The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-11-01 00:00:00

Advertisement of Land near Conway, by the Connell, last page
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1792.]
THE
[Volume xxxv—Numb. 1868.]
New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful & entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
By his EXCELLENCY Josiah Bartlett, Esq. President and Commander in Chief of the State of New-Hampshire.
A PROCLAMATION FOR A PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.
THE benevolent Parent of the universe having been pleased to continue to the citizens of this State, the invaluable blessing of civil and religious liberty, and bestowed on us, in the course of the current year, many great and unmerited favors and blessings, and as gratitude and thanksgiving for favors received is a dictate both of reason and revelation, it becomes us as a people in a public and social manner, with grateful hearts and united voices, to shew forth the praises of our bountiful Benefactor for the many public favors he has been graciously pleased to confer upon us—And the legislature have appointed THURSDAY the fifteenth day of November next, to be observed as a day of public THANKSGIVING thro'out this State, I have thought fit, by and with advice of council, to issue this Proclamation, exhorting the citizens of this State of every denomination, religiously to devote said day to the purpose aforesaid, and with hearts filled with unfeigned gratitude to God, the giver of all our mercies, and with benevolence to our fellow men, express by our words and actions a just and proper sense of the unmerited favors we are made the subjects of, in a particular manner, that it pleased God to continue to us the inestimable blessing of civil and religious liberty, that we still enjoy the means of acquiring useful knowledge, and for the hope of future happiness—that he hath prospered the labours of the husbandman, and has caused the earth to yield a competent supply of the precious fruits of the field—that he has preserved us from wasting and desolating judgments, and that the voice of health is so generally heard in our habitations—that so great a degree of harmony, of peace and concord prevail among us, and that our public affairs in general, wear so pleasing a prospect; and together with our thanksgivings, let us entreat the Father of mercies to pardon our manifold transgressions, to continue to us the blessings we now enjoy, and bestow upon us all further need-
ful favors—that he would be pleased to take the general government of the United States, and of each separate state, and of this in particular, under his peculiar guidance and direction—that he would inspire those who have the management of public affairs with wisdom, prudence, integrity and patriotism, and the people with virtue and knowledge, and a due submission to rightful authority—that a stop may be put to the depredations of the hostile tribes of the aboriginal natives of the people on our western frontiers, and that an equitable and permanent peace may be speedily settled between the United States and them—that it would please God to extend his divine favors to the whole world of mankind, that all idolatry, imposture, superstition, bigotry and persecution for conscience sake, may be abolished by a more abundant effusion of the spirit of pure and undefiled religion which is pure, peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, and that the happy time may soon arrive, when nation shall not lift up sword against nation nor learn war any more, when the principles of justice and virtue, of charity, benevolence and good will to their fellow men, shall universally prevail among all nations.
And it is recommended and expected that all persons religiously abstain from all servile labor, and from such recreations as are unbecoming the solemnity of the day.
Given at the Council Chamber in Exeter, the first day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America the seventeenth.
JOSIAH BARTLETT, By his Excellency's command, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'y
The SPECTATOR.
Life's little stage is a small eminence, In which high the grave above; that home of man, Where dwells the multitude; we gaze around; We read their monuments; we sigh; & while We sigh, we sink and are what we behold.
YOUNG.
HOW short, how transcient, how misimproved is time! Today man boasts pre-eminence; talks of honor, grandeur, glory, and gain; basks in fortune's mid-day beams and blooms in florid pride; to-morrow, all his joys are dead; he sighs, he groans, and bids the world with all its charms farewell. The shortness and rapidity of time is a subject of general complaint; yet short and rapid as it certainly is, no possession, so valuable,
is less improved by mankind. The winged moments that compleat the period of man's existence are fleeting, few and swift to be gone. Man comes into being; is placed in probation; and is candidate for immortality. The design of his creation was to obey and honor his Creator; his state of probation is to prepare himself for immortal happiness, and his immortality will be either happy or wretched. Has he accomplished the all important design of his being? Then he is wise. Has he finished the task assigned him in his probation? Then he is virtuous and happy, and an immortality of happiness will be his gain.—But alas! Such is the inadvertency of men to the design of their being; so inseparably bound to temporal objects are the human affections, and so regardless is man of his religious and moral obligations, that he seems to live only to enjoy the good things of this world without any regard to his future existence. Men drag out life, with these daily complaints—that 'the day hangs heavy on them,' that, 'they do not know what to do with themselves,' that, 'they are at a loss how to pass away their time,' and with many others, too shameful and absurd for reasonable and intelligent beings. They procrastinate their business, and idle away the day, 'till night comes on, when no man can work;—for as the poet says,
Man flies from time, and time from Man; In sad divorce this double flight must end, And then where are we?
