The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1788-09-04 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE
AND
GENERAL
THURSDAY,
PORTSMOUTH:
By JOHN MELCHER,
GAZETTE, THE ADVERTISER.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1788.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN MARKET-STREET.
"WHEN ANGRY NATIONS PART IN LEAGUES OF PEACE, LET PRIVATE FEUDS AND CIVIL DISCORDS CEASE."
For the New-Hampshire Gazette.
On the RESPECT due to OFFICE.
Few of the duties we owe to society is more frequently forgotten than the obligation and interest we have in paying respect to offices civil and religious.
Revolution and public commotions, most imperceptibly lead us to forget this duty, because government being relaxed and broken down, every art must be used by flattery, affability and even familiarity, to combine the disordered community, and to unite in the desired system; this leads every man to suppose himself a ruler, privy counsellor or assistant, and brings all upon a level; the effect is pleasing enough on paper, but, sad experience proves, that such is the aspiring temper of man, that from these stations, he will endeavor to become, or assume the tyrant, dictator, and director. Thus forgetting his place, he must foment divisions to advance himself into those stations, and preserve the appearance of rank: The commotions that result from this and many other causes, have taught society and legislators to select particular men, for certain stations, and vested them with power. The good thence to be derived is not from the great accomplishments of the man only, but the interest the public have in his office. Every one ought therefore to obey and respect it according to those rules which the laws of the land or the custom of the age and country prescribe. It is the office which dignifies the man, in it is embarked the dignity, peace, order and harmony of the public—they who rebel against it, who oppose the exercise of its duties, and the support of its privileges, whilst they only appear to aim at the man, really stab the body to which he belongs, and ought to be and are amenable to the laws for their offence, amongst these faults we enumerate reviling, censuring, and scandalizing governors, judges and other magistrates, attempting every insidious art to traduce and vilify the clergy, and endeavouring to lessen the virtues and good deeds of either: Thus persuading the multitude that ambition and private interest are the only motives of conduct in these men.
Most naturally do certain religious tenets that preach up the utter selfishness of man, lead to this effect, and it is as true as if pointed out or written by a sun beam, that such men possess very many propensities for levelism and divisions. Lest we should persuade ourselves that we shall reach heaven by our good works, they exclude or pre-
vent our doing those acts of charity that lessen human ills, and indulge the benevolent affections; and to this source we may in part attribute the want of many institutions in our country, as asylums for distressed age, the sick and infirm, as well as the wounded soldier, and shipwrecked and maimed seaman.
We cannot be too careful to spare the man, whose errors depreciate the office, which he holds.—And however difficult the task, persons in elevated stations, ought to seek that deportment, which is lawful and just, and avoid the extremes of haughtiness and familiarity, pursuing the road that emboldens them in doing their duty, which puts to shame, and silences the carping, envious, aspiring meddler with other mens matters.
Many because they can talk, scribble and print, suppose they have a right to do as they please, and frequently they thereby abuse their supposed liberty to promote disorder and licentiousness. Does a man aspire to an office for himself or his friend,—he reviles the ruler; does he with the place of a clergyman or envy him the smiles and confidence of the world, or mean to publish any particular sentiment, and introduce infidelity, he constantly hates and reviles the clergy, and a printer who wishes to increase the circulation of his paper, to become famous, or vent his constitutional spleen, scandalizes a court, and publishes a libel.
These evils, every virtuous and peaceable citizen, must promise himself to see removed in a great degree, when government is established, and a due recompence can be had for defamation, or a proper punishment be inflicted for scandalizing rulers.
For the New-Hampshire Gazette.
Letter of Ganganelli during his illness, to one of his friends.
I AM truly very ill, but what comforts me is, that it is not of my own seeking, for I always thought that every man should be careful of his health.
Ignorant devotion will not agree in this truth; however there is no doubt, that by destroying the springs of life, we put it out of our power to discharge our duties; that is to say, not to be able to go to public worship when we ought to go.
Sickness, when it is not an effect produced by some excess, but is sent directly from God, is the most proper penitence to expiate our sins and errors. It scatters a wholesome bitterness over the pleasures of this life; it shades the objects which seem to dazzle us; it insensibly
detaches from whatever is mortal, and makes us quite familiar with death.
I have never been so sensible of my own insignificance, as since the beginning of my illness; I have seen that my body is only an edifice which tumbles to pieces when least expected. Sometimes my disorder is acute & sometimes it seems to sleep, but it is only to awake with double violence.
