The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1782-02-16 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
[Vol. XXVI.]
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1782.
[No. 1320.]
Mess. PRINTERS, By inserting the following in your useful Paper, you will oblige a constant customer. TO THE IMPARTIAL PUBLIC.
“For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.” POPE.
Gentlemen, PRESUMING on your candor and impartiality to hear, judge and determine all doubts and controversies that may arise concerning the proposed plan of government now under your deliberation: Therefore, without trespassing on your patience, with the dull formality of an apology for these lines, I beg leave as an inhabitant of the State to express my sentiments with freedom and decency, respecting some things contained in the rotation.
In article 6th, it is said, “That every denomination of christians demeaning themselves quietly and as good subjects of the State, shall be equally under the protection of the law.” Why is this inestimable privilege, “the protection of the law,” limited to christians? If each member of the human family has an undoubted right to believe according to that evidence which is manifested to his own understanding, and not according to that which is proposed to another man's mind? If all men indefinitely have a right (as article 5th generously affirms) to worship the Deity in that manner and season which they judge most agreeable? Why then have not those who profess a religion different from that of christianity, an equal right to be protected by those laws, to whose support they contribute, and under whose government they reside, as christians, provided they demean themselves as good members of civil society? Humanity, unassisted by reason, must needs teach every wise legislature to remove as far as human sagacity can foresee, and the nature of things will admit, every thing that has a tendency to burthen and oppress any of its honest members, or to foment divisions and contentions. And that laws as full and as express as the rotation is, in the present case, have been by judges so construed as to injure and oppress individuals, is too obvious to require examples. To prevent the like from taking place in this State, I appeal to your wisdom, candor, and impartiality, whether instead of the above restriction, it would not be more safe and honorable expressly to declare that the protection of the law shall extend to each individual, to all sects and denominations whatsoever, provided their conduct is moral?
The rotation affirms, that no man shall be elected a Governor, a member of Congress, a Counsellor, a Senator, a Representative, or even a delegate of the County Convention, unless he is of the Protestant religion. This restriction is, I think, an
abridgement of the people's liberty; for matters may be so circumstanced, that no man will be so well qualified to fill some of the public offices as some men that are not of the christian faith. And if the majority sees fit to chuse some of these men for officers, why should they be deprived of their choice? America has since the commencement of this war, chosen men to fill places as important as even that of a Governor, who were not of the Protestant Religion. Those gentlemen accepted of the designation; they performed the duty enjoined on them, and in return received the approbation and applause of their grateful Country. A man well acquainted with husbandry is well qualified to till the earth; a man well acquainted with mechanism is well qualified to perform the business of a mechanick; a skilful pilot is well qualified to steer a ship; a skilful physician is well qualified to take the charge of the sick; whether they are Protestants or not. A pious, learned; eloquent and judicious man is well qualified to preach lectures of religion and morality, whether he is an able politician or not. Also a man that has a sound penetrating judgment; an honest, humane, and in a word, a virtuous mind; if he is well versed in law and police, well acquainted with the history of the rise and progress, the decline and destruction of states and kingdoms, he is well qualified to rule and govern a free people; whether he is of the Protestant religion or not. For if he dispenses justice and equity with an equal hand, if he is attentive to the public good, if his schemes to promote their welfare is founded in the reason & propriety of things, and conducted with prudence & wisdom, he will then perform the duty of a good ruler. For I cannot suppose that civil rulers are designed to be ecclesiastical orators or preachers.
Again, this restriction favours of partiality; this is so evident, that to add arguments to demonstrate and illustrate it is needless. To the candid and impartial I appeal, whether supposing two thirds of the State believed in a religion different from that of the Protestants, whether the latter would think it just and equal for the former to prohibit them from bearing rule in the State? To do to others as we wish to have them do to us, is one of the first principles of both natural and scriptural religion. Influenced by this principle, I am confident that you must think the rotation is partial—that it deprives some of its members of a privilege which reason and nature entitles them to.
Necessity obliges mankind to form themselves into civil societies; and by so doing, they make a partial surrender of that plenitude of power and liberty, which their benevolent Creator has endowed them with. The more perfect, just and equitable any
constitution is, the more desirable must it needs be. Consequently that system which provides for an equal administration of justice and equity, and preserves the natural rights and privileges of the people in the greatest latitude, is the best suited to the humour and disposition of freemen. And that that society in which each of its members, that has the natural qualifications for a ruler, enjoys an equal power of arriving at the supreme offices, and consequently of directing the strength and sentiments of the whole community, is the most perfect system that mortals can form, is what is easily demonstrated on republican principles.
