The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-11-14 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 &amp; entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
Foreign Intelligence.
By the Brig Polly and Sally , Capt Rich , who arrived at Boston the 6th inst. in 36 days from Bristol , the following interesting advices are received.
SIEGE OF THIONVILLE.*
PARIS, Sept. 14.
THE following is the account of the late attack of Thionville , on the 5th and 6th of Sept. and of the resistance of the garrison, stated in a letter which M. Mealin read in the National Assembly on Friday last, and the authenticity of which he warranted.
“The enemy had erected their batteries near the chapel of St. Anne, between the Luxembourg gate and that of Metz, in a small plain, which commanded the fort above La Haute-guge , on the right bank of the Moselle . The troops stationed to defend the fort, perceiving that the enemy were endeavoring to throw up works and to form a trench, with a view of establishing their batteries in the spot abovementioned, agreed to suffer them to proceed, until a favorable opportunity for interrupting might occur. The besieged being informed that the enemy meant to give the signal of attack by firing a gun, waited patiently, till midnight, each of the cannoniers lying down by the side of their guns.—As soon as the besiegers gave the signal, their batteries began to play, but their fire continued only a quarter of an hour, during which time three shells fell in the town, one on the parish church, another on the house of M. Henrion , in the grand street, which did no damage, and the other in the third story in the house of M. Fosse , in Hospital-street which destroyed the furniture, and set fire to the bed.
“At the end of a quarter of an hour the batteries of the town and fort, lighted by fire-pots, played for three hours.—The first discharge, which was with langridge, killed many of the enemy, who had advanced in order to attempt an escalade, and this fire obliged the assailants to abandon the place. The garrison then being at liberty to sally forth, collected the spoils left by the enemy, among which they found the planks destined to assist them in scaling the walls. Having carried all these things into the fort, a second sally was made to destroy
* A strong fortified town, lying on the river Moselle , about 150 miles from Paris.
the works of the enemy. It is asserted that three Princes were killed in this action among whom was the Prince of Waldeck, who at least lost an arm; and that the enemy carried off three waggon loads of dead bodies. When the garrison made their first sortie, they found near the batteries of La Haute-guge , limbs and arms of every kind, together with cloaks, watches, &c. The enemy satisfied with this first check have attempted nothing since. The deserters from the camp of Richemont say, that they lost in this affair 450 men, and that they would have given four thousand to preserve the Prince of Waldeck. The environs of town are at present inundated by the river Seille , the current of which has been stopped.—Fresh orders have been given to the citizens to cut down all the trees within 250 toises of the glacis, General Kellerman's army, composed now of 35,000 men, 12,000 of whom are cavalry, quitted last Sunday Void sur la Menre , in order to advance towards Bar . Others say that a part of this army have joined that of Dumourier , and that two columns have blocked up the King of Prussia in Verdun .
“The following facts respecting Longwy are given on the report of a person who arrived in this town, by permission of the Commandant of that place. The enemy have left there only 1800 men, together with the cannon which they employed in the siege. The mortars and howitzers have been conveyed to the army before Thionville . The Municipality continue their operations, but the District no longer exists. Great mortality prevails among the horses, because they have been fed with unripe wheat. The camp of Richemont appeared this morning as if about to move towards Briey . It is, however, pretended that the cavalry only have departed, and that the infantry have descended into the plain of Thionville , where it seems they intend to carry on a regular siege.
“If such is their plan, and if they once open trenches, they will certainly be detained there three months.”
September 16.
A Courier extraordinary from the Lower Pyrenees has bro't an account of a near intended invasion on the part of Spain —That the Court of Madrid on hearing of the King's suspension had put its forces on the war
establishment, and that the French Ambassador had been ordered to withdraw.
September 19.
During the night of Sunday and Monday last, some of the mob here broke open the Jewel-office belonging to the crown, and stole out of it all the jewelry and regalia.
The treasure deposited in this place, comprising diamonds and other precious stones, the rich presents made by foreign Princes, &c. was by far more valuable than that belonging to any other crowned head in Europe. The total value of the diamonds, pearls, coloured stones, and diamond ornaments of the King's dress alone, is estimated at about one million sterling.
LYONS, SEPT. 15. In imitation of the example set by the Parisians, the prisons in this city were forced open and the prisoners, though defended by the Municipal Officers, were all slaughtered indiscriminately—nothing could exceed the fury of the populace, and the effects it produced are too shocking to relate;—several heads were carried through the streets. One of the prisoners had escaped from his murderers, and came to the Hall of the Magistrates, to implore protection; but even the Judges could not save him from the monsters who were in pursuit of him, and who cut him in pieces, with several more unfortunate citizens and prisoners, in the very presence of the officers of Justice.
At night the bloody scenes increased—every moment the prisons were opened—a great number of priests were murdered—one of them was disguised in woman's cloaths; the slaughter did not cease until the streets were covered with dead bodies.