Each surrounding object conspires to convince us of the lapse of time and the decline of life. The beauty of external objects is a strong testimony of this reality. The lover absents himself for a time—returns to his favorite, and is surprised to find the bloom of her beauty faded, and withered to decay. The flux and reflux of the tide has a strong analogy to the ebbing and flowing of life. The fun rises, hastens to the meridian, and is as swift to close the day. The quick succession of day and night, the vicissitudes of the seasons, tend to impress the mind with an idea of the rapidity of time, and the decline of life. The falling of the leaves and full grown fruit in autumn, is a most convincing evidence of the decline of nature, and the mortality of all her works. What a perfect similarity between the morning, the noon, the evening, the night, the four seasons of the
year, and the four periods of man's existence! The morning, when nothing is heard but the echo of peace and tranquility, corresponds with the spring, when nature vegetates in tenderness and beauty; the spring is an emblem of childhood and youth, adorned with innocence, and all the charms of budding worth. The noon answers to the summer, and the summer to manhood. The evening is a true representation of autumn, and autumn, under the load of nature's profusion and bending to the ground, is a picture of old age in decline. The night, enveloped in silence and darkness, has a similarity with winter, when all nature, benumbed with frozen sleep, ceases to vegetate; and the winter points out the period when life shall cease together with all its joys, with all its cares, pleasures, hopes and disappointments.
Notwithstanding nature, thro' all her works, exhibits to our view such incontestible evidences of the dissolution of all things, yet such is the indolence, the inactivity and inattention of mankind to the important business allotted humanity, that they conduct as if it were only to sleep, awake, rise up, dress, eat, drink, lie down to sleep again, for
They soundly sleep the night away, And just do nothing all the day.
This constant rotation compleats the business of their several callings and professional employments. Even when a most intimate and valuable friend is summoned to pay the debt of nature, and bid the world adieu, so small is the impression on our minds, that we are scarcely convinced of our own mortality.—Need we only consider the sudden remove of Philander? Philander is no more! Oh generous youth!
Where shall I find him? Angels! tell me where, You know him; he is near you; point him out; Shall I see glories beaming from his brow? Or trace his footsteps by the rising flowers? Your golden wings now hov'ring o'er him, Shed Protection
Philander was fair and comely. His serene and pleasant countenance expressed the goodness of his heart. His temper was calm, gentle and pacific. Disdaining every nice offence, his mind was patient, meek, candid, and charitable. His disposition mild and benevolent. Not like many of his age was he volatile, irascible, vicious and profane; but he was steady, dispassionate, sedate, respectful and virtuous. He made virtue his directress; justice his patron, and innocence

his friend. Prudence guided his steps in a path of conduct reputable, upright, noble and ingenuous. Nature had endowed him with ability, which just began to expand by the culture of science. His genius was sprightly; his thoughts serious, witty and sentimental. Ready for invention, his imagination was fanciful and lively, and his taste no less refined than the polished sentiments of his generous soul. In his conversation he was facetious, urbane, and affable. His manners were courteous, easy, engaging and polite. Free from affectation he never failed to gain the prepossession of his acquaintances, by the native ease and simplicity of his behaviour. His heart was susceptible of the most delicate impressions, which taught him to feel another's woe. He could drop the tear of pity on the bosom of affliction, and feel the pain of the piteous orphan. He was obedient to his parents; sincere to his friends; faithful to society; benevolent to men, and a reverent lover of his God. But alas! Blooming as he was, in the full blossoms of perfection, he did not reach the summer of his age. Fatal, sudden, quick, remove! To-day, flushed with the sprightly lustre of beauty, merit and innocence, he rejoiced in social mirth, and added pleasure to the circle of his friends; but now alas, he is no more! His virtues swell the bosom of the tomb!
Behold the youth once beauteous as the morn, His cheeks once emblems of the vernal rose, Now veil'd in mortal pale! His comely form To the still mansions of the tomb consign'd! Can virtues so divine be doom'd to dwell In breathless clay, all wrapt in pale disease? He chang'd his manhood for an angel's form. His virtues burst the silent grave. He died To live in Jesus' name, thro' him he quits The speechless tomb, and rises to a God.