Man, from the moment of his birth, becomes exposed to all kinds of infirmities and accidents, and may look upon every thing around him as the immediate cause of his ruin—the soul should recover what the appetites lose. When the body becomes weak, the soul should seem to leave it to be united more closely with God, which is the only means of rising superior to pains and sufferings; for all possible happiness is to be found in God.
The severest disorder is but slight, to a christian philosopher, who employs himself only in heavenly matters—if the stoics suffered with constancy, who had no motive to influence them but ridiculous vanity, what a reproach for christians, who should be always upon Mount Calvary with their chief, to sink under the violence of distempers of the body. But alas! it is easy to preach fine precepts, and we are frequently only intrepid in speculation. I say this only with regard to myself, who, after mentioning those things which are most capable of supporting me, attend much more than I ought to my sufferings; however, the more severe, the more ought I to look towards heaven, the only place where there is neither pain nor sorrow.
For the New Hampshire Gazette.
Mr. PRINTER,
THERE has been some conversation in our country upon the subject of Mr. John Thayer, lately a Protestant minister in Boston, who during the war was chaplain to Gov. Hancock's command at Castle William, (and as he says of puritan sect) abjuring his former religion at Rome & embracing the Roman Catholic.
A gentleman lately from Europe, and who frequently conversed with him, informs us, that this new convert is shortly coming to America, to endeavour to persuade his near relations, and countrymen, to return to the bosom of the mother church.
The general toleration in America, the frequent visits of foreigners of that religion to Boston, and the want of the privilege of its rites whilst there, (there being no chapel where mass is performed nearer than
New-York) The fondness that the people in Boston have for novelty, the ripeness our country is in for listening to every sentiment, from our great liberality and what we call charity in religion, are so many arguments to make us conclude that he will make an attempt to build a Romish chapel in this capital of New England, once the chief seat of Puritanism.
An account of his conversion, very elegantly written by himself, and published first in London, and since re-printed in America, gives us a specimen of his zeal, and the arguments by which he supports his newly adopted sentiments.—From the opportunity he has had to cultivate oratory, under those excellent models which his church have ever exhibited, and the great passion we entertain for that art, we may suppose that his errand will not be lost for want of hearers; and the zeal of his communion will not leave him without a generous support.
I send you a specimen of the man extracted from his book: The care (says he) that I took to consult several Doctors, proved doubly useful to me; for at the same time that I profited of the lights of each of them, I had an opportunity to remark that they agreed perfectly in matters of faith; which indeed must be one, as truth is one. This uniformity that has subsisted among Catholicks through all ages, made a lively impression on me, because I had never discovered it among Protestants. I had been connected with the heads of our sects: I had often conversed with them; I knew their sentiments; there were not two of them that agreed in the most essential articles: what is more, there was not one who had not varied in doctrine.—I recollect that one of our most celebrated preachers once made the same declaration to me, "when I preached in such a place" said he "I passed for heterodox: I was so at that time, for I had very erroneous sentiments: but I have changed since, and was I to preach there at present, my doctrine would be judged pure and orthodox: but this is common to all our preachers: I do not know who has not, like myself varied his doctrine." This declaration made no impression on me at the time he was speaking: but it has occurred since, and has given rise to many reflections. Another proof that verifies the common saying, that good or evil principles imbibed in youth produce sooner or later their effect. This instability of our leading men in their doctrine caused me much pain: I

saw it was an inevitable consequence of the fundamental principle of protestants, which constitutes each one the judge of his own belief. By this principle there can be no fixed rule of faith. It is this which causes the eternal contradiction of ministers among themselves, and the frequent variations of each of them in their doctrines. I had endeavoured to conciliate their systems together, but could find no other way, than by supposing it sufficed to believe in Jesus Christ, and to intend to honor God: but soon found that this method, with which I was much pleased, tended equally to reconcile the most opposite and monstrous sects; I consequently from day to day gave myself greater scope, and fixed no bounds to the liberty of thinking. I had friends among the Quakers, the Anabaptists, the Armenians and others, and in a short time I should have adopted a system of toleration in its greatest extent. Protestants vainly pretend that they admit scripture for the rule of their faith: since they acknowledge no living authority to determine its sense; since each one is suffered to give it a private interpretation, it is impossible to convince them of error; and when the Socinian, for instance, says that he cannot find in scripture a demonstrative proof of the divinity of Jesus Christ, no one has a right to require that he should believe this dogma or to condemn him because he rejects it. This principle goes farther, and leads the man who reasons justly, to an indifference to all religion, and saps the very foundation of Christianity, by establishing the private judgment of every individual, the supreme arbiter of his creed.