But here, doubtless, I shall be asked, whether the majority ought not to rule? I answer yes, and they ought to rule with justice and equity. But if they deny that liberty, which they enjoy themselves; to others, because their ecclesiastical sentiments is different from their's, then their determination is partial and unequal. The ideas of power and equality are in their nature distinct, and ought not to be confounded.
To the understanding of the people I submit the following amendment, viz. That instead of the rotation's affirming it necessary for a man to be of the protestant faith in order to his being elected to the public offices, it shall be declared that no man is qualified to hold said offices unless he is a practiser of morality and the social virtues. By this proposed amendment, real advantages may accrue to the State. For first, No person can certainly know whether another is of the protestant religion, for many live in masquerade: but if a man is virtuous, common report will relate it to the world, for the multitude are not strictly virtuous themselves, yet they admire virtue in others. 2dly. A man may be of the protestant religion, & yet be vicious; but for a man to be conformed to morality and the social virtues, and at the same time remain cruel, unjust and oppressive, is a palpable absurdity.
That just, free, and equal liberty, may flourish on a permanent basis in the State, is the ardent desire of your humble servant, IMPARTIALIST.
L O N D O N
October 27. The Morning Post of Thursday mentions, that, “as the New England provinces were principally supplied with provisions from St. Eustatia (not raising any quantity themselves) by the capture of the said island of St. Eustatia, the New England provinces will be obliged to return to their allegiance, to avoid starving.
[The writer of the above paragraph is very sensible and well informed! but he did not tell the whole truth: he should have added, that as the said New England colonies used to be supplied with fresh water from the islands of St. Kitts and Antigua, and with firewood from Ireland, if the British navy would keep a good lookout and prevent those supplies from Ireland and the West-Indies, the said New England colonies must soon be at “unconditional submission to that country” for want of wood and water, as well as for want of provision!]

From the LONDON GAZETTE.
WHEN Mr. Pitt (Lord Chatham) was appointed to the office of Paymaster of the Forces, he found it had been customary to have 100,000l. generally lie in the hands of the Paymaster; which, in the time of some in that office, used to be laid out in government securities, that brought 3 or 4000l. per annum, more or less, into their private purses; but when Mr. Pitt went into this department, he placed whatever sums of money belonged to the office in the Bank, where they might be ready for public service, without ever appropriating any part of it to his private use. He never put one shilling into the funds, nor ever availed himself of any interest arising from public monies at his disposal; but was satisfied with, and never touched more than, the legal appointment. When the parliament granted subsidies to the King of Sardinia, and the Queen of Hungary, payable at his office, half per cent. or more, used to be taken on the whole subsidy, as a perquisite of office. This Mr. Pitt refused, which would have come to a large sum, as the grants at that time to both the powers were very considerable. When the King of Sardinia was told this, he could not help expressing his surprize at such an instance of disinterestedness, and therefore ordered his agent to offer the same sum, as a royal present, to Mr. Pitt, who had before refused it as a perquisite. His answer to this was, "that as the parliament had granted those sums for such uses, he had no right to any part of the money; that he did no more than his duty, in paying it entire; and hoped the refusal of the King's present upon that occasion would not give offence." When his Sardinian Majesty heard this, he said, "Surely this Englishman is somewhat more than a man!" S. S.
From the LONDON COURANT, of October 25. To the Printer.
HAVING observed in your paper a few days since a seemingly artless and most credible letter, representing the miserable condition of Mr. Laurens in the tower, as being in danger of perishing through want of the common sustenance of life, give me leave to propose a few questions, no less interesting to the cause of humanity, than to the honor and interest of our country.
Is there any provision by law for the maintenance of the State prisoners, as well as those who are in the ordinary confinement of the several prisons?
Is it just or honorable that a prisoner should be left to starve, after he is stript of the means of purchasing the necessaries of life, because he has the honor to be confined in the Tower of London?
Is it worthy of a great nation to wreak an empty revenge on an individual for their own foolish dismemberment of their empire?
Would it not be prudent to consider the probable fate of Lord Rawdon, or Lord Cornwallis, left the injuries of this respected American should alight upon the heads of our gallant officers?
Would it not be worthy of the lovers of universal justice to make a subscription for the relief of the unfortunate gentleman, who has borne so high a rank, 'till he shall either be released from confinement, or brought to an equitable trial by jury which is the grand privilege of all who are amenable to this government? HOMO SUM.