Philander's fate was pathetically felt and bemoaned by all his friends. Friendship weeps her loss of worth, and science moans a favorite gone. His character is worthy the imitation of all the friends of virtue, religion and morality. While we drop the sympathetic tear on his urn, justly due to his virtues, let us cultivate religion, and every active and social virtue. Let us redeem our time; prepare for a higher and happier state of existence, and compleat the work assigned to humanity. In a word, let us be what Philander was; wise, virtuous and good—then, when time with us shall be no more, we shall know by happy experience, as he did, how beautiful is death when purchased by virtue! Then shall we in the morning of the resurrection day, be clad with the beauties of immortality.
INSTRUCTOR.
EVERY man seeks for truth; but God only knows who has found it. It is unjust to prosecute, and absurd to ridicule
people for their several opinions, which they cannot help entertaining upon the conviction of their reason. It is he who acts or tells a lie that is guilty; not he who honestly believes the lie. The object of all public worship in the world is the same, it is that great Eternal being who created everything.—The different manners of worship are by no means subjects of ridicule—each thinks his own best, and I know no infallible judge in this world to decide which is the best.
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE
of J. R. Esq. an eminent ATTORNEY in New-England.
AT the time Mr. R. graduated, himself and some other of his classmates formed a resolution with themselves, which of the professional vocations to pursue. Mr. R. preferred the study of divinity; which, for a time, he pursued; but after a while left it, and took to the study of medicine;—but not succeeding to his wishes, he relinquished his medicinal studies, and espoused those of the law, where the utmost possible success was the happy reward of his endeavors. Some time after, he chanced to meet with his old comrades, who immediately interrogated him, and admired at the great change he had experienced in point of sentiment, since his graduation.
“Change, indeed! (replied Mr. R.)—but you know my ruling ambition was, to follow that calling which should prove most lucrative; and therefore, I took to the study of divinity, imagining men would give more for the preservation of their souls than any thing else; but finding their carelessness for their souls' good so great, I relinquished it for that of medicine; but my success therein not answering my expectations, I embraced the study of law, as the last alternative, and succeeded equal to my most sanguine wishes; and eventually find, that men will sacrifice an infinitely greater proportion of their interest for the gratification of their passions and wills, than they will for the preservation of either soul or body.”
PARIS, AUGUST 26.
M. DUROSI, Editor of the Gazette de Paris , was tried yesterday at half after five, found guilty of the charges brought against him, and condemned to have his head cut off. He was executed at nine in the evening in the Place de Caroussel .
VENICE.
The Republic of Venice, by a resolution of the 24th of July, forbid French vessels to enter the Gulph of Venice during the present troubles. The above resolution was notified to the
French Ambassador, adding, it was taken in order to observe the strictest neutrality.
In the vicinity of London, the farmers are obliged to give 15s. an acre for cutting of their wheat; and about Edmonton and Enfield they actually give 17s. and 18s. This advance is in consequence of the wheat being lodged, the great length of the straw, and the heaviness of the ear. The price given last year for cutting wheat for twenty miles round London, was, on the average, 10s. the acre.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 28.
Mr. Spears, a trader from the Cherokees, an express from General Pickens, who left the General on Friday the 21st, informs, that we may look for a general Indian war, that they are set on by the Spaniards.—That Col. Anderson has ordered five block houses to be built. The militia have been renewed and inspected—five towns of the Cherokees have broke already with us, and set out against Cumberland.—The Creeks will break this moon, by falling on the State of Georgia. The numerous militia are determined to march to a man; they are in good spirits, and do not in the least doubt of soon humbling the savages.
BALTIMORE, October 12.
By Captain Conner, of the ship Greyhound, who arrived here yesterday, in 37 days from London, we learn, that the forces of the Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, under the command of the Duke of Brunswick, were advancing towards Paris, and expected there in a short time—and that several Members of the National Assembly, who were in favor of the King, had been beheaded by the mob.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.
An opinion has prevailed that the Americans fall short of the longevity of the inhabitants of Europe. After premising that we are less attentive in collecting the instances of long life here than in Europe, we shall enumerate a few extracts from the newspapers during 1789 and 1790. Mrs. Kenzey, N. Carolina, aged 114. Mr. Elithrop, Connecticut, 105. Mr. Carter, Con. 107. Mr. Williams, Con. 101. Mrs. Dowsey, Con. 103. Mrs. Dixon, Mass. 101, and Mrs. Newton, 106, whose mother was 113, and sister, 102. Mrs. Chapman, Mass. 101. Mr. Hayley, N. Hamp. 101, and Mrs. Ulrich. 105. Mr. Van Verts, Albany, 124. Dr. Vanlear, Penn. 104. Mr. Montz, 100, and Mrs. Benneison, 100.