This reflection and a thousand others which occurred, had not at that time, all the effect which they ought to have produced: however in the end they did not a little contribute to open my eyes to the truth.
ADVENTURES of the GREEN PEAS. A Parisian Anecdote.
THE following anecdotes contain some singular and truly comick events, as they really happened at Paris, without any alteration or addition of circumstances.
In the spring of the year 1776, a young gentleman of great fortune being desirous of presenting something very rare to his mistress, inquired in the suburbs of Paris for green peas, and with great difficulty procured four half pint bottles; for each of which he paid six louis d'ors, a most extravagant price; but it was the only valuable present he could think of, which the delicacy of his mistress would not make her refuse. For the lady was of a haughty disposition, and would not have accepted any thing which might subject her to the imputation of selfishness.
It is not certain if the Chevalier gave orders, that he should be informed of the price, or whether the season of the year, and the knowledge of their rarity, made her guess it; however, as she was more of the coquette, than the epicure, she could not help telling the messenger, that the gentleman who bought them, apparently had more money than wit.
Her mother, who was naturally varicious, finding her of this opinion,
on, proposed to sell the peas; and after some altercation, she got the better of her delicacy, and made her consent to send them to the market, where none had appeared, nor indeed was such a rarity expected. The old lady luckily was acquainted with a woman, whose business it was to give intelligence to the stewards of the people of quality of every thing scarce, the first of its kind that was to be purchased.
This woman undertook the commission to sell the peas, and set out in the intention to carry them to the hotel of the Prince de Condé, who was to give a superb entertainment that day to the foreign ministers.
In the interval, another admirer of the young lady paid her a visit, and the conversation turning upon the backwardness of the spring she accidentally mentioned the scarcity of green peas; which made him conjecture she had a desire to taste them: He therefore shortened his visit, making some plausible excuse, and repaired to the most celebrated fruiterers in Paris; but to his mortification, all the intelligence he could procure, was, that none had yet appeared, except four bottles, which an old woman had been seen conveying to the Prince de Condé's. The hopes of our enamorado now revived; he lost no time, and fortunately overtaking the woman, who knew him, before she reached the hotel, he thought himself very happy to obtain them at the moderate sum of 30 louis. The emissary, equally overjoyed, returned to her employers with the money, and told the young lady, who had purchased them. But though she had no objection to the money, she was extremely piqued to find her favourite lover had bought them, not doubting but they were designed for some formidable rival; and in this conjecture she was confirmed, by the abrupt manner in which he had shortened his visit, and left her. Distracted with jealousy, she imparted her sentiments to a female visitant, and both were earnestly employed in railing at the infidelity of mankind; when behold, one of the servants of the suspected lover was introduced, who brought a basket from his master, decorated with the flowers in season, and covered with nosegays, which being removed, the triumphant fair discovered the green peas, and thus her chagrin was instantly converted to immoderate fits of laughter at this droll adventure. As for the visitor, being quite familiar in the house, and fond of dainties, she insisted on eating the peas, that they might not cause any more confusion in the family.—But as her motive was easily discerned, they went no further than the rules of politeness required, and only dressed one bottle.
After the lady was gone, a new council was held, to deliberate on the disposal of the remainder. The daughter had now no objection to sell them again, but the mother having a law suit in hand, tho' it more for her interest to send them to her attorney, which was accordingly done; and occasioned a very warm dispute between him and his wife; madam loved good cheer, and insisted on regaling her friends with this rarity; but the attorney knew bet-
ter how to serve his own interest, and sent them to the Marquis, who had promised to procure him preferment.
But scarce were the peas set down upon the table, when the lover who had adorned the basket with flowers, came to visit the Marquis, and seeing his present to his mistress, thus, as it were, fly in his face; he concealed his resentment, but took the first opportunity to pay a visit to his perfidious mistress; who very coolly thanked him for his peas, adding, that they had an excellent flavour: Enraged at her carrying the matter so far, he then told her, that she must wait till the Marquis had tasted them before she gave her opinion of their goodness. The lady, at a loss to guess his meaning, and confounded at the violence of his transports, demanded an explanation: he then related to her the last incident, but she not suspecting what had happened, affirmed that they were not the same peas; this enraged him still more, and he required to see the basket in which he himself had placed the bottles, and which he adorned with flowers; not being able to produce it, the quarrel seemed to admit of no terms of accommodation, when in came the peas again, The Marquis, who had a secret inclination for the lady (the greatest beauty in Paris) thought them a very proper present for her. Our lover was now fully convinced that the Marquis could not be so absurd to send his mistress her present to him, yet he was convinced that they were the very same peas: The mother therefore was obliged to confess the truth: It was then determined to sacrifice the traveling peas to the calls of nature, and they were accordingly consumed by the parties most deeply interested in their fate.