An insurrection has also taken place at St. Martin , near Lyons ; seven persons, among whom were four priests, were saved from being massacred by a party of National Guards.
LONDON, August 18.
Extract from the Calcutta (East-Indies) Magaz. of Nov. 1791.
“ON opening a store room in the New Fort, some days ago, it was observed that a bottle of linseed oil had been thrown from a table, and had been broke by its fall, upon a chest which stood near it.—The chest having been opened, it was discovered that a checked cotton dress, which had been left in it by a Lascar , was nearly reduced to tinder, and was then on fire. A circumstance so extraordina-
ry occasioned an alarm, and the Lascar was confined on suspicion of having set fire to his clothes, with an intent to burn the building, and of having broken the bottle of oil upon the chest to assist the conflagration: however, after some time, an idea was suggested, that the oil, which was drying linseed oil, might possibly have occasioned the fire.
“Several experiments were immediately tried, and it was found that by partially wetting a piece of cloth with the same kind of oil, rolling it up, and putting it into a small box, it began to smoke in three hours, and on the box being opened it immediately burst into flames.
“This discovery was very satisfactory, as it cleared the Lascar from suspicion, and in some measure accounts for the conflagration in Fort-William , in March 1782; particularly as that fire is said to have broke out in the painter's shop.”
Copy of a letter from M. la Fayette , to the Municipal officers at Sedan , dated Bouillon , August 19.
GENTLEMEN,
“If the last drop of my blood could serve the Community of Sedan , it has a right to the sacrifice, and this would cost me less than that which I now make, but at the moment, when I foresee, by reasons that will not escape you, that my presence with you would tend only in a few days to bring you into danger, I ought to spare the city of Sedan the misfortunes of which I should be the cause, and I think the best means of serving it is by removing from it a man whom all the enemies of liberty have prescribed, who will never bow to any despotism, and who, penetrated with grief at being no longer able at present to be useful to his country, feels consolation only in the vows he puts up, that the sacred cause of liberty and equality, whose holy name is profaned, if that be possible, by the crimes of a faction, may not at least be held long in subjection, and in the oath which he renews before a community truly patriotic, to be faithful to the principles that have animated his whole life.
(Signed “LA FAYETTE.”)
September 17.
Extract of a letter from France , brought by the Mail of yesterday.
“Things in the capital remain much as they were last post; the slow approach of the

combined armies gives rise to many and various conjectures; their friends attribute the slowness of their advance to prudent well digested caution, while their enemies attribute it to fear of being surrounded, defeated, and cut to pieces; but we have some reason to believe that it will turn out that the wisest councils direct their operations, and that it will appear that measures of consequence are concerted that will occasion an important change in the affairs of France; in fact, the sensible part of the nation, those who neither wish to see despotism re-established nor the reign of anarchy prevail, but who anxiously desire to see a liberal government established, such as will do honor to human nature, are (seconded by a strong party) busily employed in negotiation with the Court of Great Britain, and that of Prussia, in endeavouring to bring about a proposal from those two Courts, to acknowledge the Constitution as accepted and sworn to by Louis the XVIth, and upon that ground to reinstate that Monarch again upon the throne of France, and to enter into an alliance with the French nation for the formation of a government upon the above principles. It is thought, that should such a proposal be made to the National Assembly, they would not refuse it, as it would be grounded upon such fair principles, that the nation would not suffer so glorious an opportunity of establishing a rational government to pass by."
SEPTEMBER 20.
The Dutch mail confirms the report of the successful sortie made by the French from Thionville . It says, "the besieged display not merely firmness, but thinking themselves out of all danger of being taken, they insult the besiegers, and approach even so near, as particularly to direct their musketry against the camp of the emigrant French, which is in the centre of the allies. The son of the Count d'Artois was very near being killed by a cannon shot; a person was killed by his side. The artillery is played with great effect. The Austrians have chiefly exerted themselves to lay the town in ashes, instead of attacking it by a regular siege."
The ruling faction in Paris has intimated in writing to the Duke of Brunswick , that his attempt to approach the capital shall be the the signal for murdering the King and Queen of France .
The influence of the Emperor and the King of Prussia over the Diet which is shortly to assemble at Ratisbon , cannot be doubted; and when they declare war against France , they
must by their Constitution furnish an army of near 100,000 men. Of these the King of England , as Elector of Hanover , supplies 10,000.
A Russian Lieutenant-General is, at this moment, at the head of a body of Polish troops, in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ; the Ambassador of that nation regulates every thing in the capital; the King and his Ministers have been obliged to sign all the Declarations presented to them; and Poland is now, to all intents and purposes, a Russian Province.
A considerable number of French Emigrants have arrived at Liverpool in great distress, the liberal inhabitants of that town, have opened a subscription for their relief, which, we hear, is likely to amount to a sum, that will do honor to their humanity.
Letters from Barcelona state, that five sail of French ships of the line were at anchor off Nice , the 24th of last month, for the avowed purpose of bombarding that place, on the first movement of the Sardinian troops to join the confederate army.