NORWICH, October 18.
Last spring, Mr. Eliphalet Tracy of Franklin, discovered a sprout of corn near his hogs sty, which by being nourished
and brought to maturity, produced him thirteen full ears of sound corn, containing three thousand and thirty kernels accurately counted—all the produce of a single kernel.
Mr. Christopher Brumly of Preston, raised an artichoke in his garden the summer past, which weighed four pounds six ounces.
Last Tuesday night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a small shock of an earthquake was felt in this and the neighbouring towns.
BOSTON, October 25.
The grand jury of Charleston district, (S. C.) recommend in a late presentment to the legislature, to inflict some other punishment than a fine upon those masters, &c. who are guilty of murdering negroes.
Agreeable FRENCH NEWS.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Bristol, dated August 14.
“Every successive account from Spain confirms us more and more in the opinion that she has yielded to the influence of French politics. The aristocratic French emigrants are no longer looked upon with an eye of favor in that kingdom, and if money has been lent by the King to the exiled princes of France; it has been more from charity than affection. Foreign newspapers are now read by every one in Spain. The civil-inquisition court is abolished, and every measure seems to be pursuing to make the people happy and contented. As to France, there are divisions and parties in Paris, but the kingdom at large is unanimous; and there is little doubt but the government will soon be changed into a republic; at least, from all appearance, the sceptre seems to be departing from the Bourbons. The French have been successful beyond all expectation in infecting the German armies with the spirit of desertion. The pension offered to all deserters from the Austrian and Prussian regiments has generally conquered their attachment to despotism, and there is little doubt but France may in a short time fight the leagued powers with their own forces. The regiment of Wirtemberg, consisting of 800 men, deserted to the French in a body; among the Prussians, desertion is still more formidable; and it is said, from the best authority, that the Emperor has already lost one third of his troops, on the frontiers, by the sword and desertion—It is the fashion among high flying gentry in England to rail at the jacobins of France—Let not the word frighten you, on your side of the water—they are the same as your whigs of seventy-six, and with them rests the salvation of

France—Rely on it, the spirit of the nation is Jacobin, that is, equal liberty, and must eventually carry all before it. Poor nobility is on its last legs; laughed at in England, and kicked out of doors in France. In Paris, a few days since, were burnt publicly six thousand parchment cases, containing genealogies, titles, and tests of nobility—also two hundred cases, composing part of the collection of titles respecting the order of the Holy Ghost, from their institution to the present time. I am sorry for the reports relative to the Marquis: I fear his fond attachment to the King has forever ruined him with the nation."
OCTOBER 27.
INDIAN NEWS.
"The Superintendent of Indian affairs (says a letter from the Creek-Indian Country) has given many presents to the Indians at the Rock-Landing, and the next treaty is to be held at St. Mary's in November. The Spaniards have several emissaries in the nation, and an officer of theirs has lately made his appearance among the Cuffetahs: they endeavor all they can to stop the Indians going to run the lines."
Extract of a letter from Knoxville, dated September 22.
"By an express which reached Governor Blount, at three o'clock, A. M. the 11 inst. it appears, that notwithstanding all his exertions in behalf of the United States, the five lower towns of the Cherokees have resolved for war."
"There is the best reason to believe, a party, consisting of from three to five hundred men, of whom one hundred are said to be Creeks, under the immediate command of John Watts, one of the signers of the treaty of Holston, left those towns on the 7th or 8th inst. with the avowed intention of committing depredations on the frontiers of this territory. On what particular part the stroke will fall, can by no means be foreseen, but the probability is on Cumberland, or this spot. Fortunately Cumberland has some troops on her frontiers for her defence, which may render the stroke should it fall on that quarter, less dreadful, than it otherwise would be—and least it should be intended for the frontiers of Knox county; Governor Blount has ordered the whole of that regiment, consisting of upwards of eight hundred men into actual service, until the destination of Watts, and his party shall be known."
"Watts has just returned from Pensacola, loaded with arms and ammunition, he was invited there through Panton who visited the nation it is said for that purpose; he undoubt-
edly received the first impressions of war from Panton, at Coyattee, by an Indian runner, during the time of the conference held at that place, in May last, with Governor Blount, at that conference he appeared to be the patron of peace and order, and the immediate friend of the Governor."
OCTOBER 29.
Arrived here on Saturday last the ship Little Cherub, BRIDGES, from Liverpool, in 55 days.
By this arrival we learn, that the King and Queen of France were to have their trial 20th September: That the lady of Marquis La Fayette was arrived in London, and that the Marquis, it was supposed, would soon follow.