October 27. It is said, that Mr. President Laurens hath written a very complaisant letter to Governor Johnstone, to say, that through his, the Governor's influence, he expects, since he is here, "to have the privilege of coming out among us, and seeing the country, for that there are many in England whose virtues he admires far above Greek or Roman names, whom he should be very glad to tell his children about;" but that the Governor hath not yet returned an answer. Lisbon affairs in the Court of Admiralty, and McCartney's affairs in the India House, having, will very lately engrossed the whole of the Governor's attention: and now of late preparations for going out in command to India, or to the Texel, have come upon him with equal pressure; so that it remains quite uncertain when Mr. Laurens may be permitted to see the country.
LONDON, October 20.
The following uncommon instance of gratitude deserves publication: —About four years ago, as a lady and her servant was returning from a visit late in the evening, at the corner of one of the Courts in the Strand she saw a great crowd, which was occasioned by the constables who came to apprehend the unhappy women who infested those places. The lady was obliged to stop 'till the mob a little dispersed; when to her great surprize, a pretty young creature broke loose from one of the constables, and threw herself at her feet, imploring her, in a most pathetic manner, to protect her, saying, "Indeed, Madam, I am not hardened in vice; I was once the delight of my parents, as much as you may be of your's." The lady was much moved, and happening not to be so outrageously virtuous as to deny her pity to a poor fallen, fellow creature, asked the name of the magistrate before whom she was to be carried. It being one the lady was acquainted with, she procured her discharge that night; and, on making proper enquiry into her affairs, found her to be a well educated person, and that a little money, properly applied, would pay her debts, and enable her to get a genteel living by painting fan mounts. The Lady was soon after obliged to leave England, and thought no more of the affair. About twelve months ago, however, she received a parcel, containing a beautiful piece of chintz, and several other things of value, with the following letter:
"Madam,
"You may remember a poor creature you snatched from infamy; she is now the wife of a very worthy and wealthy gentleman; she begs your acceptance of this small token of her gratitude: —She signs no name, for obvious reasons."
PHILADELPHIA. AN ORDINANCE.
For amending the Ordinance concerning what Captures on Water shall be lawful.
WHEREAS there hath been great variance in the decisions of several maritime Courts within the United States, concerning the pretensions of vessels claiming a share of prizes, as being in sight at the time of capture; some having adjudged that the mere circumstance of being in sight was a sufficient foundation of title, while others have required proof of a more active influence: And whereas this inconvenience hath arisen from the want of an uniform rule of determination in such cases:
Be it therefore ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, that no share of any prize shall be adjudged to a vessel being in sight at the time of capture, unless the said vessel shall have been able, at the time when the captured vessel struck to throw a shot as far as the space between herself and the captured vessel; and that every vessel coming in aid of the captors, which shall have been able at the time when the captured vessel struck to throw a shot as aforesaid, and shall have been duly authorised to make captures, shall be entitled to share according to the number of her men, and the weight of her metal; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any agreement which shall have been previously made between vessels cruizing in consort.
And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That whensoever an armed vessel belonging to, and commissioned by the enemy, shall be captured by any armed vessel belonging to the United States, and duly authorised to make captures, the net proceeds of the sales of the captured vessel, and of her rigging, tackle, apparel and furniture, shall be adjudged to the captors, and where a cargo shall be on board such captured vessel, one moiety of the net proceeds of such cargo shall be adjudged to the United States, and the other moiety to the captors.
And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That upon the capture of any vessel belonging to the enemy, and laden with mails or barks, by an armed vessel belonging to the United States, and duly authorised to make captures, the net proceeds of the sales of such captured vessel and her cargo shall be adjudged to the captors.
This ordinance shall take effect, and be in force from and after the last day of February next
DONE by the United States in Congress assembled, the eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and in the six year of our independence.
JOHN HANSON, President.
Attest. CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'y.
A SOLILOQUY ON RICHES.
THE beneficent Creator of the Universe has seen fit to give me the riches of this World, which many of my fellow creatures are starving for the want of. What then is my duty, as a wealthy man, but to be thankful, charitable and exemplary, especially as I am indebted to divine goodness for all I have, and am? When I look around me, and view the multitude of snares, temptations, and allurements, which daily I am exposed and liable to fall into, I cannot but acknowledge myself in the midst of danger, difficulties, and entanglements, unknown to, and therefore undreaded by, the sons and daughters of indigence and poverty. Which station then, ye sensible and discerning, say, is most desirable, or to be preferred by the thinking and judicious FEW, a life of golden cares, or a state of unenvied distance from the glare of wealth? They both have inconveniencies attending them, and yet neither of them will be esteemed ineligible in every respect. No; as there are circumstances respecting each, which make them (if not equally, yet on many accounts, and for various reasons) worthy the regard and choice of the wise & virtuous, so they ought neither of them to be eagerly sought after on the one hand, or entirely rejected on the other. Let then the prayer of Agur be the prayer of all, Give me neither poverty nor riches, but feed me with food convenient for me.