ANECDOTE.
A Country Justice being called at an unseasonable time of night, to perform the marriage ceremony for a couple who had neglected the same eight months too long, was much fatigued and broken of his rest:—A cause coming before him the next day, the Judge affecting a devoutness frequently practised at church, after some time closing his eyes would frequently nod, as if in full acquiescence of the observations made in the cause. When two new witnesses being produced (one of each sex) the drowsy Justice was called to administer the Oath to the two presented, wiping open his eyes, but full of imaginations of the preceding night, proceeded as follows, viz. "You John, solemnly promise "in the presence of God and before these witnesses"—a snicker rousing his attention, when after a short perturbation, he proceeded as followeth: "that the evidence you "shall now give to this court concerning the cause now in question, shall be the truth, and nothing but the truth, so help &c."
N. B. As this form has sufficient solemnity in it, and can have no exception to be taken by those friendly people called Quakers, as it expunges the abhorrent term, (Swear) it is recommended as an amendment to the form of the common witness Oath.
LATE EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE,
Received by the July Packet, which arrived at New York, on Thursday last week—to July 4, 1788.
Of WARS and RUMOURS of WARS.
Turks and Imperialists.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27.
Yesterday a courier arrived here from Servia, with advice that 4000 Austrians having passed the Save to post themselves on our territory, were repulsed by our troops, and obliged to return, but their bridges being broke by the troops who guarded the opposite shore, and who were afraid our troops would pass the river, they were all killed and made prisoners:—When the Caimacan, or Grand Vizir's substitute, was congratulated upon this advantage, he answered, that " the Infidels had drawn this Punishment upon themselves by breaking a peace which had lasted fifty years. "
A Spanish frigate is arrived here with an envoy from the King of Morocco, with 30 000 000 florins, sent by his African Majesty to the Grand Signior, to defray the expenses of the present war—The Dey of Algiers and Tunis, and even the Cheriff of Meca, and many Arabian Princes, have sent a large supply in money to his Highness for the same purpose.
VIENNA, [Germany] June 7.
Letters from Ragusa mention the arrival of the Grand Vizir at Sophia, where he remained at the head of 80,000 men.
LONDON, June 22.
A letter from Algiers dated May 3, informs, that "The orders his Moorish Majesty has issued against the English have been executed with the utmost rigour; all their ships were compelled to depart without being permitted to take on board any species of provisions. His Majesty has also made publick at Tangier, that he should take a decisive part in the war between Russia and the Ottoman Porte in favour of the latter power, as appears by the manifesto or letter addressed to all the Consuls, of which the following is a translation:
IN THE NAME OF GOD:— 'There is no power or puissance but that which is of God. 'To all the Consuls at Tangiers, peace be with those who take the right way.
'We make known to you, that all the Christian nations who are at peace with the Grand Signior, are also at peace with us; and that those who are at war with him are also at war with us; that the day on which any nation shall make peace with the Grand Signior, it will also be made with us; and that on the day they may enter upon a war with the Grand Signior, it will be so with us!
'We order you to make our said pleasures known to all the Christian nations!
'Given the 23d of the month Ill-bumadelula, in the year 1702.' or 3d of March, 1788.
A Congress it is said, is very soon to meet under the mediation of Great Britain, France and Russia, for settling the present dispute between the Imperial Courts and the Turks.

PHILADELPHIA, August 22.
By a gentleman just returned from France, we have the following authentic intelligence: He was at Reims the 1st of June, the day on which the parliament was exiled, and finding that matters were coming to an extremity by the military being called to the assistance of the King's orders, he left the town by the advice of his friends; the forces at Reims were not sufficient to perform the task, expresses were sent for more troops, and a body of between ten and eleven thousand men marched for Reims, and encamped before the town, the gates being shut against them; they cut all the corn down which was grown near the city where they encamped. At eleven o'clock at night on the 2d of June, an attack was made on the city, and after throwing in a few bombs they forced the South gate, and the people defended themselves till upwards of eleven hundred were killed. He says, throughout Brittany, and the provinces through which he passed, the freedom of conversation for their liberties was such, that he began to think himself in England. In Reims, and many other towns, the following was posted up:— Louis le severe, present Roi de France, qui a donnez liberte aux Americaines, et soit esclaves de son peuple. Louis the severe, the present King of France who has given liberty to America, and made his own subjects slaves. In other places through which he passed was written in French, NO Parliament, no King!