SEPTEMBER 22.
Advices received yesterday from France mention, that it was reported that the Duke of Brunswick had encountered the French army under the command of Dumourier in a general action near Chalons , and obtained a decisive victory; near 10,000 of the French being said to be cut to pieces. WAR was declared by Spain against France on the 2d of this month, and Messrs. Rubi , Alvarez and Delasey , are appointed to be his Catholick Majesty's Generals.
FROM PARIS, SEPT. 10.
This country continues to be drenched in blood; and the genius of this once polished people, seems to suffer a gradual deterioration; their cruelty exceeds belief, and they every day give new and shocking proofs of their ingenious barbarity. In my last I had occasion to mention an order of the National Assembly for transferring the State Prisoners from Orleans to Saumur : the banditti of Marseilles , whom the sanguinary chiefs of the capital sent to escort them, received and disobeyed the legislative and municipal mandate, marched on to Versailles , where they arrived yesterday, with their devoted victims—they led them in great pomp through the principal streets, until they came exactly opposite to the War-Office, where, dreadful to tell! they put every soul of them to death, without even the formality of a mock trial! the prisoners, fifty-three in number, were all either Bishops, Dignitaries of the Church, or Officers in the army.
[Capt. MANNING, in the Brig Thomas , arrived here since our last, has favored us with London papers—from which we have selected the following
Late European Intelligence.
COPENHAGEN, August 28.
It is difficult to express the sensation which the accounts of the events of the 10th of August, which the French Minister has received by a courier, has caused here. Our Court has resolved for the present to break off all official communication with FRANCE —and not to resume it during the suspension of the royal authority. Baron de Bluhme, the Danish envoy at Paris, has by this time quitted that unfortunate capital.
TREVES, August 28.
The Swiss regiment of Chateau-Vieux , which remained in the pay of France , on the twenty-fourth of August quitted its garrison of Bitche , to repair to Toul ; but when about a league from the former of these places, the officers proposed to the officers to return to their own country. This was instantly acceded to; each soldier received 40 cartridges, and the regiment the same day arrived without any accident at Deux-Ponts . This corps, which lost a great number at Nancy , consists of about 600 men.
MADRID, August 25.
Since our court has learned the events which happened at Paris on the 10th instant, and the attempts committed against His Most Christian Majesty and his august family, the system of neutrality which they seemed to have adopted is entirely changed: in consequence of which orders have been issued in Catalonia for every one to declare the number of his different carriages, horses and mules, and to be ready to deliver them on the first requisition. The King has also ordered all the straw in Barcelona and Figuera to be bought up.
PARIS, September 12.
The number of men that marched from Paris to reinforce the army from the 3d to the 9th instant, according to the account kept by the Commandant General of the National Guard, is 9897. To these are to be added 2,200 that marched on the 10th, and 5000 who have gone from the neighbouring districts, making in all about 17,000 able-bodied men, well armed and equipped. The Commissioners to the district of Soissons , &c. write that they shall send 10,000 men to Chalons , well armed and equipped, and 58 pieces of cannon of the arsenal of la Fere .
The Commissioners sent to Roche-fort write that they have sent 37 wagon loads of ammunition by land, and that several vessels with cannon are already sailed for Rouen .
The National Guards and Gendarmes at Chalons proposed visiting the prisons, and executing summary justice on the prisoners; in other words, imitating the murders of Paris . From this detestable purpose they were dissuaded by the Commissioners of the National Assembly there.
The Commissioners to the Department of the Sout write, that the most perfect tranquility reigns at Avignon , the garrison of which consists of 4000 men well armed, disciplined, and obedient. Two battalions of the Department of La Drome , consisting of 800 men each, desire to be employed, and the Commissioners recommend them as fit for immediate service.
The Administrators of the Department of the Lower Seine write, that having before sent one battalion to the colonies; they have now sent two to the frontiers, and twelve pieces of cannon for the defence of Paris ; that eight companies beside are ready to march to Meaux on the shortest notice, and that the number of sailors at their disposal amounts to 15,000.
Commissioners sent to Chalons by the Commons of Paris state a number of volunteers, part of the garrison of Verdun , with a detachment of the regiment, formerly Walsh's , marching armed towards Meaux , had been stop-
ped at Dormans by the Gendarmerie, and conducted to Chalons . These men on their march gave out that Verdun was given up by the Administrative bodies, and the inhabitants, who obliged the garrison to surrender; that they had been loaded with favors by the King of Prussia and the Duke of Brunswick , who said to them and to the people, "You have nothing to fear from our armies; we come not to make war upon you, but merely to re-establish Louis XVI. on the throne. Far, therefore, from opposing our efforts, it is your interest to follow our standard, or at least to remain quiet, and so much the more, as you are every where betrayed, and your defeat certain." The Commissioners of the National Assembly, by a letter dated 10th inst. confirm this account. The camp at Chalons is begun, and two battalions are under tents.