Escape of M. DE LA FAYETTE, and Capture of LONGWI.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 24.
"M. la Fayette was taken in the following manner;—On the 19th, at ten in the morning a patrol, consisting of several men belonging to the advanced posts of Rochefort, in Aidennes, in the Bishoprick of Liege, where M. Harnoncourt commands, met with a number of French officers, followed by about twenty domestics. They were on the point of being fired at by the piquet guard, but instantly one of the strangers quitted his company, and was conducted to M. Harnoncourt."
"This gentleman was M. Bureau de Pufy, Officer of Engineers. He declared that his friends and himself were French Emigrants, going to Holland. M. Harnoncourt asked him, how it happened that they were going to join the French Princes? M. Bureau answered, that, differing in opinion from them they preferred going to Holland. M. Harnoncourt told him, that they must be treated as prisoners of war. Not one of the company objected to giving his parole, except M. Alexandre de Lameth, who began a fine speech on the right of nations, and said that they were arrested in a neutral country.—They were then on the territories of the principality of Liege. M. Harnoncourt answered, that the French had been so extremely clever in confounding all kinds of rights, and the rights of the nations in particular, that it was no wonder if mistakes should be the consequence. M. de Lameth threatened to write to M. de Mercy. M. Harnoncourt was not intimidated; and those gentlemen are now safe in Namur, where they are to remain until the Duke of Brunswick decides on their fate. They have declared that the army which they have quitted is encamped behind la Chiere, between Mouzon and Stenai. It is said that M. la Fayette, had attempted to found the dispositions of his soldiers, and finding that they had resolved to shoot him, and being desirous himself of living a little longer, he took the first opportunity to pass into an enemy's country."
The following is the exact list of all the prisoners:
"M. la Fayette, Lieutenant-General, Commander in Chief of the Army of the North; Messrs. Alexandre Lameth, de Laumois, Maubourg, senior, Marechaux de Camp; M. de la Colombe, Adjutant-General and Colonel; M. Pellet, War-Commissary (it is said that he did not forget to take the military chest, which contained two millions and a half of livres); M. Victor Maubourg, Colonel of Chasseurs; M. Cardignan, Lieutenant-Colonel of Dragoons; the two brothers Romans and M. Curmer, Captains of Dragoons; Messrs. Masson, Soubeyrna and Gouvion, Captains and Aides-de-Camp;
M. Bureau de Pufy, Captain of Engineers; and M. Charles Maubourg, Officer of Chasseurs."
LONDON, August 30.
Letters received from Luxemburg, dated the 20th inst. inform us, that the fortress of Longwi is taken by the combined armies, and that on the 21st a battalion was to march from Luxemburg to garrison that fortress. By another letter we have the following detail:—"The intention of the army was to scale the place; but before preparations for that purpose could be made, the garrison, whose answer to the first summons was, that every man was resolved to be buried under the ruins of the Fortress, surrendered without attempting to make the least defence! They were all made prisoners of war; they were in number 1800, and were conducted to Luxemburg. The Prussian Bonlangeries were immediately removed to Senger. The troops are in full march to meet Luckner, (now Kellermann) who is encamped with 25,000, under the walls of Metz."
PARIS, August 23.
We just hear that Marshal Luckner has resigned his command. We do not take upon ourselves to assert it as a fact, but we think it more than probable.
Messrs. A. Lameth and La Tour-Maubourg, and all the staff-officers of the army, have followed La Fayette.
M. La Tour-Maubourg was one of the members of the constituent assembly who was sent to Varennes to bring back the fugitive King.
There is not a steady, impartial friend to the sublime cause of freedom, but grieves most sincerely for the very unpleasant altercations which lately took place between the legislative body and M. la Fayette, which ended in the emigration of that young General.
As this paper is going to press, we hear from good authority, that Marshal Luckner has crossed the Rhine alone:
AUGUST 25.
The former stately Palace of the Thuilleries is nearly a wreck;—there is question of levying it to the earth, that the dwelling of so many Tyrants may no longer offend a Free People, and put them in mind of the shackles which galled them for so many centuries.
SALEM, Oct. 30.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
A fishing schooner, belonging to Capt. Samuel Page of Danvers, Gideon Rea, Master, has arrived from the Bay of St. Lawrence, having taken 122,222 fish, about 1200 quintals—the largest fare ever brought in. She was gone five months.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 1.