NEW-YORK, August 20.
Tuesday morning, the wind at S. E. and E. S. E. blew fresh, accompanied with heavy showers. At half past eleven it increased to a perfect gale, which raged near half an hour, with irresistible fury; two chimneys were thrown down near the battery, and several houses damaged at different parts of the city; the walls of the battery, which have for many years successfully resisted the impetuosity of the seas, were torn away in a most surprising manner. It was full sea at 6 minutes past 11, A. M. but it still flowed until 12, when there was a rise of water of at least 5 feet higher than usual, which filled all the cellars in Front-street, besides many in Water and Queen streets, and on the North river; in these stored sugar, &c. were destroyed to a considerable amount; many of the wharves in the city are much damaged, but we cannot learn that great damage was done to the shipping, which however, would have greatly suffered had not the wind suddenly shifted to N. E. and N. W. about mid-day. We further learn, that without the city, hail stones fell of half the bigness of an egg; several houses on the island have lost their chimneys and roofs; several bridges were washed away, and King's bridge so much damaged that the stage drivers have been obliged to swim their horses across. The fate of our sea-faring brethren, on the coast, we have not yet heard, but anticipate, with anxious fear, melancholy tales.—Several frames for wharves, that were building on the North River, were forced asunder, and the timber driven in confusion upon the high ground. Large quantities of
lumber floated off—a house was partly unroofed, and the steeple of St. George's chapel was observed to totter in a most threatening manner.
NEW-HAVEN, August 14.
Last Tuesday morning, came on a violent gale of wind from the south, which, at about one o'clock, P. M. veered to S. S. W. and blew a perfect hurricane. Several vessels were driven ashore, and very material damage is done to the long wharf. Capt. Leake, in a brig, in 17 days from Turk's Island, fortunately arrived before the gale came on. We expect to hear of much damage done at sea, and in the harbours on our coast. A brig was drove ashore last Tuesday on Milford beach; we have not heard where she belongs.
The 26th ult. as Mr. Henry Hart, of Fort Edward, was removing some lumber from below his sawmill, the water (which at that time was rising very fast) burst open the water gate of the mill, and came with such impetuosity, that before he had time to extricate himself, he was hurried away by the current, and imbosomed in a watry grave.
NEW-LONDON, Aug. 22.
Last Saturday, Mr. Arnold Kenyon, of Groton, received a kick from a horse, and on Monday died, aged 26.—Sunday, a lad, named Wm. Dagget, about 15 years old, fell out of a vessel near the mouth of this harbour, & was drowned.—Tuesday Capt. Wm. Pakwood, of this city, having put a young horse into a cart to break him, his negro got in and attempted to ride off; but the horse suddenly starting forward, Captain Packwood found himself in danger and endeavoured to get out of the way, by running towards a board fence; but the horse running the same way, the end of one of the shafts struck him just below the true ribs, and separated the ribs from the breast bone; a mortification took place, and he died the same evening, aged 52.
WORCESTER, August 28.
We hear from Newlane, that on last Friday sennight, a child, son to Mr. Jesse Jewel of that town, was killed by riding a horse to mill with a halter on, the end of which was fastened round his wrist with a slipnoose, the horse started, threw him off, and dragged him near 70 rods, which put an immediate period to his existence. Of the violent TORNADO last week.
On Tuesday last week in the afternoon, the back part of this county was visited with a most furious tornado, which came from the Southwest, and in its course extended many miles in width. By accounts from New-York, Connecticut, Vermont and Newhampshire, we learn, that it was severely felt in parts of all those states; as yet we have not been favoured with very particular accounts of the damage sustained by this convulsion of nature, but as it extended over a large tract of country it must be great. At Putney, in the state of Vermont, a number of barns were unroofed, several cattle killed by the falling of trees, which in some places were broken off, and in others hurled up by the roots. Much grain and many fruit trees were de-
stroyed. In Dummerston, a young child was killed by the falling of a tree, as it was fleeing with its mother across a wood to the house of the nearest neighbour. Scarcely a town in that vicinity, that has not suffered considerably by cattle being killed, buildings unroofed and blown down, and in some places, the devastation is marked by acres of sturdy oak, being swept from their places by this terrible besom of destruction. The wind blew for about fifteen minutes southwardly, and then suddenly varied south-westwardly, seemingly with redoubled violence. The effects of the tornado appear similar in Peterham, Westminster, and other towns in this county. The roads in many places were blocked up with fallen trees, some of which were two feet in diameter, and were broken off only a few feet from the ground, and many were violently removed many yards distance.