According to a letter from General Dumourier , dated the 9th, M. Labourdonnaye is arrived at Chalons , from which he writes to General Kellerman , arrived himself at Bar-le-Duc , that he is marching to join him with 12,000 men, a large train of artillery, and a few cavalry. General Dumourier thinks this junction may take place on the 14th. On the other side General Bournonville is in motion, and General Dumourier hopes that he shall be able to make him take an advantageous post in a few days.
On the 8th the Prussians raised their camp at Baricourt with great precipitation, leaving behind them a large quantity of corn, wine, and forage. The emigrants are marching towards Varennes , and the Prussians to Clermont ; but General Dumourier does not think that they mean to penetrate by that passage, because General Dillon can make a vigorous opposition.
The Minister at War has announced the raising of the camp of Maulde , and the return of the troops to Valenciennes . This movement was effected in good order. M. Moreton , the commander, speaks highly of the defence of the post of Mortague , by the first battalion of the volunteers of the Cote-d'Or , and that of Chateau de l'Abbaye by the first battalion of Pas-de-Calais . He bestows equal praise on the troops who fought in the affair of St. Amand , at which he assures that our loss was very small. M. Moreton means to take post between the Escaut and the Sarthe .
General Kellerman is posted at Ligny , in such a situation as to be able to march to the several points where his presence may be required, and to receive reinforcements.
The above is the substance of the official information. I enter into no details on private information, because I have always found such to be false."
Arlon, in the county of Luxembourg, Sept. 2. General Clairfait is at Montmedy , but will not, it is supposed, besiege it. The gunners have broke the Commandant of that place, M. de Ligne , and chose one of their officers for Governor. They refuse to listen to any proposals to surrender. All eyes are fixed on Thionville , surrounded by the army of Prince de Hohenloe , and part of the army of the French emigrants. The garrison is strong, and the town well stocked with provisions. The citizens of this place also, in concert with the garrison, have deposed the Governor, and elected one of their own chusing, who is a staunch friend to the reigning party, and has sworn to defend the town to the last; hitherto he has kept his word, and the Imperialists have lost 500 men in erecting one battery; in consequence of which General Quere-londe , a very skilful engineer, is gone to direct the siege. On the 30th the besieged made a sally, and destroyed eight batteries which were ready to play; but our troops suffered most from a floating battery. The approaches to the town are impracticable, on account of the large sluices with which they inundate the environs. General Quere-londe has caused some large batteries to be built of 24 pounders; they are on the heights of Guntrange , and are to play red hot balls on the town.

NANTZ, August 26.
We learn by the ship Alexander , which left Leogane on the 9th of July, that tranquility is re-established at Port-au-Prince and in the southern quarter. Nearly all the negroes have returned to their plantations, and begun to work again with great activity.
L O N D O N, September 18.
Intelligence was said to be received in town yesterday, that the French Resident had left Switzerland, that republic having resolved on a war with France; and that the Diet of the Canton was hastily summoned to meet at Baden.
The increase of Volunteers is prodigious. Two thousand four hundred now leave Paris daily; and a greater number would go, but that the measures taken for their accommodation upon the road do not permit it.
From several villages, every man able to bear arms is enlisted, and preparing to march. The little Community of Fontenay, near Vincennes, has contributed forty men, equipped and provisioned. Two communities defiled before the National Assembly, on Thursday, women armed with pikes, began the procession; the Municipal Officers then expressed at the bar the civic sentiments of their fellow-citizens. One of these communities, which had already supplied sixty men, then presented eighty more. None but fathers of families remained in the village, and, if the dangers of the country increased, they also would fulfil their oath, to die rather than to submit to chains.
The works of the Parisian camp from Montmartre, as far as the road to St. Denis are much advanced. The lines are traced as far as Villette. Three hundred thousand pounds of powder has been sent from Paris to the army, and an equal quantity remains there and at St. Denis. Seven hundred thousand pounds more are immediately expected, together with 400 pieces of cannon. A vessel loaded with forty thousand pounds arrived on Thursday, which quantity was taken to the invalids to be formed into cartridges. An arsenal is to be formed in the middle of the Palais Royal, in which a great number of cañon will be preserved for all emergencies.
The King and his family still continue in the small apartments, adjacent to the great court of the temple. The King passes the greatest part of the day in the room, where all the family meet, or walks and reads in the garden. Mademoiselle ELIZABETH does the same.
Two centinels are constantly at the doors of the apartments; the King, during his walks in the garden, is also always accompanied by two municipal officers.
Another suite of apartments is preparing for his MAJESTY in the Court of the Temple, composed of an antichamber, a bedchamber, two cabinets, a hall for the Commissioners, and a chamber for the domestics, with a cabinet. All the windows have iron rails. In one of the apartments is the inscription, "Liberty, Equality, Property, Safety." These apartments are upon the second floor; the first and third floors will be occupied by the corps-degarde. In the ground floor, containing five or six rooms, the PRINCE ROYAL will be lodged. The small apartments, adjoining the tower, are destined to MARIA ANTOINETTE, her daughter, and Madame ELIZABETH.