On Monday last the Inhabitants of this town met agreeably to notification, to consult on the expediency of having an inoculating hospital opened in some convenient place, at a suitable distance from the town; but after inquiring into the state of the small-pox, found that some time since, two women only had taken the distemper, who were immediately removed from the town; this happened at a time when the small-pox was raging in the town of Boston, which place is now intirely free from it, therefore, were of opinion, at this advanced season of the year, and the small-pox not in town, and less danger than during the summer of its getting here, that it would be prudent to use every means in their power to prevent its coming,
and voted that they would not give liberty for opening an inoculating hospital.
Thursday the 29th inst. is appointed by authority to be observed as a day of THANKSGIVING and PRAISE, throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Congress of the United States, are to meet in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday next.
The GAZETTE will be published on Wednesday next, and continue to be published on Wednesdays 'till the 1st of May next, during which time the Mail arrives the day before, agreeable to the winter establishment, which occasions this alteration.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE.
ENTERED FROM Brig Rebecca, Tredick, Gaudaloup. Snow Mentor, Lyon, Dartmouth.
Insurance-Office.
THE public (particularly the commercial part of the community) are hereby informed, that a Society for making Insurance on Vessels and Merchandise, has lately been formed in this town:—The business of which will be transacted at the Store of the subscriber in Market-Street—to whom any persons desirous of making Insurance, may apply every day in the week (Sundays excepted) with a reliance on having it effected on as advantageous terms as can be procured in any part of the United States.
WILLIAM BOYD.
Portsmouth, Nov. 1, 1792.
AUCTION.
TO be sold at Public Auction, on Tuesday the 13th inst. at 11 of the clock, A. M. at the premises—
A DWELLING-HOUSE, with Window-Frames, containing about Eighty Squares of Glass.—Said house stands opposite to Colonel Brewster's, in Cross-Street.—Conditions of sale will be made known at time and place of sale.
GEO. WENTWORTH, Auction'r. Portsmouth, Nov. 1, 1792.
Vendue.
TO be sold at Public Vendue, on Monday the 26th day of November, at 3 o'clock, P. M. at the North Meeting-House, in Portsmouth, for delinquent taxes for 1791, the following PEWS in said Meeting-House, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No.P. l. s. d. No.P. l. s. d.     3 1 16 0 7 1 5 0   28 0 18 0 32 2 2 0   50 1 16 0  
JOS. AKERMAN, jun. Collector. October 31, 1792.
Post-Office,
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 30.
THE Mails, from November 1st to May 1st, are to arrive, and be dispatched from this office as follows, viz. The Mail from Boston will arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. and will leave this Office at 1 o'clock, P. M. on said days. The Mail from Portland is to arrive on said days, at 10 o'clock, A. M. and will leave this office as soon after the arrival of the Boston Post, as the Mails can be sorted and properly arranged. The Post from Concord and Hanover is to arrive on Mondays, at 5 o'clock, P. M. and to leave this Office on Tuesdays, at 12 o'clock at noon.

Parnassian Spring.
THE WIFE.
If marriage gives a happiness to life, Such must the woman be who'll be my wife Beauteous as bright of fancy can express, Meek in her nature, cleanly in her dress; Wise without pride, and pleasing without art, With cheerful aspect, and with honest heart; To sooth my cares, most high, most sweet her long.
To blame my faults, most low, most kind her In looser hours, in hours more dull, still dear; A gay companion, and a friend sincere: Fond without folly, spiritous without rage, And as in youth, may seem the same in age. Ye pow'rs above, if such a woman be, (Such cou'd ye make) that woman give to me: She as a wife must please, and she alone; O give me such a wife—or give me none.
FOR SALE,
A NEW HOUSE, PARTLY FINISHED, With all the land thereunto belonging, Situated on the North side of DANIEL-STREET, Near the Town-Wharf. For particulars enquire of JOHN SHACKFORD of Kittery. Portsmouth, October 30, 1792.
Public Vendue.
To be sold at public vendue, on Wednesday the 14th day of No- vember next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. by virtue of a licence from the Hon. Judge of Probate, for the county of Rocking- ham, the real estate of the late JOHN AYER'S , gentleman, of Portsmouth, deceased, being one small lot of land, with an old house, standing on the same, near the Long-Wharf.—The sale to be at the house of Captain Josiah Smith .— The conditions of sale to be then made known.
JONA. WARNER , Administrator. Portsmouth, October 22, 1792.