BOSTON, August 30.
The reasons assigned for the Congress, under the new government, meeting at New York, are given in the following clause of the act of Congress for putting the new government into operation, viz. "Whereas a central situation would be most eligible for the sitting of the Legislature of the United States, if such could be found in a condition to furnish in due time the accommodations necessary for facilitating public business, and at the same time free of the weighty objections which might render it improper or unlikely to be the seat of government, either permanently or until a permanent seat can be agreed on: And whereas the most effectual means of obtaining finally the establishment of the federal government in a convenient central situation, is to leave the subject to the deliberate consideration of the future Congress, uninfluenced by undue attachment to any of the places which may stand in competition for preference on so interesting a question, and unembarrassed by want of time and means to fix on and prepare the most proper places for this purpose: And whereas the removal of the publick offices must be attended with much expense, danger and inconvenience, which ought not to be incurred but with a well founded expectation of advantages that may fully counterbalance the same: And whereas no such advantages can be expected from removal to any place now in a condition to receive the federal legislature: And whereas in addition to the beforementioned reasons, unnecessary changes of the seat of government would be indicative of instability in the national councils, and therefore highly injurious to the interests as well as derogatory to the dignity of the United States.—
PORTLAND, August 23. Extract of a letter from a gentleman at New York, to his friend in Portland, August 10, 1788.
"The place where the new Congress is to convene is not yet agreed upon. It lays between this city and Philadelphia. It would have been fixed in favour of the former, had the delegates from Rhode Island been free from qualms about the propriety of their voting. They, together with six
other states, are clearly in favour of New-York: But their state having rejected the constitution, they dare not give their vote to put it into operation. From this we see what inconveniences may happen to the northern states by the defection of one; and of how much importance it is for them to go hand in hand like brethren—to be bound together in unity and love.
"The Delegates from Rhode Island are gone home; and I hope they will put their State in the humour of calling a Convention to take into consideration the plan of national government.
PORTSMOUTH, September 4.
Industry is the genuine source of all laudable pleasure. On it depend all the convenience of life. Health the greatest blessing, depends on industry, beauty on health. If ladies, then, wish to be beautiful, they must be industrious; they must animate their countenance with that blooming health which comes from the spinning wheel. The fair sex when rightly and industriously employed, are justly termed the beauty of this lower creation. Beauty without virtue is contemptible. Merit only gains the heart. Idleness is disgraceful. Industry is the ornament of wealth, the support and consolation of poverty. We hope soon to see the time, when the fair, daughters of America will be clothed in the manufacture of their own hands.
DIED Miss Anna Cutts, daughter of Samuel Cutts, Esq. of this town;—and Brister, a negro man.
NAVAL-OFFICE, PORT OF PISCATAQUA, Sept. 4.
ENTERED FROM Sloop Mary, Gunton, West-Indies. Sloop Nymph, Conklin, Connecticut. Schooner Industry, Burnham, N. Scotia. Schooner Tryall, Brown, St. Eustatia.
CLEARED FOR Brig Polly, Smith, West-Indies. Sloop Speedwell, Chandonet, N. York.
ADVERTISEMENT EXTRA-ORDINARY.
RAN away from Good Conscience, in the town of Faithfulness, County of Mankind, and kingdom of Benevolence, a broken merchant, or petty lawyer, &c. He had on, when he went away, a coat, which he called strict honesty, buttoned with idleness. He wore away a vest, which he called good manners, but it was so thread bare that it showed the lining, which was made of falsehood; and you might see his shirt through his pocket holes of shameful ignorance, self conceit, and cunning cheating. He had a hat which he called lawful gain, but it was known to be made of the fir of oppression, lined with false swearing, and died with lies—the hatter's name was theft. His breeches he called fidelity, but they were woven in the loom of deceit, and buttoned with broken promises. His shoes he called by the name of religion, but they were made of the leather of hypocrisy tanned with the bark of presumption, and curried in the shop of devilry. He often frequented the tavern, spending his time to no good purpose, contriving mischief, and seeking an opportunity to betray the innocent. Whoever will return the said runaway to me shall have good will for his reward.
CONSCIENCE.

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THE ERIENDLY ADVISER.
TRUST not Man for he'll deceive you, Treach'ry is his sole intent, First he'll court you then he'll leave you, Poor deluded to lament.  Listen to a kind adviser, Men pursue but to perplex, Wou'd you happy be; grow wiser, And avoid the faithless sex.  Form'd by nature to undo us, They escape our utmost heed; Oh! how humble when they woo us, Oh! how vain when they succeed:  So the Bird when once deluded, By the artful Fowler's snare; Mourns our Life in Cage secluded, Virgins then in Time beware.