There is no doubt, that two hundred members of the National Convention will meet, on Thursday, in Paris, and as soon as that number is assembled, the functions of the present National Assembly cease.
SEPTEMBER 22.
Since Monday last the entries of goods for different parts of America, to the amount of 160,000l. have been made at the Custom-House.
Extract of a letter from Paris, Sep. 17.
"I am sorry to say, that we have the omens of new massacres in Paris. The hellish faction of Roberispierre, Marat, Chabot, and others, have actually been insinuating that the prisons are a-
gain loaded with suspected persons. The Minister of Justice has found, that since the massacre between four and five hundred persons have been imprisoned in Paris by the Municipality, the Sections, and individuals—some of them upon crimes alledged, but most of them on mere undescribed suspicion. The Assembly knowing well that the insinuations of these ruffians are signals for execution, have taken measures to save these poor wretches from the fury of the mob.
There is but too much reason to fear that the present war against France, as far as the Emigrants are concerned in it, will be aggravated by all that the supposed right of retaliation generally produce.
N E W-Y O R K, October 30.
A gentleman directly from Quebeck, brings the following intelligence:—That four thousand troops had lately arrived from England as a reinforcement to the western posts, and two ships loaded with warlike stores.
B O S T O N, November 7.
At the date of our latest European accounts, M. la FAYETTE was still at Namur, a prisoner to the Duke of BRUNSWICK, who refuses to parole him—His lady is in England.
The combined armies under the Duke of BRUNSWICK, amount in all to 130,000 men. Verdun, at which place the Duke was, the 10th Sept. capitulated the 2d Sept. Its garrison was 3500 men. Verdun is between Paris and Thionville.
Mr. THOMAS PAINE and Dr. PRIESTLY [not his son] are chosen Members of the French National Convention, for trying LOUIS XVI.
The Massacres reported to have taken place, in Paris, were those of the Swiss Prisoners, and some of the female attendants of the Queen, on the 2d Sept. The number was not Two Hundred!
The Court of Spain has actually declared WAR, against France,
Marshal LUCKNER is reinstated in his command. He is Generalissimo of the three French armies; whose numbers amount to about 100,000 men—daily recruiting.
There are above 40,000 French Emigrants in England, and the number increases hourly.
A R R I V E D,
Ships Charlotte, Mackay, London; Statira, Tripe, Liverpool; Scipio, Ramsay, Greenock; brigs Galen, Holland, London; Nancy, Chace, Havre-de-Grace; John and James, Matthews, St. Johns; Elizabeth, Tower, Port-au-Prince; Betsey, Butman, St. Croix; Favorite, Merritt, Dublin; Dolphin, Leavitt, St. Johns; Maria, Young, St. Sebastian; Dolphin, Blackley, Martinique.
C L E A R E D,
Ship Mary, Barnard, London; Schooner Success, Taylor, St. Jago.
CENTINEL MARINE JOURNAL.
Arrived, ship Neptune , Capt. Scott, in 5 weeks from Land's End, England. Capt. Scott spoke in lat. 42½ long. 47. W. with the brig Cicero , 22 days from St. Sebastian, bound to Salem, all well.
Arrived brig Statira , Capt. Tripe, from Liverpool. Sailed from Liverpool 14th Sept. in company with the Elizabeth , Hooper, for Boston, and Polly , Chandler, for Newburyport.
Capt. Hooper, arrived at Marblehead, spoke with the ship—, Capt. Spencer, from Liverpool, bound to Boston, about 30 leagues to the westward of the Grand-Bank—all well.
The Mary , Capt. Barnard, will sail for London on Sunday next, wind and weather permitting.
The Nancy , Capt. Chace, from Havre-de-Grace, spoke the sloop Maxwell , of Grenada, from Boston, bound to Grenada, in lat. 27, 22, long. 60, all well.
Capt. James Ferguson, from St. Lucia, for Newburyport, was spoke with on the 5th Nov. 35 leagues west of Cape-Ann, by Captain Ramsay, in the ship Scipio .
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.
Capt. SALTER, in the brig Betsey , arrived here on Monday last,—He informs that on the 4th inst. in lat. 41, 40—Long. 64, 00, he spoke the ship—of Portsmouth, Capt. Penha Ilow from Portland bound to Bristol, four days out—same time spoke the ship Thomas , of Boston, Capt. Staples, bound to Bristol, and Schooner Industry , of Marblehead, bound to Bilboa, five days out, all well.
ENTRIES at the Custom-House
E N T E R E D FROM Brig Triumph, Lothrop, N. Brunswick. Brig Thomas, Saker, England. Brig Polly, Parsons, N. Carolina. Brig Minerva, Haliburton, St. Martins. Brig Betsey, Salter, Poole. Brig Mary, Jones, St. Martins. C L E A R E D FOR Schooner Jane, York, W. Indies. Sloop Sally, Fernald, S. Carolina. Schooner Hannah, Kenney, N. Scotia.