To be sold at public vendue, at the house of Andrew M c Millan, Esquire, in Conway, in the county of Strafford, and State of New-Hampshire, on Friday the 9th day of November, 1792, agreeable to an act of said State, by the committee appointed for making and repairing the road from Conway to the upper Coos, a number of hun- dred acre lots of State land, near said road, a considerable part of the pay- ment to be in labor on said road.— Conditions of payment to be made known at time and place of sale. ANDREW M c MILLAN, } for the JOHN M c DUFFEE, } Comm'e. Conway, October 22, 1792.
The subscribers being appointed commissioners, by the Hon. Oliver Peabody, Esq. Judge of Probate of wills, &c. for the county of Rock- ingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors, to the estate of Thomas Piper, late of North- wood, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that we shall attend the business at the dwelling-house of Jonathan Clark, Esq. innholder in Northwood, the last Monday in No- vember next, and the four following months, from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M. SHERBURNE BLAKE, } Commis- BENJAMIN KELLEY, } sioners. LEVI MEAD, October 28, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of Amoskeag-bridge, that the assessments upon each share a- mounts to twenty-one pounds, and that except the same is fully paid to the Treasurer of said propriety, on or be- fore the first day of November next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, the delinquents' shares will be sold at public auction, for the payment of the arrears; at the house of Mr. John Greenleaf, Innholder in Portsmouth at said time, agreeably to a vote of said propriety, at their last meeting—to which time and place the meeting stands adjourned. By order of the Directors, JAMES REID , Proprietors Clerk. Goffstown, October, 10, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and own- ers of land in the township of Went- worth, who have have not paid their taxes for the year 1791, that so much of their land, as will pay the same, to- gether with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 29th day of November next, at one of the clock, P. M. on said day, at the dwelling-house of Nathaniel White, innholder in said town.
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   s. d. q. s. d. d. q.     Jona. Evans, 0 0 0 2 1 5 —   Jacob Garb, 1 1 5 2 1 5 —   Obed. Hall, 0 1 10 0 0 0 —   Jesse Eaton, 0 1 5 0 0 0 —   S. Page, jun. 0 0 0 0 0 8 2   Moses Page, 0 0 0 0 0 8 2   Enoch Page, 0 0 0 0 0 8 2    EBENEZER GOVE , Collector. Wentworth, Sept. 8, 1792.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that a petition has been preferred to the General-Court, by Francis Blood of Hollis; setting forth that some time in the month of September, 1790, he owed one Ralph Emerson of Hollis, about eleven pounds, by a note of hand, and the said Emerson passed his word to one Isaac Appleton, of New Ipswich, a deputy sheriff, who had an execution against the said Blood, for about twelve pounds, which execution was obtained on a judgment, recovered by the widow Elizabeth Amory, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Amory, late of Bos- ton, deceased, for the payment of said sum, last mentioned; and the said Blood in order to indemnify and save harmless the said Emerson from all da- mage which might happen to him, by means of his passing his word as afore- said, as well as to secure him the pay- ment of what was due to him by the note of hand aforesaid, did at the time above mentioned, make and execute to him the said Emerson, a good and va- lid deed of his, the said Blood's farm in Hollis aforesaid, containing about one hundred and twenty-three acres. And the said Emerson did agree at the time of giving said deed, that in case said Blood settled the debts aforesaid, or otherwise secured him the said Emer- son, that he would reconvey the premi- ses aforesaid to him, the said Blood, within about a fortnight from the time of giving said deed: But it so happened that the said Emerson was suddenly killed, on the day before the time ap- pointed for the completion of said busi- ness. And by means of the death of said Emerson, that the said Blood will lose the said farm, unless the General- Court will interpose and provide him a remedy, by vacating said deed and de- claring the same null and void. He further shews, that since the death of said Emerson he has settled the execu- tion aforesaid, and has also paid about nine pounds towards the note of hand aforesaid. Wherefore he prays for relief in the premises.
Upon which petition the General- Court order an hearing before them, on the second Tuesday of their next session, and that in the mean time, the substance of said petition, and order of court thereon, be published three weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Ga- zette, six weeks prior to said day of hearing, that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause (if any he hath) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON , Sec'y. Secretary's Office, Oct. 25, 1792.
A Horse Stolen.
STOLEN from the door of the sub- scriber, on the night of the 10th inst. a Black MARE,—about 6 years old, with a star in her forehead—her right eye of a silver cast—her main on the right side—her hind feet white— trotts chiefly: Whoever will take up the Thief so that he may be brought to justice, and return the Mare to the subscriber, shall have FIFTEEN DOL- LARS reward, paid by VOLENTINE PICKERING. Newington, October 17, 1792.
Fresh Goods.
PETER COFFIN
Has just received per Capt's BARNARD & SCOTT , FROM LONDON, A large and Fresh assortment of FALL & WINTER GOODS; Which will be sold at the lowest advance for CASH.