PHILOSOPHICAL OBSERVATIONS
ON THE NATURE OF SLEEP.
MAN has two modes of existence— Sleeping and Waking . Sleep is properly only a mode of the existence of the body, in which every function of its organs is suspended, except that of the organs of life; in waking, every spring of the machine is or may be in action. In both these states the soul perceives, thinks, recollects, and all its faculties are in exercise; but their exercise is performed differently in each of these states. Let us examine the relations of the soul to the body, and of the body to the soul, when sleeping.
As sleep approaches, the vivacity of our motion decays, the weary limbs relax and yield to their own weight, the head gradually declines on the shoulder, the sentiment of pleasure steals on every organ, and we seem to feel the gentle motion of the blood as it flows through the veins. The senses are now inactive but no part is yet asleep, sensibility gradually leaves the organs; at length, the eyes yield to the pleasing influence, and a refreshing calm reigns throughout the body. The soul likewise partakes of this enchanting stillness, forgets every thing, even itself, and imperceptibly sinks into insensibility. But in this universal repose, the mind is not inactive, its operations are only less sensible; the sensations are weak, so likewise are the sentiments and ideas, and the more so in proportion as the sleep is deep.
Freed from the power of the senses, the soul now enjoys its liberty; it thinks, but its thoughts are irregular, incoherent, unconnected, and, from their assemblage are formed those fantastic images, those whimsical representations, those phantoms and fleeting shades, that constitute our nocturnal illusions.
In sleep, thought freely rambles over all kinds of objects, and imagination seems to be the only acting power. Though the soul at that time appears to be entirely freed from all subjection to the body, the disposition of the corporeal organs determines the nature of the dream. If the sensations then felt by the body be agreeable, there is a continual series of agreeable,
ble, pleasing illusions, and flattering images. On the contrary, if the sensations be painful, a succession of frightful ideas and hideous objects haunt us during sleep; monstrous phantoms, scenes of blood and death appear; ghostly goblins and horrible spectres terrify us.
The influence of the body is not confined to the nature of the objects of our dreams; it likewise regulates their continuance. If the body be afflicted with any languishing disorder, these spectres and phantoms seldom disappear, but seem to haunt us continually. On the contrary, if the body is affected with any acute disorder, the illusions are transient, the phantoms assume many different forms, and succeed each other very rapidly.
There is something yet more wonderful in the analogy between the dream, and the then present situation. When we lie in an uneasy posture, whereby respiration is oppressed, and the circulation of the fluids obstructed, we dream of being pursued by spectres, sorcerers, and devils, while we have not the power to fly from them.
In the heat of a fever, we dream that we are perishing with thirst, that we traverse immense regions in search of fountains, without finding any; or should we find one, when we apply our parched lips to it, the water flies back, and our efforts to allay our thirst are in vain: so that, like Tantalus, we perish through want, amidst the appearance of the greatest abundance.
In dreams we think much, feel more, and reflect little; the sensations and images succeed each other with rapidity, but the soul neither compares nor remembers them.
Though in general the soul reflects but very little during sleep, the degree of reflection is not the same in every individual. The idea which strongly affect us while we are awake, are retraced into the mind during sleep, and we continue to combine them. Thus geometers form and combine figures, poets make verses, and philosophers reason.
When the body has been refreshed with rest, the organs of sense imperceptibly resume their functions; the pulse gradually quickens, and by degrees all those vain images, enchanting regions, and ideal objects disappear. In short, the man opens his eyes and becomes conscious where he is.
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Portsmouth, August 27th, 1788.
ALL persons having any demands on, or that are indebted to the estate of Lieut. SAMUEL CATE, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same well vouched to the subscriber, administratrix to said estate, in order for a speedy adjustment.
MARY CATE.
Portsmouth, August 28th, 1788.
TO BE SOLD,
All that Tract of Land that was taken off Packerfield and annexed the town of Sullivan , in the county of Cheshire , and State of New-Hampshire , by a late act of the General-Court. For further information enquire of the subscriber, or Joshua Bracket, Esq. of Portsmouth . THO'S PACKER.
Greenland, August 11.