T O B E S O L D,
B OHEA, Hyson, Souchong & Gunpowder TEA—NUTMEGS, CLOVES, PEPPER, ALLSPICE, RAISINS, FIGGS, ALMONDS, West-India RUM, Holland GIN, in cases, French BRANDY, Madeira WINES in pipes, half and quarter ditto, Lisbon WINE, Sherry WINE, MOLASSES, COFFEE, COTTON, Brown SUGAR, Loaf ditto, Swedes and Russia IRON, Pot IRON, Window GLASS, Russia DUCK, Ravens do. CORDAGE, Sheat LEAD, Roal BRIMSTONE—All which is warranted good of their kind, and will be sold low for Cash, at the Store occupied by ICHABOD NICHOLS, near Spring-Hill, in this town.
Portsmouth, Nov. 11.
Take Notice.
THE non-resident proprietors of the town of Fairfield, in the county of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire, who have not paid their taxes to me the subscriber, of one dollar, granted by said proprietors, on the 20th September, 1783, and three shillings, 13th December, 1791, at their legal meeting, are as follows, viz. Nathaniel Cushman, Hinchman Bennet, Polycarpus Cushman, Artemas Cushman, William Cushman, Nathaniel Hatch, James Laffel, John Crocker, John Crocker, jun. Joshua Elderkin, Joshua Booth Elderkin, Oliver Barber, Obediah Barber, Aaron Barber, Abner Flint, Isaac Cushman, Nathaniel Cushman, jun. Roland Twist, Roland Twist, jun. Silas Twist, John Strong, David Barber, Benjamin Lyman, Jedediah Strong, Ebenezer Garey, Asahel Clark, jun. Allerton Cushman, Ambrose Cushman, Samuel Clark, Simon Clark, Consider Cushman, Joab Cushman, Alexander Phelps, Negiah Bliss, Jehiel Rose, Samuel Clark 3d, Samuel Robinson, Samuel Robinson, jun. John Hurd, Ebenezer Leek, Henry Rust, Benjamin Lathrop, Elijah Tisdale, Jacob Elliot, William Sims, Williams Sims, jun. Jacob Sheafe, jun. Eben. Thompson, William Torrey, Thomas Curtain Cheaver, Supply Clap, Jacob Tilton, John Sherburne, Thomas Shannon, James Holland, Nathaniel Hurd, Samuel Hall, David Boynton, so much of their land as will pay said taxes, together with legal cost, on Monday the 3d day of December next, at the dwelling-house of Capt. Abel Holden, in Hanover, in said State, unless previous payment is made to me.
JEDEDIAH STRONG, Collector. Stratford, October 16, 1792.
Vendue.
NOTICE is hereby given to the owners of the following Pews, who are delinquent for taxes, for the year 1791, that unless they pay the arrearage to me, the collector of taxes for the fourth parish, on or before the 10th day of December next, their Pews will be sold at vendue, at said Meeting-House, on said day.
   No. £. s. No. £. s.     11 0 15 (Gallery) 8 0 12   36 1 4 15 0 12   50 1 10 2 0 12   54 0 18 7 0 12   56 1 4   26 0 9   do 15 0 15   do 21 0 15   do 40 0 12  
SOLOMON COTTON, Collector. Portsmouth, Nov. 3, 1792.
Vendue.
THE following Pews in the South Meeting-House, delinquent for the Parish tax, of 1790, in the following sums, will be sold on the 10th day of December next, at public vendue, at said house, unless the taxes are paid to me, Collector for the south parish for said year, before that time, viz.
   Numb. l. s. Num. l. s.     30 1 4 55 1 4   48 0 15 56 0 12   do. 69 0 12  
TIMOTHY GERRISH, Collector. Portsmouth, Nov. 3, 1792.
THE subscribers being appointed commissioners, by the Hon. Oliver Peabody, Esq. Judge of Probate of wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors, to the estate of Thomas Piper, late of Northwood, 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 November next, and the four following months, from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M.
SHERBURNE BLAKE, } Commissioners. BENJAMIN KELLEY, } LEVI MEAD, } October 28, 1792.
R A B Y.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors or owners of land in the town of Raby, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1787 and 1789, that so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, on the 6th day of December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Benjamin Farley, in said town.
For 1787.
   specie. cent. ind.   Q'ty. s. d. s. d. s. d.     Josiah Mosher, 100 12 4½ 2 4 5 3   RANDELL M'DONALD, Collector.  
For 1789.
   specie. inde. war & co.   Q'ty. s. d.     Josiah Mosher, 100 1 0 2 3 3 4½   C. Trowbridge, 100 1 0 1 2 3 4½   Corn. S. Gilson, 150 1 2¼ 2 9 4 3¾   Benjamin Saylor, 100 0 9¾ 1 10½ 2 9¾   Com. land N. of Tannapos pond, 200 1 8 3 9 5 6½   Com. land W. & NW of Potter's mills, 300 2 6 4 2 8 4¾   Israel Hobart, 10 0 2 0 4 0 6½   Timo. Saylor, 50 0 4 0 9 1 1½   Mr. Balch, 150 1 2½ 2 9 3 11¼   ELEAZER GILSON, Collector. Raby, October 25, 1792.  