HEAD QUARTERS, Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1782. O R D E R S.
As it is expected, that in the course of the present winter, many of the officers and men belonging to the army of the United States, will be indulged with leave of absence from their corps for a limited time; and as it is absolutely necessary the strictest punctuality should be observed, in returning at the expiration of the time for which their furloughs are granted; the commander in chief has thought proper, thus early in the season, to signify his fixed determination to all concerned, that every officer or soldier, who shall absent himself beyond the limitation of his furlough (unless he shall be prevented from returning by some inevitable misfortune, or other casualty, which shall be deemed a sufficient reason for his detention) shall, for such conduct, be bro't to trial before a court-martial.
Upon the return of any officer, who may have violated this order, by absenting himself beyond the time of his furlough, report is immediately to be made thereof to the Adjutant-General or Deputy-Adjutant-General, who is to represent the same to the General, or commanding officer, that the necessary steps may be taken without delay. The mode of proceeding against absent officers, as pointed out by a resolution of Congress, is to be invariably pursued. Soldiers are also to be tried and punished in the most summary manner, if they will be guilty of a crime so injurious to the public service, as well as to the interests and feelings of their brother soldiers, who may, in consequence of the long absence of such delinquents be unavoidably debarred the gratification of visiting their friends before the opening of the campaign.
The general, however, cannot but hope, by taking the precaution of causing this public notice of his intention to be given to the army, the disagreeable consequences will be prevented, which might otherwise have taken place; for he is persuaded, whoever will give himself the trouble to reflect, will find, that, as great indulgences as are consistent with the public good, and justice to individuals, are granted in the first instance. That, as a certain number of officers and men must be constantly kept in camp, every trespass upon those indulgencies, is an act of injustice to the individual who is detained in consequence of it, and probably in the issue to the public; that the most pointed exactness is indispensably requisite in all military affairs, events unknown, and frequently of the greatest magnitude, depending upon it: and that those men who have attached themselves to the service of their country, should consider that the public has a constant claim upon their services, which can only be dispensed with under certain circumstances, and for definite periods, of which, those intrusted with the regulation of the army must be supposed to be the most competent judges. No officer or soldier is to be permitted to be absent on furlough after the 10th day of April next, on any occasion whatever.
The musters of the army are with all possible expedition, to be completed to the 31st day of December last inclusive; after which period they are to be taken regularly at the end of every month, and the rolls transmitted to the pay office without delay, agreeable to a resolution of Congress, of Sept. 25. 1782.
EDWARD HAND, Brig. and Adj. General.

KINGSTON, (Jamaica) September 1.
On Friday his Majesty's brig Childers, Capt. Lyndon, arrived from Rattan. Letters by the Childers afford us more particular information respecting the expedition from Rattan. By these letters it appears, that a few regulars with Major Lowrie, Baymen, and some other irregulars, the whole under the command of Capt. George Brown, of the 60th, had sailed from that island early in the month of June, on an expedition against St. Pedro Snelo, a village in the gulph of Duler, a considerable distance beyond Omoa, where they had undoubted information that a vast quantity of treasure, military stores, arms and ammunition, were deposited. They landed without being observed, and under the direction of an unexperienced guide, who was unluckily killed on their march to St. Pedro, advanced a great way into the country, when by the escape of a prisoner, who gave notice of their approach, the Spaniards found means to convey away their treasure before they could reach the village; they however burnt every house in it, and destroyed 400 barrels of gun-powder, 5000 stand of new arms, and as many fit for service, furniture for 500 horses, several stores filled with the richest merchandize, others with bread and flour, and a number more, containing 800 tiers of indigo. The troops then returned to Rattan, having accomplished this business with the loss of only two men. It has however given the Spaniards the severest stroke in that quarter which they have received this war; St. Pedro being their principal deposit of military stores, for supplying Omoa, and their other settlements in the gulph of Honduras. 48 chests of royal treasure are said to have been carried off by the Spaniards.
NEW-YORK, (City) January 12.
