forthwith paid by the said master or person having the command or charge of the said ship or vessel to the said collector, on pain of forfeiting the value of such excess. And if any of the said articles shall be landed for the purpose of being sold, or to be otherwise used than as the sea stores of the ship or vessel in which they were brought, all such as shall be so landed shall be forfeited, and the master or commander of such ship or vessel being privy thereto, shall moreover forfeit and pay treble the value of the articles so landed.
(To be continued.)
State of New-Hampshire.
P URSUANT to an Act of the General Court of the State of New-Hampshire, passed in June, 1790, empowering the Selectmen to tax all the lands belonging to non-residents and resident owners of land in the town of Protectworth, at the rate of two pence per acre,—I the subscriber being chosen Collector of the same, do hereby give notice, that unless said tax is paid in labour or money agreeable to said Act, within one year from this date, their land will be advertised for sale, and those who are disposed to pay said tax in labour, may apply to the selectmen or subscriber who will attend said business on the last week in May next, the first week in June, July, August and September following.
NATHANIEL CLARK, Collector. Protectworth, November 6, 1790.
T AKEN up adrift the 8th inst. in pulpit-reach (so called) a MOSES-BOAT , about fourteen feet long, painted inside with Spanish-brown; the owner may have her again, by applying to Sampson Trefethern, of Newcastle, and paying charges.