BLANKS of all kinds, as usual, to be sold at J. MELCHER's Printing Office, in Market-Street.

Parnassian Spring.
THE GREENWICH PENSIONER.
T WAS in the good ship Rover, I sail'd the world around, And for three years and over, I ne'er touch'd British ground; At length in England landed, I left the roaring main, Found all relations stranded, And went to sea again.  That time bound straight to Portugal, Right fore and aft we bore, And when we made Cape Ortegall, A gale blew off the shore; She lay so it did shock her, A log upon the main, Till saw'd from Davy's locker, We put to sea again.  Nest in a frigate sailing, Upon a squally night, Thunder and lightning bailing The horrors of the night; My precious limb was lopp'd off, And when they eat'd my pain, Thank'd God I was not popped off, And went to sea again.  Yet still I am enabled, To bring up in life's rear, Altho' I am disabled, And lie in Greenwich tier; The King, God bless his royalty, Who saw'd me from the main, I'll praise with love and loyalty, But ne'er to sea again.
Take Notice.
District of New-Hampshire. A NY person inclining to contract for furnishing RATIONS for the Troops to be recruited at Exeter, under the direction of Captain JONATHAN CASS—also Barracks, Fire-wood and Straw, are desired to transmit their terms to JOSHUA WENTWORTH, at his Office, who is empowered to superintend the recruiting supplies. Supervisor's Office, Portsmouth. Nov. 2. A ration consists of— One pound of flour or bread. One pound of beef or ¾ lb pork. Half a gill of American rum or whisky.
One quart of Salt, Two quarts of Vinegar, Two pounds of Soap, One pound of Candles, } Per hundred Rations.
N OTICE is hereby given, that the commission of insolvency, on the estate of WILLIAM REEVE, Esquire, late of Bristol, in the kingdom of Great-Britain, merchant, deceased, is lengthened, by order of the Honorable Oliver Peabody, Esquire, Judge of Probate, for the county of Rockingham, 'till the 15th day of May, 1793.—Claims will be receiv'd at the Town-Clerk's Office, as heretofore, on the 3d Wednesday, in this and every month, until the limitation is expired.
SUPPLY CLAP, WM. GARDNER, GEO. WENTWORTH, } Council.
Portsmouth, Nov. 5, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Wentworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1791, that so much of their land, as will pay the same, together 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.
1st division. 2d div. und. 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. 
JOHN GODDARD
Has Imported in the last vessels FROM LONDON AND BRISTOL, A general assortment of HARD WARE Goods Which he will sell VERY CHEAP, by wholesale or retail, At his Store on SPRING-HILL, Consisting of the following articles, viz.
   C OMMON and best tined Stirrups, and Bits, of all fashions. Plated Stirrups, of different prices. Do. Bits, Bridle Buckles, Tips, Fronts. Surcingle, Girth, Diaper and Straining Web. Sadler's Awls, Needles, Tacks, Knives. Pricking and Cress Irons, Rowels, side and Cantle Strainers, &c. &c. White and yellow common Saddle Nails Plated and silvered do. Knives and Forks, Carving do. Pen-knives, Jack-Knives, Razors, Scissors, Tailors' Sheers, &c. of various qualities and prices. Sheep-Sheers, Table Steels. A few pair of elegant Patent Steel Snuffers. Polished and common steel and Japaned ditto. A great variety of Locks, Hinges, Files, Bolts and Latches. Joiners and Shoemakers Tools. Masons' Trowels, Socket Shovels, Sad (or Flat) Irons, Frying-Pans, Fire-Shovels and Tongs. Bed-Winches, Bed-stead Screws, Wood Screws, of all sizes. Coffee-Mills. Large, middling & small size Fish-hooks. 20d, 10d, 8d, 6d, and 4d Nails. Sheathing ditto. 6d, 5d, 4d, 3d and 2d Brads. 4d, 3d, and 2d Clout Nails. 14oz. and 8oz Tacks, Shoe Nails, &c. An assortment of Desk, Book-Cafe and Clock-Cafe Furniture. Brass and Princes Metal Chair Nails. Cloak Pins, Brass Knobs and Rings. Chimney Hooks, Brass Screw Pullies. Bell Cranks, Table Catches, Castors, &c. &c. Brass Trimmings, for Chaise Harnes. Brass and Copper Warming-Pans. Copper Tea Kettles, Sauce and Stew-Pans. Brass and Copper Scales, Brass Ink-Cases and Chaffing-Dishes.    B RASS and princes Metal Candle-sticks and Fire-Dogs. Mahogany and Gilt Frame Looking-Glasses. Plain and cut flint and common Glass Ware. A variety of Crockery Ware—among which are complete table sets of blue and green edged. Fine and common Japaned Tea-trays and Waiters, oval and round. Japaned Bread and Fruit Baskets. Do. Book pattern and common Ink-stands, Snuffer Trays, Bottle stands, &c. Japaned & common Iron Candlesticks. Do. and Spring Steel Tobacco Boxes. Plated and Wooden Cruet Frames, with 4, 5 and 8 Glasses, cut and plain. Double and single joint Temple Spectacles. London Pewter Dishes, Plates, Tea-Pots, Basins, Porringers, &c. Composition, hard and common Pewter Table and Tea-Spoons. Plated Shoe and Knee-Buckles and Clasps. White and Yellow Metal do. do. Black Shoe and Knee-buckles. Buckle Chapes, of several sizes. Sash Lines, Spring Shot Belts. Chaise and Riding Whips. Razor Straps, Shaving-Boxes, Ladies' Morocco Pocket-Books. Superfine, fine and common Ivory Combs. Hair-dressers' Horn do. Mane Combs, Curry-Combs. Common and Chamber Bellows. House and Tea-table Bells. Slates of several sizes. Floor, Hearth and Furniture Brushes. Painters' Masons' and Hatters', do. Cloth, Buckle, Shoe, Tooth and Flesh ditto. Brass mounted Scotch braces (or Bit-stocks) with Bits complete. Norway Whet-stones, Chaise Saddle-trees, with many other articles.   