Thursday was sent in here by his Majesty's ship Amphion, John Bazley, Esq; commander, the Bonetta copper-bottomed sloop of war, Mons. de Barras (nephew to Admiral Count de Barras) commander. She was captured by the French fleet on the surrender of York-Town, Virginia, in October last; after which she was sent to this port with a flag of truce, then returned to the French agreeable to the articles of capitulation, made between Lieut. Gen. Earl Cornwallis and Count de Grasse. The Bonetta sloop sailed from the Capes of Virginia the 1st inst. and had on board, besides her crew, 110 French soldiers & sailors, which had been left in the hospitals at York-Town, when Count de Grasse's fleet sailed for the West-Indies.—She was bound for Martinique, in order to deliver up the troops and sailors to their respective regiments and ships, and was taken the 3d inst. off Hatteras.
RICHMOND, (Virginia) Dec. 29.
A correspondent remarks, that if the bachelors are to be taxed for not getting married, he thinks it but reasonable, that some penalties should be imposed upon those hard-hearted females, whom neither art nor nature can move.—A poor fellow who has perhaps dangled away more than half his time in his attention to some unyielding fair, is more an object of compassion than of punishment. Our correspondent therefore proposes, that in each parish there shall be established a tribunal, to be called the Court of Love, which shall have power to impose a fine, at least equal to the tax, upon any woman who shall be convicted of having refused three tolerable good offers; & where any unfortunate bachelors shall produce undoubted testimonials of having been six times rejected by women of equal condition in life with himself, they shall remit his tax and give him his choice of all the stubborn girls in the parish.
PHILADELPHIA, January 30.
Since our last arrived the ship Flora, Capt. Lyle, in 50 days from Sweden. Capt. Lyle, on his passage, took the following prizes, viz. sloop Hawke, Capt. Murphey, from Cork, bound to New-York, laden with beef, pork, butter, &c. schooner Hope, from St. Johns to Dartmouth, in New-England, with 600 quintals of fish, and a brig in the North Sea,
which he burnt, after taking out her sails, &c. He also took up at sea 12 men, from the wreck of a brig, Capt. Wheelwright, from Portsmouth, bound to Grenada.—The Dutch fleet were in the Texel, when Capt. Lyle left Gottenburgh.
Extract of a letter from an officer of distinction in the Southern army, dated Round O, Dec. 9.
"On the first inst. we arrived at Dorchester, but the enemy got intelligence of our approach the night before. Our advance under Lieut. Col. Hampton, charged a party of the enemy on this side of the new bridge, killed 8 or 10, wounded, 15 or 20 more, took several prisoners, and drove the remainder over the bridge, under cover of their fortifications. The enemy's whole horse came out immediately after this, but were driven back with so much precipitation, as prevented their shewing their face again. Their principal force lay at Goose Creek, seven miles off, having left Monk's Corner upon our crossing the Congaree. That night they burnt the stores at Dorchester, and all their army retired to the Quarter-house on Charlestown neck, leaving behind them, at Dorchester, two pieces of iron cannon. They are now very busily employed in fortifying at the Quarter-house, and in felling the timber from thence to Charlestown. They have a post at Stono-ferry, to cover John's island, on which they have a number of cattle."
"The enemy's post at Beaufort is evacuated, and all the cannon, stores and baggage, at Ebenezer, are removed to Savannah, and it is said the troops are to follow immediately which will give us complete possession of all the country."
HARTFORD, February 12.
Gen. Greene has given new proofs of his military genius. A skilful and hardy manoeuvre which he recently put in practice, has induced the abandonment of all the British advanced posts, except that at the Quarter-House, about 5 miles from Charlestown on Charlestown Neck, where the enemy are delightfully employed in entrenching themselves. They still labour under the apprehensions of a siege, and are making every preparation in consequence. We are credibly informed, however, that they have just detached 500 men to Savannah, which shews that General Greene's present position gives them jealousy in more points than one.
PROVIDENCE, February 9.
Tuesday arrived in the river, from Cape-Francois, the privateer ship Marquis de la Fayette, Capt. James Munro, of this port.—Capt. Munro left the Cape on the 12th ult. in company with a fleet of 150 sail, bound for Europe, convoyed by five French ships of the line, and two frigates.
BOSTON, February 14.
Yesterday a gentleman arrived in town, who brought the following important intelligence:
Extract of a letter from Providence, dated Feb. 10.
"By a vessel just arrived at Newport, from St. Croix, in 21 days, we learn, that a squadron of French men of war had blocked up Antigua; and a detachment from the same squadron with a body of land forces, had arrived at St. Kitts, the latter were disembarked and had taken possession of the whole island, except a fort on Brimstone-hill, which was not reduced. This intelligence was brought to St. Croix by two or three British officers, who escaped from St. Kitts in a small vessel, who also report, that a British 74 gun ship, and a few other vessels made their escape, and that Basseterre, the capital of the island of St. Kitts, by some means took fire, a part of which was reduced to ashes."