HE begs leave to inform his customers, and others, that the above goods were not landed at Boston, but taken from the ves- sel and put immediately on board the coaster; and are per- fectly free from any infection. Portsmouth, Oct. 10, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in the following towns, viz. Burton 1784, 1785, 1788 & 1789; Jaffrey 1787 and 1789; Lancaster and Thornton 1788; Mason 1789; Barn- stead 1789 & 1790; Alexandria 1790; Canaan 1790 and 1791; New-Chester and Portsmouth 1791; Ossipee, North- wood and Tamworth 1792;—that the subscriber has received the lists of taxes of said towns for said years—that un- less the said taxes are paid either to him or the Collectors, within eight weeks from the first publishing this ad- vertisement, their lands will be adver- tised for sale for the payment of the same.
NATH'L PARKER , Rec'r N.R.Taxes. Exeter, October 16, 1792.
JUST PUBLISHED
By JOHN MELCHER , And for sale at his Office, CORNER OF MARKET-STREET, PORTSMOUTH, Neatly printed and bound, in one large octavo volume, with a copious index,
L A W S
OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, TOGETHER WITH The Declaration of Independence: The Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United States of America, and his Britannic Majesty: The Constitution of New-Hampshire, and the Constitution of the United States, with its proposed amendments,
THE above Volume contains all the laws of the State afore- said, up to the present day, and was published by order of the Hon. the General-Court, from attested copies, and has since been carefully compared with the originals in the Secretary's Office, and by him certified; and approved of by the Legisla- ture as a correct impression of the Laws of the State, and by their order took place on the 15th day of September last.— The very heavy expence at- tending a work of this kind, prevented the printer from printing so large a number for sale as he otherwise would have done; he therefore recommends it to every person who wishes to be furnished with a copy of the laws of this State, to be speedy in applying for the same.
PROPOSALS
FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A COMPENDIUM of MILITARY DUTY, Adapted for the Militia of the United States.
In Three Parts—CONTAINING Part First—The duty of Soldiers in ge- neral—Non-Commissioned, Commis- sioned, Field and General Officers: with instructions for the conduct of each, both in the Militia, and in ac- tual service.
Part Second—The Manoeuvres and Evo- lutions of the Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry, upon the plan laid down for the Army of the United States, upon the Prussian System.
Part Third—Some particular instruc- tions to officers of partizan corps, interspersed with historical facts, a- necdotes, &c. together with the ma- noeuvres of armies.
The whole carefully collated from the Count SAXE, the Chevalier DE VAL- IERE, M. LAMONT, the Baron STEUBEN, and other eminent cha- racters.
By JONATHAN RAWSON , Esq. Late Aid-de-Camp to Gen. SULLIVAN.
To which will be added, the Militia Laws of the United States.
CONDITIONS.
 I. It shall be printed with a beautiful type—and on good demy paper.  II. It will contain between three and four hundred pages—and be afforded to subscribers at the low price of 6/8.  III. Those who subscribe for twelve copies shall be entitled to a thirteenth gratis. 
If sufficient encouragement offer the book will be embellished with eight copperplate cuts.
This being the first book of the kind ever published in America, although universally wished for, it will undoubt- edly meet with the encouragement just- ly due to the undertaking. A list of the names of the subscribers will be added.
TO be LET or SOLD within 5 miles of Portsmouth, a good FARM.—For particu- lars enquire of the printer. Portsmouth, Oct. 17, 1792.
BLANKS,
FOR SALE—AT J. MELCHER'S Printing-Office, Corner of Market-Street, PORTSMOUTH, —viz.—
 Justice's Writs,  Justice's Sum- monses,  Justice's Executions  Warrantee Deeds,  Quitclaim Deeds,  Collector's Deeds,  Powers of Attorney,  Apprentice's Inden- tures,  Sheriff's Bail Bonds,  Prisoner's Bonds for liberty of the Gaol-Yards.  Importer's Entries of goods,  Captain's Manifests  Coaster's Entries,  Fishermen's articles of agreement, ac- cording to a late act of Congress.  Bills of Lading,  Policies for Insur- ance,  Shipping Papers,  Bills of Exchange,  Charter Parties,  Bills of Sale, &c. 
At the above Office, All kinds of BLANKS are neatly printed, on the short- est notice—with an elegant type, on good paper, at a very reasonable price.
THE YOUNG MASON'S MONITOR,
To which is annexed MASONIC SONGS, ODES, &c. To be sold at this office.