Also at the same Store may be had
Painters' Oil, Colours and Dryers, Dye-Stuffs, Clothiers' Cards, and Press-Papers, Shot by the hundred or less q'ty, Gun-Powder, Allum, Copperas, Whiting, Brimstone, and Red Lead by the cask, Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea Teas, Wines, Spices, Loaf & Brown Sugar, Brandy, Gin, German Steel, Novascotia Grindstones, Sheathing and Wrapping-Paper, Hollow Iron Ware, Iron Camboos and Stoves, Cast Iron Backs and Jambs for chimnies, &c. Portsmouth, November 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 vessel and put immediately on board the coaster; and are perfectly free from any infection.
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.
T O 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.  1.  s.  d.  No.P.  1.  s.  d.    3  1  16  0  7  1  5  0    18  0  18  0  32  2  2  0        50  1  16  0    JOS. AKERMAN, jun, Collector. October 31, 1792.
To the Hon. JOHN PICKERING, Esq. Justice of the peace and of the quorum throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
W E the subscribers, proprietors of more than one seventh part of the township of Errol, in the county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, request you to notify and call a meeting of the proprietors of said township, to be held at the house of Mr. John Stavers, innholder in Portsmouth in the State of New-Hampshire, on Tuesday the 11th day of December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. to act on the following particulars, viz.
 1st. To choose a moderator, proprietors clerk, assessors, collector and treasurer.  2d. To raise the sum of one hundred and eighteen pounds six shillings, being the apportionment of public taxes, assessed on said township by the General-Court of said State, agreeably to their resolution, passed the 13th day of December, 1791; and also such further sums as the proprietors, at their meeting may judge necessary to defray such other charges as have heretofore arisen, or may hereafter arise on said township, and to do whatever may be thought necessary to forward the settlement of the same, and to agree upon a method of calling proprietors meetings in future. 
JACOB ASHTON, JOHN SAUNDERS, jr. SAMUEL WARD, JONATHAN PEELY, ROBERT FOSTER.
Salem, Nov. 1, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
Rockingham ss.
PURSUANT to the foregoing application, the proprietors of Errol aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes aforementioned.
JOHN PICKERING, Justice of the Peace and of the quorum throughout said State. November 8, 1792.
To the Hon. JOHN PICKERING, Esq. Justice of the Peace and of the quorum throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
W E the subscribers, proprietors of more than one seventh part of the township of Millsfield, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, request you to notify and call a meeting of the proprietors of said township, to be held at the house of Mr. John Stavers, innholder, at Portsmouth, in the State of New-Hampshire, on Tuesday the 11th day of December next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. to act on the following particulars, viz.
 1st. To choose a moderator, proprietors clerk, assessors, collector and treasurer.  2d. To raise the sum of one hundred and one pound and eight shillings, it being the apportionment of public taxes assessed upon said township by the General-Court of said State, agreeably to their resolution, passed the 13th day of December 1791; and also such further sums as may be thought necessary to defray the charges which have heretofore arisen, and such others as may hereafter arise on said township, and to do whatever may be thought necessary to forward the settlement of the same, and to agree upon a method of calling proprietors meetings in future. 
JACOB ASHTON, JOHN SAUNDERS, jr. SAMUEL WARD, JONATHAN PEELY, ROBERT FOSTER,
Salem, November 1, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
Rockingham ss.
PURSUANT to the foregoing application, the proprietors of Millsfield aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes abovementioned.
JOHN PICKERING, Justice of the peace and of the quorum throughout said State. Nov. 8, 1792.