Captain Parsons lately arrived at Newbury, from a cruise; during which, he came athwart a British frigate, which he engag'd; while in the engagement, a Spanish frigate came down and took the British. We have not heard any further particulars.
Last Wednesday evening the Hon. Major General LINCOLN, arrived at his seat from the Southward, and the next day came to town.
We hear that Ebenezer Hazzard Esq; is appointed Post Master General of the United States; vice Richard Backe, Esq;
That the displeasure and vengeance of heaven is generally marked in the misfortunes of those whose offences either escape or do not come within the scourge of human laws, was remarkably exemplified in England within this few months past. William Hamilton, Esq; son of a baronet of good fortune in Leicestershire, was engaged to a young lady in the town of Leicester, whose fortune lay in Grenada. Upon the capture of that island, and consequent change of circumstances, at the instance of the mercenary father, he deserted her, and paid his addresses to a Miss Rollands, who received them, and went to the altar with him, when, during the service the bridegroom fell dead on the spot. The unhappy fair, whose loss of fortune had lost her lover, died on the very same day, and exactly at the very same time, as near as could be ascertained. The father who had been present at the unfinished ceremony, died in a few hours after, cursing himself with horrid imprecations, for having brought the sad catastrophe on himself his son, and the injured lady. The populace, who attended the interment of the three deceased, were outrageous against Sir William and his son, pelting their coffins, and treating them with every mark of indignity. The young lady was followed by numbers, especially of the young of both sexes, shedding tears, and strewing her coffin with aromatics and flowers. What an awful lesson to the old, against avarice in the disposal of their children; and to the young against infidelity to each other, where the affections have been honorably and fairly engaged!
On the night of the first instant, there happened at New-Rane in the state of Vermont, the following melancholy event: The dwelling house of Henry Sawtel, of that place took fire and was burnt—in the flames of which he himself, his wife (who was pregnant), and five children, a whole family, seven in all, were entirely consumed. This family moved not many years since from Templeton in this State, where their parents now live to lament their unhappy fate.
SHIPPING FURRS,
Taken in at the Shop of DANIEL PEIRCE, Where may be had a Variety of Articles, cheap.
A Quantity of English Felt HATS, to be sold cheap.
ALL PERSONS indebted to the Estate of THEODORE ATKINSON, Esq; late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment to GEORGE ATKINSON, Feb. 9, 1782. (Executor.)
Just come to hand, and may be had at the Printing-Office, the Fourth Number of the History of the WAR in AMERICA , between Great Britain and the United States, embellished with an elegant copper plate Frontispiece of the Hon. SAMUEL ADAMS, Esq; first Delegate to Congress, for the Massachusetts.
THE non-resident proprietors or present owners of part of that share of land allotted and drawn to Thomas Wallingford Esq; deceased, in that tract of land called the Gore, in said County, adjoining Winnepissaukee-Pond, (which said part of said share is said to have been severed and set off to Hannah Brown and Lydia Cosseloe, in the Division of said Wallingford's estate) are hereby advertised, that unless they pay me the several sums of money due according to two lists of taxes for the year 1779, and one for the year 1780, committed to me to collect, so much of their lands will be sold by public vendue at the dwelling-house of Joseph Roberts Esq; in said Gore, on the 25th day of March next, at a o'clock P. M. as will be sufficient to pay said taxes with incidental charges. The names of the delinquent owners of said rights, with the sums due, are as follows, viz, Hannah Brown 222 acres. 1st. tax, 2l. 15s. 2d. tax, 4l. 18s. for the year 1779. Lydia Cosseloe, 360 acres 1st. tax, 4l. 7s. for the year 1779. Hannah Brown, 222 acres. 44l. 8s. for the year 1780. Lydia Cosseloe, 360 acres 72l. for the year 1780.
JACOB CHAMBERLAIN Collector.
February 8. 1782.
WHEREAS the proprietors of land in Marlborough, in the State of New-Hampshire, did at a legal meeting held in said town the twelfth day of July 1775. Vote to raise one farthing per acre on all the ratable land in said town, which assessment being made was committed to me the subscriber to collect: These are to notify the owners of land in said town, to pay their respective taxes to me at my dwelling house in said town, on or before the first day of March next, or their land will be advertised for sale.
DAVID WHEELER, Collector.
Marlborough, Jan. 16 1782,

From a late Irish Paper.  PADDY'S ADDRESS to JOHN BULL.  A NEW BALLAD. Tune, Larry Grogan.