THE creditors to the estate of Cornet THOMAS WIGGIN , late of Stratham , deceased, represented insolvent, are hereby notified, that six months from the date hereof are allowed them to exhibit their claims against said estate; and the subscribers are appointed commissioners to receive and examine said claims, will attend for that purpose, at the dwelling-house of the widow Martha Folsom , innholder in Stratham , on the second Monday in September and of the five following months, from three to six o'clock, P.M. JONAT'N WIGGIN, } Commis- SAMUEL LANE, jr. } sioners. ANDR'W WIGGIN, jr. } Stratham, August 21st, 1788.
State of New-Hampshire, Strafford, ss. THE honorable the Judge of Probate for the county of Strafford, having allowed six months from the 8th day of July, instant, for the creditors to the estate of JOHN GRIFFIN , late of Durham , in said county, Esq. deceased, represented insolvent, to exhibit their claims: The subscribers being appointed commissioners to receive and examine such claims, hereby notify all persons having demands against said estate, that they will attend upon that business at the dwelling house of Mrs. Hannah Griffin , in Durham , the afternoon of the first Monday in August, and the afternoons of the first Mondays of the four following months. JOHN SULLIVAN, } Commis- EBEN'R THOMPSON, } sioners. Durham, July 24th, 1788.
(CHESTERFIELD.)
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Chesterfield , who have not paid their taxes for the year 1777, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of September next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Eleazer Marble , innholder in said town, as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. s. d.     Wilder Willard 9 3 4 1   10 4 4 8   Benjamin Lynds 5 3 3 9   6 3 3 10   John Kindall 2 3 2 4   E. Day 1 4 2 4   Thomas Smith 2 8 5 0   Simon Hunt 5 2 3 6   Oliver Butler 8 2 4 8   William Spaulding 8 7 3 6    JOHN PEIRCE , Constable. Chesterfield, May 30th, 1788.
A FURTHER time of 6 months being allowed for the settlement of the estate of JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq. late of Dover deceased, the commissioners will attend that service, at his late dwelling house, in said Dover , on the first Tuesday of the next, and of the four following months, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon. MOSES WINGATE } Commi's. W. ATKINSON } Dover, July 17th, 1788.
WAKEFIELD.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Wakefield , who have not paid their taxes for the year 1784, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber on or before Tuesday the 23d day of September next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue at ten o'clock on said day, at the dwelling-house of Captain David Copp , innholder in said town, as will pay the taxes together with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   first division. 2d division.   N. ac. s. d.q.     John Hayes 2 110 2 02   Nath'l Meservy 12 50 2 111   M.H. Wentworth, Esq. 21 110 1 92   Thomas Miller 22 62 1 92   William Stiles 23 26 0 81   Love Roberts 25 110 0 103   Richard Hovey 26 110 2 81   Paul Gerrish 27 110 1 92   Benjamin Roberts 28 110 1 92   N. ac. s. d. q.   E. Downs 30 100 2 62   Step. Varney 38 70 3 70   Step. Evens 42 110 2 81   Nath'l Horn 43 71 1 72   J. Brown 57 50 1 92   J. Roberts 53 100 5 72   A. Howard 60 50 3 7   G. Downs 63 100 3 7   S. Gerrish 66 50 2 81   E. Cromwell 62 100 8 03   T. Downs 72 110 1 92   J. Cady 75 66 1 1   Solley & March 77 1 0 105   W. Husey 79 110 1 92   John Ham 82 70 3 1   John Miller 83 18 1 92   Benj. Horn 84 50 2   T. Wallingsford, Esq. 85 110 3 112   W. Downs 86 100 2 81   W. Gerrish 87 100 3 7   R. Downs 92 100 1 92   S. Downs 93 40 9   T. Nock 94 100 1 92   S. Emerson 95 100 1 92   John Horn 48 110 3 1   Samuel Page's Gore 147 110 10 3    WILLIAM MOOR , Collector. Wakefield, August 19, 1788.
(CANAAN.)
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and other owners of land in Canaan , in the county of Gratton , that at a legal meeting held in said Canaan , the 25th day of December, A. D. 1786, a vote was passed to lay a tax of eighteen shillings and nine pence lawful money, on each right of said proprietors for the purpose of making or repairing a state road through said town; also, another vote passed on said day, to pay for settling the lines of said town: This is therefore to notify said proprietors, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 20th day of September next, so much of their land will be advertised for sale in this paper, as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
DANIEL BLASDEL , Collector. Canaan, August 22, 1788.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN TUFTON MASON , late of Buckden , in the kingdom of Great-Britain , Esquire, deceased, are desired to make speedy payment—and all who may have demands upon, or accounts open with said estate, are requested to settle them with
THOMAS MARTIN , Attorney (to the Executrix). Portsmouth, August 7th, 1788.
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