B Y your leave, gossip John? By my faith, 'tis so long Since we've play'd you a lilt, the same key on, same key on; Don't turn the deaf ear, Since our harp wants repair, Faith, we've got other music to play on, to play on. Sixty thousand bold boys Have contriv'd such a noise, As now charms the ears of gay France fir, gay France, fir; Nay, some folks go further, (I hope 'tis no murder) To say it would make a King dance, fir, King dance, fir.
II. Were you not cursed dull, When you took off the wool, To leave us so much of the leather, the leather? It ne'er enter'd your pate, That the sheep-skin well beat, Would arouse the whole nation together, together.
One and all, young and old, None complain of the cold, Tho' strip'd to the skin and the bone, fir, the bone fir; All join the parade, And shout out, A FREE TRADE, Or else !!!—you may let it alone, fir, alone, fir,
III. Now, what signifies Your pallaver and lies, Can't you speak the blunt truth, plain and civil, and civil? Can't you say, gossip Patt, You shall have this or that, A FREE TRADE, or—the road to the de- vil, the devil?
By St. Patrick, my namesake, I wish for the gamesake, To see how we'd take this last answer, last answer: Not the cowardly Yankees E'es gave them such thank-ye's, Or the thund'ring armadas of France, fir, of France, fir.
IV. Our Commons made wise, Have open'd their eyes, And perceive their rent in a few, fir, a few fir; Some steps must be taken For saving their bacon, As hanging or starving won't do, fir, won't do fir. A HALF YEAR'S MONEY BILL,— Arrah can't you sit still? Bless your stars that 'tis more than a quarter, a quarter: Then grant our request,— By my faith, you had best— Or, by Patrick, the next shall be shorter, be shorter.
V. But make me your friend, And let all squabbles end, My old heart will be light as a feather, a feather; While our joyful hearts sing, And drink healths to the King, Oagh, we'll dance bothourgh together, together. But remember the drum, And take care how you hum, For we Teagues are damn'd nice in our booze fir, our booze, fir; We'll make friends, or fight, Just as you see right; So I leave you at leisure to chuse, fir, to chuse, fir.
A Silver Watch lost, the 17th of December last, between Edward Emmerson's of York, and Poor's Tavern in Greenland having the Key of said Watch tied with Twine to the Chain.— Whoever takes up said Watch and sends it to the said Emmerson at York shall have two Dollars Reward paid by said Emmerson. Portsmouth, January 17th, 1782.
A LL Persons indebted for this Gazette, are once more requested to settle their accounts with the Publishers, (especially those who have been long in arrears) as they find it impossible to continue the publication of it much longer, without that piece of jus- tice is done them, being obliged to pay the cash down for every sheet of paper they use, as well as for the immediate necessaries of life.—'Tis expected they settle up to the first of March next; and those who wish to continue customers after that time, will advance 6s. which is the stated rule at Bos- ton, Salem, &c.—Those of the Country, will recollect that it has been good bedding for some time past, which it's probable will continue; they therefore can have no apo- logy for being deficient in bringing wood, provisions, &c. which will be receiv'd of those who can't conveniently advance the cash. February 9, 1782.
To be sold at public Vendue, On Tuesday the fifth day of March next, at three o'Clock P. M. and so from Day to Day until finished, at the House of Capt. Eliphalet Giddings, Innholder in Exeter, in the State of New-Hampshire, for Spe- cie or State Securities:
The Remainder of the Real Estate of the late Governor Wentworth, an Absen- tee, consisting of about  Ten Thousand Acres of LAND in the North Division of the Town of Pro- tectworth, in said State, lying on the Curve Line (so called) about 20 Miles Eastward of Connecticut River.
One Thousand Acres of LAND , being a Gore commodiously situated between the Patent Line and Grafton.
Two whole Rights of LAND in the Town of Thornton, in said State, being the Original Rights of Elias Smith and John Flagg. Likewise,
Eleven Rights or Shares in the Town of Lime, in said State, being the Original Rights of the said John Wentworth, John Cutts, John Libbey, John Green, Thomas Peverly, George Fernald, Edward Ayers, John Langdon, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Thomas Martin, and Nathaniel Dowse. Likewise,
Twenty-two whole Rights or Pro- prietors Shares in the Town of Dorchester, in said State, being the Original Rights of John Langdon, John Cutts, John Libbey, John Green, John Bryard, Thomas Peverly, James Hoit, Michael Martin, Amos Beck, John Green, Samuel Hart, George Fernald, Daniel Peirce, John Parker, John Sullivan, John Hurd, William Simpson, John Wen- del, Isaac Rindge, Samuel Parker, Richard Cutts Shannon, and Joseph Patterson.
The Original Right of Timothy Osborne, in the Town of Woodbury, in said State.
The Original Right of Samuel Wentworth, in the Town of Haverhill, in said State.
Also, the Original Right of Punder- son Austin, in Lyman in said State.
Also, a Pair of Dutch Mill-Stones, brought from Europe, for the purpose of making Flower, for which they are peculi- arly adapted, now in the Care of the Hon. Thomas Westbrook Waldron Esq; at Dover.
Any Person claiming Property in any of said Lands, by producing their Deeds or other Evidence to the Trustee, at or before the Time of Sale, may prevent Trouble and Expence in future.
Pursuant to Licence from the Hon. Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham in said State, by SAMUEL GILMAN, Trustee to said confiscated Estate. Newmarket, Jan. 19, 1782.
Cheap for Cash, AT  RICHARD CHAMNEY'S STORE, On Mess. Sherburne & Langdon's Wharf, SUNDRY GOODS, viz.  Best Hylon and Bohea Tea, per hund. doz. or smaller quantity; Stone Lime per hoghead; Sweed's and Spanish Iron, per ton or hundred; Rus- sia Duck; best French Brandy, per pipe; Clarret Wine, per pipe; Molasses per hoghead; Lisbon and St. Martin's Salt; Coffee, per hundred; and a variety of piece Goods.—Also, a good Assortment of Cuttoes, Penknives, Scissors, Razors, Knives and Forks, &c. &c. &c.
State of NEW-HAMPSHIRE  PUBLIC notice is hereby gi- ven, That Daniel Newcomb , trustee to the estate of Dr. Josiah Pomeroy , late of Keene, an absentee hath preferred a petition to the General Assembly, sit- ting forth, that the said Josiah had, before his absenting himself from Keene, purchased, taken deeds of, ta- ken into possession, paid for, and was the proper own- er of the following tracts of land lying in Keene aforesaid, viz. two house lots, No. 42 and 43, con- taining about sixteen acres with a barn and orchard thereon; one piece of meadow land in ash swamp (so called) containing about twelve acres, being two six acre lots laid out to the right of house lot No. 42; one other piece of meadow land lying in ash swamp (so called) containing about twelve acres, laid out in an after division to the right of house lot No. 42; one tract of meadow land, containing about eleven acres, being the westerly part of the eight acre lot No. 26, 27 and 28, and lying partly on Sallards island (so cal- led) one tract of land lying northerly of the meeting- house in said Keene, containing about seventy acres; one other tract, of land lying northerly of said meet- ing-house about ten acres. Also one eight acre mea- dow lot No. 24 laid out to house lot No. 4. Also one tract of land lying on east beech hill (so called) being part of thirty acre lots No. 3 & 4, containing about forty acres. And one tract of unimproved land in said Keene, ninety-three acres and ninety six rods, which includes part (viz. forty acres) of a sixty-acre pitch in the ninth division of land in said town, and was drawn to house lot No. 62. The remainder of said tract consists of two pitches in the tenth division of land in said town, the one drawn to house lot No. 62, and the other to house lot No. 25, excepting out of said tract of land one undivided part twenty-five acres belonging to Benjamin Arbour . That the said Pomeroy's deeds of the aforesaid tracts of land have never been recorded, but are conceal- ed so as not to be come at by the said trustee; and the said trustee is apprehensive that he cannot lawfully make sale of said tracts of land for the use of said state, without some special act of Court for that pur- pose; therefore, he prays for direction how to pro- ceed relative thereto. And if the said tracts of land are confiscated, and in the case of the said trustee, he further prays, that the said tracts of land may be de- clared to be forfeited to said state, and he be as ef- fectually secured in making sale of said lands as if the said deeds had been duly executed and recorded. Upon which petition, the General Assembly order- ed that the petition should be heard thereon, before them, on the second Wednesday of their next session; and that in the mean time, he cause the substance of the petition and order of Court thereon to be publish- ed three weeks successively in the New Hampshire Ga-  zette , that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest. JOSEPH PEARSON, Dep'ty. Sec'y. Exeter, December 25, 1781.
Rockingham, Portsmouth January 30th. 1782.  THE Commissioner appointed by the Hon. Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham, in the State of New Hampshire, to examine the Claims on the Estate of Capt. Thomas Pickering late of Port- mouth, deceased—give notice that a further time is allowed by the Judge to receive the Claims on said Estate, and that they will attend that business for the last time, at the House of Mrs. Tilton in Portsmouth, on Tuesday the 26th Day of February next, at 6 of the Clock, P. M. Pearce Long,  John Sparhawk, } Commissioners.  Thomas Martin